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Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
Miners Still Living
in Huts Says Gornpers
Starting Labor Tour

New York. April 14-Samuel Comp
ers. president Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, arrived here Friday to
begin a tour through NV England.
during which he will hold conferences
in the textile industrial region.
Concerning the coal strike situation
he declared that working and living
conditions in the non-union hituminoue
today as they were in 1897. They are
still living in huts," he added, work
ing about 115 days year. being goug-
ed by company merchants and at the
mercy Of employers whims. The nom
union man worked for mere pittance
and cnder medieval conditions. When
he can't stand It any longer he throws
down his toolsX Xand joins the unisn."
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
BOO,
HISS, ROAR, / At
GEN. SEMENOFF
Russians of East Side
of New York Remem-
Der Cossack Cruelties.
Leader Sits in Jail and
Roofs in Vicinity Are
Filled by Raving Mob.

New York, April 14.-General Greg
| orief Semenoff. ataman of the Cos
| sacks. was still in Ludlow street jai
Friday night, waiting for SO, 900 bail
Outside. crowding the street, perche,
on ratings, leaning from windows. ever
sitting on edges of roofs. were thous
ands who waited for him. not to cheer
but to hiss and boo" the leader o
the Cossacks.
Most of the thousands who millet
about the Jail during the day knew the
Cossacks Most of them were men ane
women of Russian descent who lived ii
the thickly settled districts of the lower
East side. If they did not know them
selves what the hard riding Cossacks
can do, they had been told by their
fathers or mothers who had fled from
Russian massacres. They had no love
for Semenoff
Police Drive Mob From Roofs
Early in the day, police reserves
were called out. They milled with the
throng. ready to avert any possible
trouble or to open a passageway
through the crowds when callers came
to the jail. Once or twice the reserves
went into the tenements nearby and
drove the people from the roofs.
When the rotund general with his
unmistakable mustache, which flows
over his broad cheeks to points under
his eyes. was taken out for exercise.
the angry roar of the crowd drowned
all police orders and there was a con-
certed but futile push toward the jail
doors.
His Generals Aid, Too
Colonel Kroupsky, former czarist
officer. once district attorney in Petro-
grad, went to visit Semenoff. his chief.
He was Kissed and booed. The colonel
would not talk. He hurried inside, con-
ferred with the general and hurried
out and away.
Madame Semenoff, the smiling Young
woman who has stood behind her hus-
band for more than week of trouble.
did not visit the jail. She contented
herself with going to church and sit
ting in her hotel waiting for news Of
bail bond
Too Patriotic to Bond Him
During the day the generals attor-
neys were busy seeking to get the
S25,OOO bond. but company after COM
pany refused. ION patriotic" grounds.
An effort to have Semenoff released
through legal vacating of his arrest
the crowd milled on
A new effort to release the Cossack
will be made Saturday 1t will be
through habeas corpus. If it fails. there
there is nothing the attorneys can do.
they say. but wait until the end of
the hearing in which the Youroveta
Home and Foreign Trading company is
seeking to get information on Semen
offs property.
The general wants to sail for Europe
next week but his attorneys Friday
said he probably would not
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
Was AnfiqOt1ish Ghost,
Says Conan Doyle; Was
Soul of Peck'S Bad BOlI

New York, April l4.-There
really was a ghost In Antigonish,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declares.
Then he elaborated on the re-
port made by a psychic research
expert after Investigating queer
doings at the home of Alex Nc
Donald, in Caledonia Mills, Anti
gonish county, Nova Scotia.
The psychic research expert.
Or. Walter Franklin Prince re-
ported that the disturbances in
McOonald's home were caused by
Mary Ellen, his adopted daughter,
during altered states Of consci-
BUSINESS"
Mary Ellen was not the ghost,
but the medium of the ghost, which
probably was that, Sir Arthur be-
lieves, Of some naughty boy, whom
not even death could cure of his
mischievousness.
~ was greatly interested in the
Antigonish disturbances, Sir
Arthur added, because it was al
most a duplicate of the Great
Ambert mystery of some years
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15

ago. That, too, was a Nova Scotia
case, with mysterious fires, etc.
Psychic research people then, as in
the AntIgonish case, said it was
the work of somebody in the
house.
~ have no doubt at all that the
spiritualistic explanation of the
Antigonish mystery was correct.
Mary Ellen, the medium, threw out
some power which was used by
something maIevolent outside her.
self.
''Yes, there are maIevolent spir-
its on the other side. 'Mischiev-
GUS would be a better word.
But spirits, maIev0Ient or mis-
chievous, are not allowed to do
real harm. The Antigonish house
really did not take fire. did it?
There's law on the other side
that no spirit shall do harm to
mortal.
"They may alarm people, but
that Is good thing; it takes
rough jolt to arouse some people
to realization of things"
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15

