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New Britain herald., 1928-05-31
ADMITS KILLING
 OF LITTLE GIRL
Toledo Man ConfesS Revolt
 ing Crime

1 Toledo. O., May 31 (UP)-A 2t
 year old father was held today after
 confessing that he kidnapped and
 murdered Dorothy Selagowski, z
 and threw her body on the front
 porch of her grandfathers home.
 Shaken by sobs and unnerved afte, hours of questioning Charles Joseph Hoppe told police last night how he entered the Selagowski home, where once he was employed as chauffeur, and then carried out the revoltins crime that has stirred Toledo as no other crime has stirred the city in the past few years.
 The little girl was kidnapped from her home. assaulted. and then strangled to death with her own un- dergarments. Her mutilated body with teeth marks showing on the lower legs-was tossed on the grand parents porch within 20 minutes after her abduction was noted It was the teeth marks that led to Hopes confession. A mould was made from Hoppe's teeth and com pared with the marks on the dead girls legs. They compared and when Hoppe was confronted with this evidence he told, between sobs and sometimes incoherently, how he had carried out the revolting crime.
 He said he attended wedding Monday night and then went to the selagowski home looking for whis- key. He was familiar with the house through his former employ ment there. Failing to find liquor he went to the room where Dorothy and her sister slept and seized the child. smotherng her outcry with her undergarments.
 He said he hit the girl over the head several times to quiet her.
 The chauffeur said he drove for I some distance and could not remem- l Der all of his actions. Finally he ] noticed blood on his shirt and start- ed driving back towards the Sela- l gowski home
 Why did you bite herr" he was asked.
 "1 don't know-1 can't remem- ber," he replied.
 He said when he saw the girl was not moving he drove to the grand home and left the body on the front porch. He said he didn't believe the girl was dead then.
 Hoppe said he went home, burned his clothing. and retired. He, was nervous when police were about his home the following day he said they arrested him.
 He said the girl was related 10 lim distantly. through marriage.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-31
WEIGHS cSS POUNDS

Bayonne, \. J.. May 31 (P-Leo f'euer. the 2SS-pound son of MT and Mrs. Lewis Feuer of this city, was found by local police yesterday. He disappeared Saturday from the Presbyterian hospital, New York, where he had been sent to reduce his weight.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-31

Toledo, O.. May 31 R-Charles J. Hoppe, 26. confessed kidnaper and slayer of 2 year old Dorothy Sielagowski pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder when arraigned before Judge Homer Ra- mey in municipal court this morning
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
HUGE QUANTITIES OF LIQUOR FLOWED
 NEW YEARS EVE
BUGLER, ON TOP OF WHITE HOUSE, UsHERED IN 1928;
 RECORD CLUB CROWDS

NEW YORK, Jan. 4. (P)-New Year crowds gathered early here and record night Gloomy weather failed to dampen the ardor of jewellers and the only discordant note was the fear of spectacular raids. That discordant note became distinctly audible before midnight when a raid was staged on Moscow Inn, in Times Square district, where eight arrests were made and a small quantity of liquor seized. Hotels, cafes and night clubs were damned by merry-makers, and many churches held night watch services
 Tn Washington a bugler on the roof of the White House ushered in 1928 for the nation.
 Mrs. Coolidge arranged midnight program which was heard by festival throng in Washington.
 Reports from St. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia and other large cities told of record breaking crowds and large quantities of liquor being con- stunned.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK HARBOR TIED
 UP ACCOUNT F0C
NUMBER COLLISIONS REPORT ED; NONE OF THE VESSELS
 SERIOUSLY HURT

NEW YORK, Jan. f. (P)-Heavy fog, which spread its dead gray 200 miles out to sea, smothered the port of New York for second day, tied up shipping and was the cause of three collisions and one bleaching. Twenty-two vessels, ready to sail, were tied to their piers. Ferries and tug boats nosed aimlessly about the harbor Two collisions in the harbor were between the Dollar line "Presi- dent Hayes" and the Cunard freighter "Tarantia", and the British freighter "Domira" and the Danish freighter Ireland" Neither the President Hayes nor the Tarantia were hurt much, but the Domira had to be beach ed on mud-flats. No persons
 reported injured the crashes.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
MILLIONS DE SPENT
 CONSTRUCTING NEW
 A|RVAYS IN ]. 5. A.
APPROPRIATION REPRESENTS MILLION AND A HALF IN
 CREASE OVER 1927

