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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - June 16, 1921, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican City edition vol xxxv Imitchell s. D. Thursday june 16, 1921 number 195 highest Mark is scored by Contention s. D. Only state that Ever paid All county pledges All counties there to Huron next year Jenkins of Carthage is again elected president of Sun Day school body reports Given at sessions of Hie South Dakota sunday school association convention in Mitchell today showed that the state organization has reached a Point never attained by any other state in the Union in that each county paid its county pledge., every county in tile state was represented at the state convention and every county sent in a statistical report of tile years work. Huron was selected As the meeting place for the 1922 convention of tile organization. Reports from the registration committee show that 1200 out of town delegates and visitors have been in attendance at the convention. This far exceeds Hie enrolment of last year or the year before when the convention met at rapid City and at Sioux Falls. Re elect president at the annual election of officers hold today to. F. Jenkins of Carthage was re elected president Rev. Glen Lindsey of rapid City vice president Rev. Charles r. Miller of Sioux Falls. Ice president a. Clay Darling of Groton recording Secretary and m. D Whitman of Huron treasurer. George w. Miller of Huron will continue Iii work As executive Secretary with j. J. Hull As Field Secretary. Mrs. Grebel was elected to head the children a division Rev. A. \. Wagner of Mitchell Young people s department Rev. R. J. Lloyd of Huron. Ojust department a. P. Cooper of Plankinton missionary department Fella or b. F. Meyers of Salem Temperance department and m. J. Holmes of Mitchell teacher training. Shucks that a nothing wait till he has to Tell Why we entered the last War Etc. Executive committee 5 die 27 Hurt wreck near hot Springs Bridge collapses near Whitney Nebraska dropping train High water is cause injured Are taken by special train to hot Springs Hospital of the three they tim terms of four member executive committee expired. Of these men were re elected include l. W. Robinson of Mitchell. Rev. Gay c. White of Watertown and Rev. Of. W. Pigeon of Huron. The fourth member a those term expires. J. K. Cressey of Sioux fall defined re election and Jay b. Allen of Sioux Falls was named in his pome. Other members of tin executive committee whose terms hold Oxer include m. To Whisman of Huron. Rev. John e. Booth of Watertown Georg l. Kemper of Watertown. F. Of. Oilsin of Parker Rev. Sander Tolleson of Aberdeen and Rev. An Aller ingrain of Mitchell. F want sunday Observance 2,000 die a Day of starvation members of the South Dakota sunday school association passed resolutions today calling for Hie strengthening of the state Laws for observant or sunday. These resolutions were passed together with others thanking Mitchell people for the courtesies shown the convention delegates. A we declare for the enforcement of Law a one of the Resolution read. Pm Liting that there cannot be ail Aff growth of society without 1 we commend our Public officers Tov All their Zeal in this direction whim a been shown and assure them Quot i our vital backing in this. Especially at this time we believe that tin prohibitory Laws should be used to Inak our stat Dean of Strong drink. Two believe that regard for s do Atli i not Only Christian hut i n the highest sense american. A in Over Anent rests upon morality. I of a Nix sound basis of morality is the Christian religion Aud the safeguard f religion is Hie Sabbath. In this tuner lion we rejoice that president Harding Lias made it known that Iii-1 White House stands Aguin to sunday Golf famine Ca Strophe turns Kiev in Ukraine to ghastly morgue Lily \ a. It Ltd i att til is i xxx ire i Berne. Switzerland june pts a catastrophe Al outbreak it i urine in Kiev is reported today in dispatches from the i Raipe which As Ert that the people Are Ding Iii macs from starvation two thou and Vliem h ving i Een buried in one Day in the City which i being besieged by ukrainian insurgents. At the same Lino. Hie dispatcher add. Secret nationalist vigilance societies Ait murdering prominent bolshevik leaders and