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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
POLICY
IS OUTLINED FOR
AIDING VOORHEES,
Complete Conference Ready to
Take Up Problem of Find
ing Jobs for Jobless.

Washington, Oct O.-Recommenda
tions for general policy for the per
manent relief Of the country's employ
ment problem and the return of COM
merce and business to normal were
practically completed Monday by the
subcommittee of the National con-
ference on unemployment.
Finishing touches are to be put on
the suggestions Tuesday and general
report is to be submitted to the con-
ference in open. session, upon its re-
conVennlg after recess of more than
week. This report is expected to
embOdy the more important remedies
suggested by the various committees
from their studies Of the economic all
ments of the nation and are said to
be comprehensive in their scope.
Hearings on government reclama-
tiOn work as means of aiding in the
unemployment situation were held by
the committee on public works. e. r.
blaine, of Seattle, representing the
western states reclamation associa-
tion, declared that reasonable ap-
by the federal government
ready apprived would give work for
many thousand men. He added that
his experience had shown that only
about so per cent of these out of work
really wanted it.
Preference for former service men in
employment was urged by
G. Jones, junior vice COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
Reopen Alcazar
on October 22

Announcement was made Monday
that the Alcazar moving picture thea
ter will be opened October 30 under
the management of Mrs. Edith Dunn
Keith. The opening picture win be
Wet Gold" a Goldwyn film that is
placed by the critics among the sea-
sons production Of high merit
1t is the intention of the manage
ment to retain the former standard OF
the theater. with popular admission
charges. Miss Josephine Dunn will
be in charge Of the theatcr's music.
The Alcazar has been closed since
September l, when Leroy " John
son. the former manager. left for Seat
tie to become identified with the NOV
ing picture 1usiness there.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
JURY SELECTED
To HEAR CASE
Of bRUNF |ELD
District Attorney Will
Present Arguments to
Court Tuesday.
Every Man Chosen Is
Either a Farmer or
Rancher; Noted Case.

Roseburg, Ore, Oct 1O.-Selection
that will try DIR. II. NJ. Brumfield on a
charge Of having murdered Dennis
Russell was completed late Monday
After the jury had been sworn in court
was adjourned until 8 a. m. Tuesday
when District Attorney Neuner will
present his opening argument for the
state. The prosecution will then call
on the first of large array of wit
nesses to give testimony that may fasten
definitely on DIR. Brumfield the guilt
in one of Oregon's most sensational
murder mysteries.
Frank Pringle. n farmer of Elk
Head, was the last man chosen for the
jury. When he took his place in the
jury box, the third panel Of prospective
iurymen drawn for the trial was ex-
hausted.
The defense had used all IL per-
emptory challenges allotted for reject
ing tentative jurors and the state had
but one challenge left. Rejection of
Mr.. Pringle would have forced the
drawing of new panel and caused de-
lay in the trial He was accepted by
both defense and prosecution. how
ever. and when the state declined to
use It's last ..chailenge the jury which
will make history ii this noted case
came into permanent form.
The complete personnel of the jury
is MS follows: =
Amos p. Gripp, Riddel: r. T. Harts-
horn. Sutherlin: Vincent Applegate
Yonralla: Joseph Winiford. Tmpqua; Z;
Fred Parker, Sr., Canyonville: Dick
Hanan. Yoncalla: George Edds, Yon-
Gala: J. It. McClanahan. Oakland: w.
F. Clingenpeel, Looking Glass; n. l..
Conn. Melrose; George c. Sewell. Myrtle
Greek. and Frank Pringle Elk Head
Every man on the jury is farmer or
rancher.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
Doctor Orders Ruth
to Keep Out of Next
Game of World's 8 Series

New York, oct. IO.-Babe Ruth
was ordered not to play In Tues
days game by Or. George W. King.
who examined his arm late Monday
night.
"Ruth's injured arm is In such
condition that he would be TAX
ing chances Of further Injury, pos
slbly Of a serious nature. II he
were to take part In Tuesdays con-
test. The arm is swollen consid-
erably, due to the work to which Il
was subjected during the afternoon
and the wound Is draining mere
than earlier in the day. It Is pos
sible We may have to make stlIl an.
other incisi0a In tho injured mem-
ber. To play while tho arm Is in
its present condition Wouid be to
invite a spread Of the Infection
When asked whether his order
would prevent Ruth from piaylas
during the remainder Of the series,
Or. King said:
''it Is possible the injudy may
take turn for the better sooner
than expected or that the series
may he strung out for 4 time. In
either event Ruth may he able to
get into the game before the series
Is over. But as things stand aow,
his chances Of playing arc none
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
HIGH COURT FREES
SLAYER ON
BENEFIT OF DOUBT
State Supreme Bench Holds George Riggs Was
Convicted on Passion Aroused by Neglect to
Look for Wife in Escape from Fire.

