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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
MYSTERY MURDER
NEARS SOLUTION
Los Angeles SIeUth, However, Fails
To Reveal Any
Facts.

Los Angeles.-The mystery in the
shooting and stabbing of Earle Rem
ington is slowly shaping into a def
mite and unacceptable solution, says
Detective Captain George X. Home
but thus far there have been no
arrests-not one definite clew, not a
single fact that might throw light up
on the motive.
Miss Blanche F. Remington, a sister
Of the slain clubman, was
questioned. A girl who was a fire.
quent companion of Remington on
his visits to the cabarets was also
questioned. A woman to whom he
often alluded as my Quaker girl
was being sought.
Miss Remington told the detectives
that her family had vigorously Cp-
posed the marriage of Remington to
Miss Virginia C'Peggy') Mister
Stone. She had not been to see the
widow, does not intend to see her,
wonders if her sister-in-law will at
tend the funeral.
She limited that Remington had
once Tilted Mrs. Stone and that he
married her only after she had forced
him to.
IF | only could tell she said. "She
wasn't the Remington sort. If l
could only tell-but / promised the
attorneys"
The police have not yet had the OPP
portunity of questioning the widow.
She has been i'll. Several nurses were
added to the corps already attending
her, according to her physician. 1t
will be some time before she can face
the police inquisition.
The other girl questioned is "un.
identified so far as the police re-
port is concerned. Her name is known
to them, but is guarded. She was one
of a dozen whose names and ad.
dresses and telephone numbers had
been written in the gay clubman's
little memorandum book.
She had nothing of value to give to
the Investigation, Home said. She
was merely zone of the lights of love
thdl 6iuouChCu ItCiliISloh DdLH.
Another angle in the mystery de
veloped with the finding of an auto
mobile with dried blood on the
running board, and streaks of blood
on the door and steering wheel. II
had been sold, it appears, by Marian
Evelyn, 1049 South Flower street, t
Harvey J.. Harris, 230 East Second
street.
The police believe it possible the
slayer escaped in this machine. 1t II
possible that after twice firing /;
charge Of buckshot, and then plung
ing a poinard into Remington's heart
the slayer sprang on the running
board, blood dripping from hi
weapon, his bloody hands putting tn,
marks on the door and wheel.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
One Killed in Duel.

Chicago.-Stephen Kelleher and
Daniel Mccarthy, both celebrated
among Chicago labor business agents
for their swiftness with pistols, shot
it out in an audience Of society
summers in AL Tearney's cafe al
Thirty-fifth street and Calumet
avenue. When it was over Kelleher's
dead body was carried into the
service bar to await the ambulance
Mccarthy made his escape from the
cafe, but a few moments later sur
rendered, when a pursuing policeman
took several shots at him.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Charles City, Ia.-Judge C. III.
Kelley, Of the Floyd county district
court, overruled the motion for a new
trial for B. F. Kneeskern, twice con.
victed Of the Staying Of Mrs. Irene
Van Brocklin, who, with her husband,
Charles, was killed in their cabin
home on a Kneeskern farm near
Krankville, in December, 1921. Knees.
kern first vas convicted and sen.
fenced to life imprisonment by a
Winneshiek county jury A motion for
a new trial and a charge Of venue
was granted and he was convicted
here for the second time several
weeks ago.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
GAMBLING RAMPANT
ATPALMB EACH,FLA.
READY CASH ONLY REQUISITE
FOR PLACE AT TABLES OF
EXCLUSIVE CLUB

