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f i 1—Closetip showing great gash made In famous Fire Island lightship by collision with a freighter which' alnwsc sank the lightship. 2—Automobile high wny at Hancock, Md„ Inundated by the Potomac river flood. 3— Walter Hin ton, famous aviator (left), and John Swanson, radio expert, who have started on an extensive exploration of the Amazon region. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Harlan Fiske Stone of New York Is Selected to Be Attorney General. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PR E S ID E N T COOLIDOE’S selection for the new attorney general to succeed Harry Daugherty may not plenso the more “progressive” of the western Republicans, but It Is likely to meet the upprovnl of the party gen erally nnd probably of the country. Harlan Fiske Stone of New York Is the man chosen, nnd In him Mr. Cool- ldgc believes he has found wlmt he required for the place— nn authority on law nnd nn nble executive. Mr. Stone and the President are lifelong friends nnd both are graduates from Amherst. For fourteen years Mr. Stone wns dean of the Columbia uni versity law school, nnd he Is a director of many corporations, Including the Atlanta nnd Charlotte Air Line rail way. Ho 1s a big, forceful and nble man, and Mr. Coolldge relies on him to give the Department of Justice a thorough housecleaning. Politics, geography nnd factions were disregarded In this choice of a new chief law officer, but the Coolldge campaign mnnagers believe It will prove to linve been good politics. They call attention to the President’s sym pathy with the Ideas of the western progressives ns evidenced In his offer of the navy portfolio to Judge Kenyon, nnd It Is now asserted In Washington that the Coolldge supporters would be more than willing to hnvo a western progressive nominated for vice presi dent. The men most tnlkod of for that place are Judge Kenyon, Senator Borah nnd Senntor Capper. More over, It Is said Mr. Coolldge wants one of that group named for tem porary chairman of the Cleveland con vention to make the keynote speech. Mr. Stone visited the executive ofllce Wednesday nnd was Introduced to the administration leaders. S HARP admonition to the majority leaders In the senate nnd house by the President brought on nn access of activity In pushing vital legislation to- wurd enactment. In a series of con ferences with those lenders he made known bis attitude, which was re flected In a statement by Senntor Wnt- son of Indiana: “ Now that Attorney General Daugh erty lias seen lit to resign,\ Mr. Wat son snld. \n new situation presents itself In the senate. It seems to me that It is the duty of the Democrats to Join with the Republicans to bring the senate back to Its legislative func tions. \It has been rcgrcttnblc, although unavoidable, that four months of tills session—with the most constructive legislative program before It of the reconstruction period following the war — have been devoted almost entirely to the endless discussion of personal ities Involved In the oil lenses and al leged misdoings In public ofllce. “The senate must devote Itself untir ingly If it hopes to conclude consid eration of the legislative progrnin nnd adjourn by June, which we ought to do. The general prosperity of the country would be aided by congress en acting its program without delay so business can adjust itself to new con ditions called for in new laws..\ The senate finance committee worked day nnd night on the tax reduction bill, on which the lenders of both par ties profess to wish speedy action. Early In the week the committee unani mously approved the house provision for a retroactfte reduction of 25 per cent In taxes on 1023 incomes paid In 1024, nnd it is considered certain that the senate will accept this. The tax payer will pay one-half of the next Installment, due June 15, nnd three- fourths of each of the last two install ments. If the tax has been paid in full a refund of one-fourth will be made the taxpayers. Of course numer ous changes In the house bill were made by the committee, mainly for the purpose of raising additional revenues. