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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
WITNESS GIVES
. HAM0N'SST0RY
OF HIS MURDER
Quotes Dying Man as Telling
How He Was Shot by
., Girl
CROWD IN LAUGHTER
Attorneys Threaten to Demand
Clearing of Oklahoma
Courtroom
CROWD IN LAUGHTER

Ardmore, Okla, March H.
Clara Hamon, defendant, will be
the last defense witness to take
the stand, her counsel said today.
Their list Of witnesses numbers
only nine, exclusively Of impeach.
Ing witnesses they may introduce
to contrOyert state witnesses
testimony.
Ardmore. Okla, March 14.-Brett
Dunlap, business associate of Jake
L. Hamon, was called as the states
first witness today in the trial of
Clara Smith Hamon, charged with
lannon's murder. He said that on
Tuesday after Hamon was shot on
Sunday night, Nov 2y, the wounded
man had said he never would leave
the sanitarim until you boys take ms
out" b., ...
HE told me he went over to his
room late in the evening, threw off
his coat and vest and lay down on
the bed for rest" Dnlap testified
regardinf the day Of the shooting.
Dunlap quoted Hamon as having
said: .'..
II had been there only short time
when I heard Clara come in. She
laid her left hand on my head and L
felt her right on my sholder when
she shot me.
"Of course, have been looking for
this" Dunla quoted Hamon as having
said.
The reply was objected to and sus-
tanned. ....'
HE said he did not have a chance
to protect himself; that she walked
up to the foot Of the bed and shot
him." Dunlap further quoted Hamon,
after counsel had argued the propri-
ETY. Of the testimony.
g.. Crowd Laughs. r
A wave Of laughter spread over the
courtroom when Dunlap denied that
Hamon had presented him the home
in which Dunlap lived and Attorney
General Frailey said he would A;nsist
on the courtroom being cleared at
the next demonstration of snickering
He said he was not present when
Clara Hamon was furnished $4,000
with which to leave town.
Mr.. Dunlap said he had not gone
to the county attorney to discuss the
case saying there is nothing to it,"
He said he had asked that stat
utory charge filed at the same time
against Hamon and Clara be dis
missed. .... @.....
Frank L. Ketch former business
manager for Hamon and administrn-
tor for the estate, was the next wit
ness called.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
UP
FOR RCARRYING
C0NCEALEDG
Divide County Clerk of Court
Gets Mixed in Another
Affair

Minot, March AR. w. Frazier,
clerk of court of Divide county, was
given a preliminary hearing yesterday
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons. c. ]. Clark, Crosby banker,
signed the complaint.
Mr.. Frazier claimed he was carry
ing the weapons because he had been
deputized to transport w. E. Vadnais
former county auditor of Divide. to
Bismarck to serve a five-year SEN
tence in the penitentiary. Governor
Frazier cancelled the parole Of Mr.
Vadnais, on recommendation of States
Attorney Braatelin, who claims that
he had not kept his agreement to
correct the records
Mr.. Clark alleges that Frazier
pulled d gun on him in the Ward
county courthouse, during an alter
cation following denial by Judge
Lowe of the writ OF habeas corpus
asked for by Mr. Vadnais.
Mr.. Frazier is the man who got
in several, heated affairs during the
last day of the cession. At one time
he was ordered out of the house by
Speaker Twitchell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
COMPANY ASKS
INCREASED RATES
IN SIX TOWNS

The Central Power company, Of
Washburn. N. D., has filed with the
railroad commission an amendment
to its application for an increase III
rates. The company asks that the
minimum on power rate be made 81
per horsepower per month as ths
minimum charge, and that a five per
cent discount Oil all bills paid before
the fifth of the month be granted.
The company's application for III
crease in rates affects Washbur,..
Underwood, Coleharbor, McClusky,
Max, Turtle Lake and Mercer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
LYON FUNERAL
HELD TODAY IN
PASADENA, CAL.
Russell-Miller Mills Suspend Op.
erations for Hour in
Honor j..

