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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Balloonist's Nerve
Is Broken by Flight
Into Canadian Wilds

New York. July 9.-Broken by the
hardship endured last winter when he
was lost with other balloonists in the
Canadian wilds near Moose Factory,
Lieutenant Stephen Farrell. of the
United States naval air station at
Rockaway, has been advised by physi-
clans at the naval hospital to seek
the quiet of some unfrequentetd sum-
mer resort.
The lieutenant has been given a
months leave Of absence. Physicians
at the hospital where he was admit
ted two months ago, said he was suf-
fering from an acute case of meuras-
thenia resulting from exhaustion and
they feared he might never fly again.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
CITY BLOCK BURNS
IN SAN FRANCISCO,
FOUR FIRE|MEN HURT
One Man May Die From In
juries, 100 Persons Render
ed Homeless by Blaze.

San Francisco, July 9.-One fire
man was probably fatally injured and
three others hurt and the entire block
between Ellis, O'Farrell, Lagunna and
Octavia streets was swept by fire Sat
urday. An adjoining block between
Ellis. O'Farrell, Lagunna and Buchan-
an streets was damaged badly before
the fire was gotten under control.
All available fire apparatus, to-
gether with two fire boats, aided by
300 sailors from the superdreadnaught
Idaho, fought the blaze for several
hours, preventing it from spreading to
highly combustible steel tanks of veg
etable oils on one side and to ware
houses containing $4,000 cases of sal
mon on the other
The loss of 100000 is covered by
insurance, according to officials of the
company. The fire destroyed approx
imately 10000 feet of lumber, 400
bales of wool and 1000 tons of various
materials.
About one hundred people were
homeless as a result of the fire. 1t
was necessary for the firemen to drag
10 women to safety.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
CONFERENCES
At FARGO ARE
Of NO AVAIL
Harmony Destroyed by
Charges of Misuse Of
$4,000 Defense F und
One Faction Wants to
Forget 1t, Other In
sists on Prosecution.

Fargo, N. D., July 9.-Har.
mony in the ranks of the state
executive committee of the
Nonpartisan league was nc
nearer Saturday night, at the
close of three days Of confer
ences over the situation arising
from charges by the editor of
the league paper here, the
Courier-News, that the leagues
$4,000 defense fund had been
misapplied.
Hopes of league leaders that a COM
promise might be reached within the
committee and that the charges of a
criminal libel filed against G. K. Gum
merson, the deposed editor, and George
A. Totten Jr., his business manager,
who was also ousted, might be dropped,
apparently are dead. Ole Kaldor,
treasurer of the recall campaign fund
and majority member of the committee,
announced he and his associates, Chair
man A. A. Liederbach and Chris Le-
wang had taken an uncompromising
stand. .
Refuse to Yield.
eve will yield nothing" Mr.. kaldor
said. "We believe we have criminal
case and the charges will stand"
Walter Maddox, one of the minor
ity members and league director OF pub
lications, who has been in charge OF
the Courier News, left Saturday after
noon with State Senator w. G. Church
and former Senator D. Fl. Hamilton for
Valley City, where they will confer
with Attorney General William Lem
Ike. r. H. Walker, the other minor,
ity member of the committee, who mad
eypected to accompany them, remain
ed in Fargo.
The faction opposed to Chairman
Liederbach and his majority associates
are understood to be seeking the sup
mort of the attorney general and Nov-
ernor Frazier in an effort to have the
1;hel charges withdrawn and the mat
ter dropped. Mr.. Lemke IS a STOCK
holder in the Courier-News.
Will Meet Again.
The state committee will meet here
again Sunday afternoon.
Cummerson claims that he has tne
sunnort of some league members IN
bismarck. and that they are starting a
drive at that place to raise Iunu VI
81 600 for his and Totten's de1ense
against the libel charge. Some money
already has been contributed to tne
fund. Gummerson said, but he was uh-
able TO give the amount.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Permission to Lay
Rarbadoes Cable
Disclainned by w. u.

