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THE BOZEMAN COURIER, Wednesday Oct. 19, 1921.
VOL. 61,
NUMBER 46
Lester G. Walters Killed Under Auto
In Drunken Attempt to Drive Home
Corner's Jury Render Verdice Death Due to Upsetting of Car While Owner
Was Driving. Vendors of Liquor Have Been
Placed Under Arrest
Lester G. Walters met his death
about 8 o'clock last Thursday even
ing while attempting to drive home
In his automobile while in an intox
icated condition. The car left the
road at the bridge just outside the
city of Manhattan, where Walters
and Basil DeBroff had spent the
greater part of the day together
drinking.
Just before leaving Manhattan
they had each purchased a pint of
moonshine whiskey, and Walters had
» consumed about two-thirds of his bot
tle, while DeBroff had not touched
the one he had When the car got
beyond handling by Walters, it skid
ded off the road into an irrigation
ditch running parallel with the road,
landing upside down. DeBroff was
able to extricate himself, but was
unable to get Walters from beneath
the car.
Calling for help, he was heard by
the men in the ranch house a short
distance away, and they came and as
sisted in lifting the machine off Wal
ters. He was found to be dead when
examir ?d by a
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physician who ar-j
rived a few m mutes later. The body
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was taken to the West undertaking
parlors last Thursday evening, where
an inquest was held Friday.
Inquest Held Friday.
The coroner's jury impanneled to
to ascertain the cause of the death
of Lester G. Walters, heard the evi
dence at the West undertaking par
lors, and rendered the following ver
dict: "We find that Lester G. Wal
ters came to his death by the upset
ting of an automobile, about one-half
mile south of Manhattan, Gallatin
county, state of Montana. We fur
ther find that the said accident was
caused by the excessive drinking of
moonshine whisky by the deceased,
which the evidence showed was pur
chased at Bob Acheson place in the
town of Manhattan.
The body of Walters was brought
to Bozeman Thursday evening. Cor
oner Trent presided at the inquest
and the jury consisted of E. J. Par
kin, foreman, L. W. Truitt, J. A.
Stafford, Jr., W. T. Brandenburg,
Carlisle Kenyon and D. A. Reed,
County Attorney Bunker assisted in
the investigation and interrogated
the witnesses
Basil DeBroff, who was the com
panion of Walters on the fatal ride,
told what he knew of the accident,
He stated that with Walters he had
~ pent the afternoon about the own
of Manhaan and had several drinks.
Abou 8 o'clock they started for Wal-I
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DEATH OF
PROMINENT CITIZEN
John Rabe Dies at His Home in
Bridger Canyon After
Brief Illness
The sudden death last Thursday
morning of John Rabe at his home
in Bridger canyon came as" a shock
to his many friends in Gallatin coun
ty. Mr. Rabe had been ill but a few
s*snys, and the case was not consid
ered at all serious until the end came,
Mr. Rabe came to Montana on the
first railroad train that ran through
the state to Helena. He remained
there for some years and attended
school there. In 1893 he married
Miss Sadie Esgar of Bridger canyon,
and they made their home in Helena
until he moved to Bridger canyon
about seven years later.
Mr. Rabe has lived ever since at
Bridger canyon home where he
died and has been one of the most
successful farmers and stock-growers
in the district. He has been most
public spirited and active in the so
cial and industrial activities of his
community and for several years
served as a member of the school
board. .
Mr Rabe is survived by his wife
and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Brit
tan, of Bridger canyon, and Miss Ha
zel Rabe, who is a student at the
State University at Missoula. He
also leaves one grand-daughter, Paul
Mae Brittan. There are two
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ters' ranch. Just before leaving they
had each purchased a pint of moon
shine whisky, at what he called Bob's
place. He did not know the last
name of the proprietor. On the way
Walters drank nearly all of his pint,
but DeBroff did not touch the pint
he had
Walters, according to the testi
mony of DeBroff, was unable to han
dle the car properly, and when cross
ing the bridge just outside of Man
hattan had struck the siderail and
tom off one of the hub caps on the
rar. The car went across the bridge
and started to leave the road, head
ed for the ditch, Walters seemed to
try to turn the car into the road, but
was unable to handle it, resulting in
the car skidding and turning over,
landing upside down in the ditch. To
protect h in self when he saw the car
was about to turn
stated, he crouched down below the
windshield and was able to" crawl out
from under His ^shou(Tder was
bruised, he stated. He found Wal
ters was pinned under the car in
over, DeBroff
a b out ten inches of mud, and nearly
ig inches of water He made an ef
fort to pull Walters out, but could
him. Calling for help.
from the ranch
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several men came
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lifted the car and removed Walters.
