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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-25
ANDOvER AT
WORK AGAIN
on WILDCAT

Following a shutdown Of
many months. AndoTer OH
company has re-financed and
Is now ready 70 complete
two very interesting Wild
cats which IL has under was
n this district. according to
announcement Of G. w Isyt-
ten, head o. the company.
Casing ID now being run IN
And0yer- Fioweree No. ]. IS miles
fconnnued on Page Eightl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-25
COLUMN OF
oil RISES
5000 FEET.

At q depth greater than
that reached by any other
wen drilled in the Rocky
Mountain region, Rcsoiute
Oil oompany's wildcat in the
Badger Basin field has
struck oil in the second
Frontier sand, II $500 feet.
More than 5000 feet Of 45.1
gravity crude is staining in the
hole and as drilling proceeds the
well is making occasional flows.
Under Control
A Christmas tree has been in
stalled and drilling Is proceed
ing with the wen ia readiness to
be placed completely under con-
troll.
The bit is now working 10 feet
in the sand, ia a very hard STRAIT
UNI. When this is passed through
and a softer sand reached, an
increase in production is expect
ed
Financed Here
This well has been drilling for
nearly three years II Is con-
troiled largely BY Great Falls
group and BY the Frank p Book
interests Of Detroit
Included in the Great Falls
men who have an interest in the
wen are Julius Peters, in charge
Of operations. W. r. Strain. A
W. Strain. DR.. r 3. Durnin, Rus
sell Fryburg. Or e. NJ Larsen
and j. w. Sherwood Al large
number OF those interested are
now at the wen, from which no
news has come for "a hours due
to an 1s-inch snowfall which
suddenly blanketed this region.
Near Moumtains
Location Of the we'll is about
20 miles southeast OF Red Lodge,
east Of the main range Of the
Beartooth mountains. in which
are included Montanas highest
peaks.
The Resoiute company controls
all OF the acreage on the struc-
CONTINUED on rage Eight
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-25

The well was drilled some
weeks ago 10 depth Of 1850
feet with only a showing Of oil
II was shot with 40 quarts ana
apparently helped but little.
Flows When BalIed
After standing idle for nearly
two weeks. the hole began flI-
ing mp with oil. Thursday when
the crew went Ia with the baiier
the wen flowed 80 feet over the
top Of the derrick.
Location OF this well Is APP
1000 feet northeast
OF the Majestic-Dayis well. which
two years ago came in with an
initial Of 500 barrels. Despite
the showing OF the Majestic,
there was little additional drill
ing in the district. but with the
added example Of the vantana
before them. operators are inclln-
ed to the belief that q major
pool may now be opened in this
area.
To Driil Deeper.
The Majestic well got is pro-
iuction from the first break in
The lime. twelve feet below the
horizon IN which the vantana is
now bottomed- II Is now planned
10 drill the vantana deeper, 70
he same break, in The belief that
he oil now In the hole Is com
ing up from this zone through q
rack opened BY the shot.
Completion Of the well as a
producer brings assurance OF sue
lcontlnued on Page Four
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In
MemOriam
~ soURDoUGH SAN

ealu 20 tAS utAtA~t
why biggest thou here
where the cowboy roamed
And the bison played
where the redskin rode.
on the war tran old
Where the cacti bloom
In the summer sun
And the blizzards rage
In the winters coldg
why biggest this hole
So round and smooth
SO vertical upright
SO up and downe
lThinkest thou to draw
From Mother Earth
lis crystal treasure
To water the land
To queneh the thirst
Of the prairie soil
no make roses bloom
And the golden grain
Wave in the breeze
Where now-alas!
The bunch grass dies
And withers away
At the breath 81 the hungr
winds
Meath the scorching rays
OF the summer SIM?
or mayhap thou tainkest
Here to find
The oily nuid
That turns the wheels
That lines the pockets
And swells the roll
With the green tinged jack
The wherewithal
That buys the eggs
And the bacon too
and the mutton chops
For the whole blamed crew.
Sadly the voice
OF the drflIer replied
We are digging a grave
On the lone prairee
Where the cowboy sleeps
IN a haIIowed soil
where the bison roam
ID the dark Of the moon
And the warrior rides
on a ghost white steed
While the paleface sleeps
Wealth the silent stars
and the land Is wrapped
IA . garment Of gloom
We are digging a grave
5oth deep and round
70 the Madison lime from
the top Of the ground
Down through the ghaies
Ama down through the sands
sitting its way
with Unsuitable greed
rhe Bit keeps turning round and
round
While the BAN wheel creaks
Ind saneaks and groans
Ike the yoke Of the OK
On the overland tran
Fa are digging q grave
10 fhe Madison Lime
Ana when We have reached II
- viii pull orr bit and casing
oma
md We viii fiji the hole
vAsh aice round stones
pe wilE nll II with stones
both bis and small
Ina VIII famp them
aown with 9 heavy maui
Ve tamp them down
o she Madison Lime
hHneh che shaies and sands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
FUND WORKERS
NEAR HALFWAY
MARK IN DRIVE
Gifts Today Increase Total
to 45.5 Per Cent of
Relief Goal.

