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The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Italian Price Index
LOwest This Year

The Milan Chamber Of Com
merce's compilation of commod-
ity prices, based on 1926 as 100,
against 53.4 a week ago and $50
four weeks ago.
The average for the week is a
new 1881 low. The years high Of
500 was reached in the week
ended January 2.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04

Dividend symbOIs-as extra; b. dividend In stool
u stock; d. scrip: sex-dividend; tex.righta
Dividend rate in dollars in parentheses
Years high and low prices carried to pr0vi
SBx-diVi0Vnd. tEx-RiRhtA
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
N. Y. Construction
Totals S49,856,IW

Construction contracts awarded
in the New York metropolitan
area May to % totaled S49,856,-
100, it was reported today by F..
w. Dodge Corp.
Residential building led with
$27, ,796, 900; non-residential, sl3,-
041, 900, and public works and
utilities. S9.O19.100.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
NEW LINCOLN MODEL

Lincoln Motor Company an.
nounces a new sport phaeton on
the 145-inch free-wheeling chassis
listing at $4,000 and with tonneau
coWl and windshield, $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
Cold Insurance

He carries it with him, ready for just such times That
little box OF Bayer Aspirin If he catches cold what of it?
Bayer Aspirin will stop it. If his throat feels sore he will
end the soreness with one good gage made from these
tablets.
Dangerous complications can follow the neglect of "a
common codP' Every case of tonsis began with lust
sore throal It's wise plan to take aspirin after any
undue exposure to bad weather whenever there any
chance that you've caught cold If it's genuine aspirin it
can't possibly hurt you and how does Danish the aches
and pains caused by colds, neuralgia, neur lumbago
and even rheumatism.
Bayer Aspirin will insure your comfort through the
worst cold The susceptible you are to colds
the more you need it, Does not depress the heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
TWO COPS ARE
DISCHARGED BY
SAFETY BOARD
AIva Thompson, VerI Davis
Found Guilty of Conduct
Unbecoming Officers.

One patrolman and a motorcycle
policeman were dismissed from the
police force today after the safety
board found them guilty of conduct
unbecoming officers.
They. were tried Tuesday before
the board, which waited until today
to announce its decision.
Alva Beryl Thompson, 80, motor
cycle policeman, was accused of de-
frauding Claude Caylor, "a, Of 1904
Ashland avenue, of $50 under par
ticularly Ubiquitous circumstances.
Caylor alleged Thompson accept
ed $50 for agreeing to fix a liquor
case with the court.
The board also discharged Verl
Davis, patrolman, who was charged
with unbecoming conduct in con-
nection with an alleged hot" check,
given him by E. L. Brasier, now
in jail at Logansport.
Forest Kidwell, grocer at Six
tenth street and College avenue,
complained Davis used his uniform
to get the check cashed."
Thompson denied he had agreed
to FIX" things so that Caylor would
not have to report to the courts
probation department.
Caylor was on probation after
being found guilty by Municipal
Judge Clifton R. Cameron, March
II, of reckless driving and operating
vehicle while under the influence
of liquor. Caylor had paid only So
of fine and costs totaling $40,
testimony revealed,
Caylor charged Thompson used
the money for a vacation and never
paid it back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
RUSSIAN HELP
FOR CHINA seen
WORLD MENACE
Educator, lust Returned
From Orient, Declares
Aid May Be Asked.

IF China forms a coalition with
Russia, it is probable the rest of
the world will be drawn into an
other war;" declared Professor
James NJ. Yard, of Northwestern
university, here Tuesday.
China, torn between old tradi-
tons and the new nationalism, its
people bitterly resenting Japanese
advances in Manchuria, may turn to
Soviet Russia for aid" said the pro-
fessor who just has returned from
China and Japan where he spent
the summer as a guest of the gov
ernments.
His declarations were voiced at
the Rotary Club luncheon. Prof.
fessor Yard lived in China for fif-
teen years and is familiar with the
political, social and religious situa-
ton in that rapidly growing coun-
try.
Japan needs Manchuria as a
source of food, as factor in its
national defense and-for the Flu
Shun coal mines, probably the rich
est in the world" DR.. Yard said.
"The island empire justif1es its
emergency invasion by claiming
that treaty rights have been ig-
nored. Japan claims that the Man
churian government is too weak to
protect the 100000 Japanese sub
jects living in that region, that the
government can not guard the bill
lion dollars invested by Japan in
factories and the like"
China denies the validity of the
treaties. 1t claims that the treaty
of 1915 with its twenty-one de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
Indiana Benefited