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon read to the committee a long argument for the elimination of the Increases In rates on estate taxes In the house measure and the elimination of the gift tax. His recommendations were followed, and new excise taxes were added on radio and mah Jongg sets. T HOUGH public Interest in the various Investigations in Washing ton died down somewhat after' the resignation of Hurry Daugherty, the \probers\ went right on with their Inquiries. The Daugherty committee obtained some evidence from I-I. M. Peck of Oklahoma City, a former spe cial assistant to the attorney general, supposed to indicate that Daugherty and Fall ulded the Miller brothers of the 101 ranch In defrauding the Ponca Indians of land and possible fortunes In oil. Then came Onpt. H. L. Scnlfo, a former Department of Justice agent, who has been once before heard nnd frequently mentioned in the inquiry. He told a long story about war-time graft, especially In the aircraft in dustry, nnd Implicated Secretary of War Weeks, Dnugherty, Guy D. Golf, former assistant attorney general, nnd Charles Hayden, a Boston banker nnd director of the Wrlght-Martin Air craft company, nil of whom, Rcnlfe declared, should be Indicted for “ con spiracy to obstruct Justice\ In falling to prosecute the aircraft company for alleged graft. lie also denounced former Attorney General Palmer nnd T. L. Chadbourne, n New York lawyer, both Democrats. Captain Scnife bol stered up his accusations with numer ous letters nnd documents. He said he worked up these war-graft cases but wns called off by the higher-ups. Thomas F. Lnnc, former legal njl- vlser to the aircraft division of the War department, testified that his copies of reports on aircraft frauds had been taken from his desk und he had been discharged because he wns going to appear before the committee. Captain Volnndt of the nlr service ad mitted taking the papers and said Sec retary Weeks lind them. Thereupon, Mr. Weeks wns subpoenaed nnd went before the committee Friday to explain his connection with the prosecution of the aircraft graft cases. A L JENNINGS’ sensational story nbout Jake Hnmon nnd the Re publican nomination of 1020 having been shot full of holes, the Tenpot Dome committee did not find a grent deni to do Inst week. J. E. Dyche, who wns a confidential man for Ilnmon, snld Jennings’ testimony wns \bunk.” He said Hnmon wns not In the habit of giving away his money but wns a grent \kldder\ nnd might have told the stories of huge expendi tures when talking to Democrats. D.vche’s evidence, by the wny, did not shed much luster on the purity of Oklnbomn politics. George White, former chairman of the Democratic nntlonnl committee, was on the stnnd Wednesday nnd Sen ntor Spencer, Republican, Insisted on getting from him testimony concerning the Democratic cnmpalgn fund, though Senntor Walsh contended It wns Ir relevant. They bickered over this for a long time nnd then AVhlte wns per mitted to say that Edward Dohenv’s contribution was $34,000, nnd not $75,- 000,.as Doheny himself hnd snld. The committee adjourned for the week, awaiting the presence of William Boyce Thompson, chairman of the Re publican finance committee In 1020. Harry Sinclair wns Indicted by the grand jury for contempt of the senate In refusing to testify. He pleaded not guilty nnd gnve bond of $5,000. S OME Democrats In the senate start ed a move to try to force the resig nation of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon on the ground that he Is a stockholder In various concerns, but Senator Reed of Pennsylvania vigor ously defended the secretary nnd Senator Robinson and other Demo crats declined to support Senntor Hc- Kellnr, who led the attack, so It vir tually collapsed. Senntor Dill of Washington then enmo to bat with n resolution calling for the resignation of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. This did not seem a very popular move, even with Democrats, nnd nt this writing no ac tion has been taken on it. W ISCONSIN’S Republican pri maries were easily won by Sena tor LaFollcttc, whoso vote was about twice that given Mr. Coolldge. The President, however, will get several delegates from that state. In the Democratic primaries Gov. A1 Smith of New York defeated McAdoo. Smith says his name was entered without his consent or knowledge. A S WAS expected, General Luden- dorff was found not guilty of treason In connection with the Munich “beer-cellar putsch” of last Novem ber, by the Munich court. Hittler, Kriebel nnd W ebefwere convicted nnd received sentences of five years In prison. Their actual time of service will bo short. Ludendorff protested the sentences of his comrades. He wns greeted with vociferous cheers and will be