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THE GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
MONTANA'S BEST NEWS GATHERER
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 12, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Crippled Blimp A-4
Drifting Out to Sea
Lands Safe Later
Hampton, Va., May 11.—The army
blinip A-4 arrived safely at Langley
field late Thursday, after having
drifted for an hour and a half over
the ocean off Cape Henry, with her
engines dead.
The craft. drifted to sea before a
four-mile northwest breeae until re
pairs were made, when she turned
her nose toward shore. The crew of
five were none the worse for their
experience.
The engine trouble developed about
3:30 o'clock in the afternoon aud for a
time considerable anxiety *ras felt for
the craft and its occupants l.y shore
stations and radio offices, which kept
in communication with the bliinp. It
was found unnecessary, however, to
despatch airplanes or otlnr blimps to
her asssitance.
O. S. L. Will Spend
$3,000,000 in Idaho;
Part Double Tracks
Boise, Idaho, May 11.—Definite as
surances of the immediate beginning of
the expenditure of $3,000,000 on addi
tions and improvements of the Oregon
Short Line system in Idaho were given
here Friday by H. M. Adams, vice
president of the Union Pacific, follow
ing a conference with Governor Davis.
The first and most important work
will begin immediately, the official
stated, in Elmore county, where more
than a million dollars will be expended
in double-tracking the main line from
Medbury to King Hill through Glenns
Ferry.
Necessity for having the work com
pleted by fall when heavy traffic will
start. Adams s4id, forces the company
to begin work on these additions at
once.
At Poratello there will be $450,000
spent on the shops.
Nampa will get
additional trackage, improvement
the water system and ice storage fa- j
cilities. Payette. Soda Springs, Idaho j
Falls and other points are included in I
the cities to receive a share in the ex
penditure.
Vast Clip of Wool
Sold in Southwest
Counties at 30 Plus
Butte, May 11.—Within the last few
days close to half a million pounds of
wool have been contracted for in Beav
erhead and Madison counties at a price
which was said to have been consid
erably over 30 cents. The two largest
clips were bought by an agent for a
Boston company, who contracted for
the Cook sheep clip of nearly 200.000
pounds and several smaller clips from
Madison county.
ft is reported that sheepmen in jt
other parts of the state have refused !
Protpst Tariff Rill
i «tritr Dili
40 cents for their output.
The estimated output for 1922 in
Beaverhead county is more than 2,000,
<»00 pounds.
French Industries
Paris. May 11.—(By The Associated
Press.)—The minister of commerce
has received protests from various
clmnibers of commerce throughout
France against the new tariff schedule
proposed by the finance committee of
the United States senate.
The industries of Limeges, where
porcelain and gloves are manufactured,
are particularly warned. They have
informed the minister that the new
tariffs are prohibitive, and will stop at
once all exports of their products to
the United tSates, necessitating the
laying off of a considerable number of
workers.
Edgington Is Named
ed
M. E. Superintendent—*'
Helena. May 11.— (By The Associ
Yellowstone district of the Methodist
Episcopal church, with headquarters atU
Billings. Dr. Edgington succeeds the
Rev. 1». H. O. Humphreys, who re
signed to come to Helena as pastor of; n
St." Paul's church. Dr. Edgington. a| ,
former pastor of St. Paul's, has beenif.
organizer of the American White Cross'
in Montana, Idaho aud Oregon. 1?'°
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Disagreement PI m :
LMaa 6 l ccuicill ned;
Butte. May 10.—Failing to reaeh a
verdict on the third day of deliberation,
the jury trying Ed Burke, former post
master of Anaconda, in the United
States district court, on a charge of
tampering with letters, was locked up
for the night after Judge Bourquin had
returned without comment a note from !
the jurors declaring that they saw noj
prospects of agreement. Recently
Judge Bourquin kept a jury in Missoula |
]y returned a verdict.
deliberating for five days, and it final-!
