Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - February 25, 1922, Mitchell, South Dakota
The evening Republican vol. , South Dakota saturday february 25, 1922 third edition number 126master swindler sought Gas execution rouses protest through Nevada a House of creeping death will be ready for first occupations soon u. S. Court May move Carson City is to he first in land to ise new form of Kieling criminals special to the Republican Farson a in. Nev., feb. 25.�?�?othe of creeping death is scheduled to have its first try out Between a is is Aud april 22. That is the time fixed for the executions in Hughie sing and Clee Jon. J murderers under Nevada a new state jaw providing for tile killing by lethal a of persons sentenced to death. Unless the United states supreme Roan wills otherwise these two chinse Tong members will be led from murderers room where a death watch already has been set Over them to become a test subjects for the world s first lethal Gas executions. In the meantime the prisoners wait f the fatalistic Cairn wholly unaware i of the National attention they Are at trading. I a a i rattle Oil in the meantime too. A bitter Legal 1 Puttie has opened in Nevada to Stop lie use of the lethal Gas As a of capital punishment. will carry the fight to the highest courts. But since the Nevada legislature has voted the lethal Gas Cage the ast word in a humane execution governor Emmett Boyle and state prison directors Are continuing with plans for its construction and the Baths of the a test a for Hughie sing to and gee Jon i 1 they merely know that they i Are doomed to die. They have no it mention of the scientific device Horn of the War that May carry Themo momentary Fame As Well As to death. They were convicted of a Tong murder. Hughie sing who attended hairier an schools but could not forget lesions in Tong vengeance Learned out a it de lire classroom talks freely. Gee Jon. Known the length of theve Pacific coast As a a killer a says both t a a one War like til of tier Pacific treaty wins favourable Senate report / Only reservation provides that pact shall not be taken As a a alliances three negative votes opponents How Eyer. Geare they will Garry fight to floor of san Ste aborts i he lethal Gas death chamber a ascribed by governor Boyle of Levota. Who is shown at right. Left Hughie sing and Center gee Jon condemned to die in it. Wisconsin towns Are covered with thick Sheet of ice As result of Freak storm Snow plow Crew Hurt in wreck tips Over in deep get near Andover two men severely scalded Hughie d More interested in the course of the courts than in the Means of death if the courts fail. A if i must die one Way is about no bad As another to ire says. He can to comprehend what a lethal Gas execution is. A i know i have been sentenced to death that is All a Jio says. A i do not want to ii in but what am i to do a the lethal Gas execution popular w Ien legalized by the legislature has stirred up a Public tempest sin e the Day Tho a test cases for it were sentenced. Thousands of protest letters Are pouring in on state officials charging a i lethal Gas killing is Quot Nihil Juan a is a cruel and unusual punish i Entz and is a the last word in refined no plans have As yet been drawn or he a House of creeping death a hat will kill Hughie and gee. This h the Thor of it As governor Boyle x Phi de Ali 11 ohm described a Small Concrete death House shout 5x7x8 will in a built in one Cor in of the prison Yard. Through one was a pipe leads to a Large Gas tank. To us nine would to operated either or plug which would he Man a i by one of three wires. Three to be selected by lot. Would to a individual wires so none Aberdeen. S. D., Fob. 25�?engineer Walters whose Home is at Farmington minn., and fireman Mike Nider of Montevideo. Engine Crew of a Sno plow working on the East end of the Milwaukee Railroad out of Aberdeen were badly scalded when their engine pushing a big Sno plow tipped Over in the deep Cut eight Miles East of Andover. The fireman was badly burned and Cut about the face and head. It is reported that he had internal injuries and was unable to talk when found by the train Crew accompanying the engine and plow. Tjie Engineer a a found in a serious condition from steam Burns and i cuts around the head. His Back was also badly injured and it was necessary to remove him to Minneapolis for medical attention. The fireman was taken to his Home in Montevideo. Landru Calls death insult fond do lag. Neenah Apple ton Ani Vicinity Are literally Frozen in by associated press leased wire Neenah. Xxx is. Feb. 25.