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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - June 7, 1921, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican City edition vol xxxv Imitchell s. Tuesday june 7, 1921 no. 187taxpayers ask Uva Cut Pueblo peril returns with rising River known death list steadily rites As workers dig under ruins some folks Are getting a Little nervous about the no arrival of the rest of the picnic party mystery death there prominent business Man is a. Tally shot As he rides Home in car by astr used Frew leaned wire Denver colo., june 7.�?heavy Rains in the mountains last night caused the Phil River Here to swell again. The Waters reached flood proportions in lower West Denver and More than a Core of Frame residences were surrounded by water. Two feet of water a food in West Colfax and Larimer streets which were dry this morning. Tim River a Rise this morning was sudden. It Rose several inches within a few minutes after officials had expressed belief that All danger from the Platte Here was Over. Many base Menn of warehouses in the Section were flooded by noon. Firemen anti policemen patrolled the a ver. The guards Strung along All fridas of the Platte for several Miles in the City. At eleventh and Zuni streets the Platte attained a Width of More than the blocks this morning. Move from hospitals. Twenty four inmates of a City Hospital for women at Mississippi and Santa streets will be removed this afternoon. The police this morning re revived a Call for help from the institution when the Waters flooded the basement. Mounted policemen have been dispatched to the West eighth Avenue District to warn residents against the spreading Waters. F. It. On of St. Louis director of civilian Relief for the red Cross for to vday f in St. Louis. Inlay a the Western division who arrived yes tour of the flooded District and after Quot words declared that the damage a appears to equal or exceed that of the Corpus Christi Texas the first passenger train to leave Pueblo since the flood Friday left at 3 p. In. Today Over the Atchison Topeka and Santa be tracks for Denver. The train will carry As passengers persons whose Homes Are outside of Pueblo who were trapped Here by the flood. It will Stop at All necessary Points the statement said. Mot dead identified. Sink a boat in Lake Michigan u. 8. Guns Send German sub. Marine to Bottom 30 Miles off Chicago Pueblo colo., june 7.�?known dead from fridays flood in Puebla today totalled 55, three bodies being Home 7.�?the taken to the Fountain school Accord-,97 ing to reports of red Cross officials. Forty two bodies were at the morgue and ten had been recovered on the St. Charles Mesa. No burials will be held for several Days it was said today because of the impassable condition of the roads to cemeteries. A committee of real estate men today estimated the property damage in Pueblo from the flood at Between to million dollars and 20 million dollars. Brieve list will Ria considerable Progress was expected to he mad today in the work of Clearing up the streets and buildings and searching for dead bodies. A the list of known dead probably ill take a big jump today a Captain r. L. Dennis of Denver commander of pie Colorado rangers said. Adde from the Relief work and the cleanup of the City interest entered in the mysterious fatal shooting off. K Withers prominent business Man he was Riding Home from the Plant in his automobile last night with i son. Withers j was shot through the head the top of his head being mown off. An inquest was to be lipid today. Withers had been commanded to halt when the fatal shooting occurred. And was bringing his car to a Slop tin he was killed according to his it a it a. Captain Dennis was inclined to believe that the shooting was tile re Mai accidental discharge of a weapon in whose hands no one could say today. Refuge Camps pitched by amt Arlath Presa wire aboard u. S. S. Wilmette by naval radio to the associated pres German submarine a was sunk at la of clock this morn ing in Lake Michigan some to Miles off Chicago by the 4-Inch guns of the it. S. S. Wilmette. Hert chief in . Is dead by annotated Presa leaped wire Washington la. C., june 7.�?alvin t. Ilert of Louisville k>., and Republican National committeeman from that state died suddenly it the new Willard hotel Here. 400 ballots cast in Bond election up to 4 of clock today a baseball american league Chicago Philadelphia postponed rain. St. Louis. 200 130 ooo�?610 0 at Boston 200 131 oox�?7 0 i Richmond Palmero and Severeid Bush Thormahlen Russell and Rue. Cleveland too too ooi�?2 5 2 at new York 300 510 oox�?9 8 0 Coveleskie Oden Vald Morton and Nunamaker Shaw key and re hang. Detroit. At Washington Leonard and and Gharrity. Ain Smith too too Tot too Gawhary National league Boston ____200 003 221 a to 15 2 at Pittsburgh .101 too 200�? 7 13 2______ Watson Escher and of Neill inn Lvov horse Morrison Aud Schmidt. New York too too ooo�?0 5 0 at Cincinnati 003 002 tux�?6 13 3 Benton nerf Salle and Snyder Marquard and Hargrave. Philadelphia. At Chicago. Hubbell Baumgartner Freeman and Daly. Too 221 300 to and buggy Brooklyn of at St. Louis .7 cadre Mitchell arid Miller Goodwin North and Pilhoefer. Thompson gets first beating fists shake As Langer argues with Townley shouts hisses stamping and heckling enliven Huron debate hearers near to Row rumpus grows so violent that some fear police would be called by annotated pre wire Huron s. D., june 7.