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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06
AT THE MOVIES
GOrgeous Scenery;
Superlative Acting
Fill DeMille Film

Another bulls eye In entertain
tnent was scored by Cecil B. DeMille
In his latest Paramount picture,
-Four Frightened People" which
opens tomorrow at the Paramount
theater, and features Claudette Col
bert, Herbert Marshall, Mary b.
land and William Gargan.
It Is one Of the most eye-filling
pictures that has come to the screen
in long time, containing every in
gredient Of first class entertainment.
DeMille still upholds his reputation
for breath-taking settings, but this
time he went to Nature for them.
The various jungle backgrounds used
in the picture are more startling than
anything that Hollywood has ever
built.
Through these settings. five char
acterS weave a story Of adventure
that never lets up in intense interest
for one moment. The story deals with
four highly cultured people who are
forced to abandon Dutch steamer.
One is young, prudish school teach
er, another woman'S club lecturer,
another blatant newspaper CORE
spondent, and the fourth a rubber
chemist. When they discover bubonic
plague on board, they manage to
escape ashore into wild section of
the Malay Peninsula. In order to
reach the nearest seaport, they hire
q half caste guide.
Instead of the three day journey
through the jungle which they had
expected, they become lost for
months. AS they are forced more and
more to primitive modes Of living. the
veneer OF civilization slips from them
ard they revert to prehistoric an
cestry. The school teacher. hereto
fore considered merely q nuisance by
the men, blossoms into a glorious
jungle creature whose word is law.
and her beauty causes the men to
fight over her. thereby providing sub
stance for developments which make
this story one Of great audience ap-
peal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06
Feature Role in "Once
To Every Woman" Will
Be Taken by Fay Wray

A grand cast, comprising many Of
the foremost featured stars In Holly
wood, appears In Columbia's once
to Every Woman" the screen version
OF A. J. Cronin's widely read Cosmo-
politan Magazine novelette, "Kaleidos-
cope in K" which opens tomorrow at
the Capitol Theatre for two day
run.
Cronin,s first novel, "Hatter's
Castle appeared In the bookstalls
about two years ago and Immediately
became best seller. It was followed
by Three Loves" and Grand Ca
nary" but "Once to Every Woman"
is his first work to be adapted to the
screen.
Fay Wray, who in the past year
has assumed imposing proportions
on the Hollywood horizon, is cast in
the featured role OF Mary Fan
shave" a professional woman who
falls in love with Walter Byron,
against her better judgment. When
Byron Is unmasked as q philanderer
and a roue, she seeks consolation in
the sincere devotion Of Ralph Bel
lamy, brilliant young surgeon, then
to discover that his love is what she
had mistakenly believed Byrons to
be.
Bellamy's role in "Once to Every
Woman" marks his second co-featur-
ed assignment opposite Fay Wray,
having appeared last season as her
leading man in Below the Sea-" More
recently he performed In Before
Midnight" and Headline Shooter"
Walter Connolly again proves what
a grand veteran he is in the difficult
role Of DR.. Selby." whose long repu-
tation as great surgeon is being
dimmed by the brilliance Of his assist
ant and protege, Ralph Bellamy. Con-
molly IS truly achieving by leaps and
bounds popularity on the screen
that bids fair to equal If not surpass
his distinguished career on the Amer
lean stage.
In lesser but no less important roles
will be seen such veteran screen per-
formers as J. Farrell Macdonald,
Kathrin Clare Ward. Ed lie Saint and
also such popular younger players q
Mary Carlisle, Billie Seward, Ben
Alexander and Rebecca Wassam.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06

A bottle thrown from . ship OF
the coast OF Mexico was picked up
In the Philippine Islands. 1000 miles
away. Ia 1881.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06

Carrier pigeons cannot be used sue
cessfully In Alaska, g there are too
many eagles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06

Sunday afternoon, between the
hours Of 8 and Z, Is the most dan
gerous time Of al during the week
1or auto driving, according to ins,lr-
auce statistics.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06

According to insurance company
statistics, automobile driving is safest
On Tuesday mornings between the
hours Of and 3.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06

In Great Britain, every other home
has q radio set.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
|E|CHT co ON TRIAL
| IN MASS SLAY|NGS
Night Sessions Expected to
Expedite Kansas City
Massacre Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. KANSAS CITY, December 31cBe-
fore a 6-foot Federal Judge noted for
the rapidity of his court proceedings,
four men and four women were called
to trial today on charges of conspiracy
in the Kansas City Union Station
slayings.
1t was the first time any one has
been brought to bar in connection with
the mass Staying Of June II, 1888, In
which four officers and their prisoner
fell before burst Of machine gun fire.
Night sesSions-Judge Merrill E.
Otis himself sleeps but about four
hours In 24-were expected 10 be Or
dered to expedite the trial of the
eight, accused Of arranging for the
delivery of Frank Nash, an escaped
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Marine Corps Orders