/, evidence and, after reviewing it at
great length, held:
''The evidence is wholly insufficient.
not only to fix the crime upon the de-
fendant, but to show beyond reason
able doubt that there was a criminal
agency employed. 1t amounts to no
evidence at all.
I'VE are not unmindful that we are
limited in our review to an examination
of the record to determine whether
there is any substantial evidence to
dence is unsubstantial, or is wholly
lacking in material particulars, or where
it is meagre, framentary, disconnected
and speculative, as in this case, it is
insufficient; and when conviction re-
suits, based on such testimony. this
court will not hesitate to set aside the
verdict. In our opinion, the verdict in
this case was the result of passion and
prejudice. aroused by that which the
defendant did not do. rather than what
he did do. on the night Of the tragedy.
the wanton disregard Of the defendant
for the safety Of his wife under the
circumstances
Two Hold Conviction Valid.
A somewhat different view is set
forth in the dissenting opinion of JUS
tices Brantly and Reynolds, which fol-
lows:
~The evidence is unsatisfactory, so
much so that as members of the jury to
which it was submitted, we should have
been unwilling to agree to a verdict Of
guilty Even SO, the legitimate func-
ton Of this court is that of review, to
ascertain whether the evidence as it
appears in the dead record is sufficient
to furnish substantial basis for an
inference of guilt and not to determine
It's weight. This is exclusively the
function Of the jury.
After an examination Of the evil
dence, due allowance being made for the
fact that the jury observed the wit
nesses and heard them testify, we are
impelled to the conclusion that the YER
dict should not be disturbed. There
is substantial evidence, the probatiye
value and force of which has not. in
our opinion, been taken into account by
the majority of the court. 1t seems
to us, that this, taken together with
all the other evidence, tends to estab-
lish, to the exclusion of every other
rational hypothesis, not only that the
decedent was killed by violent means.
but also that she was killed by the
defendant. 1t will serve no useful pur-
pose to set out and analyze the evil
dence. We are content, therefore, to
go no further than to record our dis
sent.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Helena. Oct. 1O.-Holding that lit
is far better that a guilty man should
go unpunished, than that an innocent
person suffer punishment based on
such evidence" the supreme court. in
a. decision handed down Monday, re-
manded the case of George L. Riggs,
twice convicted Of the murder Of his
wife, back to the district court in Iel-
lowstone county, with instructions that
the case be dismissed and the de-
fendant discharged. The opinion was
delivered by Associate Justice A. J.
Galen and concurred in BY Justices
w. l.. Holloway and c. H. Cooper,
with a dissenting opinion by Chief
Justice T. H. Brantly and Associate
Justice Reynolds.
Husband and Children Fled.
On the night of March %. 1918,
Matte Riggs was found dead upon the
kitchen floor of her home on the
Huntley irrigation project, after her
husband and seven children who were
sleeping on the second floor had made
their escape by the windows upon dis
covering the house to be on fire. No
effort was made by the husband to
enter the lower part of the house or
to attempt the rescue of Mrs. Riggs
until quite period after the discovery
of the fire and not until he had stored
away bedding thrown from the upstairs
windows and had gone to the home of
neighbors to obtain aid. Then the body
of Mrs. Riggs. badly burned. was
found upon the floor Of the kitchen.
~Gbansed With Fire to Hide Crime.
The prosecution sought to show that
she had been killed by her husband and
that kerosene had been poured upon
the body and ignited to cover the crime.
Riggs had been endeavoring to get
money to purchase land and insurance
was carried upon both the house and
upon the life Of Mrs. Riggs.
The first trial resulted in a verdict
Of guilty and the death penalty was
imposed. A motion for a new trial was
made and denied. and on appeal to the
court the latter reversed the
lower court and sent the case back for
another trial. The second trial again
resulted in verdict of guilty and in
his instance punishment by life imprls-
pnment was imposed. An appeal from
the judgment and order denying new
trial was again taken. which the su-
preme court now denies.
'No Evidence At AL"
In preparing his opinion, Justice Ga
en took into consideration only the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
IRISH DELEGATES WILL CONFER
WITH BRITISH TO DETERMINE
RELAND'S PLACE In EMPIRE:
Business Slump 81. !.
Does Not Affect
Ice Cream Makers

