The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1920, Page 1

a KD “f ‘ -ridatba with bullets. * > “Niobe, Ward county, ’ intendent of the league. + honor were questions up to the jury THE WEATHER Partly cloudy. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. \ 1 é BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL. 2, 1920 . PRICE FIVE CENTS NEGRO LYNCHED: $500, 000 NIGHT SPENT IN NEW YORK’S VICE RESORTS: CITY AWAKENING T0 ORGY ‘ARTER ASSAULT: ON WHITE BOYS: " Charged With Having Cut Two!, Youths with Knife Dur- ale ing Fight ap CROWD STORMS HIS’ CELL Dragged Out and Taken to Rail- road Bridge by Midnight Mob © ' Spartinsbune $. Cs April 2—George | Robertson, negro, was taken from the | city jail at Laurens, . at, midnight by a mob and hanged to a railroatl bridge on thé outskirts of the city: Robertson was charged with having cut three white hoxs with a knife: af- ter interfering in hehalf of another negro in a dispute with the boys. "Po- lice arrested Robertson. and) then, started a search for the other negro. | While the search was in progress the | mob stormed the jail obtained the pris- oner and rushed him to a bridge whery he was hanged. Later the body was CLEAN-UP OF SLOT MACHINES. LANGER’S AIM An active Campaign will be started in- various parts of the state against the use of all-gambling devices such as punch boards, slot machines, gum machines and similar coitrivanees. Farle H. Tostevin, state inspector, an, nounced today, that he had just conti cated eight ball machines and over 30 punch boards at Mandan and that he would take the same action Jin, other places if the practice of petty gambline is not discontinued. Three. licenses for the operation of pool. halls were revoked by Inspector Tostevin yesterday. Emil Gardner, was ‘charged with benig an unfit charneter to operate. & pool hall, and with. violating the ambling laws... Fred Nielson, Colgan; ivide county, was, charged with’ vio lating the anti-cigarette law. the anti- snuff.law and the.gambling law, and with being, an unfit character. Ww: Albus, Brenen, Wells’ ‘county, was charged with violating: the! gambling. anti-cigaret, anti-soutt Jaws and’ ad- mitting minorg.in:the poo) hall. With’ the revocation of the licenses. all three pook halls were placed under padlocks. WHOLE WORLD DRY IS PLAN April 2 New Strength for Pro- ‘hibition Cause—Seen in New Organization: N. B. A. Speelar Correspondent. New York, April A new organ- ization is forming to, fight for world- wide prohibition. It is called the World Prohibition Federation, New strength for the dry cause i seen in the new organisation's co- operative understanding with the Catholic Priests’ Prohibition league. Dr. Charles Scanlon, «Pittsburg. is president of the American section of the federation, international headquar: | ters of-which ;are’in London, This is regarded as evidence of new team jwork it the/dry movement, because the + Anti-Sdloon league has | never had Catholic affiliation, The Anti-Saloon league is mot con- | nected with the federation. William | H. Anderson, New York stat» shper- | esn't thin very much of the federation. He says | it is “largely a’paper organization” and contrglled by ‘the? radical element. A dozen dry organizations eithér have been absorbed, by the new fed- | eration or are afgilated with it. Con- trol has been ‘obtaiued, of .three tem- perance publications. the National Ad- vocate, Youths’ Temperance Benner | and the Water Lily. Broderick Murder Case, Is Still In ‘Hands of Jury: St. Louis, Mo. April 2.— Whether Ursla Broderick 16 years old s! | killed her stepfather Joseph W. Wood- lock. aS he lay sleeping in their home here April 14 last or whether as she contends she fired the shot that caused ! Woodlock's. death’ in defeuxe uf her | today. After’ two~hours of delibera- | tions last night no agreement had been | reached and; court was journed | Judge Klein ordering the jury to re-} port” at 11 o'clock; this morning. | Th prosecution has asked that the} defendant be given*the extreme pen alty charging that Woodlock was kill- ed as the result of a plat hetween th; girl ang ‘her mother Mrs. Lillian Wood. | lock. The girl asserts that she killed | Woodlock while he was attempting ‘to assaut her., Both she and her mother testified that -Woodlock had made} numerous attempts to attack his step- daughter. Four years ago the girl shot and Killed her father Thomas P. Broderick but was freed on her story that.she shot in defense of her mother Mrs. Woodlock faces a charge of | In second degree murder in connection | with the killing. Hef. trial will be held | later. | tapping is the device being used by hy iti BY H. P. BURTON, | See N. EL A. Staff Correspondent, | New York, April 2.