New York, July 9-Officials of the
Western Union Telegraph company
Saturday denied that federal permis-
sion had been granted for the company
to land its Barbados cable at Miami,
Fla. as reported in dispatches from
Miami. They said the company would
Law a cable from Miami to Miami
Beach across the harbor. a purely do
mestic proposition. and that the mat
ter of the Barbados cable was still
in allegiance.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Young Girl Checks
Condemned Murderer
From Escaping Jail

Chicago. July GA condemned wife
murderer made sensational but un-
successful attempt to escape from his
guards in the county building here Sat
urday, because a woman crossed his
path. AS Frank Ligregni, under death
sentence, was being led back to his
cell after hearing at which legal mat
ters were being cleared up. he brought
forth from concealment a piece of lead
pipe, struck down his guard. ran
through several rooms, striking three
stenographers to the floor and at
tempted to jump from second story
window. Miss Gail McDermut. an
other stenographer, barred his wav and
fought with him until assistance ar
rived and he was subdued.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Pixies TARIFF
BILL IN HOUSE
WITH OLD HAT
Garner Puzzles G.. 0. P.
by Request for Rate
on His Summer Lid.
They Can't Tell and He
Shows 1t Up to Be
More Than 81 Pct.

Washington, July 9.-An old straw
hat was the article used by the Dom
ocrats IN opening their attack in the
house Saturday on the Fordney nro-
tective tariff bill to illustrate their
contention that its rates are higher
than anything written into the Pavne-
Aldrich bill decade ago.
Representative Garner of Teras
ranking Democrat of the ways and
means committee, in the course of a
TWO hour denunciation of the measure
seized :. the. hat and challenged Repub-
mean members of the committee to saw
OIL or hand ~ what duty had been imposed
~, Ihere was a moments hesitation
Ihen Representative Green, Republic
an iowa, arose and announced that Il
was printed in the bill.
stlu waving the faded hat. Mr.. Gar
ht1 hgT ueclared that in the Payne -Aldrich
oal tne duty on that product was so
per cent but IN the Fordney it was $40
a dozen plus an ad valorem duty Of %
per cent, which made the actual imnort
TAX ne added, 81 % per cent,
Same All Through
oo,npdrlson OF the two bills. he said.
would SHOW the same scales running
.nioush tue $40 pages of the Fordney
neaSure. 1he average rate of the
oruhe! measure, he added, was high
gress. eoh-
Attacking the American vaIro.;,
provision Mr.. Garner charged that ~
It mad been applied to the present Tn
oerwood law, rates now being maid
would exceed the Payne -Aldrich schsJ-
ules IN every instance. eu
representative Garner asserted that
not republican in the house csn 5;sN
,1nsuiSh between this and the Pavne-
aldr1ch oltl' He said there was much
laid away among the Dem
ocrats and that the Republicans wonId
!earn what their committee had dona
Ia !, framing the tariff bill before tho
house voted. ene
End Debate July II.
Under a special rule adopted over
soma Democratic opposition, votes snd
am could be had on five
schedules of the permanent tariff hin.
and debate would end July 81. Tho
rule Will be presented in the horSe
Monday and Chairman Campbell said
there would be ample time for it's dis
cussion.
Republican leaders previously had
decided to open the cotton, oil, dye and
hide paragraphs to amendment with a
vote and Saturday they added the as
phalt schedule to the list.
This tariff will cut off foreign
trade because it is so per cent higher
han any we've ever had" Mr. Garner
declared.
Chairman Fordney denied that he
aad planned a prohibitive tariff.
But don't forget that you put
American valuation provi1ons in this
,ill." shouted Mr.. Garner, "and that
means higher duty than the rates
show. There's the joker, and that's
Why say this bill carries rates higher
han any other in history"
Predicts Its Defeat.
Discussing the wool schedule the
Texas member declared that it was
written for the members and not for
he growers.
Mr.. Garner predicted that the Ford
,ey bill would not become law this
ear. declaring senate leaders appeared
0 want to rvise tho tax laws ahead
# the tariff and he believed the tariff
ill would be pigeon-holed in the SEN
t0
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
1000 Kids Parade
as Protest Against
Cost Of Ice Cream

New York, July 9.-ProcIaiming
themselves on strike against the
high price of Ice cream sodas, more
than one thousand Bronx boys and
girls paraded Saturday with the
hope of bringing their favorite drink
down to the old time nickel price.
They marched to the office of
Borough President Bruckner, who
operates a large soda water plant,
but they we're told he was out and
could not hear their protests before
Monday.
Help the kids of the Bronx get
nickel sodas," read one of the signs
in the parade. Another declared the
youngsters would refuse to pay
more than a nickel.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
UNTITLED STEEL ORDERS
SHOW DECREASE IN JUNE

