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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - June 16, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota Ten pages vol. Xxx a r my. A y / the evening Republican City edition 16 thought Mitchell South Dakota monday june 16, 1924. Three injured Here in City a highest wind battleship Mississippi where number 220 48 lives were lost in explosion Tom Griffith sustains fractured Skull when Popcorn Wagon blows Over property loss heavy tules or of for Rea Vilt avd f Ai Jiff Unk Rev of k Traffie almost impossible i Gnu Quot thru a Parsons were injured in met Rhell saturday night during the terrific wind storm which struck the City Ai 7 15 of clock and held entire City and this Section of the state in a storm tossed grip for upwards of an hour. Property damage estimated at from $100,000 to $500,000 was done in the City and throughout the county. The injured were torn Griffith Popcorn Man. George Romm of the to Zuni motor Tympani. An unidentified Man treated for cuts about the free. Or. Griffith who operates the Popcorn stand at fourth Avenue and main Street probably was the most seriously injured. Or. Griffith who was fighting the wind and trying to keep his stand upright sustained a fractured Skull and a broken Collarbone when the wind threw the Wagon Over on top of him. He was hurried to a local Hospital where it was said this morning his condition was favourable. George Rozum was Cut by flying hits of Glass. His injuries Are not serious. The third Man called at one of the hospitals shortly after the storm violence had subsided and was treated for cuts and bruises. He left without giving his name. Most severe known Here old residents of the City Are unanimous in their declarations that saturday nights storm was the most severe of its kind that has Ever visited this City. Resident streets after the storm last night looked As if some giant had ruthlessly torn from their roots great Trees and strewn them carelessly Over the town. Great branches crashed everywhere with deafening reports. Many of the streets were made impassable with Leafy barriers rendered All the More dangerous by live wires which cracked and flashed on the wet pavement. East Side Park probably suffered More than any of the other spots in the City. Trees w pre broken off. Either at the roots or jagged stumps spoke mutely of the terrific Force of the Gale which swung the Trees Back and Forth and round about As if they were Mere matches. This morning the Park presented a scene of fearful desolation. Hardly a tree had escaped a scratched and while the foliage was withering dying in the hot Sun which followed the storm children waded and were Happy in the Pool on the West Side of the Park. Choice shrubs broken a West Side Park was also hit hard but did not suffer to the extent of East Side Park. Many precious shrubs however were Blowen Over or y torn entirely from the ground. Hitchcock Park did not have any heavy losses. Trees there had been trimmed More carefully and were better Able to withstand the Power of the tempest. W. E. Webb superintendent of Parks declared that if it had been possible in the past to have Given More attention to the Trees throughout the City the losses would not have been nearly As heavy. Lack of proper trimming he declared in it teased by leakage a Hundredfold. Probably the heaviest damage was done by t a storm at the state Highway Supply depot where the shops were a roofed and the sides of two great warehouses were blown in. A Large Force of men went to work at Daylight this morning and by evening the Walls had been braced up but the roofs were not yet in place. I Art Butterfield superintendent of the depot estimated the loss there at something like $10,000. Telephone company officials put the damage done to their lines inside the City limits at something Uke $5,000, while they Are unable to attempt Yeti mates at country damage. Rural lines Are All out of commission and it is said it will be two weeks before Normal service is restored. Crews were dispatched from the City immediately the Force of. The storm had pent itself and the company is making heroic efforts to repair the damage done. The Milwaukee wires suffered heavily last night and it was not until late this morning that telegraphic communications were restored. Train service last night moved slowly and carefully and no accidents were red. W in amp thu . A. I Imp i Mem eight Are lost at Bijou Hills three at Andes other live reported snuffed out at White Lake Crow Lake and Faulkton cloudburst at Murdo storm million Dollar los reported at the Springs. A v a Tho battleship Mississippi non which Throe officers and 45 men were Al lied in an explosion in the ships no current. Soome 1800 pounds of powder was exploded accidentally. Faulkton and Pierre report loss of life one of Road Crew filled three his Rte three