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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11
Sad Death Of
Mrs. II. CGOStGI

Mrs. Nathan Coster, a resident Of
Belt for several years, died at the
Deaconess hospital here Friday morn
ing She was 80 years old and a native
j of Norway coming to Great Falls %
years ago. Besides her husband Nath-
an Coster of Silver Dyke, she is sur
vived by two sops and one daughter.
Harry, Alfred and Hazel Coster A
sister, Mrs. o. Endergaard, arrived
Friday afternoon from Anaconda, and
brother, N. 0degard and two step
daughters, Mrs. Andrew O'Green and
Mrs. Alice Carr, reside in Great Falls
Other relatives include the father,
Andres Odegard, and five brothers
who live in Norway, and another sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Holmes, who lives
in Detroit
The funeral was held Sunday after.
noon from Georges Undertaking es-
tablishemnt.
Many Of her neighbors from Belt
attended
Mrs. Coster has been resident of
Belt for a number Of years and hel
sudden death is a severe blow to her
friends. She has been i'll for some
months but no one imagined her ill.,
ness serious.
Many expressions Of sympathy have
been heard for the children and Mr..
Coster.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11
CITY FINANCES INDICATE
SATISFACTORY IMPROVEMENT

The mayor and the city council fee
that this springs statement of city
finance is a creditable one and in ord
er that the citizens may know tn.
present status of the city in a finan
cial way we are publishing the city
treasurer's report as Of January 81
1926.
In comparison with a like report Of
Jan. 81, 1922 this shows a reduction
in the cities indebtedness of SIS, ,222.7z
leaving balance of indebtedness OF
all kinds Of s64. .501 in which is included
registered warrants, improvement dis
trict warrants, water works bonds etc.
From this rightfully we may de-
duct cash to the amount Of $4,000
which is in the sinking fund which has
been established to retire the water
works bonds as they may mature.
This would leave a net indebtedness
of s5s,5O1 95 as against $50. .72467 in
1922.
At the present time in addition to
the aforementioned sinking fund, the
city Treasurer has $5.749.22 on hand
which is approximately the same as
four yeas ago
The itemized statement is:
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11
MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Montana stock-marketing record
for 1926 was better than for several
years. Cattle shipments totaled 332,-
2ee head, 1885 head going to Chi
cago.
Butte Anaconda Company instails
three new 2I5O h. p. electric hoists
each TO hoist 1900 tons Of ore from
5000 feet depth.
Milwaukee railroad plans 70
electrify 200 more miles Of main
line.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11

ter.
Mrs. Allan is survived by one son,
Ralph A. W. Allan Of Sun River Can
yon, two sisters and three brothers,
Mrs. John Scott and George Hay OF
Great Falls, Mrs. John Grove Of
Little Belt, Andrew G. Hay Of Arm
ington and C. W. Hay Of Lewistowr,.
All Of the brothers and sisters were
with Mrs. Allan at the time Of her
death.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:S0 from the w. n.
George chapel. the service being con-
Quoted jointly by the Rev. r. G. Sum
erin, pastor of the First Baptist
church, and Elder Dick Of the Seventh
Day Adventist chuch.
(Great Falls Tribune)
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11
MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

For the third consecutive year, train
load Of fat steers from Huidehopher
ranch, south of Two Dot, on Crazy
Mountain, topped the Chicago market.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11

Grand Total 65,305.44 1O749.2s
Less 1919 Sidewalk and Curb war
rants, called but not yet paid, plus an
interest coupon against Spl Imp. Dis
No. S1O0S.49.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11
BOYS WIN FROM FORT SHAW
AND CASCADE. GIRLS LOSE

Belt beat Cascade by a score Of 81
to z.
The game was too one-sided 10 BE-
very interesting. Tucker scored high
est for Belt while McCullum Of Cas-
cade made three Of their seven points.
Belts second team went in the last
quarter and after that the game was
more even.
Saturday night the first game was
between the Fort Shaw girls and tha
local girls and the local girls team in
which the visitors proved themselves
adopts in handling the sphere. Our
girls lost BY score Of z 70 9 bat the
verdict Of the bleachers was that ths
visitors outcIassed the locals in team
work.
Lineup:
Belt Fort shaw
Klimas (O...-.-.---.......-a.....s. Kirbs
Right Forward
Wilson .........~.~............D Donnelly (2)
Left Forward
Evans q 2.....-................ Cassidy o.
Center
stufTei .s,.,.ss..sss.s...s,s.- .t.s.s-. McDonAAu
Center Guard
3rutofsh ............,................. Cassidy
Right Guard
dcCafferty ..............--...........-. skslA
TofA cnard
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-11

