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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - May 16, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican vol xxx Mitchell South Dakota Friday May 16, 1924. Number 196bootlegger King on stand sues husband for breach of contract wife of texan asks damages not divorce % contends he is violating agreement ranking same als business Deal might end divorces if courts uphold context. To of immediate Remar ring is would of possible by Elmer roessner Nea sorr i or writer fort Worth. Tex. May 16. j quarrel Between a a big baby boy Quot and a Bis Beautiful girl May revolutionize divorce proceedings in the United states. Winfield Scott. Jr., a 22-year-old millionaire filed Uit for divorce against Josephine Gertrude Law Scott. Did she file a counter suit she did not she sued Scott for breach of contract. Asking $100,000 damages. Her attorneys contend marriage is j a civil contract and breaking the contract makes it invalid holding the violator of the contract responsible for. Damages. Finish fight they hold Scott violated his contract to love cherish and protect. Therefore they assert his wife is entitled to damages just As a contractor May be when a Lumberman lat1� to deliver his materials. the United states supreme court upholds mrs. Scott a cd men Tion it and both sides declare they will carry it that fart. Legal authorities. Who have studied the Case declare this is what May happen. 1. Divorce a uits will be unnecessary. Wives will prefer to sue for breach of contract because they can collect damages in a Lump sum instead of chancing Alimony. 2. All present grounds for divorce will be unnecessary. It Only will be necessary to prove the marriage agreement has been broken. 3 divorce through breach of contract suits will be possible in every state As the contract Laws Are basically the same. 4. It will be possible to remarry immediately after a bleach of contract separation. Only Lute precedent Tho Cott Experiment has Only one precedent. In Texas too. Mrs. Emma Lee iowan sued Jesse c. Cowan. She was awarded $1000. Exclusion act passes Senate up to cloudge congressional leaders expect president to sign Bill by end of week White House is silent both sen at and Hou of. A Par fitly. Have votes enough to defeat veto Remus says he paid $300,000 for Protection millionaire Ohio Bootlegger now in prison is Senate body a witness paid Daugherty Aid mrs. Josephine Gertrude Law Scott and judge Ocie Speer. My master will move to reduce join fight for Bishops ranks Relief measure finally beaten Pierre. S. D. May 16.�? a it a governor w. H. Mcmaster of a sent Dakota will leave for Washington tomorrow in the interests of the my nary Haugen Bill and from the Cap that Case was filed ital will go to new York where he will be joined by i. D. Aldrich state commissioner of immigration and a. W. Ewert chairman of the state an Appeal was taken but there the Juwil credits Board in addressing Washington d. C., May 16.�?congress. Disregarding the desire of president Coolidge that the japanese immigration problem be adjusted through diplomatic channels adopted yesterday by overwhelm Nging votes in each House the conference report on the immigration restriction Bill providing for Asiatic exclusion after next july i. The measure will be sent to the president probably before the end of this week. Congressional leaders generally expect him to sign it but it was stated authoritatively at the White House that he had reached no decision. the basis of the balloting yesterday in both the House and Senate there would be votes to spare to Repass the Bill Over a presidential veto. The vote in the House was sos to 58, or sic to four in excess of the required two thirds majority to override a veto and in the Senate it was sixty nine to nine or 17 More than two thirds. Despite the big majority finally Roll i re up in its favor the conference report did not meet with smooth sailing in either House though no objection was raised to the final action i of the conferees on the japanese exclusion provision. House members who voted and spoke against the report practically without exception were those who opposed the Hill on original passage. There was a different Story however in the Senate. Objections there first came on the departure from the original Senate Bill against making any exceptions to the two percent quotas for european nations based on the census of i Rito and then on the alien seamen a provisions which were construed by some senators a tending to weaken the i a Follette seamen s act. Heretofore paty lines were enter Springfield mass. May 16. Tho a by submerged in the voting but Ati Janta convict declares Smith got Monty and Fanton was his attorn Fly he it counsel Piip it decrease the number of methodist Bishops a Defeated at the methodist episcopal conference today by a vote of 461 to 344. A report of the committee on Episcopacy reducing the episcopal areas by one was adopted by a Large majority. The Defeated motion calling for recommit instructed the committee car rests. But because of the Niue jew York Bankers upon South a larger amount involved it is Kota economic conditions not to fill t e