Rise in price of grains in the last
month has increased value of grain
holdings of Indiana farmers more
than $6,5OO,OOO, according to esti-
mates prepared today by Frank
Arm, Central States Grain Associa-
ton president.
Seventeen-cent increase in price
of wheat brought the greatest bene-
fit to the farmer, estimated at
$3,060,000, Arm said. The estimate
was based on approximately 18,OO0,-
600 bushels of wheat still on farms.
Corn holdings, estimated at 30O,-
100000 bushels, including only the
amount to be marketed, increased in
value about $2400,OO0, due to an
8-cent market rise.
Oats holdings, amounting to 49,
100000 busheT to be marketed by
farmers. were enhanced in value APP
proXimately $1,050,CO0 through a
7-cent rise, Arms figures showed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04


''MILDER"- smoke as many as jon like!
That's what every Chesterfield smoker
knows. /. and it's not hard to prove, either.
Just try this blend Of milder, ripper tobacoos!
TASTE BETTER"-yOn'U like as many as
YOU mokei That's what more smokers are
learning every day. Not over-sweetened,
but just sweet enough for. constant enjoy
ment. The mild, rich favor of the finest
Turkish and Domestic tobaccos.
THEY SATISFY"-in every sVay! The to-
bacco, the paper, the package. everything
about Chesterfield is the best that money
can buy or that science knows about!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
SCANS CANAL CONTRACT
Interior Secretary Wilbur May APP
prove Action Today.
By United Press

BV UNttcd Press
WASHINGTON, Nov Anterior
Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur said
today that he expected to approve
the contract form for the all-Amer-
lean canal this afternoon.
Interior department legal officers
have finished their final eXamina-
ton of the contracts, which covers
the irrigation development of the
Boulder Dam project, and have
recommended the secretary's APP
proval.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
Receivership Asked
By Times Special

III 7 ffIINo foVtJiUt
ANDERSON, Ind, Nov. 4.-Be-
cause he is unable to effect an
amicable arrangement with his di-
vorced wife concerning their joint
equity in a residence property, Otis
r. Forkner, photographer, filed suit
asking appointment of a receiver TO
take charge of the property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
BY BEN STERN

.WITH removal OF presidential
w senatorial and gubernatorial
contests from the primary elections,
the real center of political interest
in the 1882 primary campaign will
be pitched upon two congressional
battles.
These are expected by observers
TO be the affair between Fred Pur-
nell of Attica, and Noble Johnson OF
Terre Haute for the @. o. P. NOM
NATION in the new Sixth; anG that
between Eugene B. Grove of Bed
ford, and Harry G. Canfleld OF
Batesville for the Democrats in the
new Ninth.
It is with the former that we are
particularly taken at this time, be-
cause Of the statement Of Johnson
at the Charlottesville rally Monday,
that he will be a candidate.
PurneIl, known as Farmers
Friend Fred" was reelected from
the old Ninth by a majority OF 335
after a bitter battle; while John
son, three-tine congressman from
the old Fifth, was defeated by Cort-
land c. Gillen Of Greencastle, iby
2,436.
Despite this defeat, however,
johnson wants to stage a come
back. but the situation has altered
greatly since the 1880 election.
II
When the general assembly re-
apportioned the state it threw
johnson and Purnell together into
one district, the new Sixth.
Yet it gave the former a tactical
advantage, in that Of the ten coun-
ties, five we're selected from john
sons old domain and four from
Purnelrs, while Warren was taken
from the old Tenth.
II
The latter county, no doubt, can
be counted in Fred's column, be-
cause it is purely agricultural, and
he has espoused that cause, and
also because it borders on his own
home, Fountain county.
On the other hand, the most
heavily populated counties in the
new district are those absorbed from
the old Fifth and are industrial in
character.
These include Vigo, of which
Terre Haute is the county seat;
Vermillion, which is devoted to coal
mining, and Parke, Putnam and
Hendricks. The last two are agri-
cultural
Although Johnson has this mi
tial advantage, yet he will have
to carry a load of factional dis
turbance, which may lose for him
Terre Haute.
This strife is caused by the post
mastership fight at Terre Haute,
which flared up at the Crawfords-
vile meeting.
AS congressman from the old
Fifth, it was Johnson's duty to
name a postmaster Tor Terre Haute.
The term of the incumbent, Will
Hays, expired in February while
Johnson's congressional service end
ed in March. Instead of settling
this question, Johnson passed the
buck to the two Republican senators
and this has caused a flare back.
Vigo Republican precinct COM
mitteemen demand that Hugh
Cuthbertson, county chairman, be
appointed postmaster. Difficulty of
this, however, is that in two exam
nations, CuthbertSon could not
make the eligible list.
The committeeman charge that
johnson could have fixed it so that
Hugh would have been given the
appointment and in their bitter
ness they intend to retaliate.
If they stay sore long enough,
johnson will not be able to rely on
the advantage he expects to gain
from residing in Vigo county. That
should cinch it for Purneu.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04

