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/ Y* yc&in^ xxxvn NO. 35. BIG TIMBER; SWEET GRASS COUNTY,' fiONTANA, THURSDAY, JULY 8,1926. . ,, -- I )*f KILLED BY INSANE MAN Night Jailor Brooks Wounded But Will Recover —Murderer Spirited Away In Auto To Livingston For Safe Keeping Billings Gazette: With flags on pub lic buildings flying at half mast, courts suspended for a day as a mark of re spect and the entire community plunged into poignant grief, Billings today is mourning the loss of Russell Sage, Yel lowstone county’s fearless sheriff, who died at 8:15 Tuesday morning the vic tim of pistol bullets fired by John Vick ery, 20, of Craig, Mont., an insane pris oner who was in his custody. Jailer I. L. Brooks, shot through the left shoulder by Vickery in his escape from the county jail, is a patient at St. .Vincent’s hospital recovering from his wound and resting as easily as can be expected. Vickery is in the Park county jail at Livingston, ’where lie was rushed for safe keeping to avoid possibilities of violence at the hands of an outraged community, inflamed over the wanton killing of a county official popular with all classes. An Associated Press dispatch from Livingston tells of a second break for liberty made by Vickery. It says: “John Vickery, slayer of Sheriff Sage of Yellowstone county, i§ resting secure ly' in the county jail here, having been brought to Livingston Tuesday from Bil lings by members of the Yellowstone county sheriff’s force, assisted by his. captor, Frank Floyd, patrolman on the Billings police force. “According to Sheriff Clarence Gil bert, who has the custody of the man, Vickery states that lie is from Shroud, Okla., but has been working for his brother, W. S. Vickery, on a ranch near Craig, Mont. “Vickery is 25 years old, about six feet, one inch in height, and very mus cular as may be drawn from the fact that although handcuffed and shackled he made his escape from the car in the trip to Livingston. It took three men to recapture the man and put him in the machine.” Cunning, characteristic of a maniac, marked Vickery’s act, the man laying a cleverly concealed trap for the sheriff and jailer. After outwitting. a search., for weapons when he was. taken.into the jail, by’ consummate acting he in duced the officers to enter his cell and then fired upon them while the iron doors which blocked his way to liberty stood wide open. After shooting the sheriff twice, Vick ery turned his gun, a .32 caliber Colt’s automatic, on the jailer and wounded him in the left shoulder. A second shot fired at Brooks was deflected from en try into a vital spot of the jailer’s an atomy by his watch. Brooks’ condition, contrary to a street report which ap peared general late Tuesday, is not re garded as serious by the attending phy sician. After the shooting, Vickery ran out of the jail and hurried to the north. Sum moned by George Deckert, wholesale grocery salesman who had heard the shots fired and saw' the man winning, Patrolman Frank Floyd in Dcckcrt’s car overtook the man riding at the cast end of the rimrocks, and covering him with a 30-30 rifle compelled his surrender, although the man still had his refilled pistol in his hand. Vickery was shot in the left arm, apparently a self-inflicted wound. Vickery had caught a stray black horse on the open flats cast of the city. Improvising a bit from a piece of wire from a fence, lie had rigged up a bridle with the aid of the halter on the horse. Vickery was taken to the county jail Monday night after he had refused to take the train to Kansas City, and cre ated a scene with those who were as sisting Vickery’s f jj i.e n d s in Gycat Falls by looking after him here. He was searched at the county jail be fore he was locked in for the night by (Continued on pag'c three) \ Big Timber’s postmaster in a character istic pose. Yellowstone Park Is Breaking All Records YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo., July 2. —It’s a record breaking season in Yel lowstone—witness the travel reports for June, which eclipse all previous ones by thousands—30,6G1 persons having visit ed the park in 1926, 9,085 more than were recorded in 1924, until now the banner year. The official park season, when hotels and camps* were in operation, did not begin until June 20, yet motorists were allowed in the park beginning May 16, eärly beyond precedent. Since June first, 22,575 have come to Yellowstone, more than seven thousand increase in number over the 1924 record. In 1925, 19,843 visited the park during June. Rail travel during June of this year amount ed to 6,073. The automobiles entering have come from every state in the union and from Canada and Hawaii. California has sent the greatest number of vehicles to Yel lowstone during the month, 900, with Montana second, with 844. The only record that remains to be broken during the month is that for the greatest num ber of persons to enter the park on a single day, 2,859 on August 7, 1923, being the record breaking day so far, although the 2,681 visitors on the opening day this year came close to this mark. Glendive Man Loses Appeal To Big Court GLENDIVE.