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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - January 19, 1922, Mitchell, South Dakota 20 Page the evening rep Bucan City edition vol. , South Dakota thursday. January 19, 1922 number 94pierre Man forged 1illi0ns in notes treaty respect is platform of French Premier Poincare says France is not tainted with a imperialistic madness a a a a iss Kab Zey Prevost on Bert Cummins suicide duped strongest passengers Alaee stand forgets Gnu Ikid institutions of country during lauds United states Hill Vav i is my Kim m says i Hopes Kra no eng so pact will be signed by is amp Oci Tecl press leased wire Paris France Jan. Ion a respect the Tail. For tile treaties that fixed the peace terms a is the platform Premier Poincare decided to present for his Cabinet before the chamber of deputies his Artemon. The declaration blames shameless propaganda for the picture drawn abroad of France As a sainted with a sort of imperialistic of the Genoa economic conference the premieres statement says a we insist that the conditions of the Cannes protocol he accepted or rejected by the delegates prior to any discussion so that none of the Stipe i 111osn the 11 e. Chat m a Izbi 8 a k x us unions of the treaty can be debated a Ven indirectly. Wants precise agreements a unless we have precise guarantees on this Point we shall be com a Elled to retain our Liberty of dealing with the proposed Anglo-1 French treaty the statement de i a Lares a we would Bevery Happy if a pact destined to consolidate the peace a a old soon be signed Between Enghild and France and we do not doubt that Vinas much As both confines will he benefited that one will in concluded Between them on a Bals of possible Quality. Neither do we doubt that the guarantees present or future that the treaty Accord us. Will be integrally praises United Stilt is the statement refers to the relations be teen France and the United states in a paragraph Reading a we do not need Aid. We seek to maintain the strongest and most Friendly relations with All the peo a Adas who fought on our Side for. L rights up tim. My of in with the United states whose co i operation contributed so greatly to i a the common Victory and who has just Given us at the Washington conference such striking proofs of her Noble sentiments. Continued on Page six of by associated press b and wire new York n. V., Story of a 75 foot whale which was neatly cleaved in Twain by the prow of the italian liner president Wilson was related by passengers when the vessel docked Here last night. The president Wilson was sailing in mid Atlantic when the whale was sighted directly across the course of the vessel. A Hundred and fifty passengers lined the rails to see what would happen. Passengers along the port rail heard a crash As the Bow struck the huge mammal saw the water turn Pink and saw the head of the whale afloat astern. Those on the other Side saw Arbuckle Case a prosecuting witness Springs Surprise and court takes adjournment situation is Peculiar defense of null Sims state used Quot dentistry in its examination. Long years of his criminal operations soft Coal strike is imminent by associated press leased wire san Francisco Cal. Jan. Zey Provost was suddenly recalled from the stand today when the prosecution declared that it was a surprised at her testimony in the Man i Slaughter trial of Roscoe c. Fatty Arbuckle. Miss Provost testified that she Quot did not remember a number of salient Points in her testimony at a previous trial of the action. Adjournment was taken until 1 30 p. Rn., to give the court Opportunity to look into the a a surprised features of miss Prevost s testimony and also the failure of certain witnesses to appear. Zen first o stand. Miss Provost was the first witness own Bank is not touched but is re organized and goes on unimpaired Strong men named capital we m he Lus of Pierre in sin i Mon a v d. Hengel in head rep Bucan learns facts of tragic end of capitals banker head of first National Bank of Pierre owes nearly a million As end comes also led dual lives All by pros leased wire Washington in Jan. 19�?secretary Hoover declared today the stage appears to be set for ii general of the Day. She was a guest at tile Par strike it the bituminous Coal Industry at the end of March when existing wage contracts expire. Or. Hoover indicated that Nego to in which Arbuckle is alleged to have fatally injured miss Virginia Rappe. The prosecution s efforts to elicit testimony from miss Provost tint ions carried on by administration a prosecution witness was character officials with representatives of both sides in the Coal Industry had not produced any Concrete results and the impression was Given that further negotiations were not contemplated fit present. Few wholesale Price changes sized As a dentistry Quot by Gavin Mynah chief defense counsel. The interruption came during the examination of miss Prevost. Like miss Alice Blake another leading prosecution witness. Who testified yesterday. Miss Prevost a did not remember Quot certain occurrences during the party in which Arbuckle is alleged to have fatally injured miss Rappe. The Reading of portions of her Testi Mony at the previous trial failed