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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-01-22
WoRLD: WAR
- s. YARNS
LIEUT.. FRANK e. HAGAN
The Boomerang
IT. FRANK E. HAGAN


The Eighty-ninth division liked Its
"old man'-Gen. Frank VIM. And
because those men from Kansas and
Missouri and Colorado liked him they
made him the butt OF many Il song
and Joke. But, 1t seems that the gem
eral didn't have d very keen sense OF
humor-at least from the point OF
view Of the jokesters. Ask Carter
Vaughn, now Missouri newspaper
man, but in 1913 Il soldier in the
song which he used to sing on fire..
quent occasions. The thousand and
one verses OF this song told about all
the things that were wrong with his
outfit and every other line would wind
up with General VIM Is the cause
of It."
Before he realized 1t Vaughn and his
singing had become famous throughout
tile division. One day he received an
invitation TO visit division headquar-
ters and demonstrate his vocal ability
before the general In the presence Of
that parsonage Vaughn suddenly be-
came bashful. He had q bad cold
and besides he had left his music at
home-also he had been smoking SO
much that his throat was bit sore
more than that lie just naturally didn't
feel in the mood for singing But the
general insisted that he do his stuff
So the singing soldier cleared his
throat. threw back his head and with
great guSto and much feeling sang his
song.
Besides General Winn his audience
consisted Of several high ranking Off
GERS and they didn't seem especially
to appreciate his efforts In fact
there was no applause at all. But
General Vim, as was proper, took
command If the situation.
what Is your name?' he asked.
aCorporal Carter G. Vaughn. sir,
was the reply.
You are mistaken" said the "old
man. in quiet tone, 1T is Private
Carter G. Vaughn
GO, 1880. Western Newspaper union.l
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RcXford News.

The Wednesday Evening Card Club
were entertained last week at the home
of Mrs. Matt Griffith The high score
prize went to Mrs. Otto Swartz and
low to Mrs. j L. Hurst Lunch was
served
Mrs. F. W. Hammond spent Saturday
in Kalispell on business
Mrs. ]. N. DeGroot and Mrs A. J
Baumeister spent the weekend in Spo-
kane
Mrs. L. ]. Stringland and daughter
Margery of Whitefish are visiting at
the H. B. Sharar home
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Jennings News Notes

Harold Dudley and Thomas Dullen-
ty we're down from the Dudley ranch
Wednesday.
Rev. Father Bourke came down from
Eureka Wednesday and held services
here Thursday morning. e.
Thomas Dullenty visited Libby
Thursday, returning home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Patterson were
in Jennings Thursday morning.
n w. Dudley came in Friday 20
get Mr., Dullenty and Maurice.
Roderick Campbell returned from
Libby Friday after few days visit
in the city.
r. S. McIlwraith was business Wis
itor Saturday
Mrs. Phyllis Dawson entertained the
Jennings residents at a five hundred
nartv in honor of her mother, Mrs.
Mary Smith, whose birthday was the
;nspiration of the occasion. M. U.
Candee won high score prize While
the consolation fell to E. Torres. Boun-
tiful refreshments were served al lne
evenings close Mrs. Smith was the
recipient Of many lovely gifts.
Roderick Campbell was Jennings
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Dayton Phanco entertained q
group Of young folks Sunday after
noon at birthday party for her 1T
tie daughter Shirley Delicious re-
freshments we're served and Shirley
received many nice gifts.
M. G. Candae motored to Libby
Sunday evening, accompanied by Cap
tain George Cottrell
Harold Dudley, Maurice Cook and
Thomas Dullenty were down from the
Dudley ranch Sunday, leaving Maurice
in town for the school week.
Otto Laufer was a business visitor
Monday
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Ural Happenings

An extra gang has been employed
on this section for the past few days.
Ben Graham made a business trip
to Libby Thursday.
Rev. Howard Simpson of Eureka was
caller here the first of the week.
Danny Paolini came up from Libby
Friday to spend Saturday with his par
ents
Mr., and Mrs. Jerry Noon spent the
weekend with relatives in Warland
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Livengood and
Mrs. Fritsch, ST., were pleasantly en-
tertained at Paolini's Saturday evening.
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Warland News

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Noon of Ural were
weekend visitors at the Ed Rodgers
home.
Ted Neines returned home Friday,
from the logging camp at Coram.
Glen Baker is assisting Jess Hay
worth with the building Of barn at
his place
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jones made a
business trip to Whitefish Sunday.
Mrs. Howell Ensley and daughter
June left Sunday to spend few days
in Kalispell.
Putting up of ice is the main in
dustry here this week.
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Cult of Moon Worshipers


