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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
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 William Rockefeller. brother of John D.. Is to spend a quarter of a million dollars In erecting a magnifi- cent tomb for himself, the newspapers announce. This Is sad. Few men of his wealth and opportunities have more miserably failed to build for themselves worthy place in the hearts of their fellow men. The only magnificent monument William Rockefeller will leave will be this palatial tomb. The neighborhood where he lives is full of stories it. frustrating what an unneighborly neighbor and citizen ne Is. Some of the anecdotes would be unbelievable e did they not come from men of un- impeachable truthfullness who speak facts.
 The contrast between John D. and William Rockefeller Is remarkable. John D. makes friends wherever he goes: he is democracy personified; i; he is giving away money at rate never equaled by any human being and you haven't heard, have you. anything to the effect that he is to erect a world's-wonder tomb for him. self. John D.. In fact Is really a most likable old fellow. William Rocke- feller Is different in every respect.
 Is not the best place to build monuments for oneself not in the graveyard at the end of cur Journey but in the hearts of our brother mortals as we journey through life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

"THE MODERN KU 7kLUX1 KLAN'' By Henry P. Fry. Small Maynard
 and Company. Jublishers, Boston.
 Is the modern Ku Klux Klan anti Semidc, anti Catholic, anti-negro, a skilrully contrived organization for making money. or is 1t a sincere, genuine fraternal order emphasizing the true principles of Americanism The contention of the author Is that the modern Ku Klux Kian Is a dis tinct menace to the American people and is set up defiance of all legal and constitutional provisions.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
DOCTORS INSIST
OUTSIDE FORCE
BROUGHT DEATH
Physicians Occupy Day
in Third Arbuckle
Trial; Talk in Science.

San Francisco, March 22.-Dr. Ar
thus Beardslee, resident physician Of
the Hotel St Francis and the first doc
tor called to attend Miss Virginia
Rappe, film actress, was one Of the
principal witnesses Wednesday in the
third trial of Roscoe Arbuckle,. film
comedian. on manslaughter charge
growing out Of Miss Rappe's death.
DR.. W. E. E. Wakefield, proprietor Of
the sanitarium where the film actress
died, was another witness.
Or. Beardslee testified that he at
tended Miss Rappe on three occasloas
before she was placed under the care
of other physicians. At his first visit,
he said. he found her suffering ex-
treme agony and gave her an opiate to
relieve the pain. He examined her
then but was unable to determine the
cause Of her injury.
Examination made upon his second
visit convinced him, he said, that the
actress was suffering from an injury
in the abdomen warranting surgical at
tention. but he did not localize the
trouble then. By the application Of
direct treatment on his third visit, he
discovered that the injury was rup-
ture Of the bladder and he advised that
she be taken to hospital for an oper
alton, as the case was surgical one
demanding immediate attention.
DIR. Wakefield testified to being
present at the postmortem examina
ton of Miss Rappe's bladder and that
he had come to the conclusion that the
rupture was caused by "the application
Of external force"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Coal Factions Still
at Loggerheads; Fund
for Strike $4,000, 900

New York, March 22.--After being
closeted for two days in joint confer
ence, members Of the anthracite miners
and operators wage arbitration COM
mittee Of eight, Wednesday night an
nounced that they were still at log-
gerheads. ,,
One more session will be held Thurs
day, in a final attempt to settle wage
differences before labor members OF
the committee leave for Cleveland to
marshal the strike ordered for April /:
1--WE have agreed upon nothing,
John L. Lewis, international president
Of the Mine Workers Of America an
nounced at the close Of Wedne esday's s
session. "Our discussions with the op-.
orators have been confined to general
conditions in the industry"
Mr.. Lewis refused to consider ser
iously the suggestion Of Frank Far
rington, president Of the Illinois btu
minous district, for negotiations OF a
separate agreement with the operators,
which would permit Illinois workers to
disregard the general strike edict.
'The Illinois miners are with us, and
the United Mine Workers will present
q solid front when the strike becomes
effective" he declared.
General estimates of international
and local officials place the available
cash funds of the union at approx
mately $2OOO,OO0, of which 100000
10 said to be in the treasury of the
International
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Moratorium Granted
Germany Drives New
Repara6ons Bargain

