The Wellington Daily News from Wellington, Kansas • Page 1

News WAV ON U7J Member of The Associated Press WELLINGTON, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920 Volume xxx ix, No. 78 NO DECISION YET ON FATE OF BALL DAN THOMPSON IS HURT AT WAYNOKA you stayed at home one night with the daughter when she was a baby while the mother was gone away? Q. Why did you tell that? A. Because it was facts. POET'S TROOPS GAIN Paris, May 29.

D'Annuzio's troops which are reported as having seized the village of Cavalanna and are threatening Sussakin in the Fiume have a friendly talk with Baker? A. I aimed to, yes sir. Q. Notwithstanding you aimed lo you prepared otherwise? A. He was there with his arms around her.

Q. You told them to get in the JOHNSON AND HOOVER CAMPAIGNS EXPENSIVE Washingt-n, May 20. Between $100,000 and 123,000 was raised by Ca-ifomia campaign organizations for Senator Johnson, the senate in Ord er of Memorial Day The G. A. R.

Post, Women's Relief Corps, and other organizations will form on Washington Ave. in front of City Hall for parade at 1:30 p. Monday, May 31, 1920. American I.ftfion will act as escort to the M. E.

church, where usual exercises will be Il at 2 p. m. After the exercises at the church lines will re-form on Jefferson, then march 'south to vestigating committee was told today, Dy Alexander state isur-, Alexandc Fourth, thence to Washington and' Harvey to street, where con ance commissioner and treasurer of h. C. Thompson, Santa Fe yard-the Johnson organization.

master jiere and Roy Thompson, a McCabe said that the figures were fireman, suffered severe injuries thU based on memory' from the last time.moming about 9:00 when his engine he looked at the books. overturned two stations out of Way He declared that the Hoover sup- noka. Both legs were broken and he porters sper.t eijjit cr nine times severe injuries abont the much' at tho nnd Uce veyances will be taken to cemetery, usual exercises will be held. All 1 former soldiers of United Staes armies as well r.3 confederate veterans are invited to join in these exercises. The members of Tom Schwinn Post American Legion and World War Veterans are cordially invited to act as escort in this line of march to church.

All business houses are requested to close from 2 to 4 p. m. on this occa sion. C. J.

Garver, Marshal. region, continue to advance, according to infnrm.ntinn rnm TV-lo-rulo in foreign office. The dispatch adds that the Jugo-Slavs are preparing for military resistance. A Zurich dispatch to Tetit Parisien says that D'Annanzio has seized Rurrazzo, the principal seaport of Albania. GOV.

ALLEN WILL MAKE WOOD'S NOMINATION SPEECH Vow Vrrl- fo Of n.m,w. A 1 len of Kansas hai rocntcd to make the nominating speech for General Wood at the Republican national ru: convention at Chicago. Allen's announcement followed receipt of a telegram direct from General Wood. Monday, May 31, being designated i i a holiday, the News will be deliver-' to the carriers shortly after noon. The News office will be closed most Monday afternoon.

NEW WANT ADS Advertisements under thin heading art one cent per word for the firt insertion, ror an insertions one nan eenf "a lKen lor inan lul i FOR RENT: 2 furnished Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, rooms in modern home. Phone 945W Somewhat warmer tonight. Cooler 215 South SO, Sunday southwest portion. TO REAL ESTATE MEN Having Commercial Club to Meet sold my farm all listings are cancelled officers of the Wichita Board of Mrs. L.

b. Coplan. 11 attend the regular lAVi i 1 "vi He 7'0 scnt thc Jonnson national headquarters XT 'NeY rK and.that thctttnalnnfr the "Clonal campaign was $200,000. Replies On Dandelions If anyone objects to the dandelions the court houe yard, he is welcome 31 to jio and dig them out, says Johnson Turner, custodian of the court house. Turner wiihes to reply to objections about the dandelions that he was not hired to weed out dandelions, and that he is fulfilling his duties according to aCTCCment.