London is full Of queer cults one
never hears about. Who would mag
Inc that every time there is new
MOON 30 men and women dash down
to secret spot in Sussex, murmur In
carnations. bow their heads three
times to the ground, and finish up the
evening by singing songs In praise OF
the lunar orb? Yet D. society exists
which does these things. One would
imagine TINT people who would take
part In such an exploit would be out
and-out cranks. Yet, the leader. a
most intelligent man, stresses the fact
that tile moon worshipers are all COM
posed OF well-known and eminently re-
spectacle people.-London Mail.
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Thought for the Day

Sugar can be more quickly and
easily converted into energy than any
other food. ANY normal diet. and
most reducing diets, contain sugar.
Sugar Is pure energy. No cell In the
body can live without fuel. and sugar
Is one Of the most effective OF fuels.
When long denial Of sugar sets
craving for 1T, Ii Is quite possible that
The mead Ii real one.
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NOTICE FOR REGISTRATION.

Notice of Closing of Registration for
Annual City and Town Elections to be
Held in Lincoln County, Montana,
April 9Th, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the annual cleo
tons to be held in Libby, Eureka and
Troy, on Monday, April 9th, 1881, for
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The Deb4tabic

That Henley's lines. Il am the mas
ter OF my fate, am the captain OF my
soul" are mere heather sentiment"
Ia the conclusion reached by an Eng
Iish writer, But they have helped
many man to fight adverse circum-
stances, for all that.
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MCGinniS Meadows

MCGINNIS MEADOWS
Jim Orr and son Willard came up
from town Saturday night and spent
Sunday at home.
Mrs. M l. Davis stayed with Mrs
Orr Friday night as the baby was
sick
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STATE LEGISLATURE
ACTS ON HIGHWAY BILL
Program to Speed Up Road Building
In Montana Approved by
State Lawmakers

observation-disclosures good road enthus-
lasts are highly elated over the action
of the state legislature in giving its
approval to the highway debenture
bill. The house was the first to act
on the measure, giving 1t the stamp
of approval by vote of SO to 8.
House members who voted against
the bill were Hagstead of McCone,
Sample of Dawson and Shelter of
Treasure. The roll call shows Ben
jamin as not voting. Hamilton of
Musselshell, Dellwo and others, who
took opposition views regarding GER
tain provisions of the bill when it was
IN Committee Of the whole, voted for
it on the roll call.
The bill, if enacted into law and APP
proved by the supreme court will per-
NIT Montana to complete its federal
highway system in four years.
Under the plan the state is author
lied to issue 100000 of these war
rants in four years at the rate of ST.
100000 a year and to be retired in
10 years. The interest rate IS set at
five per cent
The measure was sponsored by the
Montana Automobile association and
Endorsed by many organizations and
individuals. Governor Erickson ex
pressed approval in his message and
urged early attention so that legality
of the proposal may be considered by
the supreme court.
For the third successive session,
Senator CARRIER of Sanders will At
tempt to secure adjustment OF the
office of chancellor of the greater
university. He has notified the senate
Of his measure. He seeks to have a
business manager appointed by the
state board of education in place of
the chancellor.
Jergensen Of jefferson has prepared
bill which 4ould require the state
purchasing agent to give Montana
products preference to the extent OF
per cent Of their cost.
An oil refinery at the state prison
to refine petroleum for state uses and
perhaps provide a market for inde-
pendent oil producers. is proposed by
T.. A. Foote, attorney general, who
expects bill for the purpose to be
introduced.
| There is some talk Of an income tax
bill again this season, but who will
propose it has not been determined.
| Senator JerRenson Of Jefferson county,
a member Of the house two years ago,
sponsored an income tax statute at
that time.
One hundred bills, record number
for the first 10 working days of SEES
sions during the last decade were intro
duced in the lower house Of the state
legislature. A great number appeared
as early in the 1921 session, but more
| than 100 Of the bills then dealt with
revisions in the codes Of Montana.
One batch of measures introduced this
iession numbered 45 and covered rec
concentrations Of the crime commits
Evening star., 1931-12-22
FALLS CONDITION
HELD UNCHANGED
Prison Physician Says Health
Is Same as When He
Began Sentence.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SANTA FE, N. Mex, December "a
DR.. E. w. Fiske, physician at the New
Mexico State Prison, said today Albert
B. Fall had undergone no serious
change in health since his commitment
to serve year and day on con-
Vlctlon OF accepting a bribe
Informed that Senator Bronson Cut
ting, Republican. Of New Mexico had
told President Hoover he found the
condition OF the former Secretary of
the Interior bad" on recent visit DR..
F1ske indicated Fall apparently was as
strong as he was when he entered the
penltentiary last Summer.
The physician said he examined the
former Secretary three or four months
ago, at time when friends reported
he was Ill with a severe attack of
pneumonia.
AT that time" DR. FiSke said II
found Mr.. Fall suffering from a bad
cold"
Senator Cutting reminded President
Hoover in Washington yesterday that
Fall, convicted Of accepting a bribe
from Edward L. Doheny in connection
with a naval oil lease. had become
eligible for a parole November 81.
The President is understood to have
indicated the matter was one for con-
sideration Of the Federal Parole Board,
before which a Fall petition has been
filed. From the Justice Department
came word the board would not act
before January
Evening star., 1931-12-22
PAROLE ACTION DELAYED.
Mitchell Says Board Will Not Meet
Until January.

