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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - May 28, 1921, Mitchell, South Dakota The evening Republican City edition vol Xxxvii Egan freed in libel charge is own lawyer trial occurs on anniversary of famous Kaufman murder hearing jury out hours Case based on publication of article attacking Minnehaha county states attorney ,11, Hanoi a try pre leased wire \ fall jul to May 28.�?George publisher of the Sioux Falls in aril was acquitted by a circuit court of a charge of sm1 brought by slates ,.\ l. K. Waggoner. I \ a Quot out about eight is i Quot based it a the Pulica i tilt1 pres of in article attack integrity of the slates actor the valedictorian rehearses of a we Art stand a amp on the threshold of i gazing with palpitating hearts across the Mountain tops of w i a Lent biblical quotations and bit aliment of the states attorney r defendant who appeared for a bursts of oratory Aslo nut denunciations of the Al i a pint against Bim. Characterized closing arguments in the circuit of the criminal libel action the by the state against George Kwaii. The defendant attorney _ j. Danforth who conducted the j Uiti n and states attorney wag. 1.,. Ill argued the Case going to the Lury just before noon. Personal history or. Pkg an rehearsed his personal his in Sioux Falls recalling that toil v As the sixteenth anniversary of a in Day to addressed his first South Ink to jury in tie Kaufman Case and it had been persecuted Ever since hut a tie people follow me a he declare. A and lend me he Iid he sought no sympathy Only Judice and then asked the jury if they would credit the testimony of the Quot Lite a witnesses in View of All the fit. A i would be glad to see this Case lift to a jury of he declared a for they have a sense of Kean said that Providence had been Good to him in sending him Allen r. Fellows on tile eventful night of the Grissom woman a visit to his private office As Fellows had come just in time to a see the dirty lie a Aid to wanted the jury to remember that the affidavit be published contained Peterson a ideas not his own my that he should not be charged with the silly things contained in it and that Peterson swore to its truth. Quot Khan Tias acted As his own attorn in the Case when he went on the witness stand he propounded a series of questions and then replied to them. In reply to his own question As to i Quot occupation he stated that he was in Vithor editor. Lecturer and pub Quot Tot. He said on the night of feb a i 1121, that Allen h. Fellows a i i occasion to go Over a business 5 portion with him at his private of i a Iii Hgt Khan Block that Fellows witness went to the office about y 11�?Tcl ick and had been thiere possibly for 15 minutes when the Grissom w Iman appeared. Al i bad turned off the lights in a reception room previous to i a arrival. Ile introduced her to i i i a Quot a a a tenant who is returning Quot in keys to and Fellows pred outside the room. Witness i be told Fellows he would join i in a minute or two. He so i so Quot to cd to a take off her overcoat Afier it a that Earl Grissom bad taken the Quot i i Sioux City. She had been there too seconds when witness neat i coming in the Hall. Door unlocked a re was no lock on the door of dinner room he said. Lie debit be bad in any Way complies i the woman or had Ever Laid i upon Lier and detailed the con t to Quot Between tim two and the Gnu following lie denied bit a i ver promised the woman any Arn that there was anything per in his conduct or words r. Job said he put the pair out. It with Peterson. He declared it it in had said something about asked to Settle to following morning witness said of Quot it a bad called him by Telephone i ked him if he was going to Quot Quot a a a a Rind that he must Settle with a r Waggoner or Cherry. He said he end that Grissom was in the City on a Irb 4 and that he had been arsted for perjury before 1he grand jury d the time defendant bad published his affidavit. He insisted Attiat he had published Afri t nit without malice and was it a in Ted by Good motives. He said it c information necessary for Hie enlightening of the Public As news he said. Tiled disbarred a in Cross examination by attorney Linforth. Witness said a the had not much personal feeling against he admitted that he was married. Asked if he did not know that under the Laws of South Dakota a married Man could be indicted for adultery he parried the question but first payment to allies made by germans k. C. To open hospitals for wounded soldiers by at opiate Ltd in Rrana Wplf Chicago Iii., May 2m.�?hospitalization work for wounded soldiers involving Aid of thousands of women and j expenditure of perhaps millions of Dol a Lars we As decided upon today by the knights of Columbus according to an announcement by William j. Mckinley supreme Secretary. Funds upwards of 0,01 0.000 appropriated for educational work Wilt be two Hundred million drawn upon for this program within j the next two years it was announced. Of actual settlement of reparations account is started sum 18 turned Over in 20 Bonds each Worth ten million dollars by Pruni wire Paris France May 28.�?the first real payment of the German reparations account was announced from Berlin yesterday. The payment is in the form of Twenty Bonds of about 8 10.000.000 each 0 000,000 of which is payable in new York 860.