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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - February 14, 1922, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican by vol. , South Dakota tuesday february 14, 1922 number pigs so civil we near again vast swindles Are unearthed by u. S. Agents leaders of third party movement would form still stronger bloc arrest of a boy wizard 3 followed closely by More startling exposures runs into millions Western ii and Gyratory believed to be most extensive of several. Or its Chicago la Fob. 14�?investigation of the dealings of the Western land operators company the third concern raided by authorities within three Days and believed by them to have swindled foreign born citizens of More than , was under Way Here today by government agents j within three Days alleged swindles j totalling approximately $6,500,000 Acron in g to conservative estimates by officers were disclosed with the a i pests saturday of Rny Hond j. Pts it Miff and the arrests yesterday of three employees of the Western land operators association and three pm i nov a of the american Novacu Lite i com Pany. Two Moro sought. Leslie Harrington said by police j to he unmoving spirit in the affairs j of the american Novacu Lite company i Aud Charles to Rich and Charles Phillips general manager and pres j , of the Western land operators Tympani Are being sought by the i police. Rod tors demand raid the raid on the offices of the Western land operators company was made last night at the request of i f creditors lust As the police he j Here they have established a con i in. Tion Between the Workings of Bis i chaff and Barrington so have they come to the belief that the Western land operators company was connected with the other two and that the three Wert operating huge swindles jointly. The investigators indicated today j hat the total losses to the families who invested their savings in the companies May run much higher j then tile figure now set. Harrington the police said fled the City yesterday a Short time be fore his establishment was raided j three other employees of his concern also Are missing. Harrington s Rise rapid the raids Ami arrests followed the hearing of Bischoff Boid before judge Landis yesterday and in which ii h Eft admitted knowing a earring Tuti anti Saki tie had loaned marring cd Ipp Reveraa recast oils 1 f a Rise in High finances was even More rapid than that of Bischoff the government investigators said. Starting when lie was practically penniless according to toe investigators and upon thie suggestion of Peter soil Vitos and John t. Hindus former agents of Bischoff. Who wanted to use him an a figurehead for their own Benefit in organizing an Independent company a chained desk room in the office of an attorney but his business grew to such proportions that in a month he had established his own office and hired Many of Bisch offs own men. Luke Byrne $50 a week president of the $5,000.0 concern and thornes Moran Secretary met Harrington a dinner they said and later were von positions. Knew Little of moonless we never knew much about the �lusiaess1 Byrne said a fall we did is kit kit up tit looks and write let r at Harrington a direction. All the Money was taken in by him and de a pc sited huf m. I. West. Arrested in Aurora i �?~lo., in connection with the Western i land operators company i Vestiga t on is said to have started his Ven i a Tiro Here last August. To the investor i hold Forth an attractive promo j action which would yield too percent t it six months the said. His regular merest rate was $4 monthly on $100, prospects were told that the commy owned thousands of acres of and in Montana Ami Colorado. No piece of property was spelt cd As Security. Sonic inventors paid investors in september they said i and Quot one Hundred percent the first month. Buyers of $1,000 Gold Bonds in the fall were Given $2,000 in Bonds in december a checks for Divi a mils were paid by a Bank in Aurora Colo. Tin in january the checks began to Oomen Back marked a insufficient l no its from towns near Chicago a ? g Largo foreign born populations Hitte that both Bischoff and har a a Angton reaped Large harvests there. Of special to the Republican till lift Ivy hts will control this year on congressional elections Washington d. Cd a feb. 13.�?the election to Congress this fall of senators and representatives sympathetic to the needs and demands of agriculture and Labory not the organization of a third party movement a is the end sought by the a a progressive conference to be held in Chicago. Feb. 20. That a third party movement ultimately May grow out of the situation developed by the Chicago conference is recognized As possible. But that is wholly a secondary consideration. Quot to need Quick action. We want results at the election this fall declares William in Johnson president of the International machinists Union chairman of the committee issuing the Call. A that Means we have to make use of those constructive forces already in existence and by co operation bring about a political Unity that can elect to Congress men who love their country More than a Dollar. Among those asked to attend Are j men and women representatives of organised labor organized Farmers the non partisan league the farm labor party of 1920, th4 socialist party and the Consumers league j they will not attend As official repro j sent fives of those groups however. The Day of the conference is the j same As that previously set for the annual meeting of the executive Council of the american