The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair. + Sy THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 65. THE BISMAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDA | RECONSTRUCTION , WELL UNDER WAY * IN CAPITALDOM Score of New Business Enter- prises Opened in Bismarck Within 90 Days ae MUCH BUILDING PROPOSED New Structures and Additions to Old One Will Keep Con- i tractors Busy | | Reconstruction already: is well un- , der way in the capital city. Within the last ninety days at least a score! of new business enterprises have! been established or their prospective | establishment announced. There Is/ today not a vacant store-room or | apartment or dwelling in all of Mis- marck. ‘The capital city is back on a“ pre-war basis, and it is fast forg- ing ahead to a much more advantage- ous position than it held before the; war. ee HELGOLAND TQ Big Fiax Industry. One of the most important of the) recent announcements affecting the industrial life of tne city is the news that H. Kk, Bonny, general manager of | YY - the American Grown Flax Fibre Oper-| ating Corporation, after an investiga-| BE DISMANTLED; S can be secured, a plant for the pro! Pamous German Fortress Will duction of flax fibre. Mr.. Bonny, in-| ventor of the machinery which this Be Internationalized by Allies company uses in the production of fibre and jute, has one unit complete ; and ready for installation, and a half-! dozen others ‘will be finished during | er the summer, ready to be placed in op- |OVERTURES TO { EDEN eration this fall waen the straw com- ; mences to come in. : The A. G. F. F. O. corporation has; general offices at 18 Broadway. It has plenty of capital back of it, and). | it is asking no money ‘nor other in-; Invited to Attend Conference of Neutrals at ducements from. bismarck, It will Paris “4 distribute from this point many tens! pees ie of thousands of do}tars to flax-grow-; ers and will furnish ‘employment ior| Paris, March 18.—The _fortifiea- j tons on the fsland of Helgoland*must be dismantled. This’ decision was | reached today by ‘the ‘supreme’ war council, a score of men, at the very least. To Manufacture Horse Remedy. J. ,S.. Johnson, one _ of the best known horsemen in North Dakota, has ‘ anndunced the‘opening of a plant in + the. portion of tae. Northwest hotel Jt, was also decided that the Kiel formerly ‘occupied ‘by the Western canal should be internationalized and Sales Co. for the manufacture and {Made equal to ships of all nations 0 distribution of a spavin cure and oth-| equal basis. or veterinary supplies for which there! | The council has under consideration is a big demand. A field for Mr.|the question of maintaining Helgoland Johnson's product already is assur-/88 @ port of refuge for p. ul craft red, and the undertaking has few ele- Disposition of German warships is ments:of uncertainty. ;not likely to be included in the treaty Co. A Tailors. lof peace. according to the American The “Co. A Tailors.” a firm con-| delegation. 3s duoted by Co. A men who are veter- ——— ans of the Mexican campaign\and t SWEDEN INVITED. 4 world war, is another new enterprise} Stockholm, Monday, March 17 & which is launched with every pros-|@nnouncihg Sweden's acceptanc pect of success. Corp Charles Spiro|the invitation extended her and other “a of Co. A of the Fighting Fi aidj|Neutrals to attend a conference a 4 Ambrose Gallagher of the sanitary Paris, Premier Eden said today Swed. i corps of the First, recently the 164th en confided in the representation to -In LITTLE GIRL KICKED SHOES, BEATEN WITH. re a nl Ne ese CAPITALCITY | FILLING WITH YANK GUESTS One Hundred and Sixty-three| ' Returned Soldiers Have | Registered to. Date i B i Soldiers Will Be Guests of Bis- | marck at Masonic Temple —Parade at NQUET, DANCE. T ;__ The capital city is fast filling with! ; Yanks who are to be Bismarck’s home- |e aii the banquet and! . ‘e staged in honor | | Feturned soldier sailors and marines the Masonic temple this evening. Up tot hoon today 171 fight- ing men had register ed at Harris & Co. and they were coming “in, those whom Bismarck } enterain thi ening have been vis } ing their homes or! jas With relatives in sur- lay rounding towns, com-} The big black ing in today for to- “A? stands for night's notable occ; (First. A ro m-y sion ‘orps,” the set: that with the soldi ing sun forthe guests, Bismarck wili sunset” — divi- entertain at least 200 j sion, the 41st, In people this evening. ij whieh the 164th ‘The | First open at ‘int, the Dakota parade | las, 30 with a om the Aud- where the North was included, itorium, | ple. | lead the process: jman who is physically fit is asked to jmarch in order that the capital city may see the manner of soldiers their boys have become. The feed at the Masonic temple op- ens at 6 sharp. Bougas Bros. are ; ooking the bi gdinner, the chef in icharge being Steve Panas, a veteran of the Balkan wars who only recent- ly has returned from doing his bit in the world’s war. The vian will be ‘served by the ladies ‘auxiliary to Co.'s ; A and T and by the Red Cross can- teen girls. There will be turkey and home-cook- ed dressing, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes, corn ,beans and peas, and lots of rich, brown gravy, and salad and apple pie and ice cream.and cake | and coffée and cigars and cigarettes. Hurley’s orchestra will furnish music during the feast ,and O’Connor’s or- chestra for the dancing which will im- mediately follow in the big lodge room, fighting | For Soldiers Only. | The doings are'for soldiers and their friends only. The civilians who will have any share in the fete will-include only the committee directly in charge | of arrangements, Governor and Mrs./ Lynn J. Frazier, and President and Mrs. A. W. Lucas, representing the state and city, respectively. General and Mrs. Angus Fraser will pe there ,of course, General Fraser. be- ing the active head of North Dakota’s military, establishment and the man who so satisfactorily managed the in- duction of 30,000 North Dakota Yanks into federal service. But aside from these few, who will be the official sponsors for the event ,there will be present only the fighting men and the guests whom they personally in- vite to-share their homecoming with them. More Yanks Home. Yanks who have returned to Bis- marck and. registered since the list it Textile Workers It seems certain, | KOREANS START doings willy i | i THE BIGGEST MAN IN THE U. S. A. Ne ~ AR. Fire Shots From ‘Tenement Houses Lawrence, Mar While the polic ing to break up a parade of textile workers today, shois ed from tenement honses. ¢ toned and people in tae clubbed DEMONSTRATION FOR DEMOCRACY Tokio, Mare! S.—Korean demon- strations continued over Sunday, and it is indicated that the democratic movement is remarkably extensive and well organized. The railroad station at Ping Yang has been stormed by 4 mob of 10,000 persons. There is some uneasiness at Seoul, but the sit- uation there is said to be under con- trol, The movement is notable for its extent rather than its violence. Newspapers here regard the situation as grave. They announce among those arrested at Seoul were three docto and nurses from the American hospits there, SINN FEINERS “START CRUSADE London, March 18.—Agressive Sinn Feiners in Ireland contemplate a cam- paign similar to that conducted by the militant suffragists. for the purpose of concentrating attention on the purposes of the party. The nuthorities, how- ever, are prepared to afford adequate protection ‘te life and_ property. It is understod the government does not intend to further postpone- considera- tion of the home rule bill, which suspended by an act automatically & piring six months after peace was de- elared. Women Conductors Must. Be Restored Washington, March =18—Women street: car conductors of the Cleveland Street Car Raflway must be restored to their work under a ecision of the War Labor Board made today. Y, MARCH 18, 1919 BOARD | LAST EDITION “PRICE FIVE CENTS WITH HOBNAILED SAYS MOTHER [MRS DAN ADONNELL UNDER THIRD DBOREE ADMITS BRUTAL ACTS OF HUSBAND WHO DISCLAINED CHILD lPavents of Dead Tot Held on Strength of Coroner’s Verdict Charg- | ing Them With Responsibility for Death of Daughter— ' "Neither Parent Treated Girl as Their Own—Clubbed With | Plank as She Crawled to Escape Clutches of Inhuman Fiend, Woman Testifies. © { | | Jamestown, N. D., March 18.—McDonnell denied ab- solutely any connection with the affair when given the third degree this afternoon, casting all blame upon his \ wife, who absolutely repudiated all statements made in i connection with her husband’s alleged participation ‘in { the affair, at a local hotel this morning. She insists Mc- Donnell did not touch the girl, whom she admits beating with a board. i Officials suspect an effort on the part of Mrs. Me- Donnell to shield her husband at her own expense. No warrants have yet been issued, but it is expected they ! will be sworn out during the afternoon, and that the husband and wife will be arraigned tonight or early to- | morrow morning. i Jamestown, N. D., March 18.