Minneapolis, Oct. i0.-Passinp OF
the Ice cream freezer and develop
ment of "a moro officieat and cheap
or way of making loo cream was
forecast Monday by F.. N. Martia
Of Spokane, president Of the Nation
al Association Of Ice Cream Manu-
facturers. at the associations an
nuaI convention.
Establishment Of $4,000 re-
search laboratory to work with the
National Ice Cream Makers and the
international Milk Dealers associ-
alton was outlined BY Mr.. Martin.
The convention will take formal ac-
tion on the proposed plan Thursday.
"WhiIe the other industries have
been staggering In the financial de-
preston, the ice cream makers have
prospered," he said. "a do not be-
lieve wage scales for Ice cream man
ufacturer's employees will ever be
adjusted downward to pre-war
levels"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
Lasker Would Rent
Idle Ships to Export
Coal at ST a Month

Washington, Oct. iO.-If the sug-
gesti0n Is approved by private
shipowners, the shipping board Is
willing to lease idle tonnage for
the sum Of 81 per month per ship
Tor the purpose of exporting coal
to Europe over routes now being
controlled by foreign lines, Chair
man Lasker said Monday. he In.
timated that final decision would
be given as soon as Secretary
Hoover, who advanced the sugges.
ton, had obtained this assurance.
Mr.. Lasker pointed out that the
proposal offered no interference
with the business Of American ship
owners since 1t would be a means
Of excepting alive a trade that would
be lost TO tt7sm II left alone and II
lost to the hands Of America would
be lost to Us permanently
In addition to the obvious ad-
vantage Of creating a new and val
liable export trade, Mr.. Hoover
said the rental OF Idle ships at a
nomlnal figure for this purpose
would afford employment TOR larps
numbers Of Americas coal miners
now Idle.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
NAVAL RESERVE
/ NOT To Be GIVEN
UP At PRESENT
Disenrollment Only a
Plan to Rebuild the
System, Says Harding.
Lack of Funds Made
Move Necessary for
Time Being, Claim.

Washington. Oct. 10-The navy de-
partment has no thought whatever of
permanently giving up the naval re-
serve force. President Harding said
Monday to Hugh Harley, Of the Phila
delphia Inquirer, who asked for, an
explanation of the recent drastic cut
in the naval forces.
Disenrollment of four reserve
classes was ordered as step toward
reorganization. Mr.. Harding said
adding that the department was now
drawing up and would seek to have
enacted a bill to cover the entire
subject.
Urging that officers and men affect
ed By the recent order apply for
membership in the volunteer reserve.
President Harding said:
Can Keep Membership.
Its members can In no better man
ner show their patriotism and loyalty
as well as the true navy spirit, than
by retaining their membership pend
ing further developments.
The necessity for a reorganization
of the naval reserve was recognized at
an early date in this administration and
steps were taken to formulate q well
considered policy for the future, based
upon experience gained in the, world
war. Such policy, if adopted, must
provide for supplying trained, or par
TALLY trained men to fill the compile
lnents of auxiliary ships in time Of mn
tional emergency, thus obviating the
necessity for withdrawing men from the
battle fleet.
Lack of Funds.
The appropriation fer the naval re-
serve force available for the present
fiscal year was not adequate to permit
the reduction of the naval reserves in
an orderly manner to the size for which
funds are available without creating
a deficiency. 1t, therefore, became the
clear duty of the navy department to
make drastic reductions in the naval
reserve and to disenroll from Septem-
Der 30 some 225,OOO officers and men.
all of whom, however, have been given
the right to transfer to the volunteer
naval reserves in what is known as
Class q, a status which is without paw.
THE navy department has no thought
whatever Of permanently giving up the
naval reserve force, but has been fore
ID to adopt seemingly drastic measures
% cope with a situation with which it
S confronted"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11