federation of labor. This will prevent any High National official of the federation from attending. But John l. Lewis of the United mine workers and j John Walker of the Illinois federation Are expected to attend. The labor stand at the conference i will he dominated by forces outside the federation with the Railroad i brotherhoods having perhaps a controlling voice. Among Farmer representatives who will insist on the continuance of a closely hound agn in Congress but with cued to take in labor a a progressive vote fro Utica i parties will be Ben f. Marsh of the National Council Wes Reno Des Moines or Iowa banners Union i cite. Charles City of the Iowa society of j. W. Long. Madison. Tary treasurer of the ers of America. Former governor i nut ural bloc lines Broadbell to draw i both to a Farmers Iti Glon Milo a Dent of the i i. Bisson 1. President i equity and i wig., Secre United farm mines scale body oppose any wage cuts Mary and Mabel Are not Welcome at Lynn i by associated press Lead d w in Lynn mass. Feb. 14-�? local motion picture theatres have discontinued showing pier tires featuring Mary Miles Minter and Mabel nor Mand whose names have Ben men Ulster stirred to foundations by kidnappings c. A a honed in connection with the slay _. It a a committee meeting in Indian a eng of William Desmond Taylor to Frontier already resemble Apolis recommends strike if change is made demands 8 hour Day r of North would make next agreement for period of two Vars ultimatum is issued Kex go y Erx or Lynn j. I hazier Ben in mks ii Dakota is expected to in among the representatives of the non partisan league. Maurice i quit will be among so Giulii to and the Rev. John a. Ryan and Bishop Charles d. Williams will represent tile Liberal clergy. Mrs. Florence Kelly and mrs Al. P. Costig amp a of the National Consumers league will be spokeswoman for voting housewives. By associated pro leased xxx ire Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 14�?the wage scale committee reporting to the special convention of the United j mine workers of America her today declared a in the most emphatic manner our opposition to any reduction in mining prices and insist that j the present Basic wage schedules be maintained a under the discussion of policy the committee recommended a general suspension of mining if no agreement is reached by april i. Such action i being subject to a referendum vote of the Union before March 31. Would lamer living Standard the committee making the demand i for retention of present Basic wage said a reduction would lower the i Standard of living among All miners and cause poverty and suffering thru out the Coal Fields. It was recommended that any wage scale agreement must be submitted to a referendum vote of the District 1 affected. Another recommendation was that j the convention ratify the demands of th1 Anthracite miners for a Twenty percent increase in tonnage rates and a one Dollar a Day scale for Day Man. % w ant 8 hour Day the committee declared for adjustment of a a unequal differentials which would result in Small increase in various Fields. Other recommendations were that All new agreements be based upon to on picture director at los Angeles. The action was taken at the request of the City s Board of censors Kenyon still would control Coal Industry state of War Collins scents pc tical plot Belfast storm Center in i pings continue we death Lisi ties morning red mounted to eighteen troops in Hei ast Belfast. Ireland. I cd Large body of trellis appeared in tin streets of Belfast late this afternoon. They were the first to he sen Lim since tin renewed outbreak of disorders began. London. Eng., feb. Catling a dramatic disclosure of an alleged Republican plot to overthrow the provisional government the sudden and unexplained suspension of the British military evacuation and the dangerous tension Between Tho North and South have combined to produce a serious situation in Ireland he outcome no use Here ventures to for Erst More definitely than by speculating on the dreaded possibilities but dispatches show that the position on the Frontier is not far removed front a state of War. Indeed the Prospect of civil War is being seriously Dis unwed in Belfast and elsewhere in Tho Nort h. The dispatches sent by Belfast correspondents of the London newspapers represent the temper of the Ulster men As being such that unless the kidnapped unionists Are speedily released there will certainly follow an explosion which May lend to War. Concerning the supposed plea against the provisional government nothing is known Here beyond what iowan offers. A last Mieure. Proposal to regt late mines and miners by associated pros leased xxx ire Washington. I. Cd. Feb 14.�? establishment of a Federal tribunal and code of Laws for regulation of the Coal Industry was proposed in a Bill introduced today by senator Kenyon. Iowa chairman of the Senate labor committee which investigated the recent West Virginia Coal Field disorders the Bill follows the line of or Kenyon a recent report on the went Virginia situation and probably will be his last before he retires to go on the Federal Bench. It would create a National Coal mining Hoard and provide statutory rights for both labor and capital in the Coal Industry. Decrees of the Board will be enforced by Public opinion and their violation not made punishable. Board of nine member the Board would be composed Ltd of nine members three each representing tim employees employers Ami la Public. All would be appointed in the president subject to Senate confirmation. Tile