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Boys Plead Guilty
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to First Banditry J
aud Hoy Hodge, 23, pleaded guilty
Thursday to the charge of attempt
ing highway robbery and were sen
tenced to the state prison for terms
of from I to 3 years. The attempt at
holdup occurred last Sunday night,
when a man and a woman were halted
at a street, intersection. The woman
screamed and, alarmed, the pair fled,
but were later arrested and identified.
The accused youths declared that it
was their first offense and declined
counsel, choosing to plead guilty.
HOUSE TO CLEAR DECKS
FOR SHIP SUBSIDY
Washington, May 11.—Representa
tive Mondell, republican house leader,
discussed the .legislative situation with
President Harding at the White House
and was said to have told the execu
tive that the house would complete
the business now before it in about
two weeks. The ship subsidy bill then
could be taken up, he added, provided
it bad been reported from committee.
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CHICAGO TERRORISM
Chinese A rm ies Prepa re for Another Battle}
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STEEL MERGER
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Purchase of Lackawan
na Company by Beth
lehem Surprises Street
Other Proposed Consol
idation to Go Ahead
With Six Members.
New York, May 11.—(By The Asso
ciated Press.)—Purchase of the Lack
awanna Steel company of Lackawanna,
N. Y., by the Bethlehem Steel corpora
tion, involving the use of Bethlehem
7 per cent preferred and class B com
mon stocks in payment for the proper
ties, was announced Thursday by Eu
gene G. Grace, president of the Beth
ofllehem organization.
j News of the merger, which became
j known just before the stock market
I closed, gave Wail street a real thrill.
Lackawanna Steel made a net gain of
7 points, closing at 65%. There were |
73 sales, totaling 17,100 shares, in the !
last hour, the largest sale of 1,400 '
shares being disposed of at 68, the top,
and a new high record for the year.
The previous high was 61. The day's
sales were 22,0<H) shares.
Buying Into Next Merger
There was less activity in Bethle
hem Sfeel. which closed at 70. the top
price, at a net gain of 1 5-8 points.
Of the day's trading of 11,000 shares,
4,700 were disposed of in the final
hour. Shares of the Republic Iron
and Steel company and the Midvale
Steel company, tjje only stocks in addi
tion to the Lackawanna which were in
cluded in the proposed merger of
seven independent steel companies and
jt rs }ded the big board, also showed
! substantia] ««Ins, Repuplic showing aj
net gain of 3 points and Midvale of 1%.
Does Not Disrupt Other Merger
Thomas L. Chadbourne, who has
been handling the legal affairs in con
nection with the proposed merger of
seven independent companies, declared
!that the withdrawal of the Lackawanna
company would not cause an abandon
ment of tl]e pIans which wouId be con
eluded on a six-company basis. In
addition to Republic and Midvale, these
companies are_ the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube, Brier Hill Steel company,
Inland Steel company and the Steel
and Tube Company of America..
Was Surprise When Sprung
News of the Lackawanna-Betble
hepi merger came as a great surprise
not only to the financial district in
general, but to the executives of the
independent steel companies. While
these executives were frankly inturm
ed some time ago that the Lackawanna
ceompany was negotiating with the
Bethlehem corporation, they did not
realize that the deal was so near con
summation and hoped to induce the
Lackawanna to accept their terms.
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Laekawanna, was one of the party of
independent executivees on board th
]"billionaire's special." which returned
Will Confirm Deal Tuesday
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atU ,'[. ors °' Bethlehem and ;
,nva " nn ^ oul l>anies _ will hold '
' ,IlPir respective offices
n !j. , . UP Uy '° confirm the merger,
a| , • 18 re sarded as a foregone con-j
!° n i »» • j sa " K; da . v > the execu-1
<T tiie independent companies will j
1?'° 1 x re J >resen,a ^ ves of Kuhn, i
j hankers, to arrange the j
jliuancing of the independent merger,
, winch will involve an exchange of se- !
curities and cash and the formation of j
,a new holding company or the enlarge-|
: m a T of n ODe of . the listing companies.