to refresh Lier memory the witness said. Situation is pet Uliar. An argument Over a defense Contention that the prosecution was trying to impeach its own witness led to Pierre. S. D., Jan i solvent with neither it. Plus Reserve or any of impaired through the its president. B. F. Fin i ended his own Tice Days ago the first Nat. Pierre has been re org. Ready to go on doing by i old stand bigger and Ever. Recent discover viewed in an adjoining it caused hankers to womb mins with the resource Rand As president of t tonal Bank. Failed to to of his position to seek a the end he saw com in that lie did deliberately t ize his own Hanks Star t Herb is illegal game is t that stands out above i the Good thing in cumin if dig Al i president the re organic non pc the first National took place i Unesda it morning. A to. Hengel for a number a of years prominent in business circles in this Vicinity was elected president. R. R. Eldridge of Sioux Falls was elected Viera president. It will be upon or. Edridge a shoulders that tie Active management of the Bank will fall. He is known in this a entirely Spital. Sur a resources rations of Ains. Who seventeen Ines Tonger than is As re Olumn have r that a Moat his foul a first Naco advantage respite Fror s. The fact fail to ii t ii a Ling to Turtle one thing til others As ins life Here. I lie facts disclosed in the following or mar a were disco Rcd let it it staff Corr a hit ident of the Mitchell evening Republican after a my it Oishi investigation. I hey Are protected by i listed states copyright and Are not log a re printed. Miller in whole or Iii part or Iii review without the publisher s Eon Mil. A lid i tors note Ile a Mort sighing moaning round the Gables of the Bank building. A a of general level remains 21 percent below average of year ago by associated i Russ leased wire Washington i. Jan. 19. general level of wholesale prices remained stationary throughout november and december the Bureau of labor statistics announced today. The bureaus weighted Index number with the 191j Price level denoted by one Hundred stood at 149 in those two months with the prices of 32 7 commodities considered. Foodstuffs farm products clothing chemicals and drugs showed a declining tendency which was most pronounced in such articles As cattle Hay hops peanuts butter cheese eggs lard Lemons oranges and sugar. Fuel prices showed a slight increase and building materials advanced 3 percent in december Over the november level. An increase for the month of 2 percent was reported in the group of miscellaneous commodities including bran Mill feed linseed meal lubricating Oil paper. Manila rope mexican sisal and Tankage. The general level of wholesale Pri-�1 the icy pavements and sidewalks Cen in december according to the an Mercury drops to 14 below in hours of night surrounding statics also experience real Winter Texas is i i ers. Too Roca i temperatures dropped fourteen degrees during the night from the minimum of Zero yesterday according to the government Thermo-11et r which registered 14 below at a. Iii. Today. Temperatures gradually Rose today however and at it it on the thermometer registered 9 a eve. Tile Strong Northwest winds d ranked the Snow during the night. I Hymi stand at Point while the 1 Legal aspects of the failure to remember could be gone upon. Miss pre Vosti a direct examination had not been concluded when she was recalled. Of the court determines that she has a surprised the she May be Cross examined by the prosecution court officers said. Recalls souk things. President of i Bank of that City one it financial institutions in South Dakota. More Eldridge has been a e. Stevens interests a lie expects to move Pierre at once and de attention to the first tim Transfer o Stock was made previous to being recalled miss and under the direction of the he Prevost said that while the party in a buckles suite in the Hote St. Francis was in Progress she made an Effort to Force her Way with other guests into a room in which Arbuckle was alone with miss Rappe. Arbuckle Clad Only in a Bathrobe and pyjamas opened the door. She said miss Rappe was tossing on a bed and moaning a i Ani Quot the defendant jokingly tried to prevent miss Rappe from tearing her clothing off a the witness said. Fold weather May Force the trial into a warmer court room it was said As the jurors and court stenographers complained of the Low Tom Pera Tores. I de walking difficult this morning. Fold Iii Iowa Des Moines la., Jan. a a a weather in All parts of Iowa prevailed today according to Tho weather Bureau at 5 of clock Iris orning the temperature dropping to a below in Des Moines. A older i was reported from Sioux City i my Charles City. It Obi moves eastward Omaha neb. Jan. 19.