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The Washington times., 1926-02-13
Countess Vera Asks a Few
Embarrassing Questions

NEW YORK, Feb 13.-The Countess Of Cathcart de-
tanned at Ellis Island q charge Of moral tmpitude,
would like Secretary Of Labor Davis other high
official to answer these questions
Am to understand that the United States Govern
ment officially sanctions q double moral standard
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CHAPMAN s
TUTOR IS
CAUGHT
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BY International News Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Norbert
A. Peterson, prison pal and tutor
Of Gerald Chapman and George
Dutch. Anderson was arrested
after furious battle with police
here early today.
Peterson and three others, also
in custody, are charged with rob-
bing the United States postoffice
ct Eastview, N. j., last january.
Sister Arrested Also
Arrested with Peterson, who, the
police say, fled from Scotland
where he was sentenced to death
for helping draftdodgers evade war
service. We're another man and two
women. The others identified them
selves as Majorie Peterson, 1S-year
old sister of Norbert: "DAr'
Lackey. Is. a model, and Richard
CASTOR.
Chapman and Anderson sat under
Peterson In class conducted by
Peterson in Auburn prison in 1919.
Later the triumviate became
fiends, the police said.
Debonair and suave as his motor
ious disciple, Chapman, Peterson
denied connection with any crime.
When confronted with State Trooper
Quinn. who knew hiN of old. Peter
son laughingly admitted his Identify
and later began prating Of his ex.
Dloits.
On Trail for Weeks
Postoffice inspectors and State
troopers had trailed the band for
weeks, coming up with them seq,
eraI times only TO nave them sIiu
through their fingers. This morn.
ing they located them in an uptown
a restaurant and LAID the snare which
finally caught their quarry.
A brief tussle followed the an
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The plunge Of the Of Mrs. John Al Standish
from the Calvert bridge Wednesday evening
climax Of series of marital troubles and storms,
which the separation Of husband and wife, formal fl
public office building between Mrs Standish and her
companion at the time Of the accident.
These developed today, following the statement
Of MIR. Standsh, the Of his departure with his
sxifes body for Buffalo, limiting mysterious real
cause Of the tragedy.
This hint made after Mr. Standish had obtained
formal from Miss Kathryn Collins, his
tary and his wifes companion when the auto plunged
from the bridge.
MIR. Standish making ngements at the Enner-
gency Hospital for this while the Coroner
inquest his wfes body At the Morgue
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BLAME ENGINE
|. FOR AIR DEATH
By international News Service

BRYAN, Ohio, Feb. 13.-Super.
intendent Schaver; of the United
States Air Mail Service, was due
here from Cleveland today 10
launch all investigation into the
cause of TIE death Of pilot Art
Smith. who was burned to death
when his plane crashed into q
tree near Montpelier, Ohio, shortly
before midnight.
Authorities are puzzled as to thu
cause of the accident. Smith was
known throughout the country as
one of the most competent and
intrepid men in the air mail service.
Residents of Montpelier reported
visibility good at the time Smith S
plane took a header into a tree.
top and burst into flames.
Shaver will join General Super.
intcndent A. S. A. Sisler, of Omaha.
at Bryan. Sisler started here upon
receiving word of the accident.
The opinion was expressed at the
air field, that Smiths plane had
developed engine trouble Officials
declined to believe the testimony OF
Montpelier farmers that Bryan
was flying how and crashed into a
tree. 1t was pointed out that the
Bryan beacon light was burning
and that visibility was good when
the accident occurred
Smith is the second pilot to meet
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Tess
FIAN('E
WIRES
BY international News Service

By INTERNATIONAL news service
LONDON, Feb. 10. - President
Coolidge was urged today to in
tervene in the case of Countess
Cathcart and permit her entry to
the United States, by Ralph Neale,
English novelist, who is to marry
the countess in March.
Neale, who is worried to the
point of exhaustion over the ban
ming of the countess, sent long
cablegram to the President, re.
questing him to take action and
assuring hir that there is no
reason why the countess should be
banned.
Envoy to Investigate
Prominent persons in London are
understood to have interested them
selves in the case, and although no
official statement has been made 1t
Is understood that the foreign Of
flee has instructed the British am
bassador to make an inquiry and
to lodge protest if advisable.
Neale's cablegram follows:
President Coolidge, White House,
Washington.
'As the fiance of Vera Lady Cath
cart, now detained at Ellis Island,
may l earnestly plead for your
gracious intercession on her behalf
RALPH NEALE."
II have tried everything I could
think of to get the American Gov
eminent to act and there seemed
nothing else left for me, but to
appeal direct to the President"
said Neale today.
Il am sure that he will not per.
NIT the countess to remain locked
up in Ellis Island over Sunday.
II have been working night ard
day for Lady Cathcart until / am
dog tired. have done everything
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CLEAR Up DEBRIS
/. IN IDLE MINES
~ International Newa service