Weather Forecast 'monthly meeting of thc Commercial club here next Wednesday evening. Some of them will deliver addresses. The meeting will be held in the offices at the city hall. No banquet will be held ing. in connection with the meet- College Boys Seek Work Two college boys from Dayton, Ohio, dropped into Wellington this morning and said that they were here to help harvest the wheat crop.

They I stated that they were sent out here by the Dayton employment bureau. The boys seemed furpri-cd to learn that the wheat and other crop are just netting a good start to grow. They continued thtir trip to Enid. 1 WHERE TO ISIS The Silent Avenger Episode No. 5 Featurinff Wm.

Duncan Fox Sunshine Comedy to 2 reels, "His Naughty Wif Harold Lloyd Comedy and News of the World After Deliberating Over Twelve Hours Jury Still Remains Behind Closed Doors. Ball Testified In His Own Defense At 3 o'clock this afternoon jury, deeming on the fate ot Charles Ball for the killing nf Arlnm Balcor 1 at Caldwell on the night of February i 16, had not come to a decision. At noon, when -the jury was allowed a recess for lunch, the foreman revolted to Judge Fuller, that they were making some progress toward a decision. The feature of the trial Friday afternoon was the defendant, Charles Ball, taking the stand in his own defense. He declared that the night of the trouble he had no intention to shoot Baker, but that his object was to uiscuss ireely the situation as it appeared to him.

He went armed be- cause he did not know just what would happen. He testified that he knew Baker had gone to his house time and again and that he had seen him enter the house once or twice. He declared he had warned Baker to away from the house. When he 'not Baker, Ball testified that Baker risen from his chair as if to come toward him and had his right hand in ns overcoat pocket as ff he were arm ed. Ball said lie fired the first shot to frighten Baker (this shot did not strike Baker but slivered the top of the chair.) He said Baker continued ito approach him and he kept firing.

Lall denied 'that he ever had disown ed his oldest son. This wa; contrad'e-tory to evidence given by Mrs. Ball. Ball was followed by seven character witnesses after which the defense rested. Judge Fuller then prepared his instructions and County At itorney Taggart addressed the jury.

The Ball trial was given to the Jurv at 7 o'clock Friday night after the attorneys for the defense waived their privilege of addressing the jury At 5:15 P- m- was agreed for each side to devote one hour and three quarters in summing up, and at that time County Attorney Earl Taggart ban to speak for the prosecution, jWhen he concluded, intermission was auiJ1. resumpi and ion of tne case at 7 p. m. the defend ants' attorneys waived their right to sum up. The court room already was crowded at 7 p.

m. when court was called to order, and from thenon for an hour or so people arrived inantici-pation of hearing the addresses to tha jury. The court room remained well fil- iled up to after 10 p. m. in expectat- 19.an ww jr til, i.ui vajf W1W jury reported to Fuller that no progress whatever had been made to ward an agreement and he ordered 'the jurors takdn to a hotel for the inicbt to resume their work Saturday morning.

Cross examined by Judgs Jackson of the prosecution, Ball testified as follows: Q. Did you disown your oldest boy to your wife? A. No. Q. You heard her testify? A.

Yes. Q. Did you hear her state, "He (meaning you) disowned the child and I made him face the man, and he said he would never live with me again," Is it true or not that she so testified? Q. Is it true? A. No, sir.

Q. Going back to time you came to Wellington and then went to Caldwell, what time did you get to Wellington? The witness answered He got to Caldwell a little after dark. On di rect examination at this point he testified that he saw Baker enter the Ball house that night. Q. How close were you to Baker? A.

Three or four rods. y. xou naa a taiu wan your ooy and girl and you say the boy told you about JJaker going to your house. Do I vrm TPmemhpr tnllcinr" to them flnv nr.Snndnv? A. Yes.

Saturdav. O. Do vou remember telling them Q. Why did you tell? A. I knew Baker was coming! there and I wanted them to know.

Q. You told that about the wife you loved? A. Yes, sir. You went to town a number of thnes to watch the house? A. A few times.

