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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
ARMY AIR CHIEFS
COMPOSE STRIFE

Washington, June 17.-Differences
between Major General Menoher and
Brigadier General Mitchell, chief and
assistant chief, respectively, of the
army air service, have been "satisfac-
torily" composed by Secretary Weeks.
General Menoher has withdrawn his
letter requesting the relief of General
Mitchell, from his assignment, it was
said, at the request of the secretary,
who announced that both Clearly un-
dcrstood" their positions in way
that would make impossible the recur-
renee of reasons which led to the ''fric-
ton between the air officials.
The two officers were called into
conference Friday by the secretary,
who outlined to them his desire to con-
tinue each in his present office for
the best interests of the service. Gen
eral Menoher was held to be justified in
requesting General Mitchell's relief,
but the secretary said such action
would be undesirable and unfortunate
St this time He added that General
Menoher would be wholly responsible
for the future administration of the
air service and General Mitchell would
serve primarily as an adviser because
Of his expert knowledge Of flying and
the training Of personnel.
The composition of differences be-
tween the two officers was brought
about personally by Secretary Weeks
after he had investigated conditions in
their department.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
PLEDGE PACKING.
HOUSE WORKERS
A. T. Of |. HELP
Condemn Big Five for
Attempting to Reduce
Wages Any Further.
Blood Money of Sen
ators Put Mooney in
Prison, Says Brother.

Denver, Colo, June 1.-THE Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in convention
Friday, unanimously pledged it's sup
port to the packing house workers o.
the country in their fight against fur
ther wage reductions.
The 'big five" packers were con.
demred for attempting to reduce al
most q million workers and their de-
pendents ito a degrading state of po-
(, verify with all its attendant depriva-
tions" and thus cause an" unfortunate
condition because of its far-reaching
results will also impede the progress
of the nation"
The executive council was instruct
ed, to ''leave nothing undone to aid
to the utmost the workers in the pack
ing industry
- Rap Company 'Unions'
After declaring the packers were
''again taking advantage Of the pres
ent period Of business depression and
unemployment to reduce the wages of
workers" the resolution said:
'The workers in the packing industry
are threatened with a recorence of
pre-war conditions and an effort is
made to lure them into joining So
called company unions which in reality
are for the company only, established,
managed and controlled BY the packers
who hyprocriticaify are proclaiming that
they are bringing industrial democracy
to the workers, democracy with
string tied to them"
Copies of the resolutions were order
Continued on Pasc Two.)
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
FOOD PRODUCTS
PRICES SLUMP;
. FARM ASCEND
Wholesale Drop Great
er Than Retail of So
and 33%, Respectively
Onions, Oranges, Cab
bage Retail Price Up:
Metal Products Same.

Washington, June 17.-Retail food
prices to the average family declined
As per cent in May as compared with
April while wholesale food prices drop
ped , 81 per cent in the same period
according to statistics made public on
Friday by the department of labor.
General wholesale prices, including
farm products. food. building mate rials.
metals. house furnishings and miscel-
laneous commodities. declined approx
mately ? per cent during the month.
The decline from the peak prices of
May, 1919, amounted to 33 per cent
in retail food prices and A II per
cent in general wholesale prices. The
drop in wholesale prices includes a
53 1-2 per cent decline in manufactur-
ed food products and 81 per cent
reduction IN the prices of farm pro-
ducts, the statement said
Butter and Cheese Drop.
From April Is to May Is the retail
price of butter declined "A per cent;
sugar IL per cent: lard 9 per cent:
pork chops and oleomargarine 5 per
cent. Smaller reductions were noticed
for many other commodities.
Retail prices of three articles which
increased in price during the month
were onions A per cent; cabbage 10
per cent and oranges 5 per cent.
Housefurnishings Down.
Wholesale prices of farm products
reached from the low level reached in
April. the statement said. with gain
of l 3-4 per cent. With the exception
of metal and metal products, prices
of which have remained the same
for two months. there was decline in
wholesale prices, food products lead
ing. Wholesale prices of house fur
nishings dropped nearly 4 1-2 per cent
during the month: clothes and clothing
? 81 per cent. and chemicals and drugs
II per cent. Wholesale building
material prices declined about one half |
If one per cent during the month.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
A Want Ad Sunday :
Will Mean Results
and a Movie Ticket