All of the Russell-Miller flour mills
today suspended operations from to
2 p. M, central time, cut Of respect
to H. Il. Lyon, vice-president Of the
company, for whom funeral services
were held in Pasadena, CAL, at II
o'clock, western time.
The body of Mr.. Lyon, it is under
stood. is to be taken from Pasadena
to Minneapolis for burial. Mr.. Lyon
lived in Mandan until about Is years
ago when he removed to Minneapolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
RANSOM WILL
FORM BUREAU

Lisbon, N. D., March 14.-Follow-
ing talk by President Usher L. Bur-
dick of the North Dakota Farm Bu-
reau Federation given in this city
last Thursday, much interest is be-
ing displayed in the farm bureau
movement by the farmers of Ransom
county, who are now planning to form
a county unit of the organization.
H. l.. Finke of Berthold will talk
at a countrywide meeting to be held
at Lisbon March 22nd, at which time
a temporary organization will be
formed to direct membership cam
paign.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
FILES SUITS TO
COLLECT PREMIUM

Suits against the Northwestern Tel
ephone company for alleged failure to
furnish information required by the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau and
against the Bismarck Gas Company
for alleged non. payment of the COM
pensation premiums have been filed
in the Burleigh district court by the
Workmens Compensation Bureau.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
FIND 100000
OF POSTAL LOOT

Toledo, March 14.-Postal inspect
ors here today announced the recov'
cry of 100000 worth of the loot in
the million dollar Toledo postoffiCe
robbery of Feb. II. More than $l45''
600 of the bonds were recovered in
New York City, $4,000 in Detroit ana
$4,000 in Philadelphia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
SHOW STRENGTH
IN WHEAT MART

Chicago, March 14.-Considerable
strength developed in the wheat mar
ket today owing largely to ford OF
export buying at the seaboard. Open
ing quotations which varied from un-
changed figures to cents higher
were followed by reactions from ini-
tial figures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
BUILDING WORK
AT STANDSTILL

St. Paul, Mar 14.-Despite % per
cent reduction in labor costs and 18
per cent cut in building material, gen.
eral construction work practically is
at standstill in the Northwest. it
was declared at today's session of the
Northwestern Association General
Contractors convention. Unsettled
labor and financial conditions are the
cause for inactivity, it was said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
0NE-MAN POWER
PLAN is K E P 7
BY CT. BRITAIN
Naval Estimates for Year Based
Upon Supremacy on the
. h Sea

London, March 14.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-The British naval es-
Inmates for 1921-1922 amount to 81
1S6.S69 pounds sterling gross and S2'-
479.OOO pounds sterling net, it was
announced today by Lord Lee OF Far
ahem, First Lord Of the Admiralty
in statement explaining the estl-
mates Lord Lee said they were based
on the government policy of main
tanning a one-power standard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
POST NASSAILS: .-.
RADICAL ARRESTS

Cleveland, O., March 14.-Most of
the arrests for alleged radicals since
the war were made by private detec-
tives unlawfully in the pay of the de-
partment of justice, said Louis F.
Post. former secretary of labor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
SOLDIERS ARE
CAUGHT IN AN
IRISH AMBUSH

Mohill, Ireland, Mar. 14.-Thirty
men Of the Bedfordshire regiment,
while rocaeding from IHanieck-On-
Shannon to Ballingmore Friday even.
ing were ambushed and attacked with
rifle fire and bombs. The military
returned the fire with the result that
six of the attackers were killed and
one was mortally wounded. The six
men killed were attired in the uniform
OF the Irish Republican army.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
WILHELM SAYS
HE TRIED TO
PREVENT WAR

The Hague, March 14.-1n a book
he has prepared for private distri-
button the former German emperor
declares he tried to maintain the
peace of Europe for 30 years but was
foiled by Great Britain, France and
Russia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
GERMANS ASK
LEAGUES AID

Berlin, Mar. 1.-THE government
has addressed a note to the secretariat
of the League of Nations protesting
against the penalties being enforced
by the entente for Germanys non
fulfillment of her reparations and oo'l-
cations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
JUDGE REFUSES
. CONTINUANCE OF
BASEBALL |. TRIAL
Chicago Jurist Orders Another
Hearing in Mat
ter
clcorrE, JACKSON TURN
Attorney Says He Learns They
Will Not Be Available as
Witnesses
CICOTTE, JACKSON TURN

