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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

Americas, Ga.--Carroll J. Clark, jr.,
an American business man, and ]. w.
Norris of Pittsburgh, were instantly
killed in an airship crash at Souther
field. The accident occurred within
a few minutes after Clark and Morris
had taken Off in the latter's airplane.
The machine fell approximately 500
feet and was on fire when 1t struck
the ground. Observers who saw the
accident said it appeared as IL Morris
was instructing Clark in flying. Clark
was % years old
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
DRYS MAKE a "CLEANUP"
IN THE u. S. CAPITAL
The Evidence Is Gathered by a Ken
lucky Sleuth Who Posed In
Various Guises.

Washington, ID. CASHIER, a reve-
hue agent from the Kentucky noun
lains. who came to Washington three
weeks ago and has put in his time
since in guises ranging from an ash
cart driver to a Kentucky colonel at
q fashionable ball, directed more than
so capitol event agents and police
in liquor raids on GO places, netting
the arrest of about 80 persons includ-
ing IL women and the confiscation of
more than 300 gallons OF intoXicants.
Evidence for the raids, WHICH were
begun at five police precincts in the
most all-inclusive campaign conducted
in the city since the advent of pro-
hibition, was obtained almost entirely
by Asher.
The five precinct stations presented
their busiest appearance in years as
bondsmen fastened to gain the re-
lease of prisoners, practically all OF
whom we're held for $500 bail, and
police and event agents guarded
prisoners and directed the storage Of
huge supplies of corn whiskey, bonded
goods and wines carried in from the
raided homes in government trucks
and automobiles. In only n instance
were the raiders disappointed by
failure to find the goods described by
the Kentucky man.
Asher first drove into the under
world in quest of the bootleggers
rendezvous aboard an ice wagon as a
helper. He then switched to an ash
cart and quickly caught the trail of
victims as he picked up the "emptiesS
in all corners Of the city. Then as q
coal wagon driver he got into the
homes again, assisting in storing away
the coal and modestly accepting pint
bottles as rewards. He later appeared
as a piano tuner and again as a law
yer. Before long Asher had won the
confidence OF the principal boot
leggers in various sections and by
aiding in storing away the goods in
his capacity as a wagon driver and
helper, gained knowledge Of numer-
Il and clever hiding places for the
goods.
With his evidence in hand, the
raiders went quickly to the secret
cache-these including holes in the
wall, baby cribs, pianos, monographs
and chicken coops. In n home more
than 10 gallons of liquor was found
tucked away behind the wall holdings
in various DON
One was reported by Asher
to be selling liquor in baby milk
nursing bottles, and police confiscated
more than a dozen such receptaclec
will filled from her home.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
TWO PAYROLL BANDITS
ARE TAKEN BY A POSSE
Most of the $4,000 Stolen BY Cor
pcrals from Army Of
ficer, Recovered.

Newport News, Va.-Corporals John
s. Wood and James S. Harvey, the two
men who were said by Cant. Norman
ID. Gotta to have been the bandits who
robbed him of the $43, 600 payroll OF
Langley field were captured by a
posse about 20 miles from here, &C
cording to a report received by mill
tary and police authorities here.
According to telephone reports, the
men were captured in the woods near
Big Bethel. Most of the money was
recovered, it was added, although the
bandits had been forced to abandon
5000 in silver.
A vigorous search had been prose
cuted for the two by military police
and department af justice Officials,
and their capture was from the first
believed to be only a matter OF hours.
The captain and the four who &C
companied him were found nearly
four hours after the holdup, bound,
gagged and tied to the trees near Big
Bethel beside their badly damaged
automobile. Their captors, they said,
had escaped into the woods with the
money. The search was immediate
ly begun, even scouting airplanes be-
ing used in the afternoon, and tonight
ing used and the woods were sur
rounded by posses of several hundred
men with bloodhounds.
The holdup occurred when the
finance officer was leaving the bank
with the payroll and stepping into his
automobile to return to Langley field.
According to witnesses, n of the
bandits, who wore an army raincoat
and an army hat, covered Capt. Gotta
with two revolvers while his COM
panion covered the others. All were
ordered into the automobile, which
was then driven at high speed toward
Newport News. Roy Crockett, Of
Hampton, one of the witnesses 70 the
holdup, said the entire affair was
carried oct so methodically hat he
thought an army guard was merely
arresting some military offenders.
The man who covered Capt. Gotta,
waving to Capt. Crockett, said calmly:
Keep quiet or I'll blow your head
off"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Irish Rebels Continue War.

