The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1920, Page 1

\ plunged off a grade, turned over twice and came to a halt with all four wheels as ‘WEATHER | ‘Generally Fair des : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUES AY, , DEC. a LAST EDITION K. TRIBUNE ive 4, 1920 \ PRICE FIVE CENTS a tp mete tne meteme N. D. BANKE BISMARCK WOMAN DIES INSTANTLY AS FAST AUTOMOBILE RUNS INTO. DITCH, H, PINNING HER UNDER IT BANKER DENIES HE BORE DOWN ON LEAGUE MAN- OY Mrs. Lee Perras ilies Life but Husband, Escaped With Only Few Seratehes BODY BROUGHT TO cry, Accident Happened Just South of Washburn—Minister and Physician First on Scene in Libel Suit Against N. | P. Worker LOST MONEY ON LOANS ‘Mrs. Lee Perras, 46 Main street, / Bismarck, was instantly killed yester- day afternoon 8 miles south of Wa: bur when the automobile she was driving at a high rate of speed William Hert, who formerly lived e of the Peace George Dolan last ening on a*preliminary hearing on; charge of criminal. libel against A. ‘L. Garnes, gashier of the First State! vank of Regan. “| The c was the outgrowth of a pt lication in the recent campaign in| {which an affidavit bearing’the name’ jof William Hert, who is said to be the] |same man as Hert, was printed in the bargo Courier-Neé ¥s ‘under the hgad- in the air and Mrs. Perras and her husband pinned under it. -’ Persons who reached the Scene of the accident a few. minutes later found Mrs.,Perras dead\. Perras, though pinned under the car and unconcious, recived only slight cuts and bruises. ‘Perras dbes’ not. know how lon& he} lay before being, found: Rev. Earling, of Underwood, discov- | ered them.' A few minutes later Dr. J. B. ‘Tyrrell, of Undefwood, stopped at the wreckage. After the body of} jing: Yagging Voters.” ‘A. L. Garnes, of Regan, Testifies near Regan, was in the court of Jus- i “Cnscrupulous Bankers Sand:| The article and affidavit pugported | \PERATION IS. AID MILL AND ELEVATOR stort tt reac TO AID FARMER GIVES FIRST TO FUND The ‘tirst, contrijutor to the fund-asked by the state board of auditors to pay expenses of the examination of the Bank of North Dakota and other, state industries, is a farmer living north of Bis- RS OT ee WILSON EVADES| TREATY JN HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE i marek. a During 2 conversation with \Refers “Only By Imolication,| Cart ay nh state auditor, Mr. | | Kositzky informed .the farmer | Tf At ‘Ally to the that. the hotird: Was forced to ask ; { a publi suksoriufion to vet funds i ' ' Coxenagt | fdr the bank prol \ i ici ome ‘The farmer drew out his check- | WANTS TAX TAX _ REVISION) ook and wrote 0 d wrote a -check for $10. | | | Indreendence for 3. Be Philpgtaee! ‘POP J L, A tT | ON Also Is Urged” Upon i |, cues, = ON FARM IS | Washington, Dee. 7. — President | . | Wilson's concrete recommendations t» | ¢ R A VE | § N UJ E ; Congress inhis annual message today | ey , Were: | | Revision of the tax laws with | o9,,, . . simplification of the income and \Secretary of Interior Points protits taxes. ¢ Wi I; Ss 5 { | Independence for the Phillipine i Alarm to; Small In, i Islands. creases in Ten Years i | Joan, to Armenia. i Ee my in government, appro- + prlations “and expénditures and Pain of “a workable, budget a erytem” ‘old storage and other laws at- fecting the cost of living and ‘the s \ ADVOCATES | HOME (BIEL | | i 1 | | ' | Ir 'ederal Government Needs More ; Authority to’Soive Rural i Problems of Nation , i j federal licensing of corporati | as recommended in previous ages, Rehabilitation and training. of disabled ‘soldiers and sailors. The Washington, Dec. 7-—Need of a far Mrs. Perras and Perras were ‘extri- cated from the wreckage, permission was obtained from the: sheriff and_ to te:l how Mr. Garnes had oppressed | | Hert because he was a memberiof thy} ‘Nonpartisan league and threatened to, President did not, endorse a oonus. ; Sighted government’ policy with | spect to many of the country’s” iny wv” New York, state’s attorney of McLean county to bring them to,Bismarck. 7 There was considerahle whiskey in! the Perras automobile, and severai' ment and immediately after seeing the | bottles wete broken,.. according to pubijcation hunted ‘Hert out on . the Sheriff Stefferud of McLean county. sireets of Bismarck( and demanded to There are various explanations of know why he signed the affidavit. ihe cause of the accident. Per-| “Stung” On Loans foreclose on him b2cause he supported | {the league, Gar declared there, rag was driving aN sh ronda Garnes, on the witness stand, under i 5 oss stand, ry capable of makjng 60 to 70 miles an! examiation by Assistant Attorney-i »hour. It is. said she was traveling General Albert, J. Sheets Jr. said at 2 high rate of speéd. Just beyond ,that he carried Hert for years, denied the bridge \she crossed there is a@/that he had’ made any of. the state- turn. It is believed by those who/ ments regarding foreclosure he was’ were at the scene of the accident that ajleged to make, said that Hert had. she was going too fast to make th’ since quit farming, sold his goods and turn, or that she imagined someone that the Garnes bank would get was close behind and turned to look. | scarcely any’ money for the $635 debt The car went off*the grade and then*cf Hert., tried to swerve it back on the road: | Wayne Richardson, assis The car turned over twice. ier, corroDorated Garnes’ testimony. Neck Was Broken Wanted It Corrected Dr. Tyrrel said that Mrs. 