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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08
MANY MONTANA INDIANS
WOULD BENEFIT FROM LAW

Two thousand and some odd hun
dred members of the Sci sh and Koote-
mai tribes on the Flathead reservation
will have something to live for as well
as something to talk about if the pro-
posed old age pension for Indians in
troduced in the present congress is
made a law. The Blackfeet, Fort
Belknap and Grow Indian reservations
tribes will also benefit.
The bill would provide a pension
of 81 a day for any Indian native after
he reaches 10 years. The principal re-
serve clause is that the Indian must
not have been in prison for a felony
and must not be in any institution Of
public correction at the time the pen
sion becomes due.
Longevity of the Indians Of western
Montana has long been known a mat
ter of fact. There are many Indians
living in the Flathead country who
we're young men and ONE at the
time of the removal from the Bitter
Root valley to the Flatnead and who
would receive this pension if the law
is enacted.
The Indian pension measure was in
troduced by Haskell H. Peavey of the
18th Wisconsin district and is receiv-
ing considerable attention throughout
northwestern states, Montana, Wyo-
ming, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Utah and the Dakotas, all of which
have many native Americans.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08

Josephine 1. Hepner Of Helena, presi-
dent; o. F. Goddard of Billings, vicF
president; M. M. Duncan Of Virginia
City, Harry B. Mitchell Ct Great Falls,
and David Hilger Of Helena, will BIZ
called early in January, 1881, and it is
the intention of the board to take the
matter up with the legislative body for
further action as may be necessary to
bring about the desired result.
The erection OF a historical library
building would be of Importance to the
city of Helena as well as the state. Be-
sides the addition of q new building To
the state capitol site, the library would
serve as a state museum. Such an at
traction as this would draw people 10
the state and the city equally as much
as anything that could be offered.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08
FLATHEAD MURDERER
GETS LIFE SENTENCE

iiACA4D 4 N14C ouNlA( HA-4N-a+t-N%A Ss~- ~
serving his sentence last week. He was
taken to Deer Lodge by Deputy Sheriff
Ripke. Duncan, who killed Bud Meas
and Russell and Gus Austin near Kila,
Is miles from K%alispell. Aug. II, was
convicted of killing Meas. The other
two first degree murder charges will
remain on the records untried.
ognizing the need of a historical So
ciety building, passed an act providing
for the construction of a historical
building and authorized the state board
of examiners to sell bonds issued
against the capitol buildings land grant
in the sum Of $780, 00.
These bonds we're duly offered for
sale by the state board Of examiners
but no bids were received after due
publication of the notice of the sale Of
bonds. A section of the act provides
that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued as to in any way hold the state
of Montana liable for the payment OF
bonds herein authorized or the interest
thereon, except as to the lien hereto
fore created against the lands granted
for the purpose of erecting public
buildings at the state capital and the
funds derived therefrom, provided that
such liens shall not be preached or set
aside until the bonds authorized by
this and previous acts have been fully
paid, together with interest thereon
and the state board of examiners are
hereby especially enjoined to use all
lawful means to see to it that the spirit
Of this act is fully complied with"
Has Sufficient Security
The state capitol buildings land
grant contained originally 1872 900 acres
of land and at the present time still
has $4,000 acres scattered throughout
the state, mostly outstanding bonds
which were used in western Montana.
The present outstanding bonds which
were used to build the capitol wings
and the board of health building are
still outstanding and the present status
is as follows.
Present outstanding bonds. -. .$575,2 52
LESS cash in fund ...... 4.623
Net total 5lu,oz9
Proposed library building. 49,. 100000
lOLdl ........ o~OfoSo
There is a total of 1913 900 acres Of
unsold land in the capitol buildings
land grant which, at the minimum
price of SIC per acre would be worth
81 800, 900, an amount that would seem
to assure the payment of the bonds,
There is about $130,000 due in sales Of
land under the amortization plan in
the grant.
Mr.. Hilger said that the bond buyers
appeared to think that the capitol
buildings grant was overloaded with
the prior bond issues. The fact that
the state land board had bought all
of the outstanding bonds makes is APP
pear that it is up to them to buy this
proposed issue for the historical society
library building, Mr.. Hilger declared.
Will Apply to Assembly
A meeting of the board of trustees,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08
Auto Driver Arrested