Condor Seizes Baby
but Father Shoots
Oversee Stray Down

Geneva, April i4.-Seizure Of a
Swiss peasants baby by huge
bird identified as condor is chron-
icIed by the Oberiaender volks Zei-
tung. The mother, while wedding
her garden on the slopes Of the high
hasIiberg mountains. left the child
sitting on a blanket on the grass.
Her husband, seeing the condor
swoop down and lift the infant into
the air, ran for his army rifle and
shot The bird, which fell so slowly
that the youngster was only slightly
injured.
The condor had wing spread of
" feet, five inches and the beak was
i6H2 inches In length.
That it Is a true condor, which is
a native of the South American
Andes, is vouched for, according to
the newspaper by Professor Ochsen-
maui, University of Berne ornithoI-
ogist. 1t will be stuffed and placed
in the Berne museum.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
Four Men Killed
in Oil Explosion
at Indiana Plant

Whiting. Ind, April 14.-One man
was killed. three were injured and a
battery of ten oil stills of the STANDARD
Oil company burned when an explo-
sion in a single still Friday started a
fire which for several hours was beyond
control.
The intense heat from the fire made
a thorough investigation impossible for
some time with the result that there
were rumors that the casualty list was
much larger. These proved to be un-
founded. however.
Damage was estimated at between
100000 and 100000 A similar ex
plosion about year ago. resulted in
the death of four men. The Whiting
refinery is the largest owned by the
company.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15

! charge the republican party with re-
! sponsibility for the acute business de-
ipression and industrial stagnation which
have left trail of unexampled ruin
and misery in their wake BY yielding
| to the dictates of personal hatred and
the sordid demands of partisan ex-
pediencv. the republican majority in
the United States senate protracted
the period Of uncertainty following the
close of actual hostilities for two years,
added immeasurably to the confusion
of the entire world and 50 prevented
the return of ordered industrial and
financial conditions in our own land.
Criticize Administration
I'VE welcome any efforts which may
now be made to retrieve the monu-
mental injustice to the American people
but feel that nothing thus far accom-
pHshed shows either any willingness or
capacity on the part of the present ad-
ministratino to formulate and carry
through a foreign policy consistent with
the position which America holds in
the affairs Of the world or in con-
s0nance with the permanent well-beine
OF the people of our own country.
!, 1T is further charged that while the
republicans promised Improvement Of
the deplorable conditions which they
created. they have utterly failed to
carry any of those promises into effect
and have. by the futilty of leadership.
the utter absence Of craftsmanship and
the complete inability to forget the
ends of partisan expediency while at
tempting to solve the grave problems
of national and international concern.
added constantly to the confusion and
uncertainty which are operating so dis
astrously to the welfare of American
people. We solemnly charge that the
present congress has exhibited an in
capacity never approached by previ
GUS congress Of recent times and we
beg to compare the helplessness of the
present and preceding republican con-
crosses with the splendid achievements
Of four successive democratic congress
ses which compiled a record Of con-
structive and patriotic achievements not
surpassed in the whole legislative his
tory of our nation.
Condemn Newberry Action
"We condemn the republicans Of the
senate for confirming the title of New
berry of Michigan to seat in that
body despite his conviction for the
crime of having obtained that seat
corruptions; we would call at
tentlon to the fact that had it not
been for the vote Of this Doodle be-
smirched senator, the efforts of Prcsi-
dent Wilson to bring permanent peace
to the world and stabilize financial
and industrial conditions would prob
ably have proved successful.
"Condemning the very evident at
tempt Of the republican administration
TO evade the nations debt to it's soldiers
Of the world war and the efforts of
congress to play politics through the (:
passage of makeshift and insufficient |
measure, the democrats Of Montana
,all upon congress to face the issue |
and enact compensation !
measure such as is desired by the |
American Legion and other soldier or
.anizatlons.
THE democrats of Montana in com
tCo4tinued ON Page sevenJ !
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
Start Fires for Race
Between Volunteers
Then Bet Upon Them

