Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - December 24, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota
Sixteen pages the evening Republican j City �3 t 5 by i a i i edition i1 to. Xxxi. Timm Immell. South Dakota wednesday december 24, 1924. Number 71hight guilty is Given life tragedy of the hungry Santa John Estrom j s i vers As he i plays the role he rings Bells joyously i or children of new York City glad to earn bequest min ii ii my its oni a foil id is Pim hit Iii i main in in \ conv scr in writer Der u Iii i a Tiu a Santa is naut circa aus a Ria i to Ivou Vav us Ever \ Only the f garb Arefi a a a v or or in the a Crnjar whisk in k a of a a lid i occur or a la t c j i Roth. J i a a a a to ii a a t a Ai a r a. Arid v. A a. Mo., Lake to a Agi Ltd. La if cd Liers Foi the surging t anti the id i 1 rang lit a Bells in a a i j 11, i i it i it us to �?~11 Asa ii j a a a t he pm it it help p in ii it i s Quot >1 r tis ii r i is the i 1 i i j i it go Iii loll i. A santas. Iii i w i n d it that unit fall this w i wife and Silt Ai Aby Vuu in re Imp a id. The Mil Tho Coal s topped. No the Liby terribly ill f k of Brunch it is and a Sui ution. Tile wife Iii from Lack of pros Are care and a an i rom had gone do Treel to g it. Lei bits of pay ing to ii a the room we or said the baby must a have a cod Ood. No i leg. In for Saber rattling Breaks up plan for Navy probe Poison mystery seen in death of m Clintock Vag 60, to get Xmas feed in jail first in 30 years John Stroni As Santa clans of Estro if c Iii to a a a Iii.-1 Iii before the War a a Jas Ile in get it to after Jet hid and a a a i nut k mop in a in an sequent worry food. V to i it i a a or and in. The a warm car was to it Ion in had held Good a t % part. Hood -. A a Ltd i her. Afton Fourte n months o r Ca k s w Ere not ill. I wife to i it it sick. Id to. Era. Let in for i Jap for ii lost his i a a to or re r 11 t r. F u they said he no giving f und. I i in sunni. And it was t a -. To. A a a. A e a i i is came to the i r and it it Bas of food. asked i do to a play the Bull r i a n sin it paid $3.5j Ai using the Holic Lay season. Step Mother is to be arrested in Poison Case i so i i woman Cha big in will sending death ill loll a sax 1>s son of to x. Y., Doc. In in of a a War rant charging mrs. Ilienia Ensminger of Columbia miss., second wife of George if Ensminger a professional golfer with attempted murder in the mending it f Poison Candy through the mails today is in its xray to the sheriff of Marion county Mississippi. Miss Harriet Mosier of this place is in a critical condition from eating the Candy. Wrapped in a package1 containing Christmas greetings the Candy v. As sent As a gift to George Vej. Ensminger jr., who is the six year old son of Ensminger by his divorced wife. The boy lives Here with miss Mosic a who is his grand aunt. Denials that the Candy contained Poison have been made at Columbia by mrs. Ensminger she said the Candy had been prepared by herself and a Cook. There was some rat Poison in the Kitchen she said but she was positive none of it had been mixed with the Candy. A merry Christmas and love read a note sept Iii the package. Quot would have sent More Candy package mailed Here May have caused flames mein Iii i l c Leek Dix lakes of i kill. M de stove didst t Rise mail Cau uhe jingoistic War talk acts As state decides to exhume body Boomerang on plans of i of millionaire orphan for big Navy men inquiry move was indiscreet comb Shepherd Home capita now determined to pros Fri tor hints that Rich Tak id utmost care to Khal new breach evening Republican Bureau. Joi Albee building. Washington d. dec. 24. By George f. Al Thier jingoistic War talk and tactless utterances which responsible leaders think should riot have been made have Defeated any by. of any investigation to determine the actual status of Tho american Navy in relation to the a-5-3 ratio established by the arms conference treaties. Not Only has the Saber rattling they think destroyed chances to determine in the View of the Public itself just what is the status of the Navy but has seriously hampered the Outlook Yoc til May have been murdered Chicago iu., la c. 24.�?chief Justley Hopkins of the criminal court today issued an order for tile exhumation of the body of William n. Mcclintock the Quot millionaire orphan who died dec. 4. Denver colo., Ihm. 24.