—Frank Turlock, convict ed of perjury at Glendivc, Dawson coun ty, for giving false testimony in the trial of Ole Skyukrud, charged with sell ing intoxicating liquors, must serve his sentence of one to two years, according jto the decision of Montana?; supreme court, handed down this afternoon. The opinion is written by Chief Justice Cal laway, affirming judgment of the Daw son county court. Conviction on charges of perjury arc rare in court annals, hence the case has aroused considerable interest. In the Glendivc trial state witnesses testified that Turlock, C. C. Dorris and W. L: Kinney were in Skrukrud’s place in Glendive, Jan. 6,1923, that Dorris and Kinney bought moonshine liquor and that the three drank it. Turlock de clared under oath that he knew Dorris and Kinney but that he never had been in the place with them, that he never bought drinks in the place and that lie had never been in the building with any one at any time. “Every Day In Every Way” Dies In France NANCY, France, July 3.—Death Fri day claimed Dr. Emile Couc, the fa mous advocate of auto-suggestion in the treatment of illness. Dr. Coue called himself a professor of applied psychology. His fame as an auto-suggestive healer came after the European war, when his modest dwell ing in the Rue Jeanne ’Arcc was throng ed daily with sufferers demanding his services. Soon he was called upon to lecture in France, England, Spain, Por tugal and the United States. Dr. Couc was president of the Lor raine Society of Applied Psychology and author of a brochure, “Self-mastery by conscious auto-suggestion)” other! papers and magazine articles. He was 69 years old. LATE RETURNS FROM NORTH DAKOTA PUT NYE IN LEAD FARGO, N. D., July 1.—Headed by Senator Gerald P. Nyo, non-partisan leaguers scored decisive victories in the North Dakota republican primary, re turns from virtually one-fourth of the state’s precincts indicated tonight. Coming from behind, Senator Nyc had established a lead of more than 2,000 over L. B. Hanna, credited with the support of the administration, in the contest for the short term ending March 3, 1927, when 1,074 of the state’s 2,167 precincts had reported. The vote stood; Nyc 26,367; Hanna 23,948 and C. P. Stone, wet candidate 5,743. For the long term, 1079 precincts gave Hanna 41,149; Nyc 43,856 and Stone 6,009. In the gubernatorial race, Gov. A. G. Sorlic had 37,824 votes in 845 precincts com pared with 34,956 for J. M. Hanley, Man- dan, also termed an administration can didate. J. A. McGovern, Fargo, “left wing” non-partisan candidate had 2,181 votes. Recognizing the trend of the vote dur ing the day, Mr. Hanna conceded Nye’s victory, both for the short term and the nomination even while the senator was several thousand votes behind in actual tabulations. Hanley likewise conceded Sorlic’s nomination. C. P. Stone, w'ct candidate for the sen atorial nomination, made what news papers of the state termed a “surprising showing,” although he ran far behind Nyc and Hanna. While both Hanna and Hanley estab lished early leads at the outset of tabu lation of state returns last night and continued to hold these leads in the early hours today, experienced observers realized the league candidates had been victorious. First returns came from the larger cities, the anti-league strong holds, the trend changing today as the western rural precincts began reporting. In the congressional contests, indica tions tonight were that the three in cumbents—two independents and one non-partisan—had been rc-nominatcd on the republican ticket. Besides retaining all the state office nominations they now held, the non partisans were making a strong bid for the three held by independents, but there remained the likelihood that the three independents might get through by small majorities. Postmaster Bray Tells The Whole Wide World How It Happened 7 ’-,T/ r?? Vast Audience Surprised At Prince’s Knowledge Of Montana And Resources—Party Sees ~ Wonders Of Yellowstone Park\ : In yesterday’s official organ of him self, all of the time, and of Congressman Scott Leavitt and a local fratcrnal'or- der during campaign time, Postmaster Bray writes an interesting article on how it all happened. The Pioneer will not comment on it at present—that will follow during the coining campaign—except to call atten tion to. the fact that Mr. Bray has al ready decided upon a remedy for one of many defects in a postal system Uncle Sam has been endeavoring for 150 years to perfect. The article follows: “R. A. Bray, who was appointed last week as acting postmaster, received word Saturday morning that his ap- ppintment as permanent postmaster has been confirmed by the U. S. senate He took office July 1st. “When $ became known several months