BY the Associated Press
Action by the Parole Board before
January on liberating Albert B. Fall
from prison was declared impossible by
Attorney General Mitchell today.
Asked about reports that the board
had submitted a report TO President
Hoover upon the case OF the former
Secretary Of the Interior, now serving a
year in a New Mexico prison, Mitchell
said no such report has been submitted
and none has been asked"
To ascertain the status Of the Fall
parole application. the Attorney General
used the long distance telephone 10
reach member Of the board He was
informed three Of the members are in
widely separated sections. and they
would not gather again until after
January l.
Mitchell said he was told that a final
report on Fall. convicted Of accepting
bribe from Edward L. Doheny, was
not ready
Only yesterday two former political
enemies of Fall called at the White
House to tell the President the former
Secretary's health was very bad"
They were Senators Cutting. Repub-
lican, of New Mexico and Lewis, Demo-
crat. of Illinois.
The attitude taken by both the At
torney General and President Hoover
Is that the Parole Board IS an inde-
pendent body and can grant paroles
without consultation with either the
Chief Executive or the Justice Depart
ment head
Evening star., 1931-12-22
UNEMPLOYED MAN
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Maid Says He Informed Her of
Act After She Heard Shot
Fired

Norman Doer 27 years old. a roomer
at the home Of Mrs. Regina Crouch. 649
Maryland avenue northeast, this after
noon was admitted to Casualty Hospital
in a critical condition from a pistol
bullet wound in his chest. Police said
he told them he shot himself.
Doors explanation was that he was
unemployed.
At 130 o'clock this afternoon a maid
in the Crouch home heard the rc-
port of a pistol. AS she entered the
hallway Of the house she said she saw
Doer coming down the stairs.
Please call Miss Grinder at the
Joseph Phillips Provision Co, 4l6 Moore
street northeast. for me- he asked
The maid said she called the prOv-
sion house and on getting Miss Grinder
on the telephone, she said Doer told
her to inform Miss Grinder that;
Il have just shot myself, please no
tify my brother"
The maid then said she notified po-
lice. who took the wounded man to the
hospital and started an investigation.
Evening star., 1931-12-22