magi is sonic of which have been found hanging to Quot lamp Post or killed in bullets Al most every morning. Tin bolshevik i newspapers of Kab v have pc ib-1 Ted the n in a of to commissar who already have been killed the dispatches say. Shoots six when son is arrested police siege Home of v x Huria to Ltd pre i fluid xxx ire Frankfort kit. June fall Frankfort grocer who la night it i persons while ror interfering in tween a toilet Quot ii escaped or is Wiig Arror an altercation Man and Faili my the Naglit. Frankfort ky., june Home a f John Faili. Who late last night shot four policemen and two bystander a surrounded Early today a what is your league a quiz put to Harding if republicans delay much More people will take it in own hands says by i number of special deputies under sheriff Bain Moore. The authorities Are not sure idlis did not escape in the. Darkness. Idlis last night demanded the release from custody of his son Elbert who had been arrested on a minor j charge. He shot three policemen and j with his son whom he had liberated. Ran to their Home Over a grocery. It a Battle there another polio pm n Aud i til two bystanders were wounded. Two of the policemen Are it a critical i condition. Young Filiti who tried to escape i from the House xxx it shot in the leg and captured. Today a baseball red rust seen in parts of s d. Weekly report of Huron weather Bureau says heat has damaged Illy a Shoel a Tell pre lenses xxx ire Omaha neb., june persons Are known to be dead and thirty three injured As a result of a wreck last night near Whitney neb., of Chicago and Northwestern passenger train number 606. A cloudburst which weakened a Bridge Over a Creek near Whitney was held by the company to be responsible. Tile five persons who died from their injuries in the wreck were taken from the smoking car. Confusion in the Black of the night caused doctors and rescuers from Chadron who were sent to the seen ? by the dispatcher to Send conflicting reports of the number of dead. A list of the dead said by the company to be Complete was soon wired to h. E. Dickinson general superintendent at Omaha by Railroad officials at the scene of the crash. The train bound from Lander Wyo. To Omaha was rolling along the track on schedule time when at 10 15 the locomotive pounded across the wooden trestle Bridge Over the Cottonwood Creek. 15 Miles West of Chadron. The Bridge sagged. With a Roar and a crash the supports of the Bridge a Joe Way and three cars plunged into the Creek bed. Breaking of the connection threw on the air Breaks and with a search of the wheels the Pullman car and office car on the rear of Hie train came to a standstill with the Sleeper Peri Ousby hanging Over the Creek Bank. Shrieks and cries of the passengers in he three cars which plunged into the Creek Drew the train Crew from their cab to the scene behind them. They were unable t assist the injured and made their Way to a nearby farm House where they telephoned the chief dispatcher at Chadron. Woman studies Law for dry act electric wire kills lineman body is burned William e. A a pussyfoot Johnson Ary Leader is sure to have the Law with him at All times. Mrs. John a on has begun studying Law at her Home in Westerville o. She in 59. 50 million Cattie Pool is pledged George Webber Mitchell Telephone employee Dies almost instantly fingers burned off groan8 heard by fellow workers Pul motor fails to revive victim Western Bankers of half Way with Eastern capitalists to Back ranchers or a sorial Al pre leased wire Huron s. I june 16.�?boti rust in xvii eat is reported from some localities the weekly report of g. F. Marvin chief of Hie weather Bureau of the United states department of agriculture Here., issued today stated. His report says a Grain was damaged by the hot weather in some localities but As yet the damage has not been great. Lied rust on wheat is reported from some localities. The hot weather was favourable for Corn which made very rapid growth and looks of american league Detroit too 200 i oxi Boston. 012 202 i of Middleton. Holung Aud mgt or and Rio. -3 9 2 15 i Mussier d Vav i Lily usso elated in a i cd sell xxx ire i new York City. June ton Holt. Magazine editor vrho he id tilt delegation of or -i.1 Guh pub 1 jeans that Callop on former president. Q Wilson during tin last presidential Vav respond will. R,.