mands was signed under great du-
ress and never was ratified by the
Chinese parliament"
DR.. Yard believes the League of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
BIGGEST BULL
| EXPLAINS why
/ WHEAT is UP
Durum'S Rise Given Credit
/ for Price Boom by
/ Arthur Gluten.
BY HAROLD f. RAINVILLE
United Press STAFF Correspondent
Copyright. 1871 nv Trpffed preeq,

CHICAGO, Nov. Arthur Cut
ten, veteran grain trader who has
owned more wheat at one time than
any other man, today explained to
the United Press the rising grain
market which has brought millions
10 American farmers in the last
Jew weeks on the basis of supply
and demand.
concerning reports he had made
fortune out of the wheat market
on the rise, Cutten said he could
make no statement.
That would hurt the market,
he said.
Biggest Bull of All
The White-hared trader known in
the wheat pits as "the biggest bull
OF them all" explained why in his
opinion, the rise was taking place.
Today amber durum wheat sold
at 81 bushel in Minneapolis.
That's what the papers ought to
print. Look here. Number 2 amber
durum wheat was 699s to 955s cents.
And duuum wheat usually sells at a
discount under northern.
That's why wheat is going up.
He pointed out that the American
market was lower than any other.
Winnipeg is selling wheat. lots
OF it, at higher prices than we are.
Liverpool is selling over Chicago.
There's a demand for wheat or it
wouldn't go up"
It's Good Idea
Cutten said he did not know
whether Germany was reselling
wheat bought from the farm board
at profit, but thought it was "a
good idea"
Maybe the Germans are doing
that; I don't know" he said
AS for any one being behind" the
market, Cutten said:
You don't see any orders for
hall a million bushels of wheat
coming into the market, do you?
It's all little orders. Big men don't
do things like that. The public,
however, is not in this market to
any extent
While Cutten carefully refrained
from any prediction as to the course
of the market, he painted de-
cidedly optimistic picture.
you may say" he said, that
the market Isl fundamentally sound"
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PAGE 9

Nations and the United States lost
their chances to settle tbs issue
without war because Of > too mild
and deferential manner"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
They were fit and ready

khaki. They we're fit and ready
A machine gun company under the
command of Captain l.. A. Foote, the
present attorney general of Montana,
had been organized in Helena, and this
organization, together with the follow
ing companies formed the first organ-
izations to be formally mustered into
federal service: Company A of Boze-
man, Captain Charles Sheridan, COM
handing; Company E, Miles City, Cap
tain Billy" Morse, commanding; Com
pany F, Kalispell, Captain o. S. Perry,
commanding; Company K, Billings,
Captain Orville Anderson, commanding.
The four infantry companies, after
being mustered in were formed into a
provisional battalion under the COM
mand Of Major Charles Sargent. Bat
talon headquarters were established
in Butte with headquarters of Company
F also located there. Company E es-
tablished headquarters in Missoula
with orders to guard railroad bridges
and tunnels east and west from that
point. Company K went to Bozeman
to guard the line from that city to
Columbus and Company A was as
signed the duty OF guarding on the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
lines out Of Helena.
The second four companies report
ing at Fort Harrison to be mustered
into federal service were: Company
I, Captain Wade Goble, commanding;
Company H, Captain Nose Smell, COM
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30

