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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-17
STATE | ASSAILS
MEADOWS. TALE
IN MURDER; Fl; CASE
Bend Efforts to Break Down
Testimony Of Man Charged
With Murder
FIND MAN, WHO GOT GUN
Witness Tells Jury That Po-
lonsky Paid Him SIS to Buy
b.. Revolver. for Him

Rebuttal against the testimony Of
Morris Meadow. accused by the State
of having "wilfully, maliciously and
with malice afore thought murdered
Moses Polonsky, on the morning of
March %, occupied the entire fore
noon Thursday. i
Peter Doborusky. gUkrainian, former
modjik in the Russian army, and
financially comfortable miner, near
Wilton, testified that he had loaned
money to Polonsky during intervals
in the last four years ranging from
$3.50 to $3.50 and that at the time of
his death Polonsky owed him the lat
ter sum.
Defense Examines
In crOss-examining the witness for
the state, Mackoff one of the lawyers
for the defense, drew from Doborusky
that it was he who bought the % cali
ber revolver by which Polonsky met
his death and that Polonsky chose
him because he was a former soldier
and new something about revolvers.
The inference was that Doborusky
also showed Polonsky how to use it..
@. did you think something was
wr0ng-funny with Poolnsky?'
A. EYES,"
Doborusky testified that Polonsky
had called at his house several times
trying to induce him to shadow" a
man employed in the same mine with
him.
Watched His House
He admitted that he had watched
Polonsky's house for one night and
that after that he ceased because he
couldn't see any use for watching, al.
though Polonsky had urged him sew.
eral times more to watch his house
and offered to pay him.
''Doborusky stated that he paid S.
for the gun he purchased. He also
testified that his wages as a miner
amounted to $10O to $3.50 a month
That he was married could not read
or write. he also admitted.
John Hammond, chief of police OF
Wilton was also on the stand this
duu cilcCL 1CItCl oCCu
his testimony given Wednesday.
Eleven Witnesses.
For the past two days the attorneys
for the defense have hammered away
at the states case against Meadow
brOther-in-law.
Eleven witnesses have thus far ap
peared for the defense and it is prot,
able that the case has not yet reached
the stage where the attorneys will
present their case before the jury.
Took Stand.
Morris Meadow. the accused. was a
witness in his own behalf Mrs. Poi
oncky, his sister and the wife of Mos
es Polonsky. for whose death the state
accuses Meadow and Mrs. Tillie War
shaw, sister of The dead man tcSti
fled for the defense.
But the engima-the "Im your mur
derer," still remains locked within two
witnesses by effective legal stratesy
or it was buried with Polonsky. The
TACT remains that this statement was
beard by two of the witnesses for tie
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CENSUS FIGURES
SHOW INCREASE
IN BIG CITIES
Bureaus Work Nears Close
With Only One Large City
Showing Decrease Thus Far

Washington, June 1.-THE 1920
population Of 169 OF the 229 cities and
towns which in 1910 had more than
$4,000 people has been announced by
the census bureau. Good progress
also has been made in the total popu-
lation of the states.
OF the so cities which had more than
100000 population in 1910 the follow
ing remain whose 1920 figures have
not been announced, these are: Phil
adelphia. Cleveland. Detroit and Provi-
dence, Rochester, New Haven, Birm-
ingham. Richmond, Omaha, Fall River
and Grand Rapids.
Twelve cities have advanced into
the 100000 class of those thus far an
nounced. Arranged in the order of
their size they are: Akron, San An
tonic Dallas, Hartford, Youngstown,
O., Springfield. Mass. Trenton. N. j.,
Salt Lake City, Camden, N. j., Nor
folk. Va. Wilmington, Del. and Kan
sas City, Kan
OF the So cities having from $4,000
to 100000 population in 1910 the 1920
population of all but twelve has been
announced. These are New Bedford,
Mass, Reading, Pa. Des Moines,
Yonkers. N. Y, Houston, Troy, N. j.,
Forft Worth. Savannah, Ga, Okla
homa, Charleston, Holyoke and South
Bend, Ind.
Twenty-six cities announced have
advanced in the $4,000 to 100000 class.
Population of only &c of the 120 cities
having between $4,000 and $4,000 in
1910 remain to be announced and AZ
cities having less than $4,000 in 1910
have advanced into the $4,000 to $4,000
class while one. Clinton. Ia, has shown
a decrease and dropped below $4,000.
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SINCLAIR ALSO
ASKED FREEDOM
FOR MRS. 0'HARE
Congressman Running on So
cialist Ticket Acted Last
July in Her Behalf
URGED PETITION BE FILED
He Kept Silent About 1t, How
ever, When He Was on Platform
While Frazier Explained
PETITION BE FILED