a flat tax Of 3 per cent on candy with
the elimination of the senate commit
tee proposal for 10 per cent tax on
candy selling at wholesale for more
than 40 cents a pound.
Retention Of the house provisions
for a reduction from 10 per cent to
) per cent in the tax on works of art.
Elimination Of the senate committee
provisions for taxes on Photographic
apparatus and accessories, hotel rooms
in excess Of certain prices, and office
furniture made of imported hard woods.
These were only new taxes proposed
by the senate committee.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
POLICEMAN cONFESSES
TO MURDER OF WIFE

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 1O,-Herman r,
Rademaeher confessed Monday night,
accordin. to Allen w. Kent, assistant
prosecutor. that he murdered his wife
last Thursday by throwing her over
the railing Of Rele Isle bridge into
Detroit river. where she was drowned.
The act. Rademacher said, followed
quarrel while he and his wife were
out walking in the park. He had been
held on charge of murder since Mrs.
Rademacher's body was recovered Bun
day,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
BANK IS ROBBED.

Kansas City, Oct. 1O.-The state
bank Of Muncie, Kansas. was robbed
Monday morning and in an exchange Of
shots between the robbers and bank
officials, it is reoprtcd Il. T.. Worth
ington, cashier of the bank. was shot.
Telephone wires between here and
Muncie have been cut, presumably by
the robbe29.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
FLOUR PRICES DRoP.

San Francisco, Oct. 1O.-A reduc-
ton of 40 cents barrel in the whole
sale price Of flour was announced
Monday by a prominent California
milling company. This is. the first step
in the price Of flour during. the last
two months.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
LEOPARD AT LIBERTY.

Independence, Mo, Oct 1U.-A black
leopard, one Of three which arrived
from India three days ago, broke from
it's cage at geological arena near
here Sunday and was still at large late
Sunday night. Twenty-Five men with
dogs were securing the surrounding
country in search of the beast.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
WEATHER

Fair today and Wednesday;
ftstag temperature
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26

~ It ASA IS tt4t VI f.H J-n q
ter an,interyieY viii 2HoTmPn.l Byler,
university, student and Aapqe of Miss
Spurgin1 According. to Mn NeYm9rk's
statemepti Byler said Swrsin cQnc
lessed to the ephogzlement, Of sums
OF money to Mrs. Spurgin some days
previous to the fight and also con
tessed to an affair WITT another wo-
man eScsH7 20 o1sc
Bylm said, Mr., ,Newmark stated,
that he helped MTs. Spurgsn and Miss
SpuIEm arrange, their e household
goods for. a long abscnGe and .droyr
I with them in the SpuBgin automobile
to Gary Indiana, last Monday. Spur
gin had lett prayi6uslyI he asserted.
Tyler has received several letters
from Miss Spurgin, he told Newmark,
Including one from Detroit' here the
lautomoHlc Iaterwas found rssst d
In her last letter to ,Bylqr, MT. New
mark said Miss Spurgin spoke OF the
nearness OF the Canadian line and
added. You know what that means.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26
eRArrLeeoRo.s nav HOME

| At some time within the next few
weeks the voters OF Bratt eboro will
be given an opportunity to decide
Whether they approve OF the combined
memorial armory ana community
house project TO the extent OF voting a
hum not TO exceed $4,000 to make IL
possibe.4 The refcrmcr honestly he.
levesd that Brattleboro never again
twill be giyeh a chance to ret SO mich
for its'money +" sF''o' -
BY adopting the plan which Is OUT
/ lined elsewhere In this issue the town
Will aTeil itse'f of tile $4,000 Main
treet site which has beeh S><red for
community house purposes by George
L. Durham, the state army appropria.
ton OF S50000 and the war chest bal.
auce, which IS more than $4,000.
These together with an appropriation
of the size mentioned. Gas matter of
TACT. probably no more than S35 900
would be actually necded) will make
possible the erection of 100000
build ng that will not only serve as an
adequate and useful memorial to the
J towns soldiers and meet fully the
needs of the local National Guard com.
pany but willrprovide facilities for all
sorts of community activities.
The town already has pledged $40.
600 toward the purchase of an armory
site and would probably be called upon
for at least that sum, possibly several
thousand more, in case the combined
projects were abandoned In view of
this ANA other facts The Rcrormer has
an idea that biz majority of the
voters Of Brattlcboro Will see the wis
dom of appropriatIng Se5 0OO or $50
more and thus securing what the com.
immunity house committee rightly calls
"a building available for community
uses at "A cost within Our means Z
Brattleboro Rcformer w i
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26