Mr. Grace, in a talk with news
paper men. declared that the Lacka
wanna purchase has absolutely no con
nection with the independent merger,
find he likewise denied the report that
tnc Hethiehem corporation, after ab- J
sorning the Lackawanna, would unite :
\1tl1 the others mentioned in the !
seven-company combniation. j
Mr. s,,™ ,„ ke over tt ,
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Properties for operation for "a term
of 25 to 50 years, or such other time
| ^ ma . v be agi«eeable," to complete the
plants at government cost and to rcpav
! all expenditures already made at Mus
j cle Shoals at the rate of 2 per cent
1 annually. Power developed at the
1 "»un ne usea to "ma
J !3S? ,ä Ä ÄT m " be
In addition to repayments, Mr. Stem
shoajs would be used to "manufacture
I at
nd other products.
pröi'»o"S'"to give the government 60
per tent of all net profits from opera
tions.
"Ou
proposal allows the govern
ment the letter said, "for all monevs
expended, gives the farmers 110.000
tons of fertilizers at cost and gives the
government a large percentage of our
profits, with benefit of private ope'ra
tion.
CONTINENTAL DECLARES
$2 DIVIDEND ON OIL
Denver, May 11.—The Continental
Oil company has declared a dividend
of per share on the capital stock of
the company, payable June 15, 1922, to
stockholders of record at the close of
business May 25, 1922.
DOCTORS FAVOR ADVERTISING
El Paso, Texas. May 11.—The Texas
State Medical association, in its con
vention here, went on record as favor
ing advertising of medical truths,
warnings and symptomatic information
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Chang Plans Final
Stand and Wu Tries
to Enc ircl e Manchus
Place Selected by Truculent Northern General Is
65 Miles South of Great Wall; American
Missionaries Ordered Out.
Tientsin, May 11.—(By The Associated Press.)—Although
formally dismissed from the military governorship of Man
churia, General Chang Tso-Lin, defeated near Peking last week
by the forces of his military rival, General Wu Pei-Fu, appar
ently intends to attempt a final stand at Luenchow, about 65
miles south of the Great Wall on the Mukden railway.
The Manchu general is still transporting troops from Muk
den to that point and his generals are sending truculent mes
sages from Kaiping, saying they will treat as enemies any for
eign troops that may accompany the Chih-Li forces to that reg
ion. Chih-Li troops now are detraining just this side of Tang
shan, 70 miles northeast of Tientsin, and are reported to be pre
paring for an enveloping movement against Kaiping.
withdraw Thursday
The situation at Mukden was reported quiet Wednesday
evening, but the news of the mandate dismissing Chang Tso-Lin
apparently had not been reecived.
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The American missionaries at Chang-Li were ordered to !
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IN PIT BATTLE
Coterie Favoring High
Prices Marshals
Orders, Wins Clash.
Chicago. May 11.—A sharp round in
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the struggle which apparently has been •
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going on for some time between two
powerful opposing groups in the wheat
trade here was won Thursday by a
coterie favoring higher prices. The
I net result was that wheat available for 1
delivery here this month jumped in
value 7% cents a bushel.
An emergency rule which went into
effeet Thursday morning had seeming
ly opened a way for at. least the tem
porary discomfiture of the bulls, the
traders whose interest at present was
in a rise of values. The rule provided
that for May delivery, and wheat In
cars on railroad tracks here could be
tendered instead of wheat stored in
elevators. As this made larger divi
dends feasible and a consequent big
setback in prices might follow, the out
come was looked forward to with much
interest. .
Considerable tension was evident, in
the wheat pit nt the opening of busi
ness for it already was known that the
amount of wheat delivered on May
11 1 j n ■ u m r» •
looked like a drawn battle. Prices,
instead of breaking as many had been
expecting, showed a slight gain. Then
the market trembled and dropped
slightly.
Numerous buying orders, affording
strong support for prices, were quick
]y forthcoming, however, nnd for the
rest of the day the market went almost
straight upward, assuming unusual mo
meutuin just before the close, and fin
ishing at race-horse speed. Last, prices
reached for May were $1.45 to $1.45 Vi,
the topmost of the dav. but lacking
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steadily continued, might lead to a very
different finale. Nevertheless, no pos
sible question remained as to which
side won Thursday.
