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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-02-12
Most Distinctive New Building Erected.
Receives Gold Medal Prize in New York
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nave been award.
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Avenue associa.
dion of New York
Tor the most die.
tine tive new
q structure erected
IN the section
during the year.
Every phase Of
construction and
.rchit tur
..enius Is consid-
cred in deciding
on the merit Of
the building.
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limestone c o m .
any. The tuild.
ibg. a graceful!
addition to the
music and art
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Renaissance style
aud is expressive
at its relation TO
~. musical arts.
Second prize
as awarded to
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10. I Park Ave-
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-02-12

whole for o year OF stable and
satisfactory BUSINESS. II excellent.
While a continuation Of the up.
lizard movement in business growth
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-02-12

was awarded first prize for altsFst
buildings.
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won innumerable awards fog -,
beauty and distinction h esaae
cial buildings, churchss. sSoes
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The Washington times., 1927-03-24
TEACHER FACES
BEATING TRIAL

Parent teacher organizations in
Alexandria today were awaiting with
interest the trial in city court to-
morrow of Mrs. Cora Kelly. for 20
years q public school teacher, who
is charged with assault as Il result
of having dealt corporal pun sE.n.asnnti
to 11-year-old Edward Taylor, a
pupil.
Allen Taylor, father OF the lad,
swor4 out the warrant yesterday,
alleging that as 4 result OF the
thrashing, which, lIe said, was done
with a bannister railing, the child
had become i'll.
The boy was whipped, according
to Mrs. Kelly, after a note he had
written was passed down his aisle
and several indicate additions were
made before it finally was picked
up by a young girl pupil and turned
over to the teacher.
After Mrs, Kelly had dealt about
twenty blows, the father asserted.
she turned both the boy and the
note over to Principal c. III. Strader.
who further punished the child.
Edward admitted, his father said,
Of having written the original text
OF the note which, ne saws. is
innocent IN phraseology, but to
which other pupils added vulgarities.
The boys hack bears marks of
unreasonable punishment, Mr.. Tay.
Tor declares.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24

'Warships Save Foreigners
LONDON. March IA. American
and British warshIps have laid
down shell fire to cover the evacua.
tcontnseA - RsSa i, celuaaa. q
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
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NEW X0PK MI. -

ny international News Service
NEW YORK, March "a
Mrs. Ruth Snyder, pretty
blonde housewife, and HEM
Judd Gray, dapper young cot,
set salesman, will 20 on trisl
April II for the first-degree
murder Of Albert Snyder, art
editor Or MOTOR Boating, who
was brutally slain in his home
in Queens Village early Sunday
morning.
After Justice Cafiaghan had
set the date, counsel for the
woman. accused Of killing her
husband asked that she be
given a separate trial, but the
court ruled that this must be
decided by the trial Judge
when the couple are brought
up to face the jury which will
decide their fate.
Gray Near Breaking Point
Gray's physical and mental con-
dition have become So bad that his
counsel may seek delay on the
ground that he Is too ill to face
trial. His nervousness increased
after his mother had visited him
and, after a fond embrace and
notherly caress, promised to stand
by him throughout his ordeal.
Mrs. Snyder is of sterner stuff
than Gray and is bearing UP much
better.
Counsel for Mrs. Snyder allowet
her to meet newspaper correspoH
dents and answer questions. When
she was asked point blank II. she
participated in the killing Of he's
husband inI their pretty snburl,aa
home in Queens Village last sum
day morning she exclaimed:
My God, mol = didn't knuW
what have been saying. because
1 was hungry. / have had hardlS
anything to eat. and have had
little or no sleep.
She said she was born in New
York on March ~, 1895, and at.
tended schools in New York. She
had no high school education. but
attended business school at L..
She went to work an a. stenos.
rapher. When she was about 20
Continued on PAGE ?, Column ii
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
H(QN'K
SLA|N, IS
BELIEF