Paris. March 22-(By The Associ-
ated Press.)-A partial moratorium
has been given to Germany for her
reparations payments in 1922, accord
ing to decision of the reparations
commission made public here We'd
nesday.
The plan carries with it a specific
obligation on the part of Germany to
raise 6,O0O,OOO,OO0 marks, paper, in
additional capital taxes; to float an
internal loan to balance her budget; to
stop the expectation Of capital, and
make the reichsbank independent; to
radically reduce expenses; to submit
to q system Of supervision through
obligatory consultations with a COM
mission on guarantees, and further, to
float an international loan or to make
a levy on capital to raise a substan-
tial sum for reparations.
The moratorium is conditional upon
the fulfillment of the conditions of
the commission by May 81, and may
be revoked later if Germany does not
continue to comply with them. The
commission calls for the execution of
the Cannes agreement providing for
the payment of 100000 900 gold marks
and pf 1.45O,OOO,00O marks in goods
during 1892.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Government Beaten
in Free State Bill
Pension Amendment

London, March 22.-(By The
Associated Press.)-The govern
ment was defeated In the house Of
lords Wednesday evening by the
adoption Of an amendment to the
Irish free state bill to guarantee
pensions to irish war veterans.
The vote was AZ to 40.
Tho defeat Of the government
by two votes Is not likely to In
volve the fate Of the ministry at
the present stage. The amend
ment will be rejected by tho
house of commons and when the
bill Is returned to the house OF
lords, the rejection probably will
be accept0 In accordance with
the statement of Lord Lands
down In the upper house on Tues
day, that n It became a choice
between the lords proposed
amendments and the measure
Itself, he would favor dropping
the amendments when the biil
came back from the commons.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
FIND RESTLESS
GERM IN BODILY
ARMY DECLINE
Officers Show Physical
Deterioration in Tests
Are Nervous.

Washington, March 22.-(By The
Associated Press.)-Physical exami-
nation of regular army officers now
in progress has disclosed "the most
clear-cut evidence of physical deteri-
Grafton" due to the "strain incident to
the prosecution of the world war
according to medical memorandum in
the hands Of war department officials.
1t is based on informal reports from
examining officers covering the post
war years.
An outstanding feature noted by at
tending surgeons in making the an
nual physical examinations of all Off
GERS, including general officers, was
"the persistently large percentage of
officers showing either excessively
high or abnormally low blood pres
sure" according to Surgeon General
Irelands report to Major General
Harboard, deputy chief of staff.
The results of examinations, made
shortly after the war, gave the first
indication of the effects of nerve
strain and responsibility upon officers
and of the examinations made during
last January, General Ireland said:
Line carrier e1dIuluALlUuS udF0
been abundantly confirmed"
War Left Lasting Harm
It is regarded by army medical Off
GERS as highly possible that full In
vestigation Of this subject may bring
to light a positive scientific explana-
ton Of some part Of the restlessness
that has been evident among the for
mer soldiers since the war. 1t may
well be, it is said, that the struggle
left a lasting mark upon thousands
of men who underwent severe nerve
strain. But to what extent it is pos
sible to measure this among men who
served in the army only during the
war is doubtful, the only continuing
data available being that derived from
regular examination Of the commits
stoned officers of the regular service.
IAN analysis Of the records" Gen
eral Ireland said, will probably show
that physical deterioration was more
marked in the commissioned personnel
Of the regular army than in the emerg-
ency forces"
Symptoms Of physical deterioration
noted included:
instability of the nervous system,
Characterized more particularly by
affection Of the vaso-motor system.
IAN unnatural tendency to worry,
fatigue easily, low blood pressure and
lowered resistance to all infectious
diSeasea"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Surgery Before Jury
Extracts Gunshot to
Prove Self-Defense