-000.000 in London and 100,000,000 in Paris. The Bonds Are endorsed by the Reich Bank the disc onto Gesellschaft and the Dresdner Bank. West rivals East today in big Field meet clerk fired for ridiculing army officers government employee dismissed for writing Magazine Story denies any malice 8erial said to have officers As chief characters is pub listed in a the reclassify Ati on Isth 271 w w sfi7f big my Haywood cd Brut to a in about u. S. For freight train i russian newspaper arrested when they attempt to run train from Denver to Cheyenne by part wire Denver colo., May 2.�?twenty seven alleged member of the i. W. W. Were placed in jail Here last night after they had attempted to commandeer a Union Pacific freight train and run it to Denver from Cheyenne Wyo. According to the police. A squad of 22 policemen met the train outside the City when they received a report that Hie alleged i. A. W. Were on it. I by associated Presa leased wire Rica May 27�?4n the first Issue of a he new newspaper of the third inter i National printed at Moscow William d. Haywood Secretary an treasurer of the Industrial workers of the world who while in Ier a sentence of imprisonment in Hie United stat s recently lied to Russia contributed an article on the situation in the United state. Torture aged couple to get hidden Money kernels and Sioux will meet sunday University of California athletes Are Strong contenders in a. A. A. Classic undefeated Sioux Falls club will come to Mitchell tomorrow Iowa High school boy is paralysed while making mock speech m. H. S. Seniors score hit in a the big ideas strangers attempt to Force Atlantic ia., couple to disclose secret by Afao Clard pre wire mount Vernon la., May 28.�?victor Hogle. Who graduated thursday night at the mount Vernon High school fed from the interurban Bridge Here Friday striking on a Cement platform. He was paralysed but whether from the fall or an electric Shock is not known. He was standing upon the railing and was making a mock speech to Bis classmates when it is thought Bis hands came in Contact with a live wire. His Mother who is an aged with w. Lost her oldest son in France during the War. Splendid Amateur acting seen in annual play by graduates by annotated pre leaned wire Atlantic ta., May 28.�?the Story of How two thugs bound and tortured de and Phoebe Dew i Fig aged brother and sister living on a farm near Here in an Effort to extort from them the j hiding place of 0,000, supposed to be in their Possession was told to authorities yesterday by Hemming after he had escaped his assailants by crawling through a window. The to men escaped taking with them 8400. Of funeral rites for Letcher War hero to be held sunday Snow Falls in Montana today by associated pre leaned wire i Helena mont., May 28.�?lit by snows Are reported at widely separated places in Montana the Fdl being heaviest in the Mountain sections. Snow was failing at Yellowstone this morning following a ram there last night. O american wins from Frenchman in world Champ Tennis match St. Cloud France. May 28.�?arnold Jones the american Tennis Star Defeated m. Cousin of France in the for to single match of the worlds court Tennis championship which opened Here today. The american won in third straight sets f>-0, 6-2, 6-3. Of u. P. To Cut wages by Ai Nocite pre leaded Aire Omaha neb., May 28.�?officials of the Union Pacific system and representatives of train dispatchers employed on the systems lines were to conclude a conference Here today on a proposal by the company to reduce wages. Finally admitted that this was possible a if the facts were he admitted that he had been twice disbarred by the South Dakota supreme court had been convicted of a criminal offence and was under sentence to the Penitentiary but insisted that he we As a illegally convicted a and admitted that Waggoner was at the time of the Grissom incident and still is states attorney and was prosecuting the Case against the Grissom. Seniors of Mitchell High school consummated their High school Amateur theatrical careers Friday evening when they successfully presented a the big idea a said to be the heaviest piece of work Ever attempted by a graduating class in Mitchell High school. The play was Given at the metropolitan theatre. A the big by a. E. Thomas and Clayton Hamilton is announced in a prologue to be a Story from real life. The unquestionable Success of the production was probably due to a Large extent to the training the cast received from mrs. William North who has directed the plays presented by the High school this year. Ah-8ur cast honors were evenly divided among the four leading characters in the play who were admirably supported by the seven other members of the cast. Leading roles were taken by Alpheus welter As James Howard a Hank president who is facing disgrace Aud probable imprisonment for embezzlement of bunk funds Edwin Eastern As Richard Howard his son who plans to give his life to save father and family miss Adrienne Gunderson As Elaine Foster who furnishes �?oth1 big ideas that saves the situation and Malcolm Ronald As Charles Gilmore a theatrical producer who recognizes the idea is a big one. Completing the cast were mrs. Howard and her daughter Elsie played by miss Frances Spangler and miss la Villa Dowdell Robert Caswell played by Robert Hill or. Byrne taken by Clarence Litchfield Steven Bingham played by Steven Coughlin Jim the Knicker Hock ered office boy Robert Graham and Mary the maid played by miss Loretta Swift. School orchestra the highe school orchestra ind the direction of professor Earle Furman made its first Public appear Nice this year when