ALBANY, Ore, March 24.-Dr.
Knute NJ. HOuck, Washington.
ID. G.. physician, who II wanted
in the National Capital for ques-
tiOning In connection with the
discovery there OF his wffe's body,
was kept under close guard to-
day BY local authorities. DIR.
H0nck was arrested upon receipt
Of teIegrapIIic warrant from
Washington. He 3 in i critical
physical condition, it was said
and egIIirea the constant atten.
lion i . physician.
The tavo brothers of the mys-
terioIsIy drowned Mrs. Gladys
Walter Houck arrived in
Washington today from their
homes in Cantor, Ohio, and al
most Immediately went into
conference with District At
torney Peyton Gordon, who
has ordered the arrest OF their
brother-in-law, DR.. Knut I'll.
Houck, former psychiatrist Of
st. Elizabeth s Hospital.
Hold Long Conference
They are Paul L. Walter, super
intendent of power for the Central
Alloy Steel Company Of Canton,
end Earl ". Walter, who is in the
plumbing and heating business.
While both men stated they did
not want to be represented as
prosecutors of their sisters hus-
band, they held a long and secret
conference with the district attor-
ney.
Tell Their Views
IT is generally conceded that the
brothers told Prosecutor Gordon their
own private views regarding the cir.
Continued on Page 2, Column u
The Washington times., 1927-03-24

Is the brilliant young physician
simply 4 grief-brol1en man. facing
q future with q loved girl gone out
Of II and career ruined or r. he
= superb actor. feigning the Symp-
toms Of mental arrangement to
evade suspicion?
Ia Fate at Fault?
Can IL be possible that DR.
Houck innocently played into the
hands of a diaboiical fate that
seemed to be plotting his ruin?
Is it possible that the accident Of
circumstance so timed his insanity
that it should fall exactly on the
night of Mrs. Houck's mysterious
disappearance from the little home
at 1927 Nichols. Ave. s. e.
II this is true. can it be pos
sible that this almost unbelievable
coincidence should be followed by
DIR. Houck's secret flight away
from his home and his child, while
his wife lay drowned on the river
bed?
Could this strange series OF CO.
medicines reach beyond even the
ina ination and have DR.. Houck,
a fugitive in hotel in Hornell,
N. Y, shout out in the delerium OF
insanity: She is dead! She is
dead! Ten thousand doilars?"
Mystery Grows Deeper
Could he, without knowing that
ne was so doing, by strange
chance have, acted out the very de-.
tails that one would suspect in. 4
destroy all marks OF his,
identity. changed HIS clothes for
those OF e. iaborer, and have fled,
in his madness toward the Cana
asAA bOrdsx2
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
Police Asked to Find
Two Missing Md. Bows

Despite the fact that she has
asked police to search for her two
missing sons, Thomas. 16, and Ray
mond. II, Mrs. Gertrude Evans. OF
Forestville. Nd. Veterans Bureau
ennploye, today refused to give any
information concerning their rea-
sons for leaving home.
According to the police report.
both boys left their home three
days ago and have not since been
heard from. Both boys have curly
brown hair and fair complexion
Thomas wore gray trousers, blue
and gray s1ip-over sweater and
dark Overcoat. Raymond was
dressed in like manner except that
he wore . Iumberjack and light,
oNercoat.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24

Is 1t strange IL these accidents
could have somehow linked them
selves into such an insidious' chain
that they should have fallen signifi-
cantty into the life of man. who is
deep student OF mental deformi-
ties and mental diseases, rendering
him liable to suspicion Of taking
even by his fellow.physicians who
were treating him?
Police Still BaftIed
Is it to be considered remarkable
that a Doctors wife. with medicine
chest OF poisqns and sleeping pow
doris in the hoIIse-a woman who was.
herself a nurse and student of the
body should elect to take her life
by throwing herself into the Ice
filled waters of the Potomac in Do.
cember?
These are a few OF the maddening
questions facing the Washington po-
lice. and particularly the district at
tOrney, now that the time is draw
ing near when a decision must be
made that will either release DIR.
Houck forever from the embroiI-
ments of this case, or will set in mo.
ton the slow machinery Of prosecu-
ton.
TO all OF these questions the
authorities and the laymen who have
studied this case have but one sure
answer.
And that Is that DR. Houcl him.
self Is the only living human who
can tell.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
AMERICANS.
KILLED BY
CHINESE