BY International News Service
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Feb. Ia
The anthracite field feverishly be-
gan it's struggle back to normalcy
today.
Worn by months of strife that
cost it almost 81 900. OOO,oOO in addi-
ton to suffering and the toll of
human life, this industrial battle
field lost no time in tossing aside
the weapons of warfare and don
ming the mantle of peace.
Business men were the first TO
note the change. Business was not
''as usual today, but it was a vast
improvement over the paralysis thar
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BRITISH WIRELESS TALK
IS HEARD IN AUSTRALIA

LONDON, Feb. 13.-One-way
wireless telephone communication
between Great Britain and Aus
tralia-over an expanse of 10000
milcs-has been established, the
Daily News states today.
The Rugby station while engaged
in wireless telephone communica-
ton with the United States has
talked to Australia.
The Australian. authorities have
cabled that Rugby has been heard,
but there is no station in Aus.
tralia strong enough to reply.
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when The officials themselves acquainted with en-
facts?
Are all divorced women in the future to be denied
entrance to the United States?
Are all divorced men be permitted to continue
enter without question?
Would the United States feel abashed foreign gov
ernments should bar divorced Americana"
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was threat for public suit for
maintenance and. possibly, divorce.
Agreement was made, however, to
Obviate this by reaching q
financial settlement out of court.
L.. Al. Widmayer. an attorney,
was arranging this settlement,
which, it IS said, waited cOngunl-
nation only ON final acceptance Of
its terms BY Mr.. Standish. This
acceptance was to have been given
next week.
Despite these tangles, however,
Mrs. Standish and Miss Collins are
said to have recently re-establislled
cordial and intimate relations. and
particularly during the week before
the accident were much together.
Because of this recent renewal
Of intimacy, their friends expressed
no surprise that they We're to-
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1t was learned today that Mrs.
standish, referred to by. Mr.. stand
ish as his devoted wife, was
separated from her husband some
time ago. He took up his home at
the Mayflower Hotel while she con-
tinued to live at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
This separation, it was said, fol-
lowed q fist fight between Mrs.
Standish and Miss Collins i'm the
corridor Of the Munsey Building,
outside the offices of Mr.. StaHidisli.
"A friend of Miss Collins declared
today that Mrs. StanGish was
Jealous of Miss Collins, but with
out cause"
The fist fight, which occurred
about three months ago, was said to
be the result of this alleged
jealousy.
Following their separation, there
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one TOT men and another Tor W0menI
Why was the Earl Of Craven, with
whom eloped, permitted to enter the
United States without question?
Am to understand that Govern
ment officials do not read the news
papers and, therefore, did not know
what everyone else in the country ap-
parently knows-that the Earl Of
Craven was the gentleman eloped
with?
Why is it necessary for there to
be a formal complainant in immigra-
finn casns-as the nfficials contend
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by SAMUEL SALOMAN
1919 Upshur Street

by SAMUEL SALONIAN
1919 Upshur Street
My reaction to what passes for
occultisnf is decidedly unfavorable.
Personal and impersonal contact
with mediums, soothsayers, occalt-
lists and others of the ilk leads me
to tine unalterable belief that they
either deceive or are self-deceived
We have the public admission of
a leading local medium that what
she dignifies her profession is made
up in part of palpable frauds and
some others who practice deception
only part Of the time.
It should be unnecessary to di.
late on this naive admission by one
Of occultism's elect. To me 1T is
a confession of guilt that leaves
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81 4 Ok R
JAILED BY
GERMANS
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MESBACH, Baden. Feb. Ia
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the
Philadelphia draft dodger. is under
arrest here on an immortality
charge in connection with an Of
Tense alleged to have been commit.
ted in 1923.
Bergdoll is alleged to have com.
mitted an offense against minor
girl in Heidelberg three years ago
which has led to his arrest now.
The authorities are holding
BergdolI, pending an investigation
of the charges made against him.
The state attorney Is making a
thorough inquiry into the case.
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LARoRER IS BURNED BY
EXPLOSION IN PLANT