—New’ York city |. s awakening this week to the astound- ing fact’ that the greatest orgy vice in the entire history of the civil- ized world has been developinng here since the ending of the war. The vast “increase in individual wealth is held to be largely respon- sible. Highly-placed -officials are ih- volved, it is charged. Thousands of young men and womes | | from) good homes and visitors from}, other American cities are victims. Recent. revelations are stirring to action newly-organized private com- mittees of citizens, as well as the dis: | trict. attorney's office, ‘AINA it is likely | that the findings, soon to be made} public, will amaze the while country. | WORSE VICE WAVE OF ALL These, ‘well-informed persons me today, will show thpt® v tions that prevailed-in ‘ancient Rome and medieval wapitals 6f decadence. | will snot compare with conditions in he NelWw York of today, either as to ‘ James E. Smith, assistant dis: trict ‘attorney of New York, wow in charge of the official probe -to be made of Manhattan’s un- derworld. publicly aynounces: that there are engaged for immoral ends here at least, 6000 “call flats.” over a hundred dance alfa several hundred: uéw and attrac: tive “French pastry ‘restaurai fand coffee houses, and hundreds of taxicals, From $50Q000 upward is spent nightly, Smith say these ‘call fla Ks of nv .sin- gle out.” such as food and show pills half million, officials Not one of the vi in any way officially as being, openly engaged in v traflie, and. vo has first to be dis covered by .s2cret. nts before being proceeded: against. FF. * \ He's /prosecuting the extent or kind. of New GAMES E. SMITH investigation York’s appalling vicé waye. | DOMINICA EVRY. iy other wortls.” sums up Smith, » With the coming of ‘rohibition, left the disreputable | New. York Police Inspeetor Domi faces where it was’ easily appre- Henry, under fire in the New yended atid so controled, and has |\York. vice probe. now’ charges ‘that nt in’ its appearance, covertly, an | prosecuting: James EK. Smith has’ heen sppctable haunts. n this way it suddenly becomes "a harder ‘to\ discover, and, sound, algo tremendously increases the aren it infects, because it, now garners: in countless persons: of both sexes, | | who would have never come into con- taet with yice had. it-remained where “Poriginated.!) <-. ” sf “SMALL SHOP: “DENS” There has been a tremendous and mnysterious thcreage in, the Humber of coffee houses and small flashly equip- ped restaurangs > specializing | in, “snacks” \of French pastry and hot ! drinks in Yhe last tkree. months. | These shops, in the most expen: | | sive section of Manhattan, have sprung up like mushrooms over night and are all doing a rushing business, At many tables one can ‘always see girls si ting alone-and the waiters often vols unteer: “She is all right.” Taxicabs make it a business te cruising about these places and are nequainted with the women who fre- quent fhe-shops. hey, will drive their fares through untraveled strects for a special tip. So great has been the increase of the taxicab vice since the new year that Section 887 of the criminal cod2 has just bgen revised to rinees of vice.” “CALL FLATS” VICE BACKBON It is the 6000 “call-flats.” however, that are going to prove the hardest places to a8 y the officials. These form of backbone of the new immense tehderloin that has ‘suddenly spread out over half of Manhattan, © Wire- | | he detectives to locate these. In overhearing telephone conversa tions this week. nad charge that they héard a deputy police commissioner make an appoint-| ¢ ment with a denizen of one of these places and that they later arrested ;him there. ‘Others of the polices-force lnive already (een Arrested in