Myron Skooge, 10, of Billings, was
arrested recently as a hit-and-run
automobile driver. He is accused of
knocking down Mrs. Orville G.. Nc
Henry on a downtown street of Bill
lings. She "a taken to a hospital with
undetermined injuries.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08
NOnsuit Motion Granted in Oil Fray

A nonsuit motion was granted re-
Gently at Lewistown by District JudgR
F. E. Stranahan in the case in which
H. O. willard, trustee, has brought
action against the Federal Surety COM
pany to recover on a $4,000 bond given
upon an alleged attachment of acreage
Of the Gordon Campbell Kelvin syndi-
cate. The plaintiff announced the case
would be appealed.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08

Among the candidates nominated by
the Farmers party in the recent cleo
ton in Norway were a newspaper edi-
tor, two attorneys, a clergyman and a
midwife.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington s Theaters.

she has come to be appreciated,
and that love is going to hang out
his sign somewhere along the RI
viera. the husband has become Of
no import whatsoever, and you go
home with the satisfaction of know
ing that even a burglar has his
weak as well as his strong moments.
Patrons of the theater who like
their theatrical meals well cooked
will find this slightly cold around
the edges. Like Sc many current
plays, its initial thesis is overlong
and its dialogue too full OF ultra
sopnistication (perhaps a rougher
word would be better. If, however,
yawn is provocative of the snail's
pace beginning, by the time the in
nards of this jewelry shop Gin which
the play opens) are deleted, the
snail has wandered off and for the
remainder of the evening the smiles
and chuckles and spoken absurdi-
ties are most palatable.
The characters are, of course, thor
oughly continentally cuckoo. Miss
Ellis, for instance, is happy only when
submerged with jewels; her best girl
friend is content only when there
Evening star., 1931-12-29

~
than mildly important. and ro-
nance gives such tug at her heart
that before she knows it she has
been robbed of that as well as her
more substantial treasures.
Basil Sydney as a Switching Lo-
thario is thoroughly effective IN
this light, amusing, but long
winded, saga of burglar who
burgles a lady's affections right out
of herself and her house. And Miss
Ellis, while a mite overcoy toward
the middle of the yarn, is her Gus
tomarily handsome self and so
completely endowed with charm
that the fact that her husband fails
to admire her seems very great
shame, indeed. BY the end of the
play, however, when you know that
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Cork, Irish Free State. may establish
4 canning industry.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
MRS. GRANT LEADS
TUBERCULOSIS WAR
Elected First Woman Presi-
dent of Prevention AsSoCia-
tion-0ther Officers.

Mrs. Ernest r. Grant was reelected
president of the Association for the Pre-
yention of tuberculosis at meeting
yesterday of the board of directors in
the Offices of the Equitable Cooperative
Building Association, 9l5 F street.
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical
inspector of the public schools, was
chosen vice president; Walter S. Pratt,
jr., was reelected treasurer, and DR..
Viola Russell Anderson was reelected
acting secretary.
Mrs. Grant, fifth president in the
associations history and the first woman
to hold that Office, made the following
statement after her reelection:
Economic stress can be as hard on
children as war. If we are to protect
undernourished children from develop
ing tuberculosis, and if we are to pre-
vent the tuberculosis death rate in the
District of Columbia from rising above
the high mortality of $40 deaths from
this communicable disease in 1880, we
must intensity and extend every ac-
cepted form Of preventive measure dur
ing the year to come. That is what
our association intends to do, and this
will include especial attention to seeking
the sources of infection"
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Is a new man In the wind and the
rest of them apparently are never
happy at all. Thanks to the intro
duction of the burglar, however, the
audience is kept happier than not,
due perhaps more to the proflcien-
cies Of the actors than the wit they
have been propped up against.
Cora Witherspoon is highly anus
ing as full-bloom Hungarian Juliet
whose Romeos are constantly COM
ing and going, and Lionel Braham
Evening star., 1931-12-29
OFFICER RIDES INTO CAB
Park Policeman, Injured In Leg,
Blames Sudden Stop of Taxi.

