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THE DEADWOOD TELEGRAM VOLUME XVIIL, NO. 136 DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1924 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER OPPONENTS OF M'ADOO SEEK TO DEFEAT HIM WITH KLAN ISSUE CONTROL NEW PARTY MAP PAUL is seething with democrats, ed for the national convention which convenes tomorrow. Wm, G. McAdoo and Gov. Al Smith are the two leading candidates, but neither has sufficient support to win on the first ballot, under the rule requirEng two-thirds to nominate.

Opponents of McAdoo are concentrating their efforts on a strategical plan designed to bring the Ku Klux Klan issue directly before the convention. They hope to encompass defeat of McAdoo before the balloting begins, thru overwhelming support of an anti-Klan plank. Oscar Underwood, one of the lesser is trying to get leadership of A Society NEW YORK, June strong anti-Klan element in the chi convention. Communists Control ST. PAUL, June communists, led by Foster and berg, controlled the farmer-labor convention held here to organize a new party.

Duncan McDonald of Illinois was nominated for president and Wm. Bouch of Washington state for vice president. The nominations were by acclamation after a large part of the farmer delegates had bolted the convention. The platform is SO extremely communistic, thatm ost of the er representatives will refuse to support the ticket. MINNESOTA VISITED BY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO DALTON, June vicinity of Tracy, was visited by a destructive tornado late yesterday afternoon.

No details can be obtained as wines are all down. Appeal has been received by Gov. Preus for aid. The Telegram reporter obtained some information of this storm from Mrs. M.

O. Pemberton who arrived home today. She was a passenger on the train which stopped at Tracy 20 minotes for lonch, and thus caped being in the path of the storm which swept across the railroad a shore distance. this side of Tracy Before the train could come on west it was necessary to remove large trees whiih had been uprooted, and other debris, from the track. Many houses along the track had been wholly destroyed or unroofed, and much other damage was done.

The local Western Union office states that the wires are yet down in that section this afternoon, and that there is IVO direct information from the devastated area. THREE KILLED BY STORM IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, June were killed in lain eleqtrical windstorm which visited the environs of this city. Property damage amounts to over $250,000 One force invites to church going, right living, sympathy, charity; the other invites to sin-profanity, adultery, slander, murder. "What you are today you are becoming," the speaker declared, and closed with eloquent appeal to SO play upon life's harp that it will produce sweet music for the benefit of all who come in contact. It was an inspiring message, born of experience and development along lines of right living.

Mrs Tris Cummings and two young sons of Butte, who were here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lambert, and other relatives, left Sunday for Oakland, stopping at Denver.

She will also go to the North Pacific coast ere returning to Butte. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. D.

Hardin, who have been in the east the past year, were arrivals today to look after mining interests, the Golden Crest Consolidated. They were accompanied by Messrs. Playford of Detroit and Brennen and Smith of New York, also interested in mining. Mr. and Mrs.

W. T. Robertson of Lead entertained at dinner at the A. F. Cafe at the Franklin, in honor of Miss Stella Clough of California, who is visiting with her brother, Dr.

F. E. Clough, at Lead. Other members of the party, which went to Deadwood theatre after dinner, were Mr and Mrs. Horace S.

Clark. I SENATOR HARRISON WILL SOUND KEYNOTE NEW YORK, June S. 'Senator Byron Patton Harrison of Mississippi, keynoter of the National here, Democratic is known all convention, over the June land 24, as "Pat" Harrison. Even President Coolidge calls him that. That familiar address betokens the popularity of the Mississippi senator No (man in congress is more beloved by his colleagues---Democrats and Republicans alike.

So no Democrat could be more to lus as a keynoter than Harrison. His selection for the important convention post was not because of his popularity alone. It came as a recognition his wide grasp of public questions and a gifted tongue. Harrison is one of the youngest Democratic keynoters in history. He is only 42.

When the late Senator Ollie M. James sounded the keynote at the Baltimore convention in 1912, the giant Kentuckian was but 41. Despite his ten year experience in the House, Harrison entered the Senate in 1919, almost unknown. In the past five years he has made a national reputation. As a debater he has few equals Combined with a store of information, Harrison has a line of withering satire that bowls over his opponents and yet it leaves no wound Although his reputation was gained largely through his speeches in the lighter vein, he can expound the doctrines of Democracy with equal fluency and his friends predict his keynote speech will be his crowning effort.