MlIien, Ga. March 22.-Surglcal
operations performed In open court
upon Sydney Rowo and Roscoe
Chance, two Of tho five men charg-
ed with tho murder of Watson A.
lon, last Christmas, were the fea-
ture Of the trial hero Wednesday,
OF r. n. Chance, Roscoe Chances
father.
Usinu cocaine to deaden the pain.
the surgeon extracted several shots
to bear out the contention OF the
defense that they were fired by Al
len, who was then killed In self
defense. Roscoe Chances body was
barsd to show the Jury wounds In
his left arm, left eide and left thigh.
He was driving 4 car containing
the five men, which, Il 70 claimed,
was fired upon Ia tho vlcinIty of
the Allen home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Dodge Is Acquitted
ON First Accusation;
Another Under Way

Kalamazoo, Mich, March "a
John Duva! Dodge, son Of the late
John F. Dodge, automobile manu-:
facturer Of Detroit, was acquitted
by a Jury In municipal court here
"Wednesday on q char0o OF orsttn0
an automobile while intoxicated.
Tho Jury was out about SIX
hours. The charge was the out-
arowth of a midnight automobile
ride March IT,, which resulted In
the Injury Of Miss EmmeIlne kwak-
ernaak,
Dodge, who recently came into
possession of 81 100000 from hls
fathers estate, also was charged
with illegal possession OF liquor
when Miss kwakernaak's injury
was reported to the authorities
and at his preliminary hearing on
Wednesday on that charge Was
bound over to the April term
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
CAPITOL THEATER To CLOSE:
LIBERTY TO CUT TO 10 CENTS
Former Sexton to Be Open Once Month to
Produce Super-Specials; Jensen & Won Her
berg Take Course as Revival Step.

Closing of the Capitol moving pic
ture theater and reduction of the gen.
erai admission price at the Liberty
from 80 cents to 10 cents after the
closing shows next Sunday evening
was a decision announced Wednesday
by Jensen g. Won Herberg, owners of
both houses, as having been reached
since their arrival in Great Falls last
Monday. The Capitol, long operated
as "The Sexton" by the late Pat Sex
ton and later by his estate, is the
Oldest movie house in Great Falls and
its closing, combined with the in
auguration of q ,10-cent admission
more Of interest for theatergoers of
the city than any news relating to the
atrical activities here in recent years.
The reduced charge at the Liberty is
declared to be the first instance in the
United States of return to the popu-
lar prices of 1912 by a house of this
class.
To Retain and Redecorate Capitol
The firm will retain its lease on the
Capitol, but the show house will be
used only for screening super specials.
The next picture to be shown there
after the present week will be Won
Straheim's $1,5OO,O00 picture, "Foolish
Wives" which opens April p for a
run of a week The auditorium was
altered and redecorated at the time
Jensen g. Won Herberg took the the
ater over from the Sexton estate last
year, but before the next picture is
shown further alterations will be made,
it was stated by Manager William
Steege, No exact estimate is made
as to the number Of films to be shown
at the Capitol during the summer. but
several super specials have been con-
tracted for and it is probable that the
house will be opened on an average of
once a month, or thereabouts, MIR.
Steege stated.
First Playhouse to Cut
The Liberty theater was opened
last September at total cost OF
$500, 900 and is declared by the own
ers to be the most beautiful Of their
line of 3S moving picture houses. That
a theater of this distinction and cost
will be operated with 1O-cent ad-
mission charge without question fixes
it as unique among theaters OF Its
class in the United States, according to
Mr.. Steege. The building was erected
an arrangement between Jen-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Put State Cash Into Failure

