Lead Daily Call from Lead, South Dakota • Page 1

PAPER OITY and COUNTY ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE TWENTY NINTH YEAR. COILS CLOSE AROUND THE MINT BANDITS Officials Believe Their Capture is Now But the Matter of Hours. -Clews to Their Identity. Are Found. (By the Associated Press) DENVER, Jan.

of Denver's bank wagon bandits is near according to the police, following day of sensational developments and revelations by the authorities investigating the case. Names of the bandits believed to have committed the robbery are now sought. The location of the apartment belleved to have been the lair of the bandits before the robbery was announced. Torn fragments of a letter were pieced together by the detectives, trunks filled with ammunition and guns were seized and broken open by police at the Union station, and the observation of the apartment house its tenants and hotel domestics gave clews which led to the identity according to the authorities. Howard G.

Burns and the woman known as Burns wife, W. S. Gordon and the woman supposed to have been the wife of J. Sloan, who was found dead Sunday, H. B.

Coffey and a small dark man are sought as the members of the band. MRS. JESSIE LECKIE Passing of a Well Known and Well Loved Woman of Lead. Jessie Leckie, passed away yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Oliver, 204 Pine Avenue.

Death was due to the ravages of old age, she having passed her 84th birthday a few days ago. Grandma Leckie came to the Hills 23 years ago, from her old home in Shenandoah, Pa. and since that time has made her home in Lead continuously with her She is survived by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, and two grand-children, Clyde and LaVere Oliver of Lead; and two sons, George W.

Leckie of Welch, W. and John Leckie of Mahanoy City, the latter son having visited his mother here two years ago. To these the sympathy of scores of friends go out. She will be laid to rest in the famfly lot in South Lead cemetery, beside her son Adam and daughter Miss Jessie, who preceded her to the four years ago, during the grave, epidemic. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but will be announced later when her son's have been heard from.

Her funeral will take place on Friday afternoon from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John Oliver, 204 Pine street, at 2:30, Rev. N. L. Haney officiating.

WILL NOT ORDER TROOPS TO HARRISON Quiet Prevails Today at Scene of of Strike and Deportations. HARRISON, Jan. the suspension of the order of Gov. McRae, ordering a company of ArKansas national guardsmen here with the possibility of declaring martial law, Harrison has resumed its tranquil appearance after two days of armed action, in which one man was hanged and another wounded. Scores of alleged Missouri and North Arkansas railway strikers were escorted from town to the state line, accompanied by a committee of 1000.

LEAD PRESIDENT HARDING ILL WITH THE GRIP Has Gone to Bed Jus tas a Precautionary Measure, (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. Harding has cancelled his engagements in order to remain in bed on account of an attack of the grip, It was said, at the white house a day of rest was decided as a precautionary measure, and that the president's condition showed no serlous developments. POSSESSION OF LABRADOR Newfoundland and Canada's Claim OTTAWA, Jan. bleak territory of Labrador, long no man's land between the Dominion of Canada and the island colony of Newfoundland, will become Canadian soil if Newfoundland receives her price. This became known when negotiations between the two countries on the subject of Labrador were reopened here recently.

Representatives of Canada and Newfoundland are busily engaged searching the archives and studying old maps, preparing to argue the ownership of Labrador before the Privy Council in London some time this year. JUDGE MISER WILL TRY CASE Ordered by State Supreme Court to Sit in Stanley, County Killing Case RAPID CITY, Jan. Walter Miser, has been advised by the clerk of the state supreme court, that writ of mandamus has been issued against States Attorney Callaban, of Stanley county, to file information against the six defendants, two of whom are sons of Judge John Hughes, of Fort Pierre, charged with the murder of Robert Tolton, found dead last July on the Northwestern railroad track, west of Fort Pierre. Judge Miser was ordered by the state supreme court, to try the case, Judge Hughes being disqualified. The court went to Fort Pierre, December 20, time set for the trial, but due to the failure of the states attorvey to file information against the defendants and other technicalities in the case coming up, Judge Miser found he had no legal authority to proceed, and returned to await action of the supreme court.