'Perras’| simon Jahr, banker of Wilton, t2sti- neck was broken and her chest was) fied that Hert was in his bani after | crushed. Perras escaped. whole ex-|the publication “of the alleced libel-! cépt for a’ skinned hand and bruised ‘ous article and he says Hert told htm head. that he didn’t know what was in the The body of Mrs. Per'ras was to be, affidavit which he signed tor publica- removed from the Webb, undertaking | {tion in the Courier-News, that he liked think | parlors tqgher home, awaiting. funeral al eines and that “he didn’t arrangements. $ Garnes deserved th Hert sail Mrs. Perras has lived in Bismarck he would have a correction placed in for several years, and had been mar+/the Bismarck Tribune. according to ried twice before. ‘Tragedy has. Jahr, and told persons to watch The! marked the Perras family. Mrs. Per-, Tribune for it. He never made the ras’ first hushandwho was Guy Bol-' correction. ton, was jmurdered- Mr Perras'| Jahr estimated that a loss of $2,009 mother ‘was killed in Hazelton two or, Was sustained by the holder ot the three years ago. first mortgage on Hert’s farm: Perras Arrested Hert, it is said, after he quit farm-; Perras was arrested this morning ing, came to Bismarck. He worked | by a deputy United States marshal on ; for the Nonpartisan league. : a bench warrant issued’ by Judge} Hert obtained his farm obtain: | Amidon of federal court, in Fargo, on | ing a loan from the Bank of North 'Da- | Dec.,9. The information against him!kota to make first payment, and gave} charging violation of the federal pro-| Second mortgages for the rest, aé hibition laws was filed last May, but cording to Jahr. The case was continted until. 1:30 he had not beeh apprehended, and the! p. m, Wednesday afternoon. bench warrant was issued, Charges also will be drawn up cov-; ering the transportation of whiskey which,,was in the wrecked automobile, | and were held up, and he was arrest- ed on the other charge. He was al- +lowed to go free ow his own recogni- | zance until after the funeral of his | wife. STOLEN GUNS MORE VALUED THAN JEWELS, | Chicago, Dec. 7.—Two revolvers | prized by the late chief of police Her, man Schuettler and valued as keep-) WOULD BRING ued as ke ’ sakes by his widow, st rom her IMMIGRANTS home last night, were more treasut- TO ‘THE WEST red than $3,000 values which burg-| jlars took, Mrs. Schuettler said today, |" One of the weapons was taken from Dec. 7.—Plans to in- duce immigrafts to settle in farming districts of the Northwest were dis: cussed by, nine officials, of western , railroad companies who ‘accepted an in ous as a police officer. The other was !a pearl handled gun presented to him by friends in the department, she ex- ‘invitation of, Fredevick A. Wallis, plained. commissioner immigration, to visit “Mrs. Schuettler surprised the in- Ellis Igland today. ‘truders and pursued them, but th escaped in an automobile. RIDES A HORSE | 8,900 MJLES To Discontinue Meidinger As ‘ Postoffice, Dec. 31) fa ieee te The post office at Meidinger, Mc-} Intosh county, has ‘been ordered dis- continued, efective on Dec. 31, ac; cording to information received at, the office of the chief clerk of the railway mail service. The mail will be dispatched to Ashley, N. 'D. The order of Oct. 30 for discon- tinuance. of the post office at,<Grin- nell, ‘Williams county,* on Nov. 15. has been modified. The office is now ordered to close on Dec. 31. The order of ..oy. 30 discontinuing the post office at Pleasant, Renville cunty, has been rescinded.~ CHEESE DROPS; LIGHT DEMAND Plymouth; Wis.” Dec. 7.—A five-cent drop in the price of cheese was re- corded here yesterday. According to cheese’ manufacturers the decrease was caused by the light demand. iss Billie ves- ing De San Franci: 'O. Lempie, 21, arrived here late iterday from St. Albans, Vt. hz ridden on horseback the entire d {tance, estimated 3,900 miles. Miss Lempie started J’ 30 las St. Louis, Dec. 7.