labor group would be i or. Collins revealed in Bis Cable Cor selected from six names presented by i responder be with Thomas Lyons seethe United mine workers of America rotary of the american association for employer nominations would he made by the National Coal association and the Anthracite operators Assoc Mayo quizzed on Ford plan France agrees to discuss Agenda for Genia conference wheat prices jump 6 cents an eight hour Day under ground j action. With time and one half for overtime under the Bill employers and employees would be required to make eve and double time for sundays and holidays that weekly paydays be instituted that the practice of fining miners for certain breaches of Ery possible Effort to Settle disputes Between themselves but in event of failure would lie required to submit contracts be eliminated and that the the controversy to the London eng. Feb. 14.�?France has Engineer declares Mani fac agreed to the appointment of Anglo of i it it French experts As a commission toll sell. A howls of i or make a preliminary examination o9 Ai All j the Agenda of the Genoa economic a. Test re by i conference. Reuters says it has Rani by associated press leased xxx ire Ltd. Apo suggests however inclusion Ashi Wikton. 1>. A. Pm 14 a w. Ii of the Cut Nile a Mayo. Chief Engineer and personal Stavia a Echo Slovakia and Llama,.- spokesman for Henry Kord. Today no-1 la i t0gether with ,.oliuhl conversations. Of sensation Al Advance is made at opening after yester i Days holi Day soft Coal wage agreement be made for two years extending from april i next. Lilied the House military committee i investigating the Ford offer for Purchase and lease of the muscle Shoals i Alabama government owned properties a that or. Ford had made the j Best offer he the statement was accepted by the committee As re11 affirming or. Mayo s declaration of i yesterday that or. Ford would not accept any material alteration in his i proposed plan. The investigation was continued to-1 Day with or. Mayo facing a rapid fire interrogation by representative Miller. Republican Washington who said lie intended to show where the government a gets off in this a one item of considerable size a or. Miller said. A will he the $1,600000 interest charge in the two years required to Complete dam number 2 and construction no j. A the $2,o0o,000 to be used for this work must be raised by Bonds probably at 4 percent interest. We cannot Load the tax payers by taking it from the or. Mayo said the dams could be constructed within a two year period. Of a a two More american cardinals will be named is report London eng., feb. 14.�?it is Vir i Tualin certain that Pope plus will i head his first consistory next month a says a Central news dispatch from Rome when two French and possibly two american cardinals will be created. Iii these co Ops gather in convention first Congress of its kind opens in Des Moines seven states present Des Moines la., feb. 14.�?the american co operators Congress opened today with seven states represented. It was called by the american society of Equit Yand the Farmers Union for the purpose of obtaining greater Harmony among the various bodies promoting the co operative movement. Of no Trace found of missing Zey Prevost by associated press encased wire new Orleans a., feb. 14.�?police officials said today they had found no clue to the present whereabouts of the woman who registered at a local hotel As mrs. Zabelle Al buy believed to be Zeh Prevost missing Arbuckle witness. The woman mysteriously disappeared from her third Story hotel room yesterday while a supposedly watch was being kept upon her movements by officers and reporters. Women Are summoned in John Doe hearings made charges against integrity of police mental telepathy heavens language or. Stanton asserts Philadelphia pa., feb. 14�?angels rom Munich to with each other by a Depathy and Converse with men by Hie same Means or. Horace c. Stanton. Secretary of the presbyterian ministerial association and a student of psychic Phenomena declared last High in an address before the association. A telepathy is the it of to said i Bree omniscient omnipresent beings the farther the holy ghost Ami Christ. The father and the holy ghost never had any physical organs of speech. Therefore thought transmission must be the language used a 0 another transport Home new York x. Y., feb. 14�?the United states army transport can finny arrived from Antwerp today with 1.056 troops form the area of occupation in Germany and the bodies of 2 70 War heroes brought Here from cemeteries in France for reburial. Promiscuous statements made by a where charges Are made against Mitchell women that the local police officers without basis of fact a or. Were giving Protection to lawbreakers in the City in return for Money paid As tips and that City and state off Cere were Selling and giving away ii j quor resulted in the holding of Sev j eral John Poe investigations this week in which the women were called in i Mitchell continued a it is hindering the enforcement of the Law rather than helping it. Untrue charges made against the authorities merely caus4 the Law abiding people to lose Confidence in the officers. Would have Public fair a we do not want to shut off Legi to be questioned. The charges made i tim ate criticisms a or. Mitchell con court language a it is used by have been thoroughly investigated and found to be without foundation. Two purposes in View. A the City authorities had two Pur poses in holding these investigations a i said f. W. Mitchell City attorney to Day a the first