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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
UNION coNClLIAToRY

Chicago, March 11.-If the fedora
department of labor can obtain from
the meat packers Of Chicago prom
ise to defer enforcement Of their new
wage and hour adjustment, effective
Monday. the employees also will defer
strike balloting. it was announced Fri
day night by Dennis Lane, secretary
treasurer Of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters & Butcher Workmen of NORTH
America
Mr.. Lane made this announcement
on being informed of the offer from
Washington Of mediation by the de-
partment Of labor.
The labor chief said the strike bal
lots would probably be mailed OUT
unless the status quo was agreed to-
Strike Preparations On.
There was no letup in the prepara
tions for a possible strike. however,
and Mr.. Lane reiterated his belief that
the men would vote to strike if the
wage cuts and change in working
hours announced by the packers were
put into effect.
Final proof on the strike ballots was
read Friday and they went to the
printer with a promise that $4,000
would be ready for the mails Saturday
morning. The ballots will be printed
in six languages.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
|. c. c. POWER
To SET RATES
IN HIGH COURT
Attorneys of 43 States
Attack Authority of
the Federal Body.
Claim Unfair Advant-
age Is Counsel for Rail
roads Contention.

| Washington, March 1.-Authorit.
of the interstate commerce commission
under the transportation act to super
| wise railroad rates within the state was
both denied and upheld in Opening ar
guments Friday before the supreme
| court on the test case brought by The
state of Wisconsin.
Attorneys for Wisconsin and the 4.
states joining in the proceedings de-
| clared that construction placed on the
! transportation act by the commission
in exercising control over state rates
to be obstructive of our dual form OF
government and contrary to the spirit
of our constitution" and to amount to
unified control over commerce.
vacate Injunction, Urge.
Counsel for the railroads in uphold
ing the authority of the commission,
declared that the states which have re-
fused to approve rate increases within
their borders to the level of interstate
rates as ordered by the commission
mot only are injuring interstate COM
merce but are claiming an unfair ad-
vantage Of their sister states who have
acted literally in the public interests
The 43 states joining in the proceed
ings are attempting to obtain an order
vacating the injunction granted by fed
eral courts to the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railroad preventing any inter-
ference with that road in its establish
ment of increased freight and passen-
ger rates within the state of Wiscon-
sin as authorized by the interstate COM
merce commission. Permission was
given the various states to file briefs
and to be represented orally through
the attorney acting for all.
The Importance attached to the case
was illustrated Immediately when the
court allowed total of nine hours for
argument. NJ. B. Olbrich, special coun-
sci for Wisconsin,, who opened for the
appellants. barely concluded his presen-
tation Of the case Friday.
Commission Denounced.
The order of the interstate COM
merce commission affecting state
rates. Mr.. Olbrich argued, was based
solely on the ground that state rates
below interstate tariffs amounted to
discrimination against interstate COM
merce. The action of the interstate
commerce commission was denounced
by Mr.. Olbrich as "in excess of juris-
diction and abuse of power
Bruce Scott, general solicitor of the
Burlington, opened for the carriers.
but had barely begun when the court
adjourned until Monday.
UNLESS the interstate commerce
can right these wrongs"
Mr.. Scott said. 'the purpose of con-
gress to assure adequate transportation
will be thwarted."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
Big Lehman Taps
Oil Sands; Flows
400 Bbls., Report

Lewistown, March ll.-Louis L.
Lehman, county clerk and record
or, announces that the Big Lehman
we'll In Cat Creek was brought in
Friday at 5 p. m. with a produc-
tion of not less than 400 barrels.
This we'll is celebrated as "the
jinx of Cat creek" as about every
mishap that can happen to we'll
was experienced in drilling it.
The well was spudded in October 4.
A. 3. Lehman is the president of
the company owning the property.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
Five Sim Feiners
Sentenced to Death

Dublin, March 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) Five young men, Ber-
nard Ryan, Patrick Boyle, Thomas
Bryan, Frank Flood and Dermott
O'Sullivan, have been sentenced to
death by hanging in a court martial
carving on war against the king. The
cade at Drumcondra in February. The
viceroy has commuted the sentence OF
O'Sullivan to life servitude due to his
youth. O'Sullivan is II years old.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
DAVIS REQUESTS
PACKERS, UNION
ARb|TRA1E ROW
Secretary Davis Offers
Services in Telegram
to Principals in Fray.
Each Side Asked to
Name Two Represent
tatives to Capital.

