The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1920, Page 1

‘ . a ee \ Un ) ' | ) } i ae. | \ \ | \ i > ® THE WEATHER Generally Fair | J THIRTY-NINTH YEAR : EXAMINERS 60 INTO BANK FOR THOROUGH PROBE, Board of Auditors Leads Exami- ners Into Institution | Today “ENTIRELY NONPOLITICAL” | Langer, Hall and Kositzky Say | They Will Leave Examina- tion to Auditors H amination of the Bank of North the direction of the 's created by the ini- tiated law enacied by popular xote in the November election began today. Ten men, comprising the staff of the Bishop, Brismann and company of Chicago, St, Paul, Minneapolis and; Fargo, certified public accountants, were engzged by the board of audi- | tors to examine the bank and other state institutions, including the work- men’s compensation bureau and the D mill. Immediately aft the} accountants, in charge of Mr. Bishop, | arrived in the city they held a con- Herence with the board of auditors, ' preparatory to beginning their work The board of auditors, composed of Secretary of State ‘Thomas Hall; | Auditor Carl Kosiizky and Attorney fienerai William Langer led the e: Muers to the bank just before i this, afternoon. Aft 1 ferred with F, W. Cathro, they let immediately and the examiners be- gan work. The members of the board do not expect to end any time in the bank. E Dakota under board of audit Titled English Lords: Viscountess women Rhondda Mr. Langer who etected presi dent of the board, said that “the ex- Viereet he sia Bhi amination will be absolutely nonpoli- (NX. E, A. Staff Special.) tical.” Cathro said he was glad) London, Dec. 3—Shall the Briti who soon Baroness Furnivall (upper le ft (lower left), the Countess of Seafield (lower cen- ter) and the Princess Arther of Con naught into.| force this “to have » bank examined by any- House of Lords—home of conserva- body authorized by law to examiiie ism, of inherited riches and titles, | te ‘i oh of crusty old men—be change Thomas Hall, a member of the |, ones Or eh be changed hourd. said that \efiorfs would bo" That ie the vory striking And perti- made to complete the examination e to present a report to the leg Jature. Wwe are not going into the ba ourselves, and we)are not going take steps than can be construed as using an initidted law for which 130 000 people voted for, for political pur- poses,” said Mr. Hall. “We will pre- sent the figures of the certified ac- nent question put up to king and Runs Vast Business Viscountess Rhondda is and heir to the late Viscount Rhondda, great Welsh coal baron. She not only the vast business she inherited. Be-! countants, men who ha ve not pi tic-'a weekly thoughtful paper intended | ular interest in the ,institutions they for women especially. are to examine.” She has now tering by petltioning that! the king shall issue.a,writ summoning her tq; take a seat in the House ot Lords. Last year a similar general pro- posal was made, but was side-stepped jon the ground the government pro: jPosed to reform the House of Lords Mr. Hall said that it was the duty of the board to begin the examination immediately, and it also was the duty of the board to make .an unbiased examination, HARDING T0 GET OVATION ON ARRIVAL President-elect to Arrive from Panama Trip Saturday— ' Addresses Elks CATHOLICS WILL TAKE OFFERING Rome, Italy, Dec. 3.-—Offerings will be received in th® Catholic churches throughout Christendom on Dec. 26 on behalf of suffering children in all countries which are suffering because of the STATE UPHELD Old Point Comfort, Va., Dec. Virginia will extend a fitting welcome to the President-elect and Mrs. Hard- | ing on their arrival tomorrow from Panama. From the time they land here from the steamship Pasiores, until they leave the Old Dominion for Washington, D. C., afler a two days’ ' visit Virginian hospitality will hold sway and politics will be forgotten. The ste deen tempori ‘lecting the capi Address Elks railroad’ compani Hampton Roads cities will honor state by the int ¢ y the newly-clected President during Just issted by the United states ei Saturday. The, western part of the (uit, court of appeals sit a oS Paul. This r ing order will be state will extend its welcome on Sun- day when he visits the Elks’ National home at Bedford City, to deliver the annual memorial address before Elks from all parts of‘ the countr: Landing tomorrow, the .P: the case has been tried /States dis,rict court’ in in effect un in the Unite North Dakota. 