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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-14
CHAUFFEUR |
FINDS
B0.I)Y0N
FLOOR
Left Note Saying He Was ''ln
Bathroom Motive for
Deed Mystifies Police

Senator Frank Bosworth
Brandegee, veteran Republican
''bitter-ender" Of Connecticut, was
found dead--a suicide-in his pa
latial home, 100 / street, today.
For 4 reason not yet learned,
the picturesque Senator, bach
elor and always something Of a
recluse, planned his death last
night.
Going to the bathroom on the
third floor of his home, fhe Sem
ator placed two pillows On the
iled floor abused lbs
brought from another room Of
The building to 4 gas jet, and
turned on the fumes.
His body was discovered at
$40 this morning by his secre-
tary, w. Don Lundy. A verdict
Of death by suicide was given by
Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt after
viewing the body.
The only information that Sem
ator Brandegee left the world
Of his suicide was a note that
was found on his bed, in his own
room on the second floor.
Text OF His Note
The note was written on Senate
stationery, alternately with black
and red pencils. 1t was addressed
20 George Jones, the Senator's
chauffeur, and attached to it were
two 500 bills.
It follows:
October ~, 1924
y "DeGr George:
II enclose SEQ for you and
500 for Emma and Rufus. /
am up il the bathroom on the
top floor, nearest SeUenteenth
street. The top floor, the floor
GboUe the one sleep in. H
you or Lundy come up there,
bsVare the gas.
0O00OyGS ~
Frank B. BrGndegss."
Was in Good Health.
The sentence beginning with ''the
& top floor" was written in red and
was underscored. The remainder of
khe letter was written in black.
Emma" and Rufus" referred to
in the note are the only colored
servants in the Senator's employ.
They are Emma and Rufus Kenny,
cook and butler in the household.
Prior to his suicide the Senator
had been in very good health, ac.
cording to Lundy and the Senator'S
servants.
They were able to give no reason
why their employer should wish to
ana his life.
Yesterday, they said, he appeared
.(Continued on Page Q. Column Al
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POSTAL STAMP SIGNED
BY CLERK Is WORTH ST ,oOC

DETROIT, Oct. 1.-THE ambition
OF every stamp collector is to some
DAY have in his collection an old,
OLD stamp dating back to 1S45, when
post office clerks used to sign spe-
cial initials. This particular stamp
bears the initials "R. M. H." and is
worth $1,000.
Just why this stamp is worth
such an enormous amount Of money
was not made clear by the conven.
ton Of stamp collectors who met
here in the Hotel Statler. 1t ap.
pears. however, that any old stamp
issued by cities is very valuable.
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FALLING GRAVE SLAB
FRACTURES BOYS SKULL

NEW YORK. Oct. IA fiat
slab marking a grave in the Roslyn,
Z. /. cemetery caused the death Of
Bernard Wolffersdorff, three years
old, when 1t suddenly fell on him
as he was playing near 1t.
The boy had been taken to the
graveyard by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Wolffersdorff, of South
Laurel avenue, Sea Cliff. The stone,
which had been standing many
years In the plot Of a McCoum
family, fractured the child's skull
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AsQUITH SAYS RUSS PACT
CAUSE OF LABOR DEFEAT

LONDON Oct. 14.-Former Pre-
mier H. H. Asquith, in speech to-
day declared that the Anglo-R Russian
treaty was the real cause that pre-
cipitated the British general election.
Premier Macdonald and his col.
leagues are suffering from an at
the speaker. 1.-THE establishing Of a
Socialist commonwealth would be a
death blow to personal liberty"
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TWO TRANMEN KILLED
WHEN SPECIAL HITS HORSE

SWEETwATER, Tex, Oct. IA
Engineer Max Weisen and Frank
Pratt, fireman were killed when the
Texas and Pacific fast Sunshine
special westbound passenger train.
struck a horse at Stamper Switch,
east Of here today, overturning the
engine. one baggage car and de.
railing four coaches.
No passengers were injured.
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1ANT1AD
NEWS