it furnished music be feeding and Between the acts of the play. The orchestra is composed of Howard Mart Ley miss Pear Heather miss Margaret Atkinson Ami Joe Geisen violins Ralph Hoyden and Harvey Layman. Clarinets Clifford Hughes Aud Tyler Palmer cornets Elbert Forrest. Francis Bauer and Harry Billa Saxa phones miss Loretta Rainey piano and Robert Martin Drums. Celebrating a 15 to i Victory Over Madison the kernels will return to Mitchell sunday for a two game series with the undefeated indians from Sioux Falls. The game will begin at three o clock sunday afternoon at athletic Park. Mondays game will begin at i six As baseball games Are not allowed i before that hour on memorial Day. The kernels and the Sioux Are expected to wage a mighty Battle when they meet for the first time this season. Keen rivalry Between Mitchell and Sioux Falls will undoubtedly make the game the most interesting that local fans have witnessed this season. Manager la. G. Scharnweber wired Keiser from Watertown wednesday to join the kernels in Mitchel in time to pitch sundays game. He had received to answer to the message by Friday night. Frank the Tell of Kalamazoo mich., first baseman is expected to arrive in Mitchell sunday to join the Mitchell club. To i by a a or Tatry pre leaned xxx re Cambridge mass., May 28, or West that was tile Broad question of the destination of the championship track and Field trophy of the intercollegiate a. A. A. Involved today in the annual title games. It was University of California against the colleges of the East with i the westerners Well prepared by quasi i location in the trials yesterday for an assault in the championship Attiat has been kit in the East during the entire 4 5 years of the game. Wile tiler Lux of the Eastern colleges with forty or More athletes in cases could Marshall enough Points to exceed the aggregate of the 14 athletes who came from the other coast was a subject widely discussed. Stanford had athletes at the stadium again today four of them but we Hiie j this team was regarded As Likely to finish with a High average of attain j men in the final figures it could not j Hope to rival the leaders. Wells who placed in both the 200-Yard hurdles and 100-Yard dash yesterday withdrew from the latter contraction today. The University of California s athletes prepared to go to the stadium this afternoon sanguine of Success. Out of today a events in he opinion of followers of those annual games should come a Mark or two better than any Ever made. The body of Walter Tormey the first Fetcher boy who was killed in action arid the Soldier for whom the Letcher Post of the american legion was named has arrived in Letcher from overseas and funeral services xvii be held sunday morning. Tormey Post will have charge of the funeral at to of clock. Tormey was killed by rapid Shell fire while fighting in the Soissons Region july in 1918. He was buried in a French cemetery. He enlisted in the Marine corps at Mare Island and saw Active service on the Marne at chateau thierr Yso sons and other places in France. His parents or. And mrs. T. Of. Tormey live in Letcher. He is survive also by five Brothers and three Sisters. Fear Indian War in Utah Houx Falls youth drowns High school boy loses life while fishing at Lake Madison by annotated pre leaded wire Madison s. D., May 28.�?Howard _ i Barber 19 years old of Sioux Falls uprising of Ute tribes expect was drowned while fishing in longed following killing of Lake. Near Here yesterday. By associated pre leased wire Washington Ltd. May 28.�?Secretary weeks has dismissed from the government service Robert j. Quinn a clerk in the adjutant general a office on charges growing out of the publication in the reclassification let a Small Magazine published Here of a serial Stuib in which major general Peter Harris adjutant general of the army claims that he and colonel Frederick w. Lewis an officer in his department. Were subjected to ridicule. Quinn is editor of the reclassification is. Names changed according to the record in the Case which was made Public today by Elizabeth n. Barr assistant editor of the Magazine the serial Story had As its principal characters a major and a Captain j Quinn denied any malicious intention to ridicule Hie officers and As a i counter charge asserted that general Harris has failed to organize a personnel Bureau Iii the adjutant general a office As directed by Congress last year but that he had reported to the chief of staff that such a Bureau hid been organized. It also was charged by Quinn that general Harris had used the government printing office for his own personal work in connection with the preparation of a publication relating to his son Captain Charles d. Harris. General reprimanded general Harris was directed by Secretary weeks to refund to the Treasury a sum suffix but to cover the Cost to the government of printing a Booklet commemorative of the general a son killed in France. Secretary weeks said general Harris had caused the Type to be set in the War department printing office and that while the total expense would probably not exceed 810 or 812. It was manifesto improper for a government official to use official material and equipment f it such a purpose. No action win a retaken the Secretary added on thai tiler charges aet Forth in qum. Ply or. Weeks characterizing the a As a a trivial and not founded on fact. Of Dempsey to have 4-Day rest before final training one of their number Madison pass where he he left had been Daying Early in the morning and when by Agio Flatt pre i rated Xvi a Atlantic City. N. J., May 28.