Le Mars Globe-Post (Newspaper) - May 3, 1928, Lemars, Iowa Established IsM A Issued Monday and Thursday L E M A R S T H U R S D A Y M A Y 3 1 9 28 ITS INTELLIGENCE Attorney Compliments 1 2 But Hart Is Found Guilty The following are the members of the jury which was described as be tag a delight to the a balm to the 9. W. 3. J. Emma Herbert George K. George Ed Ed Elsie Fred Everett In Hart the jury the value of the sugar as being | 1 which makes it grand Hart remains at liberty under his $ 2500 cash appearance In case he makes a motion for a new as Is confidently the motion will be argued on June 5. If the motion is denied Hart will be put under another bond pending an appeal to the supreme court The jury which tried George H a r t on the charge of stealin 2600 pounds of sugar from the P. Beck warehouse at returned a verdict of guilty about 9: 30 o'clock last The jury had been out since about 4 30 p. and was out five Hart has 20 days in which to file a motion for a new and it is will take the matter to the supreme He already has a case pending in supreme his appeal from the verdict of the district court at Ida which found him guilty of breaking and ent e r i n g ' t h e Luna theater at Battle la. The Ida county case was to come before the supreme court last but for some unknown reason the case wast according to the clerk of courts of Ida the transcript has been duly people in passing by to point to your house and say with pride in their v ' There lives the juryman who gave George Hart a fair Then you will be very careful of the verdict you Don't bring the dark ages down upon us but protect those rights which King John was forced to give at Runnymede to his a fair trial by Mr. Egan paid the jury a very handsome compliment when he started his He classic and exceptionally intelligent j u r y and tongs fighting all figured in the second trial of Shorty Hart for the Remsen sugar Most of the testimony was about the same as but the sensational evidence was introduced by Mrs. John a surprise who was put on the stand as a s t a t e Mrs. Blake testified that before her husband's trial Hart came to the house and h im to explain that he obtained the sugar from Jack whose testimony resulted in Hart's conviction at Ida on the charge of robbing Luna t h a a l g j - c r e e k d i r ty and that he could get even with Kauffman and at the same time explain away the possesion of the sugar by putting it all on to John said that he didn't think he could get very far with that all he wanted to do was to show that he didn't know if the sugar was and he was going to testify that Hart had come to him and wanted his assistance in selling Hart's attacked Mrs. Blake's I hate to come in here and impeach her she being a wife and I had a whom I All of you intelligent members of the jury had and no doubt you feel the same way about it. Eulogy of Mother A mother is the most wonderful creation of You know that a mother will go through fire and perdition for those she and so I don't blame here for testifying though her testimony was as hers J im brother of John testified that Hart threatened to kill John Blake if he dared to testify against He said H a r t called at the Blake home in LeMars and that they seemed to be in violent dispute at the curb where Hart's car was His testimony was that he heard Hart If you testify against me I'll spill your brains all over the The witness said that he remonstrated with Hart and said that it would be only the right thing for Hart to furnish Blake with a of and that Hart I all in good Mrs. O. D. Hart testified for the defense that Mrs. Blake brought a note for her son from John In his argument Attorney Egan refer red to this As this haired lady sat on the witness I wonder what thoughts passed through her mind as she thought of her boy whom the state wants to send to Perhaps she Don't send my boy to I t would drive me the He is my darling Picture of Future If you want to go back among your if in future years you may perhaps sit by the haired and with your grandchildren around your if you ft is a solace to the eyes and a balm to the soul to se such an ex tremely intelligent j u r y of such individuals to t r y such an im portant case as He referred repeatedly to the extraordinary uprightness and beauty of this particular He also In my eighteen years before the bar I practiced for a time in New and there was pitted against some of the most successful lawyers In that great but I am compelled to say that Mr. your prosecutor ( although I admit that he only doing his duty to send this boy to is the most astute and most zealous prosecutor that I have ever It 's All County Attorney George Sturges objected several times in Mr. Egan's argument and called for the court reporter to set him right on a number of points which he declared were being taken from outside the record or contrary to the When ' his t u r n came for rebuttal h e was fighting and his rebuttal was said by those who heard it to be one of the best speeches ever made in a court trial He bluntly told the jury that Mr. Egan them with his talk about their unparalleled The way he tries to confuse you evidence that was never given and t o change evidence as it stands on the record shows that he rates your intelligence very no matter what he tells s As to the defendant here in this case having a every criminal has a as