—Damaging evidence was dis- j¢losed by Mrs. Dan McDonnell, mother of 12-year-old Etta Me- i Donnell, beaten to death at the McDonnell farm home near Court- ‘ney, the latter part of last week by per parents, it is alleged, during ‘a strenuous third degree to which the woman was subjected during .the early hours of this morning. State’s Attorney Carr and Assis- ‘tant State’s Attorney Jorgenson conducted investigation which ‘resulted, it is alleged, in securing of practically conclusive evidence that the McDonnells are responsible for the death of their little daughter. i KICKED WITH HOB-NAILED BOOTS j Mrs. McDonnell admitted that Friday morning Me- Donnell pounded and kicked his little daughter. “He hurled her from the couch where she was lying and kicked her about body and head for about five minutes,” asserted Mrs. McDonald. ‘He kicked hér with all his might. He wore hob-nailed boots,” she admitted on cross examina- tion. BEATEN WITH BOARD | “ETTA CRAWLED TO ANOTHER ROOM AND I FOL- , LOWED HER IN THERE AND TOOK A SMALL BOARD AND |BEAT HER OVER THE BACK,” stated the woman. SHE AD- ‘MITTED THE LITTLE GIRL STAGGERED AND FELL FOL- |LOWING THE SEVERE PUNISHMENT SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO: on n CARRIED IN UNCONSCIOUS, TO DIE ‘ : “Etta went outside the house about 9 o’clock that morning. |She fell and struck her head on a washtub. My husband carried ther in to the house. She was unconscious until about 4 o’clock that ‘afternoon, when she died. She never regained consciousness.” | State’s Attorney Car tried to get the woman to admit ‘the girl jdied in the morning following the beating given by her parents, BEN MOONEY IS jbut she denied it. “PROBATRIUDGE. Her little body battered and bruised by scores of blows that had heen rained. Re ee | As an indication of what jto happen all over this state and na-| i tion, the case of the Grant county pro- | jbate judgship is a fair example. ' —— County Judge M. C. sch tendered | 7 r 0 x his resignation a short time ago to|TO FIX THE BOUNDARIES age in other lines of work. ‘There | was not much question in the minds of |, eee Ec j the county com ioners as to who! Paris, March 18.—Presideat W (will hold a conference with Prem is liable ¢ ; McDonneil, 4 farmer, captured last night, after he tuken flight on the {arrival of authorities who are inves« | i sioners Toward Hero | —_—_ | | Jorgenson of Jamestown has so i | President Wilson Will Hold In-| ar revealed sufficient facts to indicate jthe little girl was beaten to death, from head to foot, but both feet had heen so badly frozen that she prob- lably had heen unable to walk for some | plicants was a man who was without | today ‘to’ diseuss the question. ot| a ‘younger girl has lost’ sll'Loes [question wet! quuliled for. the lice, Cee ee eed beeen tho, préut | S600 bee een ee aut toes gon tens i gioners was ealled to appoint him,» {POWers on all phases of the pe The investigation that led to the upon her, Etta McDonnell 12. years 'tigating the ¢ probably will ba charged with murdering her, terview With Premiers — ; probubly on Friday morning last. | le conditions were discov George and Orlando jin the bet | time prior to her death. } Another child, a boy of 14 years, ‘und a special meeting of the commis- |‘ |” Phe ‘commissioners were assembled | teary and sits presentation Af the oe flight and subsequent capture and ar- at Carson one evening ready. the next | 4S. is expected a decision wulj rest of the father was launched late | IN NEW COUNTY i EFFORT MADE | od, lies dead at the home of her parents i i near Ingratitude of Republics Di: The inve: ition that is heing eon- McDonnell home. — Etta, tha !dead rsi who denied all knowledge of his. sis- | | morning to hold their special session be reached as to the inclusion of tae turday afternoon, when McDonnell 10 RECONCILE here, while her father, Daniel proved in Action of Commis- ducted by Assi e's Attorney not only had been beaten | would get the place, or among the ap |p iova George, Orlando and Clemen-| ter’s death, is also a cripple, while land go through the formalities of fill-|4asue of nations as an integral par i ft the treaty. The mi ng is looke upon as an earnest effort to ree a death certificate for ng the vacaney by naming this man. ne father had previously tut that night there stepped off the] cite all views int a eoninica under . Htrain a young man in khaki, with an oS ding