Additional gifts totaling $685.
949.72 to the Indianapolis Commu-
nifty Fund were reported today by
workers at the third meeting in the
Claypool.
With previous subscriptions bring
ing the total raised to $475. 487. "A,
fund officials reported 45.5 per cent
of the goal has been subscribed. At
this time last year subscriptions to-
tailed $450,000.
ITO date our results are encour-
aging-but it will take the whole
hearted effort of every worker to
succeed in our goal"
Thus Arthur v. Brown, chairman
of the Community Fund drive for
$1043,686, exhorted campaigners to
strive for that goal as they reported
additional pledges, totaling 1914 per
cent of the fund, Tuesday.
The days rain failed to stop
workers, who reported $148, 285 "a to
boost the amount raised to $685.
537.72.
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AWAIT QUASH ACTION
Baker to Hear Motion in
Will Case Next Week.

Motion to quaSh indictments
against three persons involved in
alleged fraud in the preparation of
a purported will left by the late
Bartholomew D. Brooks, west side
business man, will be heard next
week by Criminal Judge Frank P.
Baker.
The motion was filed in behalf of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dickson, liv-
ing near Monrovia, and Lee Gels
endorff, 2801 North Sherman drive.
Two other persons are under indict-
menU for the same alleged offense.
Indictments grew out of the trial
and disposition in probate court of
the Brooks estate totaling about
$250,000, in which 1920 will was
held valid. Indictment of the five
persons grew out of alleged forgery
of a 1881 will, purportedly drawn by
Brooks shortly before he died
last June.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
OGDEN ARMED
FOR PROTESTS
But Marion Officials Visit
Doesn't MateriaIize.

Attorney-G General James M. Og-
den sat in his office this morning
with a neat pile of letters charging
vice and corruption in Marion, and
awaited an announced visit from
Charley G. Hardin, Grant county
prosecutor.
Hardin came to the Statehouse,
listened to arguments before the SUI
preme court, but declined to confer
with Ogden, declaring that any an
nouncement of such conference
was unauthorized by him.
Had he conferred, Ogden was
ready to back up his South Bend
speech about corruption in Marion
and Grant county-not only by the
letters, but by a report from his
personal investigator, Arthur
Bruner.
The charges involved both the
Republican prosecutor and the
Democratic mayor of Marion, Jack
Edwards.
Allegations against the prosecutor
are contained in a whole series of
letters received by Ogden from
various Marion citizens, giving
names and addresses of alleged
gambling resorts and speakeasies,
and telling of slot machine opera
tons and the like.
Today Hardin declared that he
had no interest in them and wasn't
going to talk to Ogden about the
matter.
I'm not the manager of the city
OF Marion" he asserted.
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| LAVAL VISIONS EUROPE
UNITED AND PEACEFUL, AS
He PERFECTS PROGRAM

That troublesome issue of Ger
man-Franco relations, he revealed,
was discussed during the Washing
ton conference.
II personally am convinced" La
val said, "as is Mr.. Hoover, that the
first and most important step will
be the realization of close work
ing rapprochement between Ger
many and France.
This is Europe's opportunity, but
the governments must quit playing
nationalist politics and really seek
to understand the interdependence
Of our problems.
Much is heard of military dis
armament. Equally important is
political disarmament. The govern
ments must look beyond their own
frontiers for the common good"
Laval will consult BRAND, the
veteran foreign minister of France,
on his plans for international. par
ticularly Europe&a cooperation, it
was believed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
CASTAWAYS ARE
TAKEN OFF ISLE
SubSiSted Six Months on
Fish, Wild Pigs, Fruit.