New York, July 9.-The monthly
tonnage report of the e. S. Steel cor
poration made public Saturday, showed
5,117.S05 tons of untitled orders on
hand June 80. This was a decrease
from untitled orders ON May 81 which
were 5,4S2. .4S7 tons. This Is the
smallest total OF untitled orders since
April 1919, when 4,SOO,6S5 tons were
on hand.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
lind HIDDEN RESOURCES OF T0\NNLEY, CLA|
Internal R0W Rocks N0npQttSa1 Leaque Committee
Harding Approves
Reprieve Granted
White House Owls

Washington, July e.-President
Harding has approved the finding
Of the school toys' jury which de-
cided that the owls in the White
House grounds may live.
The president addressed his ap-
proval to Jimmie Bradley, a Wash
ington school boy and member of
a John Burroughs club, who headed
the jury, in the following letter:
"My Dear Jimmie: Your conclu-
sion is that the balance is in favor
even of the least desirable of the
birds, and ] am inclined to agree
with you. For why should these
birds have been put here, unless
to perform some useful service?
On the whole, l think we will grant
them reprieve. think your
John Burroughs club must be doino
useful work. hope you will
continue your nature studies and
that later on, when you all become
men and women, you will be as
much disposed to apply the rules of
equity and justice as you have in
this case"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Two German Generals
Exonerated by Court
on War Crime Charge

Leipsic, Germany, July 9.-Generals
Won Setback and Won Kruska were ac-
Quilted today by the German supreme
court which is trying persons accused
by the allies of war crimes. They
were charged with having caused,
deliberately or through negligence, an
epidemic Of typhus among war prison
ers in the camp at Miederawehren,
near Cassel. Three thousand French
prisoners are said to have died from
the disease.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Dry Agents Warned
to Disappear From
Earth by Unknown

Los Angeles, July "a threat to
murder A. 0. kriete. district prohibi-
tlon agent, and John Exenicios, super
vlslng agent, was received by Kriete
here Saturday in an anonymous letter.
The letter said kriete must disappear
from this EARTH" and made the same
suggestion about Mr.. Exenicios say
ing, "he is coming here to be buried,
the climate and atmosphere being
splendid for such purposes"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
1O8 in the Shade
at Bismarck, N. .

Bismarck, N. D., July "a
weather record that had stood for
SO years was broken here at $3.50
p. m, Saturday, when the mercury
registered t08, according to off
cials OF the local weather bureau.
The previous record, iO7. was
equalled Juno 80 last. A hot wind
accompanied the heat wave, but
cooler weather was predicted to
follow Immediately.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Wage Cut Agreed on
by Representatives
of $4,000 Workers

Columbus, Ohio, July 9-Approxim-
ately $4,000 sheet and tin plate work
ers in the district between Pittsburgh
and st. Louis, will suffer reduction
of approximately 10 per cent in wages
under new wage scale adopted here
at a conference between representa-
tives of the Western Sheet & Tin
Manufacturers association and the
Amalgamated Association of Iron
Sheet & Tin Workers.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Street Car Service
in Sheridan, Wyo.,
Limited to One Car

Sheridan, Wyo., July 9.-Only one
street car is to run in Sheridan, ef-
fective Monday, the Tramway COM
pany announced Saturday. A new
schedule published Saturday provides
for the discontinuance of other cars,
urban car service to the mining camps
is not affected by the ruling.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Pershil1g to Attend
Funeral of Soldier
Dead at Hoboken

Washington, July 9-General Perish
ing left Saturday to attend funeral
services at Hoboken, N. j., Sunday for
more than 1900 American soldier dead.
whose bodies have been brought back
from France. He will speak at the
services. This is the first time Gem
eral Pershing has left the capital
since assuming his new duties as chief
Of staff.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
A. c. Townley Dodges
Dates With. LANCER;
Schedule Cancelled

Minneapolis, July civilian Lam
ger, former attorney general of North
Dakota, who has been appearing in a
series Of debates with A. G. Townley
president of the National Nonpartisan
league announced Saturday that he had
cancelled all further debates scheduled
to be held. Langer declared that
Townley had failed to appear for de-
hates ON three consecutive occasions.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
OLD TIME BALL PLAYER
is DEAD IN TACOMA

Tacoma, July George n. dad"
West, old time baseball player and
the 7O's, died here Friday night. West
was 81 years of age, and remained an
ardent lover Of sports. He was an ac-
countant here and took great interest
in golf and baseball.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
HARDINGs ON YACHT