�? by wireless to the associated press a lev bound for two Days Oil passenger trains stalled nine mile North of Neenah More than a score of passengers reached this town last Naglit. They had Bevil practically without food for is hours. Two Soo line cuisines were derailed by failing poles Iii Neenah. Other in Dess snapped by tile weight of Rev plunged through the Soo line station. Tile operator on duty he Ard them strike and dived Brad fir to through the neatest window As the Elcris showers out his Elk so. Neenah Only communication Quot with the outside is by temporary wireless station i list a i Lee i at a local palier Mill. Chicago shaken by heavy blast thirty tons of do s Amite in Siri he Blo xxx Fps windows broken by Thoi Sand beast xxx As Piot g Blea go Iii. Feb. 25.�?after an All night investigation of flu dynamite explosion which caused $ i Obi too damage. It. M. Per bed incr assistant fire marshal Clivia red today he was convinced that the blast was tic result of a premeditated plan. By associate press 1/cnm d xxx it Quot by associated press Ivalee xxx ire Washington. I. C., fell. 21>�?the four Power Pacific treaty together with its supplements and a reservation and the naval limitation and submarine treaties were ordered favourably reported today by tile Senate foreign relations committee. Tive reservation attached by tin committee to the four Power pact embodies the Compromise suggested after conferences with president Harding and declares that nothing in the treaty shall be construed As forming an a Dalliance. It was a i proved by a ten to three vote. The Rev oppose pact also by a division of ten to three. I with senators Borgh Idaho and i Johnson. California. Republicans and i Shields Democrat. Tennessee Vot i ing in the negative. Hie four Power treaty then was ordered reported to the Senate. The vote by which Ile naval limitation and submarine treat ties were favourably reported was i unanimous. Several other votes were taken of proposed substitutes to the committee Compromise reservation but tile administration leaders brought about a the defeat of All of them and the reservation Isis abandoned All at tempts to qualify further the four a Power and other treaties in commit i tee. They said their acquiescence in favourable committee action simply i meant however that they were ready to Transfer their fight to the i open Senate. As it will be embodied in the re port on the four Power treaty Tho Compromise reservation approved by i the committee follows a the f United states understands that under the statement in the preamble or under the terms of this i treaty the a is no commitment to Waterloo men try to Cross flood in Fla boat disappear by associated press i ceased wire Waterloo. To. Feb. 25.�?serious apprehension for the personal saftey of g. A. Morris and Charles Palmer of this place is Felt today by relatives and business associates because of their continued absence from Home tile two men marooned on rotary Isle 8 Miles Northwest of Cedar Falls. By tin flood wednesday put out into the River. They have not been heard from since. Disarmament of land forces is Britain a plan let George said to be ready to Schmit proposal it i nox of i 111 in i. Society women of Washington his accusers Alfred e. Lindsey obtained More than $600,000 for mythical a a Pool now he has vanished but Socia us leaders will appear monday before grand Larry xxx Ith evidence by associated Presa leased xxx ire Paris France. Feb. 25�?land Dis armament is said by the Temps to lie a Surprise which Premier Lloyd George of great Britain intends to Spring at the Genoa conference pro posing the reductions personally or getting another of the British delegation to make the suggestion. As disarmament is not on the program the question will come up indirectly. According to the paper but it can easily be raised by first binding european states not to attack their neighbors and then suggesting reduction of armies is a Means of lessening budget burdens. To will pass million new York. X. A., feb. A it a a further disclosures concerning die a Domino club Pool Imo which Alfred e. Lindsay broker. Is alleged to have included a score of women to pour their Gold indicated that tilt women a pc nest would pass the Unm Joo Mark it was said today at Tho District attorneys office. Tin figure was originally put at woo too. Circulars bearing photograph of the broker were la ing it but broadcast but the chief search was being conducted Iii Canada. Anna Gould is after divorce from her Duke a hic ago and a a