Here are a few OF the new wants an.
pearing In today's classified section
TWO timers and two helpers
wanted.
LADY will care for baby girl; 1
month to years Of age.
LocKSMITH and glazer wanted.
MASSACHUSETTS AVE-Furnished
front room for rent; suitable for
2 or 3.
9TH AND SITS. N. E.-Unfur-
nished house VI rooms ana
I, bath; t5b per month.
TORTOISE shell rim glasses lost.
1922 FORD touring; SITS.
Hath ST, ". w.-Brick garage for
a rent.
POOL tables for sale; good for
private homes.
1891 BUICK touring; sacrifice, SaSO.
FOE FURTHER DETAILS, TURN m
~. TIE CLASSIFIED SECTION
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drops" would have worn off by
that time, the doctor said.
His testimony was brought out
in cross-examination by former
Judge Alfred Johnson. The State
had called Doctor Decker to cor
roborate District Attorney Miller's
testimony Of Mrs. Willows alleged
confession. :
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Railroad Is Appraised

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today placed a tentative
valuation Of 81 ,O9O, 900, ON the prop.
erty Of the Allentown Railroad Com
pany Of PennsylYaniaS
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Nlrs. WILLOW HayedAs
ShreUd Murderess
By WIN D. SWEENEY,
International Newa serv,ca

MIDDLEBURG Pa, Oct. 14-Brandng her .'merci-
less shrewd murderess District Attorney Miller today be-
the States attempt to send Mrs Annie Willow thirty
eight to the electric chair for the murder Of Harvey Willow
her husband, in alleged Glove pact with Ralph Shaded
last December.
For fifteen minutes the district attorney relentessy
tackled the in outlining the State the jury
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DC. Tong 7 ries To Oct Machine Guns
Giant DnigibIe AS It
Flew Over Berlin

Huge Zeppelin ShOWn
Passing the Famous
BrHndenburg Gate In
Trial Flight Before
Starting Across Ocean.
On Trip To u. s. TO
Fulfill Treaty Term.
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TrOxell, The IlerllYIan.
SECOND II Grass. Har.
ry Baker.
THIRD r. Gay Boy,
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FOURTH pr, Fire.
away.
SEVENTH D. 8ottom,
Serbian. .rurbuleh
Weather. clear;
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Laurel Scratches
Kitty

FIRST RACE -vitamin, kitty
rroxall rha paruxyian
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-08-14
wDRDMG THE NEWS OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN
MASSACRE; WAS TRANSMITTED FROM THE
THEN FRONTIER VILLAGE OF BISMARCK, MD.