4% cents of the high record for the
season.
At night it was pointed out that the
current month is yet far from ended,
and that additional big deliveries, if
, Montau cftfe,
Ask Shrine Hospital
for Child Cripples
Butte. May 11.—Butte, Billings and
Helena, in Montana, Lewiston and
Boise in Idaho, Spokane in Washing
ton. and Salt Lake City in Utah, will
have their claims for the location of
the Shrine hospital for crippled chil
dren presented to the meeting of the
hospital board of trustees of the Mys
tic Shrine, which meets in San Fran
cisco on June 12, 13 and 14. next. Dr.
O. M. Lanstrum of Helena, one of the
seven trustees who will pass on the
merits of the locations. Thursday met
in Butte with potentates of the tem
ple in the Rocky Mountain region, to
hear their views on the question of the
most desirable place for the hospital
in this section.
The potentates present at the con
ference, whi«h was held at the Silver
Bow club, and the temples they repre
sent were: R. R. Rathhone, Bagdad,
Dillon; Robert Hathaway, Algeria,
Helena: E. A. Nodier, Al Bedoo, Bil
lings: W. H. Stowell v El Katiff, Spo
kane; D. A. House, Korein, Rawlings,
Wyo.; Lois C. Booth, Kalif. Sheridan;
R. J: While, Calama, Lewiston. Ida.;
Thomas Sharpe. AI Ayhar, Calgary;
Dr. IL P. Kirtley. El Kalah (Past),
Salt Lake, and Dr. J. J. Jessup, El
Korah (Past), Boise, Ida.
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Senator Cameron
Says His Council.
Phoenix, May 11.—Counsel
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• United States Senator Ralph H.
' ( ameron, republican, of Arizona
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m. . . . , .
Thursday completed argument on a
1 in the lî>20 election which failed to list
demurrer to an indictment for perjury!
accusing the senator of having sworn ;
to a statement of campaign receipts |
irton ... 1: ..
totalling more thnn ;
contributions
$20,000
United States District
advisement. If the demurrer is over
ruled, the senator's trial will begin at
once.
The argument of Attorney H. L.
Partridge, of Globe, Arizona, counsel
for Senator Cameron, occupied both
court sessions Thursday. Mr. Part
ridge closed with a declaration that if
there should be any prosecution, in
stead of for perjury, it ought to be
brought under the corrupt practice act,
for violation of which Senator Truman
\ttornev !
assista J
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The notary public before whom Sen
ator Cameron swore to the statement
in question was not a proper officer
authorized by law to administer such i
an oath and, therefore, no perjury was ■
committed.
The matter «n..„ u ,i >. t 1 • i
mHferi'iiîn AÜt 1»
immaterial, in that it concerns cam
paign receipts and not, expenditures
and. therefore, is not subject to per
jury.
'1 he law. Mr. Partridge asserted,
does not limit the amount of campaign
contributions, but does the expenditures
of such funds.
Deportation Asked
for Lady Astor by
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Mother Who filled
Children Is Insane;
Taken to the Asylum
Lewlatown, May II.—Mrs. Anna
Lokajicek, who Wednesday shot
and killed her two children at the
Lokajicek farm near Denton and
then shot her husband, Frank
Lokajicek, vice president of the
Denton State bank, In the head,
was given an examination here
Thursday morning, declared insane
and taken to the state insane
asylum in the afternoon.
The woman seems to have no
realization of what she has done.
Mr. Lokajicek's condition is re<
ported as unohanged, being quit«
critical.
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followed a discussion I I'l.
over charges that the members of the |
<i A. R. had been insulted in speeches
made by the only feminine member of ,
British commons during her visit here. ■
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Witness Called to Es
tablish Price Basis.
Rankin Was Trying to
Prove Commonwealth
Footed These Bills.
(Tribune's Helena Bureau.)