Chicago, Mar. 14.-Judge William T.
Dever today refused to comply with
a motion by the state that the trial
of Chicago White Sox players and
others indicted for the alleged throw
ing of the world series of 1919 be TAX
en- off the court call. He ordered an
other hearing for next Tuesday when
it is believed a date for the trial will
be set.
Attorneys for the defense moved
that an immediate trial be held Thurs
dsy and Judge Dever said he would
announce his decision on this matter
later.
Judge Barrett, American League at
torney. in pleading for postponement
said the prosecution had learned that
Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams and
Joe Jackson, who confessed to the
grand jury, would not be available
as witnesses
Consequently, he said, the state
could not obtain conviction on the EVIL
dence it now had and would have to
have time to seek additional data.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
GERMANY PAYS
SHIP OWNERS

Berlin, March 14.-The Reichstag
appropriated four billion seven hum
dred million marks to repay owners
for vessels taken by the allies, max
ing a total of twelve billion marks
appropriated for this purpose.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
CUT GASOLINE .
PRICE ONE CENT

New York, Mar. 14.-The Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey today
reduced the price CT gasoline l cent
a gallon, naming the wholesale price
26 cents a gallon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
DISBAND ALL
GERMAN GUARDS

Berlin, March 1.-THE federal
council adopted the governments
draft law providing for dissolution
of all German civilian guards, Ba-
varia alone protesting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
VALLEY CITY WINS.

Valley City, Mar 1.-THE high
school is celebrating today the vic
tory over Fessenden in the district de-
batting contest. The verdict was two
to one in Valley City's favor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
TWO NAMED TO
GOVT. POSTS

Washington. Mar. 14.-J. Mayhem
Wainwright, a New York lawyer, was
nominated today by President Hard
ing to be assistant secretary OF war.
The senate confirmed the nomination.
Elliott Wadsworth, of Boston, Mass,
was nominated by the president to
be assistant secretary of the streas-
ury. He viii be in charge Of foreign
loans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
OPTIMISTIC
~ q OVER VOTING

Berlin, March Especial dispatch
es from upper Silesia reflect Opt
mism on the outcome of the ballot
ing for control of the territory week
hence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
EARTH SHOCK
IS FELT IN
INDIANA CITY
No Damage Reported in Distur-
Dances at Terre Haute,
Ind.

Terre Haute. Ind, March IA
heavy earth shock was felt in %errc
Haute and vicinity at 6:15 this morn
ing. No damage was reported.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
REGISTER A "BLUR,

Chicago, March 14.-The se1smo-
graph at the University of Chicago
registered "a slight blur about 6:14
a. IN. today, it was said, but 1t was
impossible to say whether this meant
an earthquake.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
FIVE,DIE IN
BIG STORE FIRE

Richmond, March iA.-Five known
dead, two missing and a score IN
jured was the toll in the destruction
by fire of a furniture store. ;
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
GETS VERDICT.

Mohall, March 14.-Dr. Fitzmorri ris
las been returned verdict in his ia
~ in the case brought against him
by the Northwestern National lnsur-
ance company, alleging damages OF
$4,000 on q policy alleged to have
been issued on erroneous reports.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
LABOR UNIONS
DEMAND RAIL
HEADS APPEAR
Say They Can Not Proceed With
Hearing Unless They Are Z
a4 There %e4% ra
BOARD CONSIDERING G

Chicago, March 1.-THE rail-
road labor board today reqested
four railroad heads to appear
before 1t Wednesday morning tn
testify in the hearing over the ma
tionai agreement. The men sum.
moned were: T. Dewitt Cuyler,
chairman Of the Association OF
Railroad Executives, W. W. After
bury, vice.presldent Oi the Penn.
sylvania; Carl X. Gray, president
Of the Union Pacific, and X. ,.
Binkerd, assistant to Mr. Cuyler.
The decision to summon the men
was made in executive session
after Frank Walsh had refused to
70 on woth the rebuttal testimony
unless the witness was called.
Chicago, March 14.-Railroad laboI
unions today notified the Unite'
States railway labor board that the!
could not proceed with the hearing
over national agreements unless tn
board compiled with their requests t
subpoena various railroad executives
to appear before the board.
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for tn
brotherhoods, told the boar
at the opening of today's session tina
he was "greatly srprised" that his re
quest for subpoenas has not beel
complied with and that it was useless
for the labor side to go on with IT.
testimony.
The testimony of the railroad head
was essential to a fair hearing, h
said.
Mr.. Walsh referred to the labo
situation in the packing industry
charging that the packers had joine'
with the Morgan and Gary and rail
road heads" in concerted attemp
to ruin labor unions forever"
The board adjourned at 1925 a. m
and went into executive session Il
consider Mr.. Walsh's statement. Hen
ry r. Hunt, Of the public group o
the board, said he believed subpoena
would be issued but that the boar
wanted to do 1t "in a cautious way.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-14
WEATHER REPORT.

