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Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
STUDENT ADMITS
HE GAVE POISON
sNEAKEp THE DEATH CAPSULES
FROM UNIVERSITY
PHARMACY
TWO DEAD FROM POISONING
Lewis Fish Takes Responsibility for
But One Death AZ
Ohio State

Columbus. O.-LewIs Fish. Canton
Ohio, told authorities investigating the
death OF two Ohio State university
students and the serious illness OF many
others from capsules Of poison, that
he had filled the prescription Of David
Puskin, Canton, Ohio, student af the
unIversity's laboratory. Puskln died
from poisoning.
Fish was arrested and IS held for In
vestigatlon.
Fish told officers that ne had entered
the college dispensary without author
ity and filled prescription for Pus-
kin for "six r and W (slx red or as
pirin capsules and six white or quinIne
capsules)" issued by DR.. II. shIndle
Wlngert, head Of the university health
service.
In addition TO the strychnIne cap
sules which caused PuskIn's death, an
other capsule was found IN his posses
sion which, when anaiyzed, was found
to contain nothing but strychnine.
Fish. friend Of Puskin's, said that
Puskln had come to him complaining
Of cold and that he volunteered to
90 to the college dlspensary and get
some medicine and, when refused ad-
mission by attendants in charge, went
n another door and got the "quinine
.apsules" and gave them to Puskin.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
CREATION or MARKETING
BOARD BEFORE CONGRESS

washington. Creation OF the fed
eral cooperative marketing board, one
OF the principal recommendations Of
the presidents agricultural conference.
was proposed IN the senate. by Senator
Capper, Republican, Kansas, while the
senate and house agriculture commit
tees both continued examination Of
members Of the conferecen with view
10 proposing other legislation TO carry
out its findings.
The Capper bill followed exactly the
terms OF the measure offered in the
house by Representative Haugen, Re
publican, Iowa, chairman of the agrl-
cultural committee of that chamber,
which has the approval. In principle, Of
Chairman Carey Of the presidents con
ference.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
REGARD USE or FUNDS
ELSEWHERE AS VICIOUS

washlngton.-t,oneress should givt
serious consideration to the practice
Of political organizations in collecting
large sums of money in certain states
for use In influencing elections in
other states, the special senate cam
paign investigating committee says In a
report submitted to congress.
Besides this recommendation the
committee proposes enactment of the
corrupt practices act recently approved
by the senate, as rider to the postal
pay and rate Increase bin which Is
now pending as part of the postal
bill recommended by the senate post
office committee as a substitute FOR
the house measure.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
Book for Many citizens

The library building If the University
OF Missoula, considered to be one OF
the finest and most complete structures
OF Its kind In the United States, has,
through recent additions, brought up
Its total number OF volumes to over
100, 900, book for every man, woman
and child in Butte, Mlssoula, Helena,
Great Fails and Billings. The total
estimate value Of the library, Including
books and furniture, is 100000. The
main reading rooms have a capacity OF
248 students. Four hundred and eigh-
" current magazines are received
bvery month
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
NINE BLAST TAKES
HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE
Hundreds Perish In one Of Greatest
Mine Disasters In History
Of German Nation

Dortmund, Germany.-It is believed
that nearly $50 miners lost their lives
as the result OF terrific explosion OF
fire damp which occurred IN the Stein
mine here. Very few OF the miners
engaged In the workings escaped. The
disaster which was one Of the greatest
In the history Of German mining. Many
Of them were killed outright, bat most
Of them are said to have died from
poison gases.
The tragedy was enhanced by the
fact that the heroic efforts of fellow
miners TO reach their comrades not
killed In the explosion were blocked
by the destruction Of the shafts lead
ing to the spot. 50 that perhaps 100
men died from the effect Of the poison
ouse gases which filled the shafts after
he explosion. OF the men in the work
lngs, only six survived.
Heart-rending scenes occurred
around the mine, where relatives OF
the men tried frantically to force their
way into the mine company's building.
Identification was difficult, because In
many cases the victims were burned
black. Most Of the victims had large
@milies.
With the exception Of a similar Rhur
valley disaster in 1907, when 3O1 min
ers were killed, this was the most
serious mine explosion In Germany In |
many decades.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

