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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - December 11, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota Twenty pages City edition vol xxx Imitchell South Dakota thursday december la 1924. Number 60gompers dead report says Wrigley won his wife when poor met his Bride on steam boat when Salesman couple s t a r the d keeping House on income of $10 per week he is a Island Queen if mks Wrigley 1< so known ref be of Beautiful. Catalin \ Home i t Hun Igo dec. a Steamboat Philadelphia 4 4 years ago a Martini youth of 19 met a Beautiful Young girl who was travelling with her parents. The two struck up a Friendship which later ripened into love. She list have liked his tempestuous . He must have wooed Ber ardently. Any rate they were married within toe year shortly after the Young husband turned up. That was when the Bride lost her identity As miss Ada e. Foote and became mrs. William Wrigley or. T Oday her husband is the chewing gum magnate of the world and one of tie Wrath est men alive. But when she married him almost a of a Century ago he had Little More than a Sterling character and his f it tire worked for father the couple started keeping House on the $10 a week that Young Wrigley made driving a four horse team through the mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania Selling soap for his father factory. Of course a Dollar in those Day meant far More than it does now. But every Penny had to serve its purpose. And because the Young wife proved herself a capable manager they somehow got by. Today Wrigley with All his millions is Ford of telling How Good Home seemed Back in the Good old Days. He was always glad to get Bac to it. He says. It was warm and clean and Thero was Good food on the table. A Hough there was 4<n much of a variety. But Wrigley did not remain Long behind his Hor. Soap did not offer a he Opportunity int sought. With Only $30 in his pocket he lunched out to see the world. By the time that move was made his family had increased. \ Little daughter had arrived. I three arrived Iii Chicago and settled in modest quarters. Wrigley had the vision. His wife gave him the needed encouragement. To his dream of Conquest he won. Today he spends millions yearly for advertising alone. He owns a Ball team. An Island Paradise off the Cliburn a coast Beautiful Homes and is a director in countless enterprises including Banks Steamboat lines taxi a orc rentes Ansi mines. Writer Mortimer tells of threat made to kill Forbes Rondout gang gets terms of i to 25 years relations of vet Bureau head Holliday who refuses to with wife roused Hostil i give up share of loot labor Leader who is said to have died in Mexico Ity he admits receives maximum had 50-50 agreement six Are sentenced confessed bribery go be Willie Newton. One of four tween tells How he split commissions w Ith Forbes or. And mus. Wilham Wrigley and Catalina Island Home Charnock makes1 Navy building Public letter from Gunderson retiring Highway commissioner Hopes new body will a push Highway system says i Al he never has had moles unloaded on him until a w a fed and rested. His wife a t her a Billie was always inter a it gtd and always trying to be helpful about the Home. He took an interest in her clothes and hats. And this is to he noted. W n in criticized an unfortunate in winery Purchase of hers he always accepted the Challenge to help select a m a Bat says mrs. Wrigley. Island Homo f a e Utahna Island Home of the in is in named Otie a they Call her a Queen of the i it a turn out the band and the n Hole population runs Down to the or whenever the King and Queen Rome Home. The it Isnit the Way she feels or acts however. It is a kindly lady who a a off the boat wishing they n old no to make such a fuss. Tastes Are simple. Her syn by is tender. She feels deeply for so who Are having the struggle it p came through. V in taday warlocks Avalon Bay a Pacific from a Hill that is ter-1 with the gorgeous blooms of California. R e is a winding Road and a Long of Steps that leads up to the h where mrs. Wrigley loves to v it a a Lier inseparable bit of Needle a pwn constantly e a ways Bas that Little sewing it with her. On fishing trips or exhorts about the Island her Needle c Nat Antly flying. P May a cushions for the boat or j Peries for the Little Community or it h that she is making. Some i it s Linen for the Hospital which j Milt and gave to the Island City. A u see or. Wrigley just can to p working. She had to work be a her husband made his millions 1 Row the habit persists. Addition to the daughter. A Utby who i married to a Cal Tco Patent attorney mrs. Wrigley i son. H Ltd ame is Philip k. He is mar i and there Are Young grand n i it oth families. Son is a up. re of is the original Wrigley t c a his initials form the name r 1 particular Brand of chewing lozenge manufactured by i Sioux Falls s. D., dec. T. Charnock member of the South Dakota Highway commission. Today made Public a letter to governor elect Carl Gunderson offering his resignation from the commission effective Jan. 5. The resignation of or. Charnock was in response to a request from the governor elect dated nov. 25, which said a in my plan for the reorganization and consolidation of departments and commissions in the state the Highway commission is one in which changes will be made. In order that you May have time in which to adjust your affairs notice is Given at this time that it will be agreeable to me to receive your resignation the tame to take effect at the close of business Jan. 5. 