PoIson--Dewey Lumber Co. will re-
build sawmill here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
PERFECTION OF COAL
AS AUTO FUEL SEEN
Low. Temperature Distillation Sue.
cess Reported-May Hurt
Oil Industry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24.-The
New York American. in a copyright
article, says chemists of the Interna-
tional Combustion Engineering Corpo-
ration have perfected methods for the
low.temperature distillation of coal
which will make possible the produc:
ton of a good grade of gasoline with
out dependence on oil. ...
This new motor fuel. the American
says, is the expected outcome of the
connection formed between the Inter.
national Combustion Engineering Cor
poration and Nobel's industries, Ltd,
through the recent election of Sir
Harry MCGOWAN to the American di-
rectorate of the corporation. Sir
Harry Is chairman and managing di-
rector of Nobel's industries.
Experts pointed out to the New
York American" the article says,
that if gasoline could be produced in
a practicable manner in Europe from
coal, and produced more cheaply. than
it could be imported from American
refineries, this would not only give a
tremendous impetus to the American
coal industry. but might seriously af-
feet the petroleum interests In the
United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
HURRICANE VICTIMS.
GET CHRISTMAS AID
Red Cross Financial Awards for
500 Families to Make 10000 :
Rehabilitated.

AS an agent for Santa Claus, the
American Red Cross tomorrow will
present Christmas presents in the
form of financial awards for the re-
building of their homes to 500 Florida
hurricane stricken families.
OF 22,904 families which appealed
70 the Red Cross for relief after the
hurricane last September, the or
ganization announced today, $4,000.
representing approximately $4,000 in
dividuals. have been rehabilitated.
In this work the Red Cross has dis.
tributed a fund of more than $3,450,.
900, the assistance being directed
chiefly toward the rebuilding of homes
and the providing of shelter and
clothing. About 500 families are be-
ing rehabilitated each week, and the
undertaking is expected to be con-
cluded in about 10 weeks.
The Red Cross also will give an.
other 1000 to help children refugees
in Bulgaria. The contribution was
authorized after Col. Ernest p. Bick
nell, vice chairman, cabled from Paris
saying the situation in Bulgaria. was
desperate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
LEAVES CITY $4,000
IF 1T BURNS HIS BODY
Recluse STIMULATES That Funeral
Pyre of Cordwood Be Built in
Own Back Yard.

