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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
MARINE DENIES
CHARGES MADE
BY HA|T|EN5
Lang Admits Killing of
Native Bandit With
Machine Gun.

Port Au Prince, Nov. 1a-Freeman
Lang, former American marine charged
with the murder of nine Haitian prison
ers, again took the stand Friday in his
own defense. He denied specifically
every accusation against him. He frank
ly admitted, however, killing one bandit
chief with machine gun at Hinche while
attempting to escape. He fired at the
bandit from his own front porch, he said.
Lang testified after four native gen
= darmes had testified they saw him mur-
der several prisoners, bringing the num-
ber of victims up to 9.
Go into Details.
Each witness went into details and
described how the natives were shot.
One witness was confused on the point
as to whether the prisoners were shot
while attempting to escape.
Just after beginning his testimony.
Lang suffered nervous weeping attack.
A Haitien courier. who was called to
the stand. described Lang as very
young, of blond hair and very beautiful y
.The beauty of Lang" the witness
added, makes strange contrast With
the acts for which he has been re
preached"
Deny Native Charges
Taking the stand after Captain Pat
rick heHy, OF tne local gendaEHleEle, anu
the Jail sergeant had denied every ma
tive charge regarding wholesale muir
ders, Lang declared that he had shot
only one prisoner. This was a divi-
sion bandit chief" he said, who was
brought from the Jail by gendarme to
my residence for questioning. The
bandit chief refused to talk and was
ordered RECALLED He tried to escape from
the gendarme, who fired twice, missing
him. I quickly got machine gun, fir
ing squirt of bullets and killed him
instantly. The reported occurrence was
told all right"
Electric Treatment.
Answering an inquiry by Major Jesse
F. Dyer, judge advocate. as to whether
he applied electric treatment to prison
ers, Lang admitted putting coins in
water bucket and offering to give them
to natives if they removed them, which
they attempted to do, while he said
other natives turned on generator,
shocking the prisoners.
When asked to explain the volume of
testimony charging him with monstrous
crimes, Lang declared the natives were
prone to exaggeration.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
PRE-VVAR PRICES HIT
CHICAGO GRAIN PIT
WHEAT Off 9CENTS

Chicago, Nov. 19-Pre-war prices
made their first appearance Friday in
the grain market. Corn and oats were
sacrificed wholesale in the trading pits
until both cereals were squarely on an
antebellum basis of value. Transactions
in wheat were also of great volume with
price slashing in progress.
Reported unsettled general business
conditions furnished the background and
large supplies of feedstuffs were said te
be in sight with livestock being rushed
to market instead of being held on farms.
according to reports. Wheat showed it
self the most sensitive Of any board OF
trade commodity and stopped falling
only after having broken 9A cents Q
bushel.
Bear leaders conceded that farmers
were to large degree successfully
maintaining holding policy as to wheat
but took the ground that the wheat must
be sold some time and that in the mean
time Canada was supplying the urgent
demand in this country and was further
more Cutting United States markets
with Canadian cattle as well
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20

Ihe attention OF the sheriff wire was
attracted about 2. M. by a noise COM
ing from the jail which adjoints the
sheriff's living quarters. She sum
moned her husband and the latter, with
Mr.. Kennedy, a former sheriff, began an
investigation. Immediately following
their discovery they called two physi-
cians, both of whom reported that the
prisoner had an excellent chance to
recover.
Chester was brought here from near
Oconto to he held pending his return
to Kansas City to face charge of hav-
ing shot Miss Barton to death some time
ago. A few days ago, while being taken
from Great Falls. Mont. where ne was
arrested, to Kansas City, he leaped from
a Chicago, Burlington Il Qqincy passen-
liberty until Friday. His rreeapture was
effected by a deputy sheriff and ply.
sician, who while working on tn
that Chester was near Oconto, found
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
FIRST PRESIDENT
WILLIAM DENMAN
SEEKS HEARING
Americans Are Tools of
Foreigners in Hurting
Fleet, Assertion.
Britishers Favored in
Allocat8n of Ships,
Charges u. S. Owner.