1925.�?� or. Charnock. In his letter of resignation reviewed briefly the work of the Highway commission during the present administration and expressed the Hope that a your new commission will 4 ush the state Highway system to completion As fast As the funds Are or. Charnock has been named county Road supervisor of Minnehaha county subject to ratification by the state Highway commission and will take office Jan. I. High confession to be admitted As evidence at trial plan approved by upper House Utah senator Calls personnel inefficient Bill carries to millions Washington. A. Dec. Senate approved today the naval construction Bill authorizing a program expected to Cost $110,000,000. The Bill provides for construction of 8 Light cruisers six gunboats to Chicago. 111., dec. h. Mortimer the chief government witness began his fourth Day of Cross examination in the Forbes Thompson conspiracy trial today with further testimony touching upon alleged bribery payments to Charles r. Forbes then director of the veterans Bureau in August 1922. The witness repeated his charge that he gave Forbes $1,000 in Cash on aug. La As a this share of a bribe paid for a Hospital contract at Tupper Lake n. The Money was Given to Mortimer by William Mccauley Washington representative of the Sutherland construction company which received two separate contracts for the Tupper Lake foundation. Hostile toward Forbes Mortimer was closely questioned about the nature of his work in the interest of the Sutherland company at a time when according to his previous testimony he was Ander agreement to represent Thompson and Black construction company a competitor it it of Sutherland in the bidding for veterans hospitals. He denied he had determined in july 1922, upon a a Campaign to ruin Mortimer denied he had told or. George b. Toul Edge his father in Law in August. 1922. That he would a get Forbes a if he had to swear himself into jail to do it. He reaffirmed his testimony before the Senate veterans Bureau investigating committee that his a hostility i toward Forbes prompted him to give his testimony before the com i Muttee. A emr. Mortimer begged me not to go before the committee and testify against Forbes a the witness said. Refused reconciliation recounting his visit to his father in Laws Home in Philadelphia the night before he took the stand before Brothers brought into court on Stretcher the Senate committee the witness told of mrs. Mortimer a Effort to bring Forbes and himself together for a conference. Forbes uses in Ane room and mor by used on the Yangtze River in timer in another and mrs. Mortimer China and the conversion of six hat j Iier husband to go into Forbe room and talk with him. A if i go into that room Only one of us will come out a Mortimer said to ships from Coal to Oil burners. The measure was passed by the House and Senate last session but was held up by a motion by senator King Democrat Utah to reconsider which was Defeated today. Appropriations for the program will be asked in the Navy Supply Bill for next fiscal year. Chairman Hale of the naval committee announced. Senator King reiterated his opposition today demanding again a an exhaustive and comprehensive investigation of the standards expected by the american a there is a he continued a that there is inefficiency in the per Sonn a of the Navy. In my mind there i has been a distinct deterioration in the Navy in the last four Chicago 111, dec. Holliday Brent Glasscock and the four Newton Brothers who pleaded guilty in the $2,000,000 Rondout mail train robbery trial were sentenced to Leavenworth prison today the sentences ranging from one year and one Day to 23 years. Holliday received the maximum sentence. Holliday although he had pleaded guilty with the other five nevertheless had refused to Ald the government or turn Over $100,000 in loot alleged by government agents still to be in his Possession. Brent Glasscock and Willis Newton chiefs of the actual robbery and Jesse Joseph and a Willie Newton were the others. Glasscock Willis and Willi the latter of whom was wounded doring the robbery and who was brought into court