connec- tion with thix amazing vice-wave,-aml offidiads state all this is only a pegin- ning. Ul “It is unbelievable—the amofint of money that is I vice in New You s Smith we price on everything connected with , “1 ten times, owing to the\ fact that everyone has money | ! these days. and the prices paid, liquor in the underworld is especially prohibitive. At) least: $100 nights ik spent in most of the call-fats and that accounts for about $500,000: In| | restaurants and. other places, in di- | rect pandering to vice, there are many more: thousands spent, This is surely a “record” that history cannot dupli- cate ‘in any other. city of the worl | at any time in the history of the Washington. Ay world.” | Robert. I. Campbell, military attache at, Wives Hostages for Warsaw, ‘April 1 2. — Aviators of the Russian Bolshevik ‘army . have bee | ti warned that their wives or near rela- : will he held as hostages if they | fai] to return from a flight according | to a story told to the Poles by one Rus- sian flyer who came down Polish lines near Dvinsk. The Rus-' i sian aviator denied ‘that his own land. ing premediated and asserted that he loved. his wife too much to lea¢e | t her as a hostage. reguited from discovery by the Bol- den’ proprietors. ata asks w! “sticke-screen't charge. o— PASSIN! > WA eee NEW FASHIONS — Pus in women's, gow! assailed in a sermon recently by Kt Bernard Yaughu. members of the vice-| Jesuit mons gh morality aud home life have dinnety now declired. serve :the three pu warmth ad of ornament. as ‘emotional gown: ng nightly spent on| Canon of good taste = immiodest,, unhealthy for | &8 well as their own hodic ers of fashions seem to. be devotd as much of taste a: Mexico City, his wife and an American wouren doctor Bolshevik Airmen | Mexico n “quick. work and quickness of action” a small station on the railv Mexico, City to Cuegnavac within the | place the attache w He said the order | without The women of the party hid in the “connivittey with vice and gambling Smith denies it, and Henry ouly now makes his OF, WINE ROOMS BRINGS NEW VICE DE) Before’ prohibition: came: ‘the New! York Duder-world Aas: cen- tered“ largely in the rear rooms of. cues and: in’ the grill-room cubdrets of all classes. Now that these dre practically gone, vice “has spread out until it envelopes \ all Manhattan, and has appeared mainly in the following places: / | 'fee “houses. i ‘ f a | ! i} A | i French pastry, restaurants, /SOul-flats’ (reached only. by telephone a +, Taxteabs, * Cqmimercial dance halls. Me ‘peacock’ alleys” in the where. “bounce- to throw stiartest hotéls, ers’ are being hired undesirables out.+ | | | t i 1 | | 4 ARE IMMORAL _ SAYS PRIEST April 2--Prevailing fash were vigorously - Tandon, kfown the widely father whose ess: ‘ror the past 20 3 attention throughout the world, “Ip days gone by ladies dressed for they undress for it.” he “Women’s clothing ought to woxes of decent. Women in what is known <in against every Such dresses are and as ugly as Girls who follow are ruinins ihbor’s souls Design heir inad craze. for hey: are expensiv he up to date faschior heir own and their ne of principle.” COL. CAMPBELL ESCAPES-FROM MEXICAN REBELS named Paine were at- by rebels a few miles from City. but escaped througir acked he state’ department was advised to- day, The attack took place at'Tresmarias y from to which sigoing fe mn out- h dynamite wrecks ng. The rebels w ed the train and destroyed the track for some distance. Col. Campbell and his party escaped the advices states. he members of injury shevik commanders that a number of | woods near the-station yntil the rebels eir flyers had planned to desert an: @ their planes to seek refuge in P: land. The plane used by the Bolshevik was of an obsolete type built in France ugage. 1 Heft. crew and other passengers train was not stated. The fate of the members of the on the Details of the attack are being for: in the war and had seen hard | warded py mail from the embassy at ? | Mexico City. .|take up the teaching of history. at j Niclson’s polley of securing the best ‘First Peace Council 100 Scars Are Found. ‘On Little Girl’s Body; Father Under Arrest | New York> April 2 2.