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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
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in LEGISLATURE
TWENTY-YEAR INTERVAL MARKS
THEIR PARTING IN NORTH
DAKOTA TOWN
In the Old Days Senator J.. w. SchnitzIer
was an Edit0r-Manager, While Senator
+. w. Delaney was a Druggist; Chance
Places Their Seats Together In Senate

Many years ago two young men, one
OF whom ran a drug store and sold
pills n pOtiOns" and the other. who
managed a chain of country newspa-
pers, met in their home town of MOhall.
N. d., and became fast friends. One OF
the reasons for the attachment rested
on the fact that both had been born in
Canada.
The editor manager one day sold his
chain of newspapers and removed from
the state. The druggist a year or two
later disposed Of his drug store and also
removed from the state. The friends thus
lost track Of each other.
They met 20 years later in the senate
OF Montana. What to them is more re
markable still, their senate seats we're,
by chance, placed side by side and they
were speeches. with establishment when
each turned to survey his seat mate and
discovered that 1t was his old friend that
was seated beside him.
Had Branched Out
The editor manager is Senator j. w.
Schnitzler OF Froid, Roosevelt county.
The druggist is Senator F.. w. Delaney OF
Terry. Prairie county. Each is still In
his own line-With a difference.
Senator Delaney is still in the drug
business. but he had added sheep and
wool to his pills and potions. Senator
Schnltzler still operates q chain institu-
ton, but he has substituted banks for
newspapers n has branched out a bit.
Senator Schnitzler heads banks at Froid
and Culbertson and has an interest In a
bank at Flaxville. He is interested in
farming, hog-raising and stock. He is
known as the flying farmer because
he uses an airplane to cover his holdings
and to fill his business engagements.
He was elected to the senate in 1924,
served in the session Of 1925 1927 and
was re elected TO sit in the session Of
1879. He is republican national commit
teeman for Montana, and is likewise
Chairman of the Northwest Foundation.
New Organization
The Northwest Foundation. he states,
is a consolidation of farming promotion
activities. The Farm Bureau, Farmers
Union and the like, in Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
1t Is intended to promote national leg
islation relating to tariff. transportation
and marketing Of farm products. Just
now 1t is giving its attention to flax. A
higher tariff on this product viii be
asked for, Senator Schnitzler says. Much
flax is now imported from the Argentine.
The United States can grow its own
flax II the farmers are encouraged TO do
so and less wheat n more flax is
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
AERIAL
LINES PLANNED
SHORT ROUTES EXTENDING OUT OF
GREAT FALLS TO NEARBY TOWNS
WOULD EXPEDITE FREIGHT
Head of Aviation School Explains that
establishment Of Plan Would Aid
Pupils to Gain Sufficient Hours In Air
to Receive Full Government Licenses

Possibility of establishing compare
lively short air lines out of Great
Falls to serve northern and central
Montana cities with merchandise was
explained recently by Earl Vance, head
of the Vance Air Service of Great Falls.
Such a series Of lines would, in the
opinion Of MIR. Vance, serve the CUB
purpose of expediting deliveries of mer-
chandise to nearby cities and would give
the added training needed by pilots with
limited commercial licenses at q nominal
cost. He explained that when a student
graduates from the regulation so hour
course he can obtain only a limited H.
cense. which entities him to carry pas
sengers, he must have 200 hours in the
air.
Many students find 1t more or less diff
hcult to obtain this extra experience 0
after completing their courses. To aid
these fliers, Mr.. Vance Is considering Sc
curing several small planes which would
be placed on such routes as business
warrants. Some Of the lines suggested
were Great Falls to Havre, Shelby, Gla-
cier Park and LewistoWn.
These ships would not attempt to carry
passengers but would be limited to GER
tain classes of merchandise and perhaps
newspapers or other matter that could
be delivered several hours ahead of train
schedules. 1t was felt that such lines
might prove Of exceptional value during
certain seasons, such as during the Gla-
cier park season. II business should war
rant. larger ships could be placed in serv-
Ice to carry passengers.
Additional equipment on the trans
continental air line will greatly facilitate
mail service on the Great Falls Salt Lake
City line, in the opinion OF George D.
Elrod, assistant traffic manager of the
National Parks Anyways. Inc, who was in
Great Falls recently to confer with Post
master j. r. Lloyd and Fred Marsh. field
manager Of the airways company.
Under the present system. the trans
continental planes are often delayed from
36 to 48 hours, due to storms, and this
naturally delays the northbound planes
on the local line" said Mr.. Elrod. With
more planes in service on the east west
route, service to Great Falls should never
be delayed over IL hours, barring local
storms"
Considering the cold and disagreeable
weather, Mr.. Elrod said. the passenger
travel over the Great Falls Salt LAX City
route was satisfactory. Mail is holding
up well since the first Of the year and as
people become more accustomed to using
the air mail. he thinks 1t will show an
increase in future months.
Should the National Parks Always de-
eide to extend its line into Canada,
Great Falls will be one of the most I'M
portant stops on the route and shops
will be established there, according to
Mr.. Elrod. 1t Is expected that the com
pany will install necessary repair equip
ment and some shops In Great rails re-
gardless of the extension.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07