New York, Nov. 19-Present and for
mer "high officials" of the United States
shipping board will be asked to testify
before the Walsh congressional commit
tee investigating the boards affairs, it
was indicated Friday.
William Denman of San Francisco
who was the first active head of the
shipping board and round whom much Of
the wooden ship controversy of 1917
centered appeared Friday and volunteer
ed to testify. He was informed by
Chairman Walsh that the committee ex-
pected to hear all of the officials. Den
man was told the committee would hear
him before he returned to the Pacific
coast. Following the Thanksgiving holi-
days, the committee expects to go to
Washington for the opening of congress.
Foreigners Blamed
Allegations that foreign interests and
men who had always been opposed to
the upbulding of an American merchant
marine" had worked their way into sub
ordinate positions with the shipping
board with the intention of helping for
eign competition, were made by Edgar K.
Luckenbach, a ship owner and operator.
He said that among the alleged favored
firms in ALLEGATION of ships were sub
jects of Great Britain. He testified he
did not include in this In 1ictment any of
the board officials, and he added there
were others besides himself who felt
that foreign interests were favored.
He charged the Kerr steamship com
pany of New York had been allowed to
make ''three free trips that is, exempt
from charter hire-with vessels the firm
purchased from Austrians latter this
country entered the war. Mr.. Kerr and
Mr.. Clegg, Kerr's associate, he said,
were then British subjects" When
these free trips were granted. he assert
ed, freights were the highest in the
worlds history
Favoritism Charged
Discrimination in allocations, he
charged, dated back to the time this
country. Communicated the Dutch ships
in American waters. "Some of these
ships" he said, "were allocated to Brit
ish shipping firms while American oper-
ators stood by
Alleged discrimination in ALLEGATION had
put his firm out of the Australian trade
"a trade which he had spent thousands
of dollars to build up, he asserted. He
said he was given but one ship for Aus
tralia, while Welding Ring, who had not
a single dollar invested in American ship
ping.was allocated IL boats for the Aus
tralian service"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
Mine Host Of Rainbow
Is Reelected Official
Western Scenic Assn

Santa Barbara, Cal, Nov. 10.-The
election of officers for the ensuing year
at the morning session Friday closed
the three-day meeting of the Western
Hotels Scenic association.
Alfred Lamborn, Estes Park, Col, was
reelected president. The state vice
presidents reelected, included: Mon
tana-A. ]. Breitenstein. Great Falls
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
DENNIS CHESTER is RECAPTURED:
TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE in CELL
BY HANGING WITH BLANKET STRIP

Broken Bow, Nov. 19-Denns Chester alleged slayer
Florence Barton Kansas City society girl captured today
Oconto Nebr following his recent from railroad
here attempted to kill himself by sangaon the county
jail her elate today.
Chester tore blanket into strips tied around bar
Of his cell placed the other end around his neck then allowed
himself to fall backward with his feet still the floor
found unconscious this position by Sheriff and the
atter's brother-in-law, H. F. Kennedy.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
Committee Adjourns
Until December to
Probe Irish Question

Washington, Nov. 19.-By The AS
sociated Press. More eyewitness tales
of violence in Ireland and accounts of
social and economic development result
ing from the effort for Irish independ-
ence were received today by the com
mission of the committee Of 100 investi-
eating the Irish question. The COM
mission then adjourned over Thanks
giving to resume it's inquiry probably the
first week in December.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
D. & r. G. WILL BE SOLD
APPEAL COURTS DECISION

st. Paul. Nov. 19.-Refusal to permit
postponement Of the sale of Colorado
property of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad was announced by the circuit
court of appeals here Friday. A peti-
ton for the postponement was heard
at Omaha last Monday.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
Faces Flushed, Aged
Divorced Pair Gets
License to Remarry