Washington, July 9-The president
and Mrs. Harding and several guests
left Washington late Saturday for
week end cruise on the presidential
yacht Mayflower in the lower Potomac
and Chesapeake bay.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
BUTTE MINER DIES FROM
TYPHUS IN NEW YORK

New York, July 9.-Samuel Beck
zick, miner of Butte, Mont, died
Saturday of typhus fever on a Brook
lyn pier while about to embark on the
President Wilson for Austria. He
collapsed as he was carrying his bag
gage aboard the steamer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
IS "fEATHFR|NC HIS NEST
AGAINST DAY WHEN LEAGUE
BLOWS UP," SAYS WITNESS
Nonpartsan Leaders Former Private Secretary
in Bankruptcy Court Declares His Erstwhile
Chief Concealed Assets at Previous Hearing;
Creditors Claims Stand at $4,000.

Bismarck, N. d. July 9.-The bankruptcy Of A. C.
Towney again here Saturday request of E. B.
McCutcheon trustee for creditors in the and j. w.
Brinon Towneys former private secretary testified The
hearing before Cal Oare referee bankruptcy Certain
assets named which Brnton alleged revealed
at the previous bankruptcy hearing in 1918.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
Normal Temperature
With Fair Weather
Predicted for Week

Washington, July 9.-Weather pre-
dictions for the week beginning Mon
day are: Rocky mountain and plateau
yPegions and Pacific states: Generally
fair with temperature near normal.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
BOSTON WOMAN WINNER
OF CLAY COURT TENNIS.

Buffalo. N. Y, July 9.-Mrs. B. G.
Cole of Boston Saturday won the Ma
tional Women's clay court tennis cham
pionship by defeating Mrs. Frank n.
Godfrey of Boston. go, 6-3 Mrs. Cole
succeeds Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jes-
SUD as CHAMPION
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
MINERS AGREE TO ARBlTRATE.

Grass Valley, Calf, July "a ten
tative agreement, to arbitrate has been
entered into between the miners lea
que, whose members are on strike over
wage conditions and the Empire mine
management representatives of both
sides announced Saturday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
ACTOR BANKRUPT.

New York, July 9.-Jack Norworth.
actor and producer, Saturday filed a
petition in bankruptcy giving his In
bilities as ST., lon with no assets
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-10
WEATHER

Fair today and Monday;
cooler east Of the divide.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-05-27
LANDED TWICE ON COP.
Ft,e-Footer Thought stx-foot Po-
Ifcemnu ..OId Enrmy''

August Rudolph. six foot traffic po-
liceman, weighing 200. was directing
traffic at 18th Street and Eighth Ave-
nue., last night. when something hit
him in the jaw. A man ABOUT feet
tall and Weighing about RS. was trying
to knock him out. BEFORE the police
man could recover from his surprise.
the small man landed on him Il second
time and Rudolph fell over.
When he regained his feet Rud llph
saw his assailant fleeing through Fifty
seventh Street He overhauled the ma IN
at Ninth Avenue. Asked why he had
as saulted the policeman. the small man,
who gave his name as Frederick Collins,
waiter at the Ardsley Club, Ardsley,
y. Y, said the policeman reminded
that he saw his mistake when II was
too late
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-05-27
here. has been a marked decrease In

there. has been a marked decrease in
indictments.
Neither District Attorney Lewis
nod Mr.. Snyder would discuss the
matter to-day beyond saying that
the jury had acted in the way that
seemed proper TO its members II is
understood, however. that the dis
missal of SO many cases was due TO
the wholly insufficient evidence ad-
duced in many of them. TO the I'M
lawful invasion OF homes in search
Of spirits and 70 the fact that the
jury believed at least rs per cent. OF
the cases to be trivial" and not to
come under the law unless the latter
was much stretched.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
E. E. Mcdowell Lost Home

