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Evening star., 1927-11-14

ranks OF the operatives employed by
Day, confidential associate of Sinclair,
was quoted as having said that VIII.
liam J. Burns and his son in advising
him "to stick to his story" before the
grand jury referred to an affidavit
McMullin made and in effect accusing
Harris r.. Lamb, a special assistant
to the Attorney General, with having
made contact with one of the jurors
McMullin made this affidavit on the
advice of Government counsel, and 1t
became the basis for charges by
Burns that the only persons who had
approached any of the jurors were
Government agent and a newspaper
man. It's basis was report which
McMulin claims he signed by direc-
ton of his superiors, and which was
false.
Explaining the circumstances sur.
| rounding the drafting of that affidavit,
Government counsel said McMullin's
understanding was that the original
report was to be used by the defense
for the purposes Of bringing about
mistrial if that should prove neces-
sary. They also said McMullin had
informed them that Charles G. Ruddy
in charge of the Burns operatives, had
induced the detective to sign other
false reports about following jurors in
nearby Maryland. and to put in ex.
penses at the rate of II cents a mile.
Maj. Gordon characterized this as
an evident inducement to McMullin
by the Burns manager to make the
false reports. which had to do not
only with Lamb, but also with Juror
Norman ]. Glascock and other
| persons.
Auto Mans Statement.
There also is the statement of
George Aikens. proprietor of an auto
mobile repair shop. that Lambs car
was in his place undergoing repairs at
the time the Burns report alleges that
| 1t was at Potomac Flying Field.
Gordon declared emphatically today
that any report that McMullin was
| a secret service man "pla nted" among
| the Burns men by the Government
| counsel was not true, and that he had
never heard of him until after he had
| told Pinchot that he was "disgusted'
with the tactics the Burns agency was
using in the jury shadowing.
An investigation Of McMullin has
been made. and Government counsel
said it disclosed that he had an ex.
cellent reputation and a good war rec.
ord. Col. Daniel Buckley of Amber,
Pa. who was in command of the aeria |
squadron to which McMullin was at
tached during the war, told counsel
| that the detective had made "a cork.
| ing fine sc!iier" and that he came
from very fine family.
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RECOVERY MARKED
IN GUNSHOT VICTIM

Physicians at Emergency Hospital
consider that remarkab BILE progress has
been made in the condition of Edward
l.. volz, 26-year.old Bladensburg. Md.
carpenter, who was brought to the
hospital early on the morning of No
vember 6 suffering from gunshot
wounds, said TO be self-infiicted, in the
left side Of his face.
The physicians say that the outlook
for his recovery, barring complica-
tions, is favorable. When admitted.
they point out. the whole left side Of
his face, including the jaw and eye,
was blown away.
Credit in assisting the surgeons to
save Volzs life is given DR.. Archibald
L. Miller, who specialzies in dental
surgery and had a wide experience
with similar cases during the World
War.
Although Volz is said to have at
tempted suicide when the wounds were
received, physicians say. that he now
Expresses . dsstre to set well.a
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HEROINE GATHERS
WITH AIR HEROES
AT WHITE HOUSE

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Of his statement that McMulin's
charges were tissue of lies
1t was generally agreed that the de-
velopments Of the week end would
lead to indictments early this week
against a far larger number of per-
sons than at first supposed, and that
accusations contained in he true bills
would range beyond the anticipated
charge Of jury tampering. 1t was eX.
pected that the presentation OF the
Government case to the grand jury
would be completed tomorrow.
Gordon Gives Details.
More revelations touching the op-
erations OF the Burns detectives in
the oil trial jury scandal were made
public last night by Maj Gordon and
Burkinshaw.
Five days after McMullin first es-
tablished contact with lawyers prose
cutting the oil conspiracy case through
former Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania
he returned to. Philadelphia. lie re-
lated that he was told to keep out
Of sight, but that on November l
the Burns people again summoned
him to Washington and directed him
to go to the Office Of Daniel Thew
Wright, counsel for Day.
McMulin's story, as made public
officially, is that Wright was not in
his Office and he again was directed
TO return to Philadelphia. Summoned
here again, the detective again went
to Wright's office, where he received
telephone message from the Burns
manager to go at once to the Ward
man Park Hotel.
At the Burns headquarters at the
hotel Mr.. McMullin asserts, Ruddy
and his assistant instructed him as
to the form Of the affidavit and prom
ised that if he followed that line he
would he taken care Of. Wright later
was summoned and drew up the affi-
davit in lonGhand. A copy OF this
affidavit subsequently was made pub
lie by Burns AS basis for his charge.
Among other things, Government
counsel said McMullin had told them
that he had been cautioned by Burns
and his son. w. Sherman, to stick TO
his story" and to "carry on" before
the grand iury and that he would be
taken care Of later by the Burns or
ganization.
McMullin, who was known to the
Burns people as William V. Long,
with the code designation L.36. told
Government counsel that he expected
"a real hand.out" from the elder
Burns. He was told that II he re-
ceived any reward at Philadelphia to
report Immediately to Owen j. Roberts
of special oil counsel there and IL any
reward was given him here to report
to District Attorney Gordon.
Tells OF Burns Advice.
McMullin's account, as related by
by Government lawyers, is that the
| conversation with the Burns, father
and son. took place at the Union Sta
ton after a mistrial had been ordered
| by Justice Siddons and the grand jury
had started it's investiga ton.
The young detective and World War
| veteran who kept the Government
advised of what was going on in the
Evening star., 1927-11-14
DRAF TING Of NEW
TAX BILL BEGUN
House Ways and Means
Committee Busy Behind
Closed Doors.