�tm.--, a a a it. Public a letter Coll of famine stricken people. I ask. Believe that in Hie Case of Almon j get up Ain a a a Fri a peo in Hie term of the it Anding association of ital lode proposed t step be ii influence Kiel pow.-. A a. No a f n shy tile fiendish hand of the i urk. J t deja much Flintzer people we urge upon our senators and in lev a it Vuht a. Will inevitably a Nebula that von have no Concrete plan at All else that you propose to put part Harmony above world xxx a Jai. �?~i�?T1 or. Holt. A in that be nothing i it for America to play Lier rightful Par in stabilizing the world hut to Quot Quot Gamze the country so a to capture . Is fur the league in 1922 and the , and who recently i in. V in 192 i d Quot Ere also included among the actions. A asserted. Could be be he declared that i a report of the executive committee f s an bolshevism were i v Given today followed that the enrol of Lay Kvat f\., that had come out men in the sunday schools of South j if Hli Uhr a xxx rid Pana Dakota Lias increased More than 50 per cent in the last two years. There ask Aid to armenians Intel mention of the United mate a nime it to Aid tile armenians Wak a Iii the following Resolution Whit the that in the Case of Ai no Nia Charity cannot meet i need in our government Shalt in some its influence Arni Power to the fiendish hand of Hie Turk j Essien to stand for such measures a Hail cause the hellish devastation of the Turk to cease and to give Armenia in Opportunity to become sell resolutions of sympathy to til family of e. O. Excell who has led th1 music a a number of previous Quot mentions of Lite sunday school and who recently died Clud i of i convention event Iii pier xxx to dared xxx ill a n t has been an increase of approximately 35.000 in the enrolment throughout the state in that period and ak.-,l Hie president Guarani thai the a Ubl turn to bul Lii visa if it Berain Van orally believe i that he a no plan at ail for the substitute of the league. Cleveland. 200 nub oio�?3 to \ 1> Vihel Culph ,. Nib too i Moj i Hie and Nii i Lunker no it a Quot i Perkin. 6 b and Chicago too too 002 3 7 2 at new York. 002 0b0 32x�?7 i a i Wilkinson and Chalk Hux key Ani Hotl Nian. -1. Louis at Washington Paine to and Gharrity. Tied a Duroc Jersey men to hold round up Here on saturday Moo Jersey hog breeders from Over South Dakota xviii gather in Mitchell saturday for their annual convention. The convention or a around up will he the culminating feature of a series of 22 meetings held in Alt tile districts of the state. In Hie interest of the Duroc Jere it association. A definite program of work which will probably be adopted at the meeting saturday Ila been discussed at each or the District meetings. One Hundred breeders representing each of the 22 districts Are Eye acted to attend. Joe a Aga of Peoria ii assistant Secretary of the National Duroc record association will be one of the speakers at the meeting. Or. J. T. Dinwoodie of the Dakota Farmer xvii also speak. The convention xviii open with a meeting at Hie City Hall auditorium for committees from various districts. Sessions will Omaha neb., june persons Are known to have been killed and 27 injured a number seriously when Chicago and Northwestern passenger train number Gog Lauder. Who. To Omaha was wrecked late last night by the collapse of a Bridge Ever a Creek near Whitney. Neb. According to information Given by h. E. Dickinson general manager for Hie Northwestern lines Here dins killed were Frank Bonner f Lander f. M. Stewart of cordon neb., c. M. Ruck of grand Island neb. And baggage Man Robert Scott or Chadron neb. The injured were taken in a special train to a Hospital in hot Springs. S. I with surgeons from Chadron attending them. High water cause either a cloudburst or heavy upstream pressure in the Creek caused the Bridge to give Way general superintendent Dickinson said adding that there had been no High water there Ltd 10 at 10 30 a. In., 021 of l a i also be held at i let a �., and after National league Brooklyn too 002 003 too of at Pittsburgh. Of too 0i0 too of Smith Mamaux and Miller Gia Ner Adam yellow horse an Schmidt. Supper. Philadelphia. 