Correspondence on file in the office
Of the attorney general of the United
States. shows that. while J. H. Sin
clair. of the third Congressional dis.
trict in Congress. has done nothing
for the farmers as far as anyone has
been able to learn he did have plenty
of time to work earnestly and insist
emily for the liberation of Kate
Richards O'Hare. No one needs be
told that he could have occupied his
time to far better advantage, SO far
as the people Of North Dakota are
concerned. for the remembrance of
the traitorous teachings of Kate Rich
ards O'Hare makes the blood of every
real American boil.
Filed in the Office of the pardon at
torney in the Department of Justice
on August 20, 1919, were two letters
bearing on this case. The following
copy of one of them shows that while
he was supposed to be laboring for
the welfare of the North Dakota farm
er in the Nations capital Mr.. Sinclair
was very busy trying to secure the
pardon of Mrs O'Hare.
The following letter from Sinclair
written on July 80. 1919, is now on
file with the attorney general of the
United States as a part of the cor
respondence and petitions urging Mrs.
OHare's liberation:
The Letter He Wrote
Mr.. Harrison B. French,
ROWman N D.
My dear Mr.. French
Both your letter and booklet have
had my careful attention. In my
opinion, the trial and conviction Of
Mrs. 0'Hare were nothing but a miser-
able travesty upon justice, and the
conditions which made this possible a
disgrace to the nation.
AS view it it is of primary import
ance to have Mrs. O'Hare released
from prison, and if this were conting-
ent upon investigation, the chances
are it would be delayed for some time.
My suggestion is that the people Of
Bowman get up a petition on her be-
half and l am inclined to think the
President would act favorably.
shall be glad to render any assistance
in my power. and shall hope to hear
further from you in the matter.
Yours very truly,
(signed) J. H. Sinclair.
He Kept Silent
This is sufficient. evidence, were
none other producible. to conclusively
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LABOR BODY IN
CONFLICT OVER
RAILROAD PLAN
Convention at Montreal En-
d0rses Government Owner
ship After Stiff Fight
BUILDING TRADES OPPOSE
Applause and Kisses Altcrnated
Vote and Charges of Steam
Rolling Made

Montreal, June 17.-Government
ownership with democratic opera.
tions Of railroads was endorsed to-
day by the American Federation OF
Labor convention here today. Roll
call showed that government owner.
ship was endorsed about three to
one. The roll call was corrected
several times when delegates of sew
eral crafts divided several times
Charges of steam rolling" were hurl-
ed at the chair by several delegates
when it denied the right of roll call
to delegations that split on the Ques-
tions.
Gompers Loses
Applause and boOhs and Kisses al
ternated the vote. The building trade
delegation presented almost a solid
front against government ownership
supporting Compers and administra
ton forces.
Action Not Justified
A movement to call on the United
States to reorganize the soviet gov.
eminent or lift the blockade against
soviet Russia was blocked in the con.
vention yesterday after a heated de
bate. James A. Duncan of the Seat
tie central labor council, led the figh,
in behalf of the soviet, with the al;
of representatives of the Ladies'
Garment oWrkers, but the cOnven
tion adopted, by an overwhelming
vote, the report of the resolutions
committee opposing any action.
The committee report declared the
federation would not be justified in
taking any action that might be con,
strued as an assistance to or ap
proval of the soviet government sc
long as it is based on authority
Continued on Page Three)
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coolest and most collected one of the
crowd and probably the only one
whose eyes were not wet, when he was
restored to the arms of his mother.
In telling the story of the trip
across the lake. Mervin. 8 years old.
said that his 6-year-old brother Rich.
ard fell overheard one time, and later
Virginia. II years old, did likewise.
He rescued both with rope. Then
to make sure of no more trouble, he
tied Robert to the bottom of THE
boat He was still in that position
when rescued. Two fish which Robert
had caught for his turtle at home were
grasped in his hand.
The rescue of the children termi-
mated a search of the lake by scores
of launches and motor boats in which
police. marine men and friends par
ticipated
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LIGHTS CIGAR AND
EIGHT ARE INJURED