EAST ALTON, H., Feb. 13.T
Lawrence Taylor, laborer, was
seriously burned in an expIosio1
which wrecked corning plant IN
the Equitable Powder Company
plant here shortly before a. IN.
today.
No one was in the building when
the explosion occurred.
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Farthest North Editor Dead

COPENHAGEN. Feb. 1S.-Lars
Moller, founder and editor of the
AtuagagoIuitit of Greenland, the
farthest North newspaper, is dead.
Moller published the newspaper
once a year, set all Of the type
and carved his own illustrations on
wood blocks.
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Reaction Is Adverse
To Occult Claims

Do gow dreams? nefndreading done? Do
thoughts shape9 What heaOn2 What about
dealing with psychic phenomena
you any along kindred lines yo vted
to
epathy Workmanship spituasn prestdgatOn fortune telling
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
HUNDRED
farm WOMEN AT
Mothers CAMPS
Represented q Counties and 1O3
Rural COmmunities-SeasOn
Most Successful

Nearly 700 farm women attended
the nine mothers camps held in Mon
tana this summer under the direction
OF the wOmen's division Of the Mon
tana Extension service, according to
a report by Miss Blanche Lee, state
leader of home demonstration agents.
The women who attended repre-
scented q counties and 103 rural cOm-
munities in the state. According to
Miss Lee, the camp season just closed
was the most successful Of any since
the beginning Of the wOman's camp
idea in Montana, five years ago.
The best attended camp this year
was the one held at Helena, at which
173 farm women, representing 10
farm communities in Cascade, Lewis
and Clark, Broadwater, and jefferson
counties, were registered. The six
counties Of Flathead, Lake, Sanders,
Granite, Lincoln and Ravalli were rep
resented by the 20 women attending
Camp Tuffitt, Lake county; and %
communities in Valley, Phillips, Dan
iels and Hill counties were represent
ed by the IS attending the camp at
| Glasgow.
This years camps were held at Bill
lings, BOzeman, Helena, Camp Tuffit
Glasgow, Brush Lake, Sidney and
Forsyth.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
PEA
CROP Will YIELD
100000 BUSHELS

Northumberland pea crop
will be about the same as Last year,
$4,000 bushels, Though the acreage is
$4,000 instead of 10000, says Jay G..
Diamond, federal agricultural statis-
tician, in a preliminary survey Of the
situation.
Montana is one of the three prin-
cipal pea producing states. The 9TH
ers are Idaho and Wisconsin. In
Wisconsin, Mr.. Diamonds advices are
that the crop is about the same as
last year, with an acreage of $4,000,
about so per cent of which is soup
peas, 40 per cent, or $4,000 acres in
seed peas, and 10 per cent in other
varieties. No report is available as
to conditions in Idaho.
Thus far, says MIR. Diamond, the
season has been quite favorable fol
the crop and conditions in the Gal
latin and Bitter Root valleys, the
principal producing areas, give gooC
promise CT a satisfactory growth
Helena Record.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
OF CAPONS IN MONTANA
NOW RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INDUSTRY

turkeys, with some b~rOilers, but this
year for the first time capons are ex-
pected to be a material factor in the
states dressed poultry trade.
Particularly notable increase in the
production Of capOns is reported in
the counties of Yellowstone, Stillwa-
ter and Carbon. These three counties
expect to ship about three carloads
of turkeys. Other counties that have
shown marked increases in this type
Of poultry production are Cascade,
Pondeua, Teton, Phillips and Valley.
According to Miss Cushman, Mon
tana producers of capOns are getting
best results by ~fattening their birds
for january markets. This is the
season when such birds usually bring
the highest prices and the capOns car
be used to fill in the final shipment;
CT turkeys which are held over from
the Thanksgiving and Christmas mar.
kets. Spring capOns for the January
market usually weigh two pounds
more than ordinary binds and bring
from 10 cents to 20 cents more pc
pound, says Miss Cushman.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
CONSIDER CHANGE
Y. N. P. BOUNDARY

