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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
COMPENSATION GIVEN
EIGHT HOURS AFTER
DISABLED VET DIES
Illinois Legion Commander
Scores Authorities for Two
Years Delay.

Springfield. ILL.,, Aug George
Boebmer a former soldier of the 10th
wildcat" division. waited two years
for the war risk bureau to adjust his
claim for compensation. The award
was made Monday-eight hours after
Boehmer died of tuberculosis.
William g. McCauley. state COM
mander Of the American legion, sent
this retort to Washington
"Boehmer received his award this
morning. Case now in the hands of
his Maker" It was Boehmer to whom
he referred last Thursday when be
sent messages to President Harding
and United States Senators Mccormick.
Mckinley and Smoot urging adoption of
the Sweet bill or similar legislation for
the relief of disabled veterans.
Don't let any more disabled men be
cursing their country" that message
said.
The message telling of the award Of
claims said:
II trust this action may insure inn
mediate1y to his benefit and conduce
materially to the alienation Of lis con-
dition." iii
It was ffom the White HOUSE, -
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
CHURCH WAR SPLITS
CREEK C0L0N|STS
IN SHEb0YGAN, WIS.
One Faction Supports Veni-
zelos, Other the Party of
King Constantine.

Sheboygan. Wis, Aug. IA church
war has broken out in eccelstiaicat
circles of the local Greek community
with the Sons of Helles taking sides
for and against the local priest, Father
Sava, who is charged with making a
political speech in church Sunday after
noon.
Efforts to carry on the war with
secrecy failed wh0 Peter Vanikrotis.
one of the elders Of the church, made
the matter public and secured war
rant charging William and There Mon
taveGs and John s. Kerkerzs with
wilfuiy interrupting meeting Of re-
igious worship.
The factions are divided into two
political groups, the Fenizelists. who
are supporting the former Greek
premier. and the royalists who are for
the Greek kings party.
The schism came Sunday afternoon
after having been brewing since last
fall. when the political questions Of the
native land became the most important
subject of discussion in the local
colony. Father Sava was charged with
speaking in favor Of the royalists and
the Venizelos wing left the edifice.
The royalists charge an attempt has
been made upon the life of Father
Sava.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
MAKES ESCAP
AF TER CHANGE
FROM PRISON
F rank McCool, Con-
fessed Slayer ofMinne-
apolis Cop, at Large.
Also Participant in
Notorious Dunn Case
Several Years Ago.

st. Peter, Mimi, Aug 1.-Frank
McCool, convicted four years ago of
completely in the murder of Patrolman
Connery in Minneapolis, escaped from
the criminal ward of the state hospital
for the insane here Monday night. I'm
verified reports were received later
that an airplane had been used to aid
in the escape. McCool had confessed
he was implicated with Joseph Reden-
baugh and others in the murder. also
of Mrs Alice McQuillan Dunn. as she
lay asleep in her home in St Paul.
McCool and three other inmates at
tackled a male nurse when he came
to carry out several trays from the
ward. McCool jumped out window
but the others were caught by attend
ants.
Transferred From Prison.
Originally sentenced to the peniten-
tiary at Saltwater, McCool, it is said,
declined to work and became violent
at times, and two months ago he was
brought to the state hospital here.
The Dunn and Connery cases at
tracted nation wide attention. Frank
Dunn, husband of the murdered wo-
man. it was charged at his trial, hired
to kill Mrs Dunn Reden-
baugh was captured at San Francisco.
McCool and several others implicated
were all convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary.
Arrested for Speeding.
While plans for the Dunn murder
were under way. Redenbaugh was ar
rested in Minneapolis for automobile
speeding by Patrolman Connery. While
on the way to the police station. the
men in Redenbaugh's car attacked the
officer and took him to woods, beat
lim and left him to die. His body was
found several weeks later.
After hiding Connery. Redenbaugh
and his associates came to st. Paul
and killed Mrs Dunn
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
NATION WIDE
PLOT N|PPED
SAY OFFICERS
Securities Company in
Chicago Is Clearing
House, They Declare.
President and Vice.
President Are Indie
ted and Put in Jail.

