The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1922, Page 3

“a ' ‘ id f ‘ ’ ‘ i { “ tat bat) a. ’ pee 4 , Lr i A he e - ended January 24, being relieved of DIST. ATTORNEY J.C. PELLETIER LOSES HIS JOB His Case Went To Massachusetts) Supreme Court—Evidence On 21 Charges IN OFFICE SINCE 1909) In 10 of The Charges He Was Accused of Conspiracy To \Commit. Blackmail Boston, Feb. 22.—The trial of Dis- trict Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier of Suffolk county, before the full bench of.the Massachusetts Supreme court, which began on December 27 last and office ‘by the supreme court yester- day, was the second hearing of the kind in the history of the state and involved 32 specifications of alleged “malfeasance, misfeasance, and non-feasance in office” formulat-| ed ‘by the grievance committee of the; Boston Bar association and by Attor- ney-General J. Weston Allen. Less than a year ago Nathan A. Tufts was | removed as District Attorney in Mid-} idles county in a similar proceed- ing. f Evidence was presented against the District Attorney, however, in only 27 of the charges. In 10 of these, he was accused of conspiracy to commit blackmail. Improper actidn’ in Hand- ling cases in his office was alleged in 10 others and one specification at- tributed “misconduct” in two cam- paign. addresses in which the State] quoted Pelletier, while speaking as a} candidate for mayor, as having prom- ised immunity from prosecution to anyone who got into trouble through defending him from reports that he intended to resign as district attor- ney. Pelletier withdrew from the mayorallty campaign before the elec-| ion. Attorney-General Allen alleged that the acts of Pelletier as district attor- ney since Nov. 13, 1909, when he took office, down to the date of filing the charges, as unfolded ~by witnesses, proved that the accused prosecutor | had conducted his office in an “unlaw- | ful and reprehensible manner.” None; ofthe charges as originally filed speci-| fied that Pelletier had received money in return for his alleged misconduct | but evidence to this effect was pre-| sented in five cases. The attorney| general offered this evidence in con- nection with a claim that, Pelletier) had “participated in the profits of a partnership of crime.” Assistants’ Conduct Improper The action of assistants of Pelletier in disposing of cases brought to the attention of the ditrict attorney's of- fice was the basis of five of the charg- es. The State maintained that Pel-| letier should be removed because he had retained the assistants in office| Knowing their conduct to have been improper. Among the charges in support of which the State introduced testimony were some to the effect that Pelletier had conspired with Daniel H. Coakley, | of Boston, a lawyer, and others to| commit blackmail ‘by threatening} criminal prosecution, The bank rec- ords of Coakley and Pelletier offered by the State were excluded as a whole but were admitted in four cases in-j volving alleged money transactions, No evidence was offered for the de-| fense, United States Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, chief counsel for! Pelletier declared that the whole pro- ceeding was based on a conspiracy against his client by political and personal enemies and also that the prosecution had fallen flat because| the State had failed to connect the| district attorney with any wrong do-j ing. Senator Reed said the defense} elected to stand on the case as pre- sented by the State, arguing that there; was nothing init to which the district | attorney need make ‘defense by testi- mony. The Attgrney-General, in his closing argument. urged Pelletier’s failure to take the stand as a point against him. By cross examination of State wit- nesses and in the arguments of his| counsel, Pelletier’s defense was that| he acted properly in handling all} cases that many of those which he de- clined to press were efforts to use his office as a collection agency and) that he never at any time, except in one case when he was paid a legiti- tate fee as attorney in a law firm, received any money return. Co-conspirators Named. Two Boston attorneys—Coakley and William J. Corcoran, the latter-a for-} mer district attorney of Middlesex county—were named in the original information as co-conspirators with Pelletier, and three more names were | added during the progress of the! trial. The latter were Francis M. Car- | roll, former fire commissioner; Dan- | jel J. Gallagher, a former assistant to | Pelletier and also a former United} States district attorney, and Jack Patron, a detective. The State charged a general con- spiracy between-Coakley and. Pelle- tier, and alleged that the others were! called i from time to time on specific | schemes to blackmail.