�?amid shouts hisses stamping and heckling William Hanger former attorney general of North Dakota and a. Townley head of the National nonpartisan league debated the advantages and disadvantages of the league work As applied to North Dakota Here last night. During the debate followers of Hie speakers frequently Rose to their feet and attempted to engage in encounters with their neighbors but no serious result was noted. For a time it was feared police would have to be called upon to keep order but As the debate progressed the audience became quieter. The debaters made practically the same arguments that they had made in Nebraska and Minnesota. They Wilt debate the question tonight at Sioux Falls. Body of five will be named to study Mitchells taxes and advise possible cuts chairman of meeting will appoint committee soon Good feeling characterizes most of discussion at City Hall mayor Bobb approves of meeting and assures citizens that Council is working earnestly to reduce City sex general taxes in Mitchell should he decreased by one third during Tho coming year it was recommended to the City Council at an open meeting at the City Hall auditorium monday evening attended by nearly too local taxpayers. The meeting was called by a of citizens for the purpose of considering City taxation problems. As a result of tin discussion at the gathering it was recommended that a committee of five persons be appointed to carefully study school Abd oily expenditures in Mitchell to make recommendations at some later meeting for possible decreases. John b. Reese chairman of the meeting will appoint the investigation committee. He expects a Vittle men selected by tomorrow he said today. By an almost unanimous vote the at. Tin meeting recommended the it the Street and Park departments signers Alf tin petition culling the meeting was elected chairman of the evening and stated briefly at tim opening the purpose of the gathering. A stills is not a convention of knockers a Hev. Reese declared. A we Are Here to think constructively and definitely toward the lowering of City expenditures. We Are not Here to find fault with the present administration nor any previous administration. Wear merely Here to speak plainly As our taxes have doubled Iii the last few years Anil we wish to see if it would be possible to Cut Hies taxes without injuring tin efficiency of any department of the City.�?�. The 86.000 chamber of Commerce appropriation and the 85.000 appropriation for the maintenance of the City band were the first matters brought up. Farnsworth hits chamber a i Haven to seen anything Iii chamber of Commerce Lias done although of the City administration be Consoli a they talk a lot about working All the elated under one head As proposed time a or. Farnsworth opened the two months ago by mayor e. V. Bobb. A special election was also recon discussion. A the business men on the downtown streets Are the ones mended to allow the citizens to vote who get the benefits from the Cham again on the proposition of whether Ber of Commerce if there Are any that they should. and it seems to me nearly 400 Farmers Here authorized in the future for the Pur for it. For 2-Day Convent Lon pose of maintaining the Mitchell a people on the outskirts of the Farmers from All sections of South j municipal band. Down poor people by me done to see Dakota numbering nearly 400, Hadj severe condemnation of the present Why we should for that when it Gutherc in mitc la by noon today to practice of appropriating 86,000 an does no to help us any. Nonpartisan league finally for the maintenance of tile a then too a in. Farnsworth went opened at the City chamber of Commerce was expressed on. A i have figured out that we by Many of the voters present hut. In just about $300 for every a free con Eromm exudation was made we get from the band. For Tup. Attend Hie state convention which Hall at 2 p. In. Governor Lynn j. Frazier of not la a definite Dakota was one of the arrivals this with regard to Chicago mayor suffers defeat at polls against coalition ticket considerable interest was shown Here today in the 8125,000 Bond election. About 400 votes had been cast in Hie four wants of the City up to 4 o clock. Women serving As election judges in the various wards wore performing their duties easily As Many of them previously served in similar positions for previous elections the women volunteered their services so no men election judges or clerks were used. Weather a report forecast South Dakota partly night and wednesday change in temperature. Temperatures by the Republican s with plans Laid for a Complete of destitute families for the fat Sah i it Ament of a Refuge Camp and a a or the instalment of a Complete Field Hospital the equipment for which was up Ctet to arrive at any hour Amati nation and centralization of thermometer Milf Wark began in real Earnest to a monday i 3 p. In. To according to or. J. F. Pierce local 6 p. In. 85 he tical director of the red Cross p p. M. 78 a or Field Hospital will be Able to a 12 p. In. 70 commodare 250 patients. The a tent a maximum 3 continued on Page six a minimum 6 Cloudy to not much recording p. In. A. In. Tuesday 3 a. In. 68 6 a. In. 67 p a. In. 78 12 in. 86 3 p. In. 89 monday to. Tuesday 67. Shee monday games. American league. Is. Louis 110 too 003�?.1 new York too too Pion i Davis and Severeid Collins Hon and Behan. Cleveland .101 Loo 300�?6 13 0 at no Dun .200 103 io�?7 9 3 mails Caldwell and Thomas Wilson Bonnock Meyers. Russell Aud Ruel. Detroit ____310 401 210�?12 Philadelphia too 610 Ioos 8 Dauss and Bassler Keefe Naylor and Perkins. Chicago Oil too 023�? 