Little Rock, Ark. June 17-When a
man in a crowd viewing a small gas
we'll near here today attempted to
light a cigar, (the blaze from the
match set the we'll on fire and caused
the injury Of eight persons, several
of whom are reported in critical con-
dhion. The gas ignited with roar
and the flames shot out over the
crowd. Six Of the injured are wom-
en-, whose clothing took fire from the
flaming gas.
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Rome. June 17.-Hard work and few
amusements must be the portion of pa
triotic Italians during the next few
years. in the opinion of Former Pre-.
mier Nitti. Phe taxes on theaters and
concerts already somewhat heavy,
have been considerably raised; while
the proprietors, of hotels who give
balls. dances and other entertainments
must pay tothe state from $50 to $500
a time.
There are to be no more automobile
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PREMIER OF ITALY TELLS PEOPLE
THEY MUST WORK AND ECONOMIZE

ride es on Sunday. as cars may not be
used between Saturday afternoons and
Monday mornings. No one may motor
between s o'clock in the evening and
5 o'clock in the morning all the week,
and cars of more than 35 horsepower
are forbidden to all.
AS the trolleys and trains which go
out on Sundays to Frascati, Tivoli and
other outing places are greatly re-
duced in numbers. it will be necessary
for the average Roman to invent some
other mode of passing his Sunday.
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GIRLS USE RULE TO
MEASURE IN DANCING

San Diego, June 17.-When a high
school faculty here ordered dancers
at commencement ball dance six inch
es away from each other students
agreed to comply Girls brought rul-
ers and. cutting them in half, fur.
1ished each dancer with a six-inch
rule as favor. ...- ~.
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SEARCHES FOR HER
FATHER 30 YEARS

Webster City, Iowa, June 17.-Mrs.
Alvin F. Davis of Webster City has
found her father, w. J. Stevens of
Spirit Lake, Iowa. after a separation
of thirty years. For many years she
thought her father was dead.
When Mrs. Davis was a baby the
family home was in Marshall county.
The home was broken up and in the
years that followed father and daugh.
ter lost sight of each other.
Several years ago each began
searching for the other Only recent
ly they were successful.
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Discharges Negroes

Superior, Wis, June live are
going to run all idle negroes out of
Superior and they are going to stay
out" said Acting Chief Of rr'.erL Louis
Osborne last night.
All negro employees Of carnival
now in Superior were discharged yes
terday afternoon and told to get out
of the city by the manager of the
show.
For several years we have had col
ored employees travelling with our
shows" said Larry Boyd, manager of
the carnival, "but out of sympathy of
the employees of the show and citizens
of Superior and Duluth because of the
terrible outrage in Duluth l have dis
charged them all and l shall never
hire another one"
AS result of this action the man.
agement Of the shows has closed down
one Of it's attractions depicting plan
tation scenes.
GUARDSMEN RETURN
St. Paul, June 17.--National guard
companies dispatched to Duluth fol.
lowing the lynching. bee Tuesday
night were released today by Sheriff
Frank l.. Magic and all are return
ing to Fort Smelling to rejoin their
brigade encampment.
Adjutant- General w. F. Rhinow was
notified about noon by Major W. G..
Garis at Fort Smelling that Sheriff
Magic had advised that he did not be-
lieve the situation demanded that the
troops be longer retained at Duluth.
General Rhinow said he would de-
eide later when he will return to
Duluth to begin an investigation of
the lynching in compliance with Gov
ernor Burnquist's order.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-01