That the bureau Of biological survey
win make an effort this spring to
conserve the Wild grass supply on the
bison range west OF Afissouia Is re-
ported. It is said that the biological
department Is negotiating for the pur-
chase Of between four hundred and five
hundred tons OF alfalfa or clover hay.
II rs also said that BY feeding the buff
faIo during the early spring while the
wild grass Is getting a start that the
forage on the range win then afford
feed for the animals within the con-
zines OF the range through the season.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
Auto Smash Kills Three

Los Angeles.-Sldney Kahn, S5, and
his 18-month-old child were killed In
stantly when the automobile In which
they were riding collided with another
machine. Mrs. Kahn, who was with
him, Is dying at local hospital. A
fourth member OF the family Is alive
as a result of a caesarian operation
upon the mother, when It had been
determined that she was fatally in
1ured. The Infant, a seven-pound boy,
was born within an hour after the
accident.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
ECCENTRIC LAWYER rs GIVEN
LIFE TERM FOR WIFE MURDER

Geneva, nl-Warren J. Lincoln, the
eccentric Aurora lawyer florist. who
confessed he killed his wife and her
brother Byron shoup. burned their
bodies In his greenhouse furnace and
sealed their heads In concrete block,
was found guilty Of the murder OF his
wife by jury. which fixed his punish
ment at life Imprisonment.
Lincoln's attorneys, who had asked
the jury to find their client insane de-
spite the fact that Lincoln himself In
sisted he was sane when he killed his
wife and her brother and is sane now,
apparently determined to accept the
verdict without appeal, as no motions
were made
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
NEW CONGRESS- HAS MANY
c4URcH MEMBERS, REPORT

Washington. than 90 per cent
OF the members OF the incoming con-
gress are adherents OF some religious
denomination, according to a state
ment from the Board OF Temperance,
Prohibition and Public Morals of the
Methodist Episcopal church. this city.
eMethodIsts lead In. both the house
and senate" says the statement, with
Presbyterians and Eplscopalians fol-
lowing closely. In the house Of repre-
aentatives there are 30 Method sts and
27 In the senate. The PreHbyterians
have 90 members Of the house and
fhere are II Presbyterian senators. The
EplscOpalians number 27 representa-
eives and % senators. Thirty-two rep
resentatives are Catholics. with four
senators Of that church. There are
eight Hebrews In the house and none
ia the senate.
'sThere are 804 Masons in the house,
G6 in the senate. Nlnety-eight repre-
sentatives are Knights OF Pythias and
fhere are 1a knights in the senate.
The Odd Fellows have "a representa-
7fives and seven senators. or the S5
men In the house Of representatives
with no religious affiiiation, % are
Masons and two are Pythian; while Of
the seven whose religious affiliations
are unknown, four are Masons. The
10 senator's with no religious affilia-
tions include six Masons, and all three
of those whose religious affiliations
are unknown are Masons"
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Vancouver, r. C.-Eleven Japanese
including five Officers. two petty Off
GERS and six sailors. were drowned In
the hnrbor here, when the pinnace in
which hey were returning to tn e
cruiser Idzuma, after enjoying shore
leave, eollidede with the Canadian tug
NanooSe. The bodies OF the officer
petty Officers, and five seamen have
been recovered. Nine others are stili
missing.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
kllla Wlfe,a Annovsr

Ely, Nev-G. q. Boreman. 5s. attor-
ney Of this city, shot and killed Lester
Daage, %, local barber. when, II is
alleged, the latter attempted to en-
force an entrance into the Boreman
residence.
According to reports to the police,
Daage had been drinking and is alleged
to have Threatened Boreman earlier In
the evening when the attorney resent
ed DHHgp's attentions to hiE WIFE,
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
TAP NEW VEIN IN
AIRCRAFT PROBE
AIR SERVICE OFFICIAL MAKES
STARTLING CHARGES
AGAlNsT NAVY
DATA IS BLUE PEMCILED''
Rear Admiral Shoemaker 10 Charged
With Refusing to Permit PubiI-
cation Of Truth Of Test