today on a Stretcher each was sentenced to serve twelve years. Joseph Newton 22, the youngest of the Brothers received a three year sentence and Jesse who did nothing More than help guard the loot a let off by Federal judge Cliffy with the lightest sentence one year and one Day. William j. Fahy former Post office inspector and James Murray local politician who were charged with being the Arch plotters stood trial and were convicted. They already Are serving 25 year sentences in Atlanta Penitentiary. England lager to have France pay War debts Veteran labor head succumbs on trip North heavy cold and High Altitude in Mexico City cause of death is belief Elpaso doubts Rumor Samuel Gompers Cal gets his lost dime Back helped finder face world my Vernon 111., dec. j. Kern ruled today that the confession made by Lawrence m. Hight to a committee of methodist ministers following his arrest was made freely and voluntarily and would be admitted As evidence against him but not against mrs. Elsie sweetly in their joint murder trial. Up writ her husband mrs. Aking of by says my Billie was always a Horn Vung Man. They say that the trav it cd Salesman appreciates his Home a than any other Man and the j year that we were married. Will j Crent its night on the cars. In All his a Lve business life he has seeming j 1/ enjoyed his i 35 answers Parkston s. D., dec. 8, 1924. The evening Republican Mitchell s. Dear sirs i have received 35 letters in answer to the want and you ran for me farm for Trade. I think the evening Republican want and is the Best advertisement that a person can get for Selling or exchanging property. Yours sincerely or. Pm. Matthews. New farm lobby opens offices in National capital Washington d. C., dec. were opened Here today by the f Armer to consumer league a National nonpartisan association just organized under the chairmanship of b. F. Yoakum former president of the Rock Island Railroad to Foster cooperative marketing and work for legislation beneficial to Farmers. In a statement announcing the opening of Headquarters of the league formation of which was announced recently in new York where Eastern Headquarters will be maintained the organization committee declared a organization of the farming interests along economic lines on a Broad scale has yet to be undertaken and the Hope of the future in this respect lies Only through Federal weather and roads Minnesota increasing cloudiness with probably Snow in East and North he told his wife. Asked with whom he divided his commissions on Hospital contracts Mortimer said i agreement with Forbes was for a a fifty fifty Chicago. Iii. Dec. Il�?c4> a methods by which Elias h. Mortimer sought to influence Hospital contract awards during the directorship of colonel Charles r. Forbes in the veterans Bureau were again questioned today As Mortimer chief government witness resumed the stand. An intensive fire of Cross questioning yesterday by James 8. Eas-by-8mith. Counsel for Forbes revealed several discrepancies Between the Story As related in the present Case and As Given by the same witness in the Senate committee s inquiry last year. Confronted with differences in his i testimony Mortimer somewhat worn by the ten Day ordeal on the witness stand told the jury his former testimony was his Best recollection at the time. Quot i done to remember a the witness answered several times during his five hour examination yesterday when asked to explain conflicting testimony. Many hours ahead of him Moritmer the first witness for the prosecution in the trial of Forbes and j. W. Johnson St Louis contractor on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in the granting of Hospital contracts probably will answer the crass extra unating i interrogations of the defense through another full Day before he is turned oter to the government counsel for additional direct testimony. He probably will be in court the remainder of the week. Despite emphatic warning from the London eng., dec. Llu up a Winston Spencer Churchill a declaration in his first speech in the House of commons As Chancellor of the exchequer that the government considers it essential that any payments made by great Britain s debtors in Europe to the United states should be accompanied simultaneously by proportionate payments to this country pleases the press and populace immensely without regard to party or size of pocketbook. The Chancellor did not mention any debtor nation by name but almost every newspaper Speaks of France whose emissaries have been discussing the debt subject in Washington. The press with significant solidity takes the position that if France begins paying her debt to America it is Only fair that she should at the same time Start settling with great Britain. Or. Churchill alluding in the House of commons to the Franco american War debt conversations said the