bluebeard of Gamba is xxx Alks by a Yelas to i Illy i Ines Rei Ines confession by u Tipu lab pm sous pull a could k cd which had turned on a in Ira p. On Hie opposite Side of the death a use Wen one in outlet pipe to carry th3 a her the execution. A Tom the enter Wall six witnesses lid be Able to watch the victim a a Small casement window being Ovid of for that purpose. The Law a tills number of witnesses 1 a lend the execution. Entrance a a it a h Fie House would be gained a trough a Small hermetically sealing door t risen officials hold Thui within a seconds after the condemned pits entered the death House he a be under the influence of the i lev allow delay to objection to the lethal Gas a. And the Center of the storm gathering lies in the wording Law which says that a some Ming the week of sentence the a a on shall take is the objectors hold a Man Bye for Days of terrible Tor a Ever knowing at what Moue deadly Gas would be turned by associated press loused xxx ire Versailles. France. Feb. 2 5�?rllenry desire Landru a bluebeard of Gamba is a convicted of the murder of ten women and a youth gave his life this morning in Exchange for the eleven he had taken. The triangular knife of the Guillotine fell at 6 0ti of clock Twenty five minutes after the time originally set for the execution the delay causing Many to express the erroneous opinion that Landru was making a confession. Mysterious until death. Landru resented father Loisellen a query As to whether he had any confession to make. A it is an insult to a Man like was his reply. A had i any confession to make i would have made it Long but never did he utter the word a innocent As he had failed to utter it during ids thirty four months of imprisonment and the Twenty one Days of his trial. Bull wrecks car Farmer sues for collision policy Green Bay wis., feb. 25.�?fond do Lam Neenah and Appleton Are under six inches of solid ice As Tho result of the rain and sleet storm which prevailed from tuesday afternoon until thursday afternoon according to a traveler from those places who arrived hero late yesterday. He made tile journey by taxicab and Sleigh. Railroad traffic is at a standstill. Chicago Jil feb. 2 5 dozens of its suburbs today out what caused the last which literally Shook them to their foundations and caned a Iii of excite-1 h, men Tat he thru at Oca thirty tons of dynamite let go in a Stone Quarry Southwest of the City shortly before nine of clock and hut cd reds of thousands of alarmed residents went to bed not knowing just what had happened to give Rise to rumours of concerted bombings earthquakes falling meteors and disasters to manufacturing plants. For an hour after the blast the Chicago District was in a furore. The smash armed Force Tio Alliance no Obliga intern x Hon Al m a prox e costly and i is Atis i x Lory for Ameri an girl by amx a Saied pros leased xxx ire new York x. Y. Feb. 25�?ten women several prominent socially. Who claim to have put More than i $600,000 into a mythical a a Pool promoted by Alfred e. Lindsey broker with a palatial Home at South Nyack will appear before a supreme court grand jury monday and help a piece together the Dei ails of a remarkable Story of a High finance in i which assistant do Trie. A Torney i Murphy will seek Lindsey sind it Niento. Lindsey meanwhile has disappeared. The list no alleged victims of the i foisting brokers is headed by mrs. A Lillian x. Duke divorced wife of i James b. Duke a Tobacc a who claims Che entrusted to the engaging Lindsey Many prominent women aught others in the los with their contributions to the Pool include mrs. Dorothy Atwood. $97,00 miss Cath Erin Adams $40,000 miss Charlotte r g h e s million actress $20,000 mrs. Xiv. In Arnold. $30,000 miss Margaret Bogardt $18,000 mrs. He Leti Burnett $31,00ft mrs. Adelaide v. Rice $3ft. $525,000 found Tion t0 oin in any a motion by senator pot Erone i strike out the wolds a no alliances Defeated ten to thro Only Seq i too Paris France feb. 25.�?the tale of an All night search for the Duke of Kellogg . Atm Democrat. Miss Ohio senator Iii the tracks boing covered by ice that ing of Glass in thousands of w inkwell take work with a pick and show own. The shaking of buildings Anil the Al to Clear. Noise of the explosion gave Rise to wire communication is Cut off. Reports that bombings were occurring poles and wires broken by the great simultaneously Iii Many parts of the by associated press do cd Xiv ire Topeka ivan., feb. 25.