Steeped in the old southern traditions of pure Jeffersonian Democracy, yet Harrison is sufficiently forword-looking to please the most progressive members of his party. Pat has no peer as a harmonizer and his aim is to appeal to all elements of his party, and, at the same time lam bast the Republican party. Harrison is another self-made man although he comes of a long line of Virginia Harrisons, who distinguished themselves in American history in both the Democratic and Republican parties. Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison both belong to the Virginia klan. Former Senatoin James K.

Vardaof Mississippi had bucked Presman ident Wilson throughout his administration and when a candidate to the senator was sought, Haroppose rison was selected. During his first year in the senate, Harrison ly on observed the time honored custom of freshmen senators, being seen and heard. But with the advent of not Harding administration, the the young Mississippian opened up. He is probably the best posted man senate on current events and in the let an opportunity to berate he never administration esctpe. He Republican dubbed "The Gadfly" but his was popularity on both sides of the aisle because he never hit beincreased low the belt Even after he had finished a thunderous denunciation of the Republi-1 can party and all its works, Republisenators are wont to cross the can aisle and slap him on the back.

After his selection as temporary chairman of the New York conven-: he met Republican Leader tion, Longworth in the Capitol corridor. exchanged cordial "Hello Pat!" They and "Hello Nick!" And as Longstarted on he turned and worth shouted "Give us Republican hell, Pat!" And Pat replied, "You bet I will, Nick!" LEAD CITY INCREASING HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES Lead Call: Remodeling of the top floor of the high school, started last is proceeding rapidly under the week, direction of Harry Jarvis of Rapid City, foreman of the Carlson-Snitkey construction company, and should be completed by September 1st. Robert Beaner, of Rapid City, brick foreman, is expected to arrive today to intend his phase of the construction work. Mrs. A.

J. Eilers and two children, and Mrs. Norb Sandman, sister of Mrs. Eilers, of Louiswille, arrived Friday to spend the summer visiting at the A. G.

Eilers home. Mr. Eilers and Mr. Sandman will come later. NEW YORK WELCOMES DEMOCRATIC GUESTS (By Milton MacKaye, United Press Staff Correspondent.) NEW YORK, June York, decked out in raiment of Babylonian splendor, is welcoming the "hosts of on Democracy." Everywhere there was the push and clamor of crowds; the feverish haste of worried officials and the cheerful bewilderment of homefolks on a holiday, Tomorrow morning, when the convention is called to order in Madison Square Garden, anywhere from 000 visitors and political delegates will be here.

Every state delegation is being met at the train by one member of the general entertainment committee, who makes members of that delegation his guests for the entire tenure of the fracas here. He looks after them, he takes them to their hotels and then moves right in with them. He provides them with free theatre tickets to any show they want to see; he arranges for them in their hotel, stages tea parties, provides them with an orchestra all their own. The list of New York's hosts reads like a directory of New York's wealthiest men. It includes: Col.

William Boyce Thompson, former Governor Whitman, Percy S. Straus, William Church Osborn, Charles C. Pettijohn, Charles H. Sabin, H. K.

McCann, Gen, Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, James W. Gerard, Norman H. Davis, George Gordon Battle, Norborn P. Gatling, U. S.

District Attorney Hayward, C. H. Pforzheimey and others equally well known. Each man has volunteered to pay the entertainment costs of the delegation awarded The liat is absolutely non-partisan and includes the city's most prominent Repub(licans, as well as Democrats. When the lights go up tonight.

visitors will see a transformed Fifth Avenue--the of streets. The decorators called their product New York's "Golden Way." From Washington Arch to 60th street, the Avenue will blaze with orange colored lamps Then there will be blue lamps and frosty white lamps for two and a half miles--the longest stretch of decorative lighting ever attempted. More than 25,000 globes will be ised. Each block of Fifth Avenue will represent some state or Every lamp post already is decorated with four flags, two American flags, the flag of New York City, and the flag of the state. Madison Square Garden, site of the convention proper, has been ready for several days to receive the delegates following an extensive remodeling.

Delegates will be seated in the center of the big building. nates will be at one side of them. Members of the New York National Convention Committee and guests who obtain seats through the Democratic National Committee also will be seated on the main floor. The rest of the crowd must use the conies. For each $100 subscribed by New Yorkers for convention entertainment, one seat is given.

