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Evening star., 1928-12-20
JUDGE THREATENED
IN RAN|ER| CASE
Jurist in kidnapping Trial Re-
Ceives Death Warning.
Witness Also MenaCed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 20.-A letter
threatening death to Judge Robert E..
Gentzel was received by the judge this
morning shortly before he took the
bench to resume the trial of three de-
PENDANTS accused of the kidnapping Of
10-year-old Billy Ranieri.
The black spade also lay face up
before Mike Devito today.
1t was Angelo Petitti, one of three
men on trial, who declared the death
card had been turned, Judge Gentzel
was told.
THE defendant, Petitti,' said As
sistant States Attorney Mueller, told
baliff who was guarding him:
Mike Devito will be the next to
die"
The first to die was Ole Scully, as
sassinated Monday. Scully, like Devito,
was an important witness for the State
in its effort to convict Petitti Andrew
Capellano and Tony Capellano. Scully
was shot down the day before he was
TO have testified.
Release Petition Up.
The assistant States attorney quoted
Petittis alleged statement during a
hearing on petitions to release three
men held in connection with the
Scully killing.
Your honor surely does not want to
release these men to kill Devito," Muel-
Ter said.
Mueller then read to the court an
indictment charging Petitti with extor-
ton.
And Scully was the only witness
against him on this Indictment" he
said.
Mueller followed with the reading of
an indictment charging extortion
against Pasquale Capitosto and SAL
vatore Mastroianni, two of the three
men held in connection with the
Scully Staying.
And Devito Is the only witness on
this Indictment he said.
The third man held is Fred Petitti,
brother of Angelo.
Hearing Is Postponed.
AS result of Muellers statements,
Judge Gentzel postponed until Satur-
day the hearing on the habeas corpus
writs for the three being held.
Two other State witnesses reported
that they. had been threatened if they
testified. They were Deputy Sheriff
Don Bleau and Adolph Goselin, both of
Kankakee, ILL.,, whose testimony has to
do with the farm of the Capellanos
where Billy Ranieri was held prisoner
13 days last September.
The trial continued today.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
UTILITY VALUATION
HEARING GOES OVER
Application to Revive Ap-
peaIS Will Be Considered
on January a.

Justice Peyton Gordon of the District
Supreme Court today continued until
Friday, January 4, the hearing on the
application for the Washington Gas
Light Co. and the Georgetown Gas
Light Co. for permission to revive the
appeals of the two companies from an
order of the Public Utilities Commission
fixing. valuation on the properties OF
the companies The suits were insti-
tuted August "a, 1917, and have laio
dormant pending disposition by the
court of the questions involved in the
appeals of the Potomac Electric Power
Co. from the valuation of that utility.
The companies, through Attorneys
Benjamin S. Minor, George p. Hoover
and Swager-Sherley, told the court that
they have been at all times ready to
proceed with the case, but refrained
from doing SO because 1t was conSid-
cred, owing to lapse of time, that a
revaluation by the Public Utilities Com
mission would be more desirable.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert
E. Lynch and Peoples Counsel Ralph
P. Fleharty held a conference with
Justice Gordon, at which the counsel
and reached an agreement to defer
the hearing, which had been scheduled
for tomorrow, until January 4.
The tactics to be employed by the
Public Utilities Commission in the
matter we're discussed at conference
today in the Office of Corporation Coun-
sci William w. Bride, attended by
Bride, Ralph Fleharty and Lynch.
No decision was reached, then Fle-
harty and Lynch, accompanied by
Sherley, went to court to ask Justice
Gordon for the continuance.
The commissions legal aides are
known to be considering two courses.
One is to combat the motion to restore
to calendar by an argument that the
company has forfeited its rights by
failure to prosecute the appeal for so
many years The other is to enter a
motion to dismiss the appeal.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
BOUNDARY DISPUTE
PROBE SUGGESTED
Arbitration Committee Asks
Bolivia and Paraguay to Ac-
Cept Protocol for Study.

