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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - September 25, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota World s Only Corn Palace. Sept. 22 to 27-three big shows evening Republican City edition vol xxx Mitchell South Dakota thursday september 25, 1924. Richest baby is denied even Good cry la Follette to Ron As socialist urn heiress of British Gold Well guarded Patricia Edwins Victoria May a Kven kick her legs from Blanket is Cousin. Of Prince mukti nos is i Sci pint of Milici pkg an Jpn of i Kwh who by erpooi4tl to 1. By Milton Bronn eur m \ St Nitt writer a n England sept. 25.�?�?opat-vim. It on that crying Stop f your woolly jacket Stop r ups out from under the fro tins Oti i Pron a if it richest baby in the world. An airing in Hyde Park obeys use she has on came. Not store but from the Royal knit odes of Cousin Queen Mary. Is the first born of lord Luis then Cousin and pal of the of Wale and of Edwina Ash-1 v. Heiress of the Cassell millions. Lord Louis himself is son of the i quess of Milford Haven and heir in a or wealth of that family. Just How Many tens of millions the infant fray inherit can Only be guessed at. She was born feb. 15. This year a i christened april 22 at the Chapel Royal St. James Palace. The Prince o Wales was her principal godfather and lady Patricia Ramsay. A Princess Pat a her principal godmother. Patricia Edwina Victoria some Day will inherit the Fortune of sir Ernest Cruse. Famous jewish Friend of King Edward Vii. Philanthropist and one of the wealthiest men England Over had. Cassell was born in Cologne. Germany. He came to England to make his Way and started As a clerk in Liverpool at $4.75 a week. Ile built and operated railroads in Mexico and Sweden floated Loans for China and Argentina and put Over the great ass an darn in Egypt. At his death his wealth was estimated at More than $50,000,000. Grandfather s favorite sir Edward was the Grandfather of Edwina Ashley lady Mountbatten. Mother of our richest baby. Before his death his greatest Joy was in the tall. Blonde daring athletic girl. She Orient moot of her time with him at his historic mansion Brook House. The House some Day will descend it the baby. Baby in fact rules a i rec portion of the House at present especially a Ince her mama and papa Are vacationing in America. Baby a names Are As distinguished e her surroundings. Patricia is after Princess Pat Edwina after her j Iother and Victoria after Princess \ r Toria. Mother of lord . But what does Patricia Edwina the worlds richest baby care about that a a she remarks As the per ambulatory Rolls through Hyde Park. World fliers take air today for san Francisco Santa Monica. Cal. Rcpt. 25.�?-the v rid fliers. Led by Lieut. Lowell Smi ii in Flag plane Chicago hopped to from Here today for crispy Field sin Francisco at 10 00 15 a. In. From Clover Field the planes flew line West about two Miles and then turned North Over the coast line and i eve minutes had disappeared from f vow Berend the mountains North of into Monica. A crowd of about a thousand saw the planes take off in a thick Cloud of dust that completely obscured them from spectators until they were Well in the air. In California forced out of Independent column by supreme court decision followers indignant movement is begin n to retail judges who barred his electors there. A. Patricia Edwina Victoria m Mountbatten worlds est baby and her Mother Rich knee breeches no radicalism worn by Cabinet in West Dawes arouse labor i assert today English labovites wrought j vice presidential candidate says West desires Only to improve conditions up Over a court dress worn by their ministers London. England sept. 25.�? a a a mighty howl against the practice of England a Laberite ministers in attending King Georges courts in full regalia silk stockings knee breeches clinking words embroidered Coats buckled shoes cocked hats and All the rest of it will probably go up to the rafters in Queens Hall when the labor party holds its Twenty first annual conference next month. A dozen resolutions on the subject of the ministers and their wives and daughters wearing court regalia just like the aristocratic a old order Are on the Agenda. Some of the resolutions express regret that such is the Case while others protest against it. One Resolution to be offered Sriya a at. If the ministers find it absolutely necessary to attend the court they Sho uld Wear a rational attire Quot and a Elf not admitted. No. To Downing Street shall he the place to Settle the matters requiring his majesty a it has never been the custom of King George nor of his Royal ancestors to transact business at no. To Downing Street official residence of the prime minister. When a minister has business with the Sovereign he Hies himself to the Palace. Resolutions on the Agenda refer to court dress As a foolish and silly display inconsistent with the Aims and aspirations of the labor movement. Lemke asserts he wont be candidate aboard Dawes special Enro Ute to Minneapolis Zumbrota minn., sept. 25.