Chicago. Aug. John W. Worth
ing, president, and Otwen Evans. vice
president of the Central Securities Co.,
were arrested Monday on indictments
returned Saturday by the federal grand
jury charging them with having in their
possession false or forged or altered
government notes and with buying, sell
ing or exchanging false, forged or al
tered government notes and with hav-
ing in their possession false govern
ment stamps and bonds.
John V. Clinnin, assistant district
attorney, declared that the arrests will
help to clear up many big mail rob-
berries throughout the country. He in
dicated that it was the belief that the
Central Securities Co. had acted as a
fence" for disposal of loot taken in
these robberies.
Evans was sent to the county Jail
and Worthington to the Waukegan Jail
by federal agents.
Alter Bonds, Charge.
1t was charged by government
authorities that Worthington and his
partners have altered many hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of lib
erty bonds to render them salable with
out detection. Then, it was alleged,
through concern known as the Cen
trail Securities Co., they disposed of
the bonds to reputable brokers and
investors.
When the indictments were voted
against Worthington and Evans they
were also voted against eighteen other
men whose names have been suppress
ed, until they are all in custody.
Mr.. Clinnin, in discussing the case,
declared that the ramifications of the
plot to dispose of alleged stolen secur
ties extended throughout the nation.
This is one of the biggest roundups
this office hase ever tackled he as
serted. The arrest of Worthington
and Evans, though of utmost impor
tanceA does not scratch the surface"
List of Robberies.
Among the cases which the authori-
ties declare Worthington and his as
sociates have been connected with the
following mail robberies:
Toledo, February II, 1921, $4,000.
900.
Pullman, Ills, August %, 1920,
$1,000.
Dearborn street station, Chicago, |
April 6. 1921, $3.50, 900.
Mount Vernon, Ill, January IA, 1921,
$4,000.
Chicago. Avenue Postal Substation, |
March 4, 1921, $4,000.
Toccoa, Ga, September 10, 1920,
100000.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. II, 1920, |
s., 100000
Minneapolis, December 3, 1920, s50,-
300.
Centerville, Ia, March %, 1921,
s92, 600.
In addition, the recent disappearance
IF $3,OOO,OOO worth of Sinclair Oil
stock in New York is being investi
rated in connection with the arrests.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
immigrants Park
on Smile Limit
to Race for Port
Under Alien Law

New York, Aug. lit pays i'm.
migrants to form their line on the
three mile limit.
Since Friday there had been
bobbing about off Sandy Hook on
the steamship MegaIi HeiIas, a
number of Greeks who could not
crowd into the United States with
the July quota allotted to their
country, under the now restrictive
immigration laws.
Then, Just as the calendar was
slipping over to August. along
came the steamer calabria. with
another contingent Of Greeks,
whose number, added to those
aboard the MegaIi HeIIas, gave a
total of 704, or AZ more than
Greece's total for this month.
So Monday the two boats made
q dash of it for quarantine and
the Megali HelIas edged in two
minutes ahead Of her rival, there
by assuring her passengers a foot
hold on the promised land.
Ellis Island officials postponed
tho problem Of what was to be
done with the extra ~. II any
are shipped homo, they will be the
first immigrants turned back under
the new laws after actually having
reached these shores.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Lenine-Tr0tzky Split Denied
by Senator Joseph /. France,
Back in Riga From M0sc0,u

Riga, Aug. 1.-By The Associated
Pressl.-Reports that GeoT Trotzky,
the bolshevik minister of war, is i'll,
and also that there has been a split
between Nikolai Lenine and Trotzky
were denied Monday by Senator Joseph
l. France, Of Maryland. who is leaving
Riga for Berlin.
Senator France conversed with a
number of diplomats and several Amer
lean business men here. They express
ed views differing widely from his. re-
lative to the honesty and efficiency of
the bolsheviki, but the senator inform
ed the correspondent that he was leav-
ing to carry on fight for Russo
American relations and the extension
Of credit to Russia. and that his views
had not been changed.
He still thought that the third in
ternationale could not harm America
and that assistance for Russia would
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02

relieve the conditions which cause re-
voultions. He estimated that the credit
necessary for Russia's immediate needs
would amount to two billion dollars.
which he though should be in the
form of an outright loan to the Russian
government, instead of an advance on
concessions
Among those who talked with SEN
ator France was the same French
merchant who accompanied him from
Riga to Moscow, but returned some
time ago.
"Officials with whom dealt for the
purchase of 1O,OOO0,OO0 francs worth
of furs.'' said the merchant, told me
that this money would be used for
propaganda TO revolutionize the French
nation"
Mrs. Marguerite e. Harrison. of
Baltimore, leaves Riga with Senator
France.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
400 Pellagra Cases
Is Oklahoma Report
to Health Director

