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The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
WHO EVER HEARD
OF BOILER IN A
COUNTRY SCHOOL
Thousands Must Pay for Boiler
Explosion Insurance,
Says Arnold

Missoula-"Great injustice is being
done the little red school house which
dots thousands of cross roads in the
rural districts of the state In few of
these country schools are steam boilers
used. The majority are of one or two
room type, depending upon the faithful
wood pile and the old wood burner for
heat during the colder months. Many
of them are not even used during the
bitter cold weather, having school terms
during the warmer months of the year.
Nevertheless each of these school dis
tricts is required to pay the full 1000
rate on possible damage from boiler
explosions" explained Mayor Ralph L.
Arnold, of Missoula, president Of the
Montana School Boards Association.
THAT is only one of the reasons why
we oppose the compulsory state fire
insurance law and why we are asking
the voters to vote against referendum
No. 81 and repeal this law at the gen.
eral election
1T makes no difference whether
building is perci1ed on a hilltop like
the old Helena high school, and its
nearby buildings; or on river bank,
all must take out the full 100gc cover
age on flood and water damage County,
state or school property tucked in a
fold Of the hills in western Montana,
where no breeze has ever been felt, is
cc ! q pay for windstorm, cy-
&c anI tornado insurance just the
s. me.
''rne law is not workable and is cost
ing the taxpayers more than $125,O00
over the old rates for state : owned
alone. That's why we ask that
it be repealed" Mr. Arnold said
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
New Deal News
By Mrs. G. H. CoLvER

Miss Marie Charboneau visited
Mrs. Louis Kosky Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Won Esch.
en- drove to Glasgow to visit Mrs
Leroy Won Eschen who is in the
hospital with baby son
Fred Nelson from Hazenmore
Sask., is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Os-
car Sumner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Buet were
Nashua visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Sumner
drove to the Canadian line with
her mother Oct. 80
AL Johnssn is building a garage
for his water trucks.
Mrs. Edwin Freitag called on
Mrs. Palmer Bergan Friday after
noon.
Mrs. Paul Hegdol of Ft Peck vi
sited her aunt, Mrs. Fred Neustel
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wilkinson
and Hank Neustel drove up TO
their ranches North of Glasgow
returning Monday night.
Continued on Page 3
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Wheeler Known
In East as Wild
West Town of SO
Reprint From The Wash
ington Daily News

You have 10 see the town Of
Wheeler to believe it,
When you drive thru. you think
somebody must have set up hand
painted store fronts on both sides
of the road, as background for a
western movie thriller But its
real
Wheeler is today the widest
wiId-west town in North America.
Except for the autos, ii is genu-
inc throwback to h e S0s, to
Tombstone and Dodge City and
Goldfeld.
Wheeler is a slopover from the
government built city at TT. Peck
dam. Ii is not on government pro
perty, hence is free 10 60 Its own
way. These boom towns always
mushroom up around big con-
struction project There are 10 OF
them around Fl. Peck.
They are shantytowns proper.
They have such names as New
Deal and Delano Heights. Their
houses are made OF boxes and tin
cans and old boards and tar root
ing. They look just like Hoover's
famous Bonus Army camp of 1892
on the Anacostia Flats.
All except Whecler---lt-is~ the
metropolis of the mushroom VII
lagos. 1t has $500 people, and real
houses and stores. 1t has g., little
businesses Inning either side OF the
main street. Such places d. Buck
horn Club and Rooms aud
just HOTEL"
1t has nearly a thousand homes
scattered back behind the main
drag. 1t has half dozen all-nisht
taverns, and inunerable beer par.
lors. The tavernS open at 3 III the
evening and run till E IN the morn
ing.
At night the streets are a melee
of drunken men and painted Wo
men. as they are called in books.
Gambling and liquor by the drink,
are illegal in Montana, But Wheel
er pays no attention You can
sit in a stud game, or keep order
ing forty-rod all nignt.
The taverns don't have floor
shows. You just drink and dance.
The music goes till long after day
light. You don't have to pay to
dance with the girls, but they get
a nickel a glass for all the beer and
whiskey they induce the boys to
buy.
Back behind Wheeler is Separ-
ate village where the women OF
easy virtue live, This town has an
Continued on Page 4
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08

Church President Here

President Wilford w. Richards.
president of h e north central
states mission of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
will be in Fort Peck Monday, Oct.
18th. A special meeting will be
held on that evening at 7:30 in the
recreation hall at Fort Peck. The
public is invited to attend. Come
and bring your friends.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Many People In Attendance At Huge Demonstration
Given At Fort Peck Sunday
Harry Ishum. Fort Peck &C