—Mrs. “Lillian Woodlock, 36, under two first de- gree murder indictments for the death of Thomas P. Broderick and Joseph S. Woodlock, her first and second husbands respective- ly, went to trial in circuit court today on the second charge. Both men were shot and killed by Ur- sula Broderick, the deféndant’s daughter who is now out on $50,- 000 bond pending an appeal to the was not a word of truth in the state-| ant cash- one of the notorious car barn bandits ; the battle that first made him fam-| PSU USL NPT A De Sait ne! Le tO SAECO ‘WOMAN UNDER TWO INDICTMENTS FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND GOES ON TRIAL ) | i i Nowhere did the Prosident refer to} ternal affairs is, emphasized in the the league of nations or, the peace | ‘annual report of Secretary Payne, treaty fight except perhaps by infer-' made public today at the Interior de- ence in,his opening When he quoted | partment. Lack of a definite, aim was. Abraham Lincoln’s, “Let \us Have faith | said to affect particularly the ad-/; ;that right makes might and in that; ; ministration of activities in Alask. taith let us dare to do our duty as! in dealing with the Indian tribes, in we understand it.” {preservation of the national parks His Valedictory jaund forests and again in handling | At its cloge the President wrote a!the greater r&éonstruction problems patagraph which might be regarded of, maintaining a» high ,agnicultural as 4 -valedictory. production. , “L have not’ so much laid before 640, Miles of Railroad you a series of recommendations .as |“ On, the sublectoofdlagka, the Sec- ; thoughts to utter a ‘confessioh. “of, retafy ‘saidgthe primal. problem.,was faith, of the faith-in. which I was bred ; Wansportatiim and advocated the , op- and’ which it is my solemn purpose > “cration of d government owned stéam; to stand by until my last fighting day | Ship line~in “ohce to insure develop- I believe this to be:the faitlt of ‘Amer ment of the territory's, resources. ‘wo ica, the faith of the future and of all | limes now serve the region, but’ } action in thé days to come,’ whether | Payne indicated: their servide was not jin America or elsewhere.” ) Satisfactory. He suggested. their-con- “Democracy,” the Pregident said, | solidation’ as a means of improving; “is being put wpon its fi\nal test.” | the service but this apparently was Democracy Rejected _* |smpossible: “The old world,” said he, “is just Ihe government railroad in Alas- now suffering from a wanton’ rejec- ka to be a total of 540 miles in Jength tion of tke principle of democra {will be completed and in operation and w substitation of the principle of |i" 1922, Mr. Payne reported. | He add- autocracy ag asgertéd jn the name | jed that it tapped fields of untold min: | | but. without ‘the authority and sanc-|¢f#! wealth and praised the work of | jtion of the muléftudes.: ‘This is ti |e engineers in the progress mades| time of all: others when democrai i \ + Much Bootlegging + ; Should prove its purity and its spi The governor's repoft*declares that itual powers to prevail... It is eae | intoxicating liquor 1s finding its way | pee manifest destiny of the United |into Alaska ‘trom British Columbia | States to lead in the attempt to make ! jin large quantities and “bootlegging | rns spirit prevail. hich the Unit a! seems to be increasing as private} ‘wo ways “in whic! le United | stocks of liquor are exhausted.” The! i States can assist to accomplish,this j governor reported that “distillation | |great object” were outlined by” the | processes were becoming well, known” | President. They were: adding to the menace which he said! soe Two Ways to Help jexisted. He urged however that pro- | “First, ‘by. offering the example | vision® of the Volstead Act with re within her own bordérs of the wiil|spect to the use of whiskey for! and power of democracy to. make and | medicinal purposes he extended to’! ;to enforce laws which are undues- } Alaska, claiming’ that “many lives} iitionably just and which’ are equal ini could havé been saved had whiskey! | their administration. beenavailable” during the emergency} “Second, by standing for right and | of the pneumonia and influenza epi- | | justice toward individual nations. “{demics in the territory. | “The United States,” said thé Pres- | ! ident, “cannot, refusé’ this role “of | Small Increase t ' champion without putting the stigm:i; Of internal problems in the United! ‘of rejectioh‘upon the great’and devot {States, Secretary Payne mentions as ‘ed men who brought its government one of the greatest importance .the into. existence.” question of domestic reconstruction +s | The President’s message was trans+ | related to farming. © The secretary | | mitted by messenger, the President ad- ; cited census figures showing that the | |hering to his decision not to address |rate of increase of population on | Congress in person. farms was only one fifth as great as! i! ‘The President’s message was not | that of the nation as a whole. He be- | | read immediately to Congress, which, lieved this foreshadowed a dangerous | waited! until it had disposed of rou’; condition in the