The American Maize Products conf
pany, a 100000 corporation having head
quarters IN Portland. Me, will enter bust
ness In Montana, according to a state
ment Tiled. with the original articles of
Incorporation, in the office OF the secre-
taryt of state. Fred j.. McQueeney OF Butte
Is named as the Montana agent OF the
company.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07

1T was building It's
ira n 8 continental
line across Mon
tana In the years
1881 to 1888.
AS the eyes OF
the builders were
turned to the Vel
loWstOne vale y
the question came
up. Reports OF the
surveyors. showed
that across from
the mouth OF the
Clark's Fork, the
valley OF the Vel
lowstOne W1dened
out to q breadth OF
six or seven miles
for q distance OF
about 80 miles, Of
fering excellent OPP
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07

taken from the Yellowstone river from
a h~eadgate situated several miles west OF
Park City and 1T ran to a short distance
west Of Billings. Plans originally called
for %irrigating also the bench land north
east of Billings but the more ambitious
plan was dropped n it was not until
nearly 90 years later that another com
pany developed it,
Colonel Rowley, who was placed in
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
POStOffCe Increase

Business at the Malta postoffice shows
a steady growth for the last three years.
The total business for the last three
years has risen from $l2, TAG. 97 in 1896 to
S13,844.91 in 1927. reaching S14, 755. 90 in
1923. This records a gain this year of
81 .95 over the first year and $911.O OIL
over 1927.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
Nv w. ii. BANFILI.

NEW cities have come so near to being
made to order" as Billings, founded
1 as part OF a speculative enterprise by
a group Of financiers and promoters. al
connected in some way with the North
ern Pacific at the time when
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07

COL. II. w. ROWLEY, proprietor of
the Northern hotel in Billings, came to
Montana as a construction engineer on
the Northern Pacific railroad in the early
eighties. Colonel Rowley surveyed the
first irrigation ditch in the vicinity of
Billings, which was of the enterprises
of the tOwnsite company. He is one of
M0ntana's leading citizens and has had
an active part i'm the civic and CONNER
development of Billings and the Mid
land empire.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
Falls AIatrOn Stricken

Mrs. Luella Black. 81, wife OF Hiram
II. Black, who was one OF the first con
ductors on the street car system IN Great
Fails. passed away at her home following
q brief Illness.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
now the slogan Of the Northwest Founda-

now the slogan Of the Northwest Founda-
ton.
Senator Delaney was elected in 1924.
the same year that Senator Schnitzler was
elected and has served in the sessions OF
1873 and 1927 and has been re elected
to sit In the session OF 1929.
A remarkable feature OF the election
OF his old fried, Senator Schnitzler says,
lies In the fact that Senator Delaney is
a democrat and yet he has been twice
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
MACHINES
MUCH IMPROVED
COL. CHARLES l.. SHERIDAN TELLS
ENGINEERING CLUB OF ADVANCES
MADE SINCE WORLD WAR