�?a. N. French 60. Thank i d police magistrate White when Given a sentence of ten Days in tile jail for vagrancy. Quot thank Yon he said. Quot i am willing to do ten Days just to get a Chance at a Christmas Plinner. I Hope Yon have Cranberry sauce and All the fax inst. I Haven t i lad a real dinner on Christmas for 30 French appeared at the to olice station last night declared to heard inmates of the City jail were going to have a real Christmas dinner and asked to to locked up. The desk sergeant complied with his request. Mrs. Sweetin sentenced to 35 year term -. jurors deliberate All nigh or nature of penalty Wai it ranted by crime. Decide guilt quickly a of Soihr two defendants in Edison Peotr stoic Sehyr notice of Appeal mount Vernon 111. I Chicago. El., Dee. 24.�? a31 a the body of William Mcclintock. A the j millionaire orphan will to exhumed to determine whether typhoid fever killed him three weeks ago while miss Isabelle Pope his Fiancee waited futilely at his bedside with a marriage License. Robert e. Crowe states attorney or the development of the and Coroner Oscar Wolff who have j air service and other branches of a started an exhaustive inquiry into Bis tonal defense not limited by Tho death a the instance of Harry of a it in git cause sece Rai acre probably a hied in Mitchell. Was the f the Tiro which destroyed Usa rn1 of dollars Worth of want Only a Job on w mgt str of t Evn Servo Xii of j or up St r i t Elf find w Ca Rig a leis i rating. Try and w Cis t mar i n to a parti hot i j o h n 2 7th i n toe army Liming t he j mythical j chs and help the i r mail and burned a railway mail coach attached to Omaha train no 82. To the trucks Between Buch in or and Trent. Minn., Early yesterday meriting this is the View Tak n by j b Crowley. 024 East fourth Avenue. Railway mail clerk. End Clarin Anderson. Also of Mitchell who Wert ii enlarge of the mall Cir p the n returned to Mitchell yes Erda i on their regular run and or Anderson went out immediately on another run while or. Crowley remained at Home. A it Wasny to an overheated stove As reported that caused the Slid i or Crowley this morning Quot i saw the flames Licking their a beneath a pile of mail sacks i Corner of the c in some Dis Inutile stove. Anderson and i Trio to extinguish the tire but it Gad cd too much headway and we signalled to have the train stopped and the car but it did no to shunted to a Spur As quickly As u ill Send More is Hie. We were Able to get 250 sacks in the package besides tile Candy of parcel Post mall three Large wore a policeman a uniform for tile pouches of first class mail and nil the boy and a Box of paints and a Fig. A registered n All out tile car but All % warrant for mrs. Ensminger s of the parcel Post mail from Mitchell arrest was mined after an i Vestiga a urn the a la ne1 of the first class Mali con by local authorities. City bae was Terl Ogof a a a a a a a first from one from a in Trca ties. Will hold Maneu vers despite these results of Tho conversational activities of members of Congress who have been unable to guide the or utterance with the steering wheel of tact Fleet Maneu vers j in the Pacific will be held next sum a Mer and tile cruise of tie american Battle Fleet to australian Waters will be earned out unless stopped by the president in his capacity of Toni i Mander in chief of army and Navy. I while tile naval appropriation Bill passed Iii the House contains no an transportation above that f last year none is needed. It does contain an a appropriation of jt>0,0ob fro fuel and transportation above that o last year and it is purposed australian cruise. Naval operations. Headed by real Admiral Eberle has decided upon to and Hie cruise will include also Ai visit to it the Philippines. I the Bill introduced by rep. Brit tin of Illinois appropriating $101.- 400,000 for scout Cruiser construction improvements in the Navy arid for e m cd Chien is doomed to failure in the Light of the reaction that has sat in against the War talk of which or. Britten Las been an outstanding 1 example. There is considerable regret in a both Senate and House that War talk on the floor of the House and 1 by House members outside the Cham Ber. Lins Lia the result of interfere j ing with More attention being Given to the subject of National defense. This is especially True concerning aviation and the development of submarine and Cruiser construction in Tim Navy. England opposes Gnu hang England it is Well understood is opposing the gun Elevation proposed for the american Navy and is Desir out of having a further conference to define the treaty a language car son. Chief Justice of tile municipal court