'URGE HARDING TO WINTER SOUTHERN PLACE ent: sit the naval battle: are un- elect and Mrs. Harding will shi yard where a number of ft, including three great hips and two battle cruiser der construction. Afterward, a ‘pub- — lic reception will be held in the A On Board Steamship Pastores, Dec demy of Music and it is expected the 3.—Cool weather greeted President n ¢ Harding Pastore ; returning, 10. Elect and Mrs. Warr today. The steamer which they from Colon w. President-elect will make an address Visit to Navy Yard A tour will follow through the bus- iness section of the city and as the passes under the Victory arch party the school children and Boy Scouts | ule assembled there will extend their | she ok 1 greeting. After a luncheon in his | yredicted she » in by noon. honor at a hotel. the President-elect There F 1 discussiow and his pa or Hampton com) Roads to visit The after- f r ility that noon will be spent visiting points of choose me other place interest in Norfolk with possibly a | home in irion, O. for his conference: visit to the navy yard at Portsmoutit ‘efore he asi s offices. He has and the great Hampton Roads naval been urged by some friends to spenc traning station: A dinner in honor of ‘the winter in some southern state and rail and Mrs vor re- here there are better hotel Both re understood to Mr. Harding will be given during the evening and later it is expected he will address a meeting arranged by the reception, committee. The Presi- maining in Marion-— ent-elect and his party will leave JU Norfolk about 11 p. m. on a special in which will reach Bedford City early Sunday morning- ¢ | Mr. Harding and his party will leave Bedford City in time to reach Washington at noon Monday. MAY ELIMINATE | TREATY ARTICLE Geneva, Dec. 3.—Presentation and adoption of a resolution eliminating Article X from the covenant of the lezgue of nations before the end of the assembly would occasion no sur- prise here it was declared in some quarters when the subject was broached. Milton, W Dee. 3.-—A_ di sion of the propriety of dan ‘ipitated by the first dance years threatens disruption in Milton college cir- eles. “Arthur M. editor of the colleze pape has resigned as a result of criticism following the ball and the college freulty, according to reports, is diseuss legislation proposed fo make participation in a dance an 0 fense punishable hy expulsion. A dancing exhibition given by on government by Viscountess Rhondda. | daughter | | i ides which she has founded and runs | King’s Cour | | _ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. MAY sit IN HOUSE OF LORDS in the House of (upper right), | pa he given seat: it), Baroness (lower right). | and until this was done, the matter of seating peeresses, who held the title in their o¥n right, had better be held in abeyance. Viscountess Rhondda's peftition may issue. The usual procedure! would be for King George to decide the matter, upon the advice of his ministers. But the government can dodge it by referring the matter to the Committee on Privileges of the House of Lords, Doubtful Precedent It is Stated no precedent exists for succeeded to the title in her! women‘in the upper house other than own right, but she has also carried on} one dating back to 1306 when four summoned to the very doubtful precedent. petition abbesses were cil and it is whether this sets ar If Viscountess Rhondda’s et the dovecotes flut-| is successful, it wili‘mean that about 16 peeresses in their own right wiil ; gain seats in the upper house. Among them.is the young Baroness Furnivall be se title dates from 1295 and who cently married Lieut. Gem. A. S. gar, a holder of the Victoria Crasg jand the Distinguished Service Order. ‘SLOPE POULTRY FOR CHILDREN SHOW WILL BE FREE THIS YEAR Show to Be Enlarged and Wom- IN STOCK CASE. - president, and Fr an’s Department Will Be Maintained The Missouri Slope Poultry show will be held) in Bismarek on January i, 6and 7, The dargest list of entrie in the history of the show is predict » Horace Beardsley, ed by the office: tary-treasurer The show will be enlarged, being offered to women on canned fruit and to farmers for corn, The women's department will be in charge of Mrs. W. Burch. No admission charge will be this year, The show will Deere-Webber Second streets. Mr. Milhollan declares that in pro- portion to the entry fee the