�?with Jack Dempsey rounding into fighting condition almost too rapidly Jack floods threaten in Saskatchewan Regina sak., May 28.�?men. Cattle and horses been drowned and residents of the red Earth Indian Reserve Are living on the roofs of the by houses because of a Hood on the Carrot River. W. W. Graham. Indian commissioner who received the reports said further details were not available. Cant move now might not pass in final exams by associated pre leased wire Minneapolis minn., May 28.�?de-1 daring that to move now would impair their chances of passing final examinations june 15, Oscar w. Schley and Elmer in Eige students at the uni a Versley of Minnesota late yesterday obtained an injunction restraining their Landlady mrs. L. M. Phelps from moving the furniture from their room. By x a a my cite it i pre lenses xxx Are he did not return for the noon meal. a earn it pjs manager decided Todi Salt Lake City Utah. May 28.�?fear owners of the pass became uneasy and j to the litle hol it it or four Day of of an uprising of Ute indians following instituted a search for him. They the death of in Indian in Battle with found his boat empty and after drag Lacee officers today was contained in Ging the Lake for several hours to a message received by United states rated the body. He was said to have marshal Aquila Nebeker from George been an excellent swimmer Adams former member of the Utah two children legislature from san Juan county. The message read a one Indian was killed when county attorney Kelter and sheriff Hyde drown at Sioux City by associated pres leaned wire Sioux City la., May 28.�?-Frank attempted to arrest utes for stealing an j Henry wyomia. 12 and 9 years old. Cattle. Sheriff Calls for help. Posse leaving from Monticello and Blanding. Wires Cut Between Bluff and o grand Island will feed oboes at new were drowned in Rock River near Rock Valley la., yesterday. The bodies were recovered. The boys were swimming and one is believed to have lost his life trying to save the other their Mother is a widow. Public soup Kitchen speculations causes Grain fluctuations grand Island. Neb., May 28.�?the Large number of transient unemployed coming through this City a Point on both the transcontinental lines has j induced the City to open a soup kit a clip a. A proc Lama lion Ltd mayor Hlls Berry this morning urges All citizens to Stop feeding such men at their1 Homes hut to Send them to the Public Kitchen instead. Of brain supervisor testifies that Market changes Are controlled by big speculators plan air passenger j by annotated pre leaned wire end inc at cd Ani 1 . O. A. My Ai Ukandu la Ive on it ration of a restricted num f a menu in adv7ana Ibex of tray run Arlt re quantities a i in in Arluna the Grain exchanges of the country a i a. A of it Alivo a Pic a Complete rest beginning next tuesday this plan is in line with the train ing Campaign Dempsey followed while conditioning himself for the Battle with a it Dempsey could get himself ready to defend his title within six Days a Jess Willard in Toledo two years ago. Kearns said today. A a Lay off next week will put him on Edge for the final thre weeks of training. A i want to add a Little weight to him so hell but ready for the serious business training. He will scale around the 195 Mark now and i Hope he weigh around 200 a week from Martin Turk the not a Orleans heavyweight probably Xxiii work with Dempsey tomorrow or monday. Burke went to new York today to Purchase a head Gar to protect himself. Weather report forecast South Dakota probably showers tonight and Munday somewhat cooler East portion tonight. Local temperatures by the government thermometer to noon saturday maximum 8 4. Minimum 57. Temperature at noon 8 4. No Republican monday in Observance of memorial Day no editions of the Republican will be published monday May 30. By annotated pre leaned wire san Antonio tex., May 28.�?the possibility of opening up an Aerial a Market Senger service through the Canyon of Colorado is being planned by the War department it was Learned Here today. Lieutenant Alexander Pearson or. Transcontinental flier has been ordered to make an investigation to find Landing Fields and then make an Aerial observation trip to ascertain air conditions at different times of Day and note emergency Landing Fields. _ i the chief can Quot of excessive prior fluctuations. R f. Smith Grain supervisor for the United states Bureau of testify a today before the 5�n-Grandjafe agriculture or Maitee at hard re on the Tincher Bill to regulate exchanges. The Market prices he said a Are entirely controlled by the Bif speculators at such conditions. Or. Smith declared. A a constitute prostituting the Market by the men concerned. The witness said he could not say what effect a limitation on on prices. Weekly forecast Washington to c., May 2.�? weather predictions for the w Cek beginning monday issued by the weather Bureau today Are upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys temperature below Normal occasional local showers. Of annual regatta today by amour try pre leased War it Philadelphia pa., May 28.�?oarsmen from Many sections of the East and including Crews from Harvard Yale Princeton Navy and Pennsylvania. Were entered in the seventh a annual regatta of the american Ira inf Wou lil have a a Ace tation Over the Henley on the Schuylkill River today

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