Riverhead, N ", April a.
Charges that rivalry is running so
high between volunteer fire com
panies In this Long island town
that one outfit starts a blaze in
order to beat another to the
scene, are being Investigated, the
assistant district attorney of Suf-
folk county has admitted.
"in fact" he said, I'VE have
learned that bets have been made
on the races"
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
so. 0.O05 IN DIAMONDS
OBTAINED BY ROBBERS

Cleveland, April 14.-Diamonds val
ned at $4,000 were taken from the
office safe Of the Max Kurjan company,
jewellers. in a downtown office build
ing Friday morning by three bandits,
who entered the store with drawn re-
yolvers. drove David Gimp, office man
aqer, and a friend, into the safe and
seized the diamonds and escaped.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
POLICE FOIL $4,000
PAYROLL ROBBERY

Granite City, ILL.,. April 14.-Vigil-
ance of police and postoffice in
spectors prevented $4,000 payroll
robbery and resulted in the arrest of
a lone bandit. who attempted to rob
the driver of an automobile truck
carrying the money to the postOffice
here. A shipment Of $4,000 also was
received here Friday.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
MONTANA DEMOCRATS RALLY
At HELENA TO Greet PARTY
HEAD, PLEDGE FEALTY ANEW
National Chairman Cordell Hull Is Guest of Hon
or at Notable Gathering Which Indorses Sol
der Bonus and Economy in State and National
Affairs and Criticises Administration.
Special to The Tribune

Helena, April 14Meeting in Helena upon occasion
the visit here of Cord Hull chairman of the national
cratic committee the state democratic committee with
tendance from than 30 counties of Montana Thursday
ernoon listened to address by Chairman Hull adopted
utions expressing esteem for former President Woodrow Will
condemning the republicans for their failures
raton of the affairs of the nation for failure keep
with the voters for their stand in the Newbe scandal and
for their evasion of the debt to the exservce men,
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
STATE ASKS EX-WARDEN
To IDENTIFY SLIPS To
PROVE GOODS DIVERTED
Best Accused Former Official Can Do for Rankin
Is to Locate Signers Of Receipts and Requisi-
tions as TRUSTEES on Duty in Guards Kitchen;
Judge Recesses Court to Make Visit to Prison.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
Helena, April 14-Frank Conley former warden of the
state prison and defendant in the of the state in which it
sought to obtain from him accounting and settlement in
the aggregate of about $33000 in connection with his ad
nistration of the state prison from 1909 until 1921
the stand the district court of Lewis and Clark county Friday
afternoon witness for the state.
Conley called by the state for the purpose of making
possible the introduction by the state Of great quantity of
QUESTION slips receipts for goods from the prison store al
legged to have been delivered to the warde residence for the
of which the state suing under it's fourth
action.
These slips understood to represent supplies to the
value of and their had been
enuousy opposed by the defense The state questioning
Coney brought out from the witness that of the receipts
supplies had been signed by TRUSTEES and cooks who not
employed his residence but working the guards kch
the guards civil
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
ACQUITTED ON CHARGE.

Spokane. April l4.-4aurlce r.
Codd was acquitted by a jury Friday
night Of charge of first degree mur-
der in connection with. the deRth Of
Frank p. Brinton, soldier. The
Jury was tout an hour and twenty
minutes.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-08
MISSION Life
THEMEOFTALK
BEFORECHURCH
Woman to Be Heard Here Spent
10 Years in China; APP
peared at Conference.