The special arbitration committee ap-
pointed by the Pan American Confer
ence to attempt settlement of the Bo-
livian-Paraguayan boundary dispute has
proposed to the two nations that they
agree to a protocol providing for a
commission to investigate the claims of
both countries, it was learned today.
The proposal is said to have been for
warded to the foreign Offices of the re-
spective countries.
Hopes for peace were further height
ened today when it was learned that the
Bolivian and Paraguayan delegates to
the conference here have been holding
private conferences also with view to
arriving at some understanding which
might bring about peaceful adjust
ment of the dispute.
Evening star., 1928-12-20

continued FROM F1fSt PageO
thanks since he felt that little if any
time would be saved.
In spite of their worries and keeping
close to the palace, day after day, the
Queen and Princess Mary, who re-
rnained with her mother throughout the
Kings illness, have found time to do
their Christmas shopping. They sent
gifts to their friends and remembered
the poor with clothes, and children in
the hospitals with dolls and other play
things.
The article printed by the medical
journal was addressed to medical men
and expressed the hope that they would
be able to soothe the public mind, made
extremely sensitive by weeks of anxiety.
The writer voiced belief that the
employment of ultraviolet rays had
been beneficial.
Like Typhoid Case.
A detailed technical analysis of the
case said that the second phase of the
illness presented a clinical picture re-
sembling case of severe typhoid fever
in the third and fourth weeks, but
with the added anxiety of attacks of
dyspnoea and cynaosis, due to the strain
on the heart.
In the next phase the fever and
delirium subsided with the lessening
toxemia. When. on December IL,
effusion was discovered between the
lung and the diaphragm, drainage by
means Of rib resection was performed
under aneSthesia.
The prominent organism in the
empyema has now been established to
be identical with the stretococcus found
in the blood. Though the infective
process has become gradually localized
its severity, coupled with lowered
vitality resulting from the length OF
illness, makes the process of healing
diff1cult and tedious The local slough
ing, however. is less pronounced now
and tissue reaction is apparent.
Business Picks Up
LONDON, December 20.-The British
empires wheels of commerce. which
slowed down somewhat during the
acute phases of King Georges Illness
are gradually reaching normal speed
with his majesty's slow improvement.
There was time when the outlook
for retail business appeared very black
and heavy insurance was taken out
against loss of trade if the dreaded
"eventuality' should take place. But
this apparently has been avoided anc
the big premiums paid by the retail
stores are now being recouped from tht
rush of business which has set in dur.
ing this last wek of Christemas shop
ping
1t semed as though every one ha
delayed their gift buying as long as tht
cloud hung over Buckingham Palac,
and now was making up for lost time
The usual Christmas shopping rush
bad enough now resembles more close.
~ a bargain day struggle.
The betterment in the Kings condi
ton has been reflected in brisk business
onnnrallV
Evening star., 1928-12-20
SNOW HERE POSSIBLE.

The possibility of light snow early
tonight or tomorrow morning was fore
seen today by the Weather Bureau
1t was not expected. however, that the
snow would be heavy enough or that the
weather would be So cold that the snow
would hold over until Christmas. The
forecaster was of the opinion that pres
ent weather conditions would be more
likely to result in rain than snow.
It will be little colder tonight, the
temperature probably dropping to 81
degrees as compared with 80 degrees
last night. 1t will also be slightly
colder tomorrow.
The only snow reported from outlying
districts today was light fall around
the Great Lakes region.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
HOUSE ANNEX BILL
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Senate Group Also Reports
FavorabIy on Supreme
Court Project.