Helena. May 11.—Through a witness
called by the state to testify as to the
market price of meats at Deer Lodge
during the time the prison was being
supplied with pork by the former;
. warden, Frank ConJev. the defense was
! able to show Thursday during the trial,
of the action of the state against Con
ley, that, although it is- charged by the j
state that supplies including meats, j
were procured by Conley from the
prison store and meat market for use
in his private residence, the Conley
family purchased large quantities of
meat at downtown markets. This wit
ness testified he sold daily to Mrs.
Conley from $3 to $4 worth of meats,
but he did not keep any account of the
transactions because she always paid
cash. This witness, a butcher, said he
had been in engaged in the meat busi
nes virtually all his life, having been
put to work making sausage when but
four years of age.
Appraised SwIU at $1,000 a Year
Testimony to the effect that great
quantities of milk, hominy and oatmeal |
of considerable value went into the ;
swill that was then fed to Conley's i
hogs was given by Harry Holland, a |
former guard, who admitted he had i
jjbeen twice "fired" by Conley, but
said he did not bear any ill feelings j
toward Conley because of his dis- (
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This witness estimated that from 30
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to 4t) galions öf miîkwa's daTlv* n'oüred 1
info the swill barrels at the prison '
kitchen, and that, in addition, almost j
all of the hominy dished out to the
convicts, of .which four batches of 100 i
pounds each were prepared Weekly. !
.went into the swill along with about I
150 pounds of oatmeal. |
Still another witness testified that
the swill from the prison was worth :
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Go Over Meat Prices
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Ernesto DeAlton, who said he had '
! T een conductln S « butcher shop in
J ,D ?? r . I l od «? for . th< ; ^ st 15 J-eorH. was
[ley. He said the retail price of mut- i
ton and pork had ranged from 25 to
30 cents per pound and that of hams
and bacon from 30 to 35 cents. Asked
««a ♦ the i«^ h T le priee of P° rk f rom|,
1 10 to 1914 he said it was 10 to
12 cents and that from 1914 on through !
the war period it had ranged at 15 to j
^i0 cents. He Raid the lowest wholesale
price in the period covered had been i
10 c^nts, but he had bought some ;
rough hogs as low as eight cents.
Under cros-examination
.on conducted \
by Colonel Nolan, the witness said he
usiness all his i
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Ktart ". he , 80ld v he b" d
i four vearl old when he wns
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had been in the butcher business all his >
life and when aske<l if there was not
I d those du j s they didn't brinsr im 1
• i children In Germany like thev do in
this . country," »aid DeAlton " "Thor I
luih country, said I-'eAiton "Thpv '
made them work from a pig u'n "
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.. T'LV . <1,u ' rio< . 1 Colonel Nolan,
probably from the condition of the
world today it would have been better
if they had been brought up differ
ently, wouldn t it? •
In the Good Old H. C. L. Days
The witness replied that maybe that
was true.
, DeAlton said that in 1919 mutton.
then at. its highest price it ever com
j manded, sold as chops up to 45 cents
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loin stenks an<T porterhouse steaks had
I I'l. T' . pn0P ^ PCaus e he had to sell
| potroast^nt I!) to* oonts and
In ren.v to Ll^
, },ad ever sold m,!!,? , w Jï er
■ Alton said Mrs. Conlej- was one'ôf hîs
(best customers, that when she was at
home she traded at his shop every day
I buying from S4 to $5 worth of meat
j from' M ? r educed this figure to
1 from to $4 per day.
! t,™ n °fT y , G( ; nPral itonkin wanted to
I ™ ,f lH ' },n<1 ""y books to show how
I i • L n .V eat KoI(I to Mrs - Conley. to
which the witness replied that he kept
, Thereupon Mr Rankin objected to
I this character of testimony and was
I L n ;fh rm nl„ y oourt that * pa,n «'
! k - . p . ret L poor * rao « from him to
object to this testimony and for a few
I minutes Mr. Rankin engaged in a heat
i u- ® r * UI " , ' I | t yltb opposing counsel
which ended with the witness being
I excused. "
Claims for Goods Introduced
The state, through W. A. Logan, dep
*" ..statte ^ auditor, then took up thel
ping as exhibits a num
goods which had been
f state in connection
Ition of the prison—
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Boise Doesn't Give
Its Girls Chance to
Flap; Motto, 'Don't'
Tacoma, May ll^-The flapper,
with her rolled hose, cosmetics,
short skirts and bobbed hair, was
both defended and attacked by
delegates to the national convention
of the Mothers' Congress and
Parent-Teacher associations, meet
ing here, Thursday.