Tuesday noon, while the E. E. Nc
Dowell family were eating dinner,
their house caught fire from de-
fective fiue. Mr.. Mcdowell, on his
way to the cellar, noticed the flames
breaking through the roof. He
started up stairs but found the
whole of the upper story in flames.
1t was but short time until the
entire building and Tcontents were
burned to ashes.
Insurance to the amount of $500
was carried on the house. The loss
is conservatively estimated at
$4,000. The house was a large two
story frame structure, built about
SIX years ago by p. Powell. Prac-
ticalIy nothing in the way of house
hold goods or clothing was saved.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
J. M. Brookings

j. M. Brookings, one of the pio-
neers of the Potlatch country, passed
away at his home at Linden, Friday
morning at one o'clock, after a
lingering illness. Mr.. Brookings
was one of the first settlers of this
section coming here nearly forty
years ago and settling on a home
stead. Later he put IN a stock OF
merchandise at Cameron and kept
the store there for a number OF
years. From there he went to
Southwlck to engage IN the same
business, and then opened a store at
Linden which he conducted for
about IL years.
Mr.. Brookings was pasesd seventy
years OF age. He was a bachelor
and leaves a sister, whose home is
IN Maine.
Funeral sdervIces were conducted
by Rev. Galloway of Southwick, al
II o'clock, Saturday morning, and
the remains were buried in the Lin.
den cemetery.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
Stella Nelson

Miss Stella Nelson, daughter of
Mr.. and MIS-. James Nelson of
Charleston. formerly of Big Bear
ridge, died at the st. Joseph Hos
pital at Lewiston last Friday, after
two-week's illness with the Ieth-
arglc encephalitls.
Miss Nelson was student of the
Kendrick high school for several
years and had Freshman standing at
the University of Idaho. At the
time she was taken ill she was en-
ployed as teacher at a school on the
upper end OF Bear ridge near Deary
The funeral was held at Charleston
last Sunday. A large number OF her
friends went from here to be pres
ent at the funeral. The many
beautiful floral offerings evidenced
the etseem in which this young lady
was held by her many friends both
here and In Clarkston.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
Badly Injured Hand

Eddie Wegner of Big Bear ridge,
son of Gus Wegner. had his hand
badly cut and lacerated Monday
white helping Bill Hecht in the
sawinlIl. He was wearing a glove,
which was cuaght IN a circular saw,
pulling his hand between the saw
blade and the guard. The teeth OF
the saw made a jagged cut across
the back of his hand and partly sew
cred one knuckle.
The young man was brought to
Kendrick Immediately where DR..
Rothwell gave him first aid. The
cut was so serious that the Doctor
advised that he be taken to the hos
pltal at Lewiston. After arriving
there it was found necessary by the
physician in charge of the case to
graft skin, taken from the bows leg,
on to the cut. Reports from the
hospital state that he is getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
When Necessity Drives

Our readers may be amused at
this unique spelling, said to have
been employed by Western print
er:
"We began the publication ov. the
Roccay Mountain Cyclone with a
phew dlphphicultles IN the way.
The typephounders pnrom whom
we bought our output phor this
ophphice phailed to supply US with
any ephs or Gays, and 1t will be pnor
or phlve weeques bephore we can
get any. The mistaque was not
phound out till day or two ago
We have ordered the missing letters,
and we will have to get along with
out them till they come We don't
Iique the look ov this variety ov
spelling any better than our read
ers, but mistaix will happen in the
best ov phamilles, and Jpn the ph's
and c's and ks and q's hold out we
shall ceep Sound the hard) the
Cyclone whirlIng aphter phashion
till the sorts arrive. 1t is no joque
to us-it is serious aphphair."
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-04-01
Poisoning Ground Squirrels

Following is formula sent out
by the Latah County Farm Bureau.
for the POISONING of the Columbian
ground SQUIRREL
Mix together dry, ounce of pow
dered strychnine (aIkaloid). heap
ing tablespoon of baking soda, l
scant teaspoon of saccharine, and 8
heaplng tablespoons of flour. Add
a half cupfuI of cold water and
work into. a smooth halter. When
all Jumps have been worked out of
the batter, add more cold water and
dilute to smooth creamy paste.
Apply this paste tu or 10 quarts of
good, heavy, re-cleaned oats and
mix thoroughly. Work until there
are no dry kernels. An old tub or
tight box will serve for mixing.
Each quart of poisoned grain is
sufficient for 40 to 90 pats. This
quantity. scattered Il teaspoonful
to place. along squirrel trails, ur
on clean, hard surfaces near the
holes, will not endanger stock.
N. B. = Strychnine IN any form
other than the commercial alkalold
is not effective in the above form
ula.
CAUTAIN-All poison containers
and all utensils used IN the prepar-
alton Of poisons should be kept
PLAINLY LABELED and OUT OF
REACH of children. irresponsible
persons, and livestock.
This is the formula developed for
the Columbian Ground Squirrel by
the Bureau of Biological Survey of
the United States Department of
Agriculture, and is commonly re-
ferred to as "the government form
ula,"