Washington, March 1.-THE SER
vices of the department. of labor in the
settlement of the controversy between
packing house employees and the pack
ing concerns growing out Of proposed
wage reductions were offered in tele
grams sent Friday night to the unions
and packers by Secretary of Labor
Davis.
Secretary Davis, who dispatched the
telegrams after conference with
President Harding. also requested the
particulars and their employees each to
with the department Of labor agents
in an attempt to readjust the dispute
which threatens to develop into a
strike.
Text of Telegram.
The telegram sent to Dennis Lane,
secretary of the Amalgamated Meat
North America. at Chicago, which was
practically identical in text with the
one sent the five big packers. follows.
''The federal government is deeply
concerned about the maintenance of
industrial activity in fullest under
standing and hopes there will be no in
terruption Of the continuity of eln-
ployment in the great packing indus
tries If the department of labor can
be helpful in promoting an under
standing and can aid in any way to
avoid cessation of operations, such
services by this department will be Civ
en- most gladly.
Name Arbitrators, Urge.
'The whole problem of industrial
readjustment is of such widespread
public concern that the department OF
labor with the knowledge Of the de-
partments Of agriculture and commerce
requests that two representatives OF
labor engaged in the packing industry
will report to this department to make
possible such inquiry into the situa-
ton as may prove helpful in leading
to just and satisfactory solution.
II am sending like request to the
employers and am acquainting them
with this request to you. Surely there,
must be a just solution and the good
offices of this department are rendered
in the hope Of finding that solution
so essential to the promotion of the
common good
Harding Sanctions Act.
Sending of the kilograms followed
day of strenuous work for the new
secretary in an effort to forestali the
first big strike to loom on the bor-
izon since the new administration as
sumed office.
The action of Secretary Davis was
understood to have been taken with
the full sanction Of President Harding,
who was informed Thursday of the de-
cision of the packing house employees to
call for strike referendum as re-
suit of announcement by packers that
wages would be cut approximately il
IL per cent.
Davis on Job Early.
A memorandum left at the White
House Thursday by Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, was referred to Secretary
Davis. who arrived at his office at Z
o'clock Friday morning in order to
familiarize himself with the
situation before attending the cabinet
meeting at IL o'clock.
The matter was discussed at the
cabinet meeting and at the suggestion
of President Harding. Secretary Davis
conferred with him again Friday after
noon, when the president placed the en-
&c. ,,,otfor in tho Sncratary'S hands
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
N. D. Excise Tax Levy
Against Railroads Is
Upheld in U. S. Court

Fargo, N. D., March li.-An ex-
else tax levied by the state of North
Dakota against railroads operating
in this state was upheld today by
Judge j. w. Woodrough in the fed
eral district court here. This de-
cision will give the state about $780,
900 a year from railroad properties,
according to George Wallace, tax
commissioner.
Temporary fnjunctions obtained
by the director general of railroads
were dismissed by Judge Wood
rough, who held that contentious Of
the companies that the state had no
authority to levy an excise tax on
capital stocks of the roads under
government control have no merit.
The excise law passed by the 1919
legislature is held constitutional.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12