Have you brought your Want
Ad to The Tribune for the big
Sunday edition?
A ticket is waiting for you tor
George Fitzmaurice's splendid Par
amount production, aPayinq the
Piper" which will te featured at
the Sexton theater this Saturday
afternoon and evening, Sunday and
Monday. A ticket will be qiven to
each person bringing in today a
Want Ad for the Sunday morning
paper. =
1t matters not whether you want
to buy or sell, trade or rent, or
dispose OF some old nick-nack that's
stored in the attic or takinq up
space in the parIor. Just tell your
story In asIittIe Want Ad in Sun.
days Tribune and you'll receive a
ticket to the Sexton.
"Paying the Piper was produced
by tho director who brought out
"TIle Right to Love" and "ldots Of
Clay"
Ia some cases the price Of tho
ticket would exceed tho cost Of the
Want Ad.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Oil Exploration Need
of Mexico; Potential
Yield Huge; is Claim

Washington, June 17.-(By the AS
sociated Press).-J: A. Phelan, of the
shipping board staff. urged in his re-
cent report on the Mexican oil situa-
ton transmitted to Chairman Porter,
Of the house foreign affairs commit
tee, that since the proven oil field in
Mexico, sis fast going into salt water. -
the American government "either di-
rectly or by cooperation with Ameri-
felop oil fields" m that country, adding
"That the potential production Of
Mexico is almost unlimited is beyond
question:
Mr.. Phelam discusses at length con-
ditions in the present field. and pre-
sents the following under the head Of
Recommendations.
That the proven field in Mex
leo within reasonable period is
certain to 90 into salt water is a,
demonstrated fact, and this may
come sooner than expected. Inas-
much as the consumption of oil in
the United States Increased from
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Movius Requisition
Hearing Brings Out
''Frame-Up" Charge

St. Paul, June ia hearing
on requisition papers for the re-
turn from Minnesota to Montana
of Rex Movius, former Sheridan
county treasurer, at P!entywood,
Mont, wanted in connection with
alleged Irregularities In public
funds, was delayed for ten days
by Governor j. A. o. Preus, Fri.
day.
Several letters we're presented
to the governor asking for a de.
lay.
n. w. HaisIet, a newspaper pub
Usher at st. James, Minn., wrote
that "Movius would have no chance
for justice" If taken back now.
o. j. Fistead, an attorney Of
Windom, Mjnn., said he was of the
opinion that politicians" were at
tempting to place the blame on
M0vius in connection with the clos.
ing of a Montana bank.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18

The war is to the last ditch. Rid
dick said Friday he could not swallow
Shelley. The question is who will pre-
vall-Riddiek or Mccormick and the
national committeeman? These gen.
tlemen announced their respective pur-
poses Friday. Up to this time the
Montana representatives have worked
together. without friction Shelley il
on the ground, giving aid to McCor-
mick.
Name Land Receivers.
Messrs. Riddick and Mccormick
have recommended F. s. Reid of CuI-
bertson for receiver. of the land office
at Glasgow and II. s. Proyinse Of Red
Lodge for receiver at Billings.
Howard Thompson Of BILLINGS has
been appointed receiver for a bank at
Marcus, Ia. and Rev. Alfred Pfaus,
Presbyterian preacher at Lewistown,
has been selected for postmaster at the
Virg.l Islands. The Montana con-
gressmen have been pulling plums right
along and their difference over Shell
ley may have far-reaching effect on the
pie brigade.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Youthful Murderer
Strangles to Death
While Priest Prays