paces n Ive s Ops petted the Scott Case will be pushed the Trio of South Dakotas will4made vacant by death or retirement As the test Case. Speak to two. Representative groups j the last Quad Ennius. The Legal background was pre of new York Bankers next monday pared by Ocie Speer former chief conveying the governor said a Winfor Justice of the Texas appellate court j mation on agricultural conditions in Scott an Only son of a wealthy the state which will justify the con Texa cattleman. Married after a delusion that South Dakota is Funda Dan amt courtship in Kansas City mentally sound agriculturally and the wedding was decided upon at the governor will spend a Day at Washington working with South Dakota representatives and senators in enlisting support for the menary Haugen Bill. A trustee recognizing the Respo Slbil going to new York monday morn try of telling the truth respecting Washington d. C., May 16 George Remus an Ohio millionaire Bootlegger now in the Atlanta Penitentiary testified today before the Senate Daugherty committee that he paid Between $250,000 and $300,000 to Jess w. Smith for Protection. He also declared that James m. Linton who he described As a a special assistant to the attorney helped to defend him and was Pard $9,000. Headed that Linton refused however to a ask favors or consideration a from the department of Justice. To Smith he said he also paid from $1.50 to $2.50 per Case for permits allowing him to take whisky from a string of distilleries he had purchased just before prohibition went into effect. As to what Smith did with the Money and whether it was a a split a with others Remus said he never inquired. Remus was brought before the committee under guard for questioning about inside details of the operations which resulted in his conviction. Previous witnesses had linked with the Case a number of prominent ohioans and the committee subpoenaed Remus in an Effort to establish whether department of Justice officials had Boen guilty of wrong doing or of culpable failures to prosecute bought several distilleries the witness said he was introduced to Smith in 1921, in new York City. What was the occasion of your meeting Smith a asked senator Wheler. The committee prosecutor. A from the viewpoint of obtaining withdrawals of liquor from bonded warehouses Fot omy drug companies a Remus replied. A Smith had heard of me As a reasonably Large whisky operator. That was the reason for meeting the witness related How he Bot a string of distilleries in Ohio Indiana arid Kentucky lifter the vol a that was for Protection a a yes and for permits for services in withdrawing liquor about the various institutions in which i was Remus said there was an understanding that Smith was also to receive from $1.50 to $2.50 per Case on each lot of whisky that was handled through the Remus system. A Melville Uterberger a collected the permit payments in new York and a judge Hart was prohibitory director at the time the permits were issued the witness said. A you were protected in distributing my Nar Haugen Bill is dead Authier says measure May pass House but is sure to be killed in Senate the liquor How Long a i put in chairman Brookhart. Aswell hits measure a for a year and a \ wat amount of liquor did you release a a that s a hard things i can to even give you an approximation i should say six Hundred thousand or eight Hundred thousand Gallons. I paid the government $800,000 or $1, in taxes at $1.20 per gallon. The whiskey he said was being sold to bootleggers in half a dozen Central states. A o Louisiana mf3fbfir Call it �?osovtf7t measure Quot and says its unconstitutional three democrats joined with five Stead act was passed arranged thru Bonus death of patriotism is Coolidge word Washington d. May 16.�? a a characterized by president Coolidge As being unsound economically and having a no moral justification a the Soldier Bonus Bill will be taken up in the House tomorrow with advocates claiming More than the required two thirds majority to override his veto. Supporters in the Senate which is expected to be called upon to act Early next week if the measure is re passed by the House also claimed enough ballots to make it a Law. Asserting that Quot we owe no Bonus to Able bodied veterans of the world and that the nation is a meeting its obligation to disabled veterans and dependents of those who died the president in his veto message declared an adequate insurance plan already had been provided in 1917, and that the Bill Cal gtd for a a a gratuity which a your country cannot afford a which a the veterans As a whole do not want a and which is opposed by a fall our american peoples.�?