prizes of- fered by the Missouri Slope show are the largest of any show in the coun- try. pri made be held in the new building at Main and “PLEADS GUILTY TO INDECENT BURI oe Dec.) 3. ank resident of T district court : fton, D., Koukaj, an aged pleaded guilty in terday to the charge of indecent 1 of the body of his wife. He w as! ed $259 today oy Judge W AW, and costs o also were od against him Koukal aied several months the body was founda few s later buried under the shed of their home. The old man had dis- membered his w hody and placed dur . The woman's the suspicion of estigation uncov- sof sence aroused neighbors and an in Lered the unusual case. ‘FIRST DANCE HELD IN 35 YEARS THROWS MILTON COLLEGE IN UPROAR | three girls in. modified ballet cos- tumes at a literary society meet- ing was denounced in chapel by W. €. Deland, president of the college, who said he had heard only two comments, one that “it was, a good leg show? and the other that “it was a bum leg conducted under yenth Day Baptis and the § and playing and dancing are un- der the ban, ‘| equalize nk Milhollan, secre- | according to Mr. Milhollan.! g it with only at STATE BANK GIVEN POWER TO KEEP FUNDS Industrial Commission to Pass Resolutjon Giving Au- , \ thority pected this afternoon to adopt a rt j lution authorizing the director-gen- eral of the Bank of North Dakota not to permit withdrawals sented by county treasif judgment, they were not |urgent purposes, | Although the initiate | effective yesterday, it wi made for 1 law became said at the ; drafts had been presented by treas- turers. It was reported from outside sources that the Bank of North Di !kota returned drafts drawn by treas jurers of Logan county and Morton jcounty with the) notation writteh on jthem: “payment refused because illeg- \ally drawn.” Qne of the drafts was for $12,000 and the other was for $52,000, it is j said, being drawn by amounts withdrawn banks of their counties by {or North Dakota. | Although state offi {this method is the proper one to handle the situation, others who} {eared of the resolution declared | jthat it would make the situation in| \the state worse, by giving the Bank of North Dakota authority to refuse |to honor drafts of ban while the banks would have no resources but to honor drafts of the Bank of North | Dak The resolution which the in- i dustrial commission was expected to} |adopt follows: | The Resolution “The initiated law relating to the »posit of public funds has gone into The industrial commission been advised that this law is not | retr active and does not affect de- posits that have previously been made in the Bank of North Dakota; neither the various. \from continuing to from s believe that political make deposits with the Bank of North Dakota. “And since all Ja relating to the protection of the depositors of) public funds have been repealed, and the treasurers are solely and person- ally responsible for same, and, since the Bank of North Dakota is the state itself, with $2,000,000,000 of as- sets. it would seem advisable that all treasurers continue to deposit the public funds in the “Bank of North Dakota and thereby protect the bub lic funds’ and themselves, as all such deposits are fully guaranteed by’ the ate. “The Bank of North made loans as follows: “To farmers of the state: $2,- 906,759. To various state institu- tions $875,000. To banks and other institutions: 2,767,413.11. And it has redeposited in“hanks, $9,420,- 431.67. Making a_ total $15,- 969,603.78. “Tt is clear that should the Bank of North Dakota withdraw these funds suddenly from the various banks, it would mean the closing of hundreds of them. The loss in that event would fall not only on the nanks, but equally on the merchants and business men, as well as on the farmers, “This initiated law passed because j the people were misled and misi formed. They were told that the funds of the bank were invested out- side of the state. The undisputed facts, as now admitted by all, show j that these funds are safely invested and redeposited within the state in Dakota has of state. Situation Needs Patience “The general financial situation which confronts the state, the nation. and the world is due to the destruc- and prof- | ton wrought by the war iteering during the war. The read- ij stment is at hand and must be met with courage, determination, and | patience, on the part of all. The | low prices