7 Washington .211 too 05�?io Kerr and Schalk Courtney and Gharrity. National league. Boston too 020 00�?6 at Cincinnati too too oooo i in 3 12 i Hasty 12 5 15 3 Shaw it Gibson Rogge Brenton Scott and to Ltd Wingo. New York at Pittsburgh Barnes and and Shmidt. Brooklyn .�?T410 Ooi ooi�?7 at Chicago of oooo a i Ruether and Miller Jones and Daly. Philadelphia too too oooo 0 St. Louis .010 021 j6�?ll .20 to oooo i 7 2 too no oii�?5 12 i Smith Glazner Adams 16 i 13 3 Tyler 3 15 by an Oriard i Stu leased wire Chicago Iii., june 6.�?william Hale Thompson suffered his first reverse at the Polis today since his election As mayor in 1915 when a coalition judicial ticket swept Chicago defeat in Geverz Thompson candidate. A proposition for the Issue of $9,-000.000 Bonds for building a new jail was beaten. Another proposition that free text Hooks be sup pitied to the Public schools apparently carried by a Sinai majority. The balloting was marked by the killing of a coalition watcher at the polls by a policeman several Small riots and Many charges of fraud. Police declared he was shot when he resisted arrest. The Thompson candidates a1 republicans were opposed by the bar association amt other civic bodies. Their selection was denounced As an Effort by machine politicians to control the courts and resulted in the selection of the coalition ticket made up of both democrats and republicans. More than 50 per cent of the 900.-000 voters registered went to the polls. It was the first judiciary election at which women have voted. Mayor Thompson Lias attracted nation wide attention. Following ids refusal officially to invite Marshall Joffre of France to Chicago he has been almost constantly in the Public Eye. In tot7 he made a spectacular trip to the Pacific roast being hailed by his followers As a presidential candidate. He was formerly Republican National committeeman. Of a Mitchell youth wins scholarship at Michigan u morning. Governor Frazier will be the principal speaker at the session of la convention this evening. Miss Alice j. I it in Dikiy dinner local of la of Public speaking at the Madison state Normal and prominent la women a activities of the state will also speak tonight. Lite Stark j Jax two Day converting centers instil Quot of Tunley linger debate to be yield wednesday evening dosing Hie session. Similar contests have by in held Between or. Townley Ana or. Longer in towns throughout Kansas. Nebraska and Minnesota. Tom Ayres nonpartisan candidate for the Senate at the last general election and a Leader of the nonpartisan in South Dakota opened the convention this afternoon with a statement of the purposes of the meeting. It was expected that numerous matters of constructive legislation both state and National would be formally recommended at the session this afternoon. Pocket Money shrinks $1.99 a per capita circulation is $66.43 As compared to $67.42 last year. Discontinuing the a i think i prop Ria Hon. for disapprove water Bonds can do without that band a while if it will help some if Gers u ,. T he Bani Lilburn Woodworth son of or. And mrs. L. W. Woodworth. 125 South Minnesota Street has been awarded a valuable scholarship at the school of architecture at the University of Michigan according to word reaching Mitchell. The scholarship would entitle or. Woodworth to a trip to Europe but he has decided not to take advantage of it at present by annotated Presa leaned wire Washington d. C., june 7.�?everybody�?Ts spending Money shrank by $.-99 during Hie past year according to the monthly circulation statement issued today by the Treasury. On june i. 1920, per capita circulation in the country was $57.42 compared with $55.43 on june i 1921. In the same period the total Money in circulation the $125,000 newer. Of arc splendid a Bond Issue which was passed upon by men. Firm ffw1 in it Amlong the voters today also Carne in for its some things in my Home now that i share of disapproval. Could afford two years ago and i a a we did no to take any action on that a think that is the Case with the or. P. Farnsworth said today a a inf j a tin against anything that Sim Vve intend to go to the tim and Wen the opening words kill a in Ltd the 8 keynote of a few word Quot by mayor e. V. Bobb won a Hearty do Dieve a Mitchell paint v round of applause from the audience spoke against the maintenance of la when he assured Tho gathering that ban and <3veluber of Commerce by the City administration is making the City. Every possible Effort to Cut taxes. J several want band retained a we Are trying our a dog games to a 11 was suggested by several thai to Cut Down the tax so mayor Bobb Hie band be maintained but that u said. A six months ago we did no to gee recommendation be made to Cut Down where we could do it but now we the appropriation