Cunningham, Capt John w., about
January detached Marine Base,
Naval Ammunition Depot, Fort Mif-
fin, Pa. to Marine Base Guam, via
the U. S S. Henderson, sailing from
Naval Operations Base, Norfolk, Va,
on or about March l. Authorized to
delay en- route Naval Operations
Base Norfolk, Va, until February g..
Mcfarland, First Lieut.. Thomas g.,
orders to Marine Base, Naval Oper-
ations Base, Norfolk, Va. modified
to Marine Base, Norfolk Navy Yard,
Portsmout, Va. Authorized to delay
one month in reporting.
Strong, Chief Quartermaster Clerk,
detached Marine Base, Navy Yard,
Mare Island, Calf; ordered to his
home, and retired on April /.
Talbot, Capt. John F., detached
Marine Base, N. A. D., Oahu, T. H.
to Marine Base, Navy Yard, Pearl
Harbor, T. H.
Berkeley, First Lieut.. James P. as
signed to Marine Corps Base, Naval
Operations Base, San Diego, Calf,
for duty with the 9Th Marines Fleet
Marine Force. Authorized to delay
so days in reporting
Skidmore, First Lieut.. Robert l.,
assigned to Marine Corps Base, Naval
Operations Base, San Diego, Calf,
for duty with the 9th Marines, Fleet
Marine Force. Authorized to delay
60 days in reporting.
Straub, First Lieut.. Robert j., de-
tached Marine Base, Navy Yard, Pearl
Harbor, T. H, to Marine Base, N
A. D., Oahu, T. H.
The following named officers have
been promoted to the grades indi-
Gated subject to confirmation, on De-
cember "a, with rank from the dates
set opposite their names:
Lieut. Col. Ralph j. Mitchell, May
90; Maj. James E. Belts, May %;
First Lieut.. Robert B. Luckey, May l !;
First Lieut. Richard P. Ross, jr., May
90; First Lieut.. Otho C. Ledbetter,
May %; First Lieut.. Joseph P. Nc
Cafferty, May %; First Lieut.. John
B. Hill, May %; First Lieut.. Frank M.
Reinecke, May 90; First Lieut.. John
M Davis Nav 90
Evening star., 1934-12-31
EVILS OF RENO DIVORCES
LASSAILED BY ATTORNEY

Mexican and Reno divorces are alb
solutely void In the District of Colum-
bia and are creating "a horrible after
rlath OF bigamy, illegitimary Of chill
dfen and confusion Of property rights
which will clutter up the courts for
years to come" Jean NJ Boardman,
local attorney, said in radio broad
cast last night from Station WJSv
under the auspices Of the Bar Asso-
ciation of the District OF Columbia.
Many District residents have OBJ
tanned utterly worthless divorce de-
crees In Reno and Mexico. Boardman
said, because the District "is one oil
the hardest places in the entire civil
lied world In which to obtain q
divorce" The local Bar Association
he said, has indorsed unanimously a
proposed bill to liberalize the present
District divorce law, which admits
adultery as the only ground for
divorce.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
VANDALS WRECK CHURCH
Nazi Swastikas Put in Place of
Holy Images.

INNSBRUCK, Austria, December 81
P).-Unidentified persons broke into
the Catholic Church of ST. Georgian
in the town of Zell yesterday, de-
stroyed furniture, confessionals and
holy images, and replaced crucifixes
with Nazi swastikas.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
SOVIET PAIR SEEN
FACING ICY EXILE
Former Communist Leaders
Reported Sentenced to
Arctic Isle.
ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 31-The Daily
Express in dispatch from Warsaw
TO-DAY says Gregory Zinovief and Leon
Kameneff, once powerful in Commu-
mist circles, with their families are
en- route to living death" in Russia S
Arctic Devils Island"
The exiles. the dispatch says. were
dispatched to SoloVetski Island, IN the
White Sea, for participating in re-
cent plot against the government.
Both were shackled before being
placed in cold freight cars for the
fortnight's trip" the account says,
land the only concession made Zino-
Vien was a large bundle OF books
StaIen Reported at Trial"
"Only Joseph Stain, head of the
Communist party. and the connissar
OF the interior we're present at a Sc
cret session when sentence was pro-
nounced without a formal trial.
Both Zinovieff and Kamenef ap-
peared happy and astonished to have
been sentenced to anything less than
death, and the former smiled as he
walked along the station platform
Under the plot, it was alleged, Zinovieft
was to have supplanted Stain, marked
for death"
The dispatch says the exile is vir-
tual death sentence, because the tenn
perature seldom rises above zero, and,
in addition, Zinovieff is in an ad-
yanced stage of tuberculosis.
Twelve officers of the Odessa Red
army, the dispatch asserted, have been
arrested.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Braves Icy Wind in Shorts.