Hert when Locke hotel is hit Faulkton and Pierre joined the South Dakota cities reporting loss of life in saturday nights storm according to j. K. Van Camp who returned to Mitchell this morning Over the Northwestern from a trip to rapid City. At Pierre or. Van Camp said a Farmer whose name was not Given was kilted when his barn in we hich he had taken Refuge collapsed at Faulkton a Cook car occupied by a Road Crew was overturned by the wind. A Road worker whose name was Given As Hugge is reported to have been killed. Three other Beauty i occupants of the Cook car Are said a to have been injured. At Pierre the roof of the Locke hotel was stripped off and three persons were injured. Or. Van Camp says he was on the Northwestern train out of rapid City when the storm struck just outside of Midland. A it seemed to grow worse the further East we came said or. Van Camp. A at the bad River the railway Bridge was washed out and it was necessary to Transfer the passengers across the River on planks. The Stream was a raging torrent and it seemed that there had been a off and scattered Over the nearby were blown Over and uprooted throughout the entire distance and the country looked much the same As Mitchell appeared after the storm. Quot Pierre was hit pretty hard. The roof of the Locke hotel was lifted Over and scattered Over the nearby streets. Only three people in the hotel however were Hurt. I could not learn their names. A at Stephan Twenty Miles from Highmore the Indian Mission was wrecked. Only one building Remans standing but strange to say no one was injured at Stephan either. A the elevator at Blunt was broken up and the Oil Rig. Which has been operating at Blunt was demolished. Quot in the neighbourhood of Harrold the Force of the storm seemed to have abated somewhat for the country did not seem to have suffered As much As further West. Of Olympia Holstein sets record for butterfat in May # olympic., wash., june 16.�?elois� Ayao Anora of Greenbank a registered Holstein from the Western state Hospital at fort Stellae Oam wash., was the highest producer in butter fat of any Coy in the United states for May according to a report Given out by hoards Dairyman. The 10-year-old cow produced 107.5 pounds of butter fat in May. Dem. Leaders seek Lively Flag bearers Chicago police still baffled at mail theft two inches of rain in ten minutes floods county West of Missouri Chicago. Ill june 16.�?a Quick solution of All details of the Holdup thursday night of a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train a few Miles from Chicago by four automobile loads of bandits who obtained Money and Bonds valued at upwards of $1,000,000 is predicted by the police after two mall clerks had identified a Man As one of the train robbers. J. H. Wayne desperately wounded and believed by the police to be the Bandit who was shot by a companion who mistook him for a mail clerk during the robber is the Man identified As one of the bandits. With three other men and a a Man Wayne was taken into custody in a spectacular raid on a Flat As the result of a tip that the bandits would be found there. At first Waynes told the police that he was shot while new York. N. M., june 16.�?-Cordell Hull Norman e. Mack j. B. Prue Kremer. Scott Ferris and a dozen or More other democratic chieftains have been in close conference Here for the last two Days look. ,.to it rth Field of possible pres Quot hot him five Bullet wounds int is i Timber and making plans for Quot Ere found in his body and doctors with nine on my uni cat Ion still interrupted unconfirmed reruns still persist of heavy loss of life in saturdays storm. These report which place the death list at sixteen. May he summarized As follows at Bijou High eight dead. At White to it Nike. One dead. At Canton one dead. I of talc Andes three dead two missing. Of Pierre one dead. At Faulkton one dead. At Crow Lake one dead. The dead at Bijou Hills Are unnamed. H. G. Thompson a Jerauld county Farmer is reported dead of Crow Lake. At White Lake. Joseph Thomas is said to ii ave been killed. At take Andes. States attorney Cassidy and two indians Are reported to have been drowned. At Pierre an unnamed Farmer was killed when his Bam collapsed. At Faulkton a Road worker named Hugge was killed when a work ear was overturned. Of Canton a woman was electrocuted. Reports of injured Are just As incomplete. It probably will he Days before anything like accurate reports can he collected of the loss of Fife. Property loss undoubtedly will run into the millions. Some estimates place the property destruction As High As $10,000,000. It May even exceed that figure. Losses hut Milwaukee Railroad officials deny this. Trainmen who came through towns last night declared there was no fire. Col. L. Shade who was caught in the storm South of Kimball declared that he saw no signs of fire As he passed through i those towns. The lights wer out. J he said the lighting system having been incapacitated by the storm. White Lake and Vicinity loses much in storm near Hammond. Ind. Fey a woman of the name of Margaret Ray. Later he eat a Hoot clan Ritter is acquitted by jury at Ebensburg a. Ebensburg Ajune 16.