Independent (Newspaper) - March 20, 1926, Helena, Montana Open Congressional Hearing on Prohibition is Favored by Senators THE WEATHER Partly Saturday and somewhat cooler east VOL. DAILY Full Associated Press From East and West Member of the Newspaper Enterprise Association S U MARCH 20, 1926. Many Wounded in Church Riot in Mex Town OBLIVION OF GRAVE TO CLOSE CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY March The kindly oblivion of the grave is to close within the next few over one of the most shocking der orgies in of this com- when the six victims of John M. who ran amuck with a pistol and a swift sedan are laid to their final Evidence that Coins may have kept a list of those he intended to much longer than the pitiful poll of those whose lives he snuffed out without was brought forward today by Alvin former Stockton newspaper who a court case that went against the sensational Mathews said that he saw a book in which Goins had written down 'a number of including that of and that he had on Paga HIS FUNERAL WILL BE AS SIMPLE AS WAS HIS BURIAL TAKES PLACE TODAY March on their return journey to arriving there The special train which brought them to 16 miles from is being held for the return trip The president and his wife are spending tonight in On their arrival there shortly after sunrise this they went to John C. father of the will be buried morrow in little cemetery near this with simplicity in keep ing with hit Arrangements for the funeral were made today after the arrival here of the who learned of his death while ing to his bedside from Brief brief and extremely will be held at two p. at the Coolidge They will be conducted by the Rev. John of the nearby village who will use the latest revision of the Episcopal burial of- There be neither singing nor After the the president and Mrs. Coolidge expect to start March French franc tumbled today to depths hitherto so far as Paris is in the history of the French even the low record of 1924. After the Bourse had th franc was quoted at 28.25 to dollar and 13720 to the pound ster the out 10 in inn for then set for traveling for miles to Bridgewater Corners a closed and the remaining six miles in an open horsedrawn After spending an hour at the family farmhouse where Colone Coolidge lay in they re- turned to Woodstock for the re- mainder of the day and the on Page IDENTITY OF VICTIM IS A MYSTERY East March 19__ identity of a woman Fail to Find Traces of Dynamite on Road Thought to be Mined Thompson March 19. with and County Attorney Alvord and Theo county with several business investigated W. Clark right-of-way which is reputed to be laid with The men covered the Los March Olive Orr ers and Elmer M. bank won a delay of a week in their preliminary hearing on charges of conspiring to poison Mrs. W. H. when they appeared in court here It was the plea of who is acting as his wife's that he needed time in which to erate from a nervous breakdown caused by discovery of the alleged plot against which caused the court to grant the TO PI IS i March fraying on the is. not an evidence of it has been legally decided by the superior court of Humboldt Tony who was brought here from Fortuna on- a charge of insanity because he prayed for five hours on the streets of Alton yesterday discharged as using a road scraper on part of it and no indications of explosives were A portion of the is through timber and this will be searched by using fier and a tractor with a long cable to protect Call tt a George contractor on the is satisfied that there is but the officials think Clark is throwing a Clark has left place and his wife who was at said she did not know his Everything will be done to try and locate ex- plosives or to prove to the or that none are W. W. an experienced powder has been put on the TOTAL OF THEFTS OF AUTOS HIGHER St. March Automobile thefts in 28 large cities increased from in 1924 to in 1925, 'the National Auto- association ced Last 86 per cent were recovered as against per cent the year whose body was found half sub- merged in a woodland brook here today remained a mystery A neighbor previously told the police the body was that of Mrs. Mary a but investigation revealed that Mrs. Usawicz Is in R. I. Scene ojt The woman's head was wrapped in a coat and the upper part of the body was held under water by a large The feet rested on the The top of the skull had been She had been dead about 48 The police said that the thicket where the body was found was often used as a drinking RUMOR THAT BISHOP IS TO BE ARRESTED IS CAUSE OF BATTLE Mexico March Full details of the demonstration in San Luis Potosi last night over the closing of churches and the limiting of the number of priests who might function there have not been re- but unconfirmed re- Ports indicate that the number of persons wounded when the police fired upon the demonstrators is forgers than the first dispatches in- Special dispatches from San Luis Potosi say that two women and one man were wounded during a WIN March Priceless art treasurers were