NEW YORK, R.-"Nudist camps
are stupid and idiotic." cried the bar
rel-chested Anthony Sclafant. Their
contention Is that we came into the
world without anything on. But in
those days we didn't know any bet
ter" Sclafant knows better. He wore
shorts-and only shorts--for his
jaunt past New York's shivering
churchgoers In yesterdays subfreez-
ing wind.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
400 Suicides Reported.

A Warsaw dispatch says passengers
from Moscow and Leningrad reported
more than 400 suicides in Russia with
in the last two weeks during the in
vestigation Of the assassination of
Sergei Kiroff, Leningrad Communist
leader
Berlin newspapers state diplomats in
Moscow will demand that the Soviet
name the unidentified foreign consul
in Leningrad it accuses of supporting
the plot.
Fourteen men were put to death
Saturday for Kiroff's murder, bringing
10 1T the number executed thus far.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
convict, who was being returned to the
Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.

A panel of 80 jurors was summoned
to provide the IL men who will decide
whether Mrs Frances Nash, Mrs
Vivian Mathis, Louis Stacci, Frank B.
Mulloy, Richard T. Gallatas, his wife
Elizabeth: Herbert Allen Farmer and
his wife Esther were guilty of con-
spiracy to rescue Nash.
The actual trigger men," the Gov
ernment alleges, were Charles Pretty
Boy Floyd, Verne Miller and Adam
Richetti. Floyd and Miller are dead
and Richetti is In jail here awaiting
trial for murder.
Nash, captured at Hot Springs, Ark,
was brought here by train and was
being placed in a motor Car when the
three gunmen appeared and ordered
escorting officers to raise their hands.
None obeyed and the trio opened fire.
Nash, Otto Reed. chief Of police at
McAlester, Okla; Raymond Caffrey, a
Federal agent, and two city detec-
tives, Frank Hermanson and William
Grooms,. were killed. r. z. Vetterli
and Frank Smith, both Federal agents,
were wounded.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
MORE NAVAL OFFICERS
TO GET POSTS IN D. C.
Navy Expected to Limit Tours of
Duty In Washington to
Three for Each.

Therell be some new faces around
the Navy Department shortly, instead
of those of naval officers that have
shown up periodically for duty in
washington.
The Bureau Of Navigation, Navy
Department, 1t was learned today, Is
preparing to promulgate orders di-
recting that an ofncer shall have but
three tours Of duty in Washington.
These are usually for two years each,
but may vary q bit, depending upon
the needs of the service.
The contention has been made that
particular classes Of the Naval Acad-
emy have been coming back to Wash
ington, after each tour of sea duty,
without giving others an opportunity
to serve here. This Is declared to
Evening star., 1934-12-31

be especially true in the detail ONCE,
which sends officers on various as
signments. Secretary Swanson Is In
terested in seeing that as many Of
ficers as desire to come to the Ma
tional Capital for duty get their, turn
here. If not incompatible with the
good of the service.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Dance. Phi Alpha Fraternity, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dance. Chi Sigma Sorority, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dance, Delta Sigma Fraternity,
Mayflower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dance, Filipino Community of
Washington, Willard Hotel, 10 pm
Dinner dance, Amity Club, Shore
ham Hotel, 9 pm.
Dinner dance, Hi-Jinks Club, Uni
versity Club. $50 pm
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Gives Lessons on Defense.