�?fred Knud-8011. A Farmer today appealed to the state superintendent of insurance for Aid in collecting collision insurance on i automobile Knudson com to est late 0f the damage i. Replan that he painted his automobile a la be x,ies9�?z ,.unnins All the Way from $500,000 to $1,500,000 Between fond do Lac and Marinette. Weight of the ice Are piled in led heaps in the streets. Trees were stripped of their branches or the limbs were flattened against the trunks borne Down by the icy Burden. Everything Frozen Iii these three towns on Lake Winnebago appeared to have been the Center of the great storm in this Section. Rain fell so heavily that it stood from five to six inches deep in the i streets. This froze so that the cities Are virtually covered by a thick Sheet of ice. Buildings resembling ice palaces Street cars automobiles and other vehicles Are standing in the Street where they were Frozen in i when the water was turned to ice by the lowering temperature. Telegraph and Telephone wires and braces bagged and fell limbs of Trees were torn off. Wires left standing Are covered by two inches of ice. A number of dead horses killed befalling Power wires remain on the i streets it having been impossible to remove them up to the time the traveler left the three cities. Outside news gut off the newspapers Are devoted to local news with a few dispatches from the outside received by wireless. Manufacturing plants Are All closed Down owing to Lack of Power. The food situation was reported to be undisturbed there being sufficient ship lies on hand in the Pocai wholesale houses and stores to keep the cities running. Tang City. In spite of the Large area of land affected by last nights blast Only one Man was seriously injured altho scores Wert Cut by Glass and shaken and bruised some of them living Miles front the scene of tilt blast. Genoa meet postponed to april to by associated i a less leased xxx ire Boulogne. France feb. 25.�?agree- ment to a postponement of the Genoa conference until april 1ft. Was reached by Premier Poincare of France and prime minister Lloyd George of great Britain at their con Fer Noe Here today. The conference originally was called to meet March 8. Boys club Cage teams Are Busy is it a and Williams i Sippi joining la its support. Senator Pomerene then moved an i entire substitute for the reservation i but was voted Down 12 to i. The original Brandegee Blanket i reservation for which a majority of the committee members Are said to have indicated their support before the conference with president Harding was offered again but senator Johnson and was rejected 9 to 4. Senators Johnson Borah Shields and Moses voting in the affirmative. Hirer Democrat absent upon adoption of the Compromise reservation senators Kellogg we hams and Pomerene voted Iti the negative. Senators Hitchcock Nebraska Pittman. Nevada and Swanson Virginia All democrats were absent. Approval of the declaration accompanying the four Power treaty signed at the same time was included in the favourable action on the treaty itself but a. Separate vote was taken f on the treaty by which the principal islands of the japanese Empire were excluded from the scope of the agreement. It was approved 12 to i. Sen Jator Borah alone voted in the negative. Bonus plan is in air again question is again the Roxy n into ii ands of majority Mem Bers of Gomm git be who slipped away from a �?�1�?T Quot in ski Ofha of when found Tell where been. Was in Udud by the Duchess of Talleyrand formerly Anna Gould in her deposition asking for a divorce Here today. The Cise has been postponed until tile next session of the divorce court. The Duchess allege that the Dukes i night desertion occurred december 14. 192 1. She says this is sufficient grounds for divorce under fran Eli Law. Red that a Bull at a Public Orion kan., wrecked it and Suranee company refuses to or his claim. Sale a the in consid Ioir Basket Ball aggregations meet Fulton and Alexandria fires of the up tin weather report s a1 and prison officials insist that Nave no intention of administer a g is in this fashion that the no d or Leonor will it he notified of a Imp of his death and that the exertion will be a test not immediate. Will prove whether or Gas is humane they say. A a a id or unless the supreme court jul ugh in sing the High a. Olio Learned More of Tong Beeance than of mathematics and of a of Ion the calculating a a killer a i Francisco s Chinatown will subjects of that test. No loss of life has been reported on i account of the storm although reports of railway accidents Are coming i in. J at Little Chute a doubleheader passenger train on the Chicago and fore ast i