Q. You told the boy to keep you posted about Baker? A. Yes, sir. Q. When did it ocur to you to get a pistol? A.

Well, sir, I figured when I would catch him there, I might be in danger of my life. Q. You never thought of appealing to the law. A. That was my home.

Q. You hadn't lived there for a year or more? A. Not that long. I figure I lived there all the time. I had been there a number of times.

Q. You call that living at home? No answer. Q. When did it first occur to you to get a pistol? A. On the Saturday before it happened.

Q. When did you get the pistol? A. Saturday. Q. Was that before or after you talked to the boy and girl? A.

Before I talked to the girl and after I talked to the boy. Q. Did you tell them you had a pistol? Q. What was your reason for buying it? A. To protect myself.

Q. From whom? A. Baker. Was he following you? A. He was that night.

Q. He hadn't followed you personally, coming to your home? A. Yes. Q. Was it your idea you get a pistol and shoot him? A.

No. Q. You wanted no one present but the family? A. Yes. Q.

Ypu didn't want the officers of the law to know anything about it? A. I hadn't thought about the offi- ers. Did you tell your boy you want ed him to listen lo everything? A. Yes, sir. Q.

Did you write your boy a letter and tell him not to talk to anyone? A. Yes. Q. Before you came to the house had you seen your boy Lloyd on the night of the difficulty? A. Yes.

Q. Had you told the boy you would be around the house and to let you know if Baker was there? Yes sir. Q. The boy came and told you Baker was there? A. Yes.

Q. When he told you, you do? A. I came around the Q. You came around what did house, the house by the back way? A. Yes.

Q. Did you say, "Get in the house?" A. I told them to get in the house Q. Did you shove them in? A. No.

Q. After you were in the house did you tell Baker to sit down? A. Yes. Q. Did you down? A.

No. Q. Did you ask for the girls? A. I asked if they were there. Q.

When the girls came out what d.d you say? A. I asked them to get another place, that Baker and the family were going to have trouble. Q. Why did you have them leave ithe house for the night? A. Under th circumstances, I thouht it improper for them to neai Q.

They in their room and you in the kitchen? A 1 thought so I Q. You didn't think you could MONDAY Day. OF SOULS FOR SALE: A rood heifer calf one month old. jhone 1009W. G24 Blaine 79 at 80 FOR RENT: Sleeping 30S South Washington.

room? FOR SALE" A sow and pigs. Bargain if sold at once. Call five blocks north and one west of high school. II. II.

Jones. 80 FOR SALE: Pasteurized milk and cream. Will keep sweet longer and is healthier than unpasteurized You won't bo vexed by having sour milK resh buttermilk at ail for breakfast. Fre times a healthful refreshing drink. Try it.

We have our own delivery Phone49. Garnand's 79 FOR SALE: A seven roomed also a two roomed house in the 700 block on South Blaine. Inqu're 702 South II. 80 ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST GROCERS, WANTS: Ambitious men in your locality to sell direct to consumer known brands of an line of groceries, roofings, lubricating oils, stock foods etc. Write today.

John Sexton Co. 352 W. Illinois Chicago, 111. 78 WANTED: Waitress at once, experience unnecessary. Apply in person.

Good wages. The Bungalow R'-st 78 FOR SALE: Extra good 5 roomed hou-e on pavement, newly garage. Ask T. U. Andrews, office over Wellington Na', Bank.

78 FARMERS UNION: Try cur celebrated chicken feed, also all kinds of feed for the baby chicks. We can save you money on com, kafir, bran, shock corn, chop, corn meal, flour, rice, can corn, can tomatoes, coffc3, machine oil, shell, block, bbl. and sack salt. Whohlesale and retail. Farmers Union.

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84 FOR RENT: St of 3 lighthousekeep'ng. Fhone rooms 103. for 80 FOR SALE: One round oak p2d-cstal dining table. Good aj new. Call at 70G North Jefferson Avenue.

79 LOST: Fountain without cap. Waterman's Ideal. Finder call Wreaths Seaton. 73 78 Memorial Day Exercises The Memorial Day exercises of the James Shields Tost, No. 57, G.

