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Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-03-21
Earth 5 Age 100000
Years, Scientists Say

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pused- Six oe wugAds outdnG researchers have
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Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-03-21


The development commenced a.
1929. when 1851 gallons Of the
Iiquefied fuel was marketed and
reached its zenith during 1880.
when 1s.o17.s47 gallons we're
marketed. the report shows
OF the 1880 total. about IL
100000 gallons was propans and
about $685. 600 gallons was bu-
tame. iso-butane. pentane and bu-
tane-pentane mixtures.
Says the report
"Propane Is a gas At atmos
pheric pressure at such tempera-
lures as may ordinarily be met
with but may be liqueffed under
moderate pressure and transport
ed in cylinders or other special
containers. Il is self-vaporizine
at temperatures above a. de-
grees r. and is most widely used
as a domestic fuel in territories
not served BY gas mains.
The practice Of transporting
1t in cylinders as a liquid and
utilizing II as a gas has result
ed in its common designation al
bottled gas. II is estimated
that $4,000 customers we're |
served with this fuel during |
1880 as compared with IS. 600 ii
1929 and 10000 in 1925. The
indicated average consumption
per installation was ss.e GAL
Ions.
Pure butane is not ordinarily
used in bottled gas service. as
frequently may BE-
% low to permit the necessary
'apOration Butane. consequently
'inds its market principally in
Industrial uses. where arrange
nents may be made to provide the
desired pressure, either mechan-
caliy or by heating.
The outstanding development /
a the use Of butane has been the /
establishment Of central stationsf
d communities too small to sup '
ort gas service Of the ordi- p
airy manufactured or natural {
gpe. In these stations, butane d
mixed with air and the re- Il
nlting mixture is distributed
nd metered to consumers in the L
lme manner as other gas con- t,
lmers are served. Il
Several communities in Cal o
ornia. Oregon and washington Il
nring 1880 received their first
ss service in this manner while
le number OF such plants in the a
Of the country also
'ntinued to increase.
"Butane and other liquefied
'troleum gases also are being
Ied 70 replace gas OH in carbn-
'tting gases Of relatively low
Iermal value; as base materiai y
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-03-21

Minnesota-F Iatwillow Petroie-
nm Company is reported to have
completed nndsrreaming and
runnfng pipe IN its wildcat on
the Ivanhoe Zone structure, near
Melstone II southeastern Mon
tana.
Drilling viii resume in few
days with sands above the Mad
ison lime as the objective
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-03-21

The American Petroleum Insti-
tute estimates that the daily av-
erage gross crude Oh production
in the United States for the week
ended March 2, 1881. was 2.1ss.-
zoe barrels. as compared with 2
1oz,soa barrels for the preceding
week, an increase Of $1,000 bar
rels.
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The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Senate BOwS TO
Dry Lobbyists on
Referendum Bill

Indiana Anti-Saloon League lob
byistS remain a power in the Hoo
sier senate, if their grip has slipped
somewhat in the house.
They spent a profitable day among
the senators of both Republican and
Democratic persuasion Friday.
Result was that the Perkins ref
erendum bill, passed Thursday, was
recalled to the senate for killing
and the anti-questionnaire bill was
killed.
The latter bill was on second
reading, having been passed on
minority committee report recon-
mending that 1t become a law.
Provisions of the bill would make
sending or answering a question:
naire to candidate for public Office
a misdeameanor. Senator James J.
Nejdl Rep., Lake., avowed wet,
joined in killing the measure and
declared that "this is the first time
I have been on the side of the
Anti-Saloon League" He termed
it probably unconstitutional" and
asserted that he always consigned
questionnaires to the waste basket
and others who oppose them could
do the same thing if they do not
want to answer them.
The Perkins referendum bill,
which will likely be killed today,
would permit a referendum on any
public question (including prohibi-
tion) on petition of 10 per cent of
the voters of the state and local
referendum on petition Of Is per
cent of the local voters.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
TWO WILL FACE
MURDER TRIAL
Crickmore Case Probably
viii Be Heard May a..
Rm 1i,,, 20 cnecinr