Allotment of them, however, will not take place until tomorrow. Hanging from beneath the balconies will be little platforms from which the photographers and moving picture men do their work In the basement will be telegraph instruments, telephones and all the conveniences of their own "city room" for newspapermen. The radio is to be extensively used at this convention. Two companies will do all the broadcasting--the American Telegraph and Telephone Company and the New York Telephone Company, the latter a subsidiary of the former. They will send the program to 12 stations scattered about the country.

They are: and WJZ, New York; WCAP and WRC, Washington; WIGY, Schnectady; WGR, Buffalo; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WGN, WMAQ and WLS. Chicago; KSD, St Louis, and WDKF. Kansas City. Mr and Mrs. Ralph Cox of Alliance, Nebr.

and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Treber of Denver, and children, were arrivals by auto to visit relatives. The ladies are daughters of Wm.

Waldschmidt. UNITED STATES HAS BEEN INVITED TO INTER ALLIED GONFERENGE BRITISH GUNBOAT FORCED RESPECT FOR AMERICANS al LONDON, June 23-Premier Donald today announced in the Commons that the United States has been invited to participate in the interallied conference, to be held in London on July 16, to discuss the report of the Dawes commission of experts on the financial condition of eGrmany and its ability to make reparation payments. Guns Compelled Respect PEKIN, China, June has een received here of the action of the commander of a British boat, Cockshafer, in compelling respect for the United States and Anerican citizens. He trained the FATAL TERMINATION OF MEADE COUNTY FEUD Sturgis Record: Albert C. Campbell of Marcus was shot and killed on Thursday of last week by John W.

Mahaffy, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W'm. Mahaffy of Marcus. The shooting took place about a mile and a half south of the Mahaffy ranch on Sulphur creek, and about 5 miles northeast of Marcus.

The only persons present at the time the shooting took place were Campbell, John Mahaffy, and a younger brother, Theodore, about 16 years of age. According to the story told by John Mahaffy a short time after the affair had taken place, he and his brother met Campball and had some words with him. John was carrying with him a high power 22 rifle, and Campbell, after carrying the gun, said that he would show him a real gun. Partly turning in his saddle, he reached his hand to the side of his horse away from the boys, and as he did so John fired at him, the bullet entering the lower part of Campbell's head and emerging under the chin. Death must have been almost instantaneous.

Campbell's harse, frightened by the shot, ran away, and Campbell'3 body after falling from. the saddle was dragged for some distance before one phoe finally came off and let the body fall. John and his brother at once told another brother, Lewis, about the shooting, and word was sent to Faith. Dr. Durkee and Deputy Sheriff Frank Morgan came as soon as possible, a coroner's jury was impannelled and an inquest held.

An examination of the body and of the horse failed to dsclose that Campbell had any weapons of any kind with him. The preliminary hearing for John Mahaffy was held Monday afternoon at this place. Only one witness, Emmett Pharis, was examined, and after the attorneys for the defense had made a motion to have the case dismissed because it had not been shown that Campbell was killed by the defendant, nor that he had not acted in self defense, Justice Hunt bound the defendant over to the next term of circuit court on the charge of first degree murder. Bonds, were set at $5,000, which were nished and Mahaffy released. Campbell was about 70 years of! age and has resided on a ranch on Red Owl creek for more than twenty years.

He was prominent in the i horse business. He leaves a wife and four children. Burial was made at Faith on Saturday. and the Mahaffy family have had trouble for several years over charges of trespassing on the part of Campbell's stock, and the affair of last Thursday comes as the growth of that. Harry P.

Wright of Fruitdale, died at St. Joseph's hospital Saturday evening, from peritonitis, following an operation for appendicitis. He was born and reared in He is survived by his mother who resides at Fruitdale, and la at Ralph, S. D. The body was taken to Fruitdale for funeral services and interment.

guns of his boat on the city of Wahsien and compelled the people: to pay highest funeral honors toEdwin Hawley, an American killed by junkmen. He forced public execution of the two murderers by the guild officials. American Consul Spiker reports that the populace were thoroly awed and gave assurances that' there would be no repetition of the offense. Premier Smuts Resigned LONDON, June Jan Smuts, premier of South Africa, has resigned. Hertzog has been summoned to form al new cabinet for the government at Capetown, A SERMON LECTURE BY MAJ.