�. A it this Bill becomes a to said a we wipe out at once almost All the Progress five hard years have accomplished in reducing the National debt. If we now Confer upon a Claes a gratuity such As is contemplated by this Bill we diminish the extent j of the expenditures involved the Ben evening Republican Bureau. Lot Albee building Washington d. C., May 16. By George of Alt if a the Mcnary Haugen farm Relief Bill is dead. It never really had a a Chance. An attempt will he made to substitute for it the Curtis Aswell Bill which provides a limited amount of farm Relief. Senator Peter nor Heek of South Dakota Champion of the Mcnary Haugen Bill declares the Curtis Aswell measure is merely a smoke screen. Amen like capper of Kansas however a stand for it As the Best thing available. A the Mcnary Haugen Bill May pass the House but it is certain to be lost in the Senate. The Curtis Aswell Bill provides for Loans for building up co operative marketing associations. The Norris Sinclair Bill is another substitute for the Mcnary Bill and senator capper has expressed himself As ready to vote for anything that has a Chance passing. publicans and one Parmer labor Ina a a gentlemen a arrangements with a fits of reduced taxes which will the Senate in opposing the report j Smith to t withdraw permits those voting in opposition were Colt Rhode to and Fraizer and Ladd North Dakota Mclean Connecticut and Sterling. South Dakota. Republicans Gerry. Rhode Island Owen Oklahoma and Walsh. Massachusetts democrats and Shipstead Farmer i ibor Minnesota. Lip in. And at Midnight a Justice of the peace performed the ceremony in their hotel room. The match followed close upon Scott s ardent attentions top Glt a Joyce Hopkins. Scott never saw miss Hopkins but he sent Many pres associated press recognizes need for truth Stone Stone studies Law Points in Grossman Case Washington. D. May 16.�?with ins he will be met by or. Ewert and the worlds happenings was the decant to her during a visit to new j by or. Aldrich who is now supervise i la ration of Melville e. Stone Farmer York his banker intervened and ing a South Dakota exhibit at the general manager and now counsellor brought Scott Home. In automobile business a my boy is so his Mother declares. A when he was a baby we thought he would not live Long Many 4imes i carried him on a Pillow fearing every breath would be his last. A naturally when be grew up we gave him everything he wanted. He is just a Happy go Lucky Scott came into a Large share of a outdoor exposition in Chicago. the organization in a talk to or. Ewert will take with him to members of the National Coal also new York As treasurer of the Rural elation in annual convention Here credit Board three million dollars in i yesterday. Rural credit Bonds which have been j or. Stone said the associated press made out for delivery. Is a cooperative news gathering or the three speakers will Tell groups Gani Safion. Having no Stock no Capot Eastern Bankers at Moring and of ital. Making no profits Selling Noth ter noon conferences monday that the state is not in serious shape from recent Bank failures and that conditions in the state justify the state $3.nap.ooo estate when his father ment that South Dakota far from being on the verge of bankruptcy or agric Turai chaos is building on a basis of permanent Prosperity As solid As that which exists in any of the Northwest. Died. Upon his maturity he entered the automobile sales business because be liked to ride in automobiles. He charged his wife with drinking smoking and using bad language tilt nerve a she a Aid. A i made a Man out of him in four of Morf Road contracts Pierre. S p., May 16�?contracts for Soa Miles of trunk Road grading and travelling projects have been let he two Days by the state Highway commission. Cincinnati. O., May 18�?that the associated press is not a Trust but j Philip Grossman held in jail in Chicago despite an Extension of presidential clemency department of Justice officials have begun a study of Legal authorities and precedents for the action of the Chicago court in overriding the press put s action. Attorney general Stone Felt a is that the situation has developed involved and technical Legal Points that require careful consideration. For that reason. He has declined to express an official opinion. Grossman a former Saloon keeper was sentenced for contempt of court and the sentence was commuted by president Coolidge. Some department off Isiais hold the View that the presidents authority is and was a protected from prosecution for a year and a half while he accomplished the distribution of some 6-00.000 or 800.000 Gallons of liquor under the pretence of Selling it for medicinal purposes. Remus could not recall just How flow not Only to this class but to the entire a we must either abandon our theory of patriotism or abandon thin Bill a he said. A patriotism which is bought and paid for is not patriotism. Service to our country in time of War Means sacrifice. To attempt weather forecast Minnesota somewhat unsettled to More earthquake victims reported in turkish tremor constantinople. May 16.�?dispatches received today report that further earthquakes have it Een Felt at Erzer us Hassan kale and Kars. Entire villages in the neighbourhood of a kale Are said to have been de or saturday a mfr a on of Troy a. Number of additional Rte in extreme South portion cooler hat Urdan North and Central portions. Iowa partly Cloudy tonight and saturday warmer tonight and in sex j Treme East portion saturday. North Dakota Cloudy to partly Cloudy tonight and. Saturday not much change in temperature. South Dakota probably fair to next and saturday warmer tonight in extreme East portion slightly cooler saturday. Ijo Oal tem pert i res maximum and minimum tempera a a quote its from 7 a an. Yesterday to 7 a in today As recorded by the official government thermometer maximum 7 minimum. 