BIZ I tMes Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, March T.
Trial of Floyd Strange and Robert
Ingersoll, charged with murder in
the first degree as a result of the
fatal shooting of Owen Crickmore,
during filling station robbery on
the NobleSville indianapolis road in
october, has been tentatively set in
Hamilton circuit court here for May
4. The defendants will be tried
jointly.
The men are confined in the Tip
ton Jail for Safekeeping, Charles
McCammon of Indianapolis, Jointly
indicted with Strange and Ingersoll
and who is in jail in Noblesville, has
not yet asked for a separate trial,
but it is understood that he will do
so soon.
It was largely on the alleged
confession of McCammon that
Strange and Ingersoll were indicted.
They were brought here from Cali
fornia where they were serving
sentences for robbery. 1t is under
stood that they will attempt to
prove an alibi. 1t is said they insist
that they have four or five wit
nesses who will testify they were
many miles from the filling station
at the time Of the murder.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
MASS MEETING CALLED
IN FREE SPEECH CLASH
Minister viii Be Heard at
Richmond in Attack
on Commission.
By Times Special

By Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, March THE
latest effort In Indiana to give
meaning to free speech, Is engag-
ing the attention of this Quaker
city, controversy having started
a few weeks ago when Norman
Thomas, Socialist leader, addressed
Earlnam college students. A mass
meeting will be held Sunday in the
high school auditorium at which
the speaker will be the Rev. Homer
Sala, who is conducting a series of
revival meetings here. His subject
will be Communism, a Menace to
America"
Display of a red flag in a parade
held before the meeting addressed
by Thomas aroused the ire of the
American Legion and Junior Order
of United American Mechanics and
both organizations adopted resolu-
tions cordemning Socialism and
Communism.
The charge that the Socialists are
affiliated with the Communistic
movement has been vigorously
denied in statements by local
Socialists and by several other
Richmond citizens, among them
Walter Woodward, editor of the
American Friend; c. M. Woodman,
pastor Of a Friends church and the
Rev. G. Franklin Koch, pastor Of a
Lutheran church.
The latest contribution to the
growing list of public statements
comes from the resolutions commit
tee, local Socialist organization,
signed by William Marshall, Ed
Henry and Joe w. Thomas. Most
of it is in reply to statements, but
includes the following:
Capitalism is deadl Let us not
linger too long over corpse, whose
efluvia is so nauseouS that it smells
to heaven. Let us rather hail its
successor, greater, grander move
ment, one that preSages the
brotherhood of man through CO.
operation and the development of
unity and harmony and embraces
the cause of humanity, and it is our
pleasure to offer as such, Socialism"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07


GARY, Ind, March 7.-William z.
Foster, internationally known radi-
cal leader. and alleged to be the
representative in America of Soviet
Russia, has returned to Gary, where
he led a strike of steel workers in
1919, to spread the economic doc
trines Of the red nation.
First effort Of Foster was meet
ing said to have been attended by
about 100 persons. In an address,
he f1ayed capitalism and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and de-
clared the f1ve-year plan being
worked out in Russia is bringing
great benefits to the people.
An admission fee of 10 cents was
charged to the meeting, and money
was collected twice during the ses-
sion. The first was for 81 bills and
later hat was passed.
Police were scattered in the
crowd. They carried tear gas
bombs. Chief Stanley Bucklind led
the officers. He said there was no
evidence of disorder.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07

by Itb6S op6Ctdb
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March IT,
The speaker at De Pauw university
vesper services Sunday evening will
be Count Felix Won Luckner, Ger
many's "sea devil" of World war
fame.
Lowell Thomas scored a best sell
Ter with his book entitled "The Sea
Devil" which tells of the amazing
career of Won Luckner. From the
time he ran away from home at the
age of 13 to sail before the mast, his
life has been one of adventure. His
greatest feat was to run the Allied
blockade during the world war with
an old sailing vessel disguised as a
Norwegian fishing ship, then to
roam the seas and prey upon mer-
chant ships. He is credited with
having sunk more than 100000 tons
of shipping.
Yet he never took a single life.
Passengers and crews of the doomed
vessels were taken aboard Count
Luckner'S ship, treated as guests
and placed ashore. His ship was
later wrecked and Count Luckner
captured, only to escape in small
open boat with crew of six. He
Travelled $500 miles in this boat in
forty-eight days, both he and the
crew almost dying from thirst.
He is credited with being the only
man ever to rise from the ranks to
a post Of command in the German
Imperial navy. The son of a noble
man, he has been barboy in Ho-
hoken; a kangaroo hunter in Aus
tralia, and a middleweight boxing
champion in Queensland.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
WOMAN RELEASED
AFTER DEATH QUIZ
None Now Held at Result of
Fatal Shooting at
Anderson.
By Times Special