government would consider it essential that any payments made by great Britain a creditors in Europe to their creditors in the United states should be accompanied simultaneously by proportionate payments to great Britain. Logical position a Washington d. C., dec. Treasury has accepted the statement of Winston Churchill Chancellor of the British exchequer yesterday on Allied debts a was obvious and logical and has no intention of making any further comment. This official expression was made today after a conference Between Secretary Mellon. Under Secretary Winston and assistant scr Taxy Wadsworth at the Treasury. Mcdowell remains educational head of methodist body new York n. Y., dec. Llu Bishop c o u Rte a a inst int r Odu cd ii g e x t ran e no Ai w f my Dortu. Was re fretted presi matter in his answers. Mortimer rut ident of the b6f.r< of flu at a Quot it. Into the record yesterday several and he methodist episcopal Church additional references to the Friendship is hefty ninth annual meeting yester which developed Between mrs. Mort do. ,. When a resolutions of Confidence in the in portions late tonight or Friday War Imer and Forbes during 1 22 f re Char it Anton Bast Reamer East and North portions tonight. I Mortimer was representing Thomp a at Light Snow a night 9cm 9 contracting firm before the ent methodist do of a. Light Snow tonight Bureau in Copenhagen. Denmark recently was North Dakota warmer in East portion Friday partly overcast and somewhat colder. South Dakota partly overcast tonight and Friday warmer in East portion tonight slightly colder Friday. Nebraska fair tonight and Fri Day. Add weather Gide maximum and minimum temperatures As recorded by the official government thermometer from 7 a. In. Yesterday to 7 a. In. Today maximum 35. Minimum 24. Weatherfor recast Washington. A. Dec. In president Coolidge was described during the Campaign by his running mate Charles g. Dawes As a one who watches Nickels but a letter received today at the White House showed that he does not always watch the dimes. The letter addressed to the president and dated Racine wis., said a dear Cal a wishing you a merry Christmas and a Happy new year. A you do not know me but one Day before you were elected t was walking in Back of you. You dropped a dime but you did not notice it. I picked it up and kept it because i was hungry. I got me a hot cup of Coffee and two Roll. Well i have plenty of dimes now so i am returning one in the place of yours. Yours truly a a rail labor Board takes up wage War of trainmen body Chicago. Iu., dec. in wages and adjustment of rules affecting the order of railway conductors and the brotherhood of railway trainmen on Twenty railroads was the principal matter before the United states Railroad labor Board Here today. When the Board renders a decision in the Case virtually every Railroad in the country will have reached a settlement with its conductors and train men based on the award made originally to the new York Central and its conductors and trainmen. This award has a five per cent increase in wages for the men and a regulation of rules that the Railroad asked for in return. Agricultural Bill is up again today in lower chamber physicians. However. Ordered him to hurry out of Mexico to save life Elpaso. unofficial report received Here today from Mexico City by Al International. A Spanish language newspaper said that Samuel Gompers. President of the american federation of labor died thursday morning near san Luis Potosi. The dispatch a discredited in official circles Here a being inauthentic. Elpaso ter., dec. Gompers. American federation of labor president died this morning near san Luis Potosi according to a dispatch to Al International a Spanish language daily published in Elpaso today. The dispatch stated that the Veteran labor chief had succumbed to illness resulting from a severe cold and his overworked condition. The message to the paper came from Mexico City and was not confirmed from any official source. Officials Here questioned the reliability of the information contained in the message. Mexico City. Mexico dec. it a it a Samuel Gompers the aged american labor Leader left last night for Laredo Texas accompanied by the a entire american delegation to tho pan american labor Congress which has just concluded its session Here. Or. Gompers who is approaching his seventy fifth year was in a state of such feebleness a the result of illness of the last few Day that he was carried from his hotel on a Stretcher. While he has been suffering Only from a slight cold his condition was aggravated by the effect of Mexico City a High Altitude upon his heart and the doctors advised him to expedite his departure. A president Gompers is standing up better than expected said a message sent to president Cartes in the Early hours this morning from the special train on