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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - May 17, 1921, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican City edition vol xxxv Imitchell s. D. Tuesday May 17, 1921 no. 170call two Muon to farm poll polish rebels ready to quit Leader wires France and England will reach an understanding is belief our Bow legged constabulary to hold conference France and Poland Lead world in number of men under arms let a re a wire a i. I Jim 11&Quot Silesia May let ice utile Weinn Mitlee in Silesia f w a ii it i a 11 m i i k qty is presi has telegraphed to hip Critoria commission Here slating Tho Dis now Are ready to retire suf i it i u ins immediate cessation his it i 111 i s Xvi til tile germans prov la ground they abandon is ,Ell by Allied and not by German or Miji. Row calms Down it Dofi eng., May it tin in bsh revolt in Silesia Seconi i h re today to Hae passed. Sex halide of views on the subject his Ito proceeding Between London an t i and there seemed to lie con-1 a Hie that prime minister Lloyd lir orge and Premier Orland woul i. Tell an understanding when they if appeared probable Tiia pie renders would Boid a Confer Arlo next week. T w a a ii France and Poland Lead world in army size Washington. I. C., May and Poland Lead by Large majorities do other Continental nations of Kun in be in military effects now under Unis. I cording to British statistics a Cei cd to re today in official circles. The table of tile Continental armies b As follows . La i Alum 105,000. Bulgaria 33.000. Czecho Shiva Kin i i 7,000. Denmark i 5. Too. Finland 35.000. I Alice 809632. Lei Many 100.000. Greece 250 000. By 35,000. In 300.000. Herlands is too. I Way i 5. Too. Ill . A fugal 30.000. Mania i . In i oot 15. Den 50.200. Switzerland 200.000 i croat slovene state 200.000. I Quot e Nero is approximately tvo t is of the slightly More than 3, un0,000 men reported under arms for \ Iii Europe it was pointed out by a understandings concluded with in. Che who Slov Akia. Poland by -, Jugo Slavia. Mil be Rand confers with King put France May u i inferred on the upper old Jue Tion with King it it Ert of Bel my members of the French and s n ministries yesterday says the d n the attitude Belgium Aud w �Iii<1 in ease Germany ii i troops into upper Quot Alesia a Thoi in bion from the allies 11ss�d. To newspaper asserts a it Complete agreement w i reach ii Mig Italy net or not Polan the convict kills self in daring prison break Auto thief Bluffs Warden and two others steals car and flees 16-mile Chase starts feigning illness he had drawn doctor and others to his cell used gun �?0 some crude drop 15 to 25 a Barre it la a a Rinir a i Fri sri i wire i Burgh pa., May of of crude Oil were woman held in boys murder believe lad was kidnapped and slain to avenge business wrong by a air Ettril pres i based u Zirri Detroit. Midi. May it. Mrs Elizabcth Lewen 52 ears Obi Lite last i night was charged with the murder of Max Ernest a six year old boy who Dis i to Peanut from h s Tomie la get wednesday and whose body was found in a Marsh late today. Mrs. Lew in bad been in on a charge of kidnapping i the too bad been string there were Mark of violence head the police stated. Mrs. Lewen was a Ere it Lei it turd in. Frank e. Ernest the Box it fatties charged that the woman kidnapped Max to Avenue a fancied Wiki j in a recent business Deal and neighbors identified her As the woman who drove the boy away in ail automobile. Mrs. Be Wen Haft denied any knowledge of the lad s disappearance. O a list Dot child cd Aud i the baseball results today a games National league Chicago 200 i of of tuft at Boston 30< oui 0�x�? Martin. Jones and kill Lei Ger and o Neill. I 13 8 9 it in so ii let. Louis ill Ooi 012 a at Brooklyn Ooi 0�2 2ftx�? Haines North Goodwill Reefer Grimes no Krueger t 18 3 9 it i and dil Gin Cinotti at new York Napier and Smith. Wingo 00 i it i 1 to ool Baines too oui and it i Bai my agent w j o is ire eduction a Cion s in Eton reduced for it no n-1, the principal s announced do. Gorning 82.00, Cabell St pm. A metered 81 to. Is Quot a set j rat Pittsburgh. At Ldla Delphiia. Viasner and s timid n in amt Peters. Too to too to Hubbell Kee american league new sock 010 too Oft a 2 at Cleveland too 200 20x�?� Ferguson. Collins and Quot Chang Aud o Neill. L h i reduction labor unions and Farmers planning Bank envoy to China Dies. Peking China. May dlr Auguste Boppe. French minister to China died Here last night. His death followed an operation for appendicitis. 