Declares That Improvements In Guns and
Ammunition Has Made 1t ~FOOlhardy
for Planes to Rake Infantrymen with
Machine Guns as In Battles of 1918
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07

Laws are not made for the good
Socrates.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-02-07
OFFICERS TAKE
LIQUOR GUIDE
CANADIAN COMPANY ADVERTISRS
THAT ITS PRODUCT WILL PER
NIT MAKING GOOD STUFF

"Secret" Ingredient is Simply Whisky
Flavoring With Large Per Cent Of Al
cOhol; Similar Process Discovered in
Use by Greman Firm
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
FOUR MORE VICTIMS
 FROM WRECK FOUND
Lake Michigan Gives Up
 Additional Bodies of
 Andaste Liner

Grand Haven. Mich. Sept. t6 49 Lake Michigan this morning gave up three more bodies of the crew of the freighter Andaste, which sank last Monday night while en route from this port to Chicago. The crew of the boat consisted of 24 men and a boy.
 The bodies of Ralph Wiley, sec ond engineer and Captain Charles Brown were found during the weekend.
 The first of the three bodies re- covered today was taken from he lake about 900 yards south of the South pier here and the other two were found in shallow water about two and one-half miles south of here. One body was identified as that of Thedor Jorgensen of Owen, Wis. Two of the three bodies bore life preservers.
 The body of the man found near the pier was identified as that of Joseph McCadde of Cleveland, O.
 The sixth body to come ashore from the wrecked freighter was found this morning off Sunset ter race three and one-halt miles south of here. It has not been identified.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
GEORGE DRABBE DIES
 IN HOSPITAL AT N. Y.
Was Former $. R. & L. Foreign Trade Dept.
 Linguist

George Drabbe. who for several was connected with the foreign sales department of the Stanley Works, died this morning at Bellevue hospi- tal New fork city, where he had been taken suffering from vcronaI poisoning.
 Local friends C Mr. Drabbc today were without information concern ing the manner in which he had taken the fatal fluid.
 While residing in New Britain, he made his home for a time in the clubhouse at Maple and Whiting young men employed in the Stanley Rule & Level division of the Stan ley Works, and later in the Har house on Lake street,
 Mr. Drabbe was widely known in manufacturing circles for his ac- quaintance with export trade. He spoke and wrote at least four for eign languages in his communica- tons with offices of the Stanley Works in foreign lands. Afttr le&V- ing the employ of the Stanley Works last year he went to Holland where he lived for a time and then return cd to New York city.
 He was about 49 years of age. His mother, two sisters and a brother, living at The Hague, Holland, sur ViVe
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16

field with a tremendous commotion, piling up the shattered floes and all the time coming steadily down upon us"
 While the commander cautiously attempted to maneuver the ship through the loosened ice, the Bow doin was suddenly lifted bodily and canted over on her beam ends on large floe by pressure of the sur rounding ice. Slowly, the pressure slackened and the ship slid down into open water.
 After sliding by towering ice mountains with only inches to spare, the Bowdoin swung behind a large berg and rode securely down the coast in the open water in it's wake.
 Scraped and battered hull is the Bowdoin's memento of her encounter with the ice. After refueling the ship, the party will return to Wiscasset, Maine, the starting point of the ex- petition.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
Crew Held by Pirates
 Who Loot Ship Cargo

Peiping, China, Sept. l $ P}-The Norwegian legation here said today that Captain Haaland, Chief Officer Westerheim. and three more of the officers of the Norwegian steamer Botnia, were being held by pirates who seized the ship off Haichow at the end of last week,
 The pirates, who boarded the ship after she had grounded on a bar, continued to loot the cargo of salt ;,nd peanuts, The Norwegian lega- ton has notified Nationalist author ities at Ranking.
 Coastal piracy received decisive check in 1927 when 15 pirates were hanged in Hongkong, but seems to have set in again. Japanese reports said the Japanese freighter. Kita- maru was attacked off Wusung by. pirate junks. Her fate is unknown here.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
Donald MacMillan Describes Close
 Shave In Arctic Ice Jam Last Month