| In this con-| nection the state called attention to) Coughs,colds,spesmodiccroup, whooping cough, la grippe and bronchial cough should receive imme- diate treatment, or more dangerous _ Bess may result. Don’tdelay. Usz Foley’s Honey and Tar undisputedly the best known and most | successizlcough medicinconthe market. | It’s wholesome and safe; no bette remedy known. { John Vognue, Elberton, Ga., writes | took a most severe cold and coughed ni; dey. My threat felt 2s thou been f Lused Foley’ ay oon ale | fon Began to improve ut o: i Ww days T Wes a3 Wel as ovoR” jwas adduced to the effect that Coakley, | | which have BY JAMES W. DEAN, New York,- Feb. 22.—Otis Skinner, Now oh a stage tour in “Blood ana Sand,” is studying the script for ‘Mis- ter Antonio.” He will soon begin a screen version of that play in, which he appeared on the stage three suc- cessive years, Skinner .has. been studying the script for his screen play several Weeks. His character@ation will be} about the same. The thing that bothers.Skinner is picture tempo. He must spend eight weeks doing! for the screen the thing he did m two and a half hours for the stage.c | “The best maxim for the stage play appearing before the camera is “Go slow!” ‘Skinner. told me when he was in New York. f “Relaxation is needed before the camera. You can’t go slow on the stage. Time is too limited. Action must be speeded up there. “The camera is a tricky thing. 1 found I gained the best results when | I moved very leisurely.” That latter statement was in refer- ence to “Kismet,” his first film. Picture Tenipo. A more definite idea of what is meant by picture tempo can be gained from concrete examples of ‘photography. Consider public person- ages in the news reels. The movements of persons making their first appearance before the camera seem jerky and unnatural. If you recail the first pictures that were made of President and Mrs. Harding immediately after his nomi- nation and compare them with recent news reels of them you will note a great difference, The former were sometimes ludicrous. the presidential nominee seemed to be speeded up for comic. effect. Probably the president does not consciously slow down his move- ments: for the camera now, but he has seen himself in pictures and seems fo have learned something about acting before the camera. A news reel cameraman recently told me the best actor outside ‘the movie studios is the Prince of Wales. His highness is.a quick-moving man, yet when the cameraman gets him in focus he slows down “his action to studio time. He seems to sense tic eye of the cameraman and un- consciously changes his action to pic- ture tempo. Aen ee legal practice, boasted of his influence | with the district attorney in and out! of the presence of Pelletier, without | resentment ‘by the latter. Thus, the/ prosecution charged, it became gen-| erally known that Coakley could ob- tain favors 7y6m the district attorney | which were denied others, and many|{ cases were placed in Coakley’s hands; because of his reputed influence. | That condition, the state charged, made it easy for Pelletier and Coakley to carry on their alleged blackmailing schemes. Sold Out His Clients Gallagher was charged in one in- stance with having “sold out his cli- ents” under a promise in the fulfill- ment of which it was alleged he after- wards was appointed an assistant dis- trict attorney. In that case evidence reptesenting the divorced husband of Mrs. Jennie S. Chase’s daughter, of- fered to avert criminal prosecution, | threatened by Pelletier, if Mrs. Chase; would pay $50,000. She refused, al- though Gallagher as her counsel, the| statement charged, recommended the| payment. Subsequently an indictment was returned in Suffolk county against | Curtis W. Emery, second husband 01 Mrs. Chase’s daughter, but Emery was/ never prosecuted, and Gallagher after| beitig named an assistant district at-| torney, nol prosequied the case. In the single case in which the de- fense admitted that Pelletier had re- ceived money the State contended that he had used his office to frighten Ben- jamin Piscopo into paying a $21,000 fee to Daniel/V. McIsaac. Counsel for Pelletier admitted that the district attorney received half of the $21,000 but declared that it was a legitimate | fee received in private practice as a partner of McIsaac. They denied the! charge of the.State that the fee wasj extorted by threats that unless it were | paid Pelletier would have some one “watch” a hotel owned by Piscopo. A motion attacking the right of the) court to remove a district attorney, on the ground that the legislature alone had that authority, was over-| ruled by the court, which held also at the outset that the proceeding was a} civil one and not quasi-criminal as was contended by .Pelletier’s counsel. Atty-Gen. Allen Prosecutor The four members of the cour: who