010 031 002�?7 t i 0 at Cincinnati 012 203 lox�?9 it i Hubbell Keenan. Betts and buggy Marquand Napier and Wing Quot. New York. At Chicago. Douglas Benton Andor and kit lifer. An look Tot of too 010 of Smith Alex Boston. At St. Loui. Watson and demons. Ooi Ooi separation Bonds taken by America is a unavoidable of Neill per Lea ally pre leaned Vav ire i Washington. D. A. Lune 16.�?absorption of substantial blocks of German reparation Bonds in the american financial markets is a unavoidable the Feii eral Reserve Board said inlay in i formal discussion of Hie reparations settlement. However termination of the reparations controversy was viewed by the Board Asau economic Triumph opening up a promising Outlook for future european adjustment with a spec Andrial bearing upon the position of the United states. By a mutated pre l ended xxx ire i Washington d. C., june 16.�?arrangements under Winch Eastern and Western hankers will provide a 50 million Dollar fund for Loans to cattle raisers probably will be competed raisers probably will be completed Mellon said today. Tin Western Bankers agreed at a meeting at Chicago yesterday to provide 25 million dollars of tile fund he added and the Eastern Bankers already have raised the other half. A committee of Bankers will administer Hie fund and advances probably will be made through Bankers from the cattle growing sections who Are familiar with conditions. With the completion of tile pooling arrangements. Or. Melton said the governments part in Relief measures for the cattle Industry would cease As the actual administration of the Pool would be entirely through private channels. of Illinois is dead Illy usso elated per lense xxx ire Washington d. C., june w. E. Mason. 70, of Illinois died Here Early today from heart trouble. Although representative m Ison had been suffering from a heart attack for several Days his condition yesterday was reported As showing improvement and death came unexpectedly after to sudden relapse. He formerly was a member of the Senate. From school teacher in a Small Iowa town to representative and senator in Bot i the state legislature of Illinois and the National Congress was tile record of William Ernest Mason. When in years old he began teaching school in Bentonsport. Later he began Hie study of Law. Moving to Chicago he was admitted to the Bairn i>72, and was identified with the Legal profession tier fee More than �?T,0 years. In 1873 he married Edith on it Thi season. The engine cleared the Wiite of Des Moines Bridge but the baggage and mail cars plunged into the Bank while the chair car was thrown into the water. The trains sleepers also left the track but did not go into the Creek. Tile injured As Given by or. Dickinson follows w. L. Lesser san Francisco hip and head bruised. J. If. Lesley Springfield. Mo., bruised about flip and leg. A. Bang Hotz address unknown shoulder and Arm bruised. Michael Skiles address unknown seriously injured. Charles Duntze. Cheyenne Wyo. Head bruised. F. W Hite Denver shoulder bruised. A. I w Hite a Denver leg bruised. B. R. Lyons. Chadron fireman ribs injured. Elmer b. Smith Portland. Ore., body and leg bruised. S. H. Potter Denver internally injured. E a. Iday Evanston iu., Arm and leg bruised. George Gilchrist Denver bruised. Chester t. Smith. Rapid City s. In bruised. E. Marwieh Omaha bruised about leg. Joe e. Reese Omaha severely bruised. Mrs. A. F. Gustafson. Ainsworth. Neb., leg bruised Walt Good Chadron neb., express messenger seriously injured. H. L. Burrier Chadron. Neb., knee an head bruised. William Bryant Biair neb., bruised about hip. Bick Arnold Chadron news agent seriously injured. T. J. Horn Chadron head and Arm bruised. H. In Fie Kab Ohrn Pullman conductor. Cuts on head other bruises. J. J. Felde Hausen Chadron brakeman Back bruised. Continued on Page 5 he was elected United states senator in 1892. In 1906 he a elected representative at Large from Illinois. In Jun 1917. Representative Mason received considerable attention in the House of representatives when he declared he would offer a Bill to repeal the conscription Law or Amend it so As to provide that conscripted troops should not be sent abroad without their consent. Crude Oil Cut twice within seven Days i by a Morlath pre l earned xxx ire i Pittsburgh a. June second reduction in i Price of crude Oil within a week w Quot announced Here today by the principal purchasing agencies when Mother Cut of 25 cents a barrel a a All Grad was posted. New prices Are Pennsylvania crude 