�?samuel Evans alleged member of Kun flux klan tried on a murder charge indictment which grew out of a fight Between klansmen and townspeople of Lilly on april 5, was acquitted by a jury Here saturday night. The jury deliberated for one hour and 20 minutes. Evans was the first of is alleged klansmen and is residents t a be tried in connection wit the killing of three Lilly men during the fight. In Addi-1 rights went out in the City in the j Hon to the murder and manslaughter Riddle of the storm saturday night. Mires were broken by falling Trees or broken poles. Service in the District was still in darkness last right. Telephone service however was partially restored in the City yesterday storm is freakish the storm seemed to strike in spots. One House would be a roofed or its porch torn off. While another next to if was untouched. Of Trees standing ride by Side one would be torn out or broken off while the other still stands j straight and triumphant having rid Den out the storm safely. Shingles j were skinned off of Many roofs As if j me Gigantic Barber had wielded a jagged razor. Scores of garages were blown Over or carried away. In Many the sides were Laid Flat on the gound leaving the cars standing unprotected and alone. Bill boards were ripped asunder and their timbers scattered far and wide. Plate Glass windows were battered and hurled Over the streets. Chimneys were blown Over and in Many cases the bricks were dashed through roofs. Any accurate estimate of the damage is impossible and probably never will be figured accurately. Charges the defendants who Are said to be members of the klan Are charged with carrying concealed weapons. District attorney d. P. Weymer. The pro a ecu Tor after hearing to the verdict in the Evans Case was undecided As to his next step. And he called a conference ref his associates to decide on a course of action in the other cases. The National democratic convention which opens Here tomorrow. Mcadoo on Way East workers for William g. Mcadoo announced their candidate was Enro Ute from California and would arrive wednesday to take personal charge of his Campaign. Governor Smith already on the Field of action spent the first Day As his own Campaign director in making two out door speeches attending a Flag Day dinner reviewing a Parade of masons and distributing toys to East Side children. The National league leg Young a democrats which has opened Headquarters. Announced through Guy h. Woodward president. That the league had been organized in Kansas its eleventh state and that it had leased an auditorium who re convention happenings at the Garden would he transmitted by a radio to a Large overflow audience. Much of the pre convention gossip entered on speculation As who would he permanent chairman of the Eon of Montana was the most frequently mention. The name of senator Walsh mentioned. Homer s. Cummings of Connecticut former National chairman of the party who is spoken of As a a a dilate for the presidential nomination was reported to be slated of the chairmanship of the committee on resolutions and platform. Sen Ator Pat Harrison of Mississippi already has been formally named keynote spokesman and temporary convention chairman. Because of the abundance of candidates for the presidential nomination and an additional number of dark horses the sub committee on delegation seating lit confronted by a difficult problem. 14 state representatives or. Docky Eller pointed out that it was customary to give Quot up front Quot seats to the state delegations with favorite sons. It is Ateo customary to give prominent positions to the largest delegations such As new York with 90 members Pennsylvania with 7 6, Illinois with 50, Ohio with 43 and Texas with 40. Fourteen states now have candidates in the race and according to or. Dockweiler. There will be at least eight dark horse entries when the nominating begins. Thus 2ft of the 48 state delegations will be entitled up front places. Said to would probably die. The other suspects Are Walter Mccomb and his wife Whoso Flat was raided and Paul Wade who said to lived in Tulsa. Okla., and James Mahoney who were found in the Flat. A two Are making rapid Progress in Tho Case and expect to Roach a solution Bosforo Long a Matthew Zimmer Deputy superintendent of police said in announcing identification of one suspect. Meanwhile sheriff Peter m. Hoffman. After a perusal of his records said that a description of one of the bandits tallies almost exactly with that of Tommy Quot Lucky Tom of Connor Chicago murderer. Who broke jail three a a ears ago. A Hill and a $5ftft Bill Wese found in