Palm Beach, Although Palm
Beach scintillates day and night with
brilliant gowns and jewels and beau.
tiful women, the feature OF the re-
sort that gives it a truly continental
flavor just now is the gambling. This
is carried on without interference in a
club located a stones throw from the
Royal Poinciana hotel.
A little ready cash and entree are
the only requisites for a place at the
gaming tables. Ii is not necessary to
be a member of the club, it is only
necessary to be escorted by a men,
Der to gain admittance to KS. In the
afternoon after 4 and at night from 10
until 2 this place is damned with sun
burned men in dinner coats n
beautifully gowned women playing
hazard or roulette. Hundred dollar
bills are flung about more recklessly
than pennies in a kids crap game.
At the height Of the gayety it is i'm
possible TO get near the tables, OF
which there are four for roulette and
w for hazard. Three hundred per-
sons are frequently packed into a
small arena-like room, where the
playing goes feverishly forward.
On q Saturday ii is not unusual for
nearly 900 persons to visit the rem
devious during the night. The air be-
comes Sitting, the faces Of the play
ers are strained with anxiety as they
risk more and more on the turn Of q
wheel.
From the exterior KS resembles a
church and is frequently mistaken for
a sacred edifice by new arrivals at
Palm Beach.
Within, KS is simply furnished,
with none of the bizarre effects one
generally associates with the gamb'
ling den of ~millionaires.
The floors have green plush
carpets. The general effect is n OF
southern hospitality, with a color
scheme of green and white, and yet
within these modest confines it is
said $500, 900 will be taken in by the
house this winter. The official
season is from January i until the
middle of March.
Over in West Palm Beach, the pie
bian town on the other side of Lake
Worth, gambling cases are dealt with
sternly. But fashionable Palm Beach
gambling has not been molested.
The clubs roster has hundreds OF
names, OF men and women, nearly all
we'll known throughout the United
States, but no permanent resident OF
West Palm Beach is officially a mem.
Der. A restaurant is operated in con.
nected with the club, and 1t vies with
the u~ltra-exclusive Everglades club
for popularity.
Last December, Bob Jones, revival.
list, who was holding meetings in
West Palm Beach, denounced the club
as a "hell hole of iniquity." He in.
duced the ministers association to
send a letter to the governor, protest.
ing against the practice. Nothing ever
came of it.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Ford Threatens Extension.

Williamson, w. Va.-Henry Ford, il
a statement printed here after he hat
inspected his coal properties in Wesi
Virginia, declared that unless the
railroads furnish us with satisfactory
service | will build the Detroit, To
ledo and Ironton railroad to this
section, electrify it and haul my owl
coal"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Kills Wife and Self.

New York.-Mrs. Marie Kelly died
"a hours after she had been shot
twice by her husband, Policeman
James A. Kelly, who also shot and
killed himself. The murder and sui.
eide was witnessed by the Kellys'
young sons: James, IL, and Edward, 4,
1t resulted from a quarrel upon
Kelly's return home from his tour OF
duty, the upshot OF an argument az
to whether he would go Immediately
and look after the furnace because OF
tenants complaints or eat his
dinner and then attend the fire.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Banks Can't Deduct Libertys.

Des Moiness lathe state supreme
court. in an opinion handed down in
the case Of Guthrie county versus the
First National bank, of Guthrie
Center, held that Iowa banks had no
right to deduct Liberty bonds from
their capital stock when listing 1t for
taxation, even though they were not
notified of the fact before the assess
ment. The court held that the Rich
mond, Wa, case, decided by the
supreme court of the United States
some time ago, does o apply to
Iowa's taxation OF state banks
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Fairweather Gets 500 City Club.

Des Moines, Ia.-Negotiations for
the Sioux City baseball franchise
came to an end here when Tom Fair
weather acquired the club. He will
leave for Sioux City, he stated, as
o as possible and will take per-
manent quarters at Nilsson park.
Players are being signed up as fast
as Mr.. Fairweather can find suitable
material and 1t is expected that work
in earnest will begin about March /.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Husband Wounded by Wife.

Omaha, Neb.-Charles Mcclure is
In a local hospital in a serious condi-
ton as the result of a wound inflicted
on him by his wife, who shot him in
the chest, police say. The shooting is
alleged to have followed when Nc
Clure refused to allow his wife to-
remove her belongings from his home,
according to the officers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Cleared Of Murder.