said pathologists will make a special search for Poison or other foreign matter in the vital organs the death occurred a few months after Mcclintock had become of age and taken Possession of a $1,000,000 Fortune b it him by his Mother when one was 4 years old in a will signed a few Days after he became of age the entire Costa o was left to William i. Shepherd an attorney whose wife was the youths co guardian with a. E. Richmann. U so an attorney. Provision was male for an $5,000 life annuity for miss Pope. Boa rial by Shepherd Mcclintock had lived with the shepherds since his Moth r a death j Arles of postal employees Are not jus o use it tor the of1 died at their Home. According tided and a merited. The Bureau of to bit. Rufus b Stoup who signed witnesses listed for the Christmas the death certificate a severe Case of Hemorrhagic typhoid was the cause. Publishers oppose postal rate increase Washington. C., dec. 24.�?a charge that the Post office department s Cost ascertainment report was especially aimed at newspapers and it period locals was made today before the Senate Tio Stoffle sub comm Etc by Arthur j. Baldwin president of the National publishers association. Appearing at Public hearings to oppose the $10,000,000 Advance in second class mail rates under the administration Bill to take car of pay raises for postal employees Baldwin j said Joseph Stewart who had charge of the compilation of the report had an obsession that the second class mail was a big Burden on till department. A i think. Dec. 24.�?th# jury trying Lawrence m. Hight and mrs. Elsie Sweetin for the Poison murder of her husband. Wilton Sweetin Early today returned it ver dict of Hight was Given 111 a imprisonment while mrs. Sweetin was Given thirty five years in the pert Lien diary. After deliberating All night the jury reported at 8 30 o clock this morning that it had reached an agreement. The judge and attorn Neys were immediately sent for. Ports said that the Lury had in disagreement Over the degree guilt. Deliberated la hours the jury had deliberated a Oun eleven hours retiring at to o clock last night. It considered the Casu almost continuously during the night and this morning except for a shorting for breakfast. The jurors state after the verdict that the jury bs.<2 been unanimous for finding both defendants guilty from the first ballot but that there to and been wide difference As to the punishment to a filleted upon mrs. Sweetin. Tho Ishmonl inflicted upon her. Tho of a said represented a Compro Only two of the jurors had cd infliction of the death Hight. None voted a iof mrs. Sweetin. Non is Frame with one specific defoliant re. In mind to show that the enormous. ,. In the Post office is in the Han. I verdict in Sale new Abd with a Ling of second class mail i"1. A it a it it u emotion. Baldwin said he was not prepared j try in for both defendants to say that the increase Iii the Sal i rave this notice that they would i ask for a new trial. Six possible verdicts the jury received the Case aft i eve sessions of tile committee include Fern to is of argument in which <1 a representative of the accounting it a in a a asked for Tho death penalty n m which postmaster general new i or both. I had examine Quot Iii detail the Cost As j a delivering his charge to the visiting friends in certain nent report on die branches to rave men. Judge j. Kern in Toto the he ist1 Al us car lie cd i Llu in he pm i Ai d Little Gal. Cir May Mas Rodden declared Winner in sheriff election contest Gar it s us that an examination of Tho it Andy Anil the Fig reveal d they contained Small flakes of Poison. Ile said a Poison Tablet evidently had been shaved Small pieces and distributed in delicacies. Ensminger is in Gulfport miss cording to word received Here was divorced from his first wife june. Eight on Way to Paris die in air crash Yankton. 8 d. Kop Bli i oin cuu a Ber a y i a. I tips r i Der. 21.