marck. He was in charge of tina
office IS manager and operator a
the time of the Custer massacre.
The story of the wiring of thu
news of that battle was told by Mr.
Carnahan a quarter of a century
later at Missoula. In reviewing the
details of the incident, he said:
"It was my fortune to be located
at Bismarck, N. D., as manager fol-
the Northwestern Telegraph com
pany I'M the early part of that
towns history. Arriving there
early in the spring of 1874, | had
the pleasure of seeing the town rise
from what would be termed a
"wide-open canvas town." as tough
as the most degraded and viscious
character might desire, to a beau
|tiful little city of order and re-
spectability.
AT the time of my arrival, and
for several years thereafter, Bis
marck was the extreme northwest
ern frontier town. Fort Abraham
Lincoln, across the Missouri river,
nearly opposite, had just been COM
'pleted and the Seventh u. S..
cavalry and a portion of an infan-
try regiment yer stationed there,
while other troops were located at
Fort Hancock, on the east side of
the river adjoining Bismarck.
This was the terminus of the Nor
thern Pacific railroad, also of the
telegraph line, and remained such
until 1879.
Indians were plentiful and not
agreeable, SO we were obliged to
confine our hunting expeditions to
the east side Of the river, never
venturing to the west side. People
seemed to subsist principally on ex-
element of which there was an
abundance. One day it would be a
shooting, perhaps a murder, which
after a time became of SO frequent
occurrence as to create only pass
ing interest. The next would be an
Indian scare, which never failed to
thoroughly arouse the town.
"It was about the middle of May,
1876, when Terry's expedition left
Fort Lincoln for the purpose of
up the hostile Indians I'm
der Sitting Bull. They were ac-
,ompanied by numerous corrres-
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pondents for eastern newspaper!
who sent couriers from time tt
time with special dispatches a;
they progressed. Advices up tc
une 20 contained nothing of great
Importance, and we were wholly
unprepared for the astounding
news that was soon to startle the
world.
The battle of the Little Big
Horn-Custer's last-occurred on
the 18th of June. On the night of
the Fourth of July an entertain
ment was given at Fort Lincoln,
which was participated in by the
officers and aides remaining at the
post. There was no thought of dis
aster and a thoroughly enjoyable
evening was passed.
On the night of the fifth of July
the steamer Ear West" bearing
the wounded from Reno's com
mand to Fort Lincoln, touched at
Bismarck. Colonel Smith of Gen
eral Terry's staff and DR.. R. H..
Porter, the only physician of four
who had accompanied the expedi-
ton to escape death, landed. Col
onel Smith was the bearer of the
official report of General Terry to
the department commander at St.
Paul together with hundreds of
messages to private parties in all
parts of the coutry and immense
bundles of special matter for var
1ous eastern newspapers.
1t was then II o'clock at night.
1t has been said that the first news
of this disaster wass carried by
courier to Cheyenne Wyo., and
from here given to the world. 1t
seems only easonable to think this
was a mistake. Not so much as a
rumor of the fight had reached
those of all others most interested,
until the arrival of the Far West.
There was at the time, but one
wire between St. Paul and Bis
marck. No night operators were
employed, as we had only a tri-
weekly train service west of Fargo
in the summer time and none in the
The wire was usually di-
vided at Fargo, SO nothing could be
done toward forwarding the great
mass of information until morning.
There was the widest CONSERVATION
It Bismarck, and few of the inhabi-
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New York. Not in actual miles
was this true, but in means of com.
munication.
1t was hoped that our demo
cratic method of representation
would keep the government in
touch with its outlying states and
territories, but how could it, when
these states and territories were
frequently SO large that their re-
representatives. were unable to in
form themselves regarding the
needs of their constituencies?
The territories Jared worse than
the states in this respect. Territor-
ial representatives had nc import
ant standing in Congress, although
they spoke for a people scattered
over a country larger than Great
Britain and France.
Illustrative of the standing in
Washington of a Territorial Repre-
sentative, is the following anecdote
of two prominent citizens of Mon
tana:
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By Martha Edgerton Plassmanl