Mrs. Thomas Ogden, of Idaho,
told the delegates at a round table
conference on public school girls
what constituted a 100 per cent girl
in Boise. This girl, she declared,
does not dance, wear high heels,
patnt her cheeks, and is well chap
eroned on all occasions. She
added that every girl who attends
the Boise high school not properly
clad is sent home.
"The girl of today is given too
much discussion," countered Mrs.
Mary Zimmerhackle, president of
the Colorado P. T. A. "I have
found the modern girl good and
fin«. She needs helpful (encour
agement and understanding at
home. There is one moral to be
derived from the present day young
person; and that is, educate the
parents."
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SEE GOVERNOR
EDGE HIS JURY
Waukegan, 111., May 11.—(By The
Associated Press-.—The state will at
I tempt to show in the trial of (Jov
1 erno r Lcn tb »< the governor I
' and his fellow defendants in the al- i
j leged conspiracy to embezzle state
f „ noc „, n ,
i fund . 3 ? h,Ie * nS 8tftte t . rC9SUr ? r 'i
! combined and agreed together, by
I means of false pretenses to cheat and
| defraud the_ state, of nùnoi^o,,t «f i
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between $1.500,000
: Frpd Mortimer, state's
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Sangamon county, told the "urTfn ht \
opening statement Thursday.
Mr. Mortimer recited events from
-My fr«.,
c - cbirf cou ™" <or
' the time the conspiracy is alleged to '
have been formed v'pril 21 1917 '
until after the governor took his pre- I
i governor - wil1 ropl - v t0 1110 state's
"lining statement Friday and the case,
> v,n «« Monday, when the tak- j
of evidence » expected to start.
^ov«nor Small, Mrs. Small and
daughter-in-law and Mr and Mrs. ;
! Leshe Small and their small grandson
j »n court. . ;
, Mr. Mortimer told the jurois that
i ^?ve^^ ( Sm n!' ; £urtis and the,
; a .', at°r 1-dwar.l A. t urtis formed j
a " alleged conspiracy in the spring of!
\ A " ril - f 1 ':. Portly after Mr. Small ;
a . 8s ' ln ? ed of /. ,ce f ^ate treasurer, and
i ^ 11 continued through his two-year
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terul nnd - tliat -- f Mr. Sterling, who
succeeded him. He said the latter be
came a party to the conspiracy when
he became treasurer iu January, 1919.
He d#scribed the "so-called Grant
Park bank.' which, the state contends,
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was a hank." It was under j ,
I ^bis name, the state claims that .<10,- !
' . un »iuu t lamih i-uiil oi",
000.000 of state funds were loaned to !
five Chicago packing houses at from !
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i to SV2 per cent, of which, it is
charged, not more than 2 per cent was
paid to the state.
Black Bear Telegram
Was Code Agreed on
in Stillman Family
Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. May 11.—Mrs.
Anne U. Stillman, cross-examined for
brought
Beauvais, reading:
"Black bear arrived.'"
Similar messages were dispatched to
her daughter, Anne, and son, "Bud,"
explaining that when the four of them,
were in Canada the previous summer
it was agreed that if the new-horu
babe was a girl the messages would !
in
read: "White bear," and if a boy.
"Black bear."
Montana Gets $10,000
in Livestock Loans
Washington, May 11.—Approval of
01 advances for agricultural and live
stock purposes aggregating $3.033,000
was announced Thursday by the War
Finance corporation. Distribution of
the lonns included: Colorado, $13. , >.000;
Idaho. $1,514.000: Montana. $10.000:
and Wyoming, $123,000.