Officer Stanley @. Kitchen Of the
United States Park Police was on the
sick list today because his motor cycle
bumped into taxicab yesterday after
noon. The policeman said that about
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Is capable night watchman, who
Unexpectedly helps in the robbery.
Others who contribute much to the
proceedings are Eugene Powers,
Clarence Derwent and Robert
vivian. The scenes of the play have
been designed wit h skill by Ailne
Rernstein. setting off to advantage
the Jewels, the flowers, the actors
and the mildly contagious humor.
e. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

pl e tt Q n OF a
Hungarian Tif-
fany Co. on the
main street by
a h a n 1 S o m e
burglar, whose
method Of jew
ell flching is
the epitome Of
e e n t | 2 manli-
ness. While she
speaks this her
eyes roll in four
different. direc-
tions, the jew
els of " h i C h
she has come
TO be fon d e r
t h an of h r
banker husband
Evening star., 1931-12-29
WILL SPEAK AT REUNION
Mrs. G. S. Miller, Jr., to Give Talk
to Girl Scouts Tomorrow.

Speakers for the annual Camp May
Flather reunion, to be held by the Dis
trict Girl Scouts tomorrow evening at
$50 O'Clock in the Young WomenS
Christian Association auditorium, were
announced today.
They include Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller,
jr., Gin Scout commissioner; Mrs. B.
F. Cheatham, chairman of the Camp
Committee, and Miss Dorothy Greene,
director of the local Scouts. More than
800 girls are expected to attend the
reunion.
Camp songs will feature the enter
tainment and there will be motion pic
lures Of the various camp activities.
Hong Kong, China, imports in Octo-
Der were approximately $1,000 900 more
than in the comparable month of 1880.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Jewel Robbery"
At the Shubert BeIasco.

~ NE Of the verbal theme
f songs of Bertram Blocks
\ adaptation of Laszlo Fo-
~ doris Jewel r o b b cry
which opened last night at
the Shubert- -Belasco, is "a robber
SHOULD confine himself to robbing.
This is said not too sincerely by
Mary Ellis, who is watching the de-
Evening star., 1931-12-29
LYNCHING FOES TO MEET
Two Gatherings Planned Here To-
night and Tomorrow.

Two anti-lynch meetings of Wash
tngton colored and white workers will
be sponsored here tonight and tomor-
row night by the Scottsboro Defense
Conference and the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights.
Bernard AIDES, defense attorney for
Orphan Jones, colored, charged with the
murder Of a Snow Hill, Md, white
family, will address both meetings, as
will A L. Suskin and M Watson of
New York and T. Jones of Washington.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
FUR COATS
FIRSTFLOORITEMS

20 Striped flannel all-wool g 10
robes Were $2.95.. Y%''
Velvet robes and lounging pajamaS.
Brown, black and red chiffon and bro
caded velvet, small and
tn mss!gI ssg 5o".''e sizes. Were $3.50 y price
40 Knit sweaters and jersey blouses.
Green, black orange, tan and GI 10
blue. Were 1.95............... %''TS
12 Blouses Crepe, satin l. nr;co
and wool lace. Were $5.75. n price
Evening star., 1931-12-29
SPORT COATS

Size 40. Black and gold tweed ca
with coon. Was $3.50. .............T
Size 18. Blue tweed coat with ca
wolf Was $3.50. ..................
Size "A. Black and gold tweed ca
coat with wolf Was $3.50. .......
s Size 49, Green wn and md 81 brown coat $33
Size 20. Brown tweed coat with ca
lynx Was $9850. .................
Size 90 wss Brown *se tweed coat with $50
Size 49, Brown tweed coat with GE0
raccoon Was $79. 79.50..............
Size 4O oxford gray coat with &E0
Persian lamb. Was $3.50. 50..........Y@S
Evening star., 1931-12-29
FINE COATS, s.

uss Size 49, ss: "a Black coat with badger. $b2
,nss Size :.s So; T. Green coat with fitch. $b2
VS.. s!': -. Is; T. rorFo red with beaver. $62
nsss Size IS .,,s Green ws. coat sss $, with gray $62
,,nss Size ls; g.. esssa .ss so coat with 1o- $b2
VS.. Size :o1 "a T. Green coat with fitch $b2
VS.. Size .,,2 IL. ~ Tile coat with t'eh. $b2
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Mrs. 4. I. Warren Dies.

NEW YORK, December 29.-Mrs.
Annie L. Lyman Warren, So, mother OF
Constance Warren, founder of Sarah
Lawrence College, died yesterday.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

AIS o'clock yesterday afternoon he was
riding east on Pennsylvania avenue,
east of Twentieth Street, when he
struck the rear Of cab operated by
Frank Herring of the 1900 block of
Columbia road. The officer asserted the
taxi driver made a sudden stop. Kit
chen received injuries to his right leg.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Several persons have been arrested
recently in the Irish Free State and
tried on the charge Of attempting
SIiiride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Something of June Walker.