LONDON, March "a num-
Der Of American lives have been
lost In Marking. according TO dis.
patches received here tonight.
The first brief dispatch stated
that The lives were lost during
"sheIIing.' =
LONDON. March 24.---American
Marines are today taking over
IAN entire sector Of the 'front.'"
relieving British troops, accord
ing to the Shanghai cores
pendent Of the Daily Express.
American guns went into
action in China today after a
large number Of Americans
had been killed BY rioting
Cantonese soldiers in Marking,
according to an official report
to the Navy Department today
from Admiral G. S. Williams,
commanding the Asiatic fleet.
"A number of American
civilians Tin Nanking) have
been killed and wounded, !"
said Williams report. THE
number involved is not certain,
Eat it is said the number is
large. The missions have been
looted. The British Consul
General was wounded in the
looting Of the British con-
sulate, and the Japanese con-
sui is reported to have been
killed.
Allied Forces Land
When the Cantonese attempted
to storm the hill where the for
eigners had taken refuge, both
British and American warships
opened fire, and under cover of
this fire a landing detachment
was sent ashore under command
of Admiral H. H. Hough, COM
mander of the Yangste patrol
force.
They succeeded in rescuing the
foreigners, including the Ameri-
can consul and hi family and
all naval personnel, the dispatch
stated.
Shelled for Two Hours
One American sailor was slightly
wounded, and the destroyers Noa
and Preston were struck many
times" during the general firing.
For two hours. from $3.50 until
$50 b. M, the United States de-
stroyers Noa and Preston dropped
shells around the city, centering
their fire chiefly on the hill near
the Standard Oil holdings, where
the beleaguered group OF foreigners
had taken refuge. from the rioting
Cantonese.
The foreigners fled to the hill
after the undisciplined Cantonese
llordes had attacked and loored The
American. British and japanese con.
sulates.
Il HC DIAilsH II ulSCt IlIllSEdlu JplUeu
with the American destroyers in the
firing, the dispatch added.
FAT 5 p. M" continued the report.
'the Preston and Noa ceased heavy
firing. and the British cruiser
Emerald sent a landing force to a
wall under. the Standard Oil house.
The Emerald covered with shrarnel.
and the Noa and Prescott cleared
the Bund and. far shore Of snipers
by firing from the ships:
1.-THE landing forces successfully
brought OFF all foreigners from the
Standard Oil house, including the
American consul and his family and
all American Naval personnel
The Americans still left in the
city, Williams estimated Al as
women, about 20 children and 80
men.
NNarsbips Save Foreigners
II nNnON~ Mo,.ok % A .,...,i - :.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
Can Dr.. Houck Lift the
Veil on Wife s Death2

Does DR. Knu a. Houck the supposedly deranged pycha-
trst of St Ezabehs Hospital know about the three
month reposeSof his wf body the bottom of the
Anacostia River than he has told pu victim
of series Of damning condolences?
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
Mellon Goes to Europe
To Visit His Daughter

Secretary OF the Treasury An.
drew w. Mellon will sail for Flu
rope tonight, it was announced
here today.
Mellon Is sailing to visit his
daughter, Mrs, David X. e. Bruce.
who has been in Ill health for some
months.
His trip, he said, was purely
private and has no official siguif
icance.
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COOLIDGE AT SERVICE

President Coolidge today attended
memorial services at the Lutheran
Memorial Church here FOR the late
president ct 4.atvia, Janis TsehalsAte.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
A Noted Sheepman

From 1864 to 1870, he engaged in
mining in Diamond City and for the
next two years served as receiver for
a milling company at Old Gallatin
City. In 1872 he went to California
and Oregon, where he bought several
thousand sheep and drove them into
Montana. They were the nucleus of
what was to develop into a vast sheep
and wool growing industry in west
central Montana. He has made his
home in White Sulphur Springs since
that date.
Mr.. Cook at one time held the Of
flee Of county commissioner of
Meagher county and up until his
death was sheep inspector of that
county. He had a postoffice on his
ranch and he was appointed postmas-
ter by President Grant, holding that
office utnil recent years.
Discovered National Park
Among his several distinctions !!
that of being the only surviving mem,
Der of a party of three to discover
Yellowstone National park, they being
the first white men to set foot within
that magnificent region. It was il
September, 1869, that Mr.. Cook il
company with David E. Folsom an,
Cornelius Hedges, set out and founI
the bewildering playground. MI
Folsom wrote an account of the dis
~cOveries, which was published in tn
Chicago Western Monthly, July, 1876
Mr.. Cook enjoyed the finer thing
of life, good books, pictures and mu
sic. He was well read in all the cur
rent happenings the world over an
t was very active until his death.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
Pioneer of ga