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind. March T.
With Mrs. Della Knorr, last of three
persons held for questioning in con-
nection with the death by shooting
Of Lee Skinner, at liberty, the case,
so far as Madison county author
tiles are concerned, is listed as a
mystery, but with Anderson police
recording the death due to suicide.
In addition to Mrs. Knorr, those
in custody had included Miss
Glenna Shetterly and Joseph
Thomas. Mrs. Knorr, it has been
alleged, lived with Skinner at the
barbecue stand where the tragedy
occurred, and where Miss Shetterly
was employed. Thomas, it is said.
was the sweetheart Of the Shetterly
girl.
Convinced they are right in the
suicide theory, the police dropped
the case few weeks ago. County
authorities, however, had continued
the probe, calling in state police to
assist them. They have not indi-
Gated whether any further inquiry
will be made.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Delinquency Charged
By Times Special

By IfKtes Special
MERRILLVILLE, Ind, March 7.
Kenneth Hauk, coach Of the Mer-
rillville high school basketball team,
and Gerald CULLEN, 10, member
Of the team are incustody facing
charges Of contributing to delin-
quency. Authorities say that Quill
len has confessed he and the coach.
accompanied by two high school
girls, have participated in liquor
parties. Quillen came here in Sep
tember, representing himself to be
an orphan, but juvenile officers
shortly afterward discovered his
parents live at Waynetown.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
TWO OF FIFTEEN TAX
BILLS REACH LESLIE
Six Other Measures Endorsed by
Committee Killed.

The 1881 general assembIy's rec
ord on the fifteen tax reform meas
ures Endorsed by the joint tax COM
mittee of the legislature includes
two which have reached Governor
Harry G.. Leslie and six which have
been killed.
Only one has been signed. That
is the Beckett-Huff budget linita-
ton bill. The other Is the Hartzell
bill taking school building condem-
nation power from the state health
board. Leslie has not acted On 1t
yet.
Measures killed include those
making the poll tax law applicable
to women and removing the 5O-year
age limit; increasing motor vehicle
license fees so per cent; decreasing
bonded Indebtedness for county unit
and mile gravel roads; halting
construction Of local roads under a
1923 saving clause, and diverting
$6,500,000 from the state highway
commission to the state general
fund.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
HOME LOOTED
OF FURNITURE
Ex-ConvictS Leave House
at BiCkneII Bare.
BIZ Times SpecinI

By Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, March Fol
lowing confession of one of the
boldest and most unusual burglaries
in the history Of Knox county, Rus
sell Hardesty, 35, and Earl Ellis, 33,
paroled from the Indiana state
prison, are awaiting return to that
institution.
Entering the four-room home of
Frank Osha at Bicknell, the men
removed every piece of furniture,
some Of which was burned. The re-
mainder was taken to the homes of
Mrs. Laura Cofer and her sister,
Mrs. Doris Sanders. The women
were also arrested, but released
after convincing authorities they
had no knowledge that the furniture
had been stolen.
Osha closed his home when he
moved to Pontiac, Mich, several
weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
ARRESTS AFTER CRASH
Two Accused of Stealing Automobile
Struck by Train.
By United Press

MT. VERNON, Ind, March T.
Arthur Taylor, %, and Deneen Tay-
lor, 21, have been taken to East st.
Louis, Ill, to face federal charges
Of theft and transportation of an
automobile.
The automobile, reported stolen in
East st. Louis, was being driven
eastward a month ago carrying six
passengers when it was struck by a
train near Enfield, III. Arthur Tay-
lor suffered fractured skull and
the others, lesser injuries.
Arthur and Deneen Taylor, with
their families, have been at the
home Of John Taylor here since the
crash.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
BOOK RENTAL ADVANCES
Two Other School Text Measures
Killed by Committee.

Only the bill Iegalizing rental of
school text books remained alive in
the senate today, the two companion
measures having been killed Friday
on committee report.
The three measures were prepared
by the state board and department
OF education. Bills killed would
provide for multiple text adoptions
and for local choice.
Senator G. Oliver Holmes Rep..
Lake. succeeded in keeping the
rental bill alive, and today it is on
second reading.
Several days and great efforts
were required to force the bills from
the educational committee, of which
Senator Herbert V. Tormohlen
(Rep., Jay and Randolph is chair
man.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Farm Bureau Program

OB FW6S Op6CIut
ANDERSON, Ind, March IAN
all-day meeting to be held at the
Y. M. Q. A. here, March 1S, will
close a membership campaign of the
Madison County Farm bureau. M.
@. Townsend, Indianapolis, state
farm bureau organizer, will be the
principal speaker. Entertainment
will be provided by George Near
pass, Indianapolis, "the whistling
brakeman"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Sixteen Face Suit