12 Des Moines gets Pitcher. Sin Francisco. Gal., May dlr a a week Ludolph. Pitcher has been us to the Des Moines Western league team. Tin sail Francisco club of the Pacific coast baseball league announced today. ,15 no Riall i a i Rel Cleveland ll., May bulb made his twelfth Home run of the season today in tin ninth inning of a game with the Cleveland americans. Til Ere was in on on base and the flit was nude off Pitcher Fille. George a a 11>. New York nationals has eight Home runs to Date. Ii \ a a a. Neb., Arolla so of i rent May wire dlr plans for ii in local Bank to a d and controlled by the labor of the City assisted by the s Union of the stale Are now made according to John m. Secretary of the Omaha build a i s Council this morning. Of strike in Paraguay i is. In a general has been data Edn Assn a Ion. A Sua it an capital says a dispatch virion today from that City. It a a moot is in Sam path with its i Street car employees. Mitchells favorite bargain event Dollar Day will soon be Here watch for it a open shop is growing in u. S. Associations supporting it now exist in 250 american cities. It by Tor Lampil treat wire new York City May dlr gratification at the spread of the open shop movement was expressed in a committee report read today at the opening of the annual convention of the National Assoria lion of manufacturers. A eth open shop movement is meeting with Gratifying response throughout the said the report. A the associations a Tivel it supporting tile open shop now exist Iii 250 american the committee in taxation Stib a Rii med .1 report expressing disapproval of the excessive surtax on incomes an i the excess profits tax. Tile committee asserted the sales tax plan apparently the most satisfactory solution of the whole problem. O surgeon tries to put ears on earless babe i by a a a a a a mind pres i in Ril xxi re a a Malta neb., May Iii aha surgeon performed a second operation at a Hospital today on the three months old son of or. And mrs. Brown Iii in Effort to build ears for the child who a Tern without a pair. Til operation today was to provide a left ear. The first operation performed about it right Side. Estiler Side i by Zimiri Nofil trend leased w ire Rawlins wyo., May Bis ear do 35, serving a term of fifteen years for automobile theft in the Wyoming Penitentiary Here shot and killed himself on a Prairie near Rawlins today after making one of the most daring escapes on record from the Wyoming prison. Forcing Warden Frank o. Haskell to unlock the door of his cell wit to drawn revolver to forced the prison physician in. Raymond Baker and it. Magor who had come to attend Biscardo believing him ill to Jin up against the Wall he told the Warden he would hold the two men As hostages until ii made Bis escape. Took doctors car a leaving Hie prison with Hie i Bree men covered Biscardo look Possession of the physicians automobile Aud ordered him to drive Hie machine away with or. Magor Iii the front seat with him. The comic sat in the rear seat with his revolver pointed at the to men. The Warden was Given instruction to follow until they had proceeded three blocks under penalty of Hie death of the two hostages. The Chase was taken up Lay the Warden and Deputy Warden Keefe after the automobile passed Hie line indicted by Biscardo. Three Miles from Rawlins Magor took a desperate Chance at Liberty and leaped from flu Machina info the Brush by the Roadside. He was uninjured and Bueno do made no attempt to recapture him. Engine balks the first automobile gradually Drew away from Hie pursuing machine until it was forced to Stop sixteen Miles from Rawlins on account of engine trouble. Fearing a plan to trap him the com Iet investigated the engine himself. Leaving the physician Fie ran a Short Dis Anre to ii id himself from the pursuing party. Of look Refuge in the Brush. When to wardens car Drew up a shot was heard and Biscardo was found dead on Bullet having passed into his brain. Final count adds 27,512 More to american census it by a a ohm Ted pm leaded wire Washington d. May 17.�?final statistics placing the total population of Continental fluted states at 105.