| force of the United States Geological
| Survey has resigned within year, and
the survey. in determining why these
men have left the government, finds
I that the survey has become "a re-
cruiting station for oil companies"
Twenty-nine of the geologists who left
| the government service received an
average salary of $2,271. The aver
age initial salary of these men in pri-
vate employ was s5,121, which has
been raised to an average of $7,S04.
Eight OF the biologists receive $4,000
or more.
Officers in the army have resigned
by the wholesale because they could
! get higher pay in civil life.
/ Public employment strikes pretty
fair averages, but it loses sight of the
individual worth of men. And yet,
| there are great groups of political
reformers who would fasten such a
! system upon all forms of industry,
unmindful of such lessons as are found
daily in instances like that of the
/ Geological Survey.
! The annual report of the Commis-
sioner Of Forestry calls attention TO
condition which should be alarm
ing, but which blase Americans will
pass by with hardly a thought con-
| cerning its tremendous significance.
| The forests of the country, we are Of
! ficially advised are being depleted
actually being produced by growth in
form serviceable for products other
than frewood." In the South the mills
| have not over ten or fifteen years
plies of all the great eastern centers
Of production are approaching eXhaus-
ton. The government breaches a
good deal about the condition, and
pretty articles are written for print
about reforestation and saving the for
ests, and that is all there is to it!
No one denies the wisdom of having
a commission make a complete survey
of the coal mining industry. And if
/ the commission finds out everything
that is to be learned, the iails ought
to be pretty well filled. Btt there is
grave criticism of the governments
! policy in compromising with the strik-
! ing miners, after that strike ceased
to be an issue between the operators
and miners, and when its whole force
and effect was directed against the
! public and the government itself.
There were 945OOO saddles in the
war, and 100000 cavalry horses; 49,
600 artillery horses; $4,000 draft
mules and $4,000 pack mules. In adj
dition there were 100000 sets of har-
ness for horses. Seventy-five per cent
of all the hides in the country were
contracted for use in the army. OF
course these figures have a bearing
on shoes, but conclusions apparently
do not need defining.
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to mark the day by starting some kino
of reform in ones life. The swear
ing off of some bad habit is the one
that Is the least likely to be kept, for
it takes an extra amount of will power
to rid ones self OF a habit that he
is inclined to apologize for and that
Is hard to break There Is one habit
that everyone ought to cultivate who
expects to make life a success finan-
cially and that is the habit Of thrift.
This is especially applicable to the
young who are starting out for them
selves. A young man or young
woman on a reasonable salary ought
to be able to save certain per cent
of his or her salary, however small
at first, just in order to get into the
habit OF saving. Start out by keep
ing a personal cash account and re-
viewing it at the end Of each month
in order to see just what item of ex-
pense was a useless one and by cutting
these out progress may be made in
habit OF thrift 1t is fine thing
to have bank account to fall back
upon in time of need. 1t will aid in
making the coming year a happy one.
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RETAILER THE GOAT

Sioux Falls Argus Leader-Nobody
cost of living more than the retailer.
It is the retailer who sells to the con-
sumer and who has to look him in the
eye. The consumer pays his money
to the retailer and when the price
goes up, it is the retailer who gets
the blame. But the retailer can not
reduce prices until the wholesaler re-
duces prices to him and the wholesaler
cannot reduce prices until the manu-.
facturer does, and the manufacturer
cannot, assuming he Is not making un-
fair profits, until the cost Of produc-
tion goes down, which means until
labor becomes more effective or wages
fall. Thus the retailer is the last link
in a long chain. He is quite helpless
to change the situation but he is the
one who gets the blame. No one in
the country, not even excepting the
consumer, will rejoice more when
prices begin to fall than will the re-
ldlltI Nuo lS Sl'"luS Ntly lii'u VI
being the goat in a situation which
he is helpless to change. Bills of
goods now coming in for spring in
many lines show increases over pres
ent prices, and these increases the
retailer must pass on to the con
sumer or else go out of business. In.
vestigations fail to reveal extortions
on the part of the retailer who is do
ing his best to trim his margins and
keep down prices, but with costs
mounting at the factory, the source of
his supplies, the chance to offer cheap
er merchandise to the consumer is not
bright one. But don't shoot at the
retailer; he is doing the best he can
in situation that for the last year
has been hard, and one that is grow
ing no better very fast.
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SOME PRlNcELY BENEFACTloNS