Dublin.-The rebel campaign or
murder and destruction continues un-
abated, and, although these activities
are mostly in the provinces, Dublin
itself is not exempt. Governor Gen
eral Healy's residence, the old vice
regal lodge in Phoenix park, was at
tached by men concealed in the shrub
berry, who maintained a heavy re
volver fire, which the guards around
the building vigorously returned. N
was nearly half an hour before the
attacking party retired. About the
same time the Marlborough barracks
was similarly attacked.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
RIDDLES

Why should q horse never be hun
cry when he goes on a journey? Be
cause he always has a bit in his
mouth.
Why is Ireland like a large butter
shop? Because II is full Of little Pats.
What is always behind time? The
back Of a watch.
What does a ball do when Ii stops
rolling? 1t looks round.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

means when I tell YOU" said Grand
father POrky.
"We might not have remembered it
even then" said Brother Bacon.
"He speaks the truth" said Sammy
Sausage.
"We might not have remembered it
ever then" said Miss Ham.
True, true, grunt, grunt." said Mas
ter Pink Pig.
True, true, sQueal, %squeal," said
Mrs. Pink Pig.
"Absolutely the truth, squeal, grunt,"
said Pinky Pigs mother.
my mother speaks the truth as do
we all, grunt, grunt,"'said Pinky Pig.
'The truth it is, squeal, %sQueal,"
said Brother Bacon, once NOSE, as all
the others agreed with him.
"Ah, yes" said Grandfather Porky,
"but you are all talking about such
unimpOrtant matters as n word and its
meaning and whether you remember
the meaning first or last or after you've
been told it, and all such things"
"How badly you talk" said Miss
Ham. THAT is the most pig-like sen
tence I've ever heard
IT'S not such Il pig-like sentence
said Grandfather Porky. because it
isn't a greedy speech.
"Ha, ha, grunt, grunt. | made a joke,
'But it is foolish Of all of you to
waste SO much time talking and fussing
when | am trying to tell you of the
fine New Years resolution l made"
"We had to know the meaning of the
word first" said Miss Ham. You
must admit that, POrky."
Perhaps So" said Grandfather
POrky.
Most certainly. not perhaps" said
Miss Ham.
VERY WELL" said Grandfather Porky
"But what l wan to say is that ]
made this fine New Years resolution
ION New Years day l resolved, OF
promised myself TINT beginning with
the new year / would eat all l could
at all times and everything I could get
hold of and that /, for me. would never
bring disgrace IN the family name OF
Pig"
Gracious" said Sammy Sausage
"you didn't have co wait until New
Years day to promise yourself that
for you do that all the time"
SWELL" said Miss Ham, "the resOlu'
ton. was q good One."
"Yes, that is So" said Sammy Sau'
sage. "Well, l make the same resOlu
ton myself"
$50 do we," said the other pigs.
And with n accord every pig grunt'
ed and sQuealed and promised himself
or herself that the new year which had
lately begun would be n in which
they would all continue to do all they
could to live up to the family name OF
Pig.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
TURKS REFUSE TO
SIGN THE TREATY
THE LAUSANNE PEACE CONFER
ENcE cOLLAPsES AFTER A
DRAMATIC SESSION.