Charles w. Cook, to whom Mon
tana owes much for the development
of the sheep raising industry, was
born in Unity, Waldo county, Maine,
February "a, 1889, and there resided
until the age of 81 years, when ne
went to Providence, Rhode Island, to
attend college. Three years later,
the painted glOries of Montana
brought him westward. At Omaha
he purchased a team of horses and
drove to Denver. At Denver, Mr..
Cook hired out to an outfit to come
to Montana, his duties being to drive
125 head of cattle to Virginia City.
He reached his destination, September
%, 1864 and has remained within
the boundaries of Montana since tina:
date.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
MONT. MAY HAVE
3 CONGRESSMAN

Montana may have three seats in
the national house of representatives
after congress makes a reapportion-
ment, according to estimated figures
supplied by the census bureau to the
house census committee. The COM
mittee now has under consideration
several proposals for r~eapportion-
ment.
These figures place the probable
population of the country on January
1, 1880, at 123, 900, a net increase
of 17,477,47O as compared with the
federal census Of 1920.
Under the pending Fem bill, which
is credited with having the support
of the republican majority leaders in
the house, congressional representa-
ton would be redistributed on the
basis of the 1890 census, the alloca-
ton to be computed on the so-called
major fractions" plan. The present
membership Of the house, 435, would
remain unchanged.
Charts submitted to the committee
by William M. Steuart, director Of
the census, indicate that under that
plan, if the cOuntry's population in
1880 is approximately 123,288,OOO as
estimated by the bureau, a total Of
"a seats now held by % states vii
have to be redistributed.
California would gain 6 seats
Michigan, a; Ohio, 8; New Jersey an.
Texas, 2 each, and Arizona, Connec
ticut, Florida, Montana, North Caro-
lima, Oklahoma, and Washingto,
would gain 1. The land would cos
Missouri A seats; Indiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Mississippi, and New York,
each, and Alabama, Kansas, Louisi
ana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebrask;
North Dakota, Tennessee, Vernon
and Virginia, 1 each.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
VETERANS URGED
RENEW INSURANCE
BEFORE JULY End

Records Of the adjutant generals
office of Montana show that there
were approximately 1926 men reg
ularly enlisted, enrolled or indicted
into the United States army, navy,
and marine corps in Montana. Under
an act of congress, these men were
entitled to government life insurance,
and the majority are now entitled to
reinstate their $4,000 worth of in
surance at a cost which makes it the
best life insurance that can be pro-
cured. This would make a grand to-
tai of 1892, 76O, 100000 worth of gov
eminent insurance available in the
state for these veterans. Statistics
show that approximately one-eighth
of the men have taken advantage of
this opportunity. With this in mind,
the United States Veterans bureau is
now calling to the attention of the
veterans that their right expires on
!. CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
MONT. RIFLEMEN
TO Have CHANCE