Inasmuch as Judge James McNenny, is holding court at Hot Springs, Judge Miser, will go to Fort Pierre some time this week, to be present at the filings of the information against the alleged murderers of Tolton. MARRIED LAST EVENING Harry Mattson and Mrs. Mary Kate Davey United in Marriage At the residence of the bride, 318 Spring street, last evening, Rev. Hartung of 'the Methodist church performed the ceremony which united the lives of Mrs. Mary Kate Davey and Harry Mattson.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martin accompanied the bride and groom to the altar. The ceremony was witnessed by a few of the intimate friends of bride and groom and the immediate members of their families. The groom is well known in Lead, having been in the employ of the steam-Atting department of the Homestake company for a long term of years, a man who enjoys the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends.

The bride is also well known in the city, where she limits her friends by the number of her acquaintances. She is possessed of A charming perosnality her friends will join those of the groom in wishing them both a happy married life. The newly wedded couple will make their home in Lead. Big Events in the Lives of Little Men GEE I LIKE ON DEAR, I I I I I I I JUST THESE, NATE TO SEE INTO MY FINE PADDY SAY. 60 LONG TROUSERS THE DAY YOU TRIED ON YOUR FIRST LONG PANTS SUIT, DAILY THE BLACK HILLS EVE NING NEWSPAPER.

DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923 RECOGNIZED MEMBERS OF HOODED BAND Latest Testimony Adduced at the Bastrop Hearing (By the Associated Press) BASTROP, Jan. by one witness that at one time he thought he recognized three members of the black hooded band held responsible for the kidnaping of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, a lengthy examination of other witnesses and a protest by a Bastrop attorney against the propounding of certain qoestions to E. N. Gray were some of the incidents of a lively days' proceedings in the open hearing.

TO CURTAIL THE SELLING OF ALCOHOL Federal Prohibition Authorities to Lessen Its Output for Industrial Purposes. -Many Permits Have Been Withdrawn. (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. curtailment of dealings in denatured and industrial alcohol has been decided upon by federal prohibition authorities as the next step in their campaign to combat the illicit liquor traffic. Orders have been issued for the revocation of scores of dealers' permits, among these being that issued to one of the largest alcohol producing plants in the country.

Norbeck Picks Flaws in Lenroot Bill WASHINGTON, D. Jan. That the Lenroot rural credits bill is inadequate to provide genuine relief to the farmer is contended by Senator Norbeck in minority report filed with the senate yesterday as a member of the banking and currency committee. Senator Norbeck who speaks for the agricultural group which favors the creation of an entirely new rural credit system, with a large central corporation, financed by the government, declares that the plan of Lenroot bill for the establishment of farm credits departments in twelve federal land banks would prove a disappointment. Is "Purely Personal" WASHINGTON, D.

Jan The suggestion placed before the reparations commission by Roland Boyden which apparently has been regarded abroad as a proposal of the American government for the settlement of the reparations problem was said by Secretary Hughes last night to be nothing more than "a purely personal" memorandum prepared by Mr. Boyden at the request of the commission members and in no sense was embodying a "plan for the settlement of the reparations." In a formal statement he reiterated his plan in behalf of the United States government. on dwelling houses; H. B. 35, Buell, changing boundaries and terms of court in the seventh judicial circuit; H.

B. 36, Muggli, legalizing certain water system extension proceedings of the city of Ramona; H. B. 37, Chase, appropriating funds to compensate certain residents for damages for fire from a highway depart-' ment steam shovel. Blue Laws and Their Enforcement Word to the effect that a measure will be introduced to put teeth In the present law enforcement clause on Sunday amusements is once more heard at the capital.

Just what is being planned, is not known, but it is known that a group of the legislators have been carefully looking up the statutes with the view of tightening them so that Sunday moving picture shows and baseball games will be impossible in this state. This question, which caused much agitation at the last legislative sion, was hardly expected to arise again, but it is quite probable that it will brought up again this sesslion, in the form of a bill which will make the present laws enforceable from the standpoint of the state's attorneys. Last year the question became so acute that a number of the liberals had petitions signed, and the matter of repealing all the so-called blue laws put before the people. In the huge "vote campaign, the liberating Sunday law fell by the way. side with all the other measures.