Oklahoma City, Aug. 1.-More than
400 cases of pellagra in Oklahoma
were Monday reported to DIR. A. r.
Lewis, state health commissioner.
Tonight he said he would not minim-
ize the danger in Oklahoma from the
disease and said he was sure there
were from 500 to 800 cases in the
state.
The disease is becoming prevalent
among the Indians, according to the
health commissioner, especially among
the women. who stay at home much of
the time and live principally on corn
and salt pork.
Many of the afflicted persons have
not been treated by physicians, DIR.
Lewis said, because pellagra appears
much as sunburn and victims are in
the secondary stage before the cases
are diagnosed
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Tong War on Coast
Breaks in Portland
When Gambler Killed

Portland. Ore. Aug. Lee Lung
oa' member of the Suey Sing tong,
was shot and killed while at gamb-
ling table in a Chinese resort here
Monday night, and Lee Wong, 81. was
twice shot and badly wounded by the
same assassin, who escaped. Other
Suey Sings said Hop Sing tong men
were responsible for the shooting.
AT the very time when the shooting
occurred, District Attorney Walter II.
Evans was attempting to bring leaders
of the two rival tongs together with
the purpose of averting open warfare.
which he said he had been informed
was imminent following trouble be-
tween the rival organizations at Marys-
vile. Calf. .+.~..-..
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Washington Miners
Confer on Strike
Settlement Plans

Seattle. Aug. delegates repre-
senting 80 local unions in the state of
Washington were present when the
special convention Of District 10, Unit
ed Mine Workers of America called
to consider a renewal of negotiations
for the settlement of the commercial
coal mine tie up in the state, met here
Monday.
Virtually all commercial mines in
Washington have been closed since
last March Is, when miners refused to
accept wage cut of between % and
"a per cent. Recently operators sent
notices to striking miners ordering
them to varate company-owned prop
erty by August 81.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Denies Murder Farm Rut11Or,
Declares Parents Are Innocent,
Opposes Exhun1ing of Body

Colby. Wis. Aug. 1.-"My mother
in law is innocent. All the talk of a
murder farm is lot of malicious
gossip. My parents and John Demmer
died natural deaths"
Herbert kolze, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Fred kolze, owners of the
"Old Mill Farm" in the northwest
part of Cook county, ILL.,, made this
staement Monday. He said that he
understood the Illinois authorities in
tended to exhume the body Of Demmer,
and that he wanted to look out for the
interests of Mrs. Demmer. Young
Kolze is married to a daughter of the
Demmers, and he was accompanied to
Colby by Ernest Demmer, a 17-year-
old son of Mrs. Demmer, who lives
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Reds
See a Plot in
Aid Offered
Hungry Russ

Riga, Aug. l.-While Russia is
appealing for acceptance Of Amer
ican and other foreign aid for her
starving people, the executive
committee of the Third interna-
tionale Monday sent out from Mos
COW by radio an appeal to tho
world proletariat in which 1t was
charged that the governments Of
England and America desire the
Russian working classes to permit
them to exchange piece Of bread
for the opportunity of organizing
counter evoiutions on Russian
SOIL"
The appeal charges that France
already Is organizing a plot, to-
gether with Roumania and Poland,
to attack the soviets at the oppor-
tune moment.
The appeal asks the proletariat
to Illustrate these plots at their
roots and not permit the govern
ments to make any conditions for
granting aid.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02

with the kolzes at Kolze. Ill. The
representatives of Coroner Peter Doff-
man of Chicago delayed their visit to
Colby 1t was announced that they
would go to Neilsville. county seat of
Clark county, and make application to
the county court for permission to ex-
hume Demmer's body.
Demmer's body will be dug up for
the purpose of ascertaining whether it
contains arsenic poison, it was said.
Demmer died suddenly eight years ago
while tenant on the Kolze farm. A
few months later, Mrs kolze died
suddenly. Her death at the time was
attributed to whooping cough Mrs.
Demmer then became housekeeper for
kolze on the farm. kolze died July
II, last.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Airplane Patrols
for Western Forests
to Be Discontinued