Two bills, one authorizing $8400, 900
for a new House Office Building and
the other creating a commission to
prepare plans for the United States
Supreme Court structure, were ordered
favorably reported by the Senate pub
lie buildings and grounds committee
at a meeting today. Both measures
passed the House Monday and will be
brought up in the Senate at the ear
liest opportunity.
The committee discussed the pro-
posal for Summer retreat for the
President somewhere in the country
side near Washington, but took no
action today.
The Shipstead bill to give the Fine
Arts Commission power to pass upon
the exterior design of private build
ingS surrounding Federal improve
ments in order to protect the architec-
tural appearance. of the public build
ings was not taken up this morning.
Senator Shipstead said after the meet
ing that he planned to confer later in
the day with Lieut.. Col U. S. Grant,
3d. director of public buildings and
parks, regarding changes in the
measure preparatory to having it con-
sidered by the committee. This bill
is in the hands of subcommittee of
which Senator Fess, Republican of
Ohio, is chairman.
Senator Keyes, Republican. of New
Hampshire, chairman of the committee.
said members of the committee express
ed different views as to just how to
proceed on the suggestion for the es-
tablishment OF some place not far from
the National Capital to which the
President of the United States could
repair for short periods of relaxation
during the Summer. He said the ques-
ton undoubtedly would be taken up
again by the committee at a meeting
after the Christmas recess. Two bills
on the subject have been introduced
so far, one by Senator Fess to set up
commission to consider the proposal
and make recommendations to Con-
gress, and the other by Senator Goff,
Republican, of West Virginia, author
izing $500,000 for establishment of a
Summer retreat for the President in
his State.
The bill creating a commission to
prepare preliminary plans for the
Supreme Court Building directs the
commission to make report to Con-
gress not later than March /. 1t is
possible that an initial appropriation to
begin the structure may be included in
the last deficiency bill at this session.
The site for the Supreme Court Build
ing, bounded by Maryland avenue, East
Capitol street. First and Second streets,
Is in process of condemnation.
The proposed new House Office Build
ing is to be placed on the square west
of the present Office building, on the
south side of the Capitol.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
RIO GRANDE PARLEY
OPENS IN SANTA FE
Col. Donovan Elected Chairman OF
Tristate Water Division
Conference.
BY the Associated Press.


SANTA FE. N. Mex, December 20
The Rio Grande Tristate River Confer
ence, with its objective a compact be-
tween Colorado. New Mexico and Texas
for distribution of the waters OF the
Rio Grande opened here yesterday
Col. William J. Donovan, assistant to
the Attorney General of the United
States, who is representing the Federal
Government. was elected chairman of
the conference. succeeding President
elect Herbert Hoover.
Col. Donovan expressed gratitude for
the confidence placed in him by the
commissioners and said the fact there
was a Federal representative present in
dicated the interest of President Cool
tdge in river and irrigation problems.
With Texas and New Mexico close to-
gether on the question of division of
the waters, the solution of the problem
as desired by these States appeared to
rest almost entirely on the attitude of
Colorado authorities.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
THREE BOYS SENTENCED.
Plead Guilty to Taking Satchel
From Automobile.

Pleading guilty to the charge of the
larceny of sstchel containing small
amount of clothing from an automobile
three youths were sentenced to serve six
months when they appeared before
Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police
Court this morning.
Although their attorneys testified that
the boys, William Courchen. Raymond
Turner and Roy Collins, had no pre-
vious record and a sister of one at
tempted to plead for her brother, the
sentence was imposed. with the pro-
vision that an investigation be made by
probation authorities In the mean
time they were to remain in Jail.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
ASKS POSTS FOR COLORED.
Citizens Head Suggests Appoint
ment to Municipal Places.

Additional employment of colored
persons on the District municipal pay
rolls was urged on the District Com
missioners yesterday by w. D. Nixon,
president of the Thirteenth Street Cit
liens Association.
Nixon claimed that no colored fire.
man had been appointed ince 1918, and
that colored firemen proportionally re-
ceive So from the pay roll as against
$98 for white firemen.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
U. S. WORKER SUCCUMBS.
Samuel Krigbaum, so, Stricken a
Clarendon Trolley Station.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON, Va, December 90
Samuel Krigbaum, SO years old, died
yesterday at his home, 100 Beach street,
of heart disease and paralysis. He was
a printer In the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing 81 years. AS he
awaited a car to take him to his work
he was stricken. He returned to his
home and died within a half hour.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at pm. from the residence. Burial
will be in Columbia Gardens Cemetery.
Besides his widow, he is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. William Elliott,
Miss Margaret Krigbaun and Miss Vir-
ginia Krigbaun1. and one son, Orlando
ErighaunA
Evening star., 1928-12-20
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra. at Stanley Hall, at
$50 o'clock today.
March, THE Joker. ........... Lake
Overture, Life for the Gar" .Glinka
Entr'acte, "A Night in Venice"
Lucantoni-Lampe
african Dreamland" ..... .Atwater
Selection from Grand Opera,
"Othello" ................. Verdi
Fox trot. From Monday On" Crosby
Waltz, THE Day Is Ended. =. Berlin
Finale. Flora, I Adore You" .Markush
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1928-12-20
EXPLORER TO SPEAK HERE
Carveth Wells to Describe His Six
Years in Malay Jungles.