was to find out if i there was any basis of fact for the charges made. The second was to impress upon the people tile fact that it is an injustice to make statements of that kind which Are not True. Water nothing stronger sold by Republican want ads. Saturday free Vav it ii two other issues tinted. A the City and state author ties want the people to report any facts which should be reported concerning the acts of the officers but it is a unfair that charges should be made when the persons making them cannot substantiate their statements. A after questioning the persons who made the or. Mitchell added. A we found no basis for the statements they had made. We investigated thoroughly and found no information to prove any of the statements made women made charges the women called in for investigation Are among the better class in the pity. One of them was reported to have made positive statements that i the Mitchell police and Wood Smith i Deputy state sheriff were giving away liquor and Selling it. Another local i woman made statements that the to a lice were protecting the men who j have been reported to have annoyed. Local girls on the streets of the City it Al various times during the Winter. By a is pm dated twos wire Chicago iii., fell. 14�?wheat Pri i com jumped As my ii As 6 2 cents a Bushel today it the opening of the a Board of Trade. The reason was a sensational Advance in Liverpool and other foreign Market centers while United states exchanges were closed during yesterdays Holiday. May delivery the most Active trading option Here opened at $1.37 to $1.35 2 As against $1.33 to $1.33 s at the finish on saturday. Dealings in Chicago took on Large j proportions As soon As the Market opened. The prevailing View seemed to b that the extraordinary Rise was largely due to More general realization of the fact that the w orld is confronted by Small supplies of j Winter wheat and that Hope for re Lief by Early shipments of Winter wheat from the United states j might prove fallacious owing to the i poor crop Outlook. Speculators who had sold wheat on i the Assumption that a Normal yield of Winter wheat in this country was to he expected fund themselves this morning in an uncomfortable position and it was their efforts to extricate themselves without further losses that had much to do with forcing prices Here sharply upward. When demand from this source had been partly satisfied the Market reacted somewhat. To a Navy must be kept efficient Admiral states decisions of the Board w Ould require assent of a majority. The Board members would receive annual salaries of $10,000. Make eleven Points the Coal mining a detailed in the Bill follows the recommendation of senator Kenyon in his report i evacuation and v on the a boat Virginia controversy contract shall a Lite Irish Republic and Lite Dublin correspondents refrain from even speculating on it. Of the suspension of troop movement. Little More is known hero than Lite fact but it is generally believed this development is due to the dangerous stat4 of affairs on the Northern Border of the free state although some correspond eats ref r indefinitely to Quot certain week end happenings in South Ireland a As a contributory cause. It is obvious from or. Rollins statements to the reporters in Dublin last night that he strongly dissents from the British action in holding up Tho la insist tint a Tho carried it includes eleven the last report. Were he was t first would declare Coal to be Quot a pub London to seek an Exee Utic lie necessity and its production and distribution to the Public interest is others would declare j for collective bargaining human Stan Dards in fixing wages and working oiling to Moke than too destroyers week on an hour Haia and i Oxx i Ying in v Cru it us would prohibit employment of women ports with depleted or Coli Cdr a under 16 years of age in it news other provisions would prohibit inter Ference with non Union men or with Union men seeking peaceably to organize. The Bill was referred to the Senate labor committee 0 by ass related press in Kim l xxx ire Washington d. Cd feb. 14�?More than too destroyers of the United states Navy Are now lying in various i ports with depleted Crews barely sufficient in number to keep up their intricate mechanism Admiral Rob-1 Ort e. Koontz chief of naval opera-1 tons. Testified today before the naval sub committee. Only 56 ships of this class Are in a operating commission j Tho Admiral said and the Crews of i these Are being maintained at 80 j percent of Normal strength. Supporting Secretary Denby a re i commendation that the enlisted per i sound of the Navy be not reduced below 90.000 the witness said that the too destroyers which would be placed w Holly out of commission to make possible the reduction of ten thousand men a will deteriorate to a greater or less extent w Hile Laid up. Harding approves plan to set aside fund for hospitals mrs. Cummins begins action for insurance wife o flier re by veer sues Eastern companies i or policies of $70,oo� Pierre s. D., feb. 14.�?mrs. Clara Belle Cummins wife of tile late b. A. As to the effect of the naval Lim Cummins who took his own life on tation trealy. Admiral Coontz said january 2. Has filed suit against four a the result of the limitation of Eastern insurance companies for the armament will be to place upon each payment of $70,000 in policies held signatory Power the onus of keeping j by or. Cummins. I its tonnage allotments tonnage allotments up to the razor Edge of efficiency. Should we reduce below that minimum it will be a reduction by example fend not by Penn men tipple to be smart says y. M. C. A. Secretary Washington i it. Cd. 14.