tor ae cues oe ull arrangements for the funeral, ‘empty sieeve, Ben Mooney, of Leith, | 3t@nding for an early conclusion °f/ and had gone to the physician for the [death certificate only when informed by the priest who had been called to ‘onduet the funeral service, that such ‘a member of our own Co, A. and who | ‘kad lost an arm in the vicious charge fat Cantigt It seemed to strike the | Ff ‘ rae { asi 3 y b is rtifier ras "1 county: éormuilastoners all fogether that | Be. Wat. forty-eisht hours by ‘alse tificate Was necessary, here a chance to do a good turn sions. between the roe of the vari; When the physician went to the : their first w tier, | delegations, and American com-| McDonnell home he found the girl’s for their first wounded soldier, and the | missioners took the attitude today jody in such, condition g ie general situation as to the | Peace treaty has betn c dd durms ring Be ey i aay oO warrant a tye ames pen Mooney y Tener | chiat the opinions of the French, Brii-| sn investigation, Fully 50. bruises ! ‘ ; ties {ish and American governments woud | snd marks were found over her body, j congratulate him and tell him he de-| ‘ escpgaberr ide Niin: | ‘S$ were found over her ys. | ho | DE brought into entire aceord. Dur’ including tw. th Fserved the place was the man wholiny the succeedi Soni attdailod ig two or three on the face, jing the succeeding atteniien | and’ seven or eight elsewhere about the ; Virtually had the appointment in his; wil) pe given to boundaries, prepare | xrasp 2 few hours before. ..) | tions and other featu | Ben never dreamed of getting the job} oe | or even of asking for it, but Ben was | {glad to get the place, and we don't | jdoubt but he will devote himself to} learning the ropes and making a good ! [ana faithful officer. | ‘BOY AND PRINTER | UNDER ARREST IN | head. Explanation for several of the bruises was given to Attorney Jor- genson by Mrs. McDonnell, who said ‘that the child had fallen three times, once on_the ice and twice in:the house. M McDonnell 's that the child MILL N | took s early Friday morning, after having breakfast At 5 o'clock Friday ; afternoon a neighbor was called, the IN F R A N ( EI neighbor finding the child dead when he arrived. | Attorney Jorgenson commenced their investigation Sunday. They arrived at the McDonnell home during the absence of the father, and had pro- ceeded with the investigation for some time before he arrived. When McDonnell came home he of the treaty. | BANK ROBBERY | | Minneapolis, March 18—George Hy-} Washington. March 18.—Fi ‘att, a printer, was placed in the Hen-j made public today showed the 47 {nevin county jail today charged with | men and oficers of the American force: attempting to rob the First State bank | had sailed for home up to March 13th. at Champlin last Friday. A fifteen-: 1.475.580 are left in France. ~ year-old boy is also under arrest. } Of the total returned. 171 G were Coroner DePuy and Assistant State’s ~ The attempt to rob the bank wasj casuals. including sick and wounded. | Stared about the bome several minutes The cashier is recov-/ Out o 687.074 inantry in France inj departing with the remark that he was | November. only. ‘89.494 had been re-| zoing to water the stock. | turned, while the field artillery figures! A half hour later. when the officials | showed 73.058 serit home ont of 213,846, | Sought him, McDonnell was gone. Eke DS | newly fallen snow, however, showed SUX KILLED. the route taken by McDonnell, and London, March 18—In rioting in| he was captured two miles from Han- Cario six persons were killed and 31/ naford. ae was published in The Tribune last) — Sixty-owr women will be affected by | The the order. A former order of the | unsuccessful. Rourd was set aside by. the deceision. |eting from a severe beating. CAPTURE VILLAGES. SUFER LOSSES. Copenhagen, March 18—Esthonian| London, March 18.—An attack has; forces on the Piskov front have/|-been launched by the Bolsheviki along | launched. a powerful counter attack.|the entire front, the Bolsheviki suf- In heavy fighting in the district west! fering a severe loss at Vilna. North- 4, U. S. infantry, are the men behind tae|Tepresent Sweden at, tha ‘confernc. . guns in thig undertaking. While the] The promier said: 164th was stationed at Gondrecourt,| “Ebviously th league will not be- ‘a department of the Meuse, Major F.