for grain and other farm | products, and the unfortunate pass- lage of the initiated law relating to ithe deposit of public funds, have "| made the situation in North Dakota; | more acute. The farmer should not {be compelled to sell his wheat at a price $1.25 per bushel below the | seal year. actual cost of Prog e Sue h 4 | “Carelessness is the greatest cause of Oe e v the loss 0! | force a sale would mean feewicre bat lice he asserted. i millions, not oniy Bees The total fire loss for the year was Jalso to the bankers, merchants and businessmen, and should be avoided if possible. The solution is for all progressive and liberal people, to co-operate for the common welfare of \ the state. “To relieve the situation in part, ‘the bankers association has advised | the treasurers of the different poli- | tical subdivisions of the state not to ‘withdraw their public funds from «continued on Vage Seven) i ALREADY EFFECT? Said That Two Drafts AL-| ready Have Been Refused The industrialcommission was ex-| ; Bank of North Dakota that only three | | | treasurers to} the Bank | does it prevent treasurers of! subdivisions | PRIDAY, DEC. 3, 1920 such’ a manner as to promote they p petween Max and Drake, was best interests of all the people of the | hired in a similar manner with its contents. LAST EDITION 'THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (= } PRICE FIVE CENTS RECORDS TAKEN FROM MISS NIELSON’S: OFFICE TAKEN BACK UNDER NEW LAW! BANDITS BOARD Sai Aa ipa iin eet | : Duties Which Legislature Took Away From Her are Restored FAST MAIL CAR: By Vote of People—Culmination of Fight Which Engrossed Whole State Nine janitors’ carloads of rec- ords, Which were taken out of an office on the second floor of the state capitol and moved to the basement by legislative decree were to be brought back today or a decree of the vot- ate. were those of the | s tomorrow b ers of the The records certifications teachers in North Dakota statehood. They were trom the office of N Minnie J. Niel- son, state superintendent of pub- lic instruction. They were to be returned to her office by the en- actment of the law by public vote ich gives back to her depart- | ion of the certi- hoc! | ince issued to ment the superv tication of teachers. standard ation of schools and uniformity of text books, as well as the duty | of preparing courses of study for the several classes of public schools. The removal of the rect the culmination of a @ political fight in which the leg’ lature overruled by the peo- ple’s votes. The enactment by the NEW NAVIGATION MARK ON RIVER 1S es | December 2 is helieved to mark the latest date of navigation on the upper Missouri. The new record was established sterday when the packet “Ben- rreved from Deapolis pilot- Captain Joe Leach, The ye ton’ ed by packet was marooned in the ice j ut Deapolis with a load of grain. | The grain was unloaded and the | \ i in the ice until river Sun- brought to for winter | bout lay snug! the ice broke up in th boat was’ yesterday da The Bismarck quarters. This is said to be the first time that the river has been open | to navigation at this time of the | year. i EXISTENCE OF AN INCENDIARY BAND SCOUTED | State Fire Marshal Says Fires Altogether Too Numer- ous in State CITES HUGE LOSSES} No organized band e exists in North Dakota for the purpose: of burning | elevators, in the opinion of H. L.| Reade, state fire marshal, he declared | today, following publication of a Min- nesota paper of reports from Parshall, North Dakota, to the effect that activ- ities of a band were feared. Parshall sources suggested that the He endiarism may have resulted from e to reduce the supply of grain and thus increase the price. Elevator and grain fires are all too numerous, but are not unsual at thi time of the year, Mr. Reade declared. He added that every elevator in the state had been inspected by special) deputies in the last 60 to 90 days and fire hazards ordered removed. + Although he said “the moral hazard is bad enough” he does not believe a wave of incendiarism has resulted. At Parshall the Berge elevator was destroyed. A gasoline-soaked rag wi found which had been placed under the structure. The elevator contained 27,000 bushels of wheat. On the same night the elevator at Kongsbery, | Two fires which destroyed grain Stored in fields a distance from build- ings, ‘have been reported. One of these was north of Medina, and be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 bushels of wheat} were burned, as the bin was a~mile from any buildings. This is elieved | to have been incendiary. The second outdoor grain bin in which grain was destroyed was a half mile ‘rom a building. 