Northwestern railway split the switch South Dakota fair tonight and and two trainmen were injured. Sunday not so cold North and East poles Are Down per Ion tonight. I Xor Htom Fot Dulc to Kuk a Loather predictions Tor tile week Auna All wires and poles were report i beginning monday arc de Down Whie on a few were stand upper and lower mis Long Between Kaukauna and Appleton Souri valleys temperature below Normal Snow or rain Over South portions at beginning of week. Rain or Snow also probable thursday or Friday carnal temperatures by the republicans recording t thermometer of be Friday 3 p. In. 9 6 p. In. 7 9 p. In. 2 below 12 p. In. 9 below a a cd swindler sentenced by ass Onate dress leaned wire j., Louis mo., Fob 25.�?herman. It in. 7o years old was found guilty Vaud in Annec Tion with a Deal in Ink and was sentenced to two to Bijj. Thy Penitentiary yesterday. Saturday 3 a. In. 13 below i a. In. 15 below 9 a. In. 10 below 12 in. 7 above so 3 p. In. 13 above i maximum 13 at 3 p. In. Saturday minimum to below at a. In. Saturday by the official government thermometer from noon yesterday to noon Oday maximum 17 minimum below at noon 17 out of Green Bay. Tide phone service late yesterday was restored to Kaukauna on the South and Mari Enette on the North. Repairs were difficult because of the huge Snow drifts impeding travel. Rawson sworn in As new Iowa senator Washington. A. Of a. 25.�?former senator Kenyon of Iowa. Accompanied by his successor Charles w. Rawson called today at the White House and or. Rawson was presented to president Harding. Or. Kenyon who resigned from the Senate to accept the appointment As a judge of the eighth circuit planned to leave today to assume his new duties. Four Mitchell boys club teams were in action last evening three playing at Fulton and a fourth team meeting an Alexandria team at Alexandria. The score of the Alexandria game was 15 to 8 in alexandrian a favor. The boys club line up was Earles and pet Finger forwards. Petterson. Enter Fisk and Wells guards and Volch substitute Alexandria Baker and Slick forwards. Burton Center and Jones and slander guards. Thompson Burton. Montgomery Erhart and Jones with Beson Conas substitute met the eighth Grade team of the Fulton school which in s eluded f. King Giraud \. King Johnson and Nobis. The same was won by the Mitchell team by a score i of 7 to 2. A third boys club team including g. Earles Bauer. Orr Ingram Mil Ion and Blackman beat the Fulton second team 22 to 9. Jackson. Nobis. Washburn v. King and Hildebrand were the Fulton players. The fourth game was played Between the Fulton High school first team and a boys club team made up of be Prate amp a. Wheelbarger. Wilson Phillips Kipp and Zeitschell. The opponents included Nelson. Anderson Burns Kreidler. Slade with Washburn and Jackson As substitutes. Fulton took the game by a 17 to 7 Sce Xit mrs. Josephine a. Cornell $20,-000 migs Florence James $5,000. Serene songs Quick and fabulous profits induced the women to cart Trier Sulmy heft Imd Rule their Cash a a a a Valent Iii i Ltd soy s hands. Or. Murphy said. Lindsey s favorite Story he declared to i that lie was a fellow member with George f. Baler Thomas w. Lamoni Charles e. Sabine. Percy a. Rocke Feller James a. Stillman and other giants of the financial District in a. I millionaire Domino club where Tho there not spent in playing dominoes was Given Over to planning big i a a killings in Wall Street. Of 40 cent Corn $10 hogs new Price Levels Farmers. It is said. The once Mork on verge of postponed Prosperity by associated Lri its la Asch xxx ire Washington i it. It feb. 25.�?fa Lief the special sub committee of Republican members of the House ways and Means committee to approve any provision for financing of tile soldiers Bonus after rejecting the sales tax proposal by a vote of 7 to 2. Had placed the question again today in the hands of the entire majority membership of the committee for further study. In addition to tile vote against the sales tax the subcommittee was understood to have gone on record 5 to 4. In favor of reporting out a Bonus Bill without any provision for raising the Revenue. The majority members of the committee will not meet again until next tuesday. Some supporters of the sales tax plan were pinning their Hopes today to the possibility that president Harding might again take a hand in the situation believing that it was the present intention of the committee to report out legislation based on proceeds from funded foreign Bonds a plan which they said the president had expressed