New Orleans, La. June W.
Felix ]. Birbisiua. executed with
Charles ]. Zalenka Friday for the
murder Of Mrs. Bertha Neason,
straagied himself 70 death after
hanging conscious for more than 20
minutes, prison officials admitted
Friday aight.
At the time set Tor Birbielua's
execution, the hansman pulled the
wrong lever. Birhlglua squirmed
n the moose, but the trap did non
drop. Then the other lever was
pulled and the condemned man, with
the knot OF the repe On hls chin.
fell threveh. Aithoseh stsMasd hy
the fail, 10 soon reoalaed conscious.
ness aRe Aesan maklao roapeaees
70 the prlssS whe stee6 heside HIN
AlcltiNo the sfflces Ter the dead .
THIS oonversltloa ooallaaea Tor rs
WlNetos, G Was satd. Their the
yeu1k reNpNe6 hjs tormoe sDpeals
~ 0efoy, 1laally boooMlna ffenfie,
an, II tAe opo1loa ef Coroner
JeeepA oeesae9, sAlftlno tho weight
q hls eedx IN suoh 1 wlanor that
straa1seat Feeslle6.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Lightning Strikes
Casper Tank Farm
During Downpour

Casper, Wyo., June 17.-Seven large
tanks containing about 445.OOO barrels
Of crude and fuel oil were burned here
Friday afternoon after being struck by
lightning. The fire is centered in the
Midwest Refining Co.'S tank farm.
Chemicals were used in an effort to
extinguish the fire but without sue
cess. The city was darkened BY bill
lows of smoke. Officials would not
venture a guess as to when the fire
would be brought under control.
The blaze continued under q down
pour Of rain which approached cloud
burst. Destruction of the tanks and
oils, unless the fire is controlled will
aggregate more than $500, 900. company
officials said. More than 1000 men
were. rushed to the scene to protect
other tanks.
One injured man was taken to the
hospital.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
American Express
Co. Drivers Protest
Reduction Of Wages

Chicago. June 17.-vigorous protest
against any reduction Of wages marked
the defense Of American Railway Ex-
press Go. Friday against the petition
OF the company before the railroad la
Dor board that the boards award Of
August. 1920, be abrogated.
Union leaders declared that the en-
pl0yes were receiving barely enough
to live on and that they were entitled
to even higher wages than at present.
w. II. Ashton of Philadelphia. told
the board that the ccmpany's team
sters and chauffeurs, whom he repre-
sented, would regard cut az unjusti-
fable and would "undoubtel1 result
in doing more injury to the company
than the financial good obtained Z
A eeparate wage decision taking into
consideration the unusually high cost
Of living of Chicago employees was
asked b. a. II Tanxey, president or
tAe Chk4go te4mstera
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Males of State
Exceed Females
by $685.; But
Vamps Gaining
spec,a! to Tho Tribune.

Special to Tho Tribune.
Washington, Jane i7.-Montana
has 5O,983 more, ,men than women
but the Monen. 1ro. eatchiRa up At
rapid rate. In 1910 the state
had 1851 more men than women.
Tho census figures for the state
made public Friday, and follows.
The total populatioa Of the state
546, ,889, comprising 299, ,94i males
aad 243,9 ,9@8 females. The corres-
bonding figures for 1910 follows:
Total, 376,053. Males, 226,872;
females I49,i8i. During the de-
cade the total population increased
by rs per cont; the male popula-
tion by 32.2 per cent, the female
population by So per cent. The
ratio Of males to females in 1920
was 1905 to 100, as against 1871
to 100 in 1910.
Tho distribution Of the popuia-
tio1, according to color, in 1920,
follows: White. 534,260; negro.
1858; Indian. 1856; Chinese. 872;
japanese, l,074; and So Filipinos,
Koreans, Hindus and Maiays. The
corresponding figures for 1910
lsdian, io,745; Chinese, 1885;
japanese, 1885,. All others "a.
The foreign-born white popuia-
ton numbered $500 in 1920 as
against 9t,644 in 1910. This eIe-
meNt cesstttuted III per cent Of
tho total population in 1920, as
against 24.4 per cent in 1910.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Thwart Industrial
Program, Foils Will
Of People-Frazier

Minneapolis, June b7.-Efforts to
thwart North Dakota's industrial pro-
gram. seven times endorsed by the
people Of the state. are efforts 10
"thwart the principles of democracy
and majority rule" Governor Lynn j.
Frazier of North Dakota. declared
Friday night at banquet given in his
honor here.
Charges that "Wau Street" and
1wln Cities banks had tried to influ-
ence state officials to give up the in
dustrlal program by promising to han
die the state bond issue. were made
by Governor Frazier, who predicted
that the sale would be successfully
made direct to the people.
Wo hundred persons subscribed
So.Uo towards the six million dollar
bond issue at the close of the meeting.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18