sat with Chief Justice Pugg were Jus- tices DeCourcy, Carroll, Braley and} Jenney. Attorney General Allen con-| The action of|. Puilty to the charge of sending ob- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Otis Skinner studying the script for his screen version of “Mister Antonio,” the Booth Tarkington play in which he appeared on the stage for three years, ive tour of districts in which he holds property in Mexico. When interviewed yesterday he refused to make ‘any statement regarding the proposed “bal-| ance of power” plan suggested by A. C. Townley, declaring that he would make any statement he might have, before’the state convention, to be held in Fargo in March. ~ He decried the split in the ranks which has developed, although he said he had been’ out of touch with North Dakota politics and was un- aware of recent developments. Any statement that he might make ‘which would end to make wider the threak would tend to make wider the break orous act to those with whom he ex- pects to keep on working, he said. MILLER HEARS GUILTY PLEAS Many Admit Violations in Fed- eral Court at Devils Lake Devils Lake, N. D., Feb, 22.—Judge Andrew Miller opened yesterday the first term of United States distri court to be held in Devils in two year He heard .pleas of about 50; who have been indicted by the federal grand jury, most of the cases being viola- tions of the Volstead act. The first case to come up was a mo- tion for a change of venue in the Da- vid ‘H. Ugland case. Ugland, former- ly of Knox, N. D., is charged with ¢m- bezzlement. Judge Miller granted the motion of his counsel to try the case in Minot at the next term of court. Mary R, Orvic, formerly postmas- ter at Doyon, N. D., pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging her with misappropriating $799.94 while she wes; postmistress, William E. Nieman pleaded guilty to misappropriation committed while he was assistant postmaster at Devils Lake. He was alleged’ to have misappropriated $700. Nick Gores of Bisbee was fined $10 for having. moonshine in his posses- sion.- Implicated with him in the charge is Fred Pelletier, an Indian of Belford who failed to appear in court. A bench warrant for his arrest was i sued. Iver Clausen of Aneta pleaded not scene matter through the mails. He will be tried at Devils Lake at the next trial term here of the district court. Pleas of guilty were entered by John “Uafountaine, Turtle Lake Indian, and Joseph Schell of Devils Lake. Both were indicted for having stills on their premises. William Haggerty of Tokio pleaded guilty to having sold liquor to Indians on the Fort Totten Indian reservation. His ducted the prosecution with the as-| home is in Tokio. sistance of three members of the Bos- ton Bar Association, Robert ‘CG. Dodge, J. J. McCarthy and Andrew Marshall,! Senator Reed was assisted in the de-| fense by Louis C. Boyle, of Washing- ton, former attorney-general of Kan-| sas, and two of Pelletier’s assistant) district attorneys. Pelletier was appointed district at-} torney. to fill an unexpired term in| 1909 and has been re-elected at every! election since that time. He is a grad-| uate of Boston College, which con-} ferred the honorary degree of Doctur | evidence that Coakley, having a args | Conan ssuboncnim tn 1913, and of the Boston University Law School, aad} was admitted to the Massachusetts bar | in 1894. He is nationally known as) Supreme Advocate of the Knights of! Columbus. LEMKE BACK FROM MEXICO Former Attorney -General Ar- rives in Fargo Fargo, Feb. 22.—William Lemke, former attorney “general, may play} the role of peacemaker between the| factions of the Nonpartisan league} split during the last month, one group headed by a major- | ity of the executive committee and/ the other headed by the “founders” of the league, he indicated today, hav- { ter. ing arrived in Fargo from an extgns- S. L. Nuchols of Fargo is appearing for United States District Attorney Hildreth. | —_— tO MARKETS || LCR TA ecm ir GRAIN MARKETS CLOSED The principal grain markets were closed today on account of Wash- ington’s birthday anniversary. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. Chicago, Feb. 22.