As result we still have the blue law statutes on the books- -the same laws which were declared to be unen CALL INSTRUCTIONS AWAITED FROM I HOME OFFICES British and American Debt Commissioners Are Near Accord.Question of Interest Rate is Now Keeping Them Apart. (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. between the American and British debt commission have come to a halt again, while the British await further instructions from their government. These were expected in time for the next meeting, which was set for tomorrow after the adjournment of yesterday's meeting without an accord having been reached as to the terms of settlement of Great Britain's war debt to the United States. While the points of difference between the commissions continued to be carefully guarded by members of both, indications were they were confined largely to question of the interest rate.

A rate of 3 percent was reported to have been suggested by the British commission, and also approved by the British cabinet which has been considering the negotiations Monday. While the British are understood to have been able to show this is about average rate of government loans in normal times some of the members, at least, of the American commission, were represented as feeling it falls too far below the rate now paid by the American government on money borrowed and advanced to Great Britain. The British and American debt commissions have reached a point in the negotiations where it virtually is agreed that no further progress can be made until the British commissioners have returned to London and conferred with their government. TRAMPS KILLED IN UNION PACIFIC WRECK Caught in a Collision of Trains Near Reno, Nevada. (By the Associated Press) RENO, Jan.

trespassers, riding a Union Pacific extra east bound, were instantly killed, and another man so seriously injured he died on the way to the hospital as the result of the collision of the extra with train 253 went bound, near Caliente, Nevada, according to word received here. Seven cars were derailed. Corceable by Byron S. Payne, former attorney general. Just how the legislature will take to the plan of putting teeth in the blue laws is problematical.

They will probably decide not to change the present statutes, for various reasons. To Keep Amendments From Ballot There will be a determined effort made this year to keep off the ballot all constitutional amendments and referred laws going to the people livery year the ballot is cluttered with a large number of these changes, so that the newspapers usually advocate a complete "vote no" 01 "vote yes" campaign. This kind of campaigning may not be logical; but It exists. If the other matters are kept off the ballot, the constitutional amendment will have clear sailing, the people will have a chance to vote on this important matter without having it confused with a number of other issues. Will go the Way of Other Surveys That efficiency survey is going to hinve some hard sledding before it is taken to heart by the legislators.

l'here are several objections being raised to the practicability of adopting the survey. It may go the way of the educational and other surveys which have have been made at the expense of the state. Everybody agrees that the suggestions sound good, but no one wants to put all of them in practice. Will Fight for Recognition The women's board of investiga tion is going to make a fight for re ernition of its recommendations this session. The purpose et the board 1g to get the women's viewpoint of the needs of the various institutions.

Censored Calendars Back The censored calendars are back In the legislative chambers properly covered. The members have had little amusement out of the incident, After a number of women ordered the offending pictures withdrawn. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday; colder; fresh to strong shitting winds. ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE THE LEAD, SOUTH BUDGET BOARD PROGRAM WILL SLASH CLOSE Appropriations for State Institutions Will Be Pared to the Quick Legislature Will Recess on Friday Next. PIERRE, aJn.

most of last night in an attempt to complete its work before the recess of the legislature, which starts January 19th and ends the 26th, the budget board has as yet not completed its work, but it is expected its recommendations for appropriations for various institutions and departments of the state will De Anished some time this afternoon or tonight. It is understood that the budget board wil lout appropriations for instittutions and departments of the state will be finished some time this ternoon or tonight. It is understood that the budget beard will cut appropriations for institutions to such necessities as will prevent deterioration of buildings and plants and prevent any backward step in the institutions themselves. House Passes Peyote Bill The house of representatives of the legislature this morning passed the peyote bill, which would prevent and penalize traffic in or the use of possession of peyote or mescal buttons. A similar bill was passed by the senate, both being designed to curb the growing use of the drugs among the Sioux Indians of the South Dakota reservations, and both measures nad the support of Indian workers, superintendents and missionaries.