-710.020, or 27 512 More than announced last october when preliminary figures were Given out. Were submitted today to speaker Gillette of the 11uuse of representatives for Appor-1 Tion ment purposes by the census Bureau. Final figures place the total Poupula Tion of the outlying possessions of the United states at 12,1 18,738, which brings the population f a Hie entire country and its possessions to 117,-839.358. Mrs. Bergdoll gets year and a Day in prison american Farmers asked to vote upon 15 vital questions Lily % Ndoci Firtl in i wire i St. Paul mini May it. A referendum covering la questions of an agricultural Natur now pending consideration in Congress will be voted upon by approximately 2,000.000 Farmers it was announced today. The Call for the National referendum was issued today by the american farm Bureau federation. Here Are the questions the principal question upon which the vote is let be cast includes a do you favor legislation making Short Selling of farm products illegal a a him pm favor putting the packing Industry under government regulation a a Are you in favor of con bluing the excess profits tax a him you favor hic submission to the slates of constitutional amendments prohibiting the issuance of tax exempt securities a seek lower freight rates the Call for tile poll of Farmers throughout hic nation also involves an attempt by bring about voluntary reductions in freight rates on the part of the railroads by that lowering of rates in traffic increases so Largo that it would More than make up for reduced charges. One of the questions upon which the Farmers will be asked to submit their opinions is whither the average Farmer will be Able to move a materially larger amount of agricultural products if Hie american farm Bureau federation obtains ail adequate reduction in freight rates. Tax exemption Only Small Aid to Homes Here $500 exemption eaten up by raises in assessment it is claimed Levy raised 4 Mills Drake treasurer sees peril ahead As farms Only 48 pct. Of tax Mellon sees Good times just ahead settlement o f reparations question and Tariff and Revenue Wil stabilize Home owners in Mitchell and Davison county did not profit materially from to 8300 Home exemption voted by the stat legislature two years ago in an Effort i lower taxes for Homes according to figures obtained from the office of w. I. Crampton county auditor. After the increases in valuation had been made on the property by the assessors and the state tax commission and Hie 8500 exemption made Homes in the City were placed in 1920 at an average valuation of hut $180 lower demonstrating i that for Toto Thi As one tax would result paper explains it a there was a i r enough increase in \ ablation of the property to take from Hie people Tho $500 exemption voted them a it a their Homes this condition prevailed almost exactly in the exemption voted ail personal property. In him 9 Homes in Mitchell were assessed at in average valuation of $1,-087 99. In 192-0, Homes were a is egged at an average of 81702.40 and after the deduction of $500 was made the average As submitted to the state tax commission was $1256.00. Some of i structures did not have the exemption because they were not occupied by owners. When Hie slate tax commission finally acted on the valuation of Homes in Davison county for 1920, the average value was placed at i 507.99. Thus Homes were assessed at an average of $1087.99 Iii 1919, but in 1920, after the $500 exemption was made they had Only dropped to it. 507.99. Levy raised the Levy on property in Davison _ county was raised from 37 Mills in i by a no Clard i xxx ire 1919 to 4 1 Mills if 19 20, Blit Hie Washington May a it is a valuation of property brought in business conditions and an Era of about the greatest increase Prosperity is to lie expected soon a personal property assessment work cording to i. Is expressed tonight h i Sam Way As that on Homes so by Secretary Melton. T at the 500 exemption voted was settlement of the reparations ques usually of no Benefit to the tax lion according to or. Mellon would or 0n is Ltd a a it de cited Accord live a stabilizing effect Here As we l to figures Ltd a the assessment of As abroad but in his opinion the out personal property in one Home in Mit look is hopeful for improvement in Cheth the general personal property business in any event. With the Tariff was listed at 8300, the phonograph in and Revenue problems solved a brisk Hie Home was listed at $75, the piano and enterprising younger generation was assessed of $150, the wife s enticing hold of the nations Commerce Gager nent ring was valued Al $50 on and with All the Money that is now the tax Roll and Hie Ford automobile in the country or. Mellon said.,was assessed at $300. Things cannot help from moving for a j1 computing Hie valuation of this Ward. J property the wife Tio gave out the whether the turning Point in Hie figures added the