Sydney, N &, Sept. 6.-(P}-The escape of his icebound schooner Bowdoin from icebergs that bore down on her on August IS was de- scribed today by Donald B. Mac Milan as the closest shave he ever had in 21 years of Arctic exploration.
 The ship had left Maine and was sailing northward off Frobisher Bay when it was caught in heavy ice near Loksland Point. For 12 days the Bowdoin was immovable in the grip of the ice pack, although clear water was only 100 yards away, the eX plorer said.
 On the 18th night. the field ice be- gan to break up and the surround ing bergs began to move at about four miles an hour.
 Tt was a fearsome sight" MT. MacMillan said. "The great bergs. some of them from 200 to 300 feet in height. were blowing through the
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
DELAY PROBABLE
 IN NAVAL FARLEY
Secretary Stimson Says Date May Have to Be
 Set Ahead

Washington, Sept. 16 CR)-socre- tary Stimson said today recent developments might nccessitate hold ing the proposed five power naval conference in January instead ot December.
 The state department has eN- plained the necessity of thorough preparation might cause a postpone ment of previously announced plans. Up to the present the thoughts of diplomatic and naval officials both here and in London have becn con fined to the AnglO-AmCriCan ncgO~ tiations to obtain a naval under standing between the United States and Great Britain. When looked al however, from the broadest view, the calling of 8 barley in which the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy would participate, it was realized that the lengthy preparations for the conference would be expected.
 The necessary interchange of mes sages, some of which must go by mail, and the long distance between the countries involved are factors which must be taken into Considera- tion m determining upon q date.
 Japan, the farthest away from London, which city is considered as the likely meeting place, also would have to start it's delegation well in advance of the converting time in order for it's representatives to ar rive on schedule.
 Tie secretary also said there were difficulties presented by the possi- Eility of a conference sitting during the Christmas holiday session.
 Answers Paris Press
 Regarding the attitude of the Paris on the proposed conference, the secretary reiterated previous statements that nothing had been taken up in the Anglo-American conversations which has not been made fully clear to the other three powers through their diplomatic rep resentatives in Washington and Lon don. lie said that they voiced no objections during the course of the London conversations, and respond ed with hearty concurrence when in- formed of the progress being made by Prime Minister Macdonald ard Ambassador Dawes.
 The other nations also have been fully informed both as to the general procedure of the London converse tions and the general course of the
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
PILOTS WILL SURVEY
 CITY FOR AIR FIELD
Mayor Announces Step Preliminary to Es-
 tablishing Port

Pilots Carl Dixon and John H.. Hadigan will fly over a tract of city owned land within a few days and then report to Mayor paonessa on the suitability of the plot for use as an airport, the mayor announced today,
 In his opinion the land can be cleared and graded at a cost not e<- Cecding SS.0O0, this being the only cost of establishing a flying field slnce it will not be necessary 10 pur- chase additional land. The tract runs castcrly from Pennington ave nue and Blake road, sloping slightly. The slope may be taken advantage of for purposes of drainage, the mayor believes. this condition solving an other airport problem.
 The mayor has made several sur veys of the tract, his most recent Hadigan who expressed belief that the field will be found to be usabl@. It was his suggestions that Lieut.. Dixon be asked to view the field from the air, and since Dixon IS leaving shortly for South America the air survey will be made without delay Park Superintendent Clyde Ellingwood is also favorably im- pressed with the prospect of an air port at this point
 Before further steps are taken to bring the project to a realization the mayor plans 10 enlist the support of the city plan commission. To that end, he will confer with former Mayor George A. Quigley, chairman of the commission,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
GlOGONDO MAIEITA DIES
 OF WORLD WAR INJURIES
Former New Britain Man Who served in Italian Army
 Expires in Avalla