�?temper i ires in Nebraska today ranged from s below to 5 below in Omaha with cold wave moving eastward the i a of states weather Bureau report Lander Yoyo. Reported 34 below a it it Huron. S. A. To and Sioux City nou Cement was 21 percent than it was one year before. Al lower horse shoe tourney St. Petersburg fla., Jan. 19. fourth annual National tournament for the horse shoe pitchers will be held Here beginning february 12. The prize list will aggregate $1,500. Examiner of National Banks for this District and of the Federal Reserve officials. Under the new organization the capital and surplus of the first National will be increased and the institution will be in a stronger position than it has Ever been before. Bank jct ill state governor Young of the Federal Reserve Hank of Minneapolis who has been on the ground since Early in the month discussing the re organization declared tha a after the completion of the re organization plan that has been arranged there will not be a cleaner Bank in the entire state of South Dakota than the first National of Pierre the election of new directors has been postponed until the additional new Stock is issued after which the re organization referred to by gov. Young will be completed. By a staff correspondent cop right i Hajj by the Mitchell publishing company. Rights reserved the facts disclosed in Tho following a Cix it it were discovered by a stuff correspondent of i or Mitchell evening Republican after a personal investigation. They arc protected by United stat of copyright and Are not to be re printed either in whole or in it Art or in review without the publisher s note Pierre. S. D., Jan 19�?p>. A. Cummins late president of tile Al Bank of. Bir get National Bank of Pierre is a suicide dead by his own hand. Stam of Mikesi on Dland Zed and i i hat much the world knows. But what the world is just learning copyright 1922, by tile Mit is that Cummins was a forger a tremendous forger and that he died choir publishing company leaving a Mountain of forgeries running close to a million dollars. Pierre s. I Jan. 19�? remorse. Turgid and sold in the last ten or fifteen years farm loan conscience. Solitude. Outside Ages abstracts of title Register of deeds certificates and i the wind whipping coughing cattle loan mortgages running into the millions of dollars. Much of it he redeemed with other forged paper and much still is unredeemed sums to be charged by the victimized Banks to profit and i empty streets dotted Here and loss. Cummins was a big operator. He counted in the thousands to pro with the Tea Hill Hummer and the ten of thousands yes by the hundreds of thousands. His a it he hts streets smeared dupes Are among the biggest and strongest Banks in the country with patches of 1irtv Snow and the financial bulwarks of the great cities Newyork Chicago min fading acc wisps of dirt and Neapolis St. Paul and too Banks in some of the smaller cities. It just blown Himi v the but All outside of South Dakota. South Dakota was Cummins Home. He lived Here. He died Here he carried out his diabolically conceived schemes within the state but not a South Dakota Bank is tile loser by a single red cent because of Cummins opera-1 tons. Put what is infinitely worse he trafficked too in human souls. For a younger woman filler of life lie left his wife and daughter. Though not divorced he lived openly in the state capital with this other woman and still retained the affection of his of a in an it Day out directing daughter. And it is in this girl that the Cummins crime reached i i1 r 01tun it it ids Bank. Alone its height for before the week in which tile father ended his life w Iii a Legree that Rose wrote. Fear i his every left Iii own tank rigidly alone i footstep lurking now at his very for years Cummins Bas carried on his system of forgeries. To us a fear driving him to pcs counts ran under the name of Bennet and Cummins a loan company which. ,. Had no connection with the first National Bank of Pierre nor was that Bank Puld toll Torch Flag Mill almost financially injured in any Way by his activities. Its resources which might against ills will to do tilt thing have helped him to safety to some spot where the agents of the Federal he Long had known he must dept tent of Justice might not have found him. Are intact whole Safe. A to a. A a. ,.,. A sometime do. Arrest. Expos today a new set of officers is in charge and the Hank s capital has been in a i it \ creased. It will go on doing business hut Cummins friends and acquaint j tire. I soil. Tripes. Bars. A once nevermore will pass the first National Corner in Pierre without a number Dost identity. A Liv shake of the head and a knowing lift of the Eyebrow for now that the end Ling death. Ave. Far better end has come now that Cummins has been discovered for what he really was i a ii 1 a a 1 ,1 a the Wise ones Ray that Quot we knew it All the time Quot. A a a a All. Escape All. Cummin probably was one of the Cleverest forger this country has1, l let the unknown. Ever seen and one of the most daring. And he undoubtedly was one of the terrors it held. Blit hot the t a just How Long his operations have been going on it is hard i ror of the known. Justice truth. Isis Jan nigh by tile fitful gusts. Inside. ,1 single Light i casting its brilliance on a Long table placed in tile Center of i the Little room. The Little room where for More years than he 1 eared to remember he had sat .1 dec a a a ration jul the prosecution Fiat i Section As having h it Oei ated for came to a close tile daughter Maine was taken away from her i ii of cd As he or it to wuss a a take a Lump a a Quot a maniac. A a or Quot. A of Coli had Ion logged Antiona i the strongest til of Western a evently or. Aging the