A. will be held at the Methodist church, Wellington, at two p. m. Monday, May 31. The post commander, B.

F. Brill, is to be president of the day. The program follows: Song "America" by congrega- tion. Invocation Rev. Robt Shupe.

Reading Roll of Honor Adjutant. Prayer W. A. VanGundy. "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" Quartet Address Lincoln's Gettysburg Charles Haslet.

Song "The Laddies Who Fought and Won" Miss Myrtle Neel. Oration Hon. Richard Bird. "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground" Herbert Burcham. Response Roy Smith.

"The Star Spangled Banner" Con gregation. Benediction Rev. F. D. Reeves.

The usual Grand Army Memorial exercises will be at the cemetery, Flag Drill will be given by 32 voung at the cemetery. Reading "The Unknown Dead" Rhua Mcln-' tire. Marshal, Col. C. J.

Garver, will des-' ignate and have charge of parade and line of march Committee on transportation S. M. Dick, chairman. Committee on program D. J.

Downing. Cut t'lOweri for Decoration Day, blooming plants, aster and dahlia and other plants. Mrs. Lupher, phone 251W. 78 Library to Be Closed The Wellington Public Library will, be closed all day Monday, May 31.

Wallace Zirkle, cashier of the Citi zens' bank of Cheney, was a visitor in Wellington today. He has been at tending at the bedside of his brother, I David Zirkle, at South Haven. The latter has been seriously ill from heart disease. Look! Watch! LISTEN! A Big Celebration at DRURY PARK Kansas, will celebrate tbe 3rd, 4th, 5th Good Program is being arranged Watch the papers Redding Bohen, Mgrs SPECIAL OFFERING I i Brother cf H. C.

Thompson, Yard-master, Has Both Leg Broken When His Engine OTerturns. Dan Thompson, an engineer on the nuff.il Xnrthwpsttrn. hmthpr The exact cause of the engine's overturning was not learned, but it supposedly resulted from defective track. II. C.

Thompson, (familiarly knowa as was at the passenger station this morning when the wir! was received notifying him of thi accident to his brother. A switch engine was secured at once to go to tho east yards after Roy Thompson, the" other brother. No. 11 7. was held until h's arrival and both men went to Waynoka on the train to be with their brother.

Dan Thompson formerly lived hero he was employed as a machinist at the Santa Fe shops. lie was only recently discharged from the company hospital at Mulvane, where he had been undergoing treatment for an at tack of appendicitis. 1 CENSUS REPORT i Washington, May 29. The popular tion of Atchison, is given by-ihz census bureau as 12.C30, a de- crease of 3,799. Bartlesville, shows 14,417, an increase of 8,230.

Iola, is given at 8,513, a decrease of 519. KANSAS CITY STOCK Kansa3 City, May 20. CATTLE. Receipts 1400; Market for week: steady to 50c higher; others, steady to $1.00 lower. HOGS.

Receipts 500; market 25c lower. Bulk $13.75 to $14.30 Top price $14.30 GO TONIGHT: I MAJESTIC Olive Thomas in Footlights Shadows A Midnight Intruder A Memory Lost A Heart Von It all happened after the curtain fell. The "Inside Story" of the life of a Broadway Beauty, and a peep behind the scenes of the "Midnight Revue." Interesting, absorbing, compell- -ing a strong, emotional drama with elaborate set- tings, gorgeous gowns, lighting effects a new and novel plot, and the most beautiful girl in the world. And "HIS NAUGHTY WIFE" Two-reel Comedy Coming VTarnish- ase Ball. ALVA STATE NORMAL VS.

WELLINGTON DUKES SifetL June 2. Community Park 4:45 pi m. house? A. Yes. Q.

They did eo? A. Yes. Q. You stood up? A. Yes.

Q. What was the first thing you said? A. I said, "Mr. Baker what are you doing here?" Q. You were calm and showed no disposition to be combative? A.