-—Charged with | cruel and inhuman treatment to his 17 year old daughter Minnie John Gallan- er, kpown fh ihe state as Gallanda, a al 500 bail for a hearing later 100 sears were found on the gi District Attorney Lewis suid. Affidavits filed with the court allegett) she had been branded with hot irons, scalded, struek with ice picks, hat pins find darning needles’ and that some, of her teeth had been broken and then) pulled out with piers. B. J. TAYLOR TO BRAID IN| STATE OFFICE Former Supt. of Instzuciion Ac- cepts Post as Assistant to Miss Nielson Nearly 's body ‘aylor, formey state superin- t of public instruction and for | 14 years connected with that. oftice. | has been appointet deputy ’superin- tendent by Miss Mimie J, Nielson, | state superintendent. Mr, ‘Taylor has | heen prominently connected with state supervision of educational affairs for. a number of years, is known all over North Dakota as one of the foremost educators’ in the northwest and his ad- dition to Miss Nielson’s staff is a ai- rect asset to the educational 8) the state. The naming Of Mr, Taylor to fill the place left vacant Dy the resignation of the former deputy superintendent, H. G. Arnsdorf. is in keeping with Miss 1 Dra tend and (most experienced ‘educators to take charge of. the various depart- ments of the office of superintendent of public instruction. Mr: Arnsdorf resigned recently te, accept a position with the University of Minnesota as stant registrar. '. Tiylor will assume his duties, of which he is already familiar dué“to long association, wi ith the work of that office, after schools close for the sum- mer ation, The new deputy superii- tendent is “at present superintend of the city schools at Hankinson where he continued the excellent work he Maugurated as deputy state -superin- tendent and superintendent. * Mr. Taylor's: demonstrated abilities ag an organizer and educator were rec- ognized by “the iroxegpment during the war and-he was calted to Washington, D.C. to take ‘a prominent part in the reconstruction and education of the men in the army. Mr. Taylor’s recofd in this work was exceptidnally. bril- liant. Uptil Mr. Taylor assumes the work of his) new position it will be. carried on bx Miss Hazel Nielson. After graduating from the University of North Dakota in 1911 Miss Nielson be- came head of the department of his! tory in the Valley City high school and after five years service there went {o Fargo high, resigning from there to go fo France in the recreational serview | of the Y. M. C. A. where she represent ed the General Federation of Women's clubs unit, heing one of the two your women to 50 ifrom this state, May Meet April 19 Pa April, 2.—-In- French citcles the expectation now is that the meet- ing of the eme council of the perce conference in San Remo will be called for April 19 to 22. The Turkish peace delegates it is understood will be in- vited te present themselves towards the end of April to receive the peace terms. It is not anticipated that the ses- sion will be long and it is thought that the Turks may be able to begin theic examination he terms ‘of the treaty y in Ma The procedure is pected to be the same as with the ‘oth- | er treatie: \ DULUTH HAS NEAR BLIZZARD Duluth, —Without, extreme cold but carrying all other character: istics of a blizzard, a storm that began last night: continued. today with vio; lence. Considerable snow accompanies the high north wind here. The storm ; is reported general throughout 1 eastern Minmesota and,thé iron ranges. Street car tratlic is not impeded here though. sweepers are out clearing | tracks, ; The wind is piling ice on the south shore. of Lake Superior thus hastening the opening of navigation from this port. PLACE RAIL ISSUE | UP TO PRESIDENT Washington. “yr i] 2—The whole railroad wage controve was placed hefore President Wilyon today for the third time since railroad labor filed its demands for “a generat increase in wages last summer, 1.000 ON S Columbus” 0... April —2.