Vav Sioux Falls. Is family to ate his entire National. The first National with the Sanction d he Triumph of the Law. Ignominy. The pointing Finger of scorn. Whispered words behind curved hands that once clasped ii is and called him Friend. No it was too much. For hours he Pon Moses attacks Farmers bloc most successful. To say. Probably ten years at least. Possibly for seventeen. And never once did the Banks with which he did business have occasion to suspect his j honesty not once until the end. Biggest financier bilked by country ranker then they awoke with a Start to realize that a banker head of an in j Sti tuition capitalized at Only $33,000, living out in the midst of the South Dakota Prairies at Pierre and doing business under almost the very Shadow of the state House had bilked them to the tune of nearly a million dollars. And it May be More than that before tile final count is made. His scheme j tiered alone ill the Little room of operation was not As honest As that of John Law the Scot. Who came out i Tho inner Sanctuary pondered of Edinboro town just As Louis the great breathed his last and under the favor of Louis Phillipe. The Regent gave to France a paper and credit sys i tent that but for the greedy Regent might have saved country from the i revolution not As honest As Laws nor As great. But he made the famous j. Rufus Wallington look like a Piker. Cummins Hobnob bed with the financial Powers of the cities of the i country he was personally known to the Heads of More than one great banking institution. His visits were always Welcome and his paper was Al ways acceptable. Must have had Many Hearty laughs and lilt a he must Hae laughed again and again at the ease with which a j he pulled tire Wool Over the eyes of these Kings of finance a tin Lull a Viva lion til of 1 Vita to n to i a nil la. A lol it voc in okla Ioina Boma City okla., Jan. 19.�? weather Bureau thermometer stood at ten degrees above Zero it it it lock. It was announced that a in minium May be lowered today. Little Snow in Kansa act kau., Jan. 19.�?a temper d two below Zero was Regis to ii is morning. The Snow n i to Only a Trace in this a of the wheat Belt. K Imago in c old grip ago 111. Tan. 19.-�?a cold wave Snow reached eastward from Rocky mountains today. It was it act Ltd to reach Illinois by noon to predictions were that Hie cold weather of hic Winter would be Rod need with a minimum temperate of five above. Record set in tras fort Worth. Texas. Jan. 19.- Mer a cold weather record was set Ere this morning when the Mercury topped to 19 degrees above Zero. Weather report forecast South Dakota generally fair tonight and Friday except probably i by Snow East portion tonight rigor temperature tonight and East per in Friday. By tile official Bio meter from Ltd a today maximum 9 minimum 14 Bolo government noon Ai noon 9 new Hampshire senator says All they know is Quot hogs Orn wheat Cotton by associated press leased wire new York n. Jan. 19.�?inclusion of hides on the free Tariff list was asked of the Senate finance committee in a Resolution adopted by the National Boot and shoe manufacturers association at the closing session of its annual convention last night. Speaking at the association s dinner. Senator Moses of new Hampshire. Criticized the a farm in the Senate for what he termed its selfish motives in regard to the Tariff Bill. A the so called farm bloc of the Senate which controls that he said a is made up of Twenty lawyers one newspaper editor and a veil Digger. The Only three Farmers in the Senate have never been invite d to a melting of the farm bloc. A the Blo does not know that a farm exists North of the Mason and Dixon line or cast of tim Mississippi River and they give no consideration to the truck Farmers in that territory. All they know is hogs Corn wheat and police can to catch speeder Tiu Gas Supply gives out by associated press i erased wire Davenport la., Jan. 19�?seven Days in jail seven Miles of spewing was the sentence imposed on Wyant Winter sixteen years old. After he had been pursued All Over yesterday to the country yesterday afternoon by Davenport police officers. He was caught about a mile and a half out of the City when his gasoline gave Tler out. The Republican a year for two pennies a Day $6.26 get the Republican a whole year delivered by Carrier in the City for Only this Coupon is Worth Cash $1.24 Cash clip this Ccu Oon Brin or mail it to the Republican office with your Check for $6.26 not later than saturday january 28th, and Ycu will be credited with a years subscription to the Republican regular rate $7.50. For the rest of the Price $1.24, we will accept this Coupon As Cash. Fill in the Coupon now and save $1.24 the Mitchell daily rep Bucan Mitchell South Dakota alone for there was none to whom he could turn for advice. None to whom he could Tell the frightful truth the truth which when known would it and shudders of repugnance through the hearts of his intimates the truth which would Rob him of his a his standing. Wealth. How he must ,. Have laughed when they danced to his musical unknowing that at Leasi two i Home Honor everything. In three of his a notes Quot were false not Worth the paper they were written but oms Way out. Tho Way of