Chicago.-After a jury had acquit-
ed him of a charge OF having
murdered Rocco Tito, Antonio Padula,
Of Melrose Park, announced that he
would assume the support and care
Of Zito's seven, children in addition to
his own seven offsprings. Padula said
he had shot in self defense at another
man, but killed Zito.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Three Missing. Dozen Injured.

Grafton. Tl-Three workers missing
and believed to be dead, and a dozen
slightly injured was the toll Of five
explosions which destroyed six build
ings at the Illinois Powder company
plant near there by fire which broke
out after the blasts and threatened
more serious explosions which was
brought under control.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Slays Wife. Son, Self,

Richmond, Ind.-Wilson Langley
43, shot and killed his wife, Jessie, 3S
their 3-year-old son, Howard, fatally
wounded their 9-year-old daughter
Marjorie, and then ended his owr
life by shooting himself through the
head, in their home in New Paris, O..
nine miles northeast of here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Short 20 Cents; Suicides.

Chicago.-Worry owe his inability
to- find a 25-cent shortage in his ac-
counts is believed to have prompted
John Fairbanks, postmaster at West
Chicago, to end his life by shooting
himself. His body was found in the
basement Of the %postoffice, a revolver
lying close by.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Guilty Second Degree Murder.

New York.-Lillian Raizen wal
found guilty of murder in the second
degree. She must pay with her free
dom for the killing of DR.. Abraham
Glickstein in his Brooklyn office
December 10, 1921. Her conviction
carries the immutable penalty of from
20 years to life in Auburn prison.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Bremerton. Wash-The scout
cruiser Omaha, built at Tacoma,
Wash. was placed in commission at
the Puget sound navy yard here.
Capt. David Hanrahan will be first
commanding officer. The Omaha will
have q complement of 800 men.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Gins Victims Hair.

Chicago.-Robbers cut off the hair
OF Mrs. Pauline Basis in her home
when she at first refused to reveal
the hiding place of a sum Of money
she kept about the house. 1t required
q razor held to her throat to force
her to reveal the hiding place. The
robbers then escaped with 1927 which
she had intended to repay a loan with.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Dies Of Mysterious AiIment.

Sidney, Ia.--J. w. Hume. of this
city, died from some mysterious all
ment which neither physicians here
o In Omaha We're able to diagnose.
He was suffering torturing pains IN
the head and his eyes we're drawn in
ward until they could hardly be seen
He died in great agony. He was Q
retired farmer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Brakemar's Life Crushed Out.

Sleepy Eye, Minn.-Edward Ian
dert, Of Waseca, Mimi, a brakeman.
on the Northwestern foad, was killed
in the yards at Sanborn. Lanert was
caught between two box cars at a
switch and was crushed SO badly that
he died q few hours after the accident.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Society Girl ptuu Victim.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Miss Marjorie Dell
Greene, ~17-year-old society girl of Ell
Paso, died from over-doses of
narcotics and liquor, according to her
attending physician. She had recently
returned from Los Angeles, where
she visited friends, and went to
Juarez with a party, according to her
brother, John r. Greene.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Grand Island. Neb.-Eddie Ayoub, g.
year-old son Of Abdallah Ayoub,
Syrian. is dead as the result 70 falling
off q house moving truck. on which
he vas attempting to take a ride, a
1,400-pound wheel partly passing over
his head ana tearing away a portion
Of the scalp.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Man Killed: Two Hurt.

Reno, Nev.-One man was killed
and two were injured when a cage
became caught in the shaft of the
Rescue mine at Tonopah, New.
according to advices received here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Hot Springs, Ark.-A. M. Ketchum
IS years old, of Cody, Wyo., killed
himself by firing an automatic pisto,
bullet into his brain here, according
to the verdict.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Petersburg, ya.-Six masked ban
dts forced an entrance into the
Seward Trunk and Bag factory here.
bound and gagged the Waterman,
broke open the vault and escaped
with 10000.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02
Wire Company oNicial Dies.