elected to the reichstng by the radical nationalists known ns thé Ger man People’s Party of Liberty. F RANCE, which persists in consider ing Germany the- loser In the World war, and insists that Germany should carry out her pledges In the trenty of Versailles, was not unnaturally peeved by a note delivered to her Inst week by the German government. It wns in reply to the demands of the allied council of ambassadors that the nlllcd military control mission be per mitted to resume its activities In Ger many to check up on these five dis armament promises by Germany: Pass laws prohibiting the Import nnd export of wnr material—make re cruiting for the army conform to treaty provisions nnd suppress the prewar general staff, demobilizing all éicess officers. Surrender all documents relntlve to wur material on hand nnd the produc tion of wnr factories at the time of the armistice. Deliver the balance of war material not authorized by the treaty, especial ly equipment and uniforms. Transform factories manufacturing wnr materials into plants making pence products. Reorganize the state police (the schupo) Into local police forces, with the policemen not receiving military Instruction nnd not living together In bnrracks like soldiers. Berlin’s answer Is a refusal to let the mission ascertain whether these pledges have been cnrrled out, a state ment thnt the allies nnd Germany should negotiate nn accord covering thnt, nnd a proposal thnt the League of Nations handle future questions concerning the disarmament of Ger many In Its general dealings with world disarmament. The note con tains a direct challenge to France’s right to maintain a large army. The committee of experts on Oer- mnn resources in foreign lnnds esti mates thnt 8.000.000,000 gold marks ($2,000,000,000), has been hidden by Germany In other countries. The Dnwes committee’s report has beeh given to the reparations commission. Chancellor Marx of Germany 1ms warned the world that It Is not certain Germany will accept this report and Premier Poincare hns gone no farther than to express the hope thnt the com mittee would be nble to offer \ele ments of a solution.\ A FTER an all-night session the British house of commons refect ed the policy of n cnpltnl levy, which wns the chief plank of the Lnbor party In the recent elections. John Hubert Clynes, government lender In the house, admitted the lnborites could not hope for the passage of such a measure In the present parliament, hut maintained the country would ulti mately be forced to It by Its crushing burden of debt. The government evad ed Inevitable defeat In connection with the recent bill by consenting to re vision of nn eviction clause. A RGENTINA began on April l a most extraordinary experiment In the form of a lnw by which everyone In the country, citizen or foreigner, who hns worked for 25 years, for him self or others, is retired on a pennon amounting to his present salary. Those with years yet to serve must pay 5 per cent of their salaries Into a national pension fund, from which the rewards to the elder workers are paid. Employers must augment the general fund by contributing another 5 per ernt of their pay rolls. Salaries of workers are to continue during sick ness or other disability. __ Brief Notes Conocnünf the Treasure. Stete New Roads Planned.— iThe forestry sendee will build 17 miles of new road this season, it has- been an nounced by Supervisor R. T. Ferguson, this work to be done on the Crooked Creek project, Red Lodge Creek sta tion, Rock creek, and Lodge Pole creek. Work will start May 1. Some of the equipment Is on the ground at present at the Crooked Creek project. Nine miles of new road on the Crooked Creek project will be con structed and from the point where It reaches the border of the national for est, the citizens of Cowley will tie onto it with a repaired road that they are preparing to put in shape to accom raodate travel. New road on Red Lodge creek will extend three miles, Rock creek three miles and Lodge Pole creek three miles. Normal College Additions. — The plans for the new buildings to be erect ed at the Montana State Normal col lege at Dillon this season are now practically complete and It Is expected that actual construction will begin In the immediate future. With the bonds disposed of and the money on deposit in Helena hanks, nothing remains to block the path of the building pro gram to be carried out at the state ed ucational institutions. A new library, gymnasium and heat ing plant are planned to be erected, and President S. E. Davis of the Nor mal college, while in Helena last week, inspected the building plans for the new buildings. Famous Mine Again Operates.