Washington. The house aircraft
committee tapped a new vein in the
controversy that has developed as a
result OF statements by Brigadier Gen
eral Mitchell, assistant army air
chief, on the value Of aircraft in war
fare When w. G. Schauffler. n lieut.
enant colonel In the army air reserve,
testified that Rear Admiral Shoemak-
er, commanding naval officer OF the
1923 airplane bombing tests against
the battleships Virginia and New Jer-
sey, had blue pencied" a magazine
article describing the tests to such an
extent that upon completion, there
WIS absolutely no resemblance TO the
original statement
Major General Patrick. chief Of the
army air arm, had approved the ar
ticle, Mr. Sehauffler said. before II was
submitted to Admiral Shoemaker,
whom the witness quoted as saying
It's true. every bit-ofr IL, but we
can't let this get out or II would ruin
the navy"
ave would not want TO leave the
record as II stands now said Mr..
Perkins, who expressed the opinion
that the admiral would desire to pres
ent his side OF the matter.
Mr.. Schauffler explained that the
article was to have been made public
over the signature Of General Pershlng
Ia a radio talk. General Pershing had
agreed to the arrangement, he said,
provided the article was approved by
the admiral When shown the article
after It had been read Carefully" by
General Patrick, the witness said Ad-
niral Shoemaker remarked
We will have to change this some
ind see II It can be put out under the
generals (Pershing) signature the way
We want It."
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

cheyenne, Wyo.-The lower branch
Of the Wyoming legislature indefinite
" postponed a bin providing that con-
vicfs of the state penItentIary may be
utilized to manufacture products
needed by Wyoming In state instltu-
tions and by other states in such insti-
tutions.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

washington. Secretary Work has
authorized the leasing Of $40 acres
OF coal lands near Evanston, Wyo.
Under terms Of the order, the Wyoming
lease Will require royalty OF 10 cents
a ton, mine run. an investment OF
$4,000 In the properties during the
first three years
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
LIarrln Ii lInvs paaoa

Marion. nl,-Despite objections from
some Herrin residents. the Williamson
county board Of supervisors ratified
the tentative peace agreement reached
at Springfield last Thursday Tor re-
mOval from the county OF Sheriff
Ca,orge GalliRan and the revocation OF
gun carrying permits
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Plymouth. Mass.--After a fight at
North Plymouth lumber pier between
30 rum runners and coast guardsmen,
mixed liquor and alcohol valued at
100000 was seized. Six prisoners
were taken.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
EnldennIn go khniad

Washington. n.--Secretary Work h las
received a report from Governor Bone
Of Alaska that the Nome diphtheria
epidemic apparently has abated and
that ample antitoxin Is on hand or en-
route to meet an emergency
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Washington F. Hillebrand. chief
chemist OF the bureau OF standards
since 1908. and formerly president OF
the American Chemical society. died In
= local hospital from an abdominal ait
ment. Mr. Hillebrnnd was operated on
last Wednesday,
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
EIour prloea slumn

Mlnneapolis.-Flour prices have re-
eeded more than dollar barrel from
the recent high record Of two weeks
ago. The almost daily Quotations have
been In reflection OF Increases or de-
clines in cash wheat premiums
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

st. Petersburg, Fla.--Wlth lack Of
funds preventing an Increase In the
police force. John Trotter. chief Of
detectives, has accepted an offer OF the
Ku Klux Klan to patrol the streets
without compensation.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

washIngtOn.-Secretary Work has
approved the expenditure Of $S8. 400
for per capita payment OF $50 to
assist 1.76S Grow Indians in Montana
through the winter.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
MEMS AND GOSSIP OF
MONTANA LEGISLATURE

Although adversely reported By the
senate taxation committee q blu by
Taylor Of Sheridan. to repeal ths class
ification laws OF Montana was ordered
printed.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

The senate by vote OF 81 to u
killed house bill No. III, providing
for the collection Of special assess
ments at the same time other taxes
are collected. It was asserted that the
burden Of payment Of regular taxes
was sufficient taxes without adding
the further cost OF special assessments
at the same time.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

One Of the most important measures
to come before the assembly is bill
fathered by Senator Clark, Democrat,
Toole county, which carries a provision
to refund the state debt by selling
state certificates to cover it, and then
carry the debt along to 1929.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Several recommendations for
changes In the method of raising and
Misunderstanding school finances in Mon
tana, with particular regard to the
needs Of the rural schools. were made
In a report of joint senate and house
committee. The report is sig.-ed by
Senator Griffin for tn e senate and
Davis for the house.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

A bin by the senate banking commit-
tee, which would have placed on the
persons drawing a check all RESPONSE
bilIty for Its payment, has been killed
by the senate.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

On recommendation Of the approPFi-
ations committee. the house killed a
bill to create war memorial commits
sion to erect memorial to World war
veterans at the state capitol at Helena.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