Opportunity to try out for places
on the American rifle team which
will meet the world in competition at
Rome, Italy, about May 10 will be
given rifle experts of Montana
through a series of tests which will
be completed by March 20. One of
these tests will be held, if local rifle
men appear interested, on the rifle
range near Bozeman.
The National Rifle association is
sponsoring the events in this country.
Preliminary tryouts will be under the
direction of Adjutant General Will
liams but will be open to civilians as
we'll as members of the national
guard.
Conditions Of the shoot are 300
yards range, targets of the interna-
tional 3O0-meter type, no particular
type of rifle or ammunition, and me-
tallic sights and a sling may be used
if desired.
The course of fire includes 10 shots
prone, 20 kneeling and 80 standing.
Five shots, slow fire, in each posi-
ton may be taken if desired.
Sixteen rifle ranges in Montana
are available for practices and try
outs. They are located at Bozeman.
Helena, Livingston, Sidney, Harlow
ton, Lewistown, Wilsall, Bainville.
Harlem, Froid, Culbertson, Poplar
Harlem, Glasgow, Kalispell, Poison
and Whitehall.
TryOuts within the state are to be
completed by March 20 and a selec.
ton will be made from the high mer
by the National Rifle association
These men will appear at some cen
trail point, possibly Quantico, Va, TO,
a final shootoff,, the association
meeting the expenses of this trip.
Final selection Of the best riflemel
competing will be made during tn.
latter part of April and the team vii
leave soon thereafter in time to reac.
Rome not later than May 10.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
RANK IS
PREMIER HONOR

The Boy Scouts Of America has def
initely fixed the coveted Eagle Scout
rank as the highest to which a boy
may attain in scouting and has adj
vanced the requirements for attaining
this much desired badge by limiting
its acquisition to boys who have been
first class Scouts for a minimum
period Of n year.
The Scout must show that he has
actually been putting into practice the
ideals and principles of Scouting and
and has earnestly endeavOred to de-
velop his leadership ability.
Action to this effect vas recently
taken by the executive board Of the
Boy Scouts, following recommended
tions by a special committee.
The new provision for a years pre-
liminary service as a first class Scout
will tend to give the Scout a more
thorough grounding in the merit
badge work which is prerequisite to
attaining the Eagle rank. It is al
ready required that no boy may be-
come a first class Scout until he has
passed through the tenderfOOt and
second class ranks, the first Of which
REQUIRES at least 80 days to advance
into the next grade. To reach the
first class rank from second, go days
is required.
These steps have been taken by the
Scout authorities to maintain the
high standard which has been set con-
tinuously in the Scout movement
throughout its history.
The seventeenth anniversary of the
establishment Of Scouting viii be
nationally celebrated February 6 Il
II. Anniversary day falls on Febru-
airy u, and win be generally observe.
by the 100000 Scosts and leaders il
the Boy Scouts Of America.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
BOHEMIAN GIRL
dies in HELENA

Miss Margaret Young, a native Of
Bozeman, who for several years had
been employed as a s~tenOgrapher at
the office of the Montana railroad
commission at Helena, died in that
city last week. Funeral services were
held in Helena.
Miss Young was born in BozemaA
April 6, 1898. She was graduated
from the high school at Belt in 1915,
going from there to Montana Wes-
leyan college, Helena, now Inter
mountain college. to major in music,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
farm TAXES in
VARIOUS COUNTIES

Gallatin county's position as re-
CARDS taxes on farm property is n
about midway between the two ex-
tremes in Montana, according to a
bulletin issued by the Montana Tax
payers association.
Taking a farm valued, for example,
at $4,000, taxes upon it in Gallatin
county would be $56.13, as compared
with $90.61 in Roosevelt county, which
has the maximum rate, and $37.10 in
Wheatland county, whose levy is the
lowest in the state.
The same farm in Madison county
would be assessed $57.29; in Park
county, $46.9O; in Jefferson county
1892; in Broadwater county, $751;
48; in Meagher county, $44.58; in
Saltwater county, $68.7O; in Beaver.
head county, $3.50, and in Mussel
shell county, $81.68.
In only one county, Roosevelt
would a $4,000 farm be taxed more
than $4,000. In two it would be as
sessed more than $4,000; in four
more than $1,000; in 10, more thar
$4,000; in 10, more than $4,000; Il
10, more than $4,000, and in Onl!
two, Judith Basin and Wheatland, be
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-04
LEADS
u. S. IN OUTPUT
OF ELECTRICITY

Montana, with 1850 kilOwatt-
hours per capita, leads the entire
nation in the production of cleo
trio energy, according to a map
published in the January issue of
the Electrical World.
California and Idaho rank in
second class with between 1900
and 1850 kilOwatt-hOurs per cap
tia. with Washington, Oregon, and
West Virginia third.
Last year 25,132,OOO kilOwatt-
hours were produced in the United
States in hydrO-electric plants.