Wayne a clothing and a a Ftp tit Hill was found in waders pocket. Serial numbers of the Hills do not correspond with those of any of the Money thus far reported stolen it was anon need after a Check. More than $25, property damage was done in and around White Lake by saturdays storm according to j c. Palmer of Mitchell who went to White Lake saturday night and who spent sunday driving through the country checking up on the losses. Or. Palmer and Earl Mcdonald left Mitchell saturday afternoon in a Ford Coupe for White Lake. On the Road they were overtaken by the storm. A when the wind first hit us a or. Plamer said a the Coupe stopped just As if the engine had been shut off. We could make no headway against the wind. Fortunately we were right in the Teeth of the storm and or. Mcdonald threw the engine in Low and for More than an hour we sat in the car on the Road fighting to keep upright while All around us barns Sheds Trees and Telephone poles were overturned. Uprooted or broken As a result of his drive through the country. Or. Palmer reports the following actual losses a. B. Fraser barns $5,ft00 Peter Mettel. Nick Hanten. L. Mike Griffen. James Keefe. L. William Rutherford .2,000 George Hilton roof of lumber shed. Matt Foley barn. Chas. Laager barn. H. H. Engelken barns. Tripp estate. Jos Sheldon three barns. F. Mosher. A h. Henneous All outbuildings a. W. Cumming. Carlos Sims. H. Busenius. 2,00ft mrs. C. Oaks. 1.500 1.000 2.000 2.000 2,5ftft 3. 1.000 business District is literally swept from its foundations Dawes says churches wrecked m Van str f e t practically a caved in a Ott for towns suffer he v by i Bosses Springs is a total Washington wreck. Main Street practically caved in during saturday nights terrific storm. Churches were All put out of Oom a Mission and hardly a House or a business building escaped partial or Complete destruction such was the report brought Back to Mitchell yesterday by h. E. Dawes superintendent of the South Dakota anti Saloon league. Who was in Wessington Springs during the storm. A the 1,50ft 2.500 2.800 5.000 2,00ft 6.000 500 2,000 2,000 2,000 barn. 4.000 ten people Are believed to have been killed probably More than a score were injured and property damage estimated at All the Way from $500,000 to $10,000,000, was done in the cyclonic we Lundstorm we hich swept through nine counties in this Section of the state last saturday night. The reports of the fatalities come from the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company which asserts that an entire family of eight was wiped out in the neighbourhood of Bijou Hills when their Home was blown to pieces. The same source is responsible for the declaration that two More people were killed just outside of White Lake. The injured Are scattered through the entire Section visited by the storm which began in the neighbourhood of Wolsey to the North extended a few Miles South of Mitchell and reached from Sioux Falls on the East to Murdo and j Han. 1,500 i Herb Glissendorf Alex Spears mrs. Hardy. Henry Martin Pete Hanten. Mike Dermody John Rohleder Chas Breding. Paul bueding. Barn. Geo. Breding. Everything but House. John Wulf. Everything but House i soc j. C. G. Sale barns Etc.2,500 Jasper Noyes barns Etc. 6,000 John Noyes barn. 2,500 John Dahlenburg everything but House 4.000 b. F. Scott barn and Stock. 4,200 a. Edinger barn. 1,500 John Goeres barn. 2.000 Mason est. 4.000 in Bosworth. 2,000 -1 1 Low air pressure caused ship blast plug Man asserts san Pedro. Cal. June 16.�?teck of sufficient air pressure to clean out the great 14 Inch gun Harrell in Turret no. 2 of the battleship Jissi Szippl was the first evidential Clew offered yesterday to the Hoard of inquiry investigating the cause of thursday disaster which copt 4 8 lives. So Low was the air pressure in the apparatus that blows out the Rifle barrels and closes the breeches that the latter had to he shoved Home by hand after the second Salov according to testimony of Francis maj Fowski plug Man whose duty it was to close the Breech Fie was one of the three sailors who escaped uninjured from the Turret that became the Tomb of hts mates. Naval experts pointed out that Lack of thorough cleansing of the gun barrels of fumes and Gas after each discharge heightened the danger of ignition of powder left in the barrel or of any fresh charge that might be rammed in. And Weta on the West. Heavy rain in West in some places the wind storm was accompanied by a torrential downpour which in that territory from Chamberlain to Murdo resembled a cloudburst. It is reported that two inches of rain fell in the Section in tvs a of minutes. Houses were swept away or flooded livestock was hurled into chasms turned into roaring torrents in the Flash of an Eye poultry flocks were practically annihilated. Dams used for irrigation purposes in the neighbourhood of Vivian and Draper were broken and