TUNE WALKER, the leading woman
> in Green Grow the Lilacs," gained
her present high standing in the thea
ter by the legitimate and none-too-
easy path Of long and active epdeavor.
When only II, June Walker became
self-supporting in her native city Of
Chicago. While working as an usher
in a theater there she induced the late
Raymond Hitchcock to give her a
chance in the chorus Of "Hitchy -Koo. 1"
She soon became understudy to Frances
White and went to New York with the
Hitchcock company. There she joined
Weber and Fields, and after season
with those famous comedians she
joined the GLORIOUS Of "Rock-a-Bye-
Baby"
Her appearances during the next few
seasons were In 1.-THE Betrothal," "The
Little Journey" MY Lady Friends"
Scandal" Toto" "Six-C Cylinder Love-"
''The Nervous Wreck" "Processional,"
THE Glass slipper" and "olory Hal
lelujah.''
The role that brought Miss walker
10 the position Of q star was Lorelei
Lee In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
In which she made brilliant success.
Next she was engaged by David Belasco
for the chief feminine role In 1.-THE
Bachelor Father" and after q long and
most successful period in that play she
appeared last season in waterloo
Bridge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Why He Writes.

WRITING plays with Bernard Nc
Owen, co-author Of The Blue
Ghost" the mystery thriller. is just a
habit. He needs no introduction TO
those who know their American stage.
"why do I write mystery plays?" he
replied, "In fact, not only love to write
them, but love to play in them. I love
the theater in all its branches, I love
the thrill of 1t, I love to face each new
first night of one of my plays eager
with excitement, wondering what its
fate will be 4. get an awful kick
in 1t, the same sort Of q thrill I ex-
perienced when played my flrst part
many years ago.
mo, did not learn to write plays
from books or a college course, learned
construction from the study of the
drama at first hand In the theater.
That was In Buffalo. was student
at the university and every week !
would climb I'D In the gallery and
watch the first act Of each new melo-
drama. left after the first act and
would 60 home and write what ]
thought the author would do In the
next two acts. When had done that
would 90 back to the theater during
the week and watch the entire play and
see how near I came to hitting 1t. In
this way assimilated the construction
Of scenes and learned to grasp dramatic
values. It also gave me an insight In
the nuance Of light and shade, drama
and comedy. I watched the audience
for the eject Of hulnor and pathos
Land learned to know when pathos would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
School Shows at Fox

SPECIAL programs for school chill
dren's entertainment, under the d.
rection Of Harriet Hawley Locher, here
after will be offered by the Fox each
Saturday morning. Doors will open ct
8:45 am, and the special show will
last until shortly before IL am, when
the house will be emptied and the
theater will start its regular program.
II the program arranged BY Mrs.
Locher for next Saturday, the initial
show, is q criterion, the Fox should be
the mecca for Washington children
Saturday mornings In the future.
The special screen attraction Is
with Byrd at the South Pole"
Appearing in person viii be three
members Of the Byrd expedition
Lieut.. NJ. p. Hanson, Prof. Frank Da-
vtes and L. z. Berkner-who win be in
the receiving line at the theater with
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant gupertn-
tendent Of schools, and Lynn Q. Drake,
chief executive Of the Boy Scouts.
A Boy Scout flag salute win proceed the
showing Of the picture, and Bob West,
the Fox's new feature organist, Win pro-
vid plenty of music for the children.
A comedy completes the program.
The regular children's admission price
win prevail for all school children up
through the Junior high school age.
Adults will be admitted ct the regular
adult price.
As these special shows win be given
only once on Saturday mornings, no
more tickets win be sold than there
are seats In the Fox, and no one will
be admitted after the show starts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

D Ado PICTURES, which sponsored
N Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey Is
q comedy team, Is about to launch an
other pair of funsters-Hugh Herbert
and Edna May Oliver, who may be ex-
pected to turn loose barrage OF laughs
as q team in q feature picture, not yet
titled, according to an announcement by
william lie Baron.
Gregory La Cava viii direct the FIRST
Of their features, an original now being
written by La Cava.
Herbert, prominent playwright, scenar-
ist and director, recently returned to his
first love-acting. Years ago he APP
peared in many stock plays and vaude-
Vile skits of his own creation.
Miss Oliver has a background Of al
most 80 years on the stage, principally
In comedies. She has appeared In Hail
Shot at Sunrise" "Cimarron" and with
IWheeler and Woolsey in Assorted Nuts.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