By the Associated Press.
PEORIA, ILL.,, December 24.-The
city of Kewanee, which once awaited
the return of a millionaire" to re-
ceive his gifts, only to find that his
fortune" was hoax, is preparing to
receive a gift of $4,000 provided in
the will of recluse who stipulated
that the city should burn his body, the
Peoria Transcript says.
The $50, 900 is to be used for park
fund. The recluse, Fred F. Francis
II years old, and a graduate of the
University of Illinois, was found dead
at his home. His will disclosed a
strange request-that the city burn
his body on funeral pyre Of cord
wood in his own back yard, but IL
health authorities preferred, 1t could
be cremated privately.
Failing to do as the will provided,
the money was to be given Francis
alma mater and several Kewanee
charities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
MEXICO REQUESTED
TODEPORT HOWARD
Father Makes Plea After Al
legged Plot by Son to Kid
nap Parent.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, December ga
John F. Howard, former salad dress.
ing manufacturer Of Haverhill. Mass,
has asked the police to deport his
son, John C.. Howard, arrested here
in connection with an alleged plot to
kidnap his father.
The arrest of young Howard and
two companions, described by the
Mexico City newspapers as gunner
from the United States" prevented an
affair, the police say. that might have
caused trouble between Mexico and
the United States.
John G.. Howard and his brother
Albert followed their father when he
came to Mexico several months ago
and attempted to obtain his return
to Haverhill or monetary provision
for his second wife. The elder How
ard has since been married twice, and
is said to be honeymooning with the
former Sonora Leonor Cordero on one
Of her ranches.
The police allege that one of the
men who entered Mexico with young
Howard on his latest trip has con-
fessed that they plotted to kidnap the
father. This is denied by John c.,
but the police repeat that they have
a confession and proof, and the news
papers unqualifledly assert that the
elder Howard would have been kid
mapped and in serious danger of death
II the police had not discovered the
alleged plot in time.
The elder Howard Is quoted by the
police as saying that he has already
given his son John a small fortune
and that now all he desires is peace.
He asked them to send the son out
OF the country and keep him out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
S82,OO0,O()O GOULD
] BATTLE NEAR END
Heirs to Estate Said to Have
Reached Agreement in
10.Year-0ld Suit.
b the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press. e.
NEW YORK, December 24.-The
New York World says that the heirs
Of the Jay Gould estate. once esti.
mated at $50 900. 600, have. decided 10
end legal fight that has lasted for
more than d decade and is estimated
to have cost In attorneys fees at least
$4,000 600 .-
The World is informed that a score
Of lawyers. representing the children,
grandchildren and great -grandchild-
rem of the founder Of the Gould for
tune, have arranged a formal agree
ment among the litiCants, and that
a final settlement is at hand.
The legal tangle was precipitated
when the four trustees of the Jay
Gould estate filed an accounting of
their stewardship. Objections to the
accounting were fileI by the two
youngest children or Jay Gould
nix J. Gould. and his sister, Anna
the Duchess de Talleyrand who
charged their eldest brother. George
j.. with mismanagem and de
CARED his actions had caused ii
Shrinkage of S2o.oQ0.000 in the ets-
tate. - =
The purpose Of their fight was to
hold the trustees responsible to the
estate for the loss and they succeed
ed in 1919 in having George j. Gould
removed a. trustee. ,-
Among the points of contention ar
gued were S325 bill for dog meat
and a 81 license fee for q dog owned
by Mrs. Finley J. Shepard. formerly
Helen Gould
Various special and collateral is
sues were argued. including the va
dity Of the marriage clause in the
Jay Gould will. and, the rights of the
three children of George j. Gould
by his second wife. who now is the
Viscountess Dunsford to share in the
estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
BALDWIN CORRECTS
INSURANCE FIGURES
Official Says He Was Misguided in
Testimony Before House
Subcommittee.

Superintendent of Insurance T. NJ.
Baldwin. in a letter to The Evening
Star received today, correets figures
r ported in an article bearing on his
testimony before the subcommittee
of the House District Committee last
Monday night, wherein 1t was re-
ported that he stated that during the
last year fire insurance companies
had taken in some $22.319.64S in
premiums while sustaining only
6,619, S97.67 losses.
In his letter Mr.. Baldwin says:
May / correct this article to the
extent that instead of the above total
of premiums paid in the District being
on fire business, 1t represented the
total premiums on all classes Of in
surance transacted in the District of
Columbia during the year 1925. OF
this amount the fire premiums were
$2.521 1852, with losses paid of
$S47. $685., or SO 3-5 per cent.
THE article further states that
am credited with the remark that in
the proposed general code. real estate
title insurance legislation is embodied.
did not make such a remark but
to the contrary said that such legisla-
ton had been taken out CT the gen.
eral code and would be considered in
a separate code"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
John D. Whistles, Dances Jig and Quotes
Poetry When He Sinks 20-Foot Putt