BY I1meS SpectGG
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March T.
Sixteen persons were named de-
PENDANTS in suit on file here ask
ing the probate court of Wander
burg county to assume control Of
the 100000 estate of Francis
Joseph Reitz, business man and
philanthropist, as result of the
refusal of some relatives who re-
ceived legacies to abide by the
terms Of a trust fund.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Man Faces Six Charges
By United Press

7
ELKHART, Ind, March 7.-Driv-
ing past a stop sign was only the
beginning Of many troubles for Cor
bett Wysong Of Benton. Besides the
traffic violation charge, which
brought his arrest, he is charged
with failure to have q drivers
license, no registration card and
holder, drunken driving, intoxica-
tion, and carrying concealed weap-
Ons.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Chassis Linked
With Physiology
During Debate

These women can 60 into a
beauty parlor, have their ears set
back and their face lifted and
maybe get a new coat of paint, but
we men know it's just the same old
chassis" asserted Representative H.
H. Evans (Rep., Henry, Friday, as
the coSmetologiStS licensing bill
passed the Indiana house of rep
resentatives.
Evans, whose official house nick
name is "the fur bearing animal
from Henry county," fastened upon
him because Of his intense interest
in conservation legislation, was
among those jocularly aiding Miss
Tella @. Haines, Sullivan attorney
and only woman member of the
house, in getting her measure passed.
He started his remarks with refer
ence to the excellent job some
garages do in renovating cars by
painting and Strengthening tenders.
Brings ''House Down"
Then ne brought in the chassis
remark, which also brought down
the house"
Even Representative James M.
Knapp CRep., Wayne) was drawn
into the debate. The minority floor
leader, whose glistening Uranium
bears somewhat of a resemblance to
billiard ball, said he was ap-
preached some time ago by a group
of women interested in the bill.
He said they had asked him to
speak in favor Of the measure, but
after he had considered his lack of
hirsute adornment he relied how
inconsistent his support would ap-
pear. I'm in favor Of the bill, any,
way" asserted Knapp. Maybe it'll
do me some good eventually
Representatives Earl Crawford
Oem., Union and Wayne) and
Miles j. Furnas Rep., Randolph
Joined in this view, pointing to
their own scanty locks.
"Silly and Useless
Entirely different was the atti-
tude taken by Representatives John
F. White Den., Marion), and Sam
Benz Dem., Crawford and Harri-
son). White "led off, for the oppo-
sition by reiterating the opposition
he has manifested to the bill since
its introduction.
'This is silly and useless legisla-
tion," asserted White, land should
not take up the time of the house.
In fact, it's about the silliest piece
of legislation that has come before
us, and 7 think it ought to be de-
feated."
Benz, a veteran of several assem-
blies, attacked from a somewhat
different angle although he con-
CURED in Whites charge that the
house favors the bill in a spirit of
gallantry since its author is a
woman and the only member of
her sex in the assembly.
eff women want to go out and
paint themselves up like circus
Clowns I guess it's their business,
but I don't see why we need any
board of beauty operator exam
iners," shouted Benz.
Turning, he pointed to a 16-year-
old girl who sat on a pages stool
a few seats away from him. "There's
a pretty girl and wholesome look
ing girl" said Benz. "You don't
see her with her face loaded up
with a couple of inches of paint and
she looks all the prettier for it. This
bill has come up in past legislatures
and not gotten :. any place and I
think we ought to kill this one"
Representative Charles Y. Foster
(Rep., Hanilton) came to Miss
Haines' aid with motion that the
vote be 900 for passage, but was
out Of order The measure then
passed, 81 to z.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Y. NJ. C. A. Meeting Set.
BIZ Times SpeciaI

NEWCASTLE, Ind, March T.
Plans for a district conference Of
Y. M. G. A. boys work secretaries
to be held here Wednesday are an
nounced by j. L. Thorn, general
chairman. Roy Sorenson of Chica-
go, regional secretary. viii speak.
Secretaries from Richmond, Con-
nergville, Greenshurg, Murcie, An-
derson. Newcastle and Indianapolis
wiz attend.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Husband Gets Divorce

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, March IA
sensational three-day divorce trial
ended with a compromise in Madi-
son superior court. Judge Bartlett
H. Campbell confirmed the settle
nent, granting Elmer E. Merlau,
Hancock county farmer, a divorce
from Mrs. Edna Merlau, and Gus
tody of their three children. Mer-
lau was ordered to pay SITS alimony
and S400 for the defendants attor-
neys. The defendants former name
Of Edna Roeder was restored. Evi-
dence was heard in a court room
crowded with neighbors Of the
couple. The case was brought here
on a change of venue from Green
field.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
MONEY TROUBLE
LAID TO MARION
CITY OFFICIALS
Committee Holds Present
Administrations Acts
Caused Stringency.
By Times Special