The life of the Chinese missionary
will be described at the First Congre-
gational church tonight, when Miss
Grace McConnehey Of Bezonia, Mich,
will tell of her 10 years experiences in
China. At the recent state conference
of Congregational churches. she was
one of the principal speakers. She re-
Turned to the United States but a short
time ago and has been in demand as a
speaker throughout the country.
Miss McConnehey's story will be en-
livened with anecdotes of her personal
experiences, which include the story of
the overthrow of the old empire, she
having been in Picking at the time OF
the revolution. She was within a few
feet Of Yuan Chi Kai, first president OF
the Chinese republic, when the bomb
that endangered his life was hurled.
Her topic is The New China"
julius ]. Wuerthner. organist. has ar
ranged a special program of music for
the evening. 1t includes an organ prel-
ude. Peasants Song" (Grieg); a choir
spfhem. Lead. Kindly Light" tPughe-
EvansD: a duet by Mrs. Joseph Van
Teylingen and John Clark. One Sweet
" Solemn Thought" (Ambrose): violin
offertory. Mrs. G. f. Splaine. "Canto
-tmoroso" (Samartinni); mixed quar-
tet. My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
fSchneckerD: organ postlude, March
Triumphal' CWachs).
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-08
Resolutions Adopted
In Memory of Late
Supreme Court Head
Special to The Tribune.

SPECIAL @ The Tribune.
Fort Benton, Oct. IF. f. Strana-
han. chairman of n committee from the
bar association of Chouteau county on
resolutions in memory of the late Chief
~j1stice B"antly. appointed by Judge
TaJtan. this week presented and read
the resolutions in open court, and a
copy to be sent to the clerk of the
supreme court. Mr.. Stranahan. in con
n~eniion with the report. related briefly
some interesting incidents of his per
s0ral acquaintance and work with
.'udge Brantly during the latter's career
upon the district court bench as well
rs when he was on the supreme court.
Judge Tattan also paid a warm tribute
10 the notable service to Montana rem
dered by Judge Brantly. Reciting at
considerable length the life and work
of the %iurist. and particularly his help
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-08
SPRAY Of THE FALLS

Window glass, Brighten-up Shop.
ADV.
r. ]. Trenerry of Cascade is here
on business.
James McGregor is in the city from
Craig to spend the weekend.
r. Hilton of Havre was a Great
Falls business visitor Saturday.
w. III. Meade of Cut Bank was a
Saturday business arrival in the city.
Miss Hazel Conner of Ulm is spend
ing the weekend in Great Falls with
friends.
Mrs. d. E. Powell has returned from
a four months visit with her mother
in the east.
James Nelson of Lehigh is attending
to business matters in Great Falls for
q few days.
Mrs. Fred Carter and her son Dan
in Great Falls.
G. s. Mccartney who has been here
on business for the last week. returned
to Cascade Saturday.
Mrs. David Evans of Cascade ar
rived in the city Saturday to spend
the weekend with friends.
G. Peterson of Pendroy was among
the out-of-town arrivals who came to
the city Saturday to spend the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Eulberg of
Carter are weekend visitors in Great
Falls.
Clark Bumgarner of Fife is attend
ing to business matters in the city for
a few days.
Miss Verlinda Bishop of Sand Coulee
is making a weekend visit with Great
Falls friends.
Mrs. \. Marion of Helena is looking
after business interests here for a few
days. She arrived in the city Satur-
day.
The Rev. NJ. III. Needham will speak
at the Warren Methodist church this
morning at II o'clock. Sunday school
will be at 10.
Alex Hamilton Of New York city
who. for the last month, has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Grave.
has left for Seattle.
Miss Gertrude Schooner. who, until
recently. was employed by the Paris
beauty parlor, is now connected with
the Crescent Dry Goods company.
Big game hunting season opens in
Sun River canyon on October u for
elk, deer and bear. Best OF equip
fnent. horses and guides. coupled with
low prices. is offered by Nixon &
White. Augusta. Mont.-Adv.
fulness to younger members of the bar,
the report read:
Resolved. that We commend in I'M
stinted terms the record of this beau
tiful life and these wonderfully wise la
bors to all mankind for their guidance:
that these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of this honorable court. and
that n copy thereof be forwarded to
the supreme court of Montana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
EAST CHICAGO
AND
THE HARBOR
SPEAKS ON R~ADIopHoNE