Washington, Aug. 1-Use of army
airplanes for fire protection ia west
ern forests will be discontinued next
summer, Secretary Weeks announced
Monday. because ''the large reduction
now being made in appropriations
permits expenditures for only the
most necessary. strictly military
needs
Mr.. Weeks wrote Secretary Wal
lace. who had asked army airplanes in
protecting timber lands near Pres
colt, Ariz. The war secretary said it
would be impossible to detail either
aviators or planes to do such work in
1922.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02

!, Other suggestions were said to have
included:
A reduction Of 80 per cent in trans
portation taxes both passenger and
freight, next year. and their eiimina-
ton the year following.
Repeal of the taxes on soda foun-
tain drinks and ice cream.
Repeal of the excess profits tax and
elimination of the $1,000 exemption on
corporations incomes.
Increase of the noraml income tax
on corporations from the present 10
per cent to Is per cent.
Elimination of the income surtax
brackets above 40 per cent with the
surtax rates on incomes ranging from
$1,000 to 5000 increased.
To Raise Fosr Billions.
The revenue bill as revised in ac-
cord with these suggestions would be
designed to raise approximately four
billions of dollars next year, it was
said. Mr.. MELONS memorandum en-
bodying his views was withheld, but
Chairman Fordney promised to make
it public soon.
Representative Garner, of Texas,
the ranking Democratic member of
secretarys proposals, declaring that
every one of them constituted a shift
ing ''of the tax burden from the classes
to the masses"
Mr.. Mellon was said to have estimat-
ed government expenditures for ne2S
year at S4,675, 100000, but Chairman
Fordney said this was dependent on
how much of the $50O,OOO.OOO due the
railroads would have to be advanced
out of the federal treasury, the cost Of
operating the government merchant
fleet and the size of expenditures for
the army and navy.
100 Million from Autos.
Aside from internal taxes, the treas
ury secretary was understood to have
estimated customs receipts for next
year at S45O, 100000 and miscellaneous
receipts, including salvage, at $780,
100000. He was said to have figured
that the $40 license tax on automo-
biles would bring in 100000 600, and
the added levy on cigars, tobacco and
cigarettes an additional S25.00O.OO0.
Increased postal rates have been
estimated to yield another $76,OOOOOO,
but the estimate as to the income from
the proposed tax on bank checks was
not disclosed.
The loss of revenue through reduc-
ton of the transportation taxes has
been placed at approximately $780,
100000.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Chinaman Shoots
Portland Officer

Portland, Ore, Aug. 1.-Police In
spector ii: w. Moreno was shot through
the left leg late Monday night in a
duel with Albert Wong, n Chinese, who
had been surrounded in a woodward
near the Chinese quarter by police.
Wong fell to the ground following the
exchange of shots and police thinking
he had been wounded took him to the
emergency hospital An examination
showed the Chinaman was not injured.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Mondell Candidate
for Wyoming Toga
in 1922, He Asserts

Washington, Aug. Representative
Frank w. Mondell. Wyoming, the Re
publican leader, announced Monday he
would be a candidate for the senate in
1922. He made known his plans in
letters to Patrick Sullivan, Republican
national committeeman, for Wyoming.
and I. Blake Kennedy, chairman of the
Wyoming state Republican central
committee.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
ITALY "HEARTtlY ACCEPTS"
BID TO DlSARMlNG MEET

Rome. Aug. 1.-Premier Bonomi an
nounced in the senate Monday that
Italy had heartily accepted" the invi-
tation Of the United States to the dis
armament conference in Washington.
by the premier to the chamber Of depu-
ties in his speech at the opening Of par
Gament recently.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Large Milling Co.
Abandons Seat in
Omaha Exchange

Omaha, Aug. 1.-The Wells-Abbott-
Nyeman Milling CO., Schuyler, Neb,
one of the largest concerns Of its kind
in the middle west. recently reported
in financial difficulties, abandoned it's
local grain office in the Omaha Grain
exchange Monday, but will continue its
flour office, according to the secretary
of the exchange.
The company's plant at Schuyler il
closed. Lack of wheat at the mills
vas eivsn By one Of the concerns
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
76 Pound Watermelon
Is Sent to President
by California Grower

Turlock, Calf, Aug IA water
melon weighing 76 pounds and measur-
ing 80 inches in length and 80 inches
in circumference and ID inches in di-
ameter, was forwarded Monday by ex-
press to President Harding by a grow
er Of this district. The melon is ex-
pected to reach Washington about the
time the president returns from his
vacation
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER DIES.