A start on the actual drafting OF
a new revenue bill is being made
today by the House ways and means
committee in closed-door session. fol
lowing the completion OF Its public
hearings last week.
With definite views known 10 De
held by several Of the committee
members, more than one heated arGu-
ment is expected to develop before
the body reaches its conclusions as
to what should and what should not
90 into the bill Party lines un-
doubtedly will assert themselves IN
the committee and there is no as
surance that completion Of the task
will find Republicans and Democrats
in the same accord that developed
two years ago in the writing OF the
committee report on the present rev.
enue law.
Fight on Reduction.
The first big fight is expected to
concern the size of the reduction.
Secretary Mellon, backed up by Presl-
dent Coolidge, has placed the max
imum cut at s225, 100000. but prac.
tically the entire Democratic mem
DeFSnlD OIL the COlilIIiittCC 40 SoiiN ii'S~N
that a larger slice should be made.
Whether they will be able to swing
sufficient Republicans over to their
point of view and thereby establish
temporary majority remains prob
lematical. Until 1t has been settled
none of the other major issues can
be disposed of with any assurance
Of permanency.
Another fight will develop over the
Treasury recommendation to repeal
the Federal inheritance tax. This will
he opposed by Chairman Green, some
of his Republican colleagues and a
ma jority of the Democrats.
Want Corporation Tax Cut.
Democrats, at least, will endeavor
to seek reduction of the tax on cor
poration incomes, now 1872 per cent,
below the II per cent figure suggest
ed by Secretary Mellon. They also
are regarded as likely to head move
for repeal of the miscellaneous, or
NJ sance taxes. which the Treasury
has advised the committee to retain.
Minor engagements are in the offinG
on a number of other tax rates
and every indication points to long
hours of debate before the proceed.
ings come to a close. Mr.. Green Is
hopeful, however, that the bill will
he ready for presentation to the House
as soon as Congress convenes, and
he and other House leaders have an
nounced that every effort will be made
to send the measure to the Senate
before the Christmas recess.
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smiles and attractive appearance i'm
mediately captured the fancy of men
and women alike.
Miss Elder wore a mauve- -colored
felt hat and jersey coat-suit on her
visit to the Commerce Department,
but she hurried back to her room be-
fore the luncheon and changed to a
dashing black and white ensemble.
Some of the air heroes arrived at
the White House unrecogniZed by
the eager spectators. but everyone
seemed able to pick out the beautiful
face Of Ruth as she rode up to the
front door in a shining limousine, nc.
companied by Capt. IIaldeman.
Miss Elder was the cynosure not
only Of all eyes, but of dozens of
cameras held by news and motion
picture photographers, to say moth
ing of sightseers. The photogrpa hers
even invaded the dining room of the
hotel this morning and "shot" her
while she slipped coffee with George. +"
Nearby sat Levine. Schlee, Brock and
Hegenberger.
Assistant Attorney General Mabel
Willebrandt visited Ruth at her Hotel
and accompanied her to Mr.. Mac.
Cracken's Office.
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BURNS TO DEFEND
OIL CASE ACTIVITY
BEFORE JURY QUIZ

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POLICEMAN SAVES BOY.
Jumps in River After Lad Hurled
in by Blast.