Denver. Colo.-Charles H. Finley
division traffic superintendent Of the
Union Telegraph company, died here
after a short illness, aged "a years
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Omaha.-Robert Ford, OH his way
from Lehigh, Mont, to Corning, Ia.
to visit a sick sister, dropped dead in
a railway station here.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-02

Evan0eIOt has ParaIytic Stroke.
MerriHlan Neb.-Revival meetings
here came to o sudden close wher
the evangelist, Rev. Paul Green
suffered 3 stroke of paralysis whiE
finishing his meeting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
LANDMARKS THAT MAKE CITY
OcoasIonaily ToWnsmen Don't Realize
Just What Has Been tho Attrac-
tIon That Brings Visitors.

No town finds out how many shrines
installs rubberneck wagon. 1t ought
to be quite a revelation for many of Its
inhabitants to ride about in the sight
seeing vehicles OF their own town;
sometimes, as instructive as visiting
the museums of local historical socie-
ties.
Visitors In their expressed desire for
the local sights, always betray uner-
ringly what the city is most famed for.
1t doesn't much matter what is most
important to the tourist.
Salem, Mass, has long since discov-
cred that the shadow of the witches Is
"over 1t ALL and has resignedly
erected billboards at its main gateways
welcoming the motorists to "The Witch
City," and Fredericktown, Nd, al
though maintaining stoutly the fiimsi-
ness Of the Barbara Frietsche legend, Is
willing to humor the visitors about 1t.
Whatever makes a town noted
abroad, 1t is best to make the most of,
for the world will have it So Sights"
are what popular Imagination or asso-
citation make such, and nobody discov-
ers this with greater swiftness than
the genial guide who daily narrates to
eager listeners all the facts and tradi-
tions he can gather about them.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
THINK IT lBERIAN LIQUOR
Old Spanish Wine Recently Found In
RUNE Of St. Joseph City,
In Florida.

Buried amid the ruins Of forgotten
city for almost century, and appar-
emily kept In state of almost perfect
preservation, quart Of rare old Span
ish wine In the curio collection Of
George A. Patton of Port st. Joe is
gradually evaporating.
The liquor was unearthed from the
ruins of the old city of st. Joseph,
Florida, two years ago, when an irriga-
tion ditch was being dug through the
Patton farm. Then it was rich and
mellow and had a deep amber hue.
But now Its kick Is going fast accord
Ing to the Florida Times Union.
Although having a reputation as
teetotaler, Mr.. Patton has cherished
the liquor as he would a long-lost
friend. Great care has been exercised
to prevent its evaporating, but all eff
forts have failed. 1t was poured from
the black glass decanter, In which It
was unearthed, into q bottle Of trans
parent glass. The glass stopper in the
original bottle was substituted with q
rubber stopper.
When the bottle was found 1t was
surrounded with a mass of debris
which evidently had been q wicker
case. Very little Of the liquor had
found its way out, II any. 1t has been
viewed by thousands OF tourists at
Port st. Joe.
Judging from historical facts sur
rounding the old city of st. Joseph, the
liquor probably Is one hundred years
ola. ST. Joseph was abandoned In 1S41,
and for more than eighty years only
the crumbllng ruins have marked the
spot where 1t stood. 1t was the
terminus of the st. Joseph and lola
railroad, second steam railway line
constructed In the United States. In
| 1888 the first constitutional convention
of Florida was held at ST Joseph,
which then was one of the leading
cities of Florida. Recently the state
erected 2 monument costing $4,000 on
the spot where the convention was
| held
Curio connoisseurs declare Ii prob
able that the quart of liquor of Iberian
vintage adorned the shelf of some long
| gone barroom In the historic old city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
Two Brides hv Law.