the proprietors of the hotel where
Hamon was shot. brought out that 6
window whic hthe landlady had not
known was broken was found cracked
after the shooting.
Hamon Kissed Doctor.
DR.. Hardy testified that when Mr..
Hamon came. to him be saw that he
was pale and that something was
wrong with him. He said he asked
him what is the matter? Is there
something wrong:" and that Hamon
walked up to him. threw his arms about
h:m. kissed him on the forehead and
said: >->'
I'm shot; by Clara Smith. I told
you she would do it. l am going to
die: l am weak and want to 20 to
bed"
Later after Mr.. Hamon had rallied
from an operation, performed within
two hours, he quoted the wounded man
as having said:
doctor, take my righ, hand 7
want you to promise me you never will
reveal how i was shot except in open
court. For Gods sake don't tell any
body about this. I want it kept q
secret for the sake of my family"
on cross-examination DR.. Hardy
admitted that he had not told the truth
when questioned by Russell B. Brown,
then county attorney, who had filed
an Information against Clara Smith
Hamon charging murder.
Lied to Prosecutor.
You did not tell Russell Brown the
truth then. did you, doctors" defense
counsel asked him after it had been
brought out that DR.. Hardy had told
Mr.. Brown that Hamon had said he
shot himself accidentally.
No. the surgeon replied.
Dr. HARDY was asked if he did not
know an official investigation by the
county attorney had the same status
as a hearing in open court and said
that he did not so regard it.
DIR. Hardy described the course Of
the bullet which he said caused Mr..
lannon's death, as having entered the
right side OF the body between the
eighth and ninth ribs. taking 4 down.
ward course through the right lobe of
the liver, and without penetrating any
other of the important organs.
Shooting Scene Re- enacted.
He said that Mr.. Hamon told him
how he lay in the bed as he was shot,
and, on cross-examinahon, Mr.. Nc
Lean lay upon the floor and had the
surgeon trace the bullets course with
black pencil on his white shirt. He
brought from the surgeon as he, the
lawyer. stood before him with his
arms upraised and body bent forward.
that If the physician then had stood
before Mr.. Mclean and fired. the bull
let would have taken similar course.
The defense has announced it's in
e -
shot as he branished chair.
The state Friday night announced it
might be able to complete its testimony
by Saturday evening should Satur-
day afternoon session be held.
On the jury are seated two jurors
who q few days ago, in a murder case
IN which only circumstantial evidence
was presented, voted a life sentence |
after IL minutes consideration.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
TOM ARTHUR DENIES TRADED VOTES ST0R
X-Ray Reveals Tooth
in Mans Lung; Fear
for Life Expressed

Wilmington, DEL, March li.-An
x-ray photograph of James B.
Broad. comptroller of the Ell. Du
Pont de Nemours Co., who Is in
critical condition at a local hos.
pital, showed that the cause Of his
illness was the lodgment Of a tooth
in his lungs, attending physicians
announced Friday.
Mr.. Broad had four teeth ex.
tracted several weeks ago, taking
gas for the operation. and the phy-
sicians believe that one Of the ex.
tracted teeth accidentally slipped
down the wlndpipe.
The physicians declared that IN.
less an operation is performed i'm
mediately Mr.. Broad cannot re.
cover, while, on the other hand, II
is feared an operation might prove
fatal, as he Is extremely weak.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
FOOD CON NTR0[
MEANS SUCCESS
IN RUSS R|S|NCS
Town 90 Miles North
of Moscow Falls to
Revolutionists, Rumor
Leaders of Revolt Are
Unknown in Politics,
Is London Report.

Washington, March 11.-Nhlitary
domination in Petrograd, Moscow and
other Russian cities is increasingly
dependent upon the success of the
maneuvers for control Of the food sup
ply, according to analysis of reports
of conditions there made Friday by Of
ficials of the state department.
Summaries Of the reports indicate
that both the revolutionists and the
bolsheviki are making every effort to
maintain communication with the rural
districts in order to satisfy both the
troops and the non-fight;ng population
Kronstadt Provisioned.
Revolutionists in charge of Kron-
stadt have announced that they had
provisions enough to maintain their
position and would appeal for outside
aid only on behalf Of the non combat
ant civilians and children in the event
of a prolonged struggle.
! Petrograd, according to the advices
to the department. is virtually under
siege, the bolsheyiki having disposed
troops along the main approaches to-
the city and inaugurated a policy Of
wholesale arrests of workmen and
NlLlLcAS cuSpCSlCu VI SyAP0IAACS "AIA
the revolutionists.
Virtually all of the workmen in Pet
rograd have voted to join the revolu-
tionists, whose headquarters are at
Kronstadt. =.
London, March 11.-By the Asso-
Gated Press)-The Central News Hell
singfors correspondent says that, ac-
cordinng to q refusee who has just es-
capped from PetrOgrad, the town Of
Tyer, 80 miles northwest of Moscow,
has fallen into the hands of the revolu-
tionaries through the soviet troops
having been withdrawn to Petrograd.
The leaders of the revolutionary
movement now developing IN Russia
are entirely unknown in Russian politi-
cal circles. which indicates that the
movement is on-political and one from
the broad masses of the Russian people
themselves, according to Anatolyn Bal
kaloff, president of a group of Russian
social Democrats in London.
Workers Direct Move
N; Baikaloff Friday communicated to
British labor leaders important private
information which has filtered into Rus
sian political and commercial in Lon
don from what he characterized as
''most reliable" sources of information
in Russia.
Statements of the soviet govern
ment that the movement is directed by
a. White counter revolt and the en-
tente are entirely false" he declared.
1.-THE revolution is being carried on
by workers, sailors soldiers and peas
ants. The Socialist parties are not
even indirectly responsible. The move
ment is concentrated in Petrograd, but
already is spreading through the
country"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
LEFT OVER MILLION.