4 at 8 a. In. 58 of Tims is Given As 120. Ing. But supported by the newspapers constituting its membership and having no purpose other than to secure and furnish truthful impartial facts to its members. nationalization of mines Bill is lost in commons London. Erg. May 16. A a the House of commons today rejected the mines nationalization Bill by a vote of 264 to 168. 1 the miners were behind the Bill. Which was introduced by g. H. Hall. A Laberite. The labor government approves the measure in principle but it was decided at a. Cabinet meeting yesterday not to give official support to the Hilt today leaving it to the Fate of a free vote of the House. Supreme in the exercise of clemency but it is conceded that the precedents Are conflicting. The Case of comptroller Craig of the City of new York recently presented a question similar to that involved in the holding of Grossman. And in that Case attorney general Daugherty upheld the presidents right to act in contempt cases. To retired general is Given citation overdue 50 years weather and roads these bulletins Are filed at 8 3fi a m. Dally by the associated areas Huron Cloudy. 50 roads fair. Watertown Cloudy. 48 roads fair. Mitchell Clear. 58 roads Fine. Aberdeen Cloudy. 48 roads fair. Sioux Falls Clear. 50 roads Good Pierre Clear 53 Road Good a want and is a Little thing but How potent in meaning. It Bridges the Gap Between Supply and demand it oils the machinery of big business it secures work for the mail who needs it Tell what you want fully and clearly and Tell it in the Repuk ican the paper with the concentrated circulation in the City and suburbs and be assured of results. The want and department of the Republican is willing and anxious to Render you any assistance you May desire in the wording of your and. Saturday want ads free with 2 paid issues use the new want and phone. Call 2424 Washington. D. C., May 16. citation for gallantry in action against Apache Indiana if Arizona 50 years ago Hon been awarded to brigadier general Charles King retired now living in Milwaukee. The recommendation was made by the Board of officers overhauling War department 1 records. General King then a lieutenant of the fifth cavalry headed a scouting detachment of 14 men in the Strug i Gle with apaches near Diamond Butte f aria which occurred on May 21, 1874. Oregon voters to endorse Coolidge in primary today Portland. Ore., May 16.�?oregon voters went to the is today to set i tie a Long and bitterly fought Cam a Psi in for some offices but with the j selection of Calvin Coolidge and w. G. Mcadoo As the presidential nominees of their respective parties Gen really predicted by wide margins. The Hiram Johnson Campaign is reported to have made Little headway and Mcadoo is unopposed for the democratic Bop Blikle Young Doheny escapes Grill of Oil probes much Money he had paid Smith but to make a Money payment out of the he estimated the total at about earnings of the people to those who $250,000 to $30.000. The whisky Are physically Well and financially was dispensed ostensibly to various Able is to abandon one of our most drug stores he said but really reach j cherished american de the Public through bootleggers in several Middle Western states. Was promised immunity even after his conviction Nin Ohio. The witness said. Smith promised him that die a never would see the Penitentiary. A the said that the general the at Torney general said there would be no putting away of reads and his Remus told the committee. The plan was. If the Case went to the supreme court to secure a Par Don. And the witness insisted that Smith had told him attorney general Daugherty would see that clemency was extended. But Smith killed himself a year ago this month without having made the Promise Good. 2nd and Remus Remus a Short Bald headed Man dressed in a Gray suit gave his age As 47 when he wag called to the stand and said he was Bern in Der Many and educated at the Chicago College of pharmacy but later had taken a Law course and had practice Law for 16 years. Has lost 23 pounds a sojourning now at Atlanta pen tertiary a he summed up. He denied that he had any special privileges at the prison and said he had lost 23 pounds in the few months he has spent in the institution. He agreed he a had been in the liquor business for four years a at Cincinnati. Quot i owned seven distilleries prior to that a he said a but they were All seized confiscated or he got into liquor business just after the volstead act was passed in 1919. He said. Senator Wheeler asked him to describe his plan of operation. A i organized drug companies wholesale and retail and sought permit to withdraw the liquor under the he said a for Sale through the drug companies. Medina Etui a a Fame a of coarse a the liquor sales for medical purposes in a farce. There a hardly an ounce of liquor prescribed for Medicine legitimately. In be never had a drop of whisky in my a what was told you As to Smiths connection asked senator Wheeler. A the was very close to the attorney general.