a. E. Oltz OF the Engineering and
Sales Company Of Hammond gave
some very interesting facts about
how a radiophone is operated and
as to it's origin when speaking be
fore the members of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday noon. He des-
cribed in detail the technical parts
OF this mysterious instrument and
the methods used in -broadcasting
and receiving. Following his ad-
dress an open discussion began.
Many curious questions were put
to the Hammond man by his audi
ence as to the intricate workings Of
this late novelty that is reported to
have aided in binding home ties
more closely and predicted to be a
large factor in keeping many d.
vorces from the courts.
John ]. Block, Insurance manager
OF the First Trust and Savings bank
will be in charge of arrangements
for the next meeting of the Cham
Der to be held or Thursday evening
May 4. This meeting is the open
ing of a series of public evening
o0'HclAn5S IL De neiQ III the DdSG-
ment OF the congregational church
the first Thursday evening Of each
month.
E. Fl. Lyman, secretary of the
AIuncie Chamber of Commerce, a
well known speaker in the state,
mas accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the public meeting next week.
Included in the program will be a
number OF musical numbers, con-
sisting of local and out OF town tai
emit. Due to the fact that the seat
ing capacity for this evening will
be limited, the committee has placed
the remaining number OF tickets on
sale with Mr.. Block of the Firstl
and Savings Bank, Allan Lew
IS OF the Observation-Disclosures Co.
n at the United states National
Bank in Indiana Harbor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
HAYES SUSPENDED SENTENCE.

James Hayes, an operator of the
Napier Detective service, Indicted
by the Lake county grand Jury for
perjury in the late trial OF Peter
napier who was sentenced to serve
: to IL years in the state peniten-
tiary, was fined $50 and costs and
sentenced to 2 to II years in the
state penitentiary by Judge Smith
yesterday. The sentence was sus-
pended.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

BUILDING PERMITS

North side of 137th street be-
tween Deodar and Cedar streets.
two story brick addition 25x25. L.
Levin. owner Cost $4,000.
East side Of Forsyth avenue be-
tween 149th and 150th streets, two
story brick business building. 2sx
4s. Peter Mucha. owner. COST
$500.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
SMALL FIRE

A small fire. estimated to have
caused about $500 in damage to the
machine shop of the Green Engin-
eering Company plant on Kennedy
avenue is believed to have been ig-
nlted by the motor on the conveying
shaft to the elevator in this depart
merit. The alarm was ounde
about 1880 yesterday afternoon and
within a few minutes afterwards the
hre was extinguished by the East
fire department engines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

city Hail. Saturday evening at 7.30
o'clock for the purpose of electfng a
councilman of the fourth ward to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

or Edward a. Muha-
The names proposed are Moke Ko-
salniak, Mr.. sasse, Wm. Muha. Frank
Horvath and George Biosky.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting of the common
council has been called by Mayor
Frank Callahan to be held in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
Clip The Coupon for
Purefest Rubbing
Alcohol at 49c

PURETEST Rubbing Alcohol is
well worth $1.O0 a pint and can be
obtained at ACC during this sale
only with accompanying coupon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-30
EVANS PAIRED
With COASTER
IN SEMI-FINAL
Survivors Have Been Forced to
Play Great GOif-Charge ST.
Admission Fee.

Kansas City. Mo, June 30.--To-
1 days semi-dnal spairings:
.'Chick" Evans, Chicago, versus
Fred Wright, Los Angeles.
George Won Elm. Salt Lake City,
versus Clarence Wolff, st. Louis.
These constitute the real fight in
the Western Amateur Golf tourna-
ment at the Hillcrest course. The
result of the semi-fnal rounds will
decide which two men will fight il
out tomorrow for the title, now
held by Evans.
That the day would produce ex-
cellent golf was indicated by the
shooting of these men throughout
the tournament, for each has had
10 play a superior game to get into
the semifinals, so stiff has the
competition been. Each has faced
some of the best shooters OF the
country in the early rounds and
each has put out men who held
championships of some kind. rang
ing from a national TO a state title
For the first time in the history
of the Western Golf association,
and probably for the first time in
this country. an admission fee. 81,
was charged at today's afternoon
rounds. The same fee will be
charged at the finals tomorrow.
Club and association officials talk
ed il over and decided that since
admission fees are charged at every
other amateur sport. there was no
reason why golf should be ex-
cepted.