of New York City. was along, so it
must have been just blank verse.
DR.. Woelfkin, Gen. Ames of Lowell,
Mass. a close friend and MFR. and
Mrs. John Dick of Toronto, Ont. made
up a fvesome with Mr.. Rockefeller.
The Standard Oil king, usually
straight from the tee, had power with
him and at the third hole was 2
up on all but ~. Dick and / up on
him. For the six holes played Mr..
Rockefeller had a $3.50, 1854.
The other cards were:
Gen. Ames, $50. 647-37.
DIR. Woelfkin, 756, 1858.
Mrs. Dick. 1855. 5x4-xXX. ....
John Dick. 656. 545-31. .ee,:l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
COAL CAR LEAVES RAILS
AND CRASHES INTO TRAIN
Several Passengers Are Hurt as
Wreck at Garrison, N. Y, Ties
Up Traffic.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
GARRISON, N. Y. December "a
number of passengers on q train
bound from New York to Poughkeep.
sic were injured last night when a
gondola coal car on a southbound
freight train jumped the track one
mile south of Garrison and crashed
into the passenger train. The engi-
neer and fireman of the Poughkeepsie
train were seriously injured. The pas
sengers in the derailed cars were said
to have been only slightly hurt.
Several hundred feet of the railroad
track were torn UP and both north
and south bound traffic was tied up.
The fireman of the train. Edward
Cox, was taken to the Julia Butter
field Memorial Hospital, at Cold Spring
N. Y, suffering from decorations,
shock and bruises. Harry Stewart,
engineer, returned to his home. In
Poughkeepsie. after being treated at
the scene OF the wreck.
Several passengers who were
slightly injured were treated at the
scene by doctors from nearby towns
and want t. theix h0maA "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
CLUB IN LONDON, OLDEST
IN THE WORLD, ON SALE
Proprietor Offers Building to Eel
low Members on Terms They
Deem Acceptable.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 24.--"White's
Club" In st. James street, claimed to
be the Oldest in the world, is shortly
to be sold and will probably become
the property of its members. The
proprietor or landlord has offered the
premises to his fellow club members
on terms which will bring il into
their possession as freehold prop
erty.
Founded in 1897 as a chocolate
house, 1t gradually became one of tht
most fashionable resorts in London
for young bucks" of the day who
were noted for their betting The
building was burned In 1873, and the
present club founded soon afterward.
Pope and Swift mention celebrities
who resorted there, Hogarth record ed
II in some of his pictures, and Of re-
cent years 1t has numbered among
its members most of the aristocratic
<nakniA. insR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
DOLLS USED TO SELL
NOTED ALSATtAN DISH
Paris Restaurants Put Pate de Foie
Gras Under Skirts of Pro-
vincial Toys.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. '..-* .-.-- =.
PARIS. December 24.--The Alsatian
restaurants of Paris have hit upon
new way to sell their pate de foie
gras, the food that made Strasbourg
famous.
Cans of pate. all ready to be taken
home, are placed beneath the volumi-
nous skirts of dolls dressed in the pro.
vincial costume. with big Alsatian
bows adjoining their hair. A wife.
sweetheart or daughter, taken into the
restaurant for a good dinner, is almost
sure to be attracted to the dolls.
placed on tables in the center of the
room. When her escort yields to her
whim and decides to buy the doll. he
has, to buy the pate de foie gras that
goes with it-and there are few delica-
AiAa IN tina dEvorld 81 ha L cost 40 much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
CUBAN HOUSE AD0URNS,
IGNORING FINANCIAL. AID
Action on Treasury Bill Seems Sure
to Go Over Until After
Holidays.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, December 24.-The
House adjourned last night after a
four-anda -half.hour session without
passing legislation to better the finan
cial condition of Cuba's treasury. al
though Secretary of the Treasury
Hernandez Cartaya has told the House
that revision OF the budget was neces
sary Immediately.
The Senate is expected to take up
the legislation Monday If It can be
rushed through the House by that
time, but this Is considered unlikely
An0aaInauxAut Ia z6yhs1n fua aanolidawa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
FAMILY LEFT IN COLD
BY SMUGGLERS SAVED
Father, Mother and Children Res
cued From Freezing to Death
on Island.
By the Associated Press.

By the Aseoc1ated Press.
WINDSOR. Ont, December PA
Belgian family Of father, mother. a
small girl and a baby were rescued
from freezing to death yesterday on
the isolated little stretch of land in
the Detroit River known as Peche
Island. a.
Of the solitary residence on the island
who brought them back to the river
side, learned that they had paid 500
to be struggled across to the Amer.
lean shore.
In the darkness, they said, the
smuggler landed the family on the
wood strewn beach of the island. far
from their expected destination, and
6eds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Pink Puppies New Fad.