for the Organiza think we can see where we can Cut Hon but the motion was finally pass Down considerably. recommending i calling of a a the administration wants to Cut a special election to vote on whether expenses As much As is consistent the appropriation for the band should authorized in the future. Miller explained that a a Little More than in Ordinary times. I was a unfortunate enough to be a a you May not appreciate the need member of the Board of directors of of a Cut As much As i do. In fact a the chamber of Commerce a gave an mayor Bobb continued. A a that Sall explanation of the work of the Cham have worked on and thought about Ber of Commerce. For the last six months. I have Hadj a there is nothing but hard work a steady Stream of people coming in and grief in it for us a or. Miller to me. They say a for gods Sake. Said in it it is recognized now that can to you gee that there must be a every live City needs a chamber of with the present conditions and in fact be we see that it is necessary to Pinch Lauritz Cut in expense. Some of those people Are in danger of loping their Homes and we All see that we Inu get Cut Down. Councilmen attend the City Council was in session in the Council chamber during the evening but mayor Bobb adjourn Hie meeting for a time in Oriler to come to the auditorium for the mass meet Commerce As the chamber of Commerce works in the Ritter est of the people and not for the merchants f cite us some things the chamber of Commerce has done a a voice from the audience interrupted. A laugh burst Forth from the crowd As or. Miller replied a Well. Bus pretty hard to Tell just ing. He was called upon to explain what has been done but anyone is dropped from 983,258,293. $6,102,162,2 i a to 85, of Bishop Stuntz to address he Anis the mite hell Kiv Vanis club will honoured at its regular luncheon by the presence of Bishop Homer c. Stuntz of Omaha who will come to Mitchell to speak at the Dakota Wesleyan commencement exercises wednesday morning. The luncheon will be held at the White Temple Baptist Church at 12 15 of clock. Bishop Stuntz is called a missionary stateman by sex president Howard Taft. Bishop Stuntz was one of the administrators of the government of the Philadelphia Rocq the Phillip Ines during the Taft administration. He was a resident Bishop of South America for eight years is a world statesman and an authority on International a affairs. O Pittsburgh fire. Pittsburgh pa., june 6.�?fire of unknown origin starting in a downtown office building Early today was or. Woodworth was brought under control at 3 a. In. The employed with the firm of Kings an damage Vas estimated at Between Dixon before going to Ann Arbor $500,000 and $1,000,000, for a time Mic last fall. Hie business District was threatened. The system used by the City in licensing transient merchants and produce salesmen and then he gave i views in regard to tax Cut tins. A i want you people to understand that i approve of this Type of mayor Bobb explained. A the administration wants to get am expression from the people and we know of no better Way than this to get it. However anyone who gets up be before a body of this kind should have Correct information to give As misinformation passed out at such a meeting results Only Iii embarrassing the administration and in causing trouble. A then too a the mayor added a there is a Peculiar idea held by most people that the minute a Man gets into office he loses lits head and his heart and his honesty. The people think a Man in office is either a Crook or an imbecile. Council works hard he says a but i want to Assirie you a Ami the mayor emphasized his words with his characteristic nod a that the City Council has sat up sweating until one or two of clock in the morning with nothing in it for us just in order to see what can be done to decrease your expenditures and mine and we feel we should have the support of the masses. Ill venture to say that in a paying As much taxes As any Man Here and i want to see them Cut Down As much As any of Rev. John b. Reese one of the allowed to go Over the books of the organization and see just what the Money a been spent for. Chamber not for High tax a the chamber of Commerce is not in favor of High taxes a Saki or. Miller later in tits talk. A the organization realizes that it is harder to get people to i City to Bull Homes and establish business concerns of the pixels lire High. In fact the chamber of Commerce recently appointed a committee to investigate City costs with a View to recommending in the discussion regarding the 813,000 appropriation made in 1920 for Parks in the City several persons recommende4l that the Park superintendent be dismissed. Some one spoke of m. B. Kannowski City Park superintendent As a an expensive Man to keep. A a Little later in Hie meeting a. W. Reams local attorney gained the floor. A a you May say that of Kannow ski but he is a very efficient Man a or. Reams asserted. A Kanno Waskl has made such an improvement in the City Park since he came Here that no fair minded person can a j to realize it. He gets an honest dollars Worth of work out of each Man under him and he himself earns every cent he gets. On the matter of consolidation of continued on Page seven

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