In committee Of the whole. the sem
ate approved for passage senate bill 40,
McQuitty, requiring the county clerk TO
report to the county superintendent, as
soon as received from the assessor
the valuation Of county property for
the purpose Of permitting tentative
valuation by school districts.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

The measure to repeal the present
primary law and return TO the con-
vention system was passed by the SEN
ate on sroll call by vote Of "a to
IS. The primary repeal measure is off
cially known as Senate BIZ No. so
and was introduced by Republican
Floor Leader Hazelbaker and Is other
senator's.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Membership In the senate would be
20 and in the house So under the terms
Of bill fOstered by Senator Rhodes. OF
Teton. The bill proposes constitu-
tional amendment under which the SEN
ate would have one member from each
Judicial district and the house one
member from each county.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

Aspirations OF Billings and Miles
City for state normal school received
setback when the house killed two
bills for the establishment Of teacher
training schools.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

A bill to regulate dance halls, pro-
hibiting attendance of minors under 16
and forblddlng liquor on the premises
was introduced by Pauline and others
In the senate.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

The senate killed the Dell measure,
which would have authorized counties
where there is only one newspaper to
go outside the county for bids for
county printing.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

The senate killed the Anderson
house bin, which attempted to clarity
the law regarding the counting OF
names written In on ballots or placed
there with stickers.
Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19

The CARRIER bill to abolish the office
Of chancellor of the university, res
cued once by its author after an adj
verse committee report, was indefinite
ly postponed by the senate.
, 1925-05-06

American Indians is confirmed by
the kinship between the music of the
Eskimo and that of the primitive peo-
pie along the entire American coast.
It is estimated that in the cotton
mills in China 40 per cent of the
workers are women. 40 per cent are
children, and only 20 per cent are
men.
Forty or fifty big buildings divided
into 10000 rooms are being prepared
by the Fascist government of Italy
for the accommodation of part of the
pilgrims to Rome during the Holy
year.
The French have always been ac-
customed to the "accolade," or kiss on
both cheeks, but the fact that the new
, 1925-05-06
Industrial Neus

Lander-Utah-W Wyoming Colorado
Development Company progress eie-
ctrfc lines from Salt Lake through
to Casper, developing vast resources
Lavoye-Town with 1900 people to
move 4 miles on payment of $270,000
from Ohio Oil Company.
RawlinstRoad to be built from
Erickson ranch on Fox creek up
North fork to road west Of Sheep Mt.
LCheyenne-Road contracts totaling
100000 awarded; bids to be asked
on additional road project to cost
$65O,000.
Rawlins-Drilling resumed at Hat
field No. 2. test well.
Baggs-Post Office established in
Snake river settlement.
Rawlins-Office building to be e.
rected for use of state highway de-
partment.
Parkerton-New road south of here
completed.
Guernsey-Construction work on
power line from Lingle plant rapidly
nearing completion.
Rawlins-Several streets being lev
eled.
Lusk-Road to Yellowstone Ma
tional Park to be improved.
Evanston-Contract to be awarded
for construction of Juvenile swim
ming tank.
Rawlins-Movement launched for
planting trees along highway.
Cheyenne-South Side Community
church to build new edifice.
Mullens-Civic league making rapid
progress on park adjoining Wyoming
hotel.
Rawlins-New lighting system in
stalled.
Glenrock-Test well to be spudded
in on Carey ranch.
Pinedale-Transcontinenta Oil Co.,
brings in gas well in LaBarge field.
Glenrock-Nitrate deposits along
little Deer creek to be worked.
, 1925-05-06

England. Who resided for several
months r~ecentlv at Ann Arbor.
is. as far as can he ascerta;ned the
first meet ureate 70 visit the limited
States
A banker named jenkins had a
- ~ Me
.Si;.I 50 - a. -.
~ ~ ~
ANS T. - 80
of the ruins of the Coliseum.
IL was formerly the custom IN
France when n president spoke at
puohc panque,s ior the audiehce 10
remain stunning uui,he ms spe
president, M. Doumergue.
The building of the Great Wall OF
China was begun 214 B. c. Its
length is 1,400 miles and the height
varies from Is to 80 feet.
When questioned in the House of
Commons. Premier Ramsay Mac
Donald has again refused to make
the charge hat in undermining the
fleet the United states was deIeat,
ing the purposes OF the Nava
Treaty.
n,u,n.os .,o
Hre"' Dii''an
$3.50, 900, 900, and her unemployed
are decreasing in number.
, 1925-05-06
SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY
IslAuGasixsA