PARIS, December "a R.-Pink
velvet puppies, with bright red pro-
truding tongues and an overfed air.
are the fashionable playthings at
Paris. This animal one OF,
the most amusing ever placed on the
holiday market, is the king of the
Christmas counters where seekers of
IA snx1a xksaaoxAltse xcougrAgatA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
HUSBAND FREED, AGREES
TO TREAT WIFE BETTER
Prisoner Promises to Play Prince
Charming and Court Allows
Him to Go.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. December PA mar
ried Cinderella came to light yester
day when Municipal Judge Burke or
dered her husband to play the part of
Prince Charming to his wife in return
for his freedom from Jail, granted by
the courts for the sake of the Christ
mas spirit.
1t was disclosed that Mrs. Julius
Poradula. 20 years younger than her
56-year-old husband. and her three
children lived in semi-squalor in one
part Of the house. while the children
Of his first marriage dwelt in com.
parative comfort in the other part
So Poradula gave the exacted prom
Use that he would treat his wife like a
princess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Works at Washtub
While Billy Slides,
SAYS Watson's Wife
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, December "a.
Mrs. Anna Shapiro, wife of Will
liam Shapiro, known on the bur
lesque stage as Sliding Billy
Watson" told the Domestic Rela-
tons Court yesterday that while
she worked over a washboard"
to support their children. her hus-
band was laughing at the world
and the world at him." Judge
Glass ordered Shapiro, whose sec
ond wife was slain in New York
last April. to pay $25 a week.
Mrs. Shapiro had requested a
court order for $75 a week. Sha-
piro denied his wife's assertion
that she had received only $50
from him since their estrangement
in 1902. He said he earned 800 a
week for So weeks of year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
BY the Associated Press.

ORMOND BEACH. Fla, December
24.--When John d. Rockefeller sinks
20-foot putt, he quotes poetry.
whistles and dances a jig.
He won the second hole from four
companions yesterday after making
Just about the best drive" he could
remember and putt George Won
Elm would have sighed to achieve.
1t was then that Mr.. Rockefeller
quoted poetry and danced jig. !
Just what the millionaire said
moment later on the third hole, when
he took a 8, is not a matter of
record, but the Rev. DIR. C. Woelfkin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
Drives Stolen Auto
Long Way in Vain
Hunt for Her Baby
Special Dispatch to The star.

LYNCHBURG, Va, December
24.-Mrs. Edna Catherine Wright,
10 years old, of Philadelphia, Is
charged with stealing an automo-
bile, which she drove here from
that city in hunt for her baby.
Mrs. Wright was married when
Ia and has two children. She is
separated from her husband. who
told her. she says, one of the chill
dren was here with his mother.
After arriving she learned that the
child is in Philadelphia. The owner
of the auto has refused to prose
cute her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
WILL JOIN WORLD COURT.
Santo Domingo Notifies League
Signing Has Been Authorized.

GENEVA, December "a @.-The
Republic of Santo Domingo has mott
fed the League of Nations that the
Dominican Constituent Assembly has
authorized the signing of the statutes
of the Permanent Court OF Interna.
tional Justice. better known as the
World Court.
The optional clause dealing with
compulsory arbitration also will be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

we associate with the Spanish Main
of other days.
The disposition to be made of one
of the fair captives of the pirates
has been the cause of a n1utiny.
which the captain has undertaken
to settle by engaging the leader Of
the mutineerS in single combat. The
scene Of the encounter is a tropical
beach flooded with hot afternoon
sunshine. The almost iridescent
cloud -flecked summer sky and the
ever changing blue OF the Caribbean
constitute colorful and romantic
background for the duel, the climactic
moment Of whic., Wyeti1 has re.
corded.
The nutinous sailor has just made
terrific but ill-directel lunge
at his captain. The latter, mas.
ter of the sword, has easily parried
and is in a position to finish off
his less slxillful and now unguarded
ind unbalanced opponent. Despite
the heat, he is fully arrayed in the
finery that is the outward symbol
of his superior position, and his
arrogant face expresses cruel
resolution that BODIES iii for the
man now so completely at nis
mercy.
The pirate crew are grouped
around the fighters and at a little
distance to one side, two Of them
are holding the young woman whose
fate rests on the outcome Of the
duel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
I. v. c. 4. CAMP
PLANSMADE


Activities have started prepare
tory to the annual Phyllis Wheat
ley Z. W. G. A. camp at Highland
Beach, Nd. The camp viii open
July 10 and close August 20, officials
announced today.
Miss Kittie Bruce is in charge
Of arrangements, and announces a
record attendance is expected this
year The camp will be open &c
every colored girl and woman Of
the District of Columbia between
the ages Of III and so years.
The Wheatley camp sent out q
public call today for donations of
articles of every description that can
pc used IN camp life among women
and girls. These gifts will be re-
ceived at the association head
quarters, Ninth Street and Rhode
Island Avenue Northwest.
All forms of wholesome recreation
win be INDUCED in at the camp.
Matrons, physicians and iifeguards
will be in attendance.
Sunday afternoon yespsr services
have haan scheduled for the camp
this Summer. Prominent speakers
and choral societies will appear.
Radios will be installed.