By united Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.-Three
American castaways were en- route
to Balboa, Canal Zone, today from
tiny, tropica Cocos island, 500 miles
out in the Pacific from Panama,
where they had lived for the last six
months on fish, wild pigs and cocoa
nuts-A modern sequel to Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe."
Clad only in loin cloths. the mod
ern Robinson CrusoeS, Earl Palli-
ser of San Diego, Cal, Paul Stach-
wick OF Huron, S. D., and Gordon
Brawner of Springfield, Ill, we're
rescued Tuesday night by the
United States gunboat Sacramento.
The men had sailed last spring
from San Diego in the yawl West
Wind and had long been thought to
have persisted.
The three appeared to be in good
physical condition when rescued
They had kept themselves supplied
with food with the aid of guns and
fishing gear which they had saved
when their yawl was wrecked off
the island.
The Sacramento was dispatched to
the rescue of the men Sunday, after
julius Fleischman of Cincinnati,
cruising past the island, reported
he had discovered the wrecked West
Wind, but that he could not find the
men themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
SEEK UNITY IN DRIVE
Civic Club to Ask Aid in
Rate Cut Fiqht.

A vote to conduct negotiations
with other civic organizations work
ing for utility rate reductions was
announced today by the Butler
Fairview Civic Club.
However, the club decided that it
would work on a friendly basis
with the management of Indian
apoliS utilities.
A delegation from the club was
appointed to meet with the North
Side Federation of Clubs, Tuesday
night, when a committee is expected
to be appointed to confer with util-
ity mapagements.
Friendly measures were adopted,
it was announced, because the club
thought that an active campaign
for rate reduction might be carried
through the courts at great cost.
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It am sorry that this petition
Il has been filed. Rate cases
cost lot of money. The last rate
case cost more than s270,0O0."
This is the statement of Ho-
ward Morse, manager Of the In
dianapolis Water company, in an
effort to brighten the consumers
of indianapolis. 1t is his subtle
threat that the people must pay.
That S270,000 was spent by the
agents Of Clarence Geist in an
effort to raise the rates and was
spent for imported lawyers, en-
gineers and accountants, because
Geist defied public control.
In 1922, Geist asked for valu-
ton of his plant, for the purpose,
he said, Of rigging up his "fnan-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
RUTH, FIGHTING
EXTRACTION,
BREAKS down
Spends Terrible Night in
Los Angeles Jail,
MatronS Reveal.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct. %
Troubled by the knowledge that she
soon must return to ARIZONA to face
charges of numbering two girl
friends, Winnie Ruth Judd spent a
terrible night" in county Jail,
matrons said today.
The 27-year-old blonde was not
able to sleep until after 3 a. m, and
then only fitfully.
Ever since she surrendered here
to the accusation that she murdered
Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs.
Agnes Leroi in Phoenix, Mrs. Judd
has feared the night, but Tuesday
night she was unnerved completely,
matrons said.
"Oh, don't let them take me back
to Phoenix. Don't let them take me
back" she screamed.
Will Fight Extradition
Her cries kept other prisoners
awake.
Mrs. Judd will fight extradition to
Phoenix every step of the way"
her attorney, Louis P Russill, an
nounced today.
1--WE expect to demand a change
of venue when, and if, the defend
ant is removed to Phoenix, public
sentiment might preclude a fair
trial in the same city where Mrs.
Leroi and Miss Samuelson were
Slain"
County Attorney Lloyd ]. An
drews, said, however, he would OPP
pose any defense move for change
of venue.
Will Face AIienistS
Russill said two alienistS would be
named today to examine Mrs. Judd
in the county Jail hospital. He ex-
planned that the move will not
mean necessarily a defense of in
sanity, but indicated he would be
governed largely" by findings of
the psychiatrists.
The extradition fight will get
under way when Sheriff j. R. Nc
Fadden of Phoenix arrives from
San Francisco with Mrs. Judd's ex-
tradition papers, signed by Cover
nor James Rolph Jr. McFadden
was expected today.
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Detailed Testimony on
Page |, Section 2