A physician had been sent for, who
arrived in a few minutes and made
examination, and pronounced Wal
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George M. Lewis, F. R. Jakle, Ed.
Park, Robert Clelland and Duncan
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in Montana was received by
the Story Motor Supply Co.
Monday. The crude oil
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the state to be selling gaso
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all Montana product, and that
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months in the movement to
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QUIET HOME WEDDING
ON SATURDAY EVENING
On Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
Miss Alberta Hayes was quietly mar
ried at her home to Harry H. Christ
enson, of Portland, Oregon, the Rev.
A. L. Chapman , of the Christian
church, officiating. The affair
as a surprise to a number of the
friends of the bride, who did not an
ticipate such a happy event.
Immediately after the
came
ceremony
an excellent luncheon was served, the
happy couple received the congrat
ulations of the guests, and the even
ing was devoted to amusements.
Later the bride and groom left for
an extended wedding trip through
the eastern part of the state. They
will return for a short visit in Boze
man and then leave for Boise, Ida
ho, where they will make their fu
ture home.
ROAD WORK FINISHED
IN GALLATIN CANYON
Contract For Work Above Karst's
Finished Adding Nearly Eight
Miles to Completed Highway
Practically eight miles of the new
road construction has just been com
pleted on the West Gallatin road on
the Gallatin Way to Yellowstone
park. This roadwork was contracted
for last spring, and was started the
latter part of August. Lindgren,
Peterson & Thornton, of Forsyth,
who wem the ■»contractors, bid on
five and one-half miles, but found
it possible to finish the added mile
age, due to the lower cost of con
struction work than was estimated.
The work in the canyon is consid
ered the heaviest done this year and
lias added greatly to the lightening
of grades. One particular stretch
known as the Lost Creek grade, has
been greatly reduced, and the three
new bridges of steel construction are
a big improvement on former ones.
The roadwork was inspected by J.
T. Patterson, chief highway engi
neer of the bureau of public roads;
Fred H. Thiem, district engineer for
the forestry service; Berg W. Clark,
supervisor of the Gallatin forest re
serve; R. J. Hale, resident engineer
of the bureau of public roads, to
gether j E Moore, chairman
of the board of county commission
ers, and George Darlington, county
commissioner. After
thorough inspection of the work, it
was accepted.
This adds «one more link in the
long chain of roadwork being done
in Gallatin county, over which there
is so much travel, not only by those
living in that section, but the large
mak'ng
a
number of tourists passing to and
from Yellowstone park by way of
the Gallatin canyon.
GREATEST RAILROAD STRIKE EVER IN
HISTORY THREATENED FOR OCTOBER 30
General Chairmen of Big Four Brotherhoods and Switchmen's
Union Given Orders to Start" Walkout
On That Date
Will PUT [TWO MILLION MEN OUT OF WORK
President Harding Calls Wage Board Members to Meeting in
Effort to Avert Serious Labor , _
Complications
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Chicago, Oct. 19—Five hundred
general chairmen of the Big Four
brotherhoods and of the Switchmen's
Union of North America today
given final orders by the railroad
union heads to call their men out in
a progressive general strike beginning
at 6 a m. October 30, it was officially
announced by union leaders.
For the purpose of the strike the
unions today divided the railroads into
four groups, Employes on 17 roads
in group No. 1 will be ordered to walk
were
out on October 30 and strikes will be
called on the other groups at inter
vals of 24 hours.
More than half a million railroad
men were today ordered to intiate a
strike October 30, while other unions
whose membership brings the total to
about 2,000,000, announced unoffici
ally that they were tonight preparing
to follow suit and make the walkout
general, on the same dates.
Under this program, the tieup would
be complete, according to union pre
dictions, by November 2.
The hour was fixed for 6 a, m., Oc
tober 30, except for one Texas line,
whose trainmen were authorized to
out October 22- The railroads listed
go
in the first group on which the strike
is to became effective, touch 42 of the.
48 states with a trackage of 73,000
miles out of the total United States
trackage of approximately 200,000.