— Call ing thousands of men to work dally over a period of 30 years—then a grim, grave-like silence for 14 years— the whistle on the big mill at the Drum Lummon mine In Marysville has re opened under the authority of the new St. Louis Mining and Milling company. Thirty men are now employed on the property, which force will be increased within two weeks when the stamps again will start dropping on ore that for years made the Marysville section Montana’s greatest gold producer. Mine Shows Good Prospects.—Monl- da Minerals company, a Spokane syn dicate, reports that it has cut a large body of high grade lead ore at Its Pass creek mine, 25 miles north of Bozeman. The ore was encountered nt the face of a 350-foot cross-cut tun nel and Is presumed to be the down-* ward extension of the ore bodies en countered In the upper or No. 4 tunnel. The ore Is there exposed throughout more than 000 feet of tunnel and cross cuts extending from grass roots Into the mountain. Civilian Aid Appointed.— Secretary of War John W. Weeks hns announced the appointment of H. S. Hepner of Helena as civilian aid to the secretary of wnr for the state of Montana In the matter of stimulating public Interest throughout the state In the citizens' training camp to be held at Salt Lake City this year. Mr. Hepner will he “ the chief civilian agency In the state of Montana In assisting th<- war de partment in matters of personal pro curement.\ Over the G reat D ivide Pioneer» *f fortv veem e*o, or more. who hovo come to tho o il of the trail M E E T I I I B I I W Elect Officers for Coming Year.After' Two-day Conference 'Featuring Rotary Principles • The annual convention of the Sixth district of Rotary International, which Is-comprised, by the 14 Rotary clubs In the state, was held in Billings April 8 and 9. The two-day program was filled to overflowing with what all the Rotarians declared was “good stuff.\ Alfred Atkinson, president of the Montana State college at Bozeman, and a member of the Rotary club of that city, was unanimously and by ac clamation elected governor of the Sixth district of International Rotary, Prior to the convention. Lewis Ter- williger of the Livingston club had been put forward as a candidate for the governorship by l}Is fellow club men, but his name was withdrawn as a candidate by Walter Akam, presi dent of the Livingston club, who alsG nominated Mr. Atkinson and moved that his election be by acclamation. The spirit of give and take which exists In Rotary was further illustrat ed when Frank R. Venable, secretary of the Butte chamber of commerce and a delegate to the district convention from the Butte Rotary club, arose and moved on behalf •¿■l the Butte Rotar ians that It be recommended to the incoming governor and executive coun cil that they accept Helena’s invita tion that it be chosen as the place foi holding the 1925 convention. The attendance at the convention was larger on the second day than on the first, the registration list Wednes day morning reaching 275, about 100 of whom were Billings Rotarians and their wives and 175 out o f town visit ors. Features of the Wednesday morning session were a discussion of Rotary classification by Tom J. Davis of Butte, former governor of the dis trlct and a member of the internation al committe on classification, and an address by W. C. Bradford, field agent of the National Playgrounds Associa tion of America, and a New York Ro tarian, upon the “Economic Value of Recreation.” The features of the closing session were the addresses of Chief Justice Lew L. Callaway, of the Montana su preme court, who is a member of the Helena Rotary club, an address by the Rev. Henry S. Gately, of the Mis soula club, upon “ Ethics and Codes'oi Ethics,” and a friendly, battle among the delegates over the manner in which the expenses of future conven tions should be defrayed. CATTLE EXCLUDED TO PRE VENT SPREADING DISEASE BROWN—Death has claimed Mrs. Anna Brown, widow of William Brown, at her home near Silver. She wns born In Norway eighty-five years ago, nnd canie to Montana in 1871. DUNSTAN— Charles Dunstnn, died nt Boulder at the age of 65. He was born in England, nnd had resided in Jefferson county for the past 40 years. COCHRANE—Dr. Alexander