\ Passage OF the house bill came af-
ter seven days of continuous and
heated debate and after the senate had
voted down the bill reported by its ag-
ricultural committee and a measure Of
fered by Senator Sterling, Republican,
South Dakota. The house bill as pass
ed provides for regulation of the meat
packers of the country by the secretary
of agriculture The agriculture COM
mittee bill, which provides for regula-
ton by livestock commissioners. was
rejected, 81 to "a. Thursday. and Fri
day was defeated again. "a to 81. The
sterling bill with provisions similar to
the committee measure except for
regulation by the federal trade COM
mission. was defeated. 33 to 81.
The house bill on the final roll call
was supported by q Republicans and
IS Democrats and opposed by Is Re-
publlcans and six Democrats.
The more important amendments
senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa. re-
quiring packers and stockyard onera-
tors to keep such records and state
ment of accounts as the secretary Of
agriculture may require and authoriz-
ing the secretary to prescribe uniform
methods of accounting and to exam
Inc business methods. Insertion of this
was described by packer
regulation forces as having ''put teeth
in the house BILL Another amend
ment adopted is designed to remove the
small butcher from regulation.
The bill as passed forbids the pack
ers to engage in unfair or deceptive de-
vices or practices Or to apportion the
supply by inter-dealing, to restrain
commerce or create monopoly, or to
manipulate prices by inter dealing. II
also prohibits stockyard operators from
charging unreasonable rates or engag-
ing In deceptive practices
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Stillman Father
Of Guy Is Proof
Offered at Trial;
Explains Telegram!

Poughkeepsie, n. y, June 17.-At-
torneys for James A. Stillman strove
to prove Friday the bankers claim that
Guy Stillman is Ilegitimate, but be-
| fore the cross examination of one of
their principal witnesses had closed it
was brought out for the first time that
/ Mr.. Stillman and the wife he is SUNG
for divorce lived together under the
same roof on two Sundays within the
| period considered important in cstab-
fishing the paternity Of Mrs Stillman' s
81 months old son.
Her counsel appeared pleased that
the proceedings Of the day mad resulted
in making possible the elimination of
Russell. Osteopath Of Buffalo. 1t was
he who testified that Mrs. Stillman
told him before the birth of Guy that
Fred Beauvais, the part Indian guide
employed by Mr.. StllIman, was the
child's father.
Ftay Doctors Ethics.
On the ground that these alleged
statements were made by Mrs. Still
man, while under treatment and were
therefore privileged as between a pat
lent and doctor, her lawyers asked tnat
the entire testimony of the osteopath
be stricken out. Referee Gleason took
the matter under advisement and prom
ised to give his decision on June -,
when hearings are resumed here.
Mary Olive Gnligan, the nurse who
attended Mrs. Stillman at the birth of
Guy on November Z, 1918, testified
that the bankers wife directed her on
that day to telegraph Beauvais mes
sage saying, Little Black Bear has
arrived. She added that Mrs. Still
man also had asked her at the same
time to locate Mr.. Stillman and request
his to visit her.
Took Wife to Hospital.
The banker who the witness said
had not come to the hospital with his
wife on the day before Guys birth. sub
ssequently called several times, but so
far as the witness could recollect, he |
never was with the newborn Guy, nor |
did he ever speak of the bbay.
1t was learned Friday night that /
Mrs. Stillman has told her attorneys |
that during the summer of 1918. while |
she and her children were near Grande
Anse, Quebec, where Beauvais was en-
pioyed at their camp, it was agreed that
When the expected infant arrived mes
sages would be sent to all of the chill
dren and to the guide. Should the
baby be girl, the message would say:
Mhite bear has arrived and if boy,
Black Bear has arrived"
Ihis, 1t was understood. the defense
expects to establish later in the case.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18