future. c| ‘tine. business. Secretary .Tumulty, “The difficulty,” he continued, “¥ | was among the spectators in'the sen-|that people do not like to live alone, | (continned on Page 8)° iput prefer to live in towns and vil-{| | lages and enjoy the conveniences and | comforts of modern life which are be- ml WEATHER REPORT! ; yond the reach of a scattered popula- le {tion living on large farms. Can this | Por twenty-' four Haties ending at nO de remedied’ by the ownership and Tuesday, the formation of neighborhood asso~) December’.7. he | da \ Temperature at 7 a. m. ‘ go lciations? Small, farms: bringing’ the 36! people nearer together and intensiv: | Highest yesterday j Lowest yesterday 19 | cultivation of these farms may be the | Low last night... 18 | answer.” i | Precipitation ie None Rural Homes Bill | ' Highest ‘wind velocity. 8-SE| Secretary Payne advocated passage | Forecast of the Smoot “rural homes bill” which } i Fer North Dakota Fair tonight and | he said would give the Interior de- probably Wednesday; warmer tonight | partment an opportunity to de much ingthe east and south portions. {important work in fanning develop- | |ment and to take steps to aid the ii restoration of farming population through increased land ownership by those who work the lahd. | The government had spent to June | 30 a total of $125,000,000 on reclama- ition projects, ‘the secretary reported, | jand approximately 2,150,000 acres of land have been made ariable through \the reclamation efforts of the eer ment. The Secretary declared that the gov” ernment should come forward with 4 comprehensive scheme of reclamation developement to meet the “earnest desire of thousands of landless men and women who have become a part court from a_ ten-year penitentiary sentgnce for killing Woodlock. Woodlock was shot in April, 1918, the girl testifying she was defending her honor. Broderick met his deathin Oc- tober, 1916, and Ursula, than only 14 years old, was acquitted by a «coroner's jury on the ground that she shot, to protect her mother wiiom she testified. Broderick was supreme BOOZE CHARGES BRING FINES 70. HINUS, COURT ‘dey Judge Woodrough, of Omaha, Presides at December Term Opened Here NINE, PLEAD GUILTY ‘ Judge Coffey of James- town Presiding Federal court opened in. Bismarck ; today with Judge J. .W. Woodrough, . of Omaha, Neb., presiding. Court at- taches expect the session..to last’ but a few days. Several pleas of guilty were made before Judge Woodrough during the morning by persons charged with various offenses and light fines: were assessed as a rule. The following c: of on pleas of guilt: Gottlieb Schott, violating postal {laws by Pasi obscene matter.; Fined $5.0 David saLlielerinaver: sams charge as Schott. Fine $5.00. Philip Cr violating tion law.’ Fine $50.00. William Reed, violating the prohibi- tton law, Fine $1.00. SChrist Bauch, violating the prohtbi- | tion law. Fine $25.00. | Hyman Brody, shipping decayed | eggs. Fine $1.00. Raymond Burckhard, and August Mitzell, knocking down rural mail boxes. Fine $10.00 each. the prohibi- llaw. Fine $50.00. Among tke court officials present ‘are J. A. Montgomery, clerk; S. J. Doyle, United States marshal, and S. L. Nuchols, assistant United States dis- trict.attorney. District Attorney Hil- jdreth is expected to be present before | tho end of the term here. District court also opened ‘here to- day with JudgeJ. A. Coffey, of James- town, presiding.) While Judge Coffey , is presiding here Judge Nuessle 1s, holding court at Jamegtown. There| are 99 cases on the district court cal- endar. TURNING POINT: 10 PEAGE FROM WAR REACHED | Federal Reserve Board Describes Economic Situation in Country Today BOARD OPTIMISTIC Washington, Dec. 6.—The close of the business year of 1920 is described by the federal reserve board in a i statement last night as the turning point in the transition from war pro- duced condition to the normal econ- omic basis of international and in- dustrial life. The reserve board’s statement, which reviews the economic and fin- ancial situation confronting the na- tion during the year, treats of pres- mistic manner. declaring that the dif- ficulty of transition ‘Will not be mucn further aggravated. It also asserts that owing to the nation’s banking structure a normal situation will be restored with far less than the usual distress usually attendant on periods of readjustment. The board declares that previous periods of marked readjustment have been omplished by sharp reductions in prices, heavy decreases in produc- tion, extensive unemployment anid business reaction, often involving bank failures. While necessarily un comfortable, the transition throug which the country now is passing the hoard asserts, has thus far been ,at- tended with only a miniyium of these unfavorable symptoms. and abroad, however, is still uncer- tain, the board declares. This is held to be due to the late date at whica the war was over in the financial se and to uncertainty as to the best method of taxation. In international trade a_ return to (Continued on Page olght Faribault, Minn, Dec. 7.