ago that J. E. Cameron would not be a candidate for re-appointment as postmaster at Big Timber, five can didates entered the race for that posir tio'n. - They were,- R . A . Bray, Dorman- Kellogg, A. W. Strickland, Guy Skill- man and Chas. Bryan, all of whom took the civil sendee examination. Civil service rules require that an appoint ment be made from among the three who stood highest in the examination. Under this ruling Skillman and Bryan were eliminated from the race. “Following the usual procedure, all three of the remaining candidates en listed the aid of personal friends in an attempt to land the appointment with the result that Congressman Scott Lcav- itt recommended Bray to . President Coolidge who appointed him postmaster at Big Timber. Word came Saturday morning that, his appointment had been confirmed by the senate and this ac tion has automatically made him a regu lar instead of acting postmaster. “While the opinion prevailed unani mously among leading republicans of the county, and also a big majority of democrats, that Mr. Bray was clearly en titled to the position because of his ac tivities, a few disgruntled democratic personal enemies, headed by Jerry Wil liams, started a fight. - They burned up thg telegraph wires and loaded the mails with appeals to Senator Walsh asking that he block confirmation of Bray’s appointment by the senate. Red hot messages were taken to neighboring telegraph offices for transmission and every known political appeal was brought into play. But Senator Walsh turned a deaf ear and Bray’s appoint ment was confirmed. “It is generally conceded, that victory came not alone to Bray^-but to the city aaft.imuntypin'general, for this-was the last'straw and the back of the old po litical machine that dominated county and city politics, policies and appoint ments for so many years has been brok en. “In taking office Postmaster Bray an nounces that past efficiency in dispatch ing the mails will be maintained and if possible improved. For the benefit of ranchers and others who have private mail boxes, the lobby will be kept open evenings until 10:00 instead of closing at 9:00 as was formerly done.’ Livingston Enterprise: For the first time in the history of America, the scion of a royal family today addressed resi dents of an American city as “Fellow Citizens.” Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, were made citizens of Living ston and Montana here today w’hcn Gov ernor J. E. Erickson presented them with legal papers, bearing the signa ture and seal of-Judge Hugh J. Miller of the Sixth Judicial District, of Mon tana, granting to them all rights as hon orary citizens of the Treasure State. The prince and princess were royally entertained in. Livingston this after noon when as their special Northern Pa cific train pulled into the station they were greeted by more than 6,600 persons bent upon showing them a genuine Mon tana welcome. The royal party was met at the plat form by state and government officials, Secretary of the Interior Dr. Hubert Work, their host in the Yellowstone National park, greeting them as they alighted from their private car and in troducing them to Governor and Mrs. J. E. Erickson, of Montana who escorted them to the speaking platform where the Montana executive officially wel comed them and presented the distin guished visitors with a court document electing them to honorary citizenship. After extending the formal greetings and telling them of the virtues of the Treasure state, Governor Erickson handed the prince his citizenship papers and explained that in addition to the high regard Montana holds for him, “it Judge Miller Cleaned t t _ A J J r i _ j _ 01 cownoys and cowgirls,, nere torr tne L/ P UuQ finds x uesaay -rodeo, all decked out in their gay cos tumes, passed in review before ’ the JOHN OLIVER A BUSY M A N IN MONTANA FOR 40 YEARS Billings Gazette: Senator John Oliver of Ekalaka, candidate for the republican nomination to congress from the Second district, arrived in Billings Wednesday on a campaign trip started from his home a week ago, which will keep him traveling through the district until the day of the primary election, August 3. Senator Oliver is making the trip, which because of the area comprised in the Second district will cover more than one-half of the state, by automobile. During his stay in Billings Wednes day Senator Oliver met many old-time friends. Senator Oliver will complete on Janu ary 1, next, his second term in the state senate. _ He was first elected from Fal lon county and during his first term Carter county was carved out of Fallon. Then he was elected by the voters of the newly created county of Carter as their first representative in the upper cham ber. Senator Oliver is an old-time Mon tanan. He came to this state with his parents 46 years ago from California. The family settled in Madison county near Virginia City. His father engaged in farming