Harry Ishum, Fort Peck &C
chief, and his firemen gave
educational fire prevention
fire fighting demonstration No
day afternoon before
of over | 900 people The !
Peck Boy Scouts demonsstat ted
their ability.
w. G, Brook of Missoula. fern
er State Fire Marshal. H. l.
Lange, representative Of the boasd
of underwriters, and membere od
the Glasgow and Wheeler firo de-
partmentS commented on the e.
ficiency of the Fort Peck fire de-
partment. Special note was aivea
to the good house keeping and
fire prevention which held The
total loss in Fort Peck to enly
$500 so far this year.
Jack Roney. welt known govern
ment timekeeper. gave aH ex-
planation of the program ever
a public address system during
the two hours of the program,
The citizens of the project ares
again take this medium of thaak
ing the Fort Peck fire depart.
ment for their kind interest ana
work during fires.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Cozy Home Club

Mrs Bill Miller was hostess IA
the CoZy Home Club on rhursdsV
Luncheon was served at one-thjftv
with ten being present, After
luncheon Yacht was played With
high score going to Mrs. Bert Cu@.
verson and low to Mrs. Clarenc.
Jewell. Guest prize went to Mrs,
M. c. Hagestad of Fargo, N. D.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
BUTTERFLY CLUB OF
NEW DEAL MEETS

The Butterfly Club met with
Mrs G. H. Colver Oct. ] with eley.
en- members present. Two birth
days were also celebrated: those of
Mrs. Herbert Tasa and Mrs. Ed
win Colver.
Mrs Neustel and Mrs. Mckee
helped the hostess serve luncheon
Mrs. Edwin Colver will enter.
tain Oct. 18th.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Baby Girl

A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs Axel Boe, Oct. End.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Hull-LOWe

Miss Jessie Hull and Albert
Lowe, who were married last week
in Wolf Point, are now making
their home in Wheeler. Miss Hull
is a sister of Mrs. Earl Douglas OF
this city. Mr.. Lowe is employed
as a welder for the government.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-10-08
Joyce Wankle Better

Miss Joyce Wankle who has
been confined to the hospital for
some time due to a car accident
has been released and is now with
her sister, Mrs. Joe Kenny of
Wheeler. Altho she must still be
in bed she is reported to be re-
covering satisfactorily.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Milk Bottle Lasts IS Trips,
Against % in Former Years

the house." Clement explained, 'it's
a safe bet they'll end up in the cellar
or a dump heap"
The study also showed that quart
bottles live longer than their younger
brothers, the pints. One reason is
the cooks preference for the smaller
container to house one thing or an
other.
The jaunty little pints are the real
travellers, hnding their way to such
places as skyscrapers under construc-
ton, coast-to-coast automobile trail
ers, fishing boats and airplanes.
Clement did not find any cente-
narians among the bottles, but he did
discover q few that endured 80 round
trips.
Prohibition had little effect on milk
bottles.
II never heard Of one being in
booklesssr's employ" sid Ciemsnt.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
JUDGE IS UPHELD
IN RELEASE BAN
Mcmahon Claims Letter of
Law" Disregarded in
Some Cases.

The Judges OF Police Court have
not always strictly lived up to the
letter of the law" in releasing prisoners
before the expiration of their sem
tences, Presiding Judge John p Nc
Mahon testified in District Court late
yesterday.
He was defendant in suit brought
by Thomas O'Shea, 48-year-old World
War veteran, now serving 190-day
sentence in the Occoquan Work House
on an intoxication charge Justice
Daniel w. O'Donoghue Of District
Court dismissed the suit. holding that
Judge Mcmahon properly withheld
favorable action on a recommendation
by Judge Robert E. Mattingly that the
man be released.
Release Expiration in Question.
The legal question involved was
whether q judge can release a man
after the expiration of the term of
court in which he was sentenced.
Judge Mcmahon said that it has been
the practice in Police Court for many
years occasionally to commute SEN
tences for humanitarian reasons"
without regard to the term Of court.
Justice O'Donoghue held that this
practice was entirely without authority
Of law.
OShea was sentenced on October 81
by Judge Mattingly, a Municipal
Court judge who was substituting on
-
mans attorneys represented to Judge
Mattingly that their client was suffer-
ing from tuberculosis and should be
released so that he could go to q
veterans hospital near Pittsburgh.
On November 4, two days after the
end of the prior term Of court, Judge
Mattingly entered the following nota-
ton on the official information:
due to the fact Of this mans
physical condition. recommend his
immediate release"
Examination Made.
The recommendation came to the
notice of Judge Mcmahon, who i'm
mediately conferred with Judge Mat
tingly and suggested an examination
of O'Shea before any action was taken.
The examination failed to indicate the
prisoner was suffering from the
disease.
O'Shea then brought mandamus
suit against Judge Mcmahon, charging
1t was the established Police Court
practice to honor such recommends
tions and that Judge Mcmahon had
no right to interfere with the orders
Of another judge.
Even had O'Shea been at the point
Of death, no judge legally could have
released him after the end of the
term of court in which he was SEN
fenced, Justice O'Donoghue declared.
Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly appeared for Judge
Mcmahon.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
TRAVELLER TO LECTURE