An army instructor is giving lessons
on 1taly's defenses in public schools
of Rome.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15

the stage driver. They cleaned it up
quick. At the next station there was
plenty Of everything. We had g good
supper, and there was no more trouble
on the road from food shortage"
Mr.. Cavanaugh lost no time getting
home, for he was apprehensive about
his wife's condition. Happily he found
everything wen with her, and a new
conner In the family already arrived
when he got there. His thoughts re-
verted 10 the mining camp he had left.
~ had seen what / considered won
derfuI thing IN Alder Gulch. There was
q man there whose acquaintance had
made by the name Of Lynch, alias
Paddy Shea. He had q claim alongside
Sam Iivingston's on it was a point Of
rock sticking out Of the ground, and
one day I came on Paddy lying on the
rock blowing dust out Of the crack with
his breath and picking out the coarse
gold with his 1ackknife. In two other
places men had opened up their claims
by ground sluicing, with 20 feet OF
gravel. / could stand ON the bank ana
see gold scattered ever the bedrock ~
feet below me- After seeing these things
could not rest easy. and about the last
OF November began TO worry for fear
I would not get back In time to repre-
sent my claim.
II started back 70 Virginia City with
the intention OF staging It TO Salt Lake
and taking chances from there. went
to Denver to take the stage for salt
Lake City, and made the hardest trip I
ever experenced. Among the passen-
gers was q man by Cine name Of Rocky
Thomas, fine. jolly fellow; and q
desperate named Jos Davis who was
provost marshal al tlae time and could
KIN as many persons as be took q nor
ton to. we got nd Of him az Fort Issp-
tin, where We had nArd time prevent
ing him from killing the station agent
over some family trouble.
'Frorn that station We took the Salt
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15
Star Route Postal Scandals of
1881 Involved Two Lines in
Treasure State, Writer Ayers

virtually subsidized by the federal GOV
eminent. Since western population was
constantly shifting. these routes could
be changed. extended or shortened and
the contracts revised without adver-
tised bidding This privilege Of revision
without publicity opened the way for
fraud. In 1879 there were 9,225 star
routes contracted for $5,s00,000.
Three contractors whose names are
familiar In Montana history were large
ly implicated in mail frauds: Stephen
w. Dorsey Of Arkansas, Salisbury OF
Salt Lake City and Parker Of Atcbin-
son, Kan, holding, respectively, is, S5
and 80 percent Of the mail contracts in
force.
Federal investigation uncovered a
scandalouS condition. It disclosed con-
tracts between postoffices that never
existed; a contract for $40 miles, Of
which only 100 miles was covered by
the carrier; a route let for 1882 that
within q few months had become $47,-
051.3S and on which no mail was car
ried for 80 days; an expensive noun
tain route over which practically no
mail passed because no one lived in
the region. The carriers were sworn
Loyalty and efficiently to deliver the
mails with celebrity, certainty and Sc
c1rity" but, as a matter Of fact, r1any
Of them were irresponsible adventurerS
who loafed on the Job.
In April, 1881, James submitted g
list OF 80 star route contracts hello BY
Senator Dorsey, among them the two
routes from east and west serving Fort
Keogh. The Bismarck KeOgh
route was originally 3O3 miles called
for one trip a week. with no poStoffice
along the way (l877-78). The following
year a postoffiee was established. In
1879-1880 the route was increased 81 ven
miles to total Of $40 miles, with four
postoffices along the way, but Che pay
increased by s67.650 to total Of $7O,-
000-with six trips week.
The contract for star route service
between Bozeman and Fort Keogh, or
iginally 326 miles, with three trips q
week, serving eight postoffices in 1877
70, was let for $16,5O0. In the next
year postoffices increased to l6. In
1880, with only is postoffices, the dis
lance was increased 35 miles but the
contract price increased $50, 1861 to a
total Of $85, 266.81, with daily service.
The investigation dragged along un-
til 1884, bitterly opposed by partisan
papers and the prominent figures in
VoIved. The case went to the jury,
which, after long elaboration, finally
convicted two minors employees Of con-
spiracy. The New York Times sum-
med up the story: The mice were
caught but the large animals got
away"
But something had been accomplish
ed: Within 10 months from the time
the investigation started. star route
contracts were cut more than $1,000
600.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15
BY GRACE STONE COATES