The Carpenter family Is somewhat
stirred up because Frank O. Carpen,
ter Of Brattleboro was arrested by u
Is Marshal Arthur p. Carpenter OF
Brattleboro on a charge of selling
cider. George M Carpenter joined
the family party as bail for his broth
or. Now if the states attorney could
get George B. Carpenter Of Hartford
state bank examiner. and George T.
Carpenter, state purchasing agent, il
would be real Carpenter occasion
incidentally, Capt. e. w. Gibson, for
Emer states attorney, says that his
client never sold hard cider to the
man who says he bought It, and, in
iasmuch as the accusation comes from
another defendant, now under sus
pended sentence Tor selling liquor, it
clearly remains to be shown-Rut-
Herald. ''t
1t will be natural Tor the Carpen.
ters to employ Capt. Gibson as Glib
sons brotherin-law, Mr. l., A. Gar
penter of Chester, is one Of the Lead
ing members of the Carpenter family
and ought to have some influence
with the rest of the kin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26
Why Dread Old Age?

II don't make much difference how
old you are If you only keep in good
health and are active. Many people
appear older at fifty than Others do
at seventy to keep looking young
you have got to enjoy good health,
and do as little worrying as possible.
Backaches, swollen Joints and legs,
disturbed sleep by being compelled
to arise one or more times during the
night are sure symptoms of kidney
trouble, and should have immediate
attention to avoid serious conse-
quences. SEVEN BARKS, natures
remedy Of roots and herbs, is one of
the best remedies to take not only
for affected kidneys, but for liver,
stomach and heart troubles.
Mlddle-aged people realize that
they cannot perform their work OF
move around as fast as formerly.
The intestinal organs feel the effect
OF age and do not perform their work
properly The heart palpitatcs on
the slightest eXerton, and the back
aches after a days work. The
muscles and flesh get flabby, and the
blood thinner than formerly, il is
then you need good tonic and
bowel regulator-you cannot find
more reliable and efficient remedy
for these conditions than SEVEN
BARKS.
If you want to enjoy life, recover
some of your youthful vigor and have
the glow of health, get SEVEN
BARKS of your druggist Do not
accept q substitute. o
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26

Another big graft is being put over
in congress this week 1t is tie So
called SheppardTowner Maternity
bill 1t is wholly vicious in that II
proposes 10 form another big bureau
to furnish lot Of fat jobs at the
public expense II Il another OF those
bureaucratic inventions which arc
built up on the claim that they arc
going TO be of great public benefit
but never are. They are differed by
lot of folks whose chief ability is in
getting onto the public payroll The
maternity bureau" will have a lot OF
theories mostly formulated by a
bunch of childless women and sterile
men. Their chief activity will be to
Supervise" and interfere with a lot
Of normal men and women who are
working their way through the world,
and to spend money eXtorted from the
people by unreasonable taxation.
Senator'S and representatives in con
gross who have been misled into. vot-
ing for the Sheppard-Towner bill
ought to- he Just as proud o. it rs
,tboug', they had voted to introduce
Asiatic cholera. The thousands of
good women who have been enrolled
in its favor do not realize that the
bureau form of government that is
being foisted on this country so rapid
ly is a lasting curse that many of
them will live to repent and regret
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-26
i FLIGHT WAS PLANNED
Whole spuroin Family Has Disappear
ed From Oh eaao.

Chicago. July pa statement thai
the disappearance Of Warren c. Spur
| gin, president OF the Michigan Avenue
Trust company, which was closed 10y
bank examiners last week, was plan
ned in advance and came simultane
ousy with the disappearance of Spur
gins wife and daughter Vivian, was
made yesterday by Ben Newmark
chief investigator for the states at
torneys office.
Mr. Newmark's statement came of