82.50 Horning 1.40 Cabell 131 Rosin reset 81.10 Somerset tight 81.30, and Ragland 75 cents. Steadily increasing Block a re Given As the cause of Hie reduction of weather report forecast South Dakota partly Cloudy somewhat unsettled tonight and and Fri George Webber a lineman employed but the Dakota Central Telephone company in Mitchell Mfd almost instant death about 9 a. In. Today when he accidentally touched an electric Light wire carrying a current of 2.300 volts while working on a Telephone line at the Corner of Lawler Street and East seventh Avenue. The Light wire was stretched about a foot below where Webber Xvi working and other linemen believe that Bis foot May have touched a ground wire when ids hand came in Contact with the electric Light conveyor. A four fingers of webbers right Hind were burned off. The current burned his body in several places. His Glove was on fire when other linemen reached him. Webber was working on a Telephone pole braced by a leather Belt when the tragedy occurred. Two Oiler linemen. William Dwyer and Earl Bailor were on the ground about 150 feet away. They heard Webber groan and turned to Sec him hanging apparently lifeless with his body drawn to Hie tight wire by the Strong current. Wire is severed the Light wire Wras immediate out an i Dwyer and Bailor took Webber Down while persons living near summoned the fire department. A Pul motor was brought. We Ebber was Small breathing when he was lowered to th3 ground. He opened his eyes but. Efforts to revive him were unavailing. The Pul motor was used for half a hour before webbers body was moved. He was then taken to a a Noble undertaking Parlours. advised that the Pul motor be used far an hour or two longer in the Hope rial a might be revived but no signs of life returned. Webber Xvan 33 years old and has been employed at the Mitchell Telephone company sine last fall. He was a second class lineman and worked in a Crew under Sam Williams. Webber was a married mar. His wife and daughter came to Mitchell Only a few weeks ago from Cottonwood where we Ebber worked until last fall. The family has rooms at the City hotel on South main Street. Dwyer first to reach him William Dwyer the first Man to reach we Ebber after the Accident narrowly a Cap a losing his life one try last week. Dwyer was Riding a messenger at the top of a 30-foot pole win the apparatus slipped dropping him on an electric Light wire just below. The wire on which Dwyer fell also carried a 2,300 voltage but the fuse blew out just As Dwyer touched the wire preventing his death. Dwyer sustained several severe Burns however. We Ebber and the two other men working nearby had come to the place a few minutes before the former was killed. Wamen see them mrs. J. A. Beddoes and mrs. N. Blackman both living on North lawyer Street a a the men pass on their Way to work talking and laughing. Shortly after when the women heard a Call for help they at first believed the Nim were still joking. They then saw we Ebberts body hanging at the top of the pole and immediately summoned the fire department to get the lung motor. Rebel murders in Ireland 568 this is total for year 1920 says Greenwood in English House Day slightly cooler East portion tonight. Local temperatures by tile Republican recording thermometer wednesday 3 p. In. 95 6 p. In. 92 9 . 83 12 p. In. 80 j a wort tit re leaned xxx ire London eng., june 16.�?murders by a a rebels in ire la my since july 1920. Have totalled 568. Sir Harnar Greenwood chief Secretary of Ireland stated in hic House of commons today. The number of Crown forces convicted for murder in the same period a added was the military non the Royal Irish constabulary 1. And Hie police auxiliaries i the last Nam Man being found to be insane. To anti blues will Parade Washington thursday 3 a. In. 77 6 a. In. 76 9 a. In. 80 12 in. 87 3 p. In. 91 maximum 3 30 p. In. Wednesday 96. Minimum 6 30 a. In. Thursday to i by a of a Ian re pre leaded xxx ire Wallington d june pro feature of the annual convention of the anti Blue Law league of America which meets Here october i to 5. Is a Parade from the Capitol to the White House As a protest against National Blue Laws. The Parade wiil be held tuesday october i and it is planned to have marchers from a Over the country participate

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