which or. Gompers is travelling. A emr. Gompers is improving and everybody is asleep except the doctor at the bedside a said the Porter of or. Gompers car when questioned by the station master at la Griega As the train passed that station it 1 13 of clock this morning. San Antonio Tex. Dec. Gompers. President of the american federation of labor will arrive in san Antonio Friday afternoon from Mexico City accompanied by Twenty seven other labor leaders. They will depart the following Day for new York via new Orleans. O coarse Grain Pool in Manitoba plan of wheat growers a i gave him a thousand dollars in Cash and he would have got More if arrested on a charge of Misa Propri i action of Charity fund were adopted Washington d. C., dec. La a attention of the House was directed again today to Reading of the agricultural appropriation Bill under the five minute Rule with amendment in order. Consideration of the measure which among other provisions carries f80.000.000 for Road construction was carried Over from tuesday to enable two naval Bills to be disposed of yesterday. A to morals candidate at Huron runs off with woman claim Huron. S. D., dec. is being conducted Over the state for Robert Selb local tailor and mrs. H. E. Boog. And two children who Are alleged to have left Huron together. Selby was a a morality candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket two years ago. Mr3. Boog is the wife of a repairman at the North Winnipeg. Man. Dec. Ill preparations for the formation of a coarse Grain Pool similar to the Manitoba wheat Pool will be discussed at the meeting of the directors and members of the Manitoba cooperative wheat Pool association Here at a Date to be announced later. The Pool would provide for the cooperative marketing of oat Barley. Rye. And flax and if 4he echeme is approved by the general meeting of the members it would be established in time to handle the 1925 crop. They did it once but never again officials declare Washington. C., dec. goddess of agriculture in three letters is the department of agriculture made this announcement to the country today for the Benefit of Cross word puzzlers but refrained from any Intima on that the action a to be considered a precedent. A a Ops got into the correspondence of the department when the Philadelphia office obligingly searched a dictionary to please a Young woman Puzzle enthusiast. Huron Clear. 26 roads heavy. Watertown Clear 30 roads fair. Mitchell Clear. 24 roads fair. Aberdeen Clear. 21 roads fair. Yankton Clear 32 roads fair. Sioux Falls Clear 27 main Road open. Pierre Clear 34 roads Good. He had left my wife alone a the Jat a special meeting of Western shops Here. Sheriff a. J. Lar witness said at one Point explaining missions a so a conducting the search. Hughes of Chicago opening arguments Are presented in Gilbertson trial Flandreau 8. D., dec. the state and the defense had pre How he paid Forbes his share of an alleged bribe from a contractor. Cautioned by judge at another Point the witness fixed the time of a certain incident in its relation to the time when he had a Caughe him Forbes in Fairmont Park in Philadelphia with mrs. on another occasion when Mortimer went beyond the full answer to the question put to him by the counsel. Judge George a. Car seated their opening arguments at Penter abruptly halted the proceed a Noo today in the trial of Gilbert Ings and cautioned the witness to Gilberson Moody county Farmer for confine his answer to the subject j first degree murder in connection matter of the Cross examination. I with the slaying last August of Avon Nordlie in an altercation at the j Blencoe school House near Here. The first witness took the stand for the state when the afternoon session of Coort opened. Selection of the jury a completed yesterday. Several digressions by Mortimer were ordered stricken from the record and on one occasion to a newspapermen were ordered by judge Carpenter to i make no reference in their reports to the stricken test ii remember a and a substantial gifts can be had in Mitchell of Republican advertisers. Large stocks to choose from. Priced to sell see Mitchell shops stores of newly manufactured arms found in Germany Paris. France. Dec. Ill ups recent reports from the Allied military control Mission in Germany have caused considerable worry in Allied quarters. The Mission it is said a found numerous secret store of newly manufactured arms and some newly perfected weapons such As antitank guns. Of a government dips into new Jersey liquor scandals Jersey City. N. A. Dec. Federal government today entered actively into investigation of bootlegging and rum running activities. United states District attorney Winne announced he would seek to have the cases of 12 men already indicted transferred to a Federal court

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