YELLOWSTONE P ARK, Wyo.-
Concerned with the proposed altera-
ton of the boundary lines Of Yellow
stone National park, Senators Stan
ford, Oregon; Cameron, Colorado;
Norbeck, South Dakota; Ashurst,
Arizona, and Kendrick, Wyoming,
visited the Falls-Bechler river couR-
try, in the southwest corner of the
park, on Tuesday.
The senators named comprise the
subcommittee Of the senate commit
tee on public lands and made the in
spectiOn of the Falls-Bechler river
region in connection with irrigation
questions raised by Idaho residents,
who wish to have that country Of
beautiful waterfalls used 30 supply
water for agricultural purposes.
Congressman Winter Of Wyoming
also accompanied the party, which
left Ashton, Idaho, on Tuesday and
proceeded by motor to the park boun-
dairy. There they were met by
Ranger Bicknell, who acted as guide
for the group.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20

The production Of capons in Mon
tana is rapidly developing into an i'm
pOrtant branch of the poultry indus
try, according to Miss H. e. Cush-
man, poultry specialist for the Mon
tana Extension service. Miss Cush-
man has been conducting demOnstra-
tions in almost every important pCul-
try center of the state this summer
and reports great interest in the pro-
duction Of high quality meat fowls
for the market.
While MOntana's dressed poultry
shipments amounted to more than two
and One-haf million pounds last year,
which is considered a record figure
for the state, shipments are expected
to be fully as great this year in spite
of an expected reduction in number
of marketable turkeys. The increase
in the Production of capOns is expected
to offset the reduced turkey crop.
Most of Montana's dressed poultry
goes to the markets in San Francisco.
Los Angeles, Chicago, New York
Philadelphia and Boston. The great
er part of these shipments have beer
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
800 MONTANA WORLD WAR VETERANS
WILL ATTEND PARIS REUNION In 1927

Observation-Disclosures for en-
tertainmcnt Of American Legion mem
bers in Paris during the conven-
ticn o. 1927 have virtually been COM
pleted, said W. L. Jones, state adju-
tant, upon his return from Bozeman,
where ne conferred with J.. j. Wicker,
national chairman of the Paris con-
ventiOn committee. It is expected
that 500 Montana World war veter-
ans VIII go tic Paris to the meeting.
For the first time in history the
French hotels have made contracts
more than a year in advance giving
special rates to the expected 10000
veterans. These contracts were diff
cult to obtain, owing to the unstable
value Of the franc. French railways
have granted a so per cent reduction
in fares from seapOrts to Paris and
return, said Mr.. Jones. This reduc-
ton will equal 100000 at the normal
exchange valuation.
Arrangements for the buses 70 take
the legionnaires from Paris u the
~battlefields have also been completed
II was said. The entire capacity OF
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
FIRE DAMAGES
STRONG Hotel
ON EAST Main
q Early Sunday Morning Blaze
Spectacular One and At
tracts Big Crowd

Fire early Sunday morning heavily
damaged the Strong hopel, on East
Main street in the rear Of the MaXey
building. The blaze, the origin Of
which is not known, was a spectacular
one and attracted a crowd to the
scene. No insurance was carried on
the structure. The property was
owned by the Maxey estate.
According to reports, the building
will be remodeled and used by R. B.
Lobdell for storing used cars.
The Strong hotel was a cOmbina-
ton brick, stone, and frame struc-
ture, a part of it having been erected
nor than so years ago. It was once
used as a brewery malt house and
bOttling works. Later the frame adj
ditiCn was made and for years it was
operated as a lodging house. Re.
Gently it had been occupied, on a sub
lease, by a number of Chinese, who
were the only occupants at the time
of the fire.
The blaze was discovered at 3:15
a. m. by a guest of the Baltimore no.
tel, who turned in an alarm. It gain
ed Roadway rapidly and gave the de-
Partment a twO-hour battle before il
was subdued.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
EXTENSION work Accomplishments
REVIEWED In TENTH ANNUAL REPORT