—Approxi- mately 1.000 local employes of the Norfolk and Westérn rail terminals struck this afternoon in sympathy with the brotherhood ,of raflway clerks according to an announcement made by union ofticials. Soldiers returning from Fraue2 brought home 2709 foreign brides of which 2295 were French and 1101 2 Se | Body of Woman’s Daughter | first | War Costs Run Debt Up to 1950 resubmitted by Sir Henry Drayton, min- is SARAH TABOR CHARGED WITH GIRL’S MURDER man and Son Were in Bis- marck Last Fall and Left Suddenly for West SON WORKED FOR _. S00 is Found in Trunk Under a Pile of Lumber Pawpaw, Mich., April .2.—Prelimin- | ary examination was begun here to- day of. Mrs, Sarah I, Tabor in the new case brought against her in connection. with the death of her daughter, Mande Tabor Virgo. The original proceedings against Mrs. Tabor were dismissed ‘when the | state “supreme court ruled that. the. examination had developed in- suttieient evidence to warrant holding her cn a murder charge, Today's hearing was before, Circuit Judge Charles FE. White of Niles, Judge Des Voignes having withdrawn upon request of M Tabor’s counsel. The hearing is expected to continine two days. The hody of Maude Tabor Virgo was discovered, in the basement of her home at Lawton, Mich.. near here sev- eral, months ago jack knifed into a trunk which had been concealed under a pile of shingles. < ONCE LIVED HERE Mrs. ‘Tabor, mentioned in the fore- xoing dispatch, that she and her i ~Tabor, gage to flast July sin an automobile from Michigam Tabor oly tained a position with the Soo railroad here as a clerk which be held until late Ipst fall when he and his mother, in an automobile left secretly for the Pacitic coast, although they had given out the report they were to return to Michigan, Mrs, Tabor was yery seldom seen ‘during her stay in this city, remaining in her home most of the time. Tabor, her son. haw been in the service, al- though never overseas, was quiet, vet icent and always: seemed to be labor ing under a feeling of depression. When they left here; Tabor and his mother let people know they intended to return to Michigan for a short visit- They headed eastward in their motor, but after getting out of the:city a few niles, turned north on an unused: road and. headed ‘westward. While’ motor- ing alony the Pacific coast, they were suspicion: “of hetnig | A sheriff. who hid just bootlegzers, received a copy of a eircular contain: ing Tabo picture as a man wanted awa witness ‘in the murder case over the death of Tabor’s sister, recognized Tabor asthe man the Michigan, au- thorities wanted, He with Mrs. Tabor, were thken into custody und: brought to Michigan. CANADA FACES FINANCIAL TASK ' Million—Nation Faced with "Big Drain errarrs evi BY. GEORGE HAMBLETON, _ NE. A. Canadian Correspondent. Ottawa, April 2. — Canada’s war debts promise ‘to be her greatest | problem this year. Parliament has tabled every other. matter in orde: to prepare the way for the considera tion of the budget for 1920, to b of finance. in Aprif. Canada, owes appr million dollars, This fs an increase ion dollars since 1914. Her penditures were practically all of borrowed mone; Now Canadu is faced with the drain of 140 million dollars a year interest on her debts in addition tg mnillion dollars for pensions, The business profits tax act expired last: Decémber and largest source of revenue cut off, There is talk of a resumption of the tax. With. the fa imately 1950 mers clamoring — for customs tariff reductiops and higher direct taxation and the business in- ‘terests urging greater tarffy protection and lower direct. taxes, the minister of finance faces a difficult pr ‘oblem, Workmen’s Army Must Surrender + to Government Duesseldorf, ‘Thursdyy. April 1.— Soldiers of the workmen's army in the Ruhr district must make a delivery of their arms to local authorities before April 10, under the agreement reach- ed between the government and th central committee of the workmen’ general conference at Essen today, will not be considered rebels if fighting ceases throughout the distriic by hogs tomorrow. The commander of the communist troops hefore Wesel gave a pledge to the conference for the strict observ- ance of the agreement. He declared he had already a good army but could ; not continue fighting because he fa ed ammunition and red all looting jad been surpressed and that all loot- trs had been shot. “LT will, shoot with 1m, he said, own pistol.” “any communist soldier who the orders to withdraw and; nrance was given the delegate: however,,there would be no trouble. | 64.000, automobiles were in, Canada, and the manufactured British. while the rest were of 16 other nationalities, j amounted to $100,000,000, sales ‘of machines in that year j Situation is not such as to*make it im- $10,000 FIRE general's office to have been paid to Mareh 1. { $45.200, or $90 per acre. DELAWARE HAS SECOND CHANCE AT AMENDMENT * Tover, Dela., April 2.