and young Oliver worked in the placer diggings, earning motley to go through college. He attended Mon tana Wesleyan at Helena, now the Inter mountain college, and upon graduation took up the Methodist ministry. He filled charges in various parts of the state, but when ill health forced him to abandon the ministry, he started farming in Cascade county. In- 1908, Senator Oliver moved to Ekalaka, where he has been engaged in farming ever since. Referring, to his candidacy, Senator Oliver said Wednesday: “One best rep resents the state by having lived here; by growing up with its industries and by having taken a part in its develop ment.” Charley Burg Files Again For Treasurer Livingston Enterprise: The filing of Attorney Frank Arnold for the office of county attorney on the republican ticket yesterday swelled to 35, the number of candidates on both tickets for the pri mary election, Aug. 3. The following is the list of those so far filed: Republican Tom Young, county clerk and record er; Emma L. Speaker and Charles A. Burg, county treasurer; Dan Miles, Lon Swan and Dan Allen, county commis sioner; C. E. Gilbert, .Tames McClarty, Lew Williams, A. S. Robertson, sheriff; John Fraser, J. M. L. Payne, assessor; Elbert F. Allen, Martin Vctlcson, Frank Arnold, county attorney; Chas. T. Sackct, surveyor; G. Walter Selby, cor oner; E. E. Vanzant and O. T. Ragland, justice of the peace; W. S. Murphy, Charles Cartnal and Peter Holt, con stable; Frank Wiggins, administrator; M. D. Steevcs and C. C. Clausscn, rep resentative; Frank Holcm of Gardiner; Joe Stcrmitz, Jr., of Corwin, N. J. Trc- dcnnick of Cooke, Frank Taylor of Clyde Park and A. G. Nutting (city, 3rd ward), precinct committeeman. Democrat Arthur Bahbit, representative; Pete Killorn, sheriff; Dan Yancey, attorney, E l s i e Mcrcicr, superintendent o f schools; C. L. Morgan, constable. Time For F iling Ran Out Close Of Week Up to the close of time for candidates to file for nomination for county of fice, Saturday, July 3, 5 p. m., the fol lowing had placed their names on the reception book at the office of County Clerk W. A. Conwell: Representative—J. A. Lowry, George O. Campbell, Ben B. Miles. Commissioner—Ed Boddy and C. W. Voges. Sheriff—F. R. Hickman and Leroy Harris. Treasurer—C. A. Bishop and Mrs. H. J. Oliphant. Clerk and Recorder—W. A. Conwell and Inga Solberg. Assessor—A. Whitney. County Attorney—F. M. Lamp, C. W. Campbell, John A. MacFarlanc. Superintendent of Schools—Margaret Dccgan, Christine M. Green. Surveyor—C. A.' Bussc. Coroner—C. D. Graff. Democratic Commissioner—T. T. Olson. Sheriff—Ed Brannin. Superintendent of Schools — Ellen Stccnsland. Judge H. J. Miller and Clerk of the Court Rees have two more years to serve, Commissioner Rcidcr Anderson the same, and' Commissioner Loasby four years. At a short session of district court Tuesday, Jtidge h. J. Miller heard the following matters: J. B. Colt Co. vs. Elizabeth K, Mc- Comas and others. Trial by' court and judgment for plaintiff for §333.56 and - C O S t S r . . . . . . Florence H. .Yates vs. Commercial Bank A .Trust Co. Motion for new trial denied. ' Defendants granted sixty days to prepare, serve and file bill of ex-, ccptions. Lily Joos vs. Olgot Olson and others. Trial by' court, judgment for plaintiff for §3,479.28, principal and interest; §197.16 taxes paid; §250 attorney’s fee, and costs. The First National Bank of Columbus vs. Harvey' Coit. Hearing on motion for new trial set for August 3. In the matter of the application of Myrtle Hoyt for mother’s pension. Re ferred to probation officer for investi gation. is an historic fact that no persons have ever yret come to Montana who do riot sooner or later return to us again.” . - The Prince radiating real democracy, courtisicd to his host, the Governor, and turning to the Livingston and Montana audience, said: “Fellow Citizens.” Immediately the handclap and ap plause that typifies American apprecia tion of folks they admire and regard greeted the opening remarks of His Royal Highness» To the surprise of many persons in his audience, Montanans learned enough about the virtues and resources of their state within the few brief minutes the Prince of Sweden was talking to con vince them that lie does not propose-to travel through a country of which he must be given information. The royal .visitor told of Montana’s agriculture,, the water power, her vast mineral resources, the population and the history' of the buildings of the great arteries of commerce that serve the' in habitants of the great northwest. The ability' to speak fluently arid familiarly of Montana by the distinguished guest would put hundreds of Montanans^to shame. He knew of the mountains and the fertile prairies, of the waving wheat fields and the new crop of corn, in short he know's Montana .like a book.. As he closed his remarks which were replete with''compliments and expres sions of appreciation for his entertain ment, Prince Gustavus Adolphus again used his newly adopted greeting, “Fel low Citizens, on behalf of the Princess and myself, I thank you.” In addition to the other features of entertainment of the royal pair, a parade of cowboys and cow'girls here fo the Ousted School Head Will F ight To Finish HELENA, July' 1.