�?op a Sefi Ator la Follette inde depend Cut candidate for president was enraged by Charles g. Dawns Republican vice presidential nominee. In a series of Minnesota speeches today with having a attacked the Constitution of the United states in order to obtain socialist support. A Robert m. La Follette in order to get the socialists massed behind the red Flag into his combination had to attack the Constitution of the United states Quot or. Dawes declared Quot that does no to go out in this Section of the country for there is no radicalism in the West. What they Call radicalism the West is merely a desire to improve or. Dawes made this declaration in an address at Rochester and continued the attack on the la Follette candidacy As he travelled northward toward Minneapolis with rear platform speeches listed for Zumbrota red Wing and South St. Paul. The crowd that greeted or. Daw is at Rochester stretched away for almost a Hundred Yards of All sides of his car and cheered when the speaker in conclusion declared the voters of Minnesota this fall had their Choice Between the a Constitution of the United states the american Flag and president Coolidge on one hand. And la Follette standing on the sinking Sands of socialism on the a Coolidge or the alternative of a Coolidge or chaos a was presented by or. Dawes in his speech at red Wing. Where he pictured the Triumph of the la Follette movement and asked _ j a then what kind of government Gary ind. Sept. 25 a the body or Quot ill we have what kind of a life ten year old Annie Tomocik who was steel worker admits kidnapping his own child kidnapped on monday was found buried in the dunes Here today when tile j police were led there by Peter verge my my my Olin 30. H in m la the child had been attacked St rang a a we i inn and stripped of tier clothing Ai cording to the Gary police. Her hands cargo n. P., sept. 25.�?William had been bound to Ber sides. I a Mke of Fargo who name was i Verng Olim is an employee of True m ted by a certain faction of the american Sheet and tin Plato com n�?T1 i parti san league As a candidate Pany. He was arrested in it hic ago governor in the november elec i today announced that he would a consider the nomination. Quot i not a candidate for Gover r and will not run a said or. Lem-1 Hope petitions nominating me e not filed and if they Are filed. I la a daily program will we Lead what will become of wages what will become of business what will become of the Price of farm products if this attack on the government of the United states succeeds chaos a mention of the name of president Coolidge Drew applause from the red Wing audience. The attack on the i a Follette candidacy was continued by or. Dawes in speaking at a hastily arranged last night and brought Here in con a gathering of packing House and Section with the disappearance of the stockyard employees at South St. Paul child and after an All night grilling where again he presented the alter confessed according to the police. Native of a Coolidge or chaos a a a a 1 seventeen speeches scheduled Wea Tafb Ertry fast Dawes special in route to Minneti in i ulu Ruiell nol Apolis Leroy minn., sept. 25.�?up san Francisco cal., sept. 2 United states senator Hiram w. Johnson commenting today on yesterdays decision of the state supreme court in barring the i a Follette electors from the november presidential ballot denounced the opinion As a unjustified by Hie la contrary to Public policy and of the most harmful the senator added that a it is decisions such As this that undermine Public Confidence in the san Francisco. Calif., sept. 25.