far as I We're not trying the haired and entirely worthy we're trying George 1 Hart for a crime he has and your finding must be based on the crime and not on If we're going to acquit every defendant just because he can prove he has a mother you might as well tear down your jails you won't need them any State Came The defense has tried to make you believe that the state has manufactured evidence to get a If you're really as intelligent as Mr. Egan you will realize that if we wanted to manufacture evidence we could easily have provided you with sugar bags on which you could read the Beck company's initials very plainly But we do that 4 my of- 1 we oWd away and nothing Mr. Egan has tried to make it appear that I am slicker even than those city lawyers in New York whom he routed so That was done solely for the purpose of making this unprecedentedly intelligent jury think that I am trying to put something over on ' He wants you to think that there is some sinister some big menace that threatens the foundations of American But I'm sure that this jury knows we've come I'm just a young - I don't think that I'm a super- lawyer that could fool a super- If you convict Hart it will be not because of flattery or trickery but simply on account of evidence that can not be and has not been Mr. Egan took the state's witnesses down the line to impeach their He went on the stand himself as a witness in order to refute the surprise Mrs. Blake and J im HEAD ALMOST OFF Kingsley Bachelor Meets His Death When Part of Harness Gives Way May 3. ( 50 years old was killed as the result of part of his work harness failing as he is driving a team hitched to a pulverizer on the Alex Riemenschneider farm 5 miles south of Kingsley about 1: 30 o'clock yesterday Mr. Clark was using a 4- horse team and had finished He was on the way to the field when the accident It seems that the tugs came letting the tongue drop to the so that Mr. Clarke was jarred from his seat and thrown in front of the pulverizing The horses plunged dragging the implement over the helpless man's which was badly One of the passing blades nearly severed his cutting so many bloods vessels t h a t he quickly bled to Others on the farm quickly noticed that something was but arrived on the scene too late to be of any The body was brought to the Derby funeral parlors at Mr. Clarke had been a resident of Kingsley Or vicinity for at least 35 or 40 He had been making his home with his at 11 YEAR OLD GIRL CALLED BY DEATH Official County Papei Margaret Anna Wellong Dies Heart Funeral To Be Held Friday of Margaret Anna the 11- old daughter of Mrs. Nick passed away at her home at 120 Fourth avenue N. of heart The funeral will be held Friday morning from St. Joseph's church at 10 Mgr. W. A. Pape Burial will be made in St. Joseph's funeral directors have charge of the Margaret was born on February 11, 1917, in LeMars and has lived here all her She was a student a t St. Joseph's and had many She was well liked and her untimely death is mourned by Besides her beloved she leaves one Marie A junior recital in elocution and dramatic art will be given by Verna pupil of Roy M. as Friday May l l T a t 8: m. The program includes musical an dialect readings and piano TOWNSHIP OFFICERS BETTER HURRY County Auditor W. H. Boyd finds that some township officer candidates do not realize that they must have their nomination papers on file by May 15 and asks this paper to notify them of the Candidates for county offices must have their papers in 30 days before the or by Saturday of this showers all day today will raise the total probably over 2 VOLUME 46, NO. 36 OASIS MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGE Several citizens who undertook to relieve the aridness of Plymouth county and environs - due to the prohibition decided to plead guilty and take their fines in the Plymouth county district The case against Arthur Lake was continued - over the Leo charged with assaulting Sheriff was continued over the Marx was liberated on a $ 500 The case against Merle Fleming was Earnest Giffrow pleaded guilty to a liquor charge and was fined $ 300 and and sentenced to three months in the county L. S. Homan vs. Herman Johnson was Minnie B. Koon was given a divorce from Charles H. Elizabeth Lesser vs. Fred a balm set for the first civil case in the September W. H. Fisher vs. Sa. Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Dismissed and costs Nate Gearke was given a judgment against Nic Mertes by The amount is $ 149.31. A number of cases were dismissed without which means that they may again be opened for the reason that the plaintiffs did not prosecute their They J. Dobrofsky vs. L. W. J. N. Warren vs. John A. Hendrick et al. Klaudt Auto Co. vs. John Christine Mellon et al vs. S. L. I L. Uroff vs. Robert Murphy et al. B. F. Avery & Sons vs. A. L. B. H. Watt et a. Joe F i r s t National bank of Merrill vs. E. G. The selection jury for the trial of Dudley on the charge of maintaining a nuisance in the southwestern part of the county Wets and Drys Alike Flock To End Of Wilson Dynasty FORMER LEMARS MAN AT KINGSLEY Rev. and Mrs. Paul Viehe Are Called to Serve Congregational Church May 3. ( Rev. and Mrs. Paul Viehe arrived in Kingsley April 28th. Rev. Viehe took charge of his pastorate a t the Congregational Church Sunday There was a large audience at the