Put State Cash into + allure
J. T. Perkins, of Oklahoma City,
who left his sick bed to vote against
the report, later died. The majority
Of the house were republicans and the
governor and his friends at the time
declared the attack on him was polit-
icaL The executive denied in detail
the accusations brought against him.
The report charging the governor
with misuse Of his official powers
began with q report OF an alleged
transaction between the governor,
Fred Dennis, then state banking com
missioner, and John 81. Rebold, OF
Okmulgee, vice president and a large
stockholder in the Guaranty State
bank. In this connection the report
declared that the Guaranty State bank
of Okmulgee was nearing Insolvency
in the fall of 1920 and that Fred
Dennis, in an attempt to save the
bank, deposited in it S15O:O0O OF state
money. The same day John Rebold
gave Dennis check for $4,000, OF
which Dennis later gave the governor
one-third, according to the report.
The money paid Dennis was said to
have been for an oil lease sold by
Dennis and the governor.
OIL Lease Held Subterfugo
The report then asserted that the
committee was of the opinion that
the lease sold by Dennis to Rebold
was at that time, as both Dennis and
Rebold knew, not worth one dollar an
acre, and that the sale Of this lease,
if such sale was made, was pretext
to cover up corrupt transaction in
which Rebold paid $4,000 and in
which the governor participated to
have his bank passed without criti-
cism and to receive this additional
$15O,OOO Of state money"
The report then recounted the fact
that the banks condition became SO
serious that it was consolidated with
the Bank Of Commerce, now defunct.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
Not a DIsputabie Claim


Not DIsputabie Claim
The amount of the claim of the
United States for its army costs, the
notes declared, was understood to be
free from any substantial dispute, but
it was deemed to be appropriate, in
view of recent developments" to ac-
quaint the allied governments with the
repeatedly reiterated statement that
the government of the United States
was expecting full payment of the costs
of its army in the Rhineland
Basis for the American claim, the
notes pointed out, was found in the
armistice agreement. to which the
United States was sgnatory and which
provided for military occupation of
Germany by the allied and American
forces jointly. That agreemnet. the
notes recited, expressly provided that
the upkeep of the troops of occupation
in the Rhine district should be charged
to the German government, and it was
expressed as the view of the American
government that the armistice agree
ment had. the clear import that the
powers associated in the joint enter
prise should stand upon an equal foot
ing as to the payment of all actual
The attitude of the American govern
ment has been one of positive belief
that such costs would be paid in full
out of reparations received from Ger
many.
Troops Requested by Allies
Troops were sent into Germany at
the express request of the allied gov
ernments and, under the terms of the
armistice, to which American was sig
natory. costs incurred by those troops
were to be paid on an equal footing
with bills contracted by the allied gov
ernments for similar services: that the
American troops were sent in without
thought of obtaining any privilege for
the United States and, consequently.
the obligation for reimbursement for
their maintenance is a solemn moral
and legal duty.
Treaties Accord U. S. Rights
The rights of the United States. it
also has been set forth informally, were
that the treaty of Versailles, provid
ing for payment of costs Of all armies
OF occupation in Germany. should ap-
ply equally to the United States, al
though this country was not signatory
to that treaty. 1t has been pointed out
also that the separate treaty of peace
between the United States and Ger
many, reserving to America all the
rights according to the allies under
the treaty of Versailles, has met with
of approval from the allied
governments.
The United States consequently is
expected to rest its case for payments
of troops in the Rhineland upon the
armistice. the treaty of Versailles and
the separate treaties with Germany.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23