Lausanne.-The European states
men have failed to restore peace In
the heal east, and the conference
called for this purpose definitely col
Iapsed. after special efforts to save
il, which continued up To the very
moment Lord Curzon's train left.
Practically the whole diplomatic
world ran after Ismet Pasha, head of
the Turkish delegation, trying to in.
duce him to sign the treaty, but Mus
tapha Kemal's favorite general, with
gentle smile, was immoyable. He said
mo" to all-Americans, British,
French and Italians.
The American representatives, Am
bassador Child, Joseph G. Grew and
Rear Admiral Bristol, called upon him
after the break i'm an endeavor to a V
the conference, and Lord Curzon de-
layed his departure for a half hour in
the hope that lsmet Pasha would
change his mind, but all in vain.
The conference failed because the
Turks refused to accept clauses con-
corning the future economic regime in
Turkey, and, to some extent, because
they would not accept the allied for
mula, dealing with juridical guaran-
tees for foreigners, which were to re-
place the existing extraterritorial priv
ileges.
Briefly, the Turks wanted to
strike from the treaty all clauses bind
ing them to recognize contracts and
concessions granted by the old Otto
man empire. They maintained that
they should be left free to study these
questions, and, If necessary, reopen
negotiations concerning them with
the interested countries and people.
They could not, they said, accept
the burden imposed upon the Angora
government by the old Turkish re-
gime, which had handed out conceS.
sions right and left in the form OF
capitulations: they insisted that vast
concessions had been granted without
fair return, and they wanted the
right TO revise all of them.
The Turks agreed to a formula
whereby foreign legal advisors will be
appointed to frame the legal code and
be employed TO receive complaints
from foreigners that the law was un'
justly administered, but insisted that
the advisers be selected, not by The
Hague permanent court OF information.
al Justice, but by other countries
which had not participated in the
great war. They absolutely declined
to give the advisers control over all
arrests of foreigners, maintaining
this was a violation of their sovereign.
ty. Further concessions as to both
economic and juridicial affairs were
submitted to Ismet Pasha at the last
moment by the allies, but he remained
obdurate and declared hat Turkey
could not sign such a peace.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Mexico's Bandit Victim Alive.

Houston, Tex.-Mexico's bandit
victim Oscar Head, reported killed
near Tuxpam, January 16, returned
unexpectedly to his home here. Head,
an oil field drilling contractor, insist
ed that his attackers were news
three times in 10 years." Head said.
THE grip they found near a mans
body at Tuxpam was stolen from me
at Mexia, a year ago. Head was at
sea en- route to Tampico, from Puerto,
Mexico, the day of the murder.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Three Killed; Fifty Hurt.

Springfield, Nassau explosion OF
gas in the purifying plant of the
Springfield Gas Light company,
wrecking one section Of that structure,
spread damage widely through the
business section. Three persons We're
killed, SO we're injured. Buildings
within a radius of two miles were
rocked and windows were shattered
on all sides. Explanation Of the ex-
plosion was lacking.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Two Killed; Two Dying.

,Chicago.-Two men were scalded to
death and two others are dying as the
result of the blowing out of a fireboy
on a giant locomotive in the Pennsyl-
vania roundhouse here. There is a
strong suspicion that the accident was
due to labor trouble and an investi-
cation has been ordered. The Penn
sylvania railroad is the largest com.
pany that refused to sign up with the
striking shopmen last summer, and
numerous cases OF sabotage and tam.
pering with equipment have been re.
ported since.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
(l&L5s&9li8
MARY GRAHAM BONNER
PIGS RESOLUTION

'Grunt, grunt," said Grandfather
Porky Pig, when New Years DAY
came | made Il fine resolution.
Now, pigs. if you do not kno" W!p'
A resolution means | will explain
1--WE do not know what it means, the
others said, $50, squeal, squeal, explain
1t to u.s." a.,
"a resolution means to resolve TO ."
something said Grandfather PorkE
Pi:.
Now if you make n resolution YOU
make up your mind you will 20 some
thing. In other words you resolve 10
do something, or you promise yourseli
you will do something-whatever 1t Is
you have resolved to do or promised
yourself you would do"
"Oh yes, grunt, grunt,' said Brother
Bacon, Il remember that word now.
TO be sure, squeal, squeal," said
Sammy Sausage, Il remembe" mat
word, too"
80 do l, grunt, grunt,' said Miss
Ham.
And l do too, squeal, s%queal," said
Mrs. Pink Pig.
The same is true with he. for |
remember it also, grunt, grunt,' said
Master Pink Pig.
Il remember the word perfectly and
just what it means said Pinky Pig.
"Grunt, grunt, to be sure l do
'TO be sure | do too, Squeal, sQueal''
said Pinky Pigs mother. ''SQueal,
squeal, of course / do"
"Of course you all remember what it
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Ford Sued for $4,000.