Twenty-Five thousand sea lions a.
long the coast of British Columbia
have been killed by the Dominion au-
thorities. The sea lions destroy large
amounts of salmon and other edible
fish experiments are being made to
e if the skin can be utilized for any
profitable commercial purpose.
The two main forms of sport popu-
lar in Australia are mountaineering
and football.
The Japanese Government has de-
cided to pay all travelling expenses of
Japanese natives who emigrate to
Brazil, and to make grant to each of
two hundred yen or one hundred dol
lars.
Remnants of the ice g are par
ticularly interesting in the Rocky
Mountain National Park, where huge
valleys have been plowed out through
countless ages, possibly five million
years ago. Glaciers transformed
what was a single mountain mass into
three peaks, Longs, Meeker and Lady
Washington, with Longs rising to an
elevation of 14,255 feet, or nearly 3
miles above sea level.
Germany is buying American mules
to replace oxen in agriculture work.
The fish crop Of the world costs the
onsum u billion dollars yearly, of
which seven hundred eighty million
goes to those who harvest the crop.
"If the people of other lands are
unwilling TO become subject TO you,
improve your culture, perfect your in
stitution, and thus win their hearts
and judgment. "-Confucius.
The Department of Agriculture
says that the United States can sup
port q population Of 1000 900 with
no greater demand upon outside food
sources than that which exists today,
One hundred years have elapsed
since the sons "Silen. Night, Holy
Night" now sung MS n Christmas caro-
throughout the world, was composed
in the village Of Oberndrof, neai
Salzburg, Austria. In commemora
ton of the event a monument Is TO b,
erected in oberndorf.
American Investments in the Philip
pines increased slightly during tn,
year 1928 compared with 1922, and tn,
Chinese more than doubled theirs,
The worlds railroads, IL placed IL
n single line. would each 10 the
moon and back and encircle the
globe nearly eleven times.
, 1925-05-06

premier kisses his party leaders and
all the members of his cabinet on the
mouth has aroused public opinion
"There is n expression that con-
tinually comes to my mind whenever
l think of the English language and
compare it with others; it is the Ian,
guage of a grown-up man and has
very little childish DR. feminine about
it."-Professor Jespersen, University
of Copenhagen
Iceland has been so isolated-from
choice of the people-that records
1,4O0 years old can be read and under
stood readily by the present-day Ice
landers. Through isolation and lack
of association the native tongue has
been handed down with very few
changes.
Members of the Apache, Kiowa and
Comanche Indians tribes Of Oklahoma
are to receive one hundred dollars, in
two payments, one in the autumn, TO
assist them through the winter, and
the other in the spring, to help them
plant their crops. The tribal funds
on deposit in the United States Treas
ury are derived principally from the
sale of surplus land.
A common term banded as a nest
ling on the coast of Maine was re-
covered four years later in the delta
of the Niger River, on the west coast
of Africa.
California has made the study of
the United States Constitution COM
! pulsory in all public schools.
The Samoan native government is
based on a patriarchal communism.
The head of the families has absolute
jurisdiction over the group.
Two-thirds of the aggregate popu-
lation of the ten leading cities of the
United States is of foreign stock.
Approximately one-fifth of the pop
ulation Of Chicago and New York and
only about a third of the population
| of Boston are of native white ances-
try.
In Japan nothing IS easier than di-
vorce, which takes place by mutual
consent of the mar and woman.
Even though the law gives every wife
the right to oppose her husbands
divorce suit her consent is easily Sc
cured. The only formalities required
consist of informing the magistrate
that such a step is contemplated.
1t cost from fifty to one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to drill an
oil well, and by no means is every well
an oil producer.
An astronomer of Carmel, Calf
ornia, has invented a camera that
works eight times faster than the
swiftest known camera of today and
can take pictures by starlight alone.
In good moonlight a ~one-second X
posure with the Gamers lens will
give as perfect detail as an half-hour
exposure with present-day cameras.
When the herring fishing proved a
comparative failure in the Shetland
Islands the women turned to making
hand-knit wooden goods which sell
readily for high prices.
"If each country would but divert
a 1.-THE of the amount now spent upon
ornaments to educating people as to
the enormously increased destructive
power that science has put into the
hands of men, the world would surely
realize tn a t, failing disarmament
within a few years civilization will go
down in ruins on the outbreak of an
other great war."-Commander Bur-
ney, British M. P.