By Times Special
MARION, Ind, March Blame
for the depleted condition Of the
city's general fund rests sclsly with
the present administration, headed
by Mayor Jack Edwards, according
to a special committee composed Of
members Of the common council
The city has been hard put to meet
pay rolls and other claims.
A report by the committee shows
that a balance of $22,149 in the
general fund has been spent dur
ing the first year of the present
administration and that a deficit Of
more than S21 900 existed on Dec.
81, 1880. Special appropriations
totaling S46,200 were made during
the year.
Comparisons Made
In addition to the survey OF thu
Marion situation, the report whicT
was prepared by Councilmen Reeley
Wiley, Edward Vert and c. M.
Shawley, included figures supplied
by the state tax board on the as
seSSed valuation and tax rate in
other Indiana cities.
While it had been generally be-
heved that failure to collect the
total amount of taxes was RESPONSE
Die for the deficit, the report reveals
that the actual receipts during 1880
were only SABA less than the esti-
mated amount.
Comparisons supplied by the state
tax board show that while Lafav-
cite, Michigan City and New Al
bany, all of which have a total
population equal to that of Marion
showed increases in the assessed val
uation, that of Marion dropped from
1880 in 1927 to S26,602, ,72o in
1880.
Taxes at Highest Point
The report also shows that the
general fund levy Of SO cents made
in 1880, is the largest in the history
OF the city and is the result of an
increased budget which totals
$270,745.
City officials today were preparing
an ordinance which viii permit
long term bonds to be issued to re-
tire more than $4,000 in municipal
improvement certificates for which
no provision was made in the last
city budget. A bill passed by the
legislature and signed by Governor
Harry G. Leslie permits the issue.
The bonds were offered for sale
several weeks ago as a part of
retinancing program, but attorneys
refused to approve them.
The bond issue will carry a lower
rate of interest than the certif-
Gates which pay 6 per cent, and will
permit the cost Of improvements to
be spread over a Longer. period of
time.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Business Judgment Rapped
By Times gpecsaI

GREENCASTLE, Ind, March T.
Mrs. Estella Moore alleges in divorce
suit against P. Orin Moore that his
judgment was bad in business mat
ters, but nevertheless he insisted
that his way be followed. She also
charges that he did not perform
enough work on a farm to raise
crops to provide support for herself
and children. The couple was mar
ried twenty-three years ago.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
S5OO,OOO Alimony Sought
By Times Special

By Times Special
GOSHEN, Ind, March Mrs.
Hattie s. Phelan asks $4,000 ali
mony in a divorce suit fled in Elk
hart circuit court here against Louis
A. M. Phelan, wealthy manufacture
er. She alleges cruelty. Phelan,
according to his wife, has property
worth 81 100000.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
C. T. U. HEAD
RAPS RASKOB
Indiana Woman Denies All
Democrats Wet.
By Times Special

By Times Special
LIBERTY, Ind, March 7.-The
proposal of John j. Raskob for state
control of liquor is assailed by Mrs.
Elizabeth Stanley of Liberty, presi-
dent Of the Indiana w. G. T. U.
RaSkob and "the eastern vets"
Mrs. Stanley said, "had better 20
out and discover America before
they attempt to speak for the
Democratic party. Some of those
who think they are leading the
Democratic party have lived so long
in New York that they think it IS
the United States. America is drv
ana 1t is going to stay dry. The
sooner they find it out, the better"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
New Home for Attorney

By Times Special
ULEN, Ind, March THE
twenty-hfth home to be erected in
this new Indiana town will be that
of John K. Ruckeshaus Of Indian
apolis, counsel for Ulen & Co., in
ternational financing and construc-
ton firm. The town was founded
as place of residents for officials
Of the company. The Ruckelshaus
home viii be Of Spanish architec-
ture,
The Indianapolis times., 1931-03-07
Lincoln Guard Dies
BN Unfted Preaa

PERU, Ind, March Nathan
Finley, 81, Civil war veteran who
stood guard over the body Of Abra-
ham Lincoln at indianapolis when
it was en- route to Springfield, Ill,
for burial, died at the home of his
daughter here. Finley served two
years in Company G, 155th Indiana
infantry. He came to Peru from
Huntington about fire years ago.