�? thirteen presidential elector named by petitions of California voters and committed to support the candidacy of Robert m. La Follette stood barred today from the ballot at the general election in november As the result of a 4 to 3 decision of the state supreme court yesterday. The decision of the supreme court was based upon the finding that a presidential elector is merely the agent of a political party operating solely through a political convention As a sort of messenger and therefore cannot be placed upon the ballot by initiative petition but Only through the Agency of a party convention. Aroused by the decision Lafollette supporters in san Francisco today were discussing measures which might overcome the Legal Handicap placed upon their candidate by the court. In los Angeles the Lafollette organization resolved to Start a movement to recall the justices who w Rote the majority opinion. To take aerialist ballot Chicago sept. 25.�?representative John m. Nelson of Wisconsin National manager of the Lafollette Wheeler Campaign announced today that the Independent organizations presidential electors in California would be entered uner the socialist party Label. New Springfield Bank to replace one that closed Pierre s. A. Sept. 25.�?the state department of banking announced yesterday the chartering of the Springfield state Bank at Springfield. S. The institution has a capital Stock of $25,000, partly obtained by the taking Over of list assets of the closed Bink of Springfield. At a Revillo also. Pierre s. D., sept. 25.�?the Farmers and merchants Bank of re Flo. S. A. In Roant county was chartered today. It is a state Bank and has $20,000 in capital Stock. Or court upholds indictment of Gaston Means new York City sept. 25.�?Federal judge Foster today upheld the indictment of Gaston b. Means former department of Justice agent his Secretary Elmer Jarnecke and his attorney. Thomas b. Felder on charges that they received Money which they represented was of be used in the bribery of former attorney general Daugherty and other government officials. Mrs. Sweeten in jail cell worries about children i in Quot i v a a a Ltd is 4 a a a a. Tok to a y a. V a a it. A a a4 a a. By Nea airmail ser Dit this is mrs. Els a Sweetin of Ina ii who has confessed according to authorities at it. Vernon 111., that she poisoned her husband Wilford sweetie so she might marry Rev. Lawrence m. Hight. The minister charged with the murder of his wife furnished her with tho Poison she says. Charles g. Dawes swung into min Owa increasing cloudiness tonight Nesotas today to inaugurate three Days warmer in East and South portions of the most strenuous campaigning Friday unsettled probably rain by of j that he has undertaken since he afternoon or night cooler in Northwest rented tho Republican nomination for i ree Midway acts 0 0� a. M. Band concert High j portion. Quot re juvenile band. In front of Minnesota increasing Chou dress. S Barnwe Hrry followed by rain late to 11 of \ m a Vurnm g foit7�?the night or Friday colder tonight in i Fnu a dry. A lift a minute i North portion and warmer in extreme at Joehester. Minn., and ending with Southeast portion colder Friday in Nashville 111., sept. 25.�? a it a the Rev. Lawrence m. Hight held in jail Here in connection with the Poison plot that Cost the lives of his wife. Anna and the husband of his confessed accomplice mrs. Elsie sweeten today showed no outward Strain of his plight while mrs. Sweeten in jail at Salem .111., worried More Over the future of her three children than her imprisonment. A mrs. Sweeten and i Are still sweethearts and will remain sweethearts until death parts us a the minister said. Jail attendants said Rev. Hight w As Jovial and talked freely. He mentioned his children and said for their Sake he repented More than Ever having committed the crime through which they lost their Mother. Mrs sweeten was visited yesterday by Christopher c. Sweeten her father to Law. And their conversation mainly regarded the future of her children. She has expressed a desire that they be cared for in a masonic orphanage. Mrs. Sweeten a apathy to food has aroused concern. The Only nourishment she has taken since she was brought Here tuesday was a Glass of milk late yesterday. Or. S. A. Thompson said last night she was on the verge of nervous breakdown. In a lengthy interview with a Newspaperman this morning mrs. Sweetly in answering questions put to her related How her relations with the minister started and How they gradually grew More intimate until she realized that she had fallen in love with the Clergyman. Quot one night in april she said a the won my Confidence. I thought he was a great religious Man. After be had won by Confidence i yielded to his suggestions in every Way. When Aeiker whether she was sorry that she had poisoned her Itu band As she confessed she answered a yes i Arn sorry very sorry. No apparent emotion was visible in the woman s features or attitude at the mention of the ministers name either directly or indirectly. She referred mostly to the minister As a a he or a a him. Her answer to the question whether she had poisoned her husband was vague. 