At the end Of every year comes the
announcement Of gifts from rich men
10 various charitable and public insti-
tutions for the benefit of mankind.
The past year was no exception and
perhaps has not been equalled in any
other year of our history. First comes
the munificent sum Of $111 100000
given to philanthropy by the late
Henry Clay Frick, 1t was distributed
as follows: $11,OOO,OOO to hospitals,
$25, 5,OO0, 900 for homes, $30000,000 and
the remainder for various purposes.
The next was the s100,000,000 gift of
John ID. Rockefeller for the increase
of teachers salaries and for medical
research and then the $2,000,000 from
Detroit's millionaire mayor for home
charities. What better use could be
made of these vast accumulations %
wealth? Indirectly we may have con-
tributed somewhat to these fortunes,
but the public is getting the benefit
of the little mites that added In the
way Of the profits that built up these
successful business interests.
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RAILROADS TO BE RETURNED

BY proclamation of the president the
railroads of the country are to he
returned to the owners on March 1st,
1920. 1t was supposed that this would
take place at the beginning of the
year but the reason for deciding on
a later date is that necessary legisla-
tion has been delayed so that it will
be impossible to make the transfer
any earlier. This is challenge to
Congress to hasten legislation to en-
able the government to put the raIl-
roads back under private manage
ment as they were before the war.
Governmental management has not
been altogether satisfactory, neither
has it been on the whole very profit
able. 1t has convinced many people,
who were formerly in favor Of gov
ernment ownership, that there are
many lines Of business that had better
be left to private or corporate man.
agement. Mr.. Public has learned a
great many valuable lessons in the
last few years.
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CHURCH NOTES

The Items In this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
of the various churches and societies. All
churches and societies have the same prfvi-
leges in the use of this column.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Services are held every Sunday at II
o'clock a. m. Subject for next Sun
day is: God" Mid-week service is
held Wednesday evening at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon the reading
room is open from to o'clock. AL
are welcome.
Baptist Church-Rev. c. o. Bemies
will preach Sunday morning and even
ing.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Baptist church will meet with Mrs
l.. c. Borst, Thursday, Jan. s. A good
attendance Is looked for
United Presbyterian Church-Regu
lar services next Sabbath at 1890 a
m. and 1880 p. m. SABBATH school fol
lowing the morning service. Young
peoples meeting at $3.50 p. m. The
Christmas entertainment was good
The attendance was large. the children
did their part on the program well
and best of all the white gift offer
ing" was splendid, amounting to an
even $100 This all goes to the starv
ing boys and girls in the "Near East
across the seas.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Pastol
breaches. Morning subject: Gods
Captive Evening subject. tive
Fools" Sunday school, IL noon; Ep
worth League, $50 p. m. You are
welcome. G.. H. Zentz, pastor.
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HOW DO YOU LIKE 1T?

Denver News-For the present we
are living under a sort of enforced
Bolshevism. We have dictators all
around US. Our hours OF work are I'M
tied. These hours are about what the
new regime believes is necessary 1or
the millennium Our hours of amuse-
ment are limited, too. One OF these
days our hours Of sleep may be I'm
tied for us. We are limited in tho
hours at which we may eat. III we
are not exactly under Communism we
are pretty close to it in some things.
We are obeying the dictator as a mat
ter of patriotic duty. We are making
the best of it, too. But how would the
ordinary citizen like to have the rule
in force all the time?
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HELPING IN THE CENSUS

Next Friday the census takers will
begin making their rounds and all oi
the people in the United States are
expected to be counted in the next
two weeks. To facilitate the work
everybody is urged to give all assist
ance possible. Absentee blanks can
be procured by those who plan to
leave for the winter and these ought
to be filed out and handed in. Com
munity pride ought to see to it that
all who make their home here,
whether present or absent, should be
listed so as to give us a correct popn-
lation number in the next census re-
port. We have been growing rapidly
in the last few years and let us prove
it by showing the figures.
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NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual stockholders meeting OF the
Brookings County Abstract Company
will he held at the office of the Com
pany. on Monday, January II, 1919,
at 1880 p. m, for the transaction oil
such business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Brookings County Abstract Co.,
BY Geo. w. Roskie, Pres.
Dated Brookings, S. D., December
%, 1919.