86 Lives Lost | 8 fire loss for North’ Dekota is) accord- han it should be, » Thirty-six persons ! in fires during dast $2,814,622.91 on insured buildings a contents alone, and Mr. Reade s this is probably increased one- -third by reason of the unreported fires. His figures follow: values of building's insured,$5,703,915; damage to build- ings from fire, $1,247,768.30; insur- $4,192,898; value of contents insured, $4,195,723; damage to con- | tents, $1,566,854.61; insurance on con- tents, $3,108,113. HOU: CHRISTY \ | Prenitor | READY {man legislature. of the Jaw cr the state board of admin and transforming duties that had devolved ‘on the staie superin- tendent of public instruction fol- lowed the defeat of Donald, Nonpartis: superintendent b; Though BE. PL € ctor of the motor vehicle registration bureau, has been the head of the certification departinent under the state hourd of administration, the tual supervision has been un- der the direction of Mrs. N.C. MacDonald. The records — were moved to the board of administra- tion office in the basement of the statehous? in August, 1919. Mrs MacDonald is not expected to cons tinue her work. According to Miss Nielson the certification and other duties re- stored her by the imitiated | will be handled without mate} ly enlarging her present office force. All ce ates in the future will be signed by her and K. J. Taylor, deputy state super- intendent. TRUCE IN ERIN BY CHRISTMAS GAINS HEADWAY Tells Questioner / in House That He is Anxious For Peace AT VY TIME |New Disorder Reported Follow- | ing Kidnaping of Former Captain London, Dee. 3. important influences working for a truce in Ireland preliminary to per- , manent peace there are revived by ‘some newspapers here taglay A member in the house of commons today asked | the premier whether in should not try to bring about a truce and the premier answered he was ; “just as anxious as jthe questioner to ;see murder in Ireland ended” and would not have waited for the ap- | proacl h of Christmas to begin negoti- ‘ations. It is contended that sentiment fagainst murder and anarchy in Ire- land has been growing. KIDNAPING REPORTED London, Dec. 3.—-Disorders in For- moy, county Cork, Ireland, last night are said to have been reprisals for the kidnaping of former Captain Prender- |gast and two other men in the village | of Formoy. TRUNKS OPENED AND CARDS OF WOMAN FOUND. No Representative of Oklahoma Attorney Present When Op- ening Took Place Ardmore, Okla.,, Dec. 3.—No repre- | sentative of R. B. Brown, county at- torney here, wa present at the opening in Kansas City, Mo., yi ster- day of two trunks said by th ic of that city to be the property Clara Smith, Mr. Brown suid today, The police said a man representing Mr. Brown was present at the opening | of the trunks, according to Kan City dispatches. The trunks — con- tained calling cards bearing the name “Clara mith ‘'Hamon™ Smith, and Hamon, Ss said. An_ alleged diary of the Smith wo: was published today by news- papers in Chicago and other middle | po: vor the dis- western cities with the claim that it was found in one of the trunks at} | Kensas The ste which was ighted erted that the diary Cop had been found by a newspaper nan. ctive Boyle, of the Kansas City force, said he believed the presentative of the Ardmore county attorney was a newspaper | man. o 3.—Without jannouncing the state capital sel for next year’s meeting the confer- ence of governors concluded its last session here today. SEWIFE IS BARRED FROM MAKING AS BUDDING WITH LIQUOR , Washington, Dec. 3.