WASHINGTON D. c. Jan. 4. (P)- Funds for the construction of 4,085 miles of airways throughout the coun- try, is provided in the annual appro- priation bill for State, Justice, Com merce, and Labor departments, which was reported to the House by its appropriation Committee.
 The bills come to a total of $89, 2O2,O0O and represents an increase of $1,500,O00 over last years measure but decrease of $170,000 under the Budget of Bureaus estimates.
 In addition to the funds for the construction of new airways the measure provides for maintenance of 3,427 miles of airways already equip ped.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
NIGHT CLUB RA|DED
 PATRONS EV|CTED
 HOSTESS ARRESTED
PROHIBITION AGENTS SEIZE RICH FURNISHINGS HELEN
 MORGAN'S CLUB

NEW YORK, Jan. 4. P-Night club patrons were rudely evicted from the Chateau Morgan, lights were blown out and furniture shat tered by prohibition agents, who stormed into the expensive estab- lishment and seized everything in sight. Seizure was made under the ancient moonshine law. By it's pro- visions Federal agents took away most of the luxurious furnishings as well as Helen Morgan, hostess, who wa haled before the Justice without result. She is subject to fine.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
L|NDBERCH WILL AVOID AREA WHERE
 FIGHT UNDERWAY
FEARS EXPRESSED COLONEL WOULD BE TARGET FOR RE-
 BEL GUN FIRE

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 4. (P)-Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will avoid the district, in northern Nicaragua, which has been the scene of fighting between U. s. Marines and rebels.
 On the flight to Managua tomorrow, fears were expressed Colonel Lind bergh might be target for rebel air craft and machine gun fire if he flew over the strongholds.
 He was warned to avoid the district. He said he would fly 9 miles West of the scene of the recent fighting.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
LAWYER REVEALS PLAN

LOS ANGELES, Jan 4. P)-"rn probably have William Edward flick man. slayer of Marion Parker, plead Erilty to murder as was done in the Leopold-Loeb murder trial and throw him on the mercy of the court, :" Jerome Walsh, Hickman's lawyer said
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
EXCAVATIONS UNDER
 FIRE BY SUPREME
 COURT: ''DOC" COOk

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 4. (P Dissaproving the probations granted to Frederick Cook and Glen Murray, the Supreme Court held Federal courts have no authority to place prisoners under probation after they had begun serving their sentences.
 Doe" Cook must remain at Leaven- worth prison where he served about two years A sentence of 14 years and nine months was imposed upon him for using the mails to defraud in connection with his oil promotion operations.
 Both men were granted probation after they had begun serving their respective sentences. Cook becomes eligible for parole in March, 1880.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
HARVEY, DESERTER, WHIPPED, CHAINED
 FOREIGN LEGION
DEPICTS HORRORS OF LIFE; MANY WOULD DESERT BUT
 AFRAID OF NEGROES

LONDON, Jan. 4. (P)-John Har- vey, English deserter from the foreign legion, whom the French released from prison, arrived in London bit teriy complaining of the treatment accorded adyenturers induced to serve in the legion. He said that he was licked while lying on the ground with his hands and feet in chains and struck by the officers. He also said the novel, Beau Geste, did not go far enough in depicting horrors of for eign legion life, and that many men wanted to desert, but were afraid because African Druses gave no quarters.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
HICKMAN PLEADS
 VOT GUILTY: CLAIMS
 As REASON, INSANE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. {P)-Hick- man pleaded not guilty to the charges of murdering Marian Parker, 12-year old Los Angeles girl, "by reason of insanity"
 He at first plead insanity to the murder charge alone, but changed it later to cover both the kidnapping and murder accusations.
 When asked by the court if he knew the insanity plea was an admission of guilt he replied with a brief ives" !"
 Judge Hardy fixed the date of the trial for January 25. Hiekman's law yer Jerome Walsh, of Kansas City, filed an affidavit asking for delay. This was denied. Following making the plea Attorney Walsh asked for 35 day continuance before trial. This was five days over the legal limit in this State. The Judge ended the argument by setting the date.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
AMERICAN 'tONE
 EAGLE" ARRIVES