�?j. L. Radii a is sheriff f i Ion y As a a nit of the no a n. It v As determined Day at Tine completion Ceet i ing before judge a dunks majority is it. Neither m a. Was burned or. Crowley thinks that there must have be n some info Imma Hie article called in Mitchell contrary to till rules of the postal department but lie does not believe it will cd r by Learned who mailed that particular package or what it was. He thinks it originated in Mitchell however Beer use the Mitchell mail was tile or a to be taken on the train and was left in on Conter of the car on the floor and it was from lha Bottom of this of n til that the fire seemed to Spring a postmaster t. Burns was a a loss to account for Tho mailing of such a package. It might ii thought have been some sort of a Christmas presen probably made of celluloid. Or. Burns said the postal authorities undoubtedly would make an investigation of th1 tire in an Endeavor to learn its cause and said that As far As possible probably All mail that was carried on till Tram would be checked of probably contracted from eating of i slurs. Or. Shepherd Albuquerque n. A. With his wife declared Over Long distance Telephone to a Chicago newspaper last night that a a the boy died a natural death and there in no reason for an he said he planned to return Here in a week or two but might return at one. The shepherds went to new Mexico their pastor told state s attorney last night on ids advice to rest an i recover from the Shock of the death i of Mcclintock. Who loved them As a Eon he said. Affectionate letters Between the youth and his Foster Par a a had passed during periods of separation. The Clergyman asserted. Search Shepherd Horny j detectives last night searched the i Shepherd Home for bottles which had contained Medicine Given Mcclintock a during ills illness and questioned servants who had witnessed the signing of the will. Druggists who filled pre a Swap ions were ordered to produce of the postal service before lie w Ould give it his approval. Or crazed Man kills we tries suicide Jug on this and similar subjects. Copies. Such a conference it is believed announcement that an exhumation might Well Lead to a More ambitious order would be sought was made ves conference to limit building pro Grams in air War Craft and in other judge os0n a Friend of i lines of military construction. The australian cruise it is assumed is not Likely to it he stopped by the president while the Maneu vers in the Pacific Are of a character which would have raised r o Objec-1 it Uon at All had it not been for the i War t it generally described As in discreet. By scheme of defense by possible enemy Navy ex-1 Myrh Stork Peris Point out Hawaii must to used1 ter Day after a conference Between the Cetin lock family prosecutors. Attorney Richmann and Henry k. Urion an of i feb in of the Dartmouth College alumni association of Chicago. Mcclintock had attended hut had not graduated fro in a r t in o Fth. Tin Ere Olson said be had smarted an investigation immediately after the death but refused to sat what caused him to become suspicious. The Ronert a office made Public an Anonymous letter received two weeks Avo Holton. Wise dec. 24. Clark 60 year old labourer killed his wife aged cd in the Kitchen of their Home Here today by striking her Over Tho had with a Hammer knocking her unconscious and then slashing her body to ribbons with a Butch r knife. Clark then clashed his own wrists. Mrs. Clark was still alive when strutted in six possible verdicts he informed the jurors they could final one defendant guilty and the other not guilty or and both guilty. In the Case of guilt he instructed the jury that it could impose penal ties of death life imprisonment a sentence not less than 14 years a if you find the defendant Hight insane at the time the alleged Crim was committed then he must be judge Kern said. I still think i have been Misun mrs. Sweetin said calmly after till verdict had been it Loki William edited into trap a i led into a trop. That to Why i am Able to receive the verdict i do. I am �?�1 still maintain i am innocent Hight said. �?�1 am not guilty but i Ain t May at nobody. Ii i have to go to the Penitentiary i have to go. That i neighbors and Deputy sheriff Louis All. I am not guilty. I Wasny to afraid it Carlones broke into the House a few of death the Penitentiary or Andthil minutes later hut died As she was be ing taken to a Hospital in Stillwater j second Gas pending in an ambulance. Clark weak fro loss s no comment would be made by of of blood was arrested and rushed to _ flyers us to what action might by to Hudson where he was lodged in the j Ken in other Case in which Hight and county jail. Hevy a recover Hrysi mrs. Sweetin were jointly indicted clans said. J for the murder of his wife Anna the Clarks three children Margar j Hight whose death from Poison oct to 6 years old Billy 5 and Alice j curved two months after that of wi1� against Croydon Ling. Dec. 2 4.