Tacoma, Aug. Paul L. Richards,
who brought the first moving pictures
to Tacoma and Seattle, in 1898, died
Sunday in Paris, according to a cable
gram to his wife here Monday. He
was born in France. During the war
he was an official photographer, rep
resenting the United States war col
lege at the front and his photographs
form part OF the government historical
records,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
PAVE WAY FOR VOTE ON
FARM LOAN BOND INTEREST

Washington, Aug. The house
rules committee reported out Monday
an amendment to the house manual to
pave the way for vote ON the senate
bill authorizing the farm loan bank
system to pay 5h instead Of 3 psr ceat
interest on its onds. Tuesday os next
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
GRAIN ELEVATOR STRIKE
IN CHICAGO AT AN EMIT

Chicago, Aug. 1.-The strike of grain
elevator employees, started here a
month ago by the Chicago Grain Eley-
ator and Feed Mill employees union.
has been called off. The walkout affec-
ted 800 men and for q time hindercd
the movement of grain in and out Of
Chicago.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
AIRPL LANE AIDS MURDERER
TO FLEE ASYLUM, REPORT
Woman Fights Three Tigers
While Runaway Circus Team
Careens Cage Through Streets

Aurora III, Aug IA terrific fight
spectators a
While the
the
upset and allow the qers to
the
followed
roustabou armed with
One OF the animals badly injured that
in the circus parade
was divided to two compartments In
woman tame Mabel Stark of Louisville
steel waoon
unIoostened the aenng As
Miss Stark fighting
compartment Then the
combined efforts of half
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
SHORT SKIRTS TO STAY,
CHANGE OTHER STYLES

Chicago, Aug. IA revolution
in women's styles, involving every
thing except short skirts was indi-
Gated for the coming winter by
members of the National Wearing
Apparel association in convention
here. Straight lines, flowing
sleeves, coats almost to the knees
will be worn this winter, they said.
As to color, practically everything
shown by the models was black
with profuse trimmings of monkey
fur.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Mrs. Agee Acquitted
on Charge of Murder

Portland, Ore., Aug. IA cir
cult court jury here Monday niqht
returned verdict of not guilty in
the case of Mrs. Louise Auee.
charged with the murder OF her
husband, Harry Agee. The ver-
dict was returned after 20 minutes
of deliberatiOn.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
EARS WILL BE POPULAR
EQR WOMEN This WINTER

Chicago, Aug. I.-Ears will be
popular for women again this win
ter, according to delegates here to
the convention of the National
Hairdressers' association. Bob
bed hair has come to stay, they al
so insisted, but Indicated a belief
that fewer women would wear
shorn locks as the years 90 by.
The most popular fad in hair dress
ing, delegates said, was the per.
manent wave.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
RANKS OF CAMPERS OUT
DUE FOR BULGE SOON

Chicago, Aug. l.-Hundreds Of
tenants reported Monday that they
had received notices of rent in
creases ranging from Is to 20 per
cent effective on October ! from
their landlords. In many cases,
1t was reported. the rents asked
were higher than for similar
apartments last May.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
Master Minds Behind Mail Robberies in Custody
Is Belief; Alter Bonds to Render Them Salable
DISARMAMENT PARLEY
DATE RESTS LARGELY
WITH INVITED POWERS
The Days Oddities
DUBS MODERN BRIDES
iNTCHENETTES "IIZARDS"

Chicago, Aug. i.-Modern brides
are blamed for the present short
age of homes, by F. e. Davidson,
president of the Illinois Society of
Architects, in a speech before that
organization Monday. Mr.. David
son called the modern bride
"kitchenette lizard who sends down
to the corner deiicatessen store for
the evening meal, and who would
rather ride in an automobile than
own a home."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-02
RAISE IN POSTAGE RATES
IS AMONG SUGGESTIONS
0FATTEN j. S. TREASURY
Recommends Repeal Of Present Federal Assess
ment on Soda Fountain Drinks and Ice Cream
and Reduction and Final Elimination Of That
on Transportation; Plans to Get Four Billions.

Washington Aug IA tax of two cents bank checks,
flat license tax of $40 all automobiles irrespective of
cost of first class postage rates to
three cents and added levy cigars tobacco and cigarettes
understood to have been among revision suggestions
presented Monday by Secretary Mellon the house and
means committee, meeting in executive session