The Journal des Debats, one Of the
most highly esteemed daily papers Of
France Is an authority for stating
that the Turkish national assembly Is
So anxious in regard to the population
of the new Turkey, now In course OF
formation, that 1t Is preparing law TO
render matrimony duty which, like
compulsory military service, must be
enforced on all.
No conscientious objectors will be
tolerated. When a man reaches the
age Of twenty-five, the police viii take
note Of him and medical authorities
will examine him. IL he is physically
fit, he must marry; If he refuses, he
will be treated as a deserter and de-
prived Of all his civil rights and en-
ployment.
If he has private means q quarter Of
the amount will be taken and given to
the poor.
Should q recalcitrant husband seek
to avoid his obligations by travelling
he must obtain special permission; and,
If he remains away too long, he must
marry a second time and bring his sec
ond wife home when he returns.
Here we have law enforcing not
only matrimony but bIgamy, the re-
population of Turkey being the one and
only social duty recognized.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
Bio Irritation plan.

A great irrigation project, which Is
OF interest because it is located in the
heart OF the dark continent, has been
recently completed. 1t is known as the
Lake Mentz conservation works, and Is
located along the lower reaches of Sun
days river. 1t IS second only to the
great Assuan dam In Egypt In size and
Importance The new dam is $50 feet
high and the length of the top Is 1,150
feet. 1t impounds 700,00O.000 gal
Ions of water and submerges 1900
acres of land 1t means the redemp-
tion OF great deal of land which will
be used for agricultural and stock-rais-
Ing purposes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
Pinchbeck.

To notorious resident of London
we owe the word 'pinchbeck." This
person, Pinchbeck by name, lived to-
ward the close of the Eighteenth cen
tury in the vicinity of the Strand, and
manufactured a compound metal which
had some of the glitter of gold, but
was readily distinguishable from the
precious metal by its lesser weight
and other palpable differences.
Consequently Pinchbeck's name was
eventually applied to shams. counter
feits and spurious things.
AS noun 1t was, and stlll Is, ap-
piled to an alloy of copper and zine
formerly much used in the manufac,
ture of inexpensive jewelry. This al
10y, though 1t presented the appear
ance of gold, was cheap substance
Chicago Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
An Old billiard prinkar.

One of these little migratory stories
that pop up and sometimes travel all
over the country by word Of mouth
concerns a tenderfoot who, many years
ago, seeing a sign on a little western
saloon which read, Soft Drinks and
Billiards." went In and said In his
gruffest tones:
Gimme a Billiard |"
The bartender seeing that the man
really thought billiard was something
to drink, started to make up a mixture
of everything he had in the place, in
Guiding the bar polish.
The stranger took the mess, swal-
lowed a mouthful, and turned red In
the face.
Game to the finish, however. he
gulped down the remainder.
well, how'd you like that2" asked
the bartender grimly.
Well" replied the tenderfoot, "if
wasn't an cid billiard drinker I'd say
that was concentrated ye."-Youngs-
town Telegram.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
FRESH AIR NECESSARY

Washington.-The United States
bureau of mines has issued warning
against sleeping in room in which
fueless heater is burning without
having at least one window wide open
to supply adequate ventilation. This
precaution, it is stated, would have
prevented many deaths during the
past few months.
The bureau says improper combus-
ton of natural gas in heating appli-
ances in common use may liberate car
bon monoxide, an insidious and deadly
gas. This gas is so deadly that guam
titles as low as or per cent may de-
stroy life in short time. Unlike
illuminating and other gases, carbon
monoxide has no odor; its presence
can not be detected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-23
Rouahlna 1t.

The rich young nan was speaking to
the Woman.
"Oh, we had beautiful time rough
ing it," he said I'VE went up to the
camp-of course, we had it cleaned
first and had supply of food put in.
Then we had the cook prepare our
meals, but we wore aprons and helped
ourselves TO everything and had a
regular simple life for few days.
And" he ended, beamingly I'VE only
took one valet for the lot of us, be-
cause we wanted really TO rough it,
you see"-New York Sun.
determined attempt 10 10 NC maue
by commercial telcgraphers In Canada
to get away from their affiliation with
the American Federation, Harry Pryde,
national secretary of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union Of America, said
in statement issued at Calgary. He
said national executive board has
been elected composed of members
representing the G, madam National
Telegraphers, the Canadian Pacific
railway and the government teleg
raphers.