Fish that climb trees, worms that
sing and O. pigmy deer that fits into
a frying pan" will be among the curl
osities described tomorrow night by
Carveth Wells at lecture before the
National Geographic Society at the
Washington Auditorium on his six years
in the jungles of the Malay Peninsula.
His lecture will be Illustrated with
unusual motion pictures. which also
disclose the interesting phases OF hu-
man life on the peninsula. He Will also
show slides in color.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
THREE WOMEN FORFEIT
LARCENY COLLATERAL
Let $500 Go in Connection With
Thefts From Local Depart
ment Stores.

Charged with larceny. three women
| forfeited collateral amounting to 5000
rather than appear today to stand trial
| in Police Court.
The forfeitures were made by Frances
Cole, $50; Bernice Roe $50, and Mrs.
Willie Fahney, 800.
| They were accused of thefts from To-
| cal department stores.
Evening star., 1928-12-20
KINGS RECOVERY
FORECAST IN NEW
BEDSIDE BULLETIN

Continued From First Page.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
SECOND ACCIDENT ON
FRAZER R-NASHUA HIWAY
GLASGOW Courierl

Glenn Unkerich, who has been
employed for several years as
maintenance man on part of the
Frazer-Nashua federal highway,
and who, since the death of VIM
Cline. who was killed two weeks
ago while at work on the highway,
has had charge of the entire sec
tion, received a sprained ankle
and minor injuries when his
grader was struck Tuesday after
noon by the car driven by Edgar
Harwood of Williston Harwood
stopped his car and returned and
gave Unkerich such assistance as
he could continued to Glasgow,
where he was arrested by Under
sheriff Ira B. Tourtlotte, charged
with careless driving, and arraign-
ed before Judge G. w. Rapp, His
bonds were placed at $500 and he
was fined $4,000. He was not
able to pay either and is in jail at
present He states that he was
at the rate of thirty miles
per hour.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
TABULATED OFFICIAL
ROOSEVELT RETURNS

The official returns of the cleo
ton, for Roosevelt county, in tab
ulated form appear in this issue
of the Herald 1t forms a piece
of county history that will be of
interest not only now but in future
election years. 1t will be of value
for reference and comparison. 1t
would not be a bad idea to tear
out the page and file it.
The total vote cast on such of
fices as president and senator fell
just short of 5000, but the total of
electors who went to the polls
was about 1850. This indicates
that there were more than $50
electors who did not vote on even
these important offices, or who
marked their ballots in such a
manner that their votes could not
be counted
Probably there never was great
er interest in a general election in
this county. 1t was a campaign
in which people read and thought
and talked freely. So freely that
the result was correctly predicted
on everything by many before
election day. Those results were
fairly in line with the verdict of
the whole country.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
Steal Auto; Collide
With and Kill Horses
Daniels County Leaderl

Mike Wakeland and one of his
pals, w. j. Cox, were today SEN
fenced to serve 40 days and $40
fine, and 60 and a $50 fine respec-
lively, as the result of their esca-
pade Saturday evening of last
week when they stole a car be-
longing to the Hagfeldt brothers.
Apparently returning from
dance at a high rate of speed in
the stolen car, they crashed into a
pair of horses on the road west of
Scobey, killing both horses and
smashing the car badly. The ac.
cident led to the discovery of the
thieves, although they escaped
serious injury themselves.
The charge was reduced to
misdemeanor and Wakeland plead
ed guilty. Cox fought the case
end was found guilty and drew
the heavier penalty The cases
were heard by Justice Deter
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
SELL CHRISTMAS SEALS

Final arrangements have been
made for the sale of tuberculosis
christmas seals in Roosevelt
county by the Montana Tubercu-
losis association. The sale in the
rural districts will be conducted
by the schools, seals being sent to
each school by Mrs. Margaret In
glehart, county superintendent of
schools.
Towns throughout the county
nave been organized with a local
chairman and indications point to
a successful sale this year, accord
ing to Mrs. Sara E. Morse, secre-
tary OF the association. Having
the school children sell seals not
only helps raise money" said Mrs.
Morse recently in discussing the
seal sale, but it has an education
al value. The children learn some
thing about the organized fight
against tuberculosis and they are
taught that it is a disease that is
preventable and durable. Through
the health work in the schools,
through the sale of seals,
the children learn the Importance
OF building strong bodies which
have the resistance to withstand
The seal sale will open formally
on Thanksgiving Day and contin-
lie until Christmas.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
LEG BROKEN BY TRUCK