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. l9.-Their
faces flushed with happiness, Henri
eta SchmaiIzI, 67, and Clemens n.
SchmaiIzI, "a, parents of IL. children.
forgot the divorce that separated
them five years ago and were remar-
ried here Friday. They first mar
ried in 1867.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schmaizl said they
were as happy as they were the day
they were first married, So years
ago. Mrs. SchmaiizI guided the fall
tering hand of her husband as he
signed the application.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
Pretty Girl Vanishes;
Searchers Scour Hills
of Whitehall in Vain

Butte, Nov ia large searching
party is securing the hills near Mitchell,
35 miles southeast of Butte, in search
of Zoa McNinch, II years old and
pretty, who has been missing from her
home in Whitehall since Wednesday
night The girls mother, Mrs. Pete
Hansen is unable to give any reason for
her disappearance
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
anti GERMAN RIOTS SHAKE
CAPITAL OF CzECH0-S AVIA
Angry Crows Battle
Hunter, Who Wounds
One of Vast Flock

Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. I6.-At-
tackled by thousand of crows while
duck hunting on the Missouri river
near here, M. L. Murray, of Sa!ix
killed and wounded more than 500
of the angry birds in three hours of
constant fighting, using about 200
shotgun shells.
The conf ,g darkness gave him an
opportunity to escape.
The fight started when MIR. Murray
shot at a lone crow and wounded it.
The wounded bird cried for help and
soon hundreds of others went to its
aid.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
MAKES NO RESISTANCE
UNARMED, WEAK FROM HUNGEF

Oconto, Neb., Nov. 19.-Almost com
pletely exhausted from hunger after
four nights and three days of tramping
and hiding, Dennis Chester, wanted in
Kansas City on a murder charge meek
" submitted to arrest at the hands of
Deputy Sheriff Hammond and DR. Han
son, who overlook him four miles south
Of here about 10 o'clock Friday morning
They had been searching for Chester all
night after his appearance in this little
town early Thursday night when he
purchased some supplies.
Chester was Immediately taken to
Broken Bow where he escaped from de-
tectives Monday night by leaping through
train window He came to Oconto
after being picked up by the driver of
truck several miles from town. He
refused to carry on any conversation
with the driver and as the truck neared
town, Chester asked to leave the ma
chine. A short time later he walked
into town and purchased bar of soap.
safety razor, some food and a pair of
overalls.
His actions aroused suspicion and he
was soon recognized and searching
parties were formed.
Chester WAS not armed when over
taken and offered no resistance His
captors said he was weak from expo
sure and hunger.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20
ULSTER COLLEGE BURNS;
FIREBUG SUSPECTED

Belfast, Nov. 19.--The Ulster college
Of Irish. at ,lough hneely, county Don
egal. was destroyed BY fire Friday. The
cooperative stores there were burned
Both fires are believed to have been Nof
incendiary origin.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-20

him walking along a country road and
forced him to surrender
Chester, in reply to a question as to
how he made his escape, told the deputy
sheriff to inquire of the officer in charge
of him at the time. When taken. Ches-
ter was wearing suit of overaIls over
the clothes he wore when he escaped.
He was carrying sack containing food,
and also had small amount Of money.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
WHERE FROGS CROAk AND 81
MOSQUITOES CROW FAT

lost thirty-five pounds and was grow
ing worse and still losing flesh when
| began the use of FERRALINE. Be-
fore using one bottle / began to i'm.
prove. My appetite was stimulated
and | began to gain strength and felt
a general improvement. After the
second bottle | was free of any weak
ness and the bad effects of malaria
and steadily improved until | fully
recovered and regained my flesh
and strength.
feel sure that Ferraline saved me
from general decline and loss OF
health and l am glad to recommend
FERRALINE to any one, for it has
done great deal for me.
Other members of my family have
since used Ferraline as !. a general
tonic and at all times it has been
most effective. Respectfully,
J. B. DAVIDSON.
FERRALINE can be had in Colum
bia from Black Drug Co.-(AdvtD Il
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
IN
COLUMBIA LIGHT
ONLY 218 VOTERS MAKE READY
FOR AUGUST PRlMARY-ONLY
ONE is WOMAN.