services who very much enjoyed their new pastor's talk and hope for a long and successful Rev. Viehe comes to Kingsley very highly recommended from his at and his congregation here welcome them very Mrs. Viehe was at one time a resident of ' TWAS A NICE SOAKING RAIN LAST NIGHT One of the driest Aprils in the memory of Plymouth county's earliest citizens was unceremoniously and thoroughly terminated last night by a soaking rain that with throughout most of the and left a record of 1.18 inches on the government rain gauge in charge of Henry observer for the United States weather The parched ground eagerly soaked up the heavy downfall a t but it wasn't long before puddles of water stood Grateful nature responded at once and this morning there was a fine crop of dandelions on many The rain came from the southwest and was threatening in Proof that it was no idle threat it furnished by the experience of a strip in the southwest p a r t of the in the vicinity of and at where extensive damage was done to The roof was blown off the I. C. roundhouse and a string of cars was reported blown off the Reports from Kingsley are that a number of people saw a cloud to the which may account for the freakish character of the which kept settling and jumping so that the damaged areas are found In widely scattered At LeMars and vicinity there was comparatively little wind and no serious damage was Dealings In Dirt J. W. Feuerhelm to Clara Belle lots 1 and 2, 1st Add Eva Sitzmann to John J. 4 2- 90- 45, $ 4000. H. to William H. W 2- 3 of S u 2 of of block 74, $ 1200. Byrdie Florke to Henry lot 13, block B $ 400. With the almost pitiful defeat of G. McAdoo's dry Senator Walsh of in the California the Woodrow Wilson influence in the democratic party has been definitely and a new spirit rides the saddle and rides it personified by the redoubtable governor of New Al Senator with a wonderful record in congress where he uncovered the republican oil but a was snowed receiving only 45,752 Walsh had Me and so complete was Woodrow Wilson's in- law's defeat that he was not even elected a delegate to the Reed of another outstanding and a received 57,686 - more than but only a little more than a third as many as Al who is not only but wringing according { o Smith received 132,006 or more than the other two but if Reed had been out of the race Smith would have received most of his The California returns are expected to start a rush for the wagon which will result in Smith's nomination by acclamation in It seems certain that the democratic convention will be the most enthusiastic ever more in the nature of a a gala 10 o'clock t h i s Blackburn was taken in a raid by federal prohibition The following are the Joe H. John Charles C. Urban R. C. i Lillian Henry Otto Louis Lila Pearl All the rest of the jury panel was indicating that there will be no more jury cases this After the taking of testimony had Blackburn decided to take his medicine and changed his plea from not guilty to guilty and asked the court to pronounce sentence Blackburn was sentenced to 3 months in jail and a fine of $ 300 and and if he doesn't pay the fine he has to serve it out at the rate of $ 3.33 a STRUBLE ( By Special Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ben April 24th, a baby The Ladies Sodality of St. Joseph's parish held a very successful card p a r t y at the hall on Tuesday Bridge and 500 were played Prizes were given to the highest Later lunch was Mr. and Mrs. Leo Keough were Sioux City visitors the first of the Mr. and Mrs. Alec McDougall and daughter Joan spent last Sunday with relatives at S. D. Mrs. Leta Kauffman of Aberdeen S. and Mrs. Dollie McFarland of Mitchell spent Tuesday visiting her Merle and at the John McDougall They were enroute home from Cedar where they had been called by the death of their Mrs Mrs. James Nolan entertained 14 members of the Craig high school at a 6 o'clock dinner on A dinner in three courses was The remainder of the evening was spent HENRY WEBER DIES AT ADVANCED AGE Pioneer Was Widely Known in This Came Here in 1907 Henry a widely known pio neer settler of ths passed away at the Community hospital today at the advanced age of 72 three months and five Complication of diseases was the cause of his The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from Funeral chapel and at the Johnson township church at 2 Rev. Meyer Burial will be made in the Johnson township Mr. Weber was born in Marx on January 8, 1856. He received his education and grew to manhood in and during his stay there served in the German In the spring of 1881 he came to the United settling at 111. In the year 1883 he was united in marriage to Tena Frederick who passed away in 1914. Deceased moved to this county in the year 1907 and took up Retiring from the farm he made his home With his and just recently lived with his Mrs. Fred living northeast of Twelve children were six preceding their father in Those who survive with the other relatives and many friends three Ricks and Henry and three Mrs. Gerd Mrs. William and Mrs. Fred all of this Besides the he leaves one Mrs. Fanny living in 16 grandchildren and one Mr. Weber was well liked by was a sturdy pioneer of this He was a hard loving husband and His death will be mourned by many of his old who always enjoyed his WEST STANTON His Reception Committee Fined $ 15 and