Would Add to Its Powers Senator, Freney of Yankton has presented a bill in the senate to give the board of railroad commissioners the additional powers of a public utilities commission, giving its diction over all utilities, except municipal ones, and delegating to it the power to regulate and to fix minimum and maximum rates. Will Come up for Slaughter Both houses will meet this afternoon, the senate to take up the Amsden bill at 3 o'clock. This bill would repeal all acts of former legislatures in giving state officers, justices of the supreme court, judges of circuit courts and members of the legislature expense allowances contingent on their having to move to the capital. The present indications are that the senate will kill the Amsden bill. The house passed the Kneeland bill making it a misdemeanor to leave camp fires burning, after cutting the penalty from one year to thirty days in jail to bring the act under the jurisdicton of the justice courts.

Wall of Lyman introduced a bill in the sena -oviding for holding the first meeungs under the primary election law the first Tuesday in March instead of the preceding November and running the meetings in close succession up to the primary election on the third Tuesday in May. The senate passed S. B. 16, by Mr. Bogue, making notes for corporation stock non-negotiable.

It was Mr. Bogue's explanation that salesmen of doubtful stock would not operate so freely if they could not sell their notes they took to banks. The senate adopted a motion that the general appropriation bill be taken in by the 45th day. Three resolutions were introduced by Senator Atherton of Lake. One requests and demands of senate legislation modification and reduction of present freight rates for grain and livestock; demands early and favorable congressional consideration of the Norbeck farm credit bill.

New senate bills were: S. B. 30, Erskine, revising the herd laws; S. B. 31, Amsden, amending the law relating to care for the insane so such care may be charged against responsible relatives; S.

B. 32, agricultral committee, making liability of stockholders in cooperative tions equal to their stock only; S. B. 33, Brownell, making the state treasurer also treasurer of the rural credits board; S. B.

34, Brownell relating to loans. The house held an evening session to permit members to return from over Sunday absences. A committee report assuring additional journals for members was received. One bill was passed H. B.

26, taking stock statistics out of the decennial state census avoiding dplication. New bills were: H. B. 33, Boe of Boe, request, reducing the tax exemption PRICE FIVE CENTA PREPARING FOR THE NEW ORLEANS TRIP Preparations Already Under Way for New Orleans Pilgrimage SIOUX FALLS, Jan. tour traveling passenger agents and others attaches of the passenger departments of various railroads most of them east from Chicago, spent several hours in Sioux Falls consulting with officers of El Raid and other Shrines in the state in connection with the proposed trip to Washington, C.

of South Dakota Shrines next June. The three Shrines of the state, El Raid of Sioux Falls, Yelduz of Aberdeen, and Naja of Deadwood have made a grand combination for an to the national capital at the time of the Imperial Conclave of the Shrine as a South Dakota Shrine organization. The official route for the trip to the east as far as Chicago has been decided ont the Milwaukee route having been selected. It Win in connection with the route from Chicago to the national capital that the railroad representatives were gathered in Sioux Falls yesterday While many of the details of the pro posed trip were gone over minutely, the selection of the official route from Chicago east was deferred to inter date. The Shriners from all parts of the will gather in Sioux Falls on June 1, the date of the starting of the eastern trip.

From informa tion already in hands of Recorder E. S. Knowles of El Raid it is expected that not less than 50 Shriners and members of their family will take advantage of the trip and visit the national capital. A special train of eight sleepers has been secured and the Milwaukee road has promised that the train will be made up from the finest equipment that the road supports. Accompanying the Shrine excursion will be the Aberdeen Shrine band and patrol, the Lead Shrine band and patrol, and El Raid band and the Sunshine club also of El Raid, a singing organization.

The above mentioned six organizations will be uniformed. Word comes from Washington that the Shrine of that city is making preparations for the entertainment of the visiting Shriners that will outclass any former gathering of the Shrine. One hundred and seventeen out of the 156 Shrines in the country have already made reservations at the national capital. CO-OPERATIVE BANKS Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are Rapidly Branching Oue CLEVELAND, Jan. cooperative banks in operation, half dozen more in process of organization, including one to be opened immediately in Spokane and another 'n New York, establishments of two branches in Cleveland of the parent institution and an increase in resources from $653,000 to $19,000,000 the results of the entrance 26 are months ago of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers into the banking field.