was not crying, although her eyes
were full of tears"
Mrs. Simmons slumped in her
chair anu tears Streamed down her
face. Her sobs were heard through
out the room and it was several i.
minutes before she regained COM
posture.
The defense opened its battle jp-
mediately after the accused woman
took the stand, by drawing from her
the statements of her love for the
family, the denial of the poison pur-
chase, and the statement that
murder or poisoning never had
occurred to her.
She told, in detail, of the visit to
indianapolis June 18 and explained,
as her husband had done Tues
day, that she. was strolling with him
along Washington street and
stopped in two stores during the
forty minutes which were not ac-
counted for during the early stages
Of the trial.
Said She Became Ill
1t was during that time, the state
charged that Mrs. Simmons made
the poison purchase in the Indian
apoliS pharmacy.
That she, too suffered from the
effects of the strychnine she tasted
at the picnic grounds was told by
Mrs. Simmons.
She said her knees were weak and
she had pains in the back of her
neck.
Il thought if I didn't sit down,
I'd fall, so sat down on a BENCH"
she said.
Her Sickness became so appar-
ent that she was bathed in water
and her hands rubbed by members
of the picnic group, she testified.
This treatment also was given Jean
at the picnic park, she said.
Her description of the making of
the sandwiches the morning of the
picnic was similar to that told time
after time from the witness stand
during the nearly five weeks of the
trial
Daughter With Her
She said her daughter Elizabeth
was in the kitchen with her prac-
tically the entire time of the sand
wich making.
She established loophole for the
defense theory that some one in
serted the poison in the sandwiches
between Greenfield and Lebanon.
when she said that she did not
tighten the cover on the sandwich
containers, tin marshmallow can.
She first contemplated not put
ting the lid on, but later changed
her mind, she said, because She
feared that if she did not, the sand
WicheS, which were moist after they
were made, might become dry on
the trip.
Saw No One in Yard
During the stay at the Pollard
home here, before departure to the
picnic ground, Mrs. Simmons did
not see any one in the Pollard ward.
she testified.
Attempts nave been made by the
defense to involve Jackson in the
sandwich poisoning while the cars
were parked in front of the Pollard
home.
When Mrs. Simmons left the wit
ness stand at noon adjournment
her friends and spectators gathered
close to her. Some shook her hands
and others patted her arms and
back, assuring her that she was q
good witness" and that they
wished her luck"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
MESSAGE SENT
TO SOVIET BY JAPANESE;
DENY THREATS TO CHINA

denied that an ultimatum had been
sent to Chinese officers at Tsitsihar
demanding that they repair damage
done by Chinese troops to bridge
over the Nonni river.
The foreign minister said work
men from the Japanese owned
South Manchurian railway were re-
pairing the span.
Japan sent her acceptance of a
one-year armament truce to &C.
neva today, as preliminary to the
League of Nations negotiations for
a naval holiday.
The cabinet voted to inform the
league of its decision. with the pro-
viso that the. truce must be accept
able to Japarfs neighboring powers.
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engineers, nor those of the pub
lie service commission, were used.
Instead, Geist employed the en-
cheering firms of Hagenan &
Erickson, Chicago; Sanderson &
Porter, Chicago, and Leonard Met
calf, Boston. He brought in a
high-priced accountant named
Jergal from Chicago.
He brought a staff of auditors
from Chicago. He hired four law
firms: Baker & Daniels and Fred
Bates johnson of Indianapolis;
McInerney & McInerney of South
Bend, and Ransom of New York.
=
IN forcing a defensive fight on
Il this city, Geist also forced the
consumers to pay that $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press staff Correspondent
lCnrnurirht 1921 hu limited Rressl

ABOARD S. S. LIE DE FRANCE,
Oct. ga new Europe, a united
Europe leading eventually to mill
tary disarmament as well as to po-
litical disarmament, is envisioned
by Premier Pierre Laval of France.
he revealed today to the United
Press.
Laval is en- route home after a
momentous conference with Presi-
dent Hoover at Washington, which
in turn had followed a similar con-
ference of the 47-year -old states
man and AriStide BRAND with
Chancellor Bruening at Berlin.
Laval's ideal of united Europe,
which follows closely an idea ad-
vanced by BRAND, his political
sponsor, calls for a union in which
all nations Of Europe-including
France and Germany-recognize
their interdependence and work for
the common good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
Climax of Poison Death Trial Reached, as
Defendant Is Called as Witness;
Denies Any Thought of Crime
LOVES FAMILY, MOTHER DECLARES
Suspect Asserts She Did Not Purchase
Strychnine in Indianapolis Store of
Charles W. Friedman.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON, Ind Oct 28.-Face to face with the charge
that she is the poison murderer OF Alice Jean Simmons her
daughter Mrs Carrie W. Simmons 47yearod farm mother,
today cried her denia of the crime, in the dramatic
climax of her trial for the picnic Staying.
Before a courtroom jammed with curious, who came
from miles around to the accused raise her voice
in plea to escape the punishment the state seeks to exact
Mrs Simmons declared she harbored thought of
numbering her children husband of giving them poison
She declares she would give her life for them.
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cial structure" He promised that
he would ask no raise of rates.
The commission fixed the value
at $4,000, 900, but wrote into its
decision the statement that were
a valuation fixed for rate pur-
poses, there would be a deduction
of 100000 on non-used prop
erty.
r r.
TN 1923, despite his promise to
l. ask no increase, Geist de-
manded higher rates. The city
was on the defensive. Then Geist
did not care what it cost the con-
sumers to make a valuation.
The people had supported his
engineers, both here and in Phila-
delphia, where his holding COM
pany has its home. Neither these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
This Utility Wolf Cry VIII Fool Nobody