Costs Charles Hansen of Remsen was fined $ 15 and costs In Mayor Wallace Winslow's arrested by Chief of Police Frank for reckless ( By Special The Stanton W. M S. of the Stanton Evangelical church will meet on Wednesday afternoon for its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Will Rev. W. C. McKinley will be in charge of the lesson assisted by a number of the L. J. Hoffman had a consignment of hogs on the Sioux City market on M Mrs. Clifford Kress who has been Mrs. L. H. Bixby ' was hostess to a lovely dinner on Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs M. J. Bixby to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Melvin After a delicious birthday dinner was the hostess took Mrs. Bixby to her home and upon arriving she found that about six guests had taken possession of her home in order to further extend the courtesies of the ( These included the Seleco club and their mothers and a few After a lovely enjoyed immensely by all the girls served a lovely The main feature of the lunch included a large birthday cake with lighted This lovely affair was immensely appreciated by Mrs. Bixby and at the close of the the guests departed for their wishing Mrs. Bixby many more happy Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Holzmann visited Thursday evening at the George Schnepf H. G. Pech had hogs on Tuesday's Sioux City The Service Guild of the Stanton Evangelical church met Friday April 27, a t the home of Robert Hodgson Edward Kehrberg was in charge of the lesson At the close of the social hour a dainty lunch was Rev. W. C. McKinley conducted the services at the Melbourne church on Rev. W. W. Underkoffler of LeMars had charge of the services in The Mission Band of the Stanton church met Sunday afternoon in the The two lessons taken up were given by Carol Zimmerman and Erna A large number attended this POSSIBILITY OF HAY SHORTAGE Winter Killing Has Had Disastrous Result On Crops Des May 1. Possibility of a hay and small grain shortage in Iowa this year was indicated in a warning sent out by the state farm bureau urging farmers to check up carefully on the condition of these two We have reports from many localities showing that newly sown small grain has suffered seriously from the cold weather thus President E. Hearst of the Iowa Federation In some sections where grass seed was sown the clover has been either killed or seriously Many areas also experienced bad winter killing of clover from last year's All this points toward the possibility 1 of a hay and small grain shortage this ' Farmers in many sections are wisely planning to fortify themselves against such a shortage by planting soy sudan grass and other supplementing the available hay A few have reseeded their but in most cases owners have felt that there was bett e r promise in leaving the 60 to 75 per cent stand than in trying to seed again at this late date Reports of winter killing have been received from several sections of the HIGH FINANCIER HAS MORE TROUBLE Ivan C. Londergan Was Formerly Well Known in LeMars Ivan C. formerly of Cherokee appears to be destined for a long run in the federal A Dubuque dispatch Ivan C. former head of the Medical Life Insurance company of was by a grand j u r y in federal court The indictment under which Londergan has been tried was quashed at the same the former general manager of. the Waterloo is to stand trial on charges of having used the United States mail to Bonds for his release were fixed at $ 8,000. He furnished this amount and was The reindictment of Londergan follows the quashing of a previous indictment in which he was charged with having taken p a r t in a fraudulent stock selling scheme in both the Medical Life Insurance company and the Insurance Loan and Investment A demurrer filed the defense objected to the inclusion two charges under one count of the indictment and the dismissal One of the j specific charges in the indictment than Londergan expense at $ 86,000. Actual it is show that ex penses were more than $ 22,000 and that there was not four times the amount of cash a t hand necessary to pay the 8 per cent TO T Child of Akron Fox Will Not Be Born In Reformatory The child of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sheets of Akron will not be born in developments in the district court here yesterday made Mrs. who was convicted in the January term of the court hero on the charge of attempted extortion on Miles Akron hardware on account of threatening letters in which she threatened to kidnap his young was sentenced yesterday by Judge B. F. Butler to five years in the state reformatory for women at Rockwell Under the state parole system she will be able to get considerable time off for good Mrs. attorneys set the machinery in motion for an appeal to the supreme but friends of the family stated that there is no intention of really t h a t the motion for appeal acts merely as a means of obtaining time until the happy addition to the family can take after which the appeal will be allowed to go by default and Mrs. Sheets will start to serve her The bond under which Mrs. Sheets was released is for $ 2500. She is about 23 years EIGHTH GRADE LASSIES BRAVE THE RAIN Although it was raining dogs and pitchforks a large part of the 64 Plymouth county lads and lassies braved the elements and came to LeMars to take the eighth grade