—Cattle receipts 8,000. Beef steers strong. Choice heavy bulk steers $7.25 to $8.25. Hog receipts, 21,000. Slow, 5 to 15 cents lower than yesterday. Mostly 10 cents ‘ower, Sheep receipts, 12,000. steady. Weak undertone. Slow, about ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK South St. Paul, Feb. 22—Cattle re- ceipts"3,000. Market generally steady to strong. Common and medium beef steers $5.75. to $8. Best loads lot today $7.75. ‘Bulk $6.25 to $7. Butch- er shestock mostly $3.7 5) 5 to $a. Few better offerings $6 to $6.50 or be Canners and cutters $2.50 to $2.50. - Bologna bulls $3.50 to Stockers and feeders strong; 50 to $ Market mostly 50 cents nigher on calves. Practical packer top best lights $8.50. Hog receipts 21,000. Market slow. Few early scles. Bidding mostly 10 to 25 cents lower. Early top $10.25. Bulk $9.75 to $10.10. Pigs ‘steady. Mostly desirable pigs $10.10. Sheep receipts, 1,500. Market slow. Few-early sales. Steady. - Something to Think About By F. A. WALKER A ORY FOR CAPTAINS HAT are you doing to improve your mind, to, sharpen your vision and so equip yourself that you may press onward and take your place among the leaders? The whole world keeps calling for men and women who are qualified by patience, alértness and ability, to ac- cept responsibilities where rewards are large and opportunities are unlimited. Everywhere. the cry goes up for more captains! The ranks of privates ate filled to repletion with grumblers, who pinch their envelope 6n'pay day and scowl enviously and malignantly upon those energetic ‘souls. who, with seemingly small effort, earn as much in a week as the grumblers earn in a month! These privates are becalmed in the sea of life with burning hearts. They Jack stamina and resolution. In nine cases out of ten they have no one to blame for their lowly estate but them- selves, They waste their leisure hours and holidays in frivolous amusements in- stead of giving sober thought to the future. : Everything that tends to their eleva- tion and betterment’ is studiously shunned. * Their aspirations, if they have any, are smothered at birth, In moments of depression, when a steady, trustworthy, clear visioned worker at their elbow is promoted, their lamp of hope flures out and leaves them in utter darkness. The years roll on, but the light never brightens, and they march in darkness down the hills to the valley of despair. se Re As for this innumerable army of “ne’cr do wells,” it is palpably absurd to offer them advive. Perhaps, in the evolution of things, they are intended as warning signals to the thoughtful, who, seeing their de- linquencies, are spurred to greater achievements. At any rate, the world is crowded with privates; column on column in the, daily newspapers bear .testimony to their helpless plight, while the sten- torian voice of the world rings louder and louder in its cry for captains, more captains! (Copyright) —-0. YOUR HAND How to Read Your Characteristics and Tendeéncies—the Capabilities or Weaknesses That Make for Success or Failure as Shown in Your Palm. THE HAND OF A DOCTOR iE hand ofa successful physician, or one who may become .a suc- cessful physician, — should be> supple and smooth. ‘The following are) some of the traits of a good doctor, | as indicated. in' the hands: | Tact, shown by a thumb. that is! ‘well “waisted,” that 4s, indented or) marked at the joint. - Kindness, shown by a Mount of Ve-) nus, or ball of the thumb, which is} moderate in size. Self-confidenee, the Line of Life and| the Line of the Head well apart. Trustworthiness, a Line of the Heart | Merchandise Now Bought With {MUCH “NEW. MONEY” HERE {cooperation between the that is forked at the béeginning. Popularity is indicated by a Line of Fate which rises on the Mount of Luna (at the side of the hand) and rungs into’ the Mount of Saturn, at the base of the second finger. This shows unusual popularity, but also de-| pendence on public caprice for sue; cess, | (Copyright) | PAGE THREE CORN “CEMENTS” FRIENDSHIP OF FARM WITH CITY Corn In Lieu of Cash In Madelia, Minn. “The Madelia Plan,” Established By Community Club, Is Being Copied Madelia, Minn., Feb, 22—Merchants of Madelia and farmers of the sur- rounding country have been brought together as the result of the accept- ance of corn as cash in the purchase of merchandise or settlement of ac- count. In a two-month period just ended, the merchants bought more than 25,000 bushels of corn at approxi- mately’ 33 cents a bushel, or a total of $10,500, which was “new money” released in the community . and re- lieved the financial pressure on mer- chants to a certain extent. One of the direct results of the ex- periment, which was copied in many other towns as “The Madelia Plan," was the establishment here a few weeks ago of the Community Club, or- ganized to foster the fullest spirit of town and country folk. ‘When the market for the fa¢mer’s crops, especially corn, started on the downward trend, and in some com- munities cotn was sold as fuel or burnt for fuel by the farmers, P. H. Lebak, a Madelia business man, con; ceived the idea of accepting corn from the farmers at 10 cents a bushel above the local market price. The rules of the plan, which was re- ceived with enthusiasm by the farm~ ers when they saw there were no “strings” attached to it, were as fol- lows: : 1—Any farmer was allowed to bring in 100 bushels of corn to any merchant and receive his pay in mer- chandise or pay on account. 