TEGUCALPA, Honduras, Jan. 4(P) The famous Spirit if St. Louiss," emerged from dark clouds and amid a misty rain shortly before 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Colonel Lindbergh circled over the Honduran Capitol then sailed away to the aviation field and landed exactly in. front of the han gar.
 The Colonel arrived from San Sal vador at 1:55 D. m. and as he step ped from his machine he was welcom- ed by the President and others.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
SANF FORD MAC N|DER RESIGNS TO ENTER
 PRIVATE BUSINESS
INTENDS TO PREPARE TO ENTER POLITICS IN A DIFFERENT
 FIELD

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 4. R- Sanford MacNider, assistant secretary, has handed in his resignation to Pres ident Coolidge.
 His resignation has been known came frequent last summer, they were promptly denied by MacNider.
 He intends to return to private bus mess and prepare to enter politics in a different field.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
WORST STORMS YEARS
 SWEEP MIDDLE WEST

CHICAGO, Jan. 4. (P)-The worst storm of the year is sweeping throughout the Middle West bringing zero weather, suffering and inter- ruption of portation and com- munication. Two inches of snow fell in Chicago within the last two hours and the weather forecasters say that there is no relief in sight for days.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
HANDWRITING EXPERTS
 SAY DOCUMENTS FAKES

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 4 (P- Handwriting experts, employed by Publisher William Randolph Hearst at the request of the special Senate Committe to investigate the alleged Mexican documents, pronounced the documents spurious" The report of the experts was made to the Senate Committee.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
WORSE THAN ALASKA

CHICAGO, Jan. A. (R-The Middle West is in the midst of a severe blizzard, which already has caused several deaths and great suffering. Snow drifts are so high in places, in tHe Northwest that farmers cannot get to their livestock. It is expected that the storm will reach the Atlan- tic coast very shortly.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
SNOW ON NEW YEAR

LONDON, Jan. f. P)-England was blanketed with snow on New Years Day. Railroad service is still uncertain and roads impossible in several places despite heroic efforts to clear away the effects of the bliz- gard
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
EASY PENALTY

CINCENATTI, Jan. 4. (P-George Remus, bootleg king, who killed his wife and was acquitted of the charge, was condemned to the State hospital for the criminal insane. The judge ignored opinions of three alienists, who adjudged Remus sane.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
COMING TO. HOLLYWOOD

LONDON, Jan. 4. P)-Smanest and among the most valuable feet ill English society will soon be head ed for Hollywood. They belong to Lady Georgina Sholts Douglas, who has insured her feet and legs for $1OO,O00. She sailed for the United States today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
OUTLAW WAR

WASHINGTON, Jan. f. (P)-While no formal proposal has yet been made regarding Franco American peace pact to outlaw war, Secretary Of State Kellogg and French Ambas- sador conferred on the subject and it is understood all things are in readiness for drafting.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
TO BE EXPELLED

ONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. i. (P- Two thousand white Russians, re- siding in Turkey, will be expelled unless they leave the country by February 6, according to semi-official press dispatches.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
UPRISING STOPPED

MEXICO CITY, Jan. f. (R-The government has broken up the pro- jected Catholic uprising in Quereta- re, by arresting the leaders and rais- ing 2,500 men for a new army.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
MURDERER SOUGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. f. (P-The man who answered her flor rent" adver- tisement is being sought by police as the possible murderer of Mrs. Guy Harrington, actress.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
ROCKED BY ouAkES

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan 4.R This town, Venice, Pacific, Pali- sades and Sawtille were rocked by an earthquake shock Saturday morn irg No damage was reported.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-04
MAKES FULL PAYMENT

CHICAGO, Jan. 4. (R-Rueben H. Donnelly has made full payment to creditors in s7O0,OOo failure 22 years ago of Knight Donnelly and O., brokers. ....
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
AGRICULTURAL DE-
VELOPMENT MEETING

An Agriculture Development meet
ing will be held in the court room On
the afternoon of March 22nd at three,
o'clock. State County Agent Leader
Fred Bennion will be here at that
time to meet with representatives
from each community in the county
to discuss plans for the holding of :,
series of County Economic Confer
ence" meetings in this countv later
in the year.
1t has become a recognized fact
throughout the state, that the best
method of establishir~ and adopting
sound Agricultural Program is by The
Economic Conference method.
At the meeting on March 22nd, Mr.
Bennion will discuss the factors that
must be given consideration in de.
termining an agricultural program
If Sheridan County is going to con.
tinue to increase it's agricultural
wealth, it will be necessary to gather
data from the best and most profit.
able agricultural practices that is now
being followed. When this data is as.
sembled and presented at the confer.
ence meetings that will be held in the
fall and early winter, it will be pos
sible to draw definite conclusions a:
to the most profitable and successful
ways in which to increase the farm in
come and in this way raise the stand
ard of living throughout the county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
FIREMEN'S BALL TO BE
GIVEN MON, APRIL 6