disapproval. Police give up a Hope of new clues furnished by Fields ten Dollar Lings and 40 cent Corn on Mitchell today. Indicate that South Dakota Farmers Are to have a return of the Prosperity which has been hoped for during the Pas twelve months. Hogs gained 15 to 2 cents on the local Market Friday so that the Price in Mitchell today ranged from $9.0 to $10 a Hundred. There appears to be no Prospect of a Slack in the demand or decline in Price. Corn has been purchased at local elevators at 4 0 cents a Bushel for the past five Days. Bad roads make it difficult for the Farmers to bring Corn in but As soon As conditions permit there is expected to be a heavy Sale of the git in. Grain dealers estimate that at least half of the 1920 Corn crop is still in the bins on South Dakota farms. Leo Coughlin Dies suddenly xxx full ii Oxx n y Oung Man is found dead in bed today Leo Oughlin 23-year-old son of or. And mrs. John t. Coughlin 505 South Edmunds Street and former Mitchell High school athlete. Was found dead in bed this morning at i his Home. The Young Man s Back was injured in a fall a week ago and he was confined to his bed for several Days. He was Able to be out thursday i and Friday and appeared to have re covered. It is believed some internal injury caused his death. Leo Houghtlin was graduated from 1 Mitchell High school in 1918. He was was smooth Xor scr the Debonnaire Lindsey or. Mur play declared was oho of Tho a smoothest workers new York has seen in years. His Home at South Nyack was on of the show places along the Hudson River and Lindsey himself was a Leader in Civie when he was a on Hie All the sympathy dropped out of his i nature according to the stories told i or. Murphy. One of his victims mrs. Rice is 75 years old and nearly Blind and the $25,000 she put into the Pool was i practically every cent she possessed. The $20,000 miss Cornell said she gave him represented the proceeds of her husband s if insurance out of which she had been supporting her four children one a cripple. One Man got Money Backho far As he could learn. Or. Murphy said the Only contributor to a a Domino club Pool who succeeded in getting anything Back was major redone Button former president of the Pacific mining and chemical company who happened to know that Lindsey was out on bail under an indictment charging White slavery. When he threatened to complain to the United states department of Justice Lindsey quickly returned his $5.00ft major Sutton told or. Mar. Phy. The White slavery indictment returned in 1918, was subsequently dismissed on recommendation of the District attorney s office. Later when a special grand jury made the dismissal a subject of inquiry the District attorneys office explained the ease had been dropped because Beatrice e. By Lille the complaining witness had disappeared. Charity behind blackmail plan Veteran Federal employee said he wanted to 1110 vide for needy by associated arts Lucaa Ltd xxx ire Washington d. A. Fob. 25.�?George e. Long Veteran War department clerk and. According to the police confessed author of the Black mail letters recently received by Henry president of the senior class chair White former ambassador to France. Governing coun-1 an a several women prominent in Washington society was tending to the needs of a seriously ill wife and by associated press leased wire los Angeles. Cal., feb. 25.�?excitement resulting from the a a confessions of Harry m. Fields of Detroit As to certain alleged details of the murder Short time of Quot William Desmond Taylor film director. Was subsiding Here today with Man of the student Cli. And a Star in football and basked Ball. He took part in All student a a Tivi ties and was one of the most pop ular members of the student body. Young Coughlin s sister and her husband. Or. And mrs. Tom Sanford i of Warmath n. D., left Mitchell Fri Day afternoon after an extended visit Here. Ile accompanied them to the train and was also Down town for a 1 onery during the evening the Young Man was born in Chell on april 25, 1s98 and has lived his three children at their Home to Daj the authorship of the letters was traced by a peculiarity in the hand writing police said and by a mater Mark used in War department state Long in his confession nettle Pollee said a i Iloria to i wrote the letter but i was anxious to see the children of cording to Al at know my outspoken expressions by officials of Here All his life. Funeral arrange their disbelief la Fields Sluice menu. It menu have not been completed. City provided for and i though theae Rich people might