list and obtained a economic readjustment of the coun total of $875. She expected an sex try s affairs has been reached the eruption of $500 on this amount b Secretary said could not lie definitely cause she bad been told by the assessor ascertained As yet but there were in that an exemption of $,00 was allow dictations that the end of the Down gtd on personal property. This would pendulum of de have left her $375 on which i taxes. However neither the phonograph file piano the Ford nor her Diamond wer exempt As the state Law does not include these undo or general personal property so she found her $300 general personal properly to be All that was exempted from taxation. Sin had to a tax on 8573 Worth of properly instead of on 37 5 Worth. Need tax Cut Drake says that there is need for a towering it of taxation i the opinion of Al i. Drake county treasurer to whom Ute Money is paid. A it occurs to me a said my. Drake Ward swing of the pression was near. Or. Mellon declare he would not be surprised at an even further reduction of re discount rates by Federal Reserve Banks this summer. The recent drop from 7 per cent to 6 i-2 and 6 per cent by the various Reserve Banks or. Mellon viewed As hic end of a seven per Cut rate. Washburn child named american envoy to Italy Hie f Iliad nth or being a verbs ago on Hie bits of cartilage on of the child s head formed mutation on which the surgeon Bis Dart. Flesh and it Kin from parts of tin infants body arc Usi a Iii the building up process. Of weather report forecast Dakota unsettled weather and wednesday probably my much change in temper South a a night Bowers attire. Local temperatures a by the government thermometer try noon tuesday maximum 58. Minimum 19. Temperature Al noon 58. Washington ii. May 17.�?diehard Washburn child the author and Harmer editor of Cottier a weekly Lia been selected by president Harding for ambassador to Italy. Or. Child formerly of new York now Iivo in Washington. He Bas i of ii connected recently with i Republican National committee Arni during Summers Campaign spent several months in president Harding s Headquarters at Marion. Continued on to Page six Prospect of War u. S. And England Piui Mollia a. May it mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll today was Wen 01-0.1 in Hie Federal District cout to one year and one Day in the Atlanta Penitentiary for conspiracy to Aid or sons Grover c. Bugdoll and Erwin in Bergdoll to desert in hic United states army and was fined a total of 7.000. Fudge Dickinson in imposing <<11-, o tence announced the prison sentence Geddes laughs at would be remitted if the Fine is Pant xxx it ii Iii the present term of court ending Hie second monday in Lune. The same conditional sentence was imposed on Charles a. Braun mrs. Bergdoll eldest son who changed ids name because of the notoriety caused by Grover escapade an i on tames e. Romig a Friend of the family Albert a. Mitchell an automobile ales Ian and Harry s. Setup indicted for aiding Erwin b. Bergdoll to desert the army were a a Ach sentenced to six month in jail Ami fined 81.000. Their sentence also will Ive remitted if the Fine Are paid before Sun spots partly due to auroras u. S. Bureau says second monday in june by x pro Ftp i to re xxx ire Kansas City mo., May that Gre to Britain might be drawn in it Eon Vliet with Thini Ted states through til existing Angio a a pane be Alliance was denied by sir Auckland Geddes British ambassador to i United states in a speech her fast night to members of la Saint Andrew society of the knife and Fork club. Such Rumor a declared were the work of a eth whisperer the broken the men and by broken men i mean the i by x la re a i Lri a Washington d. C., m by t a run spots do not control terrestrial weather but Are More or less related to auroras Earth current a and terrestrial i magnetism according to the fulled state weather Bureau. The statement said a time of minimum us ii a to bodiless is just beginning and will continue from on to three years and the present spot is Only on of a number of outburst which May be expected during that period. The Public need not feel Rogr Ltd a to their efforts it was stated. -0 ship strike report. Washington i. C., May 16.�?official reports to the department of Commerce show thai during the first two weeks of the shipping strike from May i to May 15. Inclusive 496 american vessels sailed from Atlantic Gulf and Pacific ports a against 142 held in port through Lack of Crex s

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