Of the two hundred and eighteen
voters registered in the three day sup
Elemental registration in the ninth
district, only one was not of the mas
culine gender The only woman regis
tered was Miss M. l.. Figuers.
During the three days of registra-
ton 1862 voters registered at the court
house, and the remaining fifty-six at
the deport precinct.
Registration officials are predicting
that the vote in the approaching pri-
mary will be extremely light, and it is
predicted that not more than 300 votes
will be polled in the city of Columbia.
However, it is believed that these fig
ures are little low, as in the supple
mental registration 218 voters regis
tered, and there are many who had
registered in the general registration.
AS interest grows in the approach.
ing primary, it is expected that fair
vote will be polled.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
PLANNING LARGE
ACREAGE OF CLOVER
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
ACRES OF LAND BEING SUM-
MER TURNED AT STATION,

Not less than two hundred and forty
acres of summer blowing will be done
at the Middle Tennessee Experiment
Station, stated Prof Hume, the SUI
perintendent, today. This land will
be seeded this fall to crimson clover
and some of it to grasses. For the
past two years the management of the
station has been building up the worn
and run down fields by the use of le-
gumes, lime and manure, but now the
farm has been brought to a point
where its real organization can begin.
Prof. Wilson, dean of the college of
agriculture, has been here and figured
out the crop roation for the farm as
it has been divided, that will carry it
through period OF fourteen years.
There will be a number of pasture
areas and in addition several fields
upon which the rotation experiments
will be carried out. There will also
be the innuemarble demonstrations
plats and the dairy and hog units of
the farm.
The foundation for the dairy herd
has already been secured and Just as
fast as possible this herd will be in.
creased.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
FORMAL CALL OF w.
ELECTION AUG. 5
ISSUED BY BOARD
TWO VACANCIES IN OFFICE WILL
BE FILLED BY VOTERS OF
THE COUNTY.
BOTH ARE FOR JuOGEsHlp
In Only One of the Five Divisions Of
the County Is Any Opposition in
Prospect for Membership on Board
of Education.

Formal notice of the election for
August next, has been given by the
commissioners of election of this
county, On that date the voters OF
this county will vote for chancellor
of this division to fill the remainder
of the unexpired term of the late
Judge Bearden. For this office Judge
Lyle is the only candidate
Four county officers, all of them
without opposition, will be elected
They are Judge Whitthorne for the
remaining six years of the term OF the
late. Judge Mcknight; ]. Ross Burns
for term OF two years as trustee;
Gabriel X. Houser for two years as
sheriff and Webb Williams for a term
of four years as tax assessor. They
are all assured of reelection.
There will be also be five members
of the county board of education to
elect. In the first division ]. E. Hay
wood so far has no opposition and it
is not believed that he will have any.
In the second division composed OF
the third and fourth districts, Andrew
Jackson Hardison, recently appointed
by Superintendent Graham to fill va
cancy, so far has no announced oppon
ent. There will be from present .indi-I
cations lively scrap in the third d.
vision between Richardson and Farris,
both of the sixth district Miles Muir
ply, tho present member is not can
didate for reelection.
Neither Dan w. Shofner, of the
fourth nor James w. Russell, of the
fifth division, will, from present indi-
cations, have any opposition. In each
of the ten districts of the county three
members of the district advisory
boards will be elected. Besides that
each district will elect one constable
and in the ninth two will be elected.
Voters must present poll tax re-
ceipts issued prior to July In order
to be qualified to vote. In the third,
seventh and ninth districts they must
also register.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
Herald Cheap Column Ads Pay.
TREMENDOUS VOLUME Of WORK
IN OFFICE ROAD COMMISSION