Oklahoma City. March 11.-,Jake L.
Hamon had a net estate in Oklahoma
of approximately 81, 200, 900, debts and
inheritance tax deducted. according to
the report of N. w. Gore, assistan,
state auditor. made public Thursday.
Mrs. Jake Hamon and the two chill
dren received 100000 each from the
estate in Oklahoma, the report shows.
Outstanding debts were $3,6S7, 1861
and the inheritance tax on the estate
was $4,000.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
u. S. Dry Officer
Guilty of Violating
Liquor Law in N. D

Fargo, n. D., March 11.-R. B.
Leady. former acting federal pro-
hibition chief for North Dakota,
with two others. was found guilty
in federal district court here Fri
day night on a charge of conspir-
ing to transport liquor from Moor
head. Minn., to Sioux Falls, s. d.,
on October 6, last.
The men found guilty with Leadv
are r. o. Haugen, Moorhead. and
Theodore Musjerd, former clerk in
the local prohibition office.
Judge ]. w. Woodrough will
pronounce sentence Saturday
morning.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
VOTERS ARRIVE
FOR RP[Eb|SC|TE

Breslau. Silesia, March 1O.-The
first contingent Of voters for the
plebiscite in Upper Silesia to deter
mine whether the region shall be Ger
man or Polish. which will be held March
20, arrived here Friday. They came
from Duisburg. Up to moon Friday
10000 eligible voters had registered in
the Breslau district.
Tarnowitz, Silesia, March 1O.-Five
Germans qualified to vote in the coming
plebiscite in Upper Silesia have arrived
here from Baltimore, Md Another 100
eligible. to vote are on the way from
Argentina and Chile.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
10 MILLION RUBLES, $500,
REWARD FOR REVOLT CHIEF

Washington, March 11.-(By the AS
sociated Press.)-Leon Trotzky. the
Russian soviet war minister, according
to Russians here who are in daily
touch with their country, has offered
reward Of 100000 rubles for the
body, dead or alive, of General Koslov-
sky, the revolutionary leader in the
Petrograd region. General Koslovsky,
in Geturn. is reported to have offered
10000, 900 million rubles for Trotzky' s
body.
1t is pointed out here that million
rubles now is worth about $50.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
Homer Oil Field
Is Swept by Gale;
One Woman Killed

Shreveport, La. March lone life
was lost, four persons were seriously
injured and damage estimated at
more than $5COOOO was done by a
storm which suddenly swept the town
of Homer. La, and the oil fields nearby
late Friday.
Mrs. Ed Rogers, wife of an oil man,
was killed and her son, age Is. Sc
riously injured. More than a dozen
were slightly injured.
According to reports from the field
Friday night, Is to 100 oil derricks were
demolished and the camp of the Simms
Oil Co. was blown down. Other camps
suffered heavy damage.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
REDS NOT FEARED

Stockholm. March II. 1.-Te1egrams
received by the Nya Diagligt Allehanda
say that Oranienbaum. on the southern
shore of the Gulf Of Finland. is partly
n ruins and that fires are raging there.
of the situation by the Petrograd
newspapers proves that NJ. Zinovieff,
the bolshevik governor of Petrograd.
now fears to exercise terrorism, as
was formerly done.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
DEFENDANT AND WIDOWS
SObS UNCOMFORTABLE AS
BLOODY GARMENTS VIEWED
DR.. W. H. Hardy, States Chief Witness, Admits
Jake Hamon and Paramour Were Suffering
From Incurable Maladies; That He Attacked
Defendant While Drunk, Is to Be Defense.