—The majority of 609 high school stu- dents, who went on a strike yes- terday as a protest against the action of the-school board in re- questing the resignation of F. W. Wolfe, athletic director, were at their class rooms in the high school building this: morning. About 50 members of the stu- , dent body had not reported at the beating. (Continued on Page 4.) “ opening school hour. ‘ District Court Also Opens’ with | ses were disposed | Joe Wynauko, violating prohibition | ent conditions generally in: an ‘opti-| strong | ‘The fiscal situation both at home | 600 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STRIKE WHEN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS LET GO KEYNOTE WILL MEBT ADMINISTRATION HALF WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT THE STATE Wesley McDowell Following Conference With Governor Frazier, Cathro and Lemke Tells Bankers Plan of Action Suggested | by Association of Bankers. To Assist in Floating Three i Million Dollar Bond Issue of Bank of North Dakota. Experi- . ment With Mill and Elevator at Least Is Proposition Sug- ‘No New Industrial Program This Winter i i { gested. The bankers of the state stand willing to cooperate with state | officials or any other agencies in the present situation, but they feel that any attempt to use their good offices to promote political fortunes would be a violation of their confidence and would break down all efforts toward cooperation. This was the evident feel- ‘ing of hundreds of bankers who gathered at the capitol this af- ternoon. They will use their efforts to help everyone in the state, but not to pérpetuate any system which they feel is disastrous to i the state. Wesley McDowell was elected chairman and August Johnson, of Washburn, was elected temporary secretary of the meeting jcalled to order in the senate chamber by Mr. Lofthus. So large jwas the attendance that the supreme court gave up the house chamber and the meeting moved there. [ After delivering a ringing address advocating optimism and declaring, North Dakota is in far better condition than many other states, Mr. McDow@l called upon Governor Frazier, who was ‘ applauded, Governor Frazier said he was agreeably surprised at the large attendance. Launching into a review of the present situa- ‘tion the Governor said the banking problem is not North Dakota’s alone, but is national. He said that there had been bank closings in other states, but that publicity had not been given them. Too ‘much publicity had been given to North Dakota conditions, he said. He reviewed the agricultural situation which confronts the entire nation, arid which is responsible, in a large measure, for the _ situation in North Dakota. Co-operation with the Bank of North Dakota for the purposes ‘of working out a plan for financial readjustment for North Dakota was voiced this morning at the auditorium of the Bismarck Com- mercial Club at ‘a preliminary meeting of state bankers who have been called to Bismarck by State Bank Examiner Lofthus to dis- cuss the present situation. The keynote of the meeting was sound- 'ed by Wesley McDowell, of Marion, who presided and urged the bankers of the state to pledge the completion of the mill, and elevator at Grand Forks}and the sale of $3,000,000 in real estate i bonds to ease the credit situation that confronts the Bank of North i Dakota. ; No Action Taken i No formal action was taken. The meeting was merely a get- | together session and the bankers were urged to pack up private grievances, secrete all monkey wrenches and attend the session | billed for late this afterncon in the chambers of the state senate. The announcement of Mr. McDowell to the bankers was made following a conference of the officers of:the North Dakota State Bankers Association with Director General Cathro of the Bank ,of North Dakota, Governor Frazier and Attorney General-elect |William Lemke. He declared that these gentlemen were willing to place all their cards on the table and meet the bankers in any scheme to solve the various economic problems arising out of the present situation which confronts every state in the Union. | ; Not Endorse Principle It was conceded by the bankers who addressed the conference | that in any action to assist toward a harmonious settlement of dif- ferences, the bankers did not endorse the principle of state-owned {mills and elevators or the Bank of North Dakota, but were willing to give and take in the crisis and cooperate with the state adminis- tration to carry to completion the mill and elevator under construc- tion at Grand Forks and to get behind the Bank of North Dakota bonds