In additon to its banking business the brotherhood has extensive coal properties, a mail order dry goods house doing a department store business and a number of other cooperative businesses in the hands of engineers brotherhood and its members. The situation is about the same in the Lausanne conference. The nations are falling over each other trying to exchange what they got and, do not want. RIFLE CLUB MEETING Election of Officers and Transaction of the Yearly Business Last evening the members of the Black Hills Rifle Club met at the Recreation building in annual session, with a goodly number of the membership present. The following officers were chosen for the year: Pres dent--Dr.

A. S. Jackson. Vice President--M. C.

Kellogg. Treasurer--Charles Seely. Secretary--Edward Carter. Range officer -Louis White. Reports of officers showed that a healthy interest was being taken in the affairs of the club by its members, and that the number of names on its roster was large.

There will be an interesting program of activ.ties arranged for present year which will keep the attention of the club members engaged until the reopening of the hunting season. It was decided that the range officer should keep at Dickinson drug store a quantity of ammunition for the accommodation of the members of the club and also a rifle. OCCUPATION MAY RESULT IN FIGHTING French Seizure of Ruhr Valley has Operators Will Been Provocative of Bitter Submit to Arrest. (By the Associated Press) DUSSELDORF, Jan of the German magnates failed to appear before the control commission today, sending word they had decided to obey the instructions bf the Berlin government, instead of the French orders as to coal deliveries, thus placing the next move squarely up to the French occupying authorities. At the conference yesterday between the French authorities and the operators, General Simon said to the Germans: "We have not summoned you here for a discussion, but to transmit to you the orders of our government.

It you do not see fit to obey them you will be prosecuted before a court martial, condemned and imprisoned." The industrial leaders filed out of the room without uttering a word, but once outside of the conference hall they made no secret of their determination to to jail rather than submit. go Given a Warning DUESSELDORF, Jan. Ruhr valley coal operators had before the. French ultimatum that it deliveries were not resumed this morning, the military authorities would take such measures as were deemed necessary. State of War Exists LONDON, Jan.

Berlin has decided to expel all government French civilians from Germany and establish practically a state of war against France, aside from fighting, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Daily Express. Situation 'n Serious LONDON, Jan. Times' Dusseldorf correspondent says that from an economic point the hardship of the situation to the populace is increasing. Officials state food prices have risen 50 per cent since the occupation, and that the requisitioning of hay, straw and gasoline is causing great hardship. Italy Offers to Mediate LONDON, Jan.

has oftered to mediate between France and Germany on the reparations question, says a Central News dispatch from Rome, quoting the announcement by the Italian ministry of foreign affairs. Occupaton Complete DUSSELDORF, Jan. 17, 5:30 p. was officially announced by General Degoutte that the military operations of the Ruhr occupation now are completely finished. Will Start up Mines Tomorrow ESSEN, Jan.

French occupational authorities announced this afternoon that they will begin operating mines of the Ruhr district tomorrow requisitioning German labor if it is found necessary. The Ruhr coal and industrial magnates who refused to cooperate with the French will be prosecuted before a court martial, it is said. Ellis Davies will go to Rapid City tomorrow evening for the purpose of attending and assisting in the installation of the officers of the camp of Spanish War Veterans there. It 18 expected that there will also be present on the occasion a number of the members of the Hot Springs camp. Victor Stolberg has resumed work with the Brown pharmacy, going to work on Monday.

Victor has just returned from a visit to the east with his family, and his old friends will be pleased to learn that he and his wife will make the city their home again. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Reported by the Northwestern Bell Company, at 8 a. Today Lead 44 Pt Cidy Chamberlain 88 Clear Custer 35 Pt Cidy Deadwood 44 Pt Cidy Newcastle 42 Cloudy Philip 30 Cloudy Rapid City 55 Cloudy Chadron 40 Cloudy H'11 City 44 Clear Belle Fourche' 45 Pt Cidy Hot Springs 40 Clear Sturgis 64 Pt Cidy Spearfish 50 Cloudy.