The New England states compose the
group that is virtually untouched in
the first walkout.
The strike was announced following
an overwhelming vote, said to be up
wards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike
because of a 12 per cent wage ' re
duction authorized by the United
States railroad board of July 1, and
after it was declared by the Associa
tion of Railway Executives in session
here yesterday morning, a further re
duction would be sought by the rail
roads. It was said that the strike de
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KI WAN IANS HEAR HOW
FILMS ARE PRODUCED
Paramount Representative Gives In
teresting Discussion of the Details
in Making Big Production
Members of the Kiwanis Club
learned a great deal of the methods
used in making and placing upon the
screen some of the bigger motion
pictures. Ott Schmidt of the Ellen
theater was chairman of the -day,
and he introduced as the special
speaker for the day, L. J. McGnley,
district representative of the Para
mount Picture company. Mr. Mc
Ginley is in Bozeman with the pict
ure, "The Affairs of Anatol."
In giving the outline of the con
tracts# under which pictures are
leased* to the theaters, Mr. McGin
iey referred to the unpleasant affair
which arose over the manager of the
Three Forks theater not living up to
the terms contained in it This had
put Mr. Schmidt of the Ellen in a
rather embarrassing position here in
showing the picture. He also stated
that the price charged at the theater
in Bozeman was the minimum charge
permitted in any city.
President Harold Greene spoke of
the aims of the Kiwanis Club and its
desire to deal fairly and see fair
play in all matters. He stated that
whenever any business concern found
Its affairs receiving unfair consid
eration, the Kiwanis would be found
willing to hear the facts in the mat
ter and render such impartial as
sistance as possible.
A report was submitted to the club
upon the membership drive now un
der way at the Y. M.C. A. and urged
the club to render all the help possi
ble in the matter.
A large number of new songs were
presented at the meeting Monday,
and under the leadership of Rev. H.
G. Klemme most of them were tried
out.
cision was made before the announce
ment of this further intended cut.
Printed instructions as to conduct of
the strike, issued in Chicago,
dated yesterday, October 14.
I fear it will be one of the most
serious strikes in American transpor
tation history," said W. G. Lee, presi
dent of the Railroad Trainmen, who
during recent weeks has sent circulars
to his men warning them of the criti
cal nature of the steps they contem
plated.
The country was divided into four
were
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groups, in which the men were author
ized to walk out progressively,
group every 24 hours- The names of
the groups were not made public, but
unofficially the identity of the roads
in the first group to go was learned,
subject to changes, which union offic
ials said would be few.
group included some of the country'
greatest rail systems, from coast to
coast and from Canada to Gulf. These
were: Chicago and Northwestern;
Texas and Pacific, Kansas City South
ern, Pennsylvania, Missouri Pacific,
International and Great Northern,
Southern Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific
lines), Southern Railway, Louisville
and Nashville, St Louis Southwestern,
(whether Texas lines included
stated), Chicago Milwaukee and St.
Paul (lines east and west), Northern
Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
one
This first
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cific, Seaboard Airline, Virginia Rail
way and Cheago Great Western.
The unions issuing the strike call
today were: Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and Enginemen; Order ot
Railway Conductors; Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers ; Switchmen's
Union of North America.
WASHINGTON. Oct.
16.—The
^public group of the railroad labor
board, and the full membership of
the interstate commerce commission,
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William J. Fransham Recommended
To Be Next Postmaster At Bozeman
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Standing First in Civil Service Examination He Receives the Appointment
Through Congressman W. J. McCormick. Appointment
Proves a Popular One
In a wire sent to the Bozeman
Courier Monday, it was announced
by W. J. McCormick that he had
recommended William J. Fransham
to be postmaster at Bozeman
In the wire Mr. McCormick stated
that
Fransham was at the same time noti
fied by wire of the recommendation
made by Mr. McCormick.
The appointment meets with the
the appointee was scored
approval of the citizens of the Boze
man district and
of this vicinity for a long number of |
years and during that time has been
prominently identified with the pro
gressive upbuilding of the city. He
has taken active interest in all pub
lic institutions and aided in the do
is a poular one._
Mr. Fransham has been a resident
velopment of the city in many ways.
He is receiving the congratulations
of his many friends upon his ap
pointment.