PITTSBURGH, November IA R).-
Patrolman Sylvester Stoehr was stroll
ing along his beat on a street front
ing the Ohio River, when the big gas
tank went up.
The officer, just a few seconds be-
fore, had noticed small boy playing
on the river bank. The force of the
blast knocked the lad into the river.
The policeman threw off his coat.
jumped into the water, and rescued
the unconscious lad.
Evening star., 1927-11-14
LEVINE May LOCATE
FACTORY I'M CAPITAL
Air Pilot Is Considering Various
Places for Building His
Planes.

Charles A. Levine is considering To-
eating his airplane factory in Wash
ington instead Of Richmond. Va. he
said today. Interviewed at the Carl.
ton Hotel, Mr.. Levine said that the
advantages and disadvantages of the
Richmond location have been weighed
against one another in recent studies
but that no definite decision has been
made vet.
While in Washington to attend the
luncheon for aviators to be given by
President Coolidge, Levine is looking
over possible locations and plans
which would establish his proposed
factory in the Capital. He does not
expect any final site to be selected
Immediately, he said, but it Is likely
that such a decision will be made
before the month is out.
Evening star., 1927-11-14
KNOWN BY FINGERPRINTS.

Inability Of callers at the morgue
to identify the body OF coiored man
found in vacant store at 523 Four
and-a Half street southwest Friday af-
ternoon, death having resulted from
pneumonia, was followed this morning
by his fingerprints being taken by De
tective Frederick Sandberg, identified
ton expert of the Police Department
Later Detective Sa ndberg reported
the man was arrested in 1918 for an
alleged violation of the Sheppard
liquor law, giving his name as George
H. Thoams. His home at that time,
according to the records. Was at 129
q street southeast.
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Quiet Army Flyer,
Quizzed by Levine,
Springs Surprise
Nv tho Associated Press.

By tbs Associated Pfess.
Transoceanio flying was the sub
iect of q breakfast table converse
ton today among some Of the
famous aviators gathered at the
Carlton Hotel here for the Lind
bergh ceremonies.
While George Haldeman and
Charles A. Levine exchanged ex-
periences a young Army man sit.
ting across from them made OBJ
servations once in while. but
seemed to prefer to listen.
by the way. have you ever had
anv experience in long-distance
fights over water?" Levine asked
the Army man.
"Oh, yes, I've had a little" was
the reply.
When asked his name the Army
man said he was Lieut.. Ernest
Hegenberger. He was one of the
two men who first flew from Cali
fornia to Hawaii, the longest flight
over water on record.
Evening star., 1927-11-14
Mrs. Marshall Field Recovering.