For twenty-four hours ending at
noon, March IA.
Temperature at Z a. m............!s
Highest yesterday ...............11
Lowest yesterday ...........I
Lowest last night ................6 -
precinitation Trace
Highest wind velocity. y......... .22-SE
i..- Forecast.
For North Dakota: Unsettled
weather tonight and Tuesday, proba-
bly, snow tonight in east portion,
somewhat warmer tonight; colder
Tuesday in the west portion.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
STATE EVENTS
Switch atSchool
Awaits Nine Boys
After Cider Party

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March 2.
Nine country boys, ranging from
to 12 years of age, were thrashed
by their irate parents last evening.
when they learned how near hard
cider and a joyride in an automobile
came near depriving them OF their
sons.
Also, Mrs. Mabel Evans. teacher
of the school in that district, has 2
juicy switch awaiting the arrival
at her school of these precocious
youngsters.
Yesterday morning the boys went
into the parental cellar. where a
barrel Of delectable cider exuded a
cologne-like odor. The boys are
said to have quaffed long and deep.
with the result that they were so
sxhilarated upon going to school
that the teacher had to fire them.
Released from school restraint. the
boys went back to the Hess home,
loaded up on chewing gum and to-
bacco from the store, secured an
automobile and started on wild
ride to Martinsburg.
About a mile from town the car
turned over and skidded thirty or
forty feet on its top, wrecking the
automobile, but, for a miracle, not
injuring boy.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
ROCKVILLE

ROCKVILLE, Md. March 2-The
Community League of the Gathers
burg High School, an old-fashioned
spelling bee was held in the school
last evening. Thirty-two of the
supposed best spoilers of the COM
munity participated, sixteen to a
side. DIR. w. d. Barnett and H
Clay Plummer were the captains
Mrs. Charles Gartner and John A
Slower were the only ones standing
when Mrs. Harold d. Kingsley, the
last to capitulate on the losing side,
went down. The words were given
out by Thomas W. Troxall and Fred
H. Grimm.
The funeral of Miss Virginia
Whiteside. of Brookeville, this coun-
ty. who died on Sunday, aged so
years. took place at 10 o'clock this
morning from the Brookeville Meth
odist Church.
The Public Service Commission of
Maryland will visit Chevy Chase,
this county. next Tuesday, and hear
complaints of the citizens of that
community against the Georgetown
Gas Company of Montgomery Coun-
ty, which Is a subsidiary of the
Washington Gas Company. The
company recently filed with the
commission a new rate schedule, fix
ing the rates at $3.50 per 1000 feet.
1t is charged that the company is
selling gas just across the District
of Columbia line for s1.32 per 1000
feet, which is the rate fixed by the
Public Service Commission of the
District of Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
Best Drilled Soldiers
Rewarded for Work