| come a real league able to perform its 7 §. Henry detailed Charles Spiro, an|tasks unless it is made. univers: % expert tailor, to act as regimental a | tailor. He employed astaff of three, |all members. i did all of the repair work for the > — regiment and turned out uniforms for ‘ # majority of the officers. Mr. Spiro! fy now is en route to New York and Chi- cago to purchase materials and equip-; é : ment for the new tailoring establish- | i * ment, which will open in the Hughes | \ block opposite the postoffice, about) April 1. : Other Now Ones. The Faunce building on Fourta| , street is now occupied by a new ma- 2 chine, and general repair shop; the California. fruit house is a new en-| Washington, March 18.—An extra ty terprise recently established on Fifth| session of Congress beore June 1, is % street, and in the building on Seventh| believed to be a certainty by many of- formerly occupied. by the Farmers’jficials of the government, although Z union grocery a new painting and dec-; Without supported evidence to show 7 orating concern, handling fine cab-| that President Wilson has changed his inet finishing, has opened for busi-| mind since sailing for France. ‘ ness. { The Congress is expected to meet In the Grand Pacific building, where; early in May. As far as known none the Bryant tailoring shop formerly) of the cabinet members have .specific- was located, the Dakota Tire Co. has} ally recommended any special date to established headquarters for a mail| the President. { order business which will serve the Members of Congress remaining in whole northwest. Within the next two| Washington particularly Republicans "Sy weeks the Olympia, one of the finest} hope the session will be called more confectionery stores in North Dakota,| than two months before the coming will open in-the Hughes block, in the/ fiscal year. handsome rooms former pected by ee the general offices of the Hughes A a k OPENING REVIVAL The Minute Lunch on Broadway has|) MEETING SUCCESS reopened under new management and appears to be thriving. Folsom Bros. | x / E have installed an optical grinding; Large Congregation Hears Good department in connection with their jewelry business, and they are grind) Sermon at Evangelical ing lenses for opticians and jewelers throughout Western North Dakota and! “A Question of Values,” was the eastern Montana. subject of a powerful sermon by Rev. ‘New Motor Plant. Rockwell, paS8tor of the Methodist The Dakota Motor Co. has moved) Episcopal church at Bowman, who into larger quarters in the building| preached in the Evangelical church formerly occupied by the Avery Trac-jlast evening. The sermon was based tor Co., which now occupies the oldjon the words of Christ. “What is.a - Atidtorium building on East ‘sain.;man profited if he gain the whole which affords the company the much| world and lose his own soul?” and was enhanced space necessitated by its}a clear and forceful discussion of the ocnstantly growing business. nature and value of the sout and the 4 The Bismarck Motor Co., reorgan}importance of its salvation, which ized with an increased capital) was greatly appreciated by, the audi-| week follow: and a larger line of cars and tractors,|ence. Rev. Rockwell is nere visiting| R- B. Lewis, Leon V. Lesher, Paul plans to build a modern three-story |his daughter who is a patient at the|E. Runey, Mike Baudien, Frank J. ® fire-proof ‘assembling and. distributing | Bismarck Evangelical hospital. ~ Way, M. J. Gilman, 46th training bat- plan during the’ summer.’ The special services will be con-jtalion; A. L. MeéNeil, Richard G. Hall, (Many Fine Homes. tinued at the Evangelical church | eGorge A. Wilson,-Olaf A. Amundson, Many fine homes and apartment|throughout this week. Song service | Edwin Truax, 5th div. A. A. Charles houses are under contemplation. There | beginning every evening at 7:30 and | Wolf, 14th division; C. R. Norton, Co. ’ is also a community center, athletic| preaching at 8 o'clock.- A cordial|F, 113th Supply Train, 38th division. |of Piskov, Esthinian. and Finnish! west of Vilna the allies put the enemy | others injuréd. according to a rispatch| The. McDonnell family bas resided club or some similar institution whose | welcome is extended to the public to| E. M. Throdahl, 45th Co., 5th Reg.,{ troops have capturéd' a number of!to flight. Southeast of Vilna’ the al-| receives,today. At, Tanta the casnal-| in the Courtenay district for the Tast (Continued. on Page Four,) - jattend these services, (Continued: on Page Seven) , Villages. 1S ‘Hes are advancing. ties were 11killed and 51 injured. 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