Not content with the ruling of
the commission, he forced his
fight into the supreme court and
the people paid.
The truth is that there is no
need for any costly experts. The
commission has engineers and ac-
countants. The water company,
presumably, has accurate inven-
tories.
The lament of Morse, who
speaks, of course, his masters
voice, is made to terrify. 1t shows
the necessity of determined
fight to free the people of this
city from their bondage to utility
robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
GIRL PUPILS IN CRASH
Three Cut and Bruised When Auto,
Street Car Collide.

Three girls, all Shortridge high
school pupils, were bruised and cut
in an accident today at Thirty
second street and Northwestern
avenue when a car in which they
were riding, crashed into a street
car.
Miss Helen Goats, 10, of 1910
Congress avenue, driver of the car,
sustained face decorations, and her
sister, Madalene, is was bruised
when tossed from the automobile in
the collision. Helen johnson. Is,
of 1902 West Thirty-fourth street
passenger, escaped with minor
bruises.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
WOMAN Is INJURED
IN AUTO COLLISION
Car Is Struck From Rear When 1t
Makes Sudden Stop.

Two persons were injured Tuesday
night in. automobile accidents.
Mrs. Charles Holmes, So, of 3040
North Delaware street, sustained
arm and head cuts when the car in
which she was riding was struck by
another automobile in the 1900 block
North Delaware street.
E. G.. Holmes, driver of the car,
said when he stopped suddenly his
auto was hit by another driven by
Mrs. Edgar Stame of Westfield.
Leroy Dugan, 6, of 1914 South
Pershing avenue, was injured when
struck by an automobile driven by
Carl Knots, 1912 South New Jer-
sey street, in front of 2016 West
Morris street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
H0OSIER WRITER TO
LECTURE AT THEATER
Edward Albert Wiggam, Speaker
Friday, Lives at North Vernon.


Friday, Lives at North Vernon.
Inauguration of Indianapolis
Town Hall series of lectures at IL
Friday at English'S by Edward Al
bert Wiggam lends distinct
HooSier touch to this new venture
into the field of cultural advance
ment as we'll as entertainment in
indianapolis. Wiggams subject will
be, What Civilization is Doing For
U.s."
Widely known for his books,
magazine articles and lectures
covering the general field of here
dity, many are unacquainted with
the fact that Wiggams birthplace
and home are in North Vernon, Ind.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Wiggam, and both will be guests at
the luncheon at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club which will follow the
lecture, and for which Mrs. Edward
Mckee and Mrs. Samuel B. Sutphin
will be hostesses.
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BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TOXIC, Oct. 2S.-The foreign
office instructed Japanese represen-
tatives at Moscow today to explain
to the Soviet government that
Japanese activities in North Man
churia should not be misunderstood
as demonstrations endangering Rus
sian lives and property.
The instructions were understood
to be general and friendly. 1t is be-
loved they were intended to elicit a
similar statement from Soviet au-
thorities, after recent rumors here
that Russian troops on the Man
churian- Siberian border were being
reinfsfced.
Foreign Minister Baron Shidehara
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
CHANGES BOOZE PLEA
Don Carson Admits Guilt; to Be
Sentenced Nov. Z.

Don Carson, arrested when mar
cotic agents raided two rooms in
the Edwards hotel last summer,
changed a not guilty plea to liquor
charges in federal court today.
Federal Judge Robert G. Baltzell
will sentence him Nov. 7. Carson
was in charge of whisky cutting
plant federal agent found in an
other room of the hotel.