URGES NATIONALIZING
OF COAL MINING
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 11.—In a talk
before the Cheyenne Kiwanis club Fri
day afternoon James J. Morgan, sec
retary of District 22, of the United
Mine Workers of America, declared
that the federal government should
take over supervision or direct control
of the coal mining industry of the
country.
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Courts Refuse to Issue Habeas Corpus Writs in
Police Murders, Holding Situation Akin to
Treason in War and Haymarket Days; Two of
164 Prisoners Partly Identified in Shootings.
Chicago, May 11.—Eight union labor leaders were named in
true bills voted at a special session of the grand jury Thursday
night, in connection with the slaying of Terrance Lyons, an act
ing police lieutenant, Wednesday, according to George E. Gor
man, assistant state's attorney.
Among those named in the true bills, according to Mr. Gor
man, were Fred Mader, president of the building trades coun
cil, "Big Tim" Murphy, of the Gas Workers union, and Cornelius
("Con") Shea, who directed the teamsters' strike in 1904. All
of them now are in the custody of the police, having been cap
tured in a spectacular series of raids on various union head
quarters Wednesday.
Describing crime conditions in Chicago as "a reign of terror"
and "akin to treason in time of war" Judges Kickham Scanlan
and Joseph Davis refused to release on writs of habeas corpus
to Cornelius Shea, John Lafferty, "Big Tim" Murphy and Fred
Mader, or any of the 164 labor leaders, union members and gun
men held by the police in connection with the slaying of two
patrolmen Wednesday at the culmination of a series of labor
bombings.
the request of the police.
The citizens committee to enforce the Landis building
trades wage awards carries full page advertisements in every
Chicago paper, calling on Chicagoans to unite and rid the city
of «gu nmen labor leaders." The advertisements said that the
committee had been warned by Fred Mader, head of the build
ing trades unions, that a campaign of violence would result if
the Landis awards were enforced.
"Should Be Hanged," If— <?>—
were enforced.
"Should Be Hanged," If—
In refusing to honor writs for sev
eral labor leaders seized in spectacular j
at
I ™r S *««« ® specracuiar
al- i ice rai(,a > the tw ° judges expressed
,he ' r horror at the murd «*. bombings,
, an( J general lawlessness which have
r 'i .„arked opposition to the Land« wage
by awanUn 0 'tSe^buUdina trades
in f u ' arrhv that
«f i approaches Tn ÄfÄÄ
that existed Hnrimr the HnvmnrUat
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that existed during the Haymarket
declared J"
lan. in the criminal court.
"The whole function of government
seems to be broken down," said Judge
?««S £3
«"l**«« 1
to ' ?r"' S ° *u Droken down ' said Judge
' IS ' ,n the s "P r / me c0 . urt - H ^e
I ?" C _ 0 ° 8 J?. , £f y _^\£ ake
Crime Wave Flattened Out
In reppating his declaration of war
j aRllinst ^he "hoodlums and ex-convict à
who ftbout j leader^ of
^ * Charles Fitzmorrie, chief of
; poIice inted to the crim »' ° 0 \
t P he ' st P 24 hours 8 h 0 "d prove
; to Chicago that the sluggers and Ihugs
founded up Wednesday in raids on
uuion offire3 P nre responsible for the
j nightly outbursts of crime," he said
of! .- W ith th e fellows in jail there was
; not c£™i"tto startle
a town of 25 000 people, and the onlv
t . r ime in the dnv wns n ienelrv sin»
crime in the day was a jewelry store
robbery that looks now like a fake."
Charge Terror to Leaders
Referring to present conditions, the
advertisement said:
"We will fight these labor murder
,.
j , ors .-, Kun men and «luggers with every
! legitimate power in our means until
vui uimus uiiiu
! we hav f, rid Chicago entirely of this
! raf ) na <'e."