By Martha Edgerton Plassmann.
THEW of the present day realize
what an uneviable lot was
that of the men who fought
the Indian battle of the Plains
These followed the close of the CT
vii War, and soldiers of both I'm
ion and Confederate armies were
engaged in them. Many of the I'm
ion soldiers objected to being sent
against Indians. They claimed
they enlisted for three years, or I'm
til the close of the Civil War, and
could not be sent onto the Plains
against their will. In one instance,
at least, their Discrimination for this
service almost reached the point of
mutiny.
The ex-Confederates who vol
unteered, were men who had lost
all in the war just ended, or they
had become SO accustomed to army
life that it unified them for peace
full occupations.
Most of both officers and men
were schooled in the methods of So
called civilized warfare, but were
woefuly ignorant of Indian tactics.
The white soldier considered a re-
treat cowardly, unless theirs was a
forlorn hope. The Indians, on the
contrary, we're not given to max
in ga determined stand, but acted
on the principle that
HE who fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day."
Indians state that if Custer had
at once attacked the Sioux village,
at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
instead of hating until the encamp-
ment could be attacked from both
ends, he would have won the day.
His hating looked like a hesita-
ton, and it gave the enemy time to
concentrate their forces.
Through bitter experience, and
knowledge gained from scouts like
Jim Bridger, who were thoroughly
c%onversant with the ways of the
red man, Il soldiers learned how
to fight Indians. Without their
scouts, the army would have Jared
far worse than it did. It suffered
because of its own ignorance, and
also on account of the failure of
the Government to cooperate with
it.
Our National Capital was located
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Itants visited their lodgings during
the night.
The next morning | called III
Fargo and requested him to con
meet us through to St. Paul, as wa.
the custom when we had an unusua
amount of eastern business. HI
Immediately asked, whats up?'
and | replied, "Cut us through anc
listen," and then | added, "All the
Clusters are killed" This he repeat
ed to the St. Paul office, who in
turn gave it to Chicago, and so on
to New York.
Returning from breakfast, pro-
badly half an hour later, the first
message received was from James
Gordon Bennett of the New York
Herald, asking for particulars of
the massacre.
But two operators were en-
ployed in the St. Paul office, Will
Gridley and Ed. Hughes. One of
them would receive from me, while
the other kept it moving eastward.
Terrys report was the first to be
handled. This, together with the
private kilograms, we finished
without stopping for refreshments,
at 5 o'clock the following morning.
Up to this time nothing had been
given to the newspapers aside from
a short statement prepared by Col
onel Smith during the afternoon,
embracing the main facts.
after three hours sleep we
started in on the newspaper matter,
and for p hours we continued be-
fore clearing the table. having put
in 43 hours out of 48 with practi-
cally no interruption.
"When the Far West returned
after delivering the wounded at
Fort Lincoln, James Kelly, one of
the New York Herald staff, took
passage from Bismarck. His mis-
sion was to write up the country
and the battlefield, for his paper.
He started at work upon boarding
the boat, and to give some idea of
the f~aithfulness with which he per-
his duty / will mention that
when he returned-some two weeks
later-he handed me what was the
most expensive, if not the longest,
special on any one subject that has
ever been transmitted by telegraph.
1t contained over 1900 words and
cost the Herald over $780,"
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LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OFF CONDITIONS ON
THE PLAINS MADE INDIAN WARFARE ON THE
FRONTIER "A DIFFICULT, COSTLY UNDERTAKING