Coch rane, 77, a veterinarian of Great Falls, has been claimed b.v death. He came to Montana from Illinois 40 years ago. JETTE—Fred .Tette, a teamster ol Helena, died at the age o f 70. He enme-to Helena In 1878. QUOTATIONS OF INTEREST TO MONTANANS Week Ending April 12. Grain Prices Station Basis at Points in Montana Taking a 39J4-Cent Freight Rate to Minneapolis or Duluth. Wheat: No. 1 (lark northern Per bu. $ .01 TV'O. 1 n nr them . S7 Dark l'nril winter R1 Hard winter fifl Flax: \> 1 flnv $2ß4 No. 2 flax 1.99 Chicago Livestock Cattle—Top. $12.35, average ____ $11.00 Hogs—Top, $7.50, average ______ 7.23 Sheep, fat wooled lambs—Top __ 10.50 Choice e w e s ------------------------ $12.50 New York Metals Bar silver, per ounce -------- 1 ----- 64%c Copper, per l b . -----------------------13%o Lead, per lb. ------------------------- 8%e Zinc, per l b . ---------------------------0&c Governor Makes Appointments.— Gov. Joseph M. Dixon has announced three appointments on vnrious boards under the state government. Tlie Rev. Frank E. Carlson of Hel ena to be a member of the state board of charities nnd reforms, succeeding Dr. J. F. McNamee, whose term has ex pired. A. H. Stafford of Bozeman was ap pointed to succeed himself as a mem ber of the state board of hail insur ance commissioners. T. J. Sweeney of Red Lodge was ap pointed to succeed himself on the state board of dental examiners. __ _ Helena.—A quarantine calling for the exclusion or inspection of all live stock, meats, hides, fruits, fodder, veg etables, milk, cheese, butter cattle cars and even farm hands from the state of California was ordered April 9, by Governor Joseph M. Dixon to prevent the spread into this state of the foot nnd mouth disease. One-day-old chicks may be shipped into the state, under the proclamation, under certailn regulations, as may trees, shrubs and roots and biologies 11 released by the United States bureau of animal industry. All forms of livestock, dressed car cases of beef, swine, sheep and other ruminants are absolutely barred. So is hay, straw and similar fodder. Live stock consigned to other states cannot pass through Montann unless accom panied by a federal certificate oi health and shipped in sealed cars. Milk, cream, cheese and other dairy •products are excluded unless it is shown that they are made from pas teurized or sterilized milk. Fruits nnd vegetables must be shipped In new containers and only from areas ap proved b.v the California agricultural department. Because of the extremely contagious nature of the disease, Governor Dix on’s proclamation provides that all sheep shearers, farm and stockyard laborers In general coming from the state of California where the foot and mouth disease is rapidly eating its way into the livestock industry, must furnish nffndavlt evidence that they have not been in infected areas oi subject themselves to a thorough fu migating. Institution Asks More Funds Miles City.—Recommendations will be made to the stnte board’ o f educi tlon nt Helena thnt additional funds be provided which will approximate $100.000 for the erection of buildings on the grounds of the state industrial school here. • Following an inspection made nt the request of Supt. A. C Dorr, a committee consisting of the heads of three civic organizations reached the conclusion that a new kitchen, a cottage and a hospital are jieeded to more adequately take care of the school population. These mat ters will be laid before the state board of education at once, it is announced Wilsall Ships Swine Wilsnll.—Since the first of October about 1,000 hogs have been shipped In car lots to the markets. In hddition at least 100 dressed porkers have been shipped locally to the Livingston mar: kets. Reckoning the average value of each animal at $15 the gross receipts to the farmers of this section from this source alone Is in excess of $50,000 an nually. It is less than two years ago that Is was-difficult to obtain a car load shipment of swine In this section, and present production could be In creased five-fold. , ¿S' ' - . * \jVr’V i,-; **•-. m . State Capital N E W S FACTS ABOUT MONTANA BAR FROM TERRITORIAL DAYS --- S INCE\ Montana became a state* 2,070 persons- have been admitted! to practice-law.'In Montana, In addi^. tlon-.to thë half a thousand admitted- whilë\. Montana was a territory, ac cording to records of the state su preme court. Women have always been eligible to-, the baiM)f the state, yet