Omaha. Neb.-Henry Ford, automo-
bile manufacturer, was named de.
PENDANT in district court here in a
suit for SIS, 900 damages brought by
Mrs: Maggie Boyer. The plaintiff
charges that Ford is responsible for
the death OF her husband. who was
killed last December when a truck he
was driving was upset. Mrs. Boyer
alleges that the Ford chassis was not
in perfect order and was not strong
enough to carry q large gasoline tank
on 1t. Mrs. Boyer has three small
children.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Nearo Arrested for Slayinu.

Memphis, Tenn.-Announcement
was made by the police that a negro
has been arrested and ordered held
for investigation in connection with
the Staying of Mrs. Ruth McElwaine
Tucker and Duncan r. Waller, of
SIayfield, Ky, whose bodies were
found with bullet wounds in their
heads near Berclaire, a suburb.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Chaplin and Neari to Wed.

Del Monte, Cal.-Pola Negri has
captiulated. Smuggling On the shoulder
of Charlie Chaplin, who blushed and
squirmed like a small boy caught
pilfering a jar of jam, covered with
confusion, she proudly, yet diffidently
announced to the world the betrothal
of the queen of tragedy to the king
Of films funny men.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Rail operation Loss $1,000, ooo,oo

Washington, ID. Gloss sustained
by the government from war time
operation OF railroads and it's after.
math of earnings, guarantees and
damage settlements will total approx
imately 5 / 800, 900, 900, according to
data made available for the first
time, in a report by James G.. Davis,
director general Of railroads, trans
mitted to congress by President
Harding.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Three Boy Scouts Killed.

Miami, Fla.-Three boy scouts were
killed and several injured in a dyna-
mite explosion in the Everglades.
according to a telephone message re-
ceived here. The troop had gone on
a camping trip, it is understood, and
is believed to have accidentally
touched off a quantity Of explosives
left by stump blasters.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
courtmartiaI for Robbers.

Newport News, Va.--Corporals John
8. Wood and James Harvey, Of the
F~ifty-eighth service squadron, at
Langley field, will be tried by court
martial on charges of stealing the
posts payroll of $4,000 after kidnap-
ing Capt. Norman ID. Gotta, chief H.
nance officer, his assistant and two
guards in front OF a bank at Hamp-
ton. All but about $4,000 Of the loot
has been recovered.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Leader Lodge Names Assistants.

Washington. ID. C.-Senator Lodge,
republican, Massachusetts,, floor lead
er OF TIE senate. has asked Senator
Wadsworth. republican, New York,
and Senator Lenroot, republican
Wisconsin, to act as his lieutenants
in debate on the floor and they have
accepted and have begun to function
I'm that capacity.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Wall Street "WoIf" to Jail.

Washington, ID. C.-Holding that
his motion for a writ of habeas corpus
was for the purpose of delaying his
Incarceration and was without merit,
the supreme court ruled that David
Lamar, "the Wolf OF Wall street."
would be required TO 60 to Jail and
serve the sentence imposed on him
on conviction on the charge of con
spiracy to restrain foreign commerce.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
murdress Not in Mexico City.

Mexico City.-It is reported here
from police headquarters that Clara
Phillips was arrested at Chihuahua
City. 1t was reported that Clara was
in this city. The police deny the
report. asserting it is scarcely possible
that she could DE here without the
knowledge of the police, who have
been ON the lookout for her for the
past three weeks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Aviator Killed: Private Hurt.