--Flavoring of hoie- smade Christma plum pudding, mince meat and brent ied cherries and peaches with al- conolic spirits in a violation the prohibition enforcement 1 and such foods are liable to ure, it was stated today at ‘bureau of inter Officials e% their interpretation of the ment act culinary product: | | I the | which alcohol is an ingredient can be made only by manufactur ot food producta who obtain a per- mit from the government and that such products must contain less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol. They said the regula- tions require that such products ay not be used or sold on prem- s and that this effectively bar- 1 the housewife from making Christmas food containing liquor. Recent rumors of and a picture | _ GET VALUABLES Registered Packages Said to Be Worth Thousands of Dollars Stolen GOOD “GETAWAY” MADE |Leisurely Abandoned Milwaukee | ‘Train As It Neared Min- neapolis Limits Minneapolis, Dee. Registered mail of an estimated value of from $25,000 to $75,000 was stolen today iby bandits who held up the | Mobridge-Minneapolis train of the |Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- j road between Hopkins and Minne- ‘apolis at 7 m. and escaped. The robbers left the train at the ‘Humboldt avenue crossing in Min- jBeapolis, ran through the west hign tschool | grounds disappeared. Police, railroad agents and federal men ihave tailed to find them. Postal authorities announced that la federal reward of $1,000 had been offered for the arrest of each of the three and Minneapolis, Dec. 3.—One hundred packages registered mail stolen by two armed and masked j bandits who held up the Mobridge- inneapolis passenger train on the stings and Dakota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul lroad between Minneapolis and Hop ‘kins shortly after 7 a. m. today, and escaped. It is believed thousand of dollars No report of the robbery was ra- ceived by the police until the t 1 pulled in at the Milwaukee station in Minneapolis. Three clerks who were in charge of the car were bound hand’ and foot jwith wire by the robbers. Familiar With Car The clerks declared that the bandits evidently were familiar with the methods of handling mail aboard the train for they wasted no time in! se- lecting the pouch which centained the | registered packages. Other mail was ignored. As the train nea of Minneapolis the ot were the loss will total red the city limits dits opened the | viaw of the approach of Christmas he side door of the mail car and leisurely prepared to leap off. Police and federal officers who are investigating are convinced that the getaway was well planned and timed to the minute. Practically all of thi registered mail is reported to ha been addressed to Minneapolis and St. Paul people. | DISCLOSE ROBBERY | St. souis. £ 3.+-The, American Railway mpany today an- nounced that 40) of Liberty bonds disappeared in Octover last and the police announced $14,5(@ of the bonds have been recov in pawnshops- GET YEARS | Des Moines, la., Deg. 3—Keith Col- lins, one of the alleged mail bandit. who robbed a registered mail car at Counell Bluffs, pleaded guilty in the i States district court today. Collins pleaded guilty to an indic ment in six counts returned by ‘federal grand jury here. Judge Mar- tin Wade sentenced him to 15 years in prison. a ‘NORTH DAKOTA HAS HIGHEST SCHOOL RANK i | peeaeariniias North Dakota ranks highest of the |Northwestrn states in educational ad- vancement. This rating was announ- ced in Minneapolis at a meeting of -|Dr. P. P. Claxton, director of educa- ‘tion of the United States, in confer- lence with ‘representatives of Minne- ota, Iowa, North and South Dakota. Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state super- intendent of public instruction, and Miss Bertha Palmer, assistant, were ithe North Dakota representatives. | Development of education was the theme of Dr. Claxton’s conference |with the representatives of these ‘states. BOY CONFESSES MURDER AFTER HIS PLEA FAILS De cholas Viana, former choir boy and known the “song bird” of the county jail, con- fessed late yesterday to participation in the killing of Andrew Bowmen and |Benedict Wendell in a hold up. The Chicago, contession came after Governor Frank O. Lowden refused to pardon him this afternoon. Viana is sen- tenced to die on the gallows Decem- jber 10. j. Viana blamed Samuel Cardinella, jleader of the hold up gang, for his paownial) and charged that he was {responsible for the murders. Car- ‘dinella, who is also under sentence lof death, admits participation in the j hold ups, although he denied firing ‘any of “the shots resulting in the |death of the victims. | Because of Viana’s youth—he is 19 !years old—Mi Jane Addams and two public school teachers entered ‘an appeal before Governor Lowden {today to save the youth from the | gallows. | “There one thing that I don’t think is right,” Viana said tonight, “and that is that they should hang me on my birthday, December 10.”