PARIS, November IA R.-Mrs.
Marshall Field of Chicago, who has
bee seriously ill for several weeks,
was so improved oday that she was
ale t. sit up for the first time dur
ing her illness. Her physicians said
this morning that they had very good
hopes of complete recovery"
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- Z IL 81 G
disproportion between the fragile boat and the
river, which is nowhere more ugly and PREACHER
GUS than here.
Camera shutters snapped from the bank and
a movie reeled it off. 1t was decidedly good
stuff" and a movie caption might well emphasize
the fact that a good many unfortunate travellers
in this section of the river in days past are now
sleeping on the banks of the Blackfoot above and
below Goose Rock.
But Fred and his men saw nothing just now
but the river. The boat shot into the rapids,
catching the waves at just the right angle, then
swerved slightly. You could see Fred's lips twist
in a shout, but the roar of the water tossed the
sounds away in fragments. The four oarsmen
and two polemen leaned suddenly into a few hard
strokes, and the boat left behind the gorge, left
the muddy water breaking over thinly disguised
rocks.
The boat coasted swiftly down to the "center
iam," which was 300 yards long and ran east and
west, parallel to the banks. There is little time
for a man in charge of a batteau to stop for
thought. With no hesitation, Thibodeau directed
the oarsmen to the center of the jam, where the
skiff was tied up. The men, with their cant
hooks, leaped out and went to work to cut a lane
through the center. At once the size of the up
per end melted, as the current, sweeping through
the lane, bore away the logs fed to it by the
"stingers."
LICA hiDo0So0
Fred Thibodeau, on the lower end Of the jam,
leaning upon his long pike pole, watched his crew
of a dozen men as they pried the logs off into the
stream. In a boat nearby, his cousin, Paul Thib-
odeau, sat silently in constant anticipation of the
necessity Of rescuing a man overheard, or a man
caught alone on a log too far astray.
"A fellow might go all the way to Bonner on
a log without touching either bank" says Fred,
1.-THE logs are that hard to handle"
mo, there aren't so many French-Canadians
in the game now as there used to be-" he says,
when asked if the big Canuck" still dominates
the river as tradition would have it. They're of
all kinds"
A glance at the crew confirms this: big, stolid
fellows, who move unexcitedly at their work;
shorter, wiry men, like Joe Rouleau, the crews
new Canadian recruit, who for some time fell
into the river on an average of once a day.
ale takes too many chances" says Fred, but
smilingly, and without a tinge Of censure. All
that is asked Of a riverman is that he be mentally
alert-and that he wear caulked shoes! And
mental a~lertness and caulks are possessed to a
man by those who have toiled for any length of
time at this hazardous phase of numbering.
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The best of the cant-hook men stayed on this
year as usual, forming a river crew of more than
twenty, their work alternating between the two
most efficient ways to break a jam. One is vio-
lent, quick and not always certain; the other is
slow, sure, and calls for all the adroitness of men
to the river born.
The first method employs dynamite. Three
sticks of it, planted properly, under the key log"
will disrupt a jam of 10000 feet, but many more
were used on May l6 to break the 100000 feet
of logs that loomed high at Goose Rocks narrow
canyon, four miles below camp 6
Nerve.
It's ticklish work. A skilled man who has
sought and found the key log'-a single stick
holding back perhaps thirty thousand others
fixes the dynamite strategically and lights the
fuse. He has two minutes to get out.
"F-i-r-e |" he yells. The others understand.
They have already retreated. He scrambles out
alone, then stands at a distance, watch in hand
A dull roar. Several logs climb into the air,
punderous as in a slow-motion picture. Ii the
blast has succeeded, the pile gradually disinte-
CRATES at its edges, and the outside logs are
drawn into the stream. Or perhaps not. The
fuse may be faulty and tense moments pass be
fore the powder monkey" steps cautiously back
into the log cavern to investigate. His compan-
ions and you, if you are a spectator, watch him
in painful silence, inevitably placing themselves
and yourself in his shoes. But always he comes
back. The work is always done somehow.
From the Batteau.
But if the spectacle of the d%ynamiting is pulse
quickening, there is surely a day-long thrill in
watching the men who take the slower, more GER
tain way of attacking a jam from the ~"batteau, "
or winglike skiff, manned by a dozen men or sc
under Fred Thibodeau. riverman par excellence.
On May 10, under a dark, leaden sky, and rid
ing a fast and muddy river, Head Boatman FREQ
and his crew shot through the Goose Rock canyon
in their batteau to pay their respects to a jan
of zoo, 900 feet a short distance below. There
seemed to the spectators to be an unfortunate
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
To Lowell Collins.
June 24--July

To Lowell Collins.
Care of Farmers & Merchants
State Bank. New Ulm, Minnesota; to Fred Ha-
mann, New Ulm. Minnesota: to Joe Pappenfus.
Saint Cloud. Minnesota. TO William Rumke. New
Ulm. Minnesota; TO Gus Schniuteen, care of Farm
ers Trust & Savings Bank. New Ulm. Minnesota.
and to all whom il may concern
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That. in accord
ance with the provisions of Section 5205. Revised
Statutes OF the United States. and with the orders
and instructions of the Comptroller of the Curren-
cy, a notice was given 10 all of the shareholders of
the First National Bank OF Raymond. Raymond,
Montana. ON January 6. 1927. of assessment up
on the shareholders, pro rata, to the amount OF
capital stock held by each; and on February 8.
1927. at a meeting of the directors of said bank.
1913 shares of the stock being represented at such
meeting. an assessment was made of S9625. being
S38. So per share, upon each of the shares of all
of the stockholders of said bank: and all of said
shareholders. and. particularly. the shareholders
above named we're notified thereof on February 10.
1927; and that you. the above named sharehold-
ers Of such Bank have neglected and refused after
such notice. being three months notice. TO pay
said assessment of SIS. SIS per share; and the board
VI uttItoio hdf1t III d1eoludbtt Nhh thch ootyt
as defined by said statute. ordered a sufficient
amount of the capital stock of such shareholders.
to-wit. all of the capital stock of the shareholders
above-named. and being two shares held by the
said Lowell Collins. care of Farmers & Merchants
State Bank of New Ulm. Minnesota; five shares
held by said Fred Hamann. New Ulm. Minnesota;
Ten sl.ares held by Joe Pappenfus. Saint Cloud
Minnesota; Ten shares held by William Rumke,
New Ulm, Minnesota; Five shares held by Gus
Schnitteen. care of Farmers Trust & Savings Bank.
New Uim. Minnesota. TO be sold at public auction.
after thirty 800 days Notice. by posting. and by
publication. as provided by law. in order to make
good said deficiency, and the balance. If any, to
be returned to such delinquent shareholders above
named:
N NOTICE is FURTHER GIVEN That. on
Monday. the 25th day of July, 1927, at the hour
of ten (1O) O'Clock in the forenoon of said day, at
the banking house of said First National Bank of
Raymond. at Ray mond, Montana. to-wit, in the
lobby thereof. and in front Of the cashiers window
of said Bank. all of the shares Of capital stock OF
the shareholders above named will be sold by said
directors of said Bank at public auction. to the
highest and best bidder for cash at said sale.
Dated this 10th day of June. 1927.
Henry A. Hill. Director Elsie Hill. Director
F. A. Wendt. Director Emile IL. Andrews.
Director
All Of the above being directors Of the said The
First National Bank Of Raymond, Raymond, Mon
tana.
Howard M. Lewis.
Plentywood. Montana.
Attorney for said First National
Bank Of Raymond, Montana.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
y