—Jas. . Saunders White, the poetic Yale professor, whoso creative jingle of “Soft Little Women,” caused the New’ Masses to be barred from the mails by’ postal authorities and whose contract to teach in the' Univer sity’ of Montana summer school was can celled as a result, is preparing to fight for his cause. The state board of edu cation meets in Helena Tuesday' in quar terly’ session. Word has been received that White, at one time a professor at the university, has employed legal coun sel and will appeal his dismissal- from the summer school faculty to the state board. Attorney' James H. Baldwin of Butte, a partner of B. K. Wheeler, lias been provided with data regarding the case by' Chancellor M. A. Brannon and is expected to appear in defense of the president. prince and princess,’forming in a Semi circle before the platform. • During this ceremony’, Princess'Louise was presented with a beautiful' bouquet of flowers by Mrs. E. B. Armstrong, who made.thc prescntatioiuin a typical *Mori- ip «wrier,'^Tiding to thepU ttorm on horseback., The. flowers were- given by Livingston citizens as a token of the (Continued on' page six) Plenty Of Names On • Three Voting Bills HELENA, July 2.—Montana’s voters, at the general election this fall will vote yes or no on three initiative measures, which will appear on the ballots. They’ are, the five-mill levy for schools, the revoking of all laws of- the state applying to the manufacture, sale, and use of alcoholic liquors, except as applying to minors, and a measure'for building good roads in Montana by a tlirec-cent tax on gasoline. The five-mill levy for schools was sponsored by’ the state teachers’ asso ciation and Miss May Trumpor, super intendent of public instruction. The measure extends the levy’ for the univer sity’ system for a period of time past the expiration as fixed at the time it was carried. The additional tax on gasoline was sponsored by the Montana Automobile association and to date the petitions necessary' to place the initiative measure on the ballots, have been over-subscrib ed by' 631 names, 14,556 votes having been certified on petitions, according to the official figures announced by Charles T. Stewart, secretary- of state, whereas only 13,925,were required. According to the state law, 23 coun ties were required to qualify the ini tiative, and petitions have been received from 29 counties, with others expected soon. FIRST SESSION OF CONGRESS CLOSED ON SATURDAY LAST WASHINGTON, July 3.—Carrying out the program of leaders for adjournment before July 4, the 69th congress ended its first session today. At 3 p. m. the senate adjourned sine die. A minute later the final gavel fell in the house. Although there was some last minute bickering over legislation in the senate, the windup was devoid of those exciting and picturesque incidents which fre quently mark the close of congress ses sions. Wearing a frock coat and a high hat, despite the sweltering heat, President Coolidge motored to the capitol an hour before adjournment. He went to the room reserved for him off the senate lobby and signed a batch of bills en acted at the last minute. While the president \fas so engaged, unsuccessful efforts were being made in the senate to get action on several proppsals, among them a resolution to limit senatorial campaign funds and a request from the campaign funds com mittee for instructions to the depart ment of justice to look into the testi mony offered before it by Magistrate Frank X. O’Connor of Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the house was indulging in a round of political speech making. Rep. Wilson, the Republican leader, re viewing the session, complimented con gress for its accomplishments. The mi nority' floor leader, Garrett of Tennes see, responded that the democratic party was willing to go to the country in the fall elections on its record in congress and predicted that it would wrest con gressional control from the republicans. Speaker Longw’orth rounded out /the session with a grief speech, thanking members for the courtesies shown him. He was speaking when 3 o’clock, the pre-arranged hour, w’as reached, and it was a minute later before he gave his gavel a final bang. There was scarcely more than a quo rum on the house floor, and as the ses sion ended members rose' and sang a verse of the Star Spangled Banner, led by a marine trumpeter, with the crowd-, cd galleries joining in the singing. The wife of Representative Linthicum, dem ocrat, Maryland, at this point unfurled a large American flag and waved' i t from the speaker’s gallery. ■ M 'Atei«'-” » V . ■. • > * v