When Investigations of Credit
Mobilier were in progress, Col. San
ders was visiting Washington. In
terest of the public in this national
scandal was so great, that it was
difficult to gain admission to the
hearing, unless at the imitation of a
senator, or a member of the lower
house. Martin Maginnis, who was
the Montana representative, asked
the Colonel to one of the sessions
of the Investigation. Together, at
the appointed hour, they entered
the Capitol, and sought admission
to the hearing. The doorkeeper,
recognizing Col. Sanders, as hav-
ing been there the previous day in
company with a senator, permitted
him at once to enter, while barring
the door to Maginnis, UNTIL HE
COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
Rapid transit by rail, by auto
mobile and airplane has eliminated
distance, and at present Montana
representatives are not unrecogniz-
ed and the Far West is nc longer
the almost unknown region that it
was at the close of the Civil War.
A few military posts had been
established along the route leading
to the Rockies and beyond, the
most important of these being Fort
Laramie on the Platte. At the
smaller posts the soldiers stationed
there led a monotonous life, with
little to relieve it but fear of being
attacked. These posts had nothing
to make them attractive, not even
their surroundings. When we
passed any of them, the soldiers
flock to our camp and beg
my father to let them accompany
him, he being entitled to a military
escort. Sometimes they brought us
game. The first bear meat / ever
ate was such a gift. But gifts and
were alike unavailable,
ny father believing that an escort
vas unnecessary.
When the Indian situation be-
anne acute, and General CARING
on was ordered to build two forts
n the heart of the Indian country
o protect travellers on the Boze-
nan Trail, although against the
protests of the Indians, the Gov
.rnment had an opportunity to
rove its efficiency, and signally
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failed. 1t failed to support the
force it sent into the field, either
by showing confidence in the offic-
ers it had chosen to conduct its
campaigns, or in providing the
needed supplies. At the time of the
Fetterman Disaster, Mrs. Caring
ton states the Indians were far bet
ter armed than our soldiers, whose
stock of ammunition was almost
hausted.
At this critical time, from a de-
sire to economic, General CARING
ton was commanded to dispense
with Bridger's invaluable services.
But to this the General would not
consent and continued to employ
the scout.
When the powerful Indian tribes
of the northwest forgetful of in
.terracial feuds were uniting for a
final stand against the whites, and
there were almost daily hostile de-
monstrations in the neighborhood
of Fort Phil Kearney, the first fort
built by Darlington; when a guard
had to be sent out with the men
sent out to get wood, and when ev-
en- this precautionary measure
could not prevent some of them be-
ing killed; when the enemy came
close enough to the stockade to
shoot a sentry; the Eastern jour
(ConcIudad on AoricuItura1 pooa
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-08-14
$4,000 IN PRIZES
WILL BE AWARDED
AT THE STATE FAIR
EXHIBITORS AT STATE FAIR TO
BE WE'LL REWARDED;
A FINE PROGRAM
List of Events to Include Races, Ac-
robatic Entertainment, Musical
Program, and Fireworks Each Of
The Evenings.

Montana state fair departmental
officials, members of the executive
board and various subcommittee
have started on an extensive cam
paign to perfect plans for the TWEEN
ty-SecOnd annual exposition sched-
uled to open at Helena September
% next, and continue until Septem-
Der ~, according to information
recently given out by b. T. Moore,
head of the state fair division Of
the department of agriculture.
Premium lists now being distribut
ed throughout the state show tina
100000 will be paid in cash premi
bOns and other awards.
Daily programs include harness
running and relay races, both mems
and women's relay races being sche-
duled, numerous acrobatic enter
tainments, musical programs and
fireworks displays each evening
Auto races are slated for the open
ing and closing days with special ev-
ents billed for September 25.
Special awards will be offered for
wheat and other small grains with a
view to establishing the Importance
of raising a grain of high milling
qualities. Livestock and poultry
fanciers from all sections of the
northwest have made inquiries re-
garding exhibition space, indicating
an unusually large list of entries,
Mr.. Moore states. Boys and Girls
Club work will be stressed at the
junior fair, entries being expected
from virtually all of the 264 clubs
organized in 33 counties during the
past year.
Special group gatherings and re-
unions have been arranged by the
fair board for each of the five days.
Tuesday, September %, is designated
as school c%hildren's and veterans
day, Wednesday, as Montana Prin-
cess, Great Falls, Ga1latin, Kiwanis
and Northern Montana day; Thurs
day as coronation, Butte, Rotary club,
Deer Lodge, commercial and news
papermen's day; Friday as farm or
~ganization, queen of Montana, pi-
oneers' and Helena day; Saturday as
racing and children's day. Ar
rangemnts are under way to establish
headquarters for the various units
in n of the pavillions.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-08-14
PETROLEUM COUNTY RHODE
ISLAND RED HEN LAYS AN
EGG WEIGHING SIX OUNCES

/. e. Thomas of Winnett recently
displayed to his friends a large egg
laid by one of his Rhode Island
Red hens. Weighed on the scales
at one Of the Winnett stores it tip
ped the beam for six ounces, the
ordinary egg averaging but two
ounces.
This is the second such egg Mr..
Thomas has obtained this summer.
Breaking the first he found another
egg inside and is of the opinion
that the second one also has an
other perfect egg inside.
Mr.. Thomas will boil and warm
ish the egg and keep it for display
at the Petroleum county corn show
this fall.