sen & Won Herberg and the Paris
Dry Goods company and is held by the
producing firm under 2o-year lease.
Four Changes Week
Pictures of the same class as shown
heretofore at the Liberty will continue
to be run, but change in the former
schedule will be made in that there
will be four complete changes of pro-
gram weekly. Charles Chaplin in Pay
Day" will be the last picture with the
80 cent charge in effect. The opening
picture under the 1O-cent admission
charge will be The Lotus Eaters"
featuring John Barrymore and Wesley
Barry. The picture is of late release
and is now being shown in coast the
aters at 80 and Is cents. This picture
will be run Monday and Tuesday, and
on Wednesday and Thursday 1.-The
Four Seasons" will be shown. 'The
Four Seasons" was previewed last
week by an audience of Great Falls
school teachers and is billed as one of
the big drawing cards of the season.
From the Ground Up" featuring Tom
Moore, will close the weeks run. and
the next weeks bill will open with Will
Rogers in Doubling for Romeo one
of Rogers greatest pictures.
Meant to Help Cure Depression
The reason for the closing of the
Capitol and the reduction of the adj
mission charge at the Liberty was
given by Jensen & Won Herberg as a
desire to be of assistance in fully re-
storing local conditions to normal The
firm members stated that conditions
which have obtained since the Begin
ming Of the depression have left, at
least temporarily, an inevitable effect.
The period Of depression brought
reaction on the theater
business as well as in other lines and
the owners Of the Liberty assert their
belief that the closing of one house
and maintenance of the other with a
1O-cent admission charge will be Of
material assistance in Fastening a re-
adjustment of conditions which have
adversely affected the general trend
of business.
Many people have during the last
year or two lost their old habit OF
the movies, the owners
stated, and in reducing the admission
charge at the Liberty it is expected
that former patrons will again become
sans.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
IS. DEMANDS ALLIES DROP GRABBING Gas
Both Sides Extract
Comfort, They Say,
From Vote In Maine

Washington, March 22.-The re-
suit Of Mondays congressional
election In tho third Maine district
continued to be the subject Of pro-
fessed satisfaction on tho part OF
both republican and democratic
leaders.
countering Tuesdays declaration
by Chairman Adams, Of the repuh-
Iican national committee, that the
election Of John e. Nelson, repub.
Iican, left no doubt as to the prefer
ence Of the people, Chairman Hull,
of the democratic national COM
mIttee, came out Wednesday with a
statement in which he said:
"The republican majority was re-
duced from 1922 In 1920, to g.
900 on yesterday. This Is a sur
prisingIy fine showing for rock
ribbed republican section noted for
the stability Of Its voters.
With these tremendous changes
taking place In republican strong
holds, we can only infer that still
greater changes are taking place
In tho liberal and progressive Sec
tions elsewhere, logically forecast
Ing a democratic congressional vic-
tory at the fall elections"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-23
20 In All Indicted

70 IN All UuutCL00
Fifty-one warrants were delivered to
Sheriff Frank Sewers by the district
court clerk for the arrest of persons
named in % indictments returned by
the district court grand jury after an
investigation into the failure Of the
Bank Of Commerce here. A score or
more prominent local men are under
stood to have been named In the bills
in addition to the state and bank Of
ficials.
The indictment against tho governor
and Dennis charges that the money
was paid to them with the ''felonious
intent to influence the acts, decisions
and Judgment Of them" after Dennis
had conducted an examination of the
banks affairs on the same day and
found the institution to be In an in
solvent condition and that Rebold was
liable to the bank for money borrowed
in the sum of 100000.
Saved by Dying Mans Vote
The bribery charges against Rebold
and Cook in a joint indictment, alleges
that on September q, 1920, the two
men acting together, "did wilfully, un-
lawfully, felonously and corruptly" give
S25, 900 in q cashiers check to ]. B. A.
Robertson, governor Of Oklahoma, and
Fred G. Dennis, former state banking
commissioner.
In sensational report returned by
the investigation committee of the
house Of the eighth Oklahoma legis-
lature of March 81 of last year, the
governor was charged with having ac-
cepted bribe for misuse Of his Off
cial powers in connection with alleged
illegal transactions involving the
Guaranty State bank of Okmulgee.
His impeachment was recommended,
but in a spectacular scene in which
a democratic member of the house was
brought to the chamber in an ambu-
lance to vote, the body rejected the
committee report, AZ to 42.