Continued From First Page)
total Of s27,550 in cash having been
received from E. c. Jameson alone. :"
Jameson, New York financier and Re-
publican. contributed SOS, 300 to Bishop
Cannon.
Cites RefusaIs to Talk.
The committee report, submitted to
the Senate today by Chairman Nye,
recited the refusal Of Miss Ada l..
Burroughs. treasurer, and Rev j. Sid
ney Peters, secretary of the Anti-Smith
Committee to testify However. it with
held recommendation of action against
them pending a court decision which
Is to be rendered on demurrer chal-
lenglng jurisdiction of the committee
Mr.. Peters testimony was particu-
larly desired by the committee said
the report, lin order to establish the
facts with reference to the solicitation
by mail of contributions to pay off an
alleged deficit of some S6,500, which
was more than covered by two contribu-
tions totaling $1,000 made by Mr. E. c.
jameson subsequent to the close Of the
campaign"
The report Of the Cannon inquiry
was 10 printed pages in length. 1t told
the story of the 10 bank accounts main
tanned by the bishop during the 1923
campaign and sought to trace the funds
from one account to another and to
their ultimate destination. A chart to
show this movement of funds was at
taChed.
Referring to loans" refunded to
BISHOP Cannon from anti-Smith funds.
the committee states: 1T may be noted
that the report which had been filed
by Miss Burroughs under date of De-
cember 81, 1928, had listed no unpaid
ooilSatlons and had stated the amount
due on IONS was $7,0043l, whereas on
February II, 1929, alleged refunds
amounting to Sl7.3O8.1l were listed as
having been paid TO Bishop Cannon"
No Separate Committee.
The committee further noted a re-
payment OF loan of $4,000 to the
anti-Smith Democrats OF North Caro-
Ina. which, it said, lis clear did not
represent personal advance of funds
by Bishop Cannon"
Quoting the testimony OF district
workers in Virginia for the anti-Smith
Democrats that they knew of no sepa-
rate Virginia committee nor of any con-
siderable amounts of money sent into
their districts by Bishop Cannon" the
committee concluded there was no sep
arately organized committee of Virginia
Democrats.
Cannon, in challenging senatorial in
Vestlgation. has contended the unre-
ported funds went into a strictly State
organization, requiring no Federal re-
port.
CANNON SUES FOR ss00, 900.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
BY CHARLES S. DEWEY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. December % (NANA).
AT a time when so many confusing
statements are being made relative to
the Presidents moratorium" in inter-
national debt payments and the entire
subject OF the debts themselves is be-
fore the public, few simple and basic
explanations are in order
The World War Foreign Debt Com
mission was composed Of eight members.
namely, Secretaries A. w. Mellon. Frank
B. Kellogg, Herbert Hoover, Senator
Reed Smoot, Representatives T. E. Bur
ton and c. r. Crisp and Messrs. Richard
Olney and Edward N. Hurley most
representative body of men. Their de-
clSlons were debated and approved by
both Houses of Congress.
President Hoover's one-year mora
torlum, as far as it concerns the post
ponement of payments to us on &C
count OF war debts, grants no new
privilege. Each one OF the war-deb,
tunolng agreements entered into be-
tween the United States and the follow
ing list OF countries. gives an option to
postpone payments for a period of two
years. In the case Of Great Britain.
France, Italy, Finland, Poland, Hungary.
Llthuan1a, Latvia and Esthonia this
option may be exercised at the present
time. In the case of Belgium Czecho-
sloVakla, Jugoslavia and Rumania, all
OF whose debts are relatively small the
option to postpone payments does not
become effective for several years.
Capacity to Pay" Defined.
As has been stated, Congress approved
all OF these debt agreements, and the
PRESIDENTS moratorium only put into
general effect payment holiday. the
possible necessity Of which ALREADY had
been foreseen.
The second point being discussed is
the recreation Of the World War for
elgn Debt Commission TO reStudv our
debtors capacity to pay" When the
foreign debts were funded in 1925 and
1926 Europe's economic condition had
not yet become stabilized 1t was be-
lleved, nevertheless, that the different
countries to which our Government
had extended credit should fund their
debts and commence making payments.
but under terms and in amounts that
would not retard their recovery, and
each should pay according to its ca
pacity Capacity to pay was very
carefully defined by the Debt Commits
sion in 1925 and l quote directly from
its report Of that year:
While the integrity Of international
obligations must be maintained. it is
aXiomatic that no nation can be r
Evening star., 1931-12-22
FAMOUS CASE RECALLED.
Disappearance of Melvin Horst in 1928
Still JJnsnlyed


WOOSTER. Ohio. December % LP).-
The tragedy of 6-year- old Marian Nc
Lean, whose body was found at Gin
cinnati today, recalls the strange dis
appearance of 4-year-old Melvin Horst.
perhaps the most mysterious kidnapping
In Ohio's history
Melvin was lured away from near his
home in Orrville Ohio, December 27,
1928. No trace of him was ever found
despite countrywide search.
Ponds and streams were dragged,
burial places We're dug up and hundreds
OF clues were traced
Junior Hannah. 10, one of Melvin
playmateS, testified the boy was coaxed
away by man who offered an orange
as the lure.
On the strength of Juniors testimony
Elias Arnold and his grown son Arthur
were given prison sentences on kidnap-
ing charges, but later won freedom on
second trial las - ~.
Then game a series of false clues
which kept Melyin's parents, Mr. and
Mrs Raymond Horst, in a state OF
frantic mixed anxiety and hope.
Later Junior Hannah sprang a new
sensation by telling officers he had
taken Melvin to a garage in Orrville
and that Earl Conald, former railroad
brakeman, had slain the lad there. Con-
aid accused Juniors father. Charles
Hannah, with the alleged killing, and
the latter reaccused Conald.
The elder Hannah then confessed"
the killing and named several accom-
pnoss. They proved alibis. Then Con-
AID Withdrew his accusation OF Hannah,
and Hannah retracted his accusation
OF Conald and both men wcA released
Search for Melvin has gone on. how
ever, but his fate has remained one
OF Ohio's greatest mysteries.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
BODY OF KIDNAPPED
CHILD RECOVERED
Marks Indicate Little Marian
Mclean Was Strangled
by Abductor.
Continued From First Page.l