examinations held in the court P a r t of the class took the examination in the room under supervision of Miss Madge Crelley and part in the superintendent's office under supervision of Miss Christine county Examinations were also held in 12 other in the the total number taking the examination being about 250. S. E. WASHINGTON ( By Special Little Jackie and Pearl Harms spent the week end with their Mrs. A. J. of Miss Jennie who was working in is now at Mrs. Lester Braun and son Robert were LeMars callers Tuesday D. Redmon was a Merrill caller one day last Albert who was playing ball twisted his ankle and suffered the pain of having it Mr. and Mrs. James Thorns were LeMars callers Tuesday Miss Lorna Braband spent last week with her Mrs. Alsworth of near Federal Subsidy Supports The Meetings For Local Mothers A new phase of public Mother is to be brought to Plymouth county by the schools and other organizations of the city in a series of meetings as High school May 8, 7: 30 p. m. Wednesday on May 9. Palace May 10, 2 p. m. Union Consolidated Thursday May 10. Friday afternoon at the May 11. Sioux Friday May 11. These conferences are under the direction of the Extension Division of the University of Miss R. has charge of the Building the foundation for the welfare of the is the theme to be The least that the child has a right to expect is to be Well said Mrs. when asked to comment upon her work Too many mothers are losing their lives from causes related to Many of these causes are preventable and many could be corrected in early The talk touches on every phase of the woman's This work is made possible thru a federal and state law and everyone's privilege to town and country people i women and high school girls are cor- b o v s Y M - SL A a n d c h a r l e s invited to No one is j A 1 f S l 0 u x c l t v - b y s ' w o r k too An exhibit for the welfare of mothers and babies will be shown and a children's bureau Well will close the Private conferences may be arranged before or following the Florence E. Public School Katherine County FREDONIA ( By Special Mr. and Mrs. Morten Mortensen visited Sunday with Mrs. Mortensen's Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus of Mr. and Mrs. Moser and visited at the home of Nis Mortensen Rosie and Emella Miller visited at the Chris Bogh home A number of friends and relatives were supper guests at the home of P. Kloster Sunday A few people from this vicinity attended the ball game at Oyens Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kloster and Mrs. Soe and Dagmar Soe spent the week end at the home of Andrew Peterson at S. D. Mrs. Petersen is a sister of Nick Kloster and Dagmar Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Petersen and family were LeMars visitors H. C. Anderson and daughter Eva visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Niels Mortensen A supper was served at the of Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Petersen on t o - n e l g l l S ' a n d - Nick Kloster was getting seed corn from Aksel Petersen a couple of daya this Len Winters was a Sioux City visitor Nis Kloster has been busy moving some more machinery the fore part of this Gladys Lundgren visited with ' Mildred Bogh Tuesday T. Kloster visited at the home of Niels Petersen Tuesday F e rn Petersen has been sick with Sh is better at this Mr. and Mrs John Walinga and family were visitors at the home of Chris Bogh Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Aksel Petersen and family were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Niels Mortensen Wednesday A number of ladies from this vicinity attended a ladies aid meeting at the home of Mrs. Juhl on Thursday Bogh and Norma and and Herlig Kloster visited at the H. C. Anderson home on Thursday The ladies of Fredonia township will have their meeting Thursday May 3rd, at the home of Mrs. John They will also give the lesson on slip covers Every body t r y and This lesson is very Chris Bogh and Norma and visited at the home of Pete near Alton Friday A number of farmers from this vicinity attended a meeting at Cherokee Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Niels Petersen visited at the home of T. Kloster Friends and relatives gathered at the T. Kloster home Friday evening to help Mrs. Kloster celebrate her Andrew Bogh attended a meeting at Sioux City Friday Cyrus Rhodes lias been on the sick list the Nick Kloster had two truckloads of hogs on the Sioux City market on E. state secretary of came to LeMars today for a conference with local school authorities in regard to having a delegation of LeMars boys for the Y. M. C. A. camp at Camp on Lake C. M. proprietor of the LeMars who owns a house at received a letter this morning from his tenant stating that both the house and barn were damaged by the windstorm last The tenant did not say j u s t how much damage was and as telephone connections are still he is wondering how much the repairs are going to cost John local has almost made a new place out of the Royal Barber His crew of painters and decorators repainted and varnished the making it look very nice and LE MARS MARKETS CORN NOW 94c GRAIN MARKETS Old Yellow Corn 94c New Yellow Corn 92c White Corn 91c Wheat - $ 1.35 Oats 55c Rye Barley - 86c POULTRY Heavy Hens Mo Light Hens 14c Cox 10c Leghorn Hens 14c cash 26c; trade 27c DAIRY PRODUCTS Cream 47c