�? a a christmastide tragedy occurred this morning at the Ai drome Here when the seven passengers and the Pilot i of tie big i m pc Ria i airways air express i 134, were killed when the air plane banked Arni clashed to the i around soon after it had taken off. J the passenger were on their Way j of Paris for Christmas were hardly a Ware they wort Well in the air when j min machine suddenly banked Over Burley Down in a guest of wind. J went into a nose flames through the explosion of thursday probably Light Snow in spline tank. All eight in tile no j Dakota Penitentiary Here tomorrow my North portions tonight not1 Chine including two women were a Cranberry sauce Green Tomato Pickle 1 in cast and South portions to pumped to Ca h and the machine was i celery fruit and cigars will be added. Destroyed. However to the regular prison fare to 2 1-2 witnessed the slaying. According to the Story told by the eldest girl family altercations have the a i a r a a a 3 Ca Nim to become suspicious. I be i frequent in the Clar it Home. R i it at. A. To ,7 office made Public an anon this morning the father to Deifik a in a j. Unions letter received tw0 weeks to i a a Bott a of medicated alcohol from am 1,1 a a be Lientje of i a a a Lof a expire aged that i Medicine shelf and drank the con rail been . The tents a few minutes later apparent a a Etter said that had Mcclintock mar crazed by be it Quot i a1 Prol pm he re his death other disposal j from the air in which he had been j id keeping the Panama canal of the n tha. A it a i sitting and without warning grabbed in. And maintaining a line of com-1 Wou i h,.vr run Lea j ions with the various Supply Lases along the Pacific count. Naval strategists insist it. Would be Folly officers with 1 As not to familiarize naval Rich before his death other disposal provided for in the will been made of his for t tune. Wore old sweethearts Quot miss Pope and Mcclintock had been conditions that might arise in these it Tyrh school sweethearts and each weather forecast a nest part in overcast tonight pork for convicts Goose for guards at state prison Sioux Falls. S. P., Doc. 2 4�?roast dive and burst into i pork will be the principal item on till Christmas dinner menu at the South i Waters in the event or War. The australian cruise it is admit tel. a different character and j a kb1 it is one of Courtesy which is easily justified it is feared till com i Mon position taken by this country a nil by Australia on the subject of a Hammer and struck mrs. Clark Over the head knocking her unconscious. Then seizing a Butcher knife i he began slashing the woman a pros j Tratz form. Margaret ran from the House and went of colleges he to Dartmouth Ani to the Home of or. And mrs. Arthur she to Northwestern. They planned marrying after graduation. M Hen Mcclintock was taken ill he urged that they be married at once according to miss Pope. On information from or. Shepherd that she Aiono could not obtain a Ford Sweetin. This Case is now on the Calendar and might be tried by the state if it were decided a further Effort should be made to Send Hight tithe Gallows. Dmm he will Lea Bench in i in titration might be 1 by japanese Jingo its As an intention to make marrla8�?o cens mis9 pop Sai 1 ast a hostile mature. Of h Dakota partly overcast to a Gilt my thin Aday colder thursday Aud p Northwest portion tonight. Bot Dakota generally fait to of id thursday not so cold in a nth t portion tonight colder. Ii thursday or thursday night. Lentil temperatures mix. Urn and tempera is As i a corded by the t final gov to intent thermometer from 7 a. In. A a croat i 7 a. In. Today. M Ixia in 14. Miniman 14 below Al a in. Today 12 below. Weather and roads but Ergo Clear 19 below roads f Hume it hear. Ii window cads fair. Yankton Clear 3 below roads Sioux fails Clear 20 below roads Clear 4 below Mala Good. A re Len a Lear. To below roads # j Cloudy 12 below Mads Cair. 4 sold 50 Alexandria s. dec. 19, 1924 the evening Republican Mitchell s. Gentlemen my 50 White leghorn hens Are already gone and i am Well pleased with the results from my want and. I will recommend the re publican want ads As a great stunt. Yer truly Carl Kilstrom Quot make the Day something of an epicurean event of the institution. # Christmas menu cards set Forth the Bill of fare for the Quot main line under the heading Quot hotel de Jameson j Pennville s. in Hon a of Warden w. Jameson. While the Quot Mai ii line is gorging itself on roast pork i the Quot officers mess will partake of roast Goose. Analysis fails to show poisoning three probes of cafe car disaster open in Wisconsin Stevens Point wig., Dee. 24 1 retread employee responsible