Ardmore, Okla, March 11-Testmony adduced at the
second day of the trial here of Clara Smith Haon charged
with the murder of Jake L. Hamon reputed millionaire oil and
railroad and former Republican national committeeman
from Oklahoma Friday brought forth display of emotions
which ran the gamut from humor to tragedy.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12

Berlin, March 1o.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. s.)-Foreign Minister Sim
ons discussed the events Of the Lon
don renarstions conference, with the
fora;on raiafions committee Of the
reichstae until late Friday night when
tho session was adjourned to Satur-
day.
,;osed to be confined to cabinet and
committee members only, it was OBJ
served that Hugo SHINES. who was
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
STAYS WIFE, THEN SELF.

Pekin, ILL.,, March 11.-Harry NIaus
shot and killed his wife and then blew
his own brains out this afternoon in
front of the home Of Mrs. Maus' moth
er, Mrs. Jacob Nevore. The two had
Geen estranged for some tim~
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
ONE DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI.

Ruleville, Miss. March 1.-One man
was injured and property damage
amounting to $4,000 was caused by a
severe wind and rain. storm. which
struck Doddsville, Miss, five miles
from here late Friday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
cR,ss,NGER CONFIRMED

! Washington, March 1.-THE nom
ination of d. r. Crissinger of Marion,
Ohio, to be comptroller OF the cur
rency was confirmed Friday by the
senate.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12

London, March 11.-Oberhausen,
six miles east of Ruhrort ana sew
en- miles northeast of Essen, mas
been entered by the allies, accord
ing to a Central News dispatch
from Paris. Entry was made with
out incident.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12
RACE R|0T|NC
IN SPRINGFIELD
Negro Shoots Police
man; Ii Blacks
Shot.

Springfield, Ohio, March i2.-
Race disorders broke out here
shortly before midnight last night
following the shooting OF po-
Iiceman by negro who was being
searched for firearms.
Within short time one negro
was in hospital with a bullet
wound, and four others were re-
ported shot. Large crowds were
on the streets and heavy firing
was going on in the Yellow Springs
street negro district.
Late reports to the police said
that l 4 negroes were shot In the
battle between whites and negroes
in the yellow Springs street dis
trict.
Both negroes and officers took
positions behind trees and build
ings, firing at each other In the
dark and with the scant aid Of
nearby street lights.
Police arrested a white man
whose name could not be learned
who was scattering dynamite Just
outside the negro section. He
said he was going to use the ex-
plosive to bow out stumps.
At 1870 o'clock this morning
firing had ceased and the city was
reported quiet. Large crowds Of
whites which had been on the
streets had been disbanded by the
police. ......
Springfield Ohio. March 11.-Pa'
trolman Joseph Ryan was shot and Sc
riously injured shortly before midnight
by an unknown negro whom he at
to search for firearms. I'm
mcdiately two machine gun companies
held in readiness here since early In
the evening in anticipation OF trouble
following an attack by a negro last
Monday on 11year-old Marge Ferneau
were called out. After the shooting
which occurred in the negro quarter
the policeman's assailant escaped. A
17-year- -old negro was later arrested
as suspect. Shortly after the shoot
ing of the patrolman large CROWD
formed and started in the direction OF
the city hall and Jail.
Negro Shot in Head.
An unknown negro was shot in the
head. The wound was not serious. tie
was sent to the hospital.
The police have been sent to the 1el-
low Springs district where Patrolman
Ryan was shot. A number OF shots
have been fired there.
Colonel III. b. Horner, representative
Of State Adjutant General Florence,
who came to Springfield early Friday
night. at midnight ordered the London
national guard company to report here
for duty as soon as possible.
, 1921-12-07
TRADE BOOMING HOUSE.

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parlor on first floor. five rooms and
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curbing and pavement: splendid loca-
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spending money and yet be at home.
This is one of our best bargains and
the price is $11. 900 cash or trade. II
you have desirable property see us
at once. Montgomery Realty and In
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Phone 1910. lz-5-ti
, 1921-12-07
LAND FOR SALE OR TRADE.

An Irrigated short 80 acres out from
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OF a mile from an oil well; oil right
worth more than is asked for the land,
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miles from Lander. 80 acres irrigable.
paid-up water right, SO acres in alfalfa,
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Phone 1910. 12-6-tf