Honolulu.-First Lieut.. Rupert
Julian. an aviator attached to Sco-
field barracks, was killed and an EN-.
listed man accompanying him was
probably fatally injured when their
airplane went into a tail spin at an
altitude Of about 700 feet and crashed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
summer Excursion Season.

Chicago.-The summer excursion
season to the Pacific coast will be ex-
tended to September so, the transcon.
tinental passenger association an.
nounced. 1t was originally intended
TO grant reduced fares from May Is
to September Is.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

Concentration steel is of the high car
bon variety, but"it contains fnOre sui
phur and less lnanganeSe than crdi-
nary tool steel. The concentration steel
Is so dense that 1t remains u~nresolved
under the microscope with q inagnif"a-
tion Of 1,20O to 1900 iianeters, al
though that IF open hearth, cruciblc
and Bessemer steel n be resolved
with a magnlfication Of 100. It's elastic
limit is said TO ne very high and its.
ultimate tensile strength 10000 pounds,
per square inch.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

WEIGH, w. Va.-While awaiting the
hour for her husbands funeral Mrs.
George Oiler, of Twin Branch, secured
a marriage l~iscense and married
William Walk, another resident Of the
town. The marriage, however, was
solemnized in Jackson, O., where Mrs.
Oiler had taken the remains of her
husband for interment.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

Valentino Tries to- Restrain Wife.
New York.-Rudolph Valentino will
take legal steps to prevent his first
wife. known on the screen as Jean
Acker, from using the nam MRS.
Rudolph Valentino" On the New York
stage, his attorney announced.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Wind and Snow In Oregon.

Portland, Ore.-Wet snow fell over
a large part of Oregon and at some
points near the coast there was a
windstorm. At Bookings, Ore, a
three-story building in process of
construction was blown down, Three
men were injured. In Portland the
snow which fell melted early, except
or. the heights.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Sugar Advances SO Cents.

Salt Lake City.-Retail sugar quo.
tations, announced to take effect
Monday, call for 1854 per 1OO-pound
bag, IN increase of so cents since
January 81. Advances Of prices at
seaboard was given as the reason.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

aStudent Dies Following Initiation.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-Glenn Kersh,
aged 16, son of M. G.. Kersh, city clerk
of Tuscaloosa, died from phychic
effects of excitement following an in.
itietion at the Sigma M fraternity
house upon the campus of the Uni
versity of Alabama here, according
to a verdict of a coroner's jury.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
Crude Oil un Aaain.

Pittsburgh. Another 10 per cent
advance in Pennsylvania crude oil
was posted by the principal purchas-
ing agents at the opening OF the
mark"'
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09
German Workman Slain.

Berlin.-It is reported from Traves
that a German workman, while leav-
ing a restaurant, was shot dead by a
Moroccan soldier.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-02-09

Some men arc known by the work
they refuse to do.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27
and welfare, and contributing to the

and welfare, and contributing to the
welfare of the masses of our people,
it will destroy every opportunity for
us to be of service to our fellows
and they will say to you and you and
you, as representatives of this idea:
If the American labor movement is
incompetent to give us the opportun-
ity to aspire to better life as re-
suit of our labors and services to
society, labor and services without
which the civilization of our times
and of our country could not exist,
then we will find some other way to
express our discomfort and dissatis-
faction"
Following the enactment Of the in
dustrial court law in Kansas, numer-
Gus campaigns for the enactment by
other states of similar legislation
were started by organizations call
ing themselves ASSOCIATED Employ
ers," open shop associations and
American plan associations. Anti
strike legislation took many forms,
but it is not the purpose of this ar
ticle to define the phraseology and
weigh the iniquities against each
other. The basis for labor's opposi-
ton to all anti-strike legislation has
been stated and applies to all legis-
lative efforts to emasculate labor or
ganization. Labor insists upon ex-
ercising its manhood and on develop
ing it's ability to assume the respon-
sibility implied in it's use of the eco
nomic power of the strike.