Mr. Fransham came to Montana
when a young man and took up his
residence in Bozeman nearly 42 years
ago, being employed by W. H. Tracy
in the grain and feed business. A
short time later he became interested
in the firm, and later took over the
1 entire business, which he operated
until burned out in January, 1888.
He then took up ranching at the
mouth of Rock creek, where he re
mained until 1896, at? which time he
was elected sheriff of Gallatin coun
ty and served one term.
After his term of office expired
Mr. Fransham bought and sold horses
until the year 1903, when he opened
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all points in Western Passen
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cost of the regular rate.
It is also a big victory for
Congressman Washington J.
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man of the informal commit
tee of the House that took
up the movement for the Le
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MANY HUNTERS AFTER
THEIR QUOTA OF ELK
The elk season is open in Montana,
the first day being October 15, and
continuing until the 15th of Novem
ber. Some parts of each of the
counties of the state where elk
to be found have been set aside and
hunters are not allowed tb kill in
those districts. In Gallatin the dis
trict open for hunting elk is all of
that portion south of the north fork
of Sixteen-Mile creek.
Quite a number of hunters
the hills south of Bozeman who
are
are m
ex
pect to come in with the real elk
meat. Only one elk can be killed by 1
a hunter, but if each of those
ncw
get their limit the number of
elk in the county will be greatly dim
misfeed.
out
up a wood, coal, hay and grain busi
ness in Bozeman. He added a livery
business to this, which he continued
to operate until 1915, when he sold
the livery property and business, and
in 1918 he disposed of the wood and
coal busisness. He then went into
Park county, where he owned a
ranch, and operated it for a short
time until he disposed of it.
After disposing of his ranch inter
ests, Mr. Fransham continued his
residence in Bozeman and has been in
the city practically ever since. He
has been interested in the political
affairs of the county always, and
last year was elected chairman of the
Republican county
tee. Due to his untiring efforts and
attention to the work of the party,
central commit
the resuls last fall for the presiden
tial candidate as well as the big
showing for Governor Dixon was
most satisfactory.
Mr. Fransham was one of five
candidates to take the examination
which resulted in his favor. He also
had the indorsement of the Republic
an organization of the district, as
well as a large number of the busi
ness men of Bozeman. It is not
known just how soon he will take the
office, but all formalities should be
completed by the first of November.
Mr. Fransham was married in 1887
to Miss Lorena Alexander, and they
have a family of three children—
William E., Charles, and Edna, now
Mrs. Judevine,
MOTHER OF ALFRED
ATKINSON DIES.
Word was received yesterday at
the home of President Alfred Atkin
son of the Montana State College,
of the death of his mother, Mrs. Isa
bella Burns Atkinson, in Seaforth,
Ontario, Canada. Mr. Atkinson was
at Salt Lake City when the news
was received here and he was at once
notified.
Mrs. Atkinson has been in poor
health for the past two years as the
result of a paralytic stroke which
she suffered at that time. The in
formation received containing the
pews of her death came as a sujp^ise
to Mr. and Mrs Atkinson, as
h a d been no expectation of the sad
occurrence. The meager information
received does not grive any of the de
details .
President Atkinson
to go to Clarksdale, Ariz., and will
then return to Bozeman, after which
he will go to his mother's home.
was required
FARMERS TO HELP
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Committee Formed in Montana to
Secure Contributions of Grain
From Farmers
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HELENA, Oct. 19.—Organization
has been perfected in Montana of a
Near East grain committee in the *
campaign now being waged through
out the country by the Near East Re
lief to secure food supplies directiy
from producers and distributors
Montana farmers are asked to con
tribute one bushel of grain out of
each 100 bushels they raised this
year, Alexander Pringle,
representative of the Near East Re
lief, has secured the co-operation of
all Montana elevators. Farmers
tributing toward the movement
ly have to direct their local elevator
to make out a storage ticket in favor
of the Near East Relief for the
district
con
mere
num
ber of bushels they desire to give.
No charge is made for milling trans
portation, handling or overhead cost
on this donated
dred per cent of the wheat that is
turned over by Montana farmer» will
reach Armenia," states an open let
ter issued by the grain committee.
The members of the committee are
Chester C. Davis, state commissioner
Qne hun
gram
of agriculture, chairman; Alfred At
kinson, president Montana State Col
lege of Agriculture; W L. Beers,
president of Farmers' Union; W. B.
Harlan, president of Montana

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