�?approval has been Given by president Harding to the Bill authorizing an appropriation of $16,000,000 for the construction of additional hospitals for War veterans according to chairman Langley of the House Public buildings and grounds committee author of the measure. Weather report forecast South Dakota generally fair tonight and wednesday not quite so cold tonight East and Central portions. By the official government ther think it is a smart in the opinion of Rometer from noon yesterday to noon today maximum to minimum 18 below at noon to miss xxx Winifred Ridgeway the woman who is alleged to have broken up the Cummins Home has also brought action against the traveler insurance company of Hartford con., for payment of a $15,000 policy. The companies against which mrs. Cummin. Is bringing suit Are the travel Erst insurance company the Fidelity Mutual life of Philadelphia. The National life of new York and the Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee. Mrs. Cummins has made Applina i Tion to be appointed executrix of her by associated press teased xxx ire late husbands estate but the Credi Philadelphia penn., feb. 14.�?there tors of the firm of Bennett and cum Are students at the University of j mins Are opposed to her appoint Pennsylvania who tipple because they j ment. Cummins secured Large sums of the Rey. Charles o. Xxx right general Money through forgeries made in the Secretary of the University Christian name of the firm of Bennett and yesterdays net press run of the evening Republican was 5,900 watch it grow association. No Little stir was caused on the Campus when a loiter appeared in the student daily from the Rev. Or. Wright deploring drinking among students. He said however that Pennsylvania students were not As had in this respect As collegians at some other institutions. Children sleep strike win fight for Frayer books Cumins. National league club owners meet to pass schedule by associated prose leased wire Riga Russia feb. 14�?a new Type of strike has been inaugurated this is against messes Robinson and Rick new York n. Y., feb. owners of the National league met today to ratify the 1 922 schedule of 154 games and to witness a three cornered argument Between the Phillies. The Brooklyn and the cardinals Over William f. Bakery a statement that Branch Rickey and Wilbert Robinson had been tampering with his players. Or. Baker has not preferred Charger but complained to president Heyd Ler and requested an investigation. Rickey and Robinson did not attend the meeting but the presidents of their clubs were on hand. A a. O a i time by children. The jewish children in the Home for pogrom orphans at rez Hitza in the Kovno Dis strict made a demand for prayer books they wanted to Pray but had no prayer books Aud As these wore denied them they started a unique hold up capital offence strike refusing absolutely to 70 to Altoona. Pa., feb. 14.�?laws Maksl of. Ing a hold up crimes a capital of the strike ended with a Complete sense a to act As a deterrent to those Victory of the strikers the superintend i Bent upon such Villany a were urge Dent of the Home distributing prayer i in a Resolution adopted by group six books the following Day. I Pennsylvania banker association. I la i i Hill blk Hes i i Ster for suspended exaltation by associated pro loused xxx ire London feb. 14�?announcement that the ministry regarded it As necessary to suspend the evacuation of British forces from Southern Ireland was in Ade by Winston Ltd Wiur Hili the colonial Secretary in the House of commons today. The sole reason for the suspension lie said was the disturbed situation on Tho Northern Border and not because of anything that had happened in tire Southern part of Ireland. He said that Michael Collin who would Cross to England a night to Confer with Tho Cabinet members had informed the government he a could take Steps before leaving Dublin to bring about the release of Tho k id Napper d unionists As soon a possible. Snipers Contini e grim work in Belfast Tod by Belfast Ireland feb. 14�?snipers continued their grim work in the disturbed sections of Belfast the morning and by midday the death Roll since saturday had been increased to is by the deaths of two men who were victims of flying bullets in the streets during the noon hour. The number of wounded at tile same hour had reached the total of approximately fifty. In the main thoroughfares of the continued on Page six assassins shoot two statesmen Helsin fors Finland. Feb. 14�?m. Rita Teri finnish Mintier of the Interior was shot three times As he was alighting from his motor car outside his residence Here today. He tied on the Way to a Hospital. The Alleger Assassin Ernst Tander Felt believed insane was arrested. Ii a ii murdered Havana feb. 14�?rafael Martinez Alonzo member of the House of representatives and Liberal candidate for mayor of Havana was found dead till afternoon in Isis room at the hotel Luz with Titre Bullet wounds in is body. Career of woman Bandit in Chicago ends with capture Chicago. 111., feb. 14.�?the Bandit career of Eva Daly. 22 years old. Was ended last night when she entered a grocery store and attempted to Boid up the proprietor according to the police. The grocer grabbed her gun and held her until a customer called the police. The police say they believe the. T 3he is the girl who bos been leading a band of robbers on bold ups and burglaries Here for several Day

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