—Despite the decisive defeat yestetday hy the lower house of the Dehiware legislature of the resolution to ratify the women suf- frage amendment friends of the meas y it was by no mean dead as a ratification resolution is still in the senate and the parliamentary possible to reconsider house, * the vote in the LOSS FILED WITH STATE The state insurance commissioner's office is working on the adjustment of the largest fire loss sustained by the state since it went into the firé, wind and tornado life insurance business. A $10,000 School house at Cra burned down and reported 1 total, ss. Although several smaller losses hone has approach- claim. ‘The “oltice dhas. pointed Charles 8. W! mhittelsey! of Far. go, an independent adjuster. to deter-'| mnie the extent of the damage and ad- just the Ic The school was burned down March 21, The insurance commissioners’ oftice reported today that it v working on the adjustment of loss due to the Mare which ripped the roof off the $10,000 school building ut Bueyrus, BXPECT TO PAY 1,000 BONUS CLAIMS SOON Upon advice from the state auditor that approximately $350,000) probably will he paid into the soldiers’ com- pensation fund? shortly. the adjutant fimnounced it is expected from 900 to 1000) “bonus® claims’ will he paid during. April. The sum fxed by the ‘auditor's of. fice was said to be based on the a sumption that. not more than 50 per cent of the levy due will be found It | is anticipated the February .collec- tions for the ‘fund will be, the heavt- est. er Claims’ are being paid ‘as, rapidly 2s file numbers, pe reached, and voucher: are returned, according to. the ad- jutant general, .A slight delay in the return of some vouchers is ascribed to probably absence of the applicants from the places of, residence. With the issuance of 94 “bonus” warrants April 1-payment was report: ed practically completed on 124 claims, intluding 30°of the 86 to whom issu- ance of vouchers wax announced the first week in Ma Six of the first issue of vouchers had not been re- turned to tite adjutant general on March 31 or procedure on thém had been otherwise delayed by the appli- cants so that payment was temporarily deferred, BOOST RATES INGRIGGS | COUNTY CASE | Pending a further 1 her hearing, which has been set for April 9 the railroad commission has granted a temporary increase in rates to the Griggs County | Telephone company of Cooperstown.” | The comm pn’s order for the i crease explains thit “as a result of | mass meetings at Je: and Binford the commission vas petitioned, to post Seven Hundred Switchmen ye equipment to private owners, CHICAGO HAS THREE STRIKES ON ITS HANDS City Faces Resivantio of More than One Thousand Fire- men April 7 PACKING PLANTS OPERATE in Terminals Walkout—De- mand Dollar an Hour Chicago, Apr “‘hicago today faces the resignation of more than , 1.100 firemen approximately half the city’s five fighting force effective April 7 unless a demand for a five hundred dollar wage vease is settled. Thomas O'Connor fire marshal said that vacated places would be with civilians and that’ resignations would be perm Representa ti 1,400 city employes who were on a ike agree: yesterday that the srike return to today pending consideration of their demands by the arbitration com- mittee appointed by Mayer Thompson, STOCKYARDS MEN RETURN Nine hundred striking stockyards employes returned to work today un- ent to arbitrate their res With the Union Stock nsit Co. Delivery of shipments was resumed and more than 7,000 packing ‘house work- ers who were forced out df employ- ment by the strike went back to their jobs, “The demands of the livestock hand- jte will be arhitrated by (Federal Judge Alschuler, SWITCHMEN STRIKE, Seven hundred | switchmén anit switch tenders. employedyin the Chi- cago terminal of the Chicago Milwau- kee and St. Paul railroad were on strike today in prote: ainst the re- moval of a yardma dl to enforce demayds for an iucrease of from 52 cents to $1 an hour in wages. The strikers are alliliated with the Chicago ydmen’s association recent ly organized and the. walkout which occurred last night was not authorized by the brotherhood of railwiy train- men. Brotherhood otticlaly said) that 300 men sufticient to handle trattic would remain at work. FOOD HELD UP, New. York, April 2.