Yes. Q. What did he say? A. He says, "I am coming here as a neighbor and friend." O. All right, what did you say? A.

I said, "You're a liar." Q. Now here is a man you came to talk peaceably with and you call him a liar. What was the next thing you said after calling him a liar? A. I said "What are you walking home from church with my wife for?" He said he had walked home but twice. Q.

What then? A. I called him a of a Q. You had the revolver? A. Yes. Q.

He was sitting in the chair? A. Yes. Q. He got up then? A. He did.

Q. Did you tell him you would send him to No. Q. How did he get up? A. Well, he had his hands in his pockets like that.

Q. When he was up what did you do? A. After he was up I shot at the side to frighten him. Q. After you fired the first shot what did he do? A.

He kept coming toward me, and I shot again. O. What did he do? A. He kept coming. Q.

What did you do? A. I shot again. Q. How large is the kitchen? A. In the neighborhood of 12 by 14 feet.

Q. Now you were here and Baker here indicating on diagram) Now when he got up, you fired? A. After he got. up I fired. Q.

After he was coming toward (Continued to Page 2) DUKES WILL PLAY ALVA NORMAL NEXT The Dukes will play the Northwestern Oklahoma State Normal team from Alva Wednesday, June 2. Game will be called at 4:45 and business houses will close as usual at on the afternoon of the game. For thfs game and all following games tickets will be on sale at Collins drug store from Tuesday morning preceding the game up until 3 p. m. the day of the game.

To counteract the tendency of some to get into the games without paying, the management has secured permission from the city to close Cherry Street, which runs along th2 east side of the ball park, during the Wednesday games and the officer on duty at the time has instructions to arrest any persons going beyond the rope on a charge of trespassing. The management intends to all complaints. BRILLIANTONE STEEL NEED- LES. Try them on your records, and note the QUALITY of tone. Trie.

i. O. BOOK SHOP. 7 LOCAL MARKETS. Following prices paid to producer by the local dealers: 5oulrr.

Butter and Eggs, all loss off, doz 29c fllens, pound 2oc Broilers, 1-4 to 2 lbs oc Roosters, lb 12c Ducks, fat, full feathered, lb lGc Geese, fat, full feathered, lb 10 No. 1 lb Rutter. fresh, lb Butter, cooking, lb. 35c Butter, packing stock 32c Live Stock. Hogs $13.25 I'iga $12.00 i Cows 58 0 to $10.00 Prime heifers tO.QO to $10.50 Heavy calves-.

7:00 to $8:50 Small calves $9:00 to $10:00 Sheep to $10:00 Can r. era $5:00 Beef hides -12c Horse hides $3 to $5 Grain. hard No. 1 hard No. 2 hard No.

3. soft No. 1 soft No. 2. soft.

No. 3. Wheat, Wheat, WTheat, Wheat. Wheat, Wheat, $2.50 $2.49 $2.48 $2.50 $2.49 $2.48 PUBLIC SALE Wednesday, June 2. Three south and 4 east of Wellington 2 miles west and 2 south of Dalton, i i i i i I norses, mules, caiucf implements, chickens, etc.

Clark Dcshler, owner, the as ed of a Monday "The Market of Souls." ed AT THE THEATRE For Decoration 1 7 -VI IARKET A Paramount-Artcraft Special featuring. DOROTHY DALT0N TWO WOMEN IN ONE FAIR BODY One of them sweet and modest as a child, shrinking, abashed, from the garish lights and Broadway's wild night orgies. The other a lure to evil. Spirit of the palaces of joy. Laughing her siren's laugh.

Dancing her dupes along the road to ruin. As one of these vvonien, this girl was all that a good man wanted her to be. As the other, she appealed to the good man's profligate brother. Which was her true self? Bidding in "The Market of Souls," which brother won? Come and see! See New York in her gayest revel. See her on a New Year's Eve, in the most sensational cafe scene ever filmed Added Attraction MR.

AND MRS. CARTER DE HAVEN In a Two-reel Paramount Comedy "Hoo-Dooed.".