The Firemen's Ball which was
postponed February 22nd because of
the death of Mrs. Leo Zeidler, will be
given Easter Monday, April 9th.
The F'iremen's dance is easily the
biggest social event of the season and
is always attended by full capacity
house, where the young and old gath
er to enjoys the music and the fine
floor of the Farmer-Labor Temple.
This year the event will be on a par
with former balls and while the citi-
zens of Plentywood and surrounding
country enjoy themselves they also
help the fire laddies' fund. The bows
give their time and efforts to pre-.
vent the destroying by fire of proper
ty in this city and it behooves ali tC
show their appreciation by their at
tendance at their big annual ball.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16

'go into another line of business.
Mr.. Roser who has been with the
Penney company for some time, and
is especially trained and instructed IN
the details of the Penney policy of
merchandising comes to Plentvwood
very highly recommended as a gentle
man and a business man. He said in
an interview with the Producers News,
that he and the Penney company were
particularly impressed with the re-
markable possibilities of the Plenty
wood territory, in which the company
has made a remarkable sales record,
with sales steadily increasing. He
complimented the fine showing made
by Mr.. Lee and said that the COM
pany would enlarge its stock and floor
space preparatory to launching a
caEpaign to double the business of
that company during the next twelve
months. In reference to the general
Penney business for the month of
February, Mr.. Roser said:
"Gross sales of the j. G.. Penney
Co. for the month of February, 1928,
were $8,906,407 as compared with
gross sales of $7,490,834,0 100000 for
the same period of 1927. The gain
was $1,415,572.4O or an increase of
1879 per cent.
Cumulative gross sales since the
first of the year were $16,635, ,354.32
as compared with cumulative gross
sales for the same period of 1927 Of
i $13,821, ,494.70. Cumulative increase
over the same period of 1927 was ST.
813,859.62 or a gross gain of 20.36 per
cent.
Comparative sales for the month
of February, 1928, were $7,954, ,396.29
as against $7,166, ,433.12 for the same
period on the. same stores in 1927.
The comparative gain was $787, 1868. IL
or an increase of IL per cent.
cumulative comparative increase
since the first of the year was 81, AS
O72.75 or a gain of 1882 per cent.
ga recent announcement by the
company states that new warehouse
CONTINUED on page EighD
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
$1O1 ,S65.OO ACTION OF
SHERIDAN COUNTY UP
National Surety Company Is Granted
10 Days to File Briefs in U. ).
Court

The first legal sl1irmish of attor-
news in the case of Sheridan county
AGAINST the National Surety company
Of New York occurred in federal court
before Judge Charles N. Pray wed
nesday. The action is one GROWING
ont Of the robbery of the office OF
County Treasurer Eng Torstenson ;! on y
Nov. so, 1926, at which time Danol 8
escaped with $101,865 in cash ano
bonds. AZ
ARGUMENTS on demurrer to tine
amended complaint filed by the coun'
tv were to have been heard WedIes
(Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
BIG GUNS IN OIL STEAL
MUST GO TO JAIL FOR
CONTEMPT OF SENATE

Washington (FP) = Harry
Sinclair was sentenced to 6
months in jail, Henry Mason
Day his lieutenant, to a
months, and William ]. Burns,
detective and fOrmr power IN
the Harding -Daugherty re-
gime. to Is days in the lock-
1p. for their part in the jury
tampering scandal that stop,
ped the FaIl-Sinclair naval OIL
fraud trial of last November.
Sherman Burns, son of the
founder of the Burns detective
agency. was ordered to pay
$1,000. All four men have ap-
peaIed to the higher courts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
Rose from slurps, Now
Sought In Bank Failure