4 he Rev. Hight said i did do it Poison her husband and then some times it seems i did not.4 i done to know. I do not know Why and How i could do it. Turns against minister mount y Ernon 111., sept. 25.�? spa it never want to see that Man again Nev a c. C. Sweeten declared Here today that mrs Elsie sweeten his daughter in Law told him last night in the jail at Salem. In referring to Rev. Taw rence m. Hight at whose suggestion she poisoned her husband. Tie made me do it. He made me do she said Over and Over again to or. Sweeten the latter said today. Who despite his advanced age had Ridden Long Miles through the Chilly night because a after All. Elsie is the boys Ile wanted to talk with her about the boys future. A my son is gone and nothing we. Ran do win bring him or. Falls Trust and savings Bank of Sioux sweeten said. A but there Are three Falls mislead an illiterate Farmer into signing a mortgage for $25,000 which he believed was a deed to some land. States attorney Hugh s Gamble charged in his opening statement Here late yesterday in the trial of Johnson indicted on a charge of misapplication of the Bank a funds. Selection of a jury in the Case was completed yesterday and hearing of testimony will Start today. Toda Iseball by Nea airmail service Rev. Lawrence m. Hight of Ina ii has confessed to the murder of his wife according to authorities at it. Vernon Iii. The age old Triangle of illicit love is blamed by officials. Mrs. Wilford sweetly has confessed pois of Nonong her husband so she could marry Hight. Gamble charges banker swindled Farmer of $25,000 Parker. S. A. Sept. 25.�? Frank h. Johnson president of closed Sioux vice president. A seventeen speeches have been j i be Page 2 i or report on scheduled for him beginning with a j today a games rear platform address this morning to front of Sehar Nwe Ebert a. 11 39 a. M. Chefalo.�?lmpimtl"�?�1 Quot a port., fire. Running in High. If. North Dakota unsettled finn. Of Overland company. And Friday ram probable Ceder to South Dakota unsettled tonight i2 0ft�?Simms amp Fritz a juggles and Niht jumps. A funny pair. In front of i Fobar Weber s and a it do it a rain probable colder. 3 3o a m. Captain Hugo the. A a. To a Era human meteor. A leap into space. In maximum and minimum fit h amp main. Lures from 7 a. In yesterday Toto. In. Today at recorded by the of Fula 1 00 p. M. The daring Henderson. 3 00 p. concert. 4 45 Simms amp laugh foundry. A laugh a front of scharnweber a. 5 15 Chefalo the the fiery chasm. Showing real Speed. 5 45 Simms amp fun More juggles. An act you la like. In front of Scharnow Reber a. 6 15 the daring Henderson Only triple wire artist. Midway a real thrill. Intersection 7th amp main. A Stellar show is read for you inside the Corn Palace 9 30 band con a Ert on the Midway. Government thermometer maximum 82. Minimum 54. At 8 a. In. Today. 61. A a a o a a a weather and roads Watertown Clear 62 roads Good Huron Clear. 58 roads Good. Aberdeen Clear 42 roads Good. Mitchell Clear 61 roads Good. Sioux fails Clear 58 roads Good. Pierre Cloudy 56 roads Yankton Clear 62 roads a similar talk saturday evening at Bardwell win. With two exceptions All of the addresses will he Given from the rear platform of his special train. The exceptions Are the address tonight at the armory in Minneapolis and tomorrow night in the armory at St. Cloud. Minn. The nominee let it he known today that he expects in All of these speeches to emphasize what he considers the dominant Issue of the Campaign nationally and particularly in Minnesota the la Follette Independent can j Didaco and the Constitution. The a it Ricu Tural question also is to come in j for a share of attention. Whirled goes after Dawes aboard Wheeler special. In route Duluth. Minn., sept. 25.�?three addresses were on the schedule of senator Wheeler Independent candidate for vice president As he travelled today toward Northern Minnesota. Two of them both Day Light meetings were Honegger named today new referee in bankruptcy Little boys to look after. They Are Fine boys and i want to do right by them. For their Sake. I Hope Elsie does not states attorney Frank g. Thompson accompanied or. Sweeten to Salem at the latter a request. When the cared Man confronted mrs. Sweeten in the jail he extended his hand without a word. The daughter in Law took it in both of he hands and bowed her head. O Teddy Roosevelt g. O. Nominee for governor of n. Bank robbers lock marshal in town jail seven of them then proceed to leisurely Way with Minnesota Job Rochester. N. Y., sept. 25.