NENes Cavanaugh, q pioneer of VIZ
einHa City. had spens the summer %
Rsss as the aiggings and with sso
CnmpAnioms was on ms way 90 Cess
rmds 20 see his wife, when the party
discovered they were being followed
h. read agents. That night they pro-
ansaed themselves by camping near
= hax fresght outfit, but the next day
sasgv were on their own agakns and
ia % trust 70 their speed and quiak
wits. Telling the story, Mr.. CSva-
mmugh says:
The next day we did not stop for
thinner. We drove all day, crossed the
sivide, and passed Beaver Canyon 70
what is called Dry creek. We drove up
ads creek some distance TO the NOUN
az a canyon and camped for the night.
We drove the mules past the canyon
just at dusk. We prepared supper and
had eaten it and were sitting by the IRE
when we heard horse galloping along
the ridge at one side OF the road. we
were much disturbed over this, because
we felt we were being followed and that
horseman was the same one we had
seen behind us earlier in the day. we
did not sleep much that night, and the
uext morning were up early and on our
way
sT1aat night we camped with another
haV freight outfit near Snake river, ana
considered ourselves out Of danger Tor
ka,e rest of the way into Salt Lake City.
AZ salt Lake had TO take the stage
Cor Denver. Ben Holiday owned the
akareIine and Nat Slime was agent Tor
4 AZ SaItair. I was well acquainted with
Nat and when I went into the Office
a. nav nv fare he was glad to see me.
Re told me we would find no eating
stations until we got TO Bitter creek,
a day and a nights ride beyond Satan.
He advised me to get something cooked
20 take along with me on the stage.
kke next morning so that night told
Ar. Richie, the hotel proprietor, to put
me I'D a couple Of days lunch and leave
a with the clerk so could get 1t in
ne morning. He put me up roast
chicken and some sandwiches and ne
hacked them in q raisin box. Next
morning got on the stage with the
hox under my arm. There were three
ether men on the stage. rather height
ened looking chaps. One was Jim FISK,
an his way back after bringing loS OF J
people out from the east.
Il looked pretty tough, getting into
ne stage in the dark Of the morning
wikh a CAP pulled down over my eyes
and a big blue overcoat on that had
ont from a soldier on my way out. the
naen were unaware OF the scarcity OF
provisions along the way, ana maze J
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15

Friends and admirers from All sec
ti0ns Of Montana gathered az Butte
recently TO attend banquet in hon
or Of James Fl. Rowe, member eff the
state highway commission and a
prominent citizen OF Butte.
MIR. Rowe, described as che @man
who pulled Montana out Of the mud"
because Of his untiring efforts 10 inn
prove the states highway system, was
iauled I'm speech and song for his
long record Of self sacrificing civic
activities. Representatives attended
from all principal cities Of the state.
O. 8. Warden, chairman Of the state
highway commission, led large
Great Falls delegation, and Helena,
Miss0uIa, Bohemian, Anaconda, Tsu-
ings and other cities were represents
ed.
Among the prominent speakers
were Gov. Frank n. COOney; DIR. AL
fred Atkinson, president Of Montana
State college; w. M. Johnston Of RilI-
irgs; Howard TO0Ie Of MfssouHa; Sem
stor Charles III. Williams og Deer
Lodge and E. G. Leiphenaier Of Butte.
Senator Harry A. Galway Of Butte
was POSTMASTER.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15

IN his HRobberies of the Republic"
gsnnley Kalish Of the Milwaukee jour
ma recoamts the star route postal scam
eIaIs that broke with the investigations
IA 1881. These touch Montana, notably
through star routes from Bismarck,
Dakota territory, TO Fort Keogh, and
from Bozeman to Fort Keogh-
Within a week of his inaugural on IN
1881. James A. Garfield called on his
postmaster general, Thomas L. James,
and the attorney general, Wayne Me-
Vearh. to investigate administration OF
RAPIDLY expanding star route mail con-
tracts. He had been tipped of that
auanething was wrong by former Sefla-
tor George E. Spencer Of Nevada ana
other well informed public men. Little
digging was necessary to uncover the
fact that men prominent In the repalb-
Hcan party would be involved in the
scandal. Warned that this was the
case. Garfield offered the postmaster
and the attorney general to proceed
without regard to political conse-
QUences.
At the close Of the Civil war, as Mr..
KaIish points out, population spread
westward faster than mail facilities
were provided. Isolated settlers in the
western wilderness clamored for mail
Hwvice and the star rOutes-so called
because they were indicated on postal
records by a series of stars-came into
being There were remote western
routes served by stagecoach, blackboard
or horseback and let by contract but
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-15
SANTA CLAIrs To VISIT

With only short time now until
Christmas it looks as though Santa
Claus itinerary win include some of
the relief homes, at least in Montana,
Il the relief commission has anything
to do about It.
Hundreds of bright and shining new
toys and many, many reconditioned
ones are being turned out daily at the
Butte FERA project. At Great Falls an
extensive drive for old toys to be re-
novated and turned over to Santa Claus
on Dec. IS, is being made in that city.
The toys are renovated at an FERA
project there. Many other cities, too,
have followed suit, and rtImor hes 1t
that Santa heartened by the response
OF DR.. w. j. Butler and the Montana
relief administration, win go as far as
he can In visiting relief homes during
the white stiffness Of Christmas eve
this year.