HYATTSVILLE, Md. March q
Frank Richards. of Hyattsville, was
adjudged the best drilled member
of Company F, local National Guard,
with out previous military expert
enc, at an elimination drill held in
the armory last night.
Truxton Goodrell, a Spanish War
veteran, of Silver Spring, Montgom-
cry County, Md, was declared the
best drilled man with previous
training. The victor in each con-
test was awarded a prize of IS in
gold.
Capt. Thompson A. Lyon was the
Judge
Capt. John n. Brooks announces
that to date seven recruits have en-
listed. They are Cartmel ]. Beaver,
a former regular army man; Con-
way Wilson, Maurice L. Bresnahan,
Thomas NJ. Belt. Arthur P Shanklin.
John C. Coughlin. and Charles T.
Norris, all of Hyattsville.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
new TRIAL DENIED
in COTHRON CASE
Nearby County Murder Re-
viewed by State Ap-
peal Court.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. March 1.-The
Maryland Court of Appeals today
refused a new trial in the case of
Grace Cothron. convicted in the Cir
cult Court of Montgomery County
of murder in the first degree for the
killing of Homer Jones, a colored
chauffeur, and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the Maryland peniten-
tiary. The evidence showed that
Grace Cothron and her husband,
Clarence Cothron, had been i'm
plicated in criminal escapades from
Philadelphia to Florida. The hus-
band is now serving a life sentence
for another murder. On the day
that Jones was murdered Grace
Cothron, her husband. and william
Landers started to go to Laurel. Md,
for the purpose of robbing a bank.
They lured Jones into the woods at
a point in Montgomery County where
he was killed. The Court of Appeals
holds that while error may have
been made in some Of the rulings.
yet it was not sufficient to affect
the verdict of murder.
Robert Robinson, colored, must
hang for the murder of James Elder
Tydings, a prominent farmer Of the
Third district of Anne Arundel
County. a crime that was committed
nearly two years ago. The prisoners
fate was sealed by a decision of the
Court of Appeals announced today
affirming the sentence of death.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
Famine Poster Contest
Attracts d. C.. Artists

The poster contest for Washing
ton artists arranged to aid the
China famine fund is arousing keen
interest in local art circles, accord
ing to Mrs. Henry p. Fletcher, one
of the leaders in the local famine
fund campaign.
Several leading District artists
already have signified their inten-
ton of submitting posters illustrat-
ing the campaign for funds for al
leviating the suffering of more than
100000 :, Chinese in the famine
area. The successful contestants
will be given tickets to the Chinese
costume ball at wardman Park Ho-
tel on April s.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
Starts DriUe to Beautify
Eastern Branch Banks

R1VERDALE, Md. March Mrs.
Eva c. Chase, chairman of the civ
les committee of the Prince Georges
county Federation of Women's
clubs, has started a movement to
beautify the banks and waters of
the Eastern Branch from Riverdale
TO Hyattsville, and II the idea proves
popular, all the way from Laurel to
Biadensburg, the entire length of
the stream.
Mrs. Chase has succeeded. it is
stated. in having the town authori-
ties OF Riverdale make the throwing
of rubbish in the stream illegal.
Those interested in the movement
point out that the stream naturally
is unusually picturesque. and that
IL could be made one of the prettiest
bodies Of water in this section of
the country. Artists have frequent
ly visited the stream to do" pic
lures.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
SUSPECT ROBBERY
AS MURDER MOTIVE

CHICAGO, March 2.-Solution of
the brutal murder of Mrs. Katherine
Sumonsk, the 16-year-old bride of
Teddy Sumonsk. who was garroted
in their tiny home yesterday, may
be found in the celebration of her
wedding last November.
When the little Kentucky girl be-
came the bride of Teddy, the old
time Russian custom OF giving the
bride a dollar for each minute of
dancing was observed. AS a result
sl4O was thus accumulated for the
bride. She had hidden this money
away. saving 1t to defray the ex-
penses of a stork's visit Last week
her husband saved $40 and gave 1t
to Katherine .and she added il to
her hoard. The police have several
men under arrest and are sure they
have the two murderers in the lot
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
Mail Thieves Get Big Loot.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March 2.
The hve masked bandits who kid
naped George Williams, driver of
n mail wagon, and robbed his truck
early today, obtained at least SEA-
500 loot in Liberty bonds. according
to State officials this afternoon. A
shipment Of that amount of bonds
was included in the registered mail
stolen, il was stated.
The bonds were>en route to State
Treasurer L. ID. Thompson from the
Federal Reserve Bank in st. Louis.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-03

born on Peace Day. If women
would only take your Vegetable Com
pound they would have better health.
Islvays recommendit- Mrs. TRACY
PArrEN. 2 Lincoln Ave, Salisbury,
Mass.
The experience of maternity should
not Be approached without careful
physical preparation, as it is impos-
sible for q weak, sickly wife to bring
healthy children into the world.
Therefore II a woman is suffering
from displacement, backache, in
hammation, liberation, bearing-down
pans, headaches, nervousness or
the blues" she should profit by Mrs.
Patten's experience, take Lydia e.
Phkham's Vegetable Compound and
be restorsd to health.