lost today when the beautiful palace oi justice was destroyed by The damage is estimated at francs at the ent rate of Many im- portant historical documents 8010 CELL OF THEFT CONVICTED IN DENMARK BUT FRIENDS SAY IT IS A FRAME-UP THE INDEPENDENT BALLOT Present Prohibition Light Wine and Beer Sale of Alcoholic Liquor Under Federal Control 407 328 Total vote cast to Voting ceases at 6 p. m. Complete of Present laws 567 March Rev. Dr. Anton Methodist Episcopal bishop for was convicted today of the charge of misappropriation of charity funds to the extent of 000 kroner and sentenced to three months He had appeal to not the decided whether to supreme The WED NINE TIMES March Reminiscent of the old days of the a band of 150 vigilantes night patrolled the streets of nequa a Following a wave of citizens of the town held a meeting last night and determined to take matters into their own Being outside of the city limits of they have had depend on the forces for TOO MUCH CREDIT FROWNED UPON March 19.- installment Too ex- buying was upon by the northwest con- crence of credit men meeting here in annual De- cision in the debate upon the soundness of extensive ment buying went to the negative College Men Make Best Says Veteran March 19 collegian is trained more receptive men make the best army officers when it is necessary to take officers Tom civil says Col. H. J. for more than 40 years drill .cr at West It is because the Hi Boy He Heads an Outfit of Bolshevists March Paul 14, president of the Student body of the Captain Robert Gray high school was forced lo resign today by A. C. city superintendent of said the boy had confessed he was head of a juvenile Hampton said he told the boy he would have to renounce the alleged radical or his school The boy preferred to give up the to intensive he Another of Colonel views is that American soldier does not fight so much for the flag as be- cause he doesn't intend to be licked by anybody once trouble has been The colonel was the ator of the system of giving instruction to GAY GIRL GOES TO CELL FOR HER SINS March Helen 27, who blinded Frank with acid when he tried to beat her for confessing their romance to her was found guilty of mayhem by a jury today and sentenced to serve year in prison and to pay a fine of prison sentence itself will but the highest court may on the appeal increase or decrease its Tho maximum sentence provided under the law in the case is six It Counsel for the described the case as a the outcome of Rev. Bast he was always charitable to the poor and once gave his own overcoat to II I Ul I UUU GALLED IN WILL CASE March Countess of Suffolk and Berks fied that heirs of Z. Chicago merchant divided into two hostile camps as a result of efforts of British heirs to oust American beneficiaries from direct control of the great The daughter of Mr. Leiter and formerly Marguerite Hyde occupied the stand all day in suit brought by herself and other English beneficiaries to oust her Joseph as trustee of the estate and compel him to render an BUT DRYS SHOW GAINS AS SMALL CITIES GET BUSY HOW WOMEN ARE VOTING T 1926, by NEA Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part KENT 0., March gains by the prohibition adherents that put their total over a ter of a million featured today's of votes in the prohibition referendum conducted by NEA Service and newspapers all over the Those favoring a change in the prohibition law now lead by a gm of more than five to less than a few days The big cities continue to pile up big wet but the smaller cities where the dry strength is greater are cutting the wet The total cast did not stop mounting when it reached the million and today finds it at vith results still pouring in and the majority of cities still to complete their This represents a rise of more than in the last 24 Today's totals are divided as lows For prohibition For repeal For modification Wants Poll Grand total a Mrs. Elizabeth kos of who is seeking a di- vorce from James whom she married for the second time two weeks never have found the right she DUD OF MT 73, TO FACE Sioux March George 73, father of nine children must stand trial for the death of his 47-year-old wife who was found burned to death in the basement of their home the night of February 3. The district court grand jury returned an indictment against the aged charging him with first degree WIFE PRIES MILLION OUT OF S. S. KRESGE New York March S. chain of STATE proprietor of a and his young v Doris Mercer have conic to a financial which is understood to have resulted in Mrs. receiving a settlement of Her suit for a like amount on tile grounds of breach of ise in a agreement was ordered withdrawn today from preme 1VKEKS San March Secretary of War John W. arriving hero from a six vacation in today declared health has im- proved to such an extent that he will return to Boston within the next three weeks and take up his business Sailor Sees Slimy Sea Garbed in Gold Prince B. March C. J. er of the government fishery tion boat related here today that when his