"The Magic of Mexico" contrasting
the Mexico Of today with that of As
years ago. will be described by Burton
Holmes, traveller, in an illustrated
lecture tomorrow evening before the
National Geographic Society at Con-
stitution Hall.
Snow-capped peaks that tower 5000
feet higher than the Swiss Alps, the
yawning crater of Popocatepetl, the
famous shrine Of Guadalupe to which
pious Mexicans have brought rich
gifts, and Mexico City itself will be
among the features described by
Holmes.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
DUKE SENTENCED
TOFOUR MONTHS
AT CAMP LEE, Va.
Found Guilty Yesterday of
Attempt to Influence US.
Grand Jury.
GRANT OF BAIL AWAITS
PERFECTION OF APPEAL
Judge Way 0verrules Motion for
Suspended Term and Good,
Stiff Reprimand."
BY STAFF Correspondent o. The Star.

BY Stan correspondent o. Ihe star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December IT,
Jesse c. Duke, A, disbarred Wash
ington attorney, was sentenced today
by Judge Luther B. Way to serve
four months in the Federal Re-
formatory at Camp Lee, Petersburg
Va, for attempting to influence the
Federal grand jury here on Decem-
Der 7. A jury had found Duke guilty
OF the charge yesterday.
The court refused to admit Duke to
bail pending an expected appeal to
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals. 1t ruled he could not be
admitted to bail until the appeal had
been perfected.
A sentence of from three to six
months had been sought by Assistant
United States District Attorney H. H.
Holt. jr.; James j. Laughlin, attorney
for Duke, had recommended a sus-
pended sentence and "a good stiff rep
rimand" from the court.
Refuses Suspended Sentence.
Judge Way overruled the motion for
suspended sentence and a previous
motion for new trial before imposing
sentence. He termed Dukes act "a
fragrant violation" of the statute and
remarked that the attorneys man.
ners went from bad to worse" after
his act
On the witness stand Duke ad-
mitted handing Joseph L. Crupper
foreman of the grand jury, letter as
the jury was leaving the court room
after being impaneled at the opening
of court on December 7. He denied
that the communication was an at
tempt TO influence the jury.
In the letter he asked for permis-
sion to appear before the grand jury,
presented arguments against the in
dictment before the jury charging him
with harboring and concealing Federal
fugitives. and asked the jury not to
indict him "on mere hearsay evi-
dence."
Jury Out Less Than Five Minutes.
Duke was brought into court yester-
ooy OAl O NlAIluldl 1llOI liIdllUll llCu NY
United States District Attorney Ster-
ling Hutcheson. The jury deliberated
less than five minutes before finding
him guilty.
At the lawyers request. Representa-
tive John H. Hoeppel of California and
his son, Charles J. Hoeppel, whom At
torney Duke is alleged to have har-
- i
from the District of Columbia Work.
house at Occoquan, where they are
under sentence of from to IL months,
to testify in his behalf. Representative
Hoeppel took the stand, but most of
his testimony was ruled out as being
irrelevant.
Judge Way issued writs of habeas
corpus to bring Representative Hoeppel
and his son to court.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
INAUGURAL AIDES
TO Be SELECTED
Grayson and Commission
erS to Name Group Today
at Conference.