�? a a Theodore Roosevelt assistant Secretary of the Navy was nominated for governor by the new York Republican state convention Here today. The i Choice was made upon the first ballot. Sioux Falls s. A. Sept. 2j. Of. Colonel Roosevelt had a majority Honegger of Sioux Falls was a Jover the combined votes for his three continued on Page ten pointed today by Federal judge j. I. Elliott As referee in bankruptcy for the Southern division of the Federal District court of South Dakota. He succeeds the late Robert j. Gamble former United states senator who died monday. Or. Honegger qualified and began work today. He has practice Law in Sioux Falls for Twenty years. This division includes Twenty four counties of the state. A o a Dies at too years Bloomington ind., sept. 25.�?mrs. Ellen Buskirk who celebrated her 100th birthday last january with a open House a died Here yesterday. Competitors colonel William Hayward of new York District attorney Guy b. Moore of Buffalo and supreme court Justice Arthur s. Tomkins of Nyack. Who resign from Navy Rochester n. A a a sept. 25.�?theodore Roosevelt nominated by the Republican state convention today As its candidate for governor will leave Rochester tonight for Washington where he will tender his resignation As assistant see retail of the Navy to president Coolidge tomorrow. Truman. Minn., sept. 25.�?after relieving Charles draft. Night rear Sha Here. Of his gun flashlight and keys seven bandits who drove into town about i a. Rn., today escorted the officer to jail locked him in a cell and then leisurely blew the vault of the Truman National Bank. They escaped with $300 in Silver and an la undetermined amount of loot taken from eight safety Deposit boxes in the vault. The bandits in two cars drove into the Village shortly offers i of clock. One car was stopped near the residence of j. E. Metz cashier of the Bank while the other proceeded to the depot where Telegraph wires were Cut and then to the Telephone office whre several overhead cables leading into the building were severed. Leaving the Driver of the first car to guard the Metz Home the others drove up in front of the Bank. The night marshal saw the car Stop near the curb and went to investigate. As he approached the building from tho Middle of the Street five men stepped out from the shadows and firing one it hot into the air. Ordered him to throw up his hands. The marshal complied. They then searched him taking everything but his Star. Quot come on Down the Street and show us the jail a one of the bandits invited. Draft hesitated looked at the five threatening guns with which the bandits punctuated their request and started off at the head of the procession. Arrived at the jail the men unlocked a cell door with a key taken from draft and ordered him to step inside. They then locked the door and tossed the keys away. The party returned to the Bank building forced open a door to gain Entrance and then began with picks to Chip Thel it Way through the Brick Walls of the vault. They were frustrated in tills however by a heavy steel lining. A charge of Nitro Glycerine was exploded in the front door of the vault and Access gained to the chamber. A Large steel Safe containing most of the Bank a Money withstood seven heavy charges of the explosive. Of $100,000 taken from mail Springfield mass., sept 24.�?the Union Trust company of this City today reported to the police that $100.-000 consigned to it by registered mail was missing. The Bank asked the police to seek William j. . 4 5. Employed by the Bank As a messenger and guard who also is missing. Of two records of Corn Palace Are smashed wednesday sets new total for Day and for single performance Blackstone a Tesi a a a sex Alderman Boyd builds Box from which magic in Wuu it escape Mitchells Corn Palace has a new Mark to Hoot at in future years it w As established yesterday afternoon when 5.200 people saw Yie big show inside the Palace. In the evening 3,800 More people gathered to the building for tile entertainment making a total of 0,000 paid admissions during the Day. The afternoon attendance of 5,200 is a new Mark for All single performance attendances beating saturday night of last year which was the High Mark up to yesterday afternoon by nearly too the additional 3,800 people who gathered in the Palace in the evening and brought the total Days attendance up to 