vessel entered Wright 50 miles south of this en route from New he sighted a sea serpent raising its head 30 feet out of the He said the creature's body emerged like a and then straightened The which was wider than the rest of the body was about 18 inches wide and two and one half feet long. House said the sun shining gave the monster a greenish gold Alabama 125 Arizona 5.968 2.692 California 23.4S3 Colorado Connecticut Dist. Florida Georgia Idaho 339 Illinois Indiana Iowa 9.10S Kansas 2.960 1.S43 6.675 2.134 381 3.100 6.679 3.1ST New Jersey Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada 1.827 York 4.onj 14.3S7 Oklahoma 12.747 Oregon 1..S74 16 Rhode South Carolina South Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Washington 2.151 12.923 2 onn 665 4. 699 Virginia 7J% Wisconsin 430 480 2.339 79.932 3.010 1.663 3.SS4 34.4S9 519 797 2.SOO 14.104 1.1SD 5S1 13.451 4.019 360 15.514 2.557 100.949 50.5S2 975 45 1S7 1.152 1.564 7. 60S 2.93S 1.237 6.343 3.610 1.79S 12.390 7.474 90.195 4n 6.4GS 10.'4S9 1S.23S 4.35S 1S.44S 4.403 22.409 5.4SS 4.061 12.534 4.5-12 12.432 25S 7.33S 19.303 2.715 142.713 2 OSO 64.251 7.1S9 52.407 47 1.749 Senator Edge of New sey is impressed by the scope of the present newspaper So now he wants the to hold an official wide referendum on prohibition and abide by the 15.32 7.211 4.MS 11.672 12.199 Grand Total 307 One of the outstanding features of the poll is the heavy vote that is being cast in the smaller In any number of cases the vole re- ported compares favorably with the average election many papers have reported that they received a vote for nearly every A vote of 30 per cent of a town's total is not at all How Women Some editors have been making a check on the way the women in their cities voted and have found ing In San for in- K u as that 1 cn voted for 3.396 for repeal and 10.7-43 for the ratio in which the men on Page BUT WALSH IS OPPOSED AND WILL BATTLE PROPOSAL March Open congressional hearings on the prohibition moved a step day with a decision by a senate judiciary sub-committee to mend to the entire committee next Monday such proceedings be Under the program agreed the protest of Senator the and drys would be given six days in which to present evidence and Senator Walsh plans carry his fight against public hearings to the entire Senator and leaders of the with the program Wayne B. counsel for the said the league was not opposed to a but would oppose at every step of the legislative any measure would weaken or repeal the national prohibition act. Delay Repeal The sub-committee decided to postpone indefinitely consideration of the by Senator New for repeal on CLAIMS VICTIM San March airplane piloted by Lieutenant of the second air crashed from an altitude of about 100 feet at Camp Bullis today and Corporal S. P. of the 12th observation squadron at Fort Sam was fatally and died Lieutenant Holcomb caped serious The cause of the accident is The piano was a wooden job DH of the called by William former air service March law takes no cognizance of filial of a This was revealed today when Ivor O. assistant United States district he had re- Frank L. proposal to plead guilty to of of bank funds against if the federal officers would dis- similar charges pending against his who was vice-chairman of the board of the bank which failed pleaded to the first of against him in cral court Sentence was deferred to permit Bishop to go on trial in other cases of a like nature which involve his Will R. and several er former officials of the Globe and allied VITAL EVIDENCE UPON DRAPER CASE March testimony in the case of Michael charged with was con- cluded this The ments will be made Saturday and the case is expected to reach the jury early tomorrow The de- fense concluded today by putting the the He stated that when Policeman Frank the Policeman Curt and Officer Earl ler came to his apartment on the night of November 24, he did not know who they were until broke the door and Kochler came Riser said that who was standing just inside the called to him to drop his gun and striking him in the whereupon he instantly re- turned the as he wholly in Without The it developed once was made without a search or other this being adduced from Mr. a witness called by the state in who was permitted to relate a conversation he had at the hospital after the in which he said they had no but under certain they had the right to seaich without Co-operative Markets to be Advanced March 18. Hearings on the co-operative keting prepared by the ment of agriculture were closed day by the senate agriculture com- The committee will meet on Monday to vote on the Just before the committee Lloyd S. assistant chief of the bureau of agricultural omics of the agricultural submitted an amendment designed to overcome charges that the would permit co-operative marketing to have charge had made by Harrison F. representing the National Butter and Ege who urged that ail in- formation gathered proposed co-operative the would create in Apartment of be available v io