One of the businest places in Co.
lumbia on Saturday is the offices of
the county highway commission. Dur.
ing the day the offices are crowded
with people who have been engaged
in working roads, repairing bridges
and culverts, and at IL o'clock this
morning Superintendent Butler had
already made out dozen pay rolls
calling for an aggregate of many hun
dreds of dollars and the crowd was
increasing all the time.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
task that confronts the highway
commission and the road superintend-
ent nthe county may be obtained
from the statement made this morn
ing by Superintendent Butler that
since the first day of this year he had
worked on eighty-four separate bridg.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
CALLED HER FAMILY sT''
TO HER BEDSIDE
x Year, Ago, Thinking She Might DE- Says Texas Lady, but Nov
She Il We'll. Strong Woman and Praises Cardu Fer
Her Recovery.

the better That was six pears sss
and l am still here and am Q well,
strong woman. and I owe my life ID
Cardui. had only taken half the
bottle whom I began to feel better
The misery In my side got less...
continued right on taking the Cardui
until had taken three bottles and
did not need any more for was well
and never felt better in my lifs...
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suifor from headache, back
ache, pains in sides, or other discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out3 II 90
give Cardui. the woman's tonic.
trial. J. u
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
TIME LIMIT EXPIRES
ON NEXT MONDAY
CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY oFFlc.
Es MUST FILE PETITIONS TO
HAVE NAMES ON BALLOTS.

Attention is called to the fact by
the county election commission that
the time limit within which petitions
for candidates who expect to make
the race for Offices in August must
be filed with the commission not lat.
er than on next Monday. In order to
qualify the candidate should present a
petition to the board containing the
names of not less than fifteen persons
qualified to vote In the election at
which he is a candidate. The petition
should be addressed to the candidate
for the office and not to the commits
sioners of election.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
THREE HUNDRED ENJOY ANNUAL
REUNION OF THE K|NzER FAMILY

ancestors settled in ME Sawdust Val
ley region, was presented and read by
Rev. James n. Nance, of Sawdust Val.
ley. Copies of this interesting contri-
button will be preserved by members
of the family.
Shortly after noon big basket
dinner was spread beneath the shade
of the grand old trees some of which
in the early part of the last century
had sheltered the forbears of many
who were present The dinner con-
sisted of everything that was tempting
to the palate of Southerner and a
Tennessean and was served in the
greatest abundance, the enviable repu-
tation of that community for old fash.
toned hospitality being more than sus.
tanned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23

es, bridge being defined as span
OF twelve feet or more. In the same
period he had worked on 234 culverts
in the county. OF the bridges three
concrete spans have been finished and
five solid concrete culverts have been
finished. 1t is the policy of the com
mission to construct concrete culverts
whenever the funds will justify it.
Once good concrte culvert has been
placed it is done with for all time to
come.
Viewing the work that was being
done in the commissions office this
morning and hearing the flood of crit
icism that is always directed at it,
a citizen not overly blessed with this
worlds goods remarked: 81 would
not have your job for $4,000 a year,
blowing would be preferable"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23

Koyss City, Tsx.-Mrs. Mary Kill
man. Of this place. says; after the
birth of my little girl. my side com.
menced to hurt me. I had to 60 back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated mo. but I got no better. !
rot worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. II was In bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that was Just drawn up In knot. =.
I told my husband II he would EsS
me bottle Of Cardui would try It. i.
I commenced taking It. however, that
evening I called my family about
me-. for I knew could not last
many days unless I had change for
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-23
MALARIA is THE ENEMY THAT
DESTROYS.

FERRALINE has been tested, and
the results speak for themselves,
and as a strength-builder and Tonic
to overcome malaria, there is nothing
superior to the great Natural Mineral
Tonic.
Mr. J. b. Davidson, prominent
lumberman, who risked his life in
the big Swamps" of the Bigbee Riv.
er, writes:
Two years ago | was engaged In
the timber business and camped in
the river swamp and became so full
of malaria that | suffered long
hard spell of malarial fever, common
ly called swamp fever" After | got
out of bed was so completely run
down that for months I continued tc
lose flesh and grow weaker and was
entirely untitled for any business.