—All but 20: per- vent of the ad owned tugs and steain jlighters.. which. railroad: repre. sentatives assert belong to New York 90 percent of its food supplies are tied up as 2 réstlt of the marine workers’ strike. J. J, Mantell, railroud man- agers’ representative announced to- The railroad owned ferries on the’ Hudson river the crews of which also were called out are: apparently, not seriously affected, Mr. Mantell stating that all but one line are running on regular schedule, The strike was called union men as- sertto maintain the eight hour day which they declare was threatened by the reported transfer of railroad float- The nilroad managers claim the strike w called in support of striking coastw! longshore men who walked out several weeks ago, $00 WALK OUT Portsmouth, O., Apri] 2—Fight hun. dved shopmen of the local Norfolk and Western terminals walked out here to- day sympathy with the 150 clerks already out. ‘The men who weut on strike today include car repairers, ma- chinsts, electricians, blacksmiths, pipe sheet metal workers and labor- WILSON'S NAME pone action in tl ther hearing. indicating that other evidence t troduce pertinent to the It was stated th company operates | ands Bin- | The town hall of the latter pla N fixed as the place for the he: April 9. > According to the commissioner's or. der, the temporary rates. were miuade “to ots evident confise 2, INDIAN LANDS se penjing a fur, there ix | exchanges at, Cooperstown ford. | entered him in the WITHDRAWN IN GEORGIA STATE Atlanta, Ga. April) 2—-With the withdrawal of | President Wilson's name A number of democrats who teorgia democratic presiden preference primary to be held April 20. only three candidates were left in the race when the entries closed yesterday. They are Attorney jeneral Palmer, United States. Sen- ator Hoke Smith of Georgia and Tho- BRING $63,500 Fort Yates mately 20 of | il 2.—Approxi- | ind disposed | of at are 2 on the Standins | Rock Indian 1 ion were inherit- ed lands belonging to aged Indians, ac: | cording to loca] records. successful bids totalled $62 and the acreage sold amounted | The average was approx . $10.87 an acre. Twelve bids were reporter unsuc- ful. one tract alone having received | A tie was avoided in one case | hecaus the successful bidder, from Mobridge. S. 1.. had tacked an addi- $1 on the reund sum of $5,000, ers commented on the readi- th which the elderly Reds ir holdings. declaring it was increasing evidence of a desire tg en- joy comforts during old age -rather than hand the acreage down to youns Indians. FARM SOLD Jamestown, N. D.. April — The J. Nierling farm of 480 acres. near this city, Mus been sold to South Da- kota parties who also. purchased an additional quarter section north of the city. The Nierling place sold for mas EF, Watson, former populist candi- date for president. League Convention | at Forks April 15 “urgo, N. D.. April 2. The state j convention of the Nonpartisan League. to select candidates for state office for the June primaries, will be -held in i son April 15, according to x. State manager, in an nnouncement made last night. The | cftic al call will be issued within a few Hitherto all Nonpartisan League state conventions have been held in Farge Many of the Nonpartisan Leagi county conventions, however. adopted resoltuions in favor of Grand Forks. and the organized faremrs will therefore nominate their 1920 ticket. in that city. MUGGLERS KILLED Laredo, Te April 2—In a rifie fight late yesterda between four American customs inspectors and sev- en alleged Mexican smugglers 40 miles southeast of Laredo three of the smugglers were shot and killed and the others escaped presumably cross- de into Mexico. None THRE: of. the Ameri s injured,