G.. Dexter, a rancher who lives
South of Oswego was recently
brought to Wolf Point for atten-
tion to a leg which was broken
when ran over by truck. The
accident occurred when Mr.. Dex-
ter got out of the truck in which
he was riding with another man.
He evidently slipped and one
wheel passed over his leg. 1t was
in the evening and apparently the
truck driver was unaware of
what had happened and drove on
Mr. Dexter was several miles
from home and had to go a con-
siderable distance to reach the
home of a neighbor. At first it
was thought that he had sprained
his ankle, but an X-ray of the leg
that the bone was broken.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
JACOB SEEL, SR.,
ROBBED OF $500
WIRES, MAKE ESCAPE
AFTER HOLDUP

The father of j. G. Seel of this
city figured in a daring holdup at
his home near Fort Union last
Saturday evening. Bainville cor
respondence in the Great Falls
Tribune gives the following ac-
count.
BAINVILLE, Nov. 20. The men
who held up Jacob Seel of Fort
Union late Saturday night were
evidently veterans at the business
for the plans were so carefully
land that there was no flaw in
them.
Several neighbors had gathered
at the Seel home for the evening
and there were four cars parked
outside The robbers broke the
ignition systems on the cars and
three of them entered the house,
a fourth remaining outside in his
auto. AS the men entered the
house they fired two shots and
terrorized the people inside SO
they offered no resistance. They
then took $500 from Seel, but
when they attempted to rob a wo-
man, Mr.. Seel who is about Ga
years old, interfered and was
with a shotgun. He was
rendered unconscious for some !
time and large cash was cut in
his head.
Henry Dolman, one of the visi- |
tors, who was in the kitchen, at !
tempted to find a gun, but being
unable to do so he left through the
back door and ran to his house, a
short distance away. He got
rifle there and opened fire on the
bandits as they drove past, but
his fire was not returned nor did
the robbers check their speed
The bandits had previously cut
wires leading into town and no
word was received of the robbery
for some time and by that time
the bandits had made good their
escape, leaving no clues.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
STANDARD DEEP WELL, PLAN
OF COMMUNITY CO., POPLAR
DIRECTORS REACH TACIT
AGREEMENT WITH OIL
DRiLLER

The Poplar Dome, where a small
test hole, drilled to a depth of
30S5 feet produced a showing of
both oil and gas at 30S1 feet, last
Spring, will again be the scene of
activity if the present plans of
the directors of the Community
Drilling company mature. The
company is in fact community or
district organization. People of
all the towns and country adjacent
to Poplar have joined with the
businessmen of Poplar in the i'm
portant enterprise of testing out
the field.
An important meeting of the
directors of the company was held
Monday evening when the matter
of a contract with an experienced
driller for full sized deep hole
was thoroughly considered, R. ].
White, local member of the board,
attended He reports that great
confidence is displayed in the
project in all parts of this section.
Confirms Former Surveys
G. L. Emmons of Kalispell,
Montana, one of the most prom
inent and reliable biologists in
the state, was engaged last week
by the Community Drilling COM
pany to examine the Poplar struc-
ture and more particularly to pick
out any locations for a new well
which would appear to him most
favorable in the light of the in
formation gained from the first
well, drilled to 30S5 feet.
After some days of detailed
work, he succeeded in finding two
locations adjacent to the previous
well which he recommended as
the most favorable sites for the
new deep test well now being un
dertaken by the Community /
Drilling Co. He stated to the Off
GERS of the Company: "You have
a far better structure here than I
had any reason to suspect the
existence of, with more regular
and pronounced dips than the
field"
The drilling contractor attended
the directors meeting on Monday
evening, when the final terms and
conditions of the contract for a
guaranteed, deep, standard well
we're fully discussed and settled,
the contract to be forwarded for
signature on his return to head
quarters. Unless the weather
.urned exceptionally severe, it
would be his intention to ship in
lis material and get rugged up for
lrilling just as soon as possible.