street. Marians clothes were torn, and
the coroner and police said she had been
slain after being attacked.
No trace has been found of the child's
killer. All the city'S man. hunting
power renewed the intensive search for
MarianS slayer as soon as the body was
reported found. Firemen and Boy
Scouts had joined in search for the
child shortly before the body was found
The cellar where the body was dis
covered is very dark and is accessible
only by narrow stairway. The child
was lying on her back close to the stair
way. Marian was clad in the blue
Chinchilla coat which she wore when
she last was seen on Thursday.
Discovery of the body resulted as po-
lice had theorized-that the girl was
abducted by degenerate and that she
never would be found alive.
The girl, too i'll to go to school, had
been confined in her fourthfloor tene-
ment home for month until last
Thursday, when her mother, Mrs Mil
dred Mclean, permitted Marian to go
down on to a narrow street for fresh
air.
Plays With Toys.
There she played around a doorstep
lOI aIl IiOui Will IleE Joys, ana Llltll
walked up street half square to where
friend. Julius Servizi IT, was washing
his auto
Marian watched him polish the car,
and then broke out into a hearty little
laugh when Servizi's dog jumped onto
the clean tenders with muddy paws.
The childish giggle was the last
known act of the girl, for the next
minute she hoped and skipped down
an alley near her home, where she
disappeared after stranger approached
her
Coroner Kearns was of the opinion
Marian was killed at some other spot
than where the body was found. He
believed the abductor, knowing all
buildings near the girls home were to
be searched by 100 flremen. taken from
their regular work for that purpose
flung the body into the West Twelfth
street building to keep the scene of
the Staying a secret.
The coroner was positive Marian had
not been dead long
"Marian'S eyes were bloodshot. in
dicating she had been crying" Kearns
said. "Teardrop Streaks were plainly
seen on her cheeks"
EAMaYrS GAGE pCrArvCn
Evening star., 1931-12-22

bankers or the banking system were
responsible for the failures he said,
than to say you gentlemen here are
responsible for the deficit in the
Treasury
Pleads for Insurance Concerns.
Previously. Frederick Ecker, presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.. urged that the corporation be set
up to give credit aid to both railroads
and life insurance companies.
He said 81 per cent of the total
81 300 100000 invested by life insurance
companies is being required to meet
loan applications this year.
Speaking in a low, serious tone. Ecker
reminded that insurance companies
have large holdings of railroad bonds
He asserted the present "rstl emer-
gency is greater than that of 1920"
which followed the return Of the roads
to private operation after the war.
Tne bill under consideration would
permit the Government to make loans
to railroads and insurance companies as
well as banking institutions
Senator CouzenS, chairman of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee,
the measure of the railroad provisions.
He would have re-enacted sections of
the 1920 transportation act which
would permit the Interstate Commerce
Commission to lend money to the car
rierS.
A suggestion has been made that the
Couzens proposal be incorporated into
the corporation measures.
Must Have Railroads"
Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon-
sin. asked Ecker if the railroad emer-
gency were not one that Is going TO
increase as time goes on"
He pointed to the competition OF
trucks, busses and pipe lines and the
prospect Of q st. Lawrence waterway.
"Why not give aid to other trans
portation agencies Blaine asked,
rather than pour money into defunct
inStitutionS?"
Ecker replied, I'VE must have the
railroads." adding that the solution of
their problem lies In "co-ordination of
all our transportation facilities"
Ecker told the Banking Subcommittee
he felt serious consideration should be
given to re-enactment of the 1920 trans
pcrtation act.
Covering ground previously touched
upon by Daniel Willard, president Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Ecker said
carrier obligations totaling spas, ,000, 900
fall due in the next year.
There are only two roads with obli-
cations totaling $4,000 900 or $24, ,000,-
600 that are in such condition as to be
able to meet their obligations" he said,
without naming the lines.