Sullivan, Ind, March IA (Autocas-
terO-Colonel Jimmy" Lang, 73, was
on his vacation for a month, and dur
ing that time his bank at Sullivan
was closed by state examiners. Now
a reward of $4,000 has been Offered
for Col. Jimmy's rrest. Police in Chi
cago have been asked to look for a
white-haired, stoop-shouldered man
about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, carrying a
weather-beaten black bag.
The Citizens Trust Company, which
the Colonel headed, suffered short
age of $25O,OOO, and indicatinos point
to the Colonel having about $4,000
of it.
The Colonel was born in New
York as Alois Tsairvich, in the slums
and one day came with group OF
''fresh air kids" to live with James
Lang, a Sullivan farmer. The boy
took the name of his foster father
and became a successful and respected
citizen of Sullivan.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
porter of the McNary-Haugen bill.
FL Opposed to Hoover and LOwden

porter OF the McNary-Haugen Dill.
FL Opposed to Hoover and LOwden
Farmer-Laborites of course cannot
have any interest in candidates of the
Hoover or Lowden type. Neither of
these candidates is a friend of the
farmer. Hoover, of course, is a well
known enemy of the producing class
while Lowden has never shown him
self to be friend, ecxept possibly in
his advocacy of farm relief legisla-
ton.
The Isaac Walton League seems to
have become smeared up bit by Civ
ing its ok. to Hoover and to the Shev-
elin-Carpenter program. In this con-
nection it may be of interest to know
that Postmaster Arch Coleman at a
meeting of the Isaac Waltonites
stated that he didn't want to be mis-
understood as being a conservationist.
81 am" he said, "for conservation in
this case (referring to tn eproposed
dams in the Rainy River) because OF
the Backus-Brooks interests being in
volved. Otherwise I am not a con-
servationist."
1t is a good fight and it is hoped
by all sincere progressives in the state
that it may continue until all Of the
people of Minnesota know everything
about the two lumber companies anC
their political operations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16
SENATOR AND JUDGE.
RETURN FROM N. D

Senator C. E. Taylor and Judge
John J. McElroy returned to Plenty
wood Wednesday from Bismarck, N.
OAK, where they attended a political
conference. They report the roads
are bad in several places in the Flick
ertail state. They returned by Bow
bells where they called on Senator
Ingerson and Editor Miller of the
Tribune. There will be a nice poll
tical situation in North Dakota this
year they say.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16


Insurance Lawyers Not Ready
This left the case in a position that
it was ready for trial in this term OF
the district court at Great Falls. The
Company lawyers, however, asked for
further delay on technical grounds.
The Judge granted them time to file
briefs. This action is interpreted by
legal authorities to mean that the case
will not come up for hearing this term
of court but will go over until the
fall term. The following is an account
of the proceedings as reported in the
Great Falls Tribune, paper which Is
hostile to the interests of Sheridan
County and is regarded as the North
ern Montana mouthpiece of the Ana
conda Copper Company, corporation
closely allied with the National Sure
ty Company:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-16

Paid Homage to Lumber BarOns
For years Minnesota republican of
ficials have paid homage to one or the
other of the two factions backed by
the lumber companies. Every COVER
nor for the past quarter of a century
has been under some obligation to one
or the other of these interests. The
present governor, Theo. Christianson,
was elected with the special backing
of the Backus-Brooks crowd. Tom
Schall, the bootleg candidate for U.
S. senator, also had the more power
| full backing of the Shevlin- Carpenter
company. Congressman Newton from
the 9TH district is Shevlin- Carpenter
ite.
Postmaster Coleman Pays Homage
In this connection too, it is worth
mentioning that Postmaster Arch
Coleman is an errand boy of the Shev-
elin-C Carpenter concern. This fact was
shown clearly enough when the Min
neapolis postmaster recently admitted
to the mails under the second class
privilege the so-called "Minnesots
Leader" organ of Tom Schall's after
the paper had been dead for more thar
two years. This is clearly contrary tC
the postal laws. The same charge
can be brought against Mr.. Coleman
in reference to admitting the "Minne
sofa Harpoon" the Tom Schall organ
in 1924, notwithstanding that paper
had failed to comply with the pNsta
laws in several particulars.
The Shevelin-Carpenter compan.
group is backing Herbert Hoover TO
president, while Backus is supporting
Lowden. Whether Brooks is for Low
den or for Hoover has not yet bee
determined. 1t appears that MI
Backus is not always able to contrC
his partner as was shown when tn
latter voted against the resolution i
the state senate a year ago, memorial
izing congress to pass the McNary
Haugen bill. Mr.. Baclus approves c
this sort of farm relief legislation an
gives his ok. to Lowden, it appear
on the ground that the latter is SUI