2—Merchants cooperating agreed to take a given amount of corn on these terms, but had the privilege of tak- ing an additional quota from any farmer owing them a bill. 38—During the two-month period, the merchants agreed to pay a pre mium of 10 cents a bushel over the] local market, with a minimum of 1 cents a bushel on shelled corn and 35 cents for corn on the ear, in trade or on account, the corn to be hauled to the local elevators and weighed in, graded and turned over to the repre- sentative of the merchants, who in turn isued a merchandise check, stat- ing what store it was drawn on and in what amount. The merchants were well satisfied’! with the results. The actual per- centage wf loss by this system of corn buying was 26.7 per cent, as the mer- chants necessarily had to market the corn and accept the consequent loss due to,the premium they gave the farmers, HOMESEEKERS ARE OF FERED SPECIAL RATES Commissioner of Immigration Announces _. Inducements Made by Railroads Special inducements to homeseek- ers have been established on all large railroad lines operating extensively in North Dakota, according to a bul- letin issued from the office of Com-! missioner of Immigration J. H. Worst. The bulletin outlines the advantages offered as follows: ’ Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line). From: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. | First class passage with stop-over | privileges at all points in North Da- kota. | Great Northern, Circular No, 8824, Feb. 14, 1922. From: { neapolis, Duluth, Minn. Wis. From stations G and including Sioux City and Yank- ton, from stations Watertown to and including Huron, from stations Water- town to Sioux Falls to Hillsboro. Grand Forks, Mayville, Portland, Bed - ford and stations north and west thereof in North Dakota also to sta-} tions Fairmount to and inchiding El- GET YOUR $1.00 PACKAGE OF GENUINE YEAST VITAMINE TABLETS from your druggist today. lendale with stop-over first class, pas- sage in North Dakota. Northern Pacific. From: St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minn. Will accept trans- nortation to North Dakota points from vailway lines in the Western Passen- ger association co-operating in such hhomeseeker's rates, Virst class with stop-over at intermediate points in North Dakota. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. From: Points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota to North Dakota noints, first cle with stop-overs at intermediate points in North Dakota. “Tickets for sale probably on all lines in the Western Passenger asso- ciation, in Mlinois, Missouri, Jowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota over connecting lines to North Dakota points. Ask your sta- tion agent. “Tickets one fare’ plus $2.00 twen- ty-one day limit will be on sale by sbove railways on the first and third Tuesdays of each month beginning in March, 1922, as follows: March 7 and 21; April 4 and 18; May 2 and 16; June.5 and 20; July 4 and 18; August 1 and 15; September 5 and 19; October 3 and 17; November 7 and 21, 1922, “Stopover privileges will be grant- ed by conductors on these railways ag stated. ‘Tickets will require valid- ation by agent at destination, or if not used to destination, to the farthest C* point reached in the “Homes Territory” before they will be valid Mor return passage.” CASH SOON ON BONDS Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 22—Stark county: expects to receive cash in about 15 days on $100,000 worth of 20-year, six per cent bonds sold to the Spitzer Rorick company of Toledo, Ohio. ‘Warrants on the county gen- eral fund are to be called in and paid with the bond proceeds. If tax re- ceipts hold up to average, it is be- lieved: the county can retire outstand- ing bonds on all funds by May 1. Dance at Baker’s Hall every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day nights. Best music and floor in state. 10c a dance. D—Pair of sheli rimmed glass- es. Owner may have same by c: ing at Tribune and paying for this ad. “ 2-22-2t re Easy to Take-Quick to Relieve, CATARR ‘Sols, Successful ich Capsul Me ( Bevnre of countersrita TONIGHT DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In His Wonderful Picturization of Alexander Dumas’ Drama “The Three Musketeers” One performance only commencing at 8 p. Admission 55c. Thirteen Reels of Tremendous Action. PITO Theatre m. [ATTRACTION K-I-N-O-G-R-A-M-S and the famous RIDE ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN FRIDAY and SATURDAY BETTY COMPSON and HAROLD LLOYD. Auditorium, Friday, Feb. 24 SEATS NOW SELLING AT HARRIS & CO. Prices — Orchestra, $2.20, $1.65. Balcony, $2.20, $1.65, $1.10. Gallery, 55c, including Tax. : Ske Dramatic gaan IF YOU ARE THIN AND MACI- | ATED. 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