the on. And yet honoured for fare value with the exception perhaps of an Ocra paid on the Dot or before kept his credit clean As a morgans and laughed spurious notes with Cash collected on other pieces of worthless paper hypothecated in another Bank in part of the country notes interest never bothered Bort Cummins. When his paper came he took his pen forged another series of notes sold them and paid off his earlier obligation paid on the Dot or kept his credit clean As a morgans and laughed. And laughed and laughed. Pope confined to bed by cold condition of Catholic head not serious advices from Vatican declare two far East decisions made arms committee provides for unification and a a for and equal treatment Rome Italy Jan. 19�?the condition of Pope Benedict who is suffering from a cold is not considered serious but he will be forced to remain in beef five or Days it was said at the Vatican today. The cold has settled in the bronchial tubes. The correspondent was informed this morning that the Popes temperature had subsided to almost Normal. His holiness is Cating very Little and has been ordered to remain very Gaspar it and other Vatican prelate hrs it constantly near him. Pipe Benedict Hae never known by associated pre leased wire Washington. Jan. 19. Eastern committee of the washing a ton conference today adopted two i resolutions dealing with chinese railways and then began consideration of i the status of existing commitments in i China the last item on Lite him so Section of the conference Agenda. One of the Railroad resolutions and i opted presented by sir Auckland Geddes of the British delegation i pledges the Powers and China against cow Ard. Mercy. He could expect none. That lie knew. With him on that night there were but two overwhelming forces. Figures that crowded the room and pressed about him till his heart was near to bursting. Threatening figures towering a vane him till their shadowy outlines seemed to merge with the even morn shadowy recesses of the Walls above. But Ever with their fingers pressing against him. Ever pressing against his heart Ever tightening their grip till suffocation almost overcame him. Till his breathing grew Laboured and the sweat gathered on his brow. Till he grew weak in contemplation. Jul Atlee stood at his right her Scales ready balanced for the reckoning at which he knew he would be found lacking. Stern grim visage Justice. Justice untempered by pity her brow scornful awful. At his left thinking no now expat Ding stood fear. Trembling he re far viewed the years. Trembling lie stared straining into the future. Wrested wit ii the huh i car Quot unfair discrimination in Railroad what if was to be really if and it is a a of and Fah cities. The other by Sec difficult for him to remain in bed. Retard Hughes. Expresses Hope in he Kropt on conducting the affairs eventual unification of the name address of the Church after the first symptoms of illness appeared until Cardinal Gasparri s urgings were successful in inducing him to take to his cd. Chinese Burlington orders 127 new cars Cost is to be $3,000,000 moments was taken up it was a nor. Note ther -. To this one b s in or n roads under Chines control. Both were adapted substantially Iii the form presented yesterday although a few minor changes were made. When the subject of existing co quickly completed Sug gusted that All the actions represent j de furnish the committee with a list j of their treaties and agreements re i lating to China and the proposal was agreed to tentatively. The lists fur rushed Are to cover secret As Well As it Public understandings. Although it was said that the agree i Merit to furnish this information was guilty fear. The fear that refuse to be quenched by reason but rather grows in the cold Light of la in but one Way out. None to \ him a May none to stay his hand. Through flu Long night of wrested Wuh his far through the tone watches while to a Bright Light above the Long fab gleamed steadily. And thru Dawn and decision but one Way rather death and disgrace a thousand time than disgrace and a living death walled away from his fallow men with the Brand of the Felon stamped forever on his brow. Plans already half formulated a letter Here a Chicago in Jan. 19.�?contracts for the construction of 127 steel passenger Luggage and dining cars at a Cost Only tentative in character most of of $5,000,000 have been let to the a the delegates indicated afterwards that Pullman company and Standard car they expected the lists to be in the company by the Chicago Burlington hands of the Secretary general of the and Quincy Railroad it was announce conferred before the conference Recd today. Sume its session tomorrow Hunter. To that a car. To another i a gun or some highly prize person i Al trinket. Goodbye to All. No explanation. That would come another Way. What matter Ile would be gone. Gone forever. Gone from i the Finger cd scorn the whispered comment. Banished fear and a i Morse. Conscience perhaps it i might follow him. Who knows. I enough Attiat beyond the veil was a Riddle. Unsolved unknown. To remain meant everything to go meant nothing Here on moment a living continued on Page two it \

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