O. W. COURSEY Maj. 0. W.

Coursey of Mitchell, one of the best known and ablest speakers of this state, occupied the pulpit at the Baptist church last evening. The edifice was filled to capacity, the Methodist service being abandoned, Mr. Coursey speaking under joint auspices of the two churches. His subject was "The Harp of Life." While it was a lecture, replete with literary gems, quotations and poems, with which Maj. Coursey is so familiar, it was a sermon as well, and profited all who heard it.

The speaker told of an incident which happened when he was campaigning in tho Philippines during the insurrection there years ago, by which he became posBossor of a child's harp which the little one lost as she was scurrying with her parents from between contending armies. As he stooped to nick it up, the soldier behind him fell dead from a shot which would have struck him had he not stooped to rescue the child's harp. So he preserved it and calls it "My Life's Harp." Life is a harp of a thousand strings, he declared, upon which we play--some with skill producing sweet music and some producing only discord. In youth life appears to be like a long dream of pleasure. Too often it becomes merely a bundle of disappointments.

Yet even under adversity it may be made to give sweet strains for the uplift of others. "What is death?" a child asked of James Whitcombe Riley, and this led him to write that gem of poetry on "What is Death -What is Life." Life, if properly lived, is development. Said Lincoln, "I don't think much of the man who is not better today than he was fellow's "Psalms of Life" was quoted to tell what life is. Every day is a golden niche in the cycle of time. Life should not be 1 measured by the number of times one sees the sun rise and set, but by achievement.

John Brown shortly before his execution, declared that according to the calendar he had lived only 59 years; but intact he had lived over 70 years, as most men live, because he had seldom. slept more than 5 hours a night. The speaker outlined seven stages of life, from cradle to grave, and the outstanding characteristic of each. The home, church, school and state are strings on the harp of life, and success or failure in producing melody is measured by the tune each plays. If it be a moral life in accordance with the laws of God and man, there 1s melody, even though it be sad and grief laden.

But if it be otherwise there is only discord end life becomes a failure whatever its apparent success may be. Two great spiritual forces are contending for the mastery of soul from birth to death. One would lift humanity up to the Creator, and the other would drag it down to the depths of hell. Which one prevails depends largely on the exercise of the will power whic his given to enable mortals to guide their course whatever environment may be, GRAND OFFIGERS ELECTED ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAMS PIERRE, S. June Grand Lodge of the I.

0. 0. F. in South Dakota, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Grand Master--A. W.

Chenoweth, Wolsey. Deputy Grand Master- William Bernhardt, Sioux Falls. Grand Warden-Gea. B. Haskell, Parker.

Grand Secretary--F. B. Raymond, Huron. Grand Treasurer--Chas. B.

Knott, Bristol. Grand Representative--J. M. Lord, Willow Lakes. Grand Lodge will be held at Tankton next year.

It will be the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Yankton Lodge No. 1, the pioneer lodge of Oddfellowship in South Dakota. The Rebekah Grand Lodge elected the following officers for the enguing year: President--Cora D. Hinton, Spearfish. Vice President--Mary Burnett, Madison.

Warden--Clara Van Tassel, Irequois. Secretary---Hattie B. Borland, Madison. Treasurer-Atlanta Fuller, Lead. Representative Ella Kingery, Parker.

OILLON WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR PIERRE, S. June shown to the effect he might become an independent candidate fer the United States senate, Charles Hall DiVon, supreme court judge a and former congressman, declared there was nothing to it. Judge Dillon is 71 years old. CONTRACT GIVEN FOR LOGS FOR COMMUNITY HOUSH Contract for furnishing logs for the main structure of a community house at Pine Crest Park has been given to Thomas Island. He agrees to complete delivery of the 236 loge required within 30 days There will be 200 of 22 foot length, the rest shorter.

Work on the building will be here shortly. No effort is made to get tourists to stop at the park because of lack. of conveniences, yet a considerable number camp there every night. Rapid City suffered from a fire Thursday night wheh cost the life of a young fireman named Paul Baline, who was crushed by a fallling chimney. Death was instantaneous.

The fire was in the J. L. Robbins lumber yard. The loss was $25,000. Mr.

and Mrs. William Warwick, who were recently united in marriage at Casper, were arrivals Saturday on their honeymoon, to visit relatives. The bride's maiden name was Miss Elizabeth' Beggs. Mr. Warwick was born and reared here..