WO.UO,o00 barrels to 5Oo,OOO 600
naarrels in 10 years. it is certain
.nat this country will have to de-
pend on foreign oil and principally
Me1lcan ne oil, for fuel purposes in
AS the American merchant
marine is fast going into fuel oil.
y Is necessary that this supply be
assured. This means that the
Amer'can government, either di-
reetly or by cooperation with
american capital at once proceed
=, 70 develop oil fields in Mexico.
n1 ma! the potential production of
$ Nlexlco Is almost unlimited is be-
yond question, but the proposition
should not be delayed until after
1ne. present fields are exhausted.
It takes years Of time aud a for
t tane IN money to develop an oil
Ihe United States is confronted
with an oil situation in Mexico to-
aay' Now is the time for dccis-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Council President
Pleads u. S. Be Given
Mandatory Rights

Geneva, June 17.-(By The Asso-
Grated Press. s.)-Thc first question be-
tore the 18th meeting of the council of
the League of Nations was disposed of
speedily Friday when the retiring
president OF the council, DIR. Gastoa da
Cunha announced he had sent a note
TO the allies asking them to come to
an agreement with the United States
SO that the council might act on the
proposed terms Of the mandates be-
lore the next meeting Of the assembly.
Washington. June 17--In tho an
peal of the president of the co,nc;,
OF the League of Nations. admin;stra
ton officials professed FRIDAY 70 500
evidence of the leagues acnuiesence NJ m in
the American contention that tho INIT.
ed states be accorded full rights as
one OF the victors in the world war
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
b ursf
Floods Wibdux:
Water ReCedes:
DeraiIs Train.

Miles City, June ia message
from Wibaux to the Miles City
Stear says that town was the CEN
ter of a cIoudburst which broke
at 2:l5 Friday afternoon. Part of
the city Is under two feet Of
water. Beaver Greek was conver.
ted into maeistrom in Is min
utes after the downpour started
and rose flush with the railroad
tracks but has since receded. All
telephone communication with
Wibaux is cut off.
There is small lake between
Yates, on the Northern Pacific,
and Wlbaux, formed by the down
pour. A Northern Pacific freight
train was derailed, but no one was
injured. Northern Pacific east
bound trains are held at Glendfve
and the westbound at Beach. They
expect to get through early in the
morning. There was no rain re-
ported east Of Medora. Heavy
showers are reported from Glen
dive.
Miles City, June i7.-During a
rain and electric storm here Fri.
day night, in which the wind
reached a velocity of 40 miles an
hour. government record, a train
of So box cars was blown out Of a
sidetrack on the main line at the
Milwaukee stockyards on the Fort
Keogh reservation just west Of
this city.
Nothing more serious developed,
however, than that train No. ",
the Columbian, was delayed about
an hour, while the vagrant cars
were herded back to their proper
range. Tho rainfall amounted to
over half an inch.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18

Spouse's Enunciation
Of 3|Sweet Petuna"
Her Identification

Chicago, June 17.-Mrs.
M. E. Small, who told de-
tectives that she could
identify Charles A. Small as
her husband by the way he
pronounced ''sweet petuna"
was unable to identify him
in court Friday and a charge
of bigamy against him was
dismissed. She told the
court:
81 lived with him such a
short time / hardly had a
chance to learn what he
looked like" She said she
was married in 1920.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Armour-Mitche1l
Nupials Will Join
Chicago Aristocracv

Chicago. June 17.-Aliss Lolita Ar
mour. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden
Armour. and John ]. Mitchell. Jr. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Mitchell Of
Chicago. will be married Saturday at
Melody farm. Lake Forest, the home
of her parents. The marriage will ioin
two of Chicago's best known families
The ceremony will be performed by
Bishop Herman Page. of Washington.
Extreme simplicity. it was said. viii
distinguish the ceremony.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-18
Destroyer Ra1nmed
in Smoke Screen Not
by Torpedo, Report

Los Angeles. June 17.-The de-
stroyer Dent. which limped into Los
Angeles harbor late Friday with a hole
stove in her after compartment during
battle practice, was rammed by another
vessel while proceeding through a
smoke screen. according to report
received on shore early Friday night
from her commander Lieut. Com. H. II
Kelly. Previous reports were to the
effect that the Dent struck spent
TORPEDO.