INCE March l they have come bobbing
quietly down the Blackfoot river to Bon
ner--gleaming yellow logs, mostly; some
of them water soaked and black; but all
of the Two Hundred Thousand go ,000,-
900 feet) with a record of 30 miles of river
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
Farmers Most Efficient
Food Producing Machine

"The dairy cow" according to E. M.
Bailey, president of the American
Dairy federation, 'is the farmers
most efficient food producing machine.
The principal product, butterfat. Is re-
garded by such men as Herbert
Hoover and others as having proven
indispensable to the development Of
the human race. Day In and day out
the dairy COW continues to provide
weekly or monthly pay checks for
the farmer to maintain his family and
his regular agriculture operations.
Where grain crops must be financed
through the year and held'for a ready
market, there is such a demand for
dairy products that the farmer can
ship her product day by day and be
assured Of a steady incomes"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
Delinquent Real Property Tax
List of Sheridan County, Mon
tana For the Year 1926 Second
InstaIIment.

NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT TAXES OF
REAL PROPERTY FOR THE YEAR 1896.
Notice is hereby given that a complete delin-
quent list Of all persons and propertyin the County.
now owing taxes. is on file in the office OF the
County Treasurer and is subject TO public inspec-
ton and examination
Unless the taxes so delinquent, together with
penalty and costs are paid, the real property upon
which such tax is a lien, will be sold at public
auction (unless previously sold and not redeemed).
on the 18th day of July. 1927. at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
in front Of the County Treasurer's Office at the
court house, in the city of Plentywood. Montana.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of June. 1927.
ENG T~oRsrENsoN, County Treasurer
Sheridan County. Montana.
June 24-JulyS
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01

Argentina is the only country to
have national inger-printing. For that
reason II is claimed to De the one
country where 1t is impossible for a
person to lose his or her Identity.
There Is q record Of the finger prints
Of every one Of that country's nearly
10000 900 inhabitants.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
Supplementing Corn

Most homegrown feeds for dairy
cows are high in carbohydrates but
low In protein. For best results a
balanced ration is necessary and while
alfalfa hay furnishes some protein 1t
does not furnish enough for the heavier
milking cows. Fortunately. cotton
seed meal, which is very high In pro-
tsin, has been selling very cheap,
so Is very economical to use In the
grain ration. Use one part cotton.
seed msal to four or Ave parts Of corr
chop.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
Eastern Capital Is Ready to
Finance Land Development
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
About 100 public officials. busi-
ness men and agricultural experts
of North and South Dakota, Mime.
sofa and Montana attended. Asa
G. Briggs of ST. Paul was named
temporary chairman.
Speakers at the conference ex
pressed utmost confidence in the
early future through sterilization
of farm land. values, colonization VI
idle acres aud proper financing oil
the agricultural industry.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-01
Where Shooting rs Good

After all, should a man write his
own advertisements? The shoot Will
begin at two p. m.." wrote a member
Of the gun club, land Will continue
as long as there is any one left to
shoot. "-Atchison Globe.