Chairmen of subcommittee to max,
detailed arrangements for Presiden
RooSevelt's second Inauguration OF
January 20 are due to be chosen at {
conference today between Rear Ad
miral Cary T. Grayson. inaugura
chairman, and the District Commits.
sioners.
The Commissioners. named vict
chairmen of the main Inaugural Com
mittee at a meeting with Admira
Grayson yesterday, today designated
the board room and an adjoining Of
flee in the District Building as head.
quarters of the committee.
Admiral Grayson and his staff are
expected to move into the new quar-.
ters tomorrow.
Tickets to Go on Sale.
Tickets for the parade reviewing
stands will be placed on sale in an.
other downtown location, it wa.
stated.
Thirty-seven thousand seats will bt
built, for inaugural spectators. Oi
this total some $4,000 will be under
Government control and the re.
mainder are to be erected by con.
cessionnaires, Admiral Grayson sale
after meeting late yesterday with Q
group of civic and business leaders ir
the Office of Commissioner Melvin c
HaZen.
Previously, he had announced the
INAUGURAL parade would be restricted
to units of the Army, Navy. Marine
Corps, the West Point cadets and the
Annapolis midshipmen and the Gov.
ernors of the 48 States. This was ir
keeping with the desire of the Presi.
dent that the parade be only of 8
military character.
To Name Aides Soon.
Admiral Grayson expects to name
soon all the members of subcommittee
who are to assist in the planning ol
the inaugural events. Vice chairmer
of the committee, Admiral Graysor
announced, are District Commits
sioners Hazen, George E. Allen and
Dan !. Sultan; Malcolm S. McConihe
Democratic national committeeman
for the District, and Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, Democratic national COM
mitteewoman for the District.
Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff
of the Army. has been selected to
serve as grand marshal of the parade
which will pass along Pennsylvania
avenue
To Enlist 1888 Aides.
"In order to carry out President
Roosevelt's wishes for a simple, but
colorful celebration" said Admiral
Grayson, Il am going to ask many
of the Washingtonians who served
with me in 1888 to cooperate once
more. I am going to ask this favor
of them, not only because Of the
experience they gained at the time
Of President Roosevelt's first inaugu-
ration, but because there Is such q
limited time in which to complete the
plans"
Evening star., 1936-12-17
FUTURE BUILDING
PROGRAM STUDIED
Park and Planning Board
Meets TomorroW-School
Expansion Problem.

Future Federal building in Wash
ington and the question of keeping
land purchased for neighborhood play
grounds and recreation centers from
encroachment by school buildings will
be discussed by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission dur
ing its two-day meeting, which starts
here tomorrow.
John Nolen. jr., director of planning,
said that If the coming Congress de-
cides to authorize future Government
buildings a plan will be ready to tie
in with the commissions program for
the central area of Washington. Nolen
made it clear he was not saying
buildings were going in that location,
but revealed that the southwest area
is receiving special attention. The
Keyes Elliott land purchase act author
lied ground in the southwest for
future expansion.
For the past several years special
coordination group, representative of
the supervising architects office Of
the Treasury Department. the Di-
vision of Government Space Control
of the National Park Service and the
commission, has been at work CO.
ordinating plans. Nolen said the same
procedure will be followed as in the
northwest rectangle where the new
Interior Department Building is near
ing completion and the new War and
Navy Departments will be built when
money becomes available.
The new five-year school program
brings up the problem of the use Of
land in public ownership and especially
the use of ground bought for recreation
centers and neighborhood Fairgrounds.
The plan has been proposed under
which some of these sites would be
utilized for new schools and the COM
mission in the past has insisted these
recreational areas be maintained as
such.
The commission, Nolen said. is inter-
ested in seeing that the school and
recreation programs be co-ordinately
developed.
The commission will receive reports
from It's C0-ord1natlng CommlJtee ana
its Recreation Committee on this sub
ject.
The commission tomorrow will con-
slider studies made by the District
Commissioners, Subdivision and Zon-
ing Committee. on which the planners
are represented. Nolen explained that
these new regulations Sseek q better
control over the density Of the popula-
ton here.
The Fine Arts Commission proposal
to extend the area of the Shipstead-
Luce act, for giving the Federal Gov
ernment control over the types of
buildings to be erected In the vicinity
Of public buildings and parks. will
also b considred
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Of Commerce, and ]. H. Stephens, vice
president Of the Capital Transit Co.

Of Commerce, and j. H. Stephens, vice
president of the Capital Transit Co.
Fears Major Tragedy.
Mrs. Gravelle told her audience that
two school busSes carrying more than
50 children travel over the road twice
daily and declared that narrow condi-
tions on the highway may lead to a
major tragedy unless improvements
are made.
Dickinson said volunteer members
Of the Bethesda Fire Department risk
their lives for the county every time
they answer an alarm along the road
and said 1t Is q miracle that we have
never had a crash with our apparatus.
He said the department covers an
area Of Al square miles and must
necessarily make high speed in re-
spending on fire or ambulance calls.
Many of the runs made by his COM
pany, which averages 200 calls yearly,
are along Old Georgetown road, he
declared.
Ford Young, ST., who introduced the
improvement resolution, opened the
meeting as chairman of the Old
Georgetown Road Citizens Assoc a
tion's Special Road Improvement Corn2
mittee and then turned the sessioh
over to Lendell A. Conner. president
Of that sanestion. who presided.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
COST OF D. C. RELIEF
$181,269 IN MONTH
Elwood Street Reports Expendi-
ture Is $55, 5,025, or % Per Cent
Less Than November, 1885.