9,000, set a new House record tor a single Day. Today is Yankton Day at the Palace and the Mother City was expected to Send a big delegation for the afternoon and evening show s. A drum corps and band were scheduled to accompany the Yankton aggregation. Blackstone and Ernie Youngs Golden girls will stage their new midweek Bill again this afternoon and tonight and repeat the same performance again tomorrow night. Boyd makers Box for magician Harry Blackstone is preparing an Especial feature for tomorrow night. The first of the week or. Blackstone offered $50 to any one who could build a Box from w hic. He could not escape in three minutes. C. H. Boyd of the Boyd planing Mill has taken up or. Blackstone a Challenge. He has just completed a heavy packing Case made of three Quarter Inch w Hite Pine which measures 40 inches High and is 30 inches deep and thirty inches wide. On Friday night or. Blackstone will permit mayor j. E. Williams and members of the City Council to tie and rope him hand and foot and then let them place him Iii the Box. Or. Boyd himself will superintend the nailing on of the heavy lid of the Box. And the rest will be up to Blackstone. He is supposed to escape not Only from his Bonds but from the Box within three be thrown into Pond this Blackstone feature will be duplicated on saturday afternoon in a far More spectacular w a. The performance will then be staged at the Milwaukee Pond. The mayor and the Council Wall accompany the magician to the Pond we Here they will again tie and rope him Nail him in the Box and cast him into eight feet of water in the Pond. Blackstone will then have to free himself from the ropes and escape from the Box within three minutes in order to save his life. Thu Box trick is one of Blackstone a most sensational offerings. For several years he opened the season at Atlantic City with this stunt. The promoters then changed performers and Blackstone a successor was smothered in his Box on his very first attempt. The platform at the Pond been erected by the Pioneer Bridge company we hich will also furnish the Derrick to handle Blackstone so. Willis Speaks today this afternoon senator Frank ii. Willis former governor of Ohio was scheduled to arrive in Mitchell from the South at ? 55. The Ohio senator is sent to Mitchell by the Republican National committee at the Earnest solicitation of president Coolidge who found it impossible to accept an invitation of the Corn Palace committee 4.0 be Here himself. Senator Willis was to speak after the Corn Palace program this afternoon from a platform on main Street and this evening he will be a guest of the Davison county Republican organization at a banquet at the episcopal Church tomorrow is Sioux Falls Day and democratic Day when senator j. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois will speak in behalf of the candidacies of j. W. Davis and c. W. Bryan the democratic Standard bearers. Friday is usually one of the biggest Days in Corn Palace greeks and with a big delegation scheduled to come Here from Sioux Falls the Corn Palace management expects that another record will be set for the Palace. Saturday is Harry Blackstone birthday and the Corn Palace management will present the conjurer with a great birthday cake surmounted by candles. Zeppelin on test Friedrichs Hafen. Germany sept. 25.�? the Zeppelin 2r-3, built Here for the this announcement was made this United states Navy left her hangar i afternoon by Roosevelt a special con today on another test cruise which is mention Secretary. Earl Hartnett. Expected to consume 34 hours. J bigamist admits he had a a a taking Way with women Milwaukee. Wis sept. 25.�?declaring that because be was a easy to look at a and a bad a taking Way with the Clement a. Winters is in jail Here today while the District attorneys office prepared warrants charging him with bigamy and uttering bad checks. Two of the three wives and daughters of prominent men Are Here while the other his first wife was divorced from him in St. Louis five years ago. Winters claims he is a Stepson of the late Neil j. Baake who was a prominent minister Here. His second wife was miss Edith Hartson and the third miss Veronica Kronenberger. Winters eloped with miss Hartson five years ago and was married in Chica go. A year later he met miss Kronen Berger and also married her in Chi Cago. He returned to St. Louis according to police left his wife in a Hospital where a child was born and came Here where he was recognized and arrested

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