the pent up Waters added their volume to the flood. Farm losses in this Section were heavier than in any of the other stricken sections. Meager reports reaching Mitchell from Wessington Springs and Woonsocket report heavy damage to buildings. But these reports could not be confirmed this morning. Train Crews on the Milwaukee report that the storm grew had South of Wolsey and that it increased in Force southward toward Mitchell where the velocity of the wind seemed to be greatest. From Woonsocket South the trainmen report that Sheds and barns through the Countryside suffered heavily. Small towns hit at Loomis the Betts elevator was blown Over and the Farmers a Levator was twisted from its foundation. Letcher suffered heavily. Several casualties were reported from Letcher. But Only one could be verified. Elvin Larimer to years old. Son of. 4,000 Claude Glissendorf. 4.000 Chas. Glie Endorf. 2,000 Henry Glissendorf 3,000 Joe Falk. 3.000 John Falk James Waldron. Martin Bros. Mrs. Fannie Parks. Jas. Spears. Jess Wilson. Loss in White Lake City. 1,0002,000 1.500 1.000. 2.000 2,000 .$15,000 these Are Only a few of the major losses scarcely a Windmill in the whole territory remains standing. It will take thousands of dollars to cover the smaller losses of which no mention is made. All Telephone and Telegraph lines Are out of commission. Wind Breaks great steel pole fails to crack tiny egg will Zink warehouse and \ the Farmers Union store or. Dawn said a were flattened by the Force of the wind. The Catholic Church was wrecked. Windows were blown out of of he congregational the methodist and the Baptist churches. To was impossible to hold services in any of the churches sunday. The plaster was stripped off the wails of the Baptist Church and strewn for blocks around. Quot will Mcconnell a $40.aoa bomb one of the show places in the Springs was a roofed and part of the Walls were blown Down. Boards blown through Walls Quot the hotel escaped without serious damage though in a number of instances planks were blown through the Walls. Quot one Man and one Hor. Whose names t was unable to learn were injured. The Man had his Collarbone broken. It is estimated that the property loss in Wessington Springs alone will run from a half million to a million dollars. Real estate men and hankers who viewed the havoc wrought by the storm on sunday declared that they believed it Likely that throughout the entire storm stricken District a total of $10,000,000 damage was done. Quot towns in the Vicinity of Wessington Springs All suffered heavily. At Lane the tall smokestack on the heating Plant at the High school was mown Down on the heating Plant which collapsed under the weight. Woonsocket Letcher and Loomis were All heavy losers. No fires reported Quot it is remarkable that not a single fire has been reported in All the affected District. Power plants immediately shut off their current and this probably accounts for the fact that fire did not follow the destruction. As is usually the Case in storms of this kind. Quot evidences of the Power of the wind were to by seen All along the Road from Wessington Springs. Giant Trees sometimes blocked the highways. At Letcher the Catholic Church was swung off its foundation for a distance of ten or twelve feet. Barns throughout the entire country Side Are Down. And t done to believe there is a whole barn in the entire District Between Mitchell and Wessington nature is wont to display freaks occasionally and the storm saturday evening was no exception. Blowing with terrific Force the wind Bent a steel Flag pole about six inches in diameter on the Dakota Wesleyan Campus almost in two and Laid it across the Road As if it were a piece of Straw. Then just to gently did it blow a tiny Blue Robin s egg from a fires nest and place it in the sidewalk without even cracking it. Freakish again though True if a mans word can be taken was the prank which the storm played on the c. Lake farm six Miles North of Many accidents Are reported in storm in Falls or. And mrs. Homer Larimer took i it. Vernon. Or. Lake had Twenty Scotland Yard on Lookout for half million Gem theft London. England. June 16.�?detectives from Scotland Yard Are watching All the ports and Aird Romes in the kingdom to guard against any attempt to smuggle out the valuable jewels and Art treasurers stolen Early thursday from the mansion of lady Ludlow in Piccadilly. The stolen property is valued at $500,000. Art dealers express the opinion that the burglars probably intend the keep the jewels for some years and then my them abroad the huge badges of the democratic National convention appeared on the streets for the first time today with the arrival of Porte rican delegates. The first of the 54 state and territorial units to establish a convention residence. Husband ends own life so wife can wed their Boarder Egan gets Blanks to file in race for u. S. Senate Detroit Mich. June 16.