drivers seat back into the ambulance,
and with his last breath asked the
major to care for his family.
Another bullet glancing from the
ambulance, struck the driver of the
front ambulance on the temple, knock
ing him off the seat. The shots and
general confusion frightened the mules
and they started to run, with Major
Whipple the sole passenger, and the
body of Sergeant Coonrod, lying where
it fell.
The bandits seem to have been well
posted as to where the cash would be
carried, and while they were going
through the soldiers pockets and turn
ing the ear ambulance inside out in
their search for the cash it was sup
posed to have on board, little atten-
ton was paid to the front ambulance,
then making good time over the road,
to the next stopping place, thanks to
the runaway mules. During all of
those eight miles, no one held the
reins the driver dropped when hit.
John Hefferman, who worked for
John Scott, the postmaster at Dun
dee, was impressed into the service a
few miles below Savage, to aid the
major, should any Of the bandits be
following.
The soldiers, meanwhile, had been
rounded up; their money taken-what
little they had; their guns broken,
and even the wagon wheels carried off.
Tom Simms was the driver of the
rear ambulance. A private by the
name Of Woods was shot in the arm,
shattering the bone near the shoulder.
No medical attention could be Sc
cured for "a hours, and before it ar
rived, Woods was dead. Parent, who
now lives at, or near, Helena, and is
0 rs years of age, was taken to Bu-
ford for treatment.
The bandits must have known the
soldiers personally, as one of them
solicitously asked Parent, Are you
hurt, Eph?"
Miss Nellie Scott, who later mar
ried James Rhoades, mayor of Mis-
soula, and is now at the Y. w. c.. A.
IN Helena, CHANGED to be at her fathers
anch when the runaway team stopped
there.
The soldiers Of the escort belonged
to the famous Seventh cavalry, then
under the command of Major Bell.
None of the robbers were ever cap
tured. The first man killed, Sergeant
Coonrod, was not a member of the
party, but was on his way to meet
his son, George Coonrod, now a ticket
agent Of the Milwaukee railroad, and
had been visiting at Fort Keogh.
l am indebted to State Senator WAL
ter D.. Kemmis for the foregoing &C
count.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30

distribution Of freight to the interior.
During the low water following the
June rise, freight was transported four
miles north of Glendive; to Fort Keoghi
and up the Yellowstone river to Dia-
mond and other places by means of
trains drawn by oxen, mules, or horses
When the railroad was built the
| wagon trains were no longer needed
to carry the freight, although a stage
line, operated by George McComb con-
tinued to carry some, and government
ambulances were often seen after 1881
even after the Great Northern railway
made it's entrance into Fort Buford in
1887.
The soldiers Of this upper country
were paid off by officers who came up
the river on the steamboats, to Fort
Peck, now Poplar, and to Buford, and
Fort Benton. Some paymasters lived
here, and others did not. Having
knowledge when the soldiers would re-
ceive their pay, some of the Catholic
orders sent sisters to get contributions
from them. l recall two charming
Benedictine sisters who were on the
boat going down the river in 1873, on
their return from Fort Shaw.
Payment was made to the soldiers
in currency, and after 1881 whenever
it became necessary to dispatch an
ambulance bearing the paymaster and
what it was his duty to dispense, six
soldiers formed its escort. This am
bulance with its accompanying soldiers
was often seen going up and down the
Yellowstone, and as a rule mules drew
the ambulanceS.
On May 10, 1884, Major Whipple, a
paymaSter, left Glendive with the usu-
al escort, his mission being to pay off
the soldiers at Buford and Fort Peck.
There were two ambulances, and the
rear one carried about $4,000 in cash.
This amount might serve to attract
highwaymen, as it vas generally known
when pay day came around.
Realizing his responsibility, the ma
jor began to grow FESTIVE, notwith-
standing his escort. In some places
they must pass through, these would
be Of little avail, as they could easily
be surprised, and forced to hold up
their hands before it would be posi-
BILE for them to raise their guns.
The more he thought of the danger,
the greater became the anxiety of
Major Whipple, and the worst of it
was there a nc one with whom he
could consult as to what he should
do. A decade had passed since the
I'D ~. --x1,, -1~-~-L A.
of desperadoes, now again the lone
traveller ran the risk of being robbed
or murdered, provided he carried
money.
That night the paymaster's company
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
MAjOr Whipple Saved the
Payroll From Road Agents

camped 35 miles from Glendive. I'm
doubtedly the major did a good deal
Of thinking that night, not conducive to
slumber, for at break OF day he quietly
left his tent, and without arousing
any one, not ever the sentry, he took
the cash from the rear ambulance and
placed it in the front one, where he
was accustomed to ride. He acquaint-
ed no one with the change, and after
breakfast the little company started
towards Sidney.
All went well until they neared
Burns, when they were attacked by
seven masked ~highwaymen, who evil
IDENTIFY were informed of the strength
of the party and almost outnumbered
them.
At the very first shot, Sergeant
Coonrod, fatally injured, fell from the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
FEDERAL ENGINEERS ARRIVE IN
MONTANA FOR SEASONS WORK