X victim of World war injuries. GioSondo Maietta, 49 years old, d brother of Joseph Maietta of 210 Winthrop street has passed away in A"alla, italy, according to @ cable gram received by the local man.
 For 20 years prior to his dopar- turc for service in the Italian army, Giogondo Maietta was resi- dent of this city, enjoying wide ac- Quaintancc, particularly among the Italian residents. .Iie was incapaci- tatcd during the war and had been in ill health for several years. An operation was performed recently in an effort to relieve him, but he did not rally and death came several days aGo.
 He was the father of seven chill drCn.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
HOLDING NEGRO HERE AS MURDER SUSPECT Clarence Simms May Be Wanted for Annapolis,
 Md., Crime

Clarence Simms, 37, colored, Is held by the local police in default of s5000 bonds pending an investi- gation to determine whether or not he is Jesse Garford, wanted for the murder of William Brown in Anna polls, Md, in a drunken brawl on Oct. 1, 1928. Recommending a con- tinuance of his case until Saturday in heavy bonds, Prosecuting Attur- ney J. G. Woods told Judge Stanley J. Traceski in police court that Simms was suspected of "an atro- cious crime" but Simms denied aft CT court that he was connected in any way with the Annapolis mur- der.
 The local police have wired the Maryland authorities for finger prints of Garford, who has at least two aliases, and when they arrive 1t will be possible to check them against those of Simms. A photo graphic likeness of Garford on file in the detective bureau, bears a decided resem blance to Smms and the description on the circular fits him, according to the police. In many instances, finger prints ac- company such circulars, but none were included in the notice about Garford.
 Simms according to the police admitted that he served a year in Elmira, N. Y, prison on the charge of burglary in 1909, and in 1917 he was sentenced to Dannemora pris- on in New York for two years and eight months on the same charge. In 1920 he was sentenced to six months in jail for theft in Scran- ton, Pa, and in 1924 he was sen-
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
Accident and Insanity 10 Be Defense-Only One Juror Accepted Alter wo Hour Questioning of 8 Talesmen.
Prisoner, Self Possessed
 and Dapper, Enters, Court With 1iOthe.- State Demands Death
 Penalty - Radio Opera tor. :,

White Plains, N. Y, Sept. 16.R Earl Francis Peacox, youthful radio mechanic, went to trial early today for the killing of his pretty, young wife. Dorothy, formerly of New Britain, Conn.,. and his coun- sel immediately indicated that his fight against the electric chair would be predicated upon the grounds of accident and insanity.
 The defense plans were disclosed in a two hour examination of eight talesmcn, from whom but one juror was accepted. He is Edward C. Rossmaster of Scarsdale, New York silk manufacturer, midd1a aged and the father of four chii- dren.
 Carried Girl from House
 Rossmaster said he would not be burning of the girls body after she was stranGled to death last April 21, or the 2l-year-old prisoners love affair with Frances Newman, Pcacox's "alibi girl" It was the in- toxicatcd form Of Miss Newman, PcacoX said after his arrest, which he carried from the house the night of the killing, but authorities said that in his confession the Iradio man admitted the bundle was the corpse of his wife,
 Sevens other talesmen were eX- cused before Rossmaster was chosen. Two were excused because they were opposed to capital pun ishment. the defense and the state each challenged one. and a special i deputy county sheriff was disquali- fled because of his honorary title.
 PoacoX was placed on trial for the killing of his wife, Dorothy Heinzelman Peacox 21, before Su- preme Court Justice Arthur s. Tompkins.
 Accompanied By Mother
 The prisoner in custody of deputy sheriffs and with his mother, Mrs. Catherine PcacoN, walking by his side arrived in the Westchester county court room ten minutes be-
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-16
MacDonald's American Visit Dates
 Announced Today; To Go to Canada

London, Sept. 16 [P1Prime Min ister Macdonald, according to pres ent plans will go directly 10 Wash ington after landing in New York on Oct. f for conversations with President Hoover regarding the na- val disarmament problem.
 It was stated in well-informed quarters this afternoon that the prime minister probably will spend several days at the capital and will then go to Philadelphia on Oct. ! to meet the doctors who attended him during his illness there on his last visit to the United States.
 On Thursday, Oct. 10 MT. Mac Donald will go to New York where he will remain until the morning of the 14th when he will go to Buffalo, where, it is said, he has expressed