�?joseph Novicki. 36 year old is dead of prison. Self administered he said before he died so his wife might collect his insurance and marry a Boarder at their Home. Mrs. Takla Novicki the wife. 28 years old. Admitted according to the authorities that she was in love with Tony Lasicki the Boarder. And intimated Ane intends to marry Biro Sioux Falls s. D., june 16�?georg� w. Egan is a to stat Ivy ind pendent candidate for South Dakota for the United states Senate. Or. Egan that he had asked the Secretary of state for Blank forms by which to obtain a petition to run As an Independent candidate in november. he added Quot i would not need to file until 90 Days prior to the a further than requesting the he said a i have done nothing definite. If or. Egan enters the race there will be five candidates in the Field. U. S. G. Cherry democratic candidate gov. W. H. Mcmaster Republican and or. Egan Independent Tom Ayr Farmer labor and Mark p. Bates fusion. I Refuge in the barn during the storm j the Structure collapsed and the boys Arm was broken and his Scalp parti ally torm from his head. He was hurried to a Mitchell Hospital after the storm subsided and was reported i this morning a resting easily. I at Betts the grocery store was completely wrecked. Farm buildings through that entire Section suffered heavily. It. Vernon also was hit hard by the storm. The lighting system was out of commission and the town in darkness. The same was True of Plankinton. Heavy damage was done at the state training school according to superintendent Schlos ser. Who said that a number of the buildings were a roofed. Or. Schlos ser however was not Able to estimate the damage when in Mitchell yesterday afternoon debris fills air West from Plankinton the violence of the storm held. White take Pukwana and Kimball All Are reported to have suffered heavy in subs in property. The air was filled for More than half an hour with flying debris and Many people who braved the wind to get Horny or to the business District were bruised and battered by saying limbs or timbers. Reports were current in the City yesterday to the effect that White Lake and Kimball Bota offered heavy Arp hogs in his hog Houte and when the storm wrecked the building the hogs crawled out from under the debris. Then like a Flash not Content with leaving the hogs without a Home the wind lifted seven of the animals into the air and Over a three foot Fence where they landed none the worse for the experience. Farm labor Heads meet in St Paul to Complete plans St. Paul june 14.�?members of the Sioux Falls s. D., june 16.�?for about one hour saturday right Sioux Falls and Vicinity were engulfed in a torn adic storm that brought with it a High wind rain spattering roaring Thunder driving rain spattering Hail and in the Wake of the storm we re traffic accidents broken Trees and smashed windows. Wire j communication and train service were impeded. Two girls. Stella Morgan 14, and Arlene Albright. 13. Were struck Down by an automobile at ninth Street and Phillip Avenue but Only severe bruises were sustained. Two other girls. Mart Heister and miss Thomas we re run into by the Strong Florist truck. Miss Thomas was reported As badly bruised. The Accident happened at eighth and Philips. Ominous Mark Clouds hovering Over the City during the late afternoon and Early evening presaged the coming Storror. Hail lasting hut a few minutes came about 9 of clock. Awnings a re whipped open automobiles swung round in Slippery pavements hats went whirling thru the air. Windows were broken on Dakota. Main and Phillips avenues. Lights at the Penitentiary were out last night As were Many in the Resl arrangement committee of the a Jadence sections due burning out onto fuses l Orn overcharged wires As Well a some lines that were Down due to falling Trees. Wire serve cd from Sioux fall to other towns was almost completely do moralize a shortly after the storm struck the Northwestern Bell Telephone company had but one toll Lins to Minne polls a pen. The Western Union Telegraph company had no wire at All after 9 of clock. Wire of the Northern states Power company were pretty Well torn to pieces Many of the outside High voltage line being put out of commission and Many of the local Sioux Falls lines Bein blown Down. 1$ Nan ro�ru4l tonal Farmer labor progressive convention Here next tuesday met this afternoon to formulate plans for the gathering. Before the conference several leaders indicated a Delegate attendance of from 700 to 1.500 is expected at the convention which will be held n the St. Paul auditorium the largest convention Hall in the twin cities. Organization details Are expected to occupy the first Day of the convention and tentative plans Call for the selection of William Mahoney. St. Paul labor Leader As temporary chairman

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