for safety of Soo line passenger coach which plunged info Chippewa River at Chippewa Falls saturday with eight deaths were exonerated of blame by conference of Railroad and state official. J Chippewa Falls wig dec. 2 4�?ithe investigations to determine to hat caused the Soo line observation i Lear and diner to plunge Botto Side up from the Bridge Over the Chippewa River Here to the icy torrent go feet night she delayed for three Days in Ca trying out their plan. When she Learned the contrary and obtained the License Mcclintock a condition had become worse and he had lost consciousness. The wedding was postponed and later he died. The investigation of the Leah is the latest incident in the history of the Fortune whose Possession has been attended by ill Luck for years. Coolidge signs poultry plague appropriation Washington d. C., dec. 24.�?pres Yankton s. D., dec. 24.�?-stat merits which have appeared in a Ftp Over the state the last few Day announcing judge Charles h. Dillon intention of resigning from the stat Al supreme court Early next year without foundation according to judge who was in this City Yeste Tiu judge Dizion stopped Here Enro Ute w. Rayno next door. Quot papa hit mama on the Hea i with a Hammer and killed her and i left before he killed she screamed the Raynos called Deputy sheriff Carlones who lives nearby and accompanied him to the Clark Home. Tho two younger children were1 crouched in one Corner of the hitch in. Tho Walla ceiling and floor of to Pierre from a two week a Yaj a to to which were spattered with blood a Indiana and declared that the an mrs. Clark Lay in the Center of the nou Cement of his contemplated room. The Raynos took the child Rich Bina Tion was a Complete Surpris a h to their Homo while an ambulance him. Was from Stillwater just across the River. It was not until mrs. Clark Hinbern removed from the Homo that Clark a found in the bedroom. Ile 1 was unable to talk and had no con tool of his limbs. Mrs. Rayno said mrs. Clark had told i her that Clark frequently went to bed with a Hammer and Butcher j knife. Last summer Clarks wife a a j him arrested for non-supp6rt and he i was placed under a two year sus Pended sentence la Waupun. Hay will not be tried on assault Moriarty decide m my n a i below carrying at least eight per j ,. Of mrs. Edwards on to their Drath and insuring a Dent cooled a today signed the Bill in. Are under Way. The Railroad wis appropriating $100,000 to enable the. Ronsin Railroad commission and Conn department of agriculture to combat Birmingham. Ala. Der. 24.�?no to officers Are conducting the inquiry european fowl plague and other Trace of Poison was found in the Visos. The death car has been dragged diseases which have led to an Embar i Cera of mrs. Annie loll Edwards by from the water and the injured re by new York and other Eastern b. B. Ross state chemist according covered sufficiently to talk coherent states against live poultry from the i to a report made to solicitor Ben by about what happened. Middle West. The departments Cam j Perry and made Public Here today. Investigators so far agree that a de already has been inaugurated. Mrs. Edward was mysteriously slain in her Home on dec. 2 or. George t. Edwards husband of the woman is under indictment charged with murder. Festive switch caused the last two ears the president also signed the Omni to leave the rails. Beyond that they bus pension Bill granting pensions to do not a Nur Hber of individuals who have physicians say that All of the in nerved Iii the armed forces of the Jurod will recover.4country 4 merry Christmas there will be no edition of the evening Republican issued tomorrow. In accordance with the annual custom the business offices Anc editorial rooms will be closed an Day cd Rumm. J Huron. So. P., pee. 24.�?ruling thai j to place d. A. Hay of de Smet on trial on a charge of assault with intent to kill Rue Cen Jesup in con station with tile fatal shooting of Josuph s father last summer a do h added by the states attorney. Trouis a place Hay again in jeopardy on lha same offence As that from whish he was acquitted last week by a jury in circuit court. Judge m. Moriarty today ordered the latter can a dismissed. Hay was defended by mayor c. A. Kelley of Huron. Mckenna May quit Washington d. C., dec. 24.�?awo a Date Justice Mckenna of the so Prem court expects within a few week ic4 retire from the Bench. Ii said today however Umi question had not yet taken find. And that Cir urn stance might Cuce him later to modify his