Extension work, as it has been con-
Quoted during the 10-year period from
1914 to 1924, has helped farming peO-
pie tc think about the business of
the farm and to act on their con-
clusiOns, says the United States de-
partment of agriculture in the tenth
annual report Of cooperative agri-
cultural extension work. The fact
that 49,464 community programs
were developed in 1924 in which
farmers themselves devised remedies,
selected 1927 local leaders, deter
mined upon 1,134,75O demonstrations,
carried them to completion, and re-
ported the results, shows the Coop
, Grafton farm people are giving ex-
tension work.
The report not only discusses the
work Of 1924 but reviews the results
CT extension teaching done since the
passage Of the Smith-Lever Act in
1914. It covers more than 40 pages
explaining the different types of ex-
tension work being carried on, their
development and accomplishment. The
1O-year period is reviewed to give g
broader view Cf what has been &C
complished and of the general trend
of the work in it's relation to Ameri
lean life.
The Smith-Lever Act, which is th,
nucleus Of the American agriculture
extension system provides for tn
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20

the buses in Paris is only 1920 men,
so it was necessary to contract for
the use of all those in other French
cities and many from Belgium. Forty
per cent Of the buses of England will
be used in this excursion, said Mr..
Jones.
Registration of applicants for the
trip will start November Is. The
veterans application will take the
place of a passport for the trip and
will cost him but 81 instead of the
usual S25.
Delegates from Montana to the
convention will sail from Montreal.
The minimum cost for the round trip
will be about $3.50, it is estimated by
Mr.. Jones.
Members Of the American Legion
who have been in good standing for
1926 and 1927 will be allowed to make
the trip, which will require from 23
to 81 days. American railrays will
grant round trip tickets at the price
of a single fare and the return trip
coupon will be good until December
1927.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-20
court REJECTS
PLAINTIFFS PLEA
in PAVING CASE
Denies Motion of Standard Con-
strUCtiOn Company for Tenn
pOrary Restraining Order

Denial Of motion for a temporary
injunction was made Saturday by
Judge H. J. Miller of Livingston in
the case Of j. J. White and the
Standard Construction company
against the City Of BOzeman, an ac-
ton to restrain the defendant from
proceeding with certain improvement
work about the grounds of Montana
State college. Date of trial of the
suit for permanent injunction has
not yet been set.
The case was filed by Mr.. White
and the construction company through
their attorney, Eugene F. Bunker,
and in the absence of Judge B. B.
Law, Judge H. J.. Miller was called
upon to occupy the bench. Argu-
ments upon the motion for a temper
airy restraining order were heard in
district court Tuesday Of last week.
The plaintiffs in their complaint al
legged that plans for the improvement
wOrk-On Cleveland from Eighth to
Tenth and on Sixth from Cleveland
to Garfield-were so indefinite as to
preclude intelligent bidding, and that
the agreement Of the Warren Con-
structiOn company was not filed with
] the city in time to permit competing
contractors to submit bids. They
asked the court permanently to re-
strain the city from entering into a
contract with the last-named firm,
Sixty per cent Of the property abut-
ting the two improvement districts
is owned by Montana State college,
At the hearing last Tuesday, the
city met the plaintiffs allegations
with testimony intended to show thai
the specifications for the improve
ments were simple and that bids up.
on them could have been figured
within a few minutes after knowledge
of the requirements had been obtain
ed. The city also commended that am
pie time had been given for the films
of bids prior to the hour set for thei
opening and consideration. The city
case was presented by George D
Pease, it's attorney.
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royalties enrich STATES SCHOOL
FUND BY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS day

M~ontana's common school perma-
nent fund, which rat the end of the
fiscal year, June 80, tOtalled
$11O,82 SIT, is being enriched an av-
of $1,000 a day from oil royal
ties, according to 1. M. BrandjOrd,
register Of state lands.
The royalties are derived from the
1914 per cent of all oil and gas pro
duced under leases of state lands, and
all Of the money goes into the COM
school permanent fund. Earn
ings of the fund sTe distributed each
year to the public schools Of the
state.
The common school permanent fund
is invested in five types Of securities,
according to George P. Porter, state
auditor-farm loans, state warrants,
state bonds, government bonds and
bonds of counties, cities and other
lesser subdivisions of government.
The greater part still is invested
in farm loans, $4,549, O39. Next in
Importance is bends other than fed
eral securities. The state land board
which administers the fund, invested
$353,815 in this type of securities
during the year but there were re-
deemed bonds detailing $515,709, leav-
ing the investment at the close Of the
year, $685. 47.