fewer than 15 nave availed themselves of the privi lege, judging from the names inscribed on the great register. The records do not distinguish as to sex but a perusal of the more than 2,000 signatures re vealed only 14 o f which' could be recog nized as representingthe fairer sex. The first name on the roll after Mon tana became a state is that of John W. Cotter of Butte, admitted Nov. 15, 18S9. Ella L. Knowles was the first woman attorney. She was then a resi dent of Helena, coming to that city in 18S7. She taught school here for a year or two and soon after taking the bar examination became a candidate for the office of attorney general on the People’s party ticket. Being de feated by the Republican candidate, she took defeat philosophically and married him, with the result that as Mrs. Henry J. Haskell she held the position of assistant district attorney for a brief time. Both Mr. and Mrs- Haskell died within recent years, M r. Haskell as late as 1921 being a mem ber of the house of the Montana leg islature from Glendive. BROKERAGE CHARGES MUST NOT BE PAID BY COUNTIES C OUNTIES cannot be held for bro kerage charges in connection with the payment of interest on bonds, At torney General Wellington D. Rankin, declares in an opinion handed down April 8. Such fees, his opinion states, are- not authorized by the people voting the bonds and must be paid by the holders or bank. His ruling was. given In reply to the county, attorney’s office at Billings .asking whether Yellowstone county could legally pay a brokerage charge on special relief fund bonds, the inter est on which was payable at the Me chanics and Metals National bank of New York. “ When the bonds were voted by the people of the county,” his opinion reads, “ they authorized the levying o f a tax for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of such bonds, but for no other purpose.” ORGANIZATION OF STATE GUARD NOW COMPLETE M ONTANA’S national guard régi ment was completed by the organ ization of Company D In Harlowton, Adjutant General Charles L. Sheridan has announced. The final unit was mustered into- service March 31, by Major H. B. Keen nnd brings the present strength up to 1153 men. Captain W. L. Dysart, a former army aviator, is in command o f the company which Is made up of 53 men and three officers. Major J. L. Bradley of the Fourth United States Infantry has inspected the state staff and armory In Helena. He will visit other units of the regi ment before long, Colonel Sheridan de clares. Colonel Sheridan also announce* that a battalion of the Fourth infan try division will march from Missoula to Helena June 10 to spend a month at Fort Harrison. AUTO MANUFACTURER HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACCIDENT M R. and Mrs. C. W. Young of Havre* Mont., have been awarded nearly $10,000 by a Jury In United States dis trict court at Great Falls in a damage- suit against the Nordyke & Marmon. company of Indianapolis, Ind., makers: of the Marmon car, in which they charged the Marmon company was ac countable for a defective front axle- which broke and caused an accident three years ago near Havre in wh'ich one woman was killed and the Havre couple sustained permanent Injuries. I ’he suit was the first in Montana courts to test the accountability of car manufacturers for faulty parts In their cars. A total of $54,000 was asked. AUTO BUS LINES REFUSED LICENSE TO OPERATE T HE public service commission o f Montana hns denied permission to operate three lines on the grounds that public necessity and convenience do not warrant the additional service at the time. The Intermountnin Trans portation company is refused a license- to operate a service between Butte and Deer Lodge; Robert Skipp Is denied the operation of service between Bil lings nnd Shepherd nnd Harry L. How ell is denied a license to operate be tween Knllspell and Columbia Falls. BALSAM CHOSEN ON STATE HEALTH BOARD A T the regular semi-annual meeting of the state board of health held* April 3, Dr. E. M. Porter of Great Falls- was elected president of the board* and Dr. E. G. Balsam of Billings was made vice president.. Dr. W. F. Cogs well of Helena continues as secretary of the board. Other business transacted was of a. routine nature. FISHING LICENSES BEING MAILED OUT RU S H IN G licenses for the coming: 1. « y e a r are being mailed out to deal- ersrnroughout the state by Game War den Jakaways. • The licenses are ef fective May 1.