step over into bathos. It was q great
schooling"
1T have only one purpose IN writing
mystery thrillers and that Is entertain
ment.. I will not write problem or erotic
plays. cannot make the audience
miserable and make them pay for 1t.
Years ago discovered that In so far as
the. American playgoers are concerned
they don't want to think. The tired
business man and the tired business
mans wife are too busy with work-a-
day matters and household worries to
think. They want the other fellow to
do that for them and they are satisfied
to watch the result.
1T love fun on the stage, maybe be-
cause I never had 1t in life. ! believe
In making the audience laugh and CIV
ing them a thrill, as we do In THE
Blue Ghost" and then let them go
home and worry how to solve their own
particular problems"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week
ON THE STAGE.

ON THE STAGE.
NATTONAI-"Storm Song" with Francne Larrimore. Opens
tomorrow evening.
BEIASCO-"The Ghost" mystery play. Opens this
GAYETY-"Radium Queens" This afternoon evening.
ON THE SCREEN
PALACE-"One Heavenly Night This afternoon and evening
EARLE-Viennese Nights" This afternoon and evening.
FOX-"Part Time Wife" This afternoon and evening
COLUdBIA-The Right This afternoon and evening
KETTHS-"Charleys Aunt" This afternoon and eve
ming
RIALTO-"Free Love-" This afternoon and evening.
Observation-Disclosures Flower" until Wednesday; Going
Wild" remainder of the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

Girl" Is sponsoring Miss Larrimore and
Storm Song" in zone Of the most Law
ish physical productions ever given q
legitimate drama" A replica of four
masted, ful1-rigged barkentine will be
seen on the stage, and 1t is said most
realistic effect has been achieved when
the ship falls prey 10 the force Of a
South Pacific hurricane.
Frank Shannon, Henry O'Nei1, Edgar
Stehli, Charles Starrett, Walter Vaughn,
John Hamilton, Charles McCleliand,
Barton McLane, Benedict McQuarrie
Clarence Redd and J. Lewis johnson
are in the cast. Marion Gering, who
staged Lost Sheep" "Skidding,"
Broken Dishes" and bad Girl" d.
rected Storm Song" The plays au-
thor Is Sidney r. Buchanan, who was
represented In New York this season
with Paul MunPs play, This One
Man"
Miss Larrimore in the past made
herself great favorite in washington
with Mice People," Scandal" and
Chicago"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Won by a Breakfast.

DUTH CHATTERTON bewails the
n fact that she was born too late and
must live her life among the calory-
counting gentry. The reason Of her
oietetic displeaSure was the serving OF
q "pre-orange Juice" era breakfast as q
course in 1.-THE Right to Love-" her
latest picture.
The menu included such herman food
as wheat cakes, fried mush, doughnuts,
ham and eggs, sauSages, white bread
and coffee guaranteed to be 80 per cent
caffeine. Trained to the rigors OF q
morning repast Of citrus juice and dry
toast, Ruth found the 1890 version OF
the matutinal meal q revelation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

the most conSpicu-
Gus role of her
career. The play
itself mes to
washington, not as
a tryout, but as q
finished entity with
the stamp Of Phila-
delphia's approval
upon it, and des-
tined immediately
upon q lie ngthy
career In Manhat-
tan.
Robert v. New
man, youngest Of
the New York pro-
ducers, represented
last season by 1.-THE
Sap From SYRIA
4.a,1ayg AAl NnaI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Helped Lick Notrs Dame.

CHARLES FREDERIC McCLEILAAND,
~ who supports FTanctne Larrimore
In Storm Song" next weeks attraction
at the National, was varsity halfback
on the famous Carnegie Tech team
which vanquished Notre Dame In 1925.
The young actor inherits an ability to
perform. His father was known as
"the Great Renzo," and was . contor-
ZIONIST who did his stuff in medicine
shows before becoming an important
fixture with Ringing BroR.' circuA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

so, leaving pleasant memories Of
the pest we enter the current
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
"Confessions of a Cod. +"

CYLVIA SIDNEY, who had the title
role in bad Girl" on the Broad
way stage, has been placed under con-
tract by the Paramount Publix Cor
poration and assigned to the chief role
opposite Phillips Holmes In Comics
sions of a Cold"
This picture, said to be adapted from
the actual diary of an anonymous so
rority girl, Is to go into production
shortly after the arrival Of Holmes and
Miss Sidney from the East.