H. S. Price, irrigation engineer, and
M. P. Hayes and S. E. Guthrie, cadas-
trail engineers, all of whom have been
connected with the United States gen.
eral land Office at Santa Fe, N. M,
arrived in Helena by automobile re-
Gently. They will be associated with
the general land Office there, of which
william S. Wade is the chief, and will
do field work in that district until
next fall. Mr.. Price was associated
with William A. Lamb, chief of the
United States geological survey in Mon
tana 10 years ago. Mr.. Hayes and Mr..
Guthrie were connected with the gen.
eral land Office forces at Helena last
season.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
BY CAPT. II. S. BRUCE, 163rd Infantry

r ESS THAN six months after being
mustered out of federal service in
the fall of 1916 after the Mexican
Border campaign, the End Montana
Infantry responded to the call of the
president when war with Germany APP
peared inevitable.
The presidents order for the mobil-
ization of the End Montana, transmit
ted by the secretary Of war, was re-
ceived at the governors office at 1870
D. m, March rs, 1917. Governor S. V.
Stewart and Adjutant General Phil
Greenan both being absent from the
state, Lieutenant Governor w. w. Nc
Dowell as acting governor Immediately
transmitted the order to the officers OF
the units of the regiment. He was as
sisted by Captain Orville Anderson,
one of the officers of the regiment
killed in action in France in 1913.
Captain Anderson was on duty in the
adjutant generals Office during the abb
sence of General Greenan, when the
order for mobilization came.
Early in the morning of March 26,
1917, company officers notified the
adjutant generals Office that the COM
panies we're being assembled and await
ing further orders. Helena was desig-
mated as the mobilization point of the
regiment, and the regimental head
quarters officers and staff were al
ready preparing Fort Harrison for re-
ception of the troops, putting the build
ings in habitable condition and as
sembling materials and supplies.
Colonel Dan j. Donahue, Mexican
border commander of the regiment,
having resigned before the call of the
president came, Major John j. Nc
Guinness, the senior battalion COM
mander of the regiment, was promoted
to colonel and given command of the
organization, and several promotions
were made to complete the organiza-
ton.
Arrangements having been rapidly
completed at Fort Harrison to receive
the regiment, the welcome orders to
report there we're received by the units
and the movements by special trains
from the home stations began. The
Mexican border campaign experiences
had seasoned the regiment, and the
routine of mobilization was accom-
plished without any confusion. The
veterans of the regiment, with the
heavy tan of the Mexican border still
on their faces. felt at home in the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
(By MRS. M. Z. PLASSMANN

(By MRS. NJ. Z. PLASSMANN)
Those who went down the Missouri
by steamboat in the seventies or
eighties will recall Fort Buford as
one of the most important points on
the upper river. Built in 1869 on the
the mouth of the Yellowstone, it
used in its construction much of the
north bank of the Missouri, near
material that could be obtained from
nearby Fort Union, once the center
of the fur trade ON the Yellowstone
and the upper Missouri. At this
fort soldiers were stationed as pro-
lection against any possible Indian
outbreak.
1t was from here that Sitting Bulls
band took boats for Standing Rock
agency, after the surrender of thai
noted chief. 1t was also a point O.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-30
PIONEER SETTLER OF THE
GALLATIN VALLEY DIES

David Bell, So, for As years a resi-
dent near Belgrade, died at his home
in Belgrade recently after a lingering
illness.
Mr.. Bell was born in Scotland and
came to the Gallatin valley o after
his arrival in the United States. He was
a member Of the Masonic lodge and
the Eastern Star chapter at Belgrade.
He is survived by his widow and three
children, John Bell of Snowdon,
Charles Bell Of Bozeman, and Mabel,
at home; by n granddaughter, n
sister in Seattle, and M brother,
Samuel Bell of Bozeman.