The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-09-02

Federal Judge to Arrive Sept. /.

W. oSPVs 1s
For the next jury term of the Unitet
States district court in Great Falls
Judge George M. Bourquin will arrive
September l to dispose of preliminary
matters. Trial of jury cases will begir
September 5. Jurymen are now being
summoned by Deputy Marshal G.. F
Bennett.
District Attorney John Slattery and
both of his assistants, w. H. Meigs
and Roland Higgins, will be in Great
Falls to prosecute criminal actions
coming on for trial during the term
Murdered Stands Pat.
Dillon, Aug. 3O.-"Gentlemen, I'll
die like a dead game sport. All l hope,
of a just God rules above, is that
County Attorney Tom Gilbert and
Judge Smith may never die in a bed
Ominously these words, spoken
calmly and distinctly, broke the hush
that had settled like a pail wei the
little crowd assembled at 'the foot of
the gallows. A moment later the trap
was sprung from beneath his feet and
Albert Yiek, defiant to the last, had
paid with his life for the murder of
Sheriff c. X. Wyman.
The drop was made at 4:37 O'Clock
Friday morning, and eight minutes
later he was pronounced dead by two
physicians.
Home Still Castle.
Washington, Aug 25.-The confer
ence report On the anti-beer bill, def
initely agreed on today and presented
to the senate, exempts a mans home
from search without warrant obtained
in due course of law but requires no
warrant to search other property, pro-
vided an officer acts without malice
and has reasonable cause to suspect
the presence of liquor.
Tax Burden Reduced.
Washington, Aug. 25.-The tax re-
vision bill of 1921. estimated to cut
SS1S, 5000, 900 from the nations tax bur
den by 1923, was passed late today by
the house, 274 to 1875, on an almost
straight party vote.
Three democrats supported the
measure and nine republicans voted
against it. The democrats were:
Campbell, Pennsylvania, and Dupre
and Lazare, both of Louisiana.
Murderers Reprieved.
Helena, Aug. 25.-Gov. Joseph M.
Dixon will reprieve two men s%entenc-
ed to be hanged at Butte Aug. 26 to
Septic. 6, when the state board of par
dons will consider their case, after a
public hearing, it is announced. The
men are Theodore Ch%ronopoulos and
Steve Byrne, who were convicted of
killing S. ]. Prenatt of Butte.
Attorney General Rankin said late
tonight that the Chronopoulos-Byrn
hearing will not be held Sept. 6, as at
first planned, but later, as he will be
out of town on that date. Mr.. Rankin
is president of the board of pardons.
The respite granted by the governor
at all events reprieves the men until
the board meets. Mr.. Rankin said
Sept. 9 might be the date.
War In Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 25.-Twenty-
even persons were wounded, two SER
iously, tonight when deputies guard
ing the Knoxville county Jail fired on
a crowd which had crossed a dead line
with the purpose of demanding Frank
Martin, a negro, held as a suspect in
a criminal assault upon a country
school teacher.
All Of the wounded are whites. Two
are Deputy Sheriff Chas.
Lewis was wounded in the arm by re-
turn fire from the crowd.
Although the machine gun company
of the 117th infantry, Tennessee Ma
tional Guard, was on duty at the Jail,
the soldiers did not open fire.
Bergdoll in Switzerland.
Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 3d.
Grover c. Berdoll, the American draft
evader, says the "Thurgovie Zeitung,"
today arrived in Constance from Mu-
Mich three days ago and now is stop
ping in a hotel at St. Gall.
Predict Farmers Will Quit.
Washington, Aug. 3O.-Heavy rail
movement of grain will continue this
fall in spite of freight rates and low
market prices, H. W. Prickett of the
Salt Lake City traffic bureau told the
Interstate Commerce commission to-