The advertisements bodly charged
union leaders with recent murders aud j
boinbings. declaring that under
leadership of "Fred Mader, an ex-con
vict." the unions had "descended from
pointed out by James A. McClellan and
Frederick Blank, patrolman, who were
! with Lyons when be was shot and
bombing and slugging to wanton and
cold-blooded murder."
Law Enforcers Back Police
All law enforcement organizations in
the city are united in what police term
"a figiit to the finish with organized
labor." More than 10 labor leaders,
including "Big Tim" Murphy, Cornelius
Shea aud Fred Mader, president of the
building trades council, were arrested
in raids on labor headquarters.
The two partly identified as the
slayers are. the police say. Isador
Breverman, 28, and Max GJaes, 38.
Breverman is said to havs fired the
shots from an automobile when Lieu
tenant Lyons was killed and he was
when Albert Moeller. patrolman, was
injured seriously. Breverman's fam
ily has advanced an alibi for him.
Pointed Out as Slayer
Glass, who is a member of glazier 's
union was pointed out by a man who
said he was an eye witness, as the
slayer of Thomas Clarke, 30, patrol
man. who was on guard at a building!^
which previously had been bombed. an
James Lafferty. a third suspect,
has been at liberty under heavy bond!
connection with o mail robbery, was . a
rtlv identified hv Policeman Rl«„b
partly identified by Policeman Blank
as the third occupant of the death car.
The car. riddled with bullets and blood
spotted was found abandoned. Police
believe one of the gun men waa
wounded.
Charles C. FitzMorris, chief of po
lice, says he believes the men were
only hirelings of the "higher up forces
in organized labor circlet, putting into
action a conspiracy to overthrow the
citizens committee and the Landia wage
award, a decision handed down by K.
M. Landis. former federal judt% then
(Continued fH* Tw«|
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RULE OF FORGE
TO BE ASSERTED
Bï FREESTATE
Peace Efforts Having
Failed, Birkenhead
Hints at Sternness.
London. May 11.—(By The Asso
ciated Press.)—During debate in the
house of lords Thursday night, Vis
count Birkenhead, the lord chancellor,
hinted that the provisional government
in Ireland shortly would exercise its
authority.
He said he had been .informed that
after preparation c.nd in the near fu
ture there would be a resolute and
organized attempt to assert the force
of the provisional government's au
thority more closely and more sternly
than hitherto has been posssible.
IRRECONCILABLES HOLD
UP IRISH PEACE AGAIN
Dublin, May 11.—(By The Asso
ciated Press.»—The reports from the
various participants in the Dail
j Eireann peace conference Thursdav re
thejvealed a break on fundamentals." The
republicans will not agree to a settle
*
ment of the situation on any terms
which involve their admission that the
Anglo-Irish treaty is acceptable to the
people^ or that its indorsement by the
Dail Eireann has altered the situation.
There was an almost complete
agreement in the Dail for an adjourn
ment for a week, to allow the peace
committee to try again to smooth over
the difficulty.
The attempt at army unification also
has failed thus far, and, pending the
settlement of the political situation, it
is not intended to pursue further the
unification negotiations.
Nothing definite hus been settled
even concerning the truce now in ex
istence. but it probably will continue ill
force. It has beeu agreed between the
politicians to suspend all public meet
ings until this question is threshed
out, probably Wednesday.
Petticoats Now Rule
Three Wyoming Towns
Moorcroft, Wyo.. May 11.—With the
election Tuesday of Mrs. Charles Kir
, c > f niaj "VI 1 * N rs - ^ Stewart
an " « J F. Houston as council
who|! ru l ° l ? dnj \ Moorcroft becomes
Wyoming town which has
. a 'P. petticoat rule within The
laHt fwo years and the second in the
present. Tuesday Cokeville elected
woman's administration and Jacksoa
took sui h action in 1020.
The three women elected here Tues
day were all opposed by members of
the opposite aex in the race for city
offices.
SHRINE AT BUTTE TODAY
Butte, May 11.—The spring cere«
monial session of Bagdad Templ%
Mystic Shrine, will be held here Fri«
day, with a class of 75, from a nam*
ber of cities it Montana.