Expenditures of s181 ,26s during the
last month for all types of relief pro-
grams conducted by the District, other
than the work projects, was reported
today by Welfare Director Elwood
Street. This is s55025, or % per cent
less than in November, 1885.
Street said there were SITS cases
benefited by the expenditures. He
showed the sum had been allocated as
follows:
For dependent children, 1893 cases,
$49.2z7; home cases numbering 26l,
$16,7aa; old age. LIZA cases, s29,629:
needy blind, "a cases, $2,013, and
direct relief, 3,164 cases, $83,616.
Streets report showed there were
6,518 persons included in the direct
relief case load last month, and this
would indicate that the average pay
ment per case was $26.43 and $12.83
per month per person.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
BONUSES ARE GRANTED
BY 2 MORE COMPANIES

The Washington, Marlboro & An
napoliS Motor Lines and the District,
Lawyers, and Washington Title Insur-
ance Cos. today joined the local firms
which are paying Christmas bonuses to
their employees.
L. L. Altman, president and gen.
eral manager of the motor company,
announced officers of the company
voted the bonus "in appreciation of
the loyal service of the employees"
Maximum bonuses of $100 will be
given employees with IA years or more
service, and others will receive from e5
to $50, depending on length of service.
The title insurance companies will
pay half months salary to all per-
sons IN their employ for a year or
more, with appropriate gifts for en-
ployes of lesser service.
One hundred persons are affected.
A special dividend also was declared.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
By the Associated Press.

Despite this age of hazardous living
the milk bottle is enjoying . longer
life than its ancestors. /
G. e Clement of the Bureau OF
Dairy Industry proclaimed this fact
today after study Of 100 dairies
Roughly speaking, the 1886 bottle
survives an average Of 80 to IS trips,
compared with the "a dairy-to-con-
sumer-to-dairy voyages Of two or
three decades ago.
"Wanton destruction" Clement said,
isn't the main factor in milk-bottle
mortality-it's indifference"
People who toss bottles at trees or
punt them of front steps for the fun
Of it aren't nearly so much Of q mem
ace as those who allow them to con-
sregate In the kitchen.
"Onoe empty bottles hAvs lain about
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Woman, 102, Has 66 Descendants

MONMOUTH, Greg, December II
R.-Mrs. Angeline Carter, still able
to do more Of her housework, will cele-
brate her 102d birthday anniversary
Friday. She has 66 living descend
ants, including two children, ~ grand
children, 20 great grandchildren, 3
great-great grandchildren and 5 great
sreat-greAt grandchildren.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
W0MEN'S TRADE LEAGUE
WILL HEAR DR.. CARROLL

DR.. Molly Ray Carroll, research di-
rector of the Workers Education Bu-
reau of the American Federation Of
Labor, will speak on Growth Of Or
ganization in the Service Trades" at
q meeting of the Women's Trade Un-
ion League of Washington at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the Y. w. c. A. Building.
The meeting will be held under aus
pices of the leagues Organization
Committee.
Norman Barbour, bushes agent for
the Retail Clerks Union, will speak
on Organizing Retail Clerks" and
p. Werner, chairman of the Retail
Clerks Organization Committee, will
talk on Effective Support From the
Labor Movement"
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Meeting TOMORROW
"The Plight Of the Consumer
Will Be Forum Subject.

"Ine flSnC OF the consumer
Will Be Forum Subject.
"The Plight of the Consumer" will
be the topic discussed at the Capital
City Forum tomorrow at S:15 pm.
at 1902 Fourteenth street.
Among the speakers will be Wallace
Campbell, assistant secretary of the
Cooperative League of America, and
DR.. LIE Roy Halbert, former director
Of emergency relief for the District
and new director of education of the
Washington Consumers Club.
Questions and discussion from the
floor will follow the addresses. DR..
D. N. Shoemaker of the Consumers
Club will act as chairman.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today.
John 8. M. zimmerman, bandmas-
ter: Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, Military Days" Miller
Overture, Midsummer Nights
Dream" "-V Won Suppe
ntr'Acte,
(a) "Nocturne Op. Is, No. q"
Chopin
(b) "Pulcinello" ----- Aletter
Excerpts from the musical comedy,
Woodland" (Request) -Luders
A love yarn, "A Tangled Skein,"
Levy
Waltz Suite, Southern Roses"
(Rosen aus den Suden) Strauss
Finale. "Kahola Honolulu" Kali
THE Star Spangled Banner"