�?T. Ramus went on a the agreed that for a consideration of so much per Case he could get the permit. There would never be any pros ecu Quot what did you pay him first a a i think it a $50,000.�?� a what was the aggregate a a i can to remember a a tour be got some a Yea but they amount to about $1.-800.000.�?� a did you give him that a a not ail of that. Some of that was for a How ranch did Yon pay Jess Smith in the aggregated a ooh about 24,006 or j2a0,44v Washington d. C., May 16.�? apr Edward l. Doheny jr., of los Angeles cal., will not be required to testify before Tho spacial Oil grand jury in the District of Columbia supreme court. Justice Hitz so ruled today in dismissing the petition of the grand juror that Doheny be required to answer questions despite hts claim of his constitutional privileges that his answers might tend to incriminate him. Guilty on liquor charge member of House collapses Washington d. C., May 16.�?the condition of representative j. W. Langley of Kentucky who is ill Here was described today As serious. He is in a state of nervous collapse and has displayed symptoms of a slight cerebral Haemorrhage. Returning her from Kentucky. Where he was convicted in connection with the issuance of liquor permits. Representative Langley became ill almost immediately. Today a baseball acrimonious debate is on in hoi of Over Mcnary Bill Washington d. C., May 16, vigorous a tack on the Mcnary Haugen agricultural Bill was Rhode be fore the House rules committee by. Representative Aswell. Democrat Louisiana a member of the agricultural commute while a special Rule to bring the measure to the floor of the House was being requested by other members. Representative Haugen. Republic can. Iowa chairman of the agricultural committee and joint author of the Bill urged favourable action or., the Rule and representative Aswell., who followed him asserted that the measure was unconstitutional would Breed the spirit of communism and was unworkable. Quot the whole Structure will collapse of its own weight a Aswell said. Quot the monary Haugen Bill proposes to set up the largest corporation in the world. This Hill would be a proper one to propose to the soviet govern ment but would mate he bolshevik look like a the Louisiana representative urged the committee to give the House members an Opportunity to vote on some other measure of farm Relief and asked that favourable action be taken on a pending Hill to organize the cooperative marketing organizations in the country. The strongest undercurrent for the Mcnary Haugen Bill is from the packers and terminal men because $500,000,000 wolfed be put into the pockets of the packers Aswell contended. Chairman Haugen replying to As Wel said a a we re asking you to let the Farmer do what organized Industry is a the Farmers Are not asking for he said. A i have Confidence in my government and in this administration and do not think that the Money will be squandered a the government Haugen contended. Had Given Money to the railroads freight rates had gone up and agriculture had been in dire Straits. Representative Rubey. Democrat Missouri another member of the agriculture committee asked for a Liber Al time for a i do not want this Bill mixed up with some other legislation a he said. A i want the committee to give us a fair Deal for discussion of the Mcnary Haugen Bill. 1 a the rules committee adjourned until tomorrow without reaching a decision. But it has been indicated that it would Grant a special Rule for the measure in time to have it taken up in the Houde Early next week. A a of state labor Heads in Kansas City to discuss Harvest Kansas City. To. May 16, Sommise donors of Texas. Oklahoma Ira a Nebraska. Missouri. Kansas Colorado. North and South Dakota and Minnesota comprising Tho Dis american league Chicago .,.,�?��?� 300 000 000 0 Bolton to my a a a or a. . And Soh fran on i Jarm Fth or a Quot it a a a a a. And <vv.u1. Nurm r.resent Tives to discuss ways of meeting the Harvest demands for labor. Glands c. Gonnallo state labor commissioner of Oklahoma president of the National Exchange will preside at. The meeting. Bemke and of Neill. St. Louis at new York postponed rain. Cleveland at Washington postponed rain. # Detroit. 000 001 20 Philadelphia .0�0 001 00 Holloway and bae it a Burna and perking papers to go through which needed sorting and filing. As the Yoeng Man turned to go be called him Hack. A just ask miss Adams to bring Natlo Aal league Boston. 100 04 Cincinnati. 010 0d tear Gin and o Neil Luque and Wingo. New York. 110 $ Chicago. 400 0 a eff. Oeschger and Snyder Jacobs. Wheeler and of far re i. Philadelphia 300 000 000 1�?4 i i Pittsburgh. 000 003 000 Ltd a a i t 3 Carlson. Betts and Wilson. Hen of Kramer Aad too Csc robbers break in Bank three razors is loot Aberdeen s a May 16.�?robbers ransacked the vault of the Greenway state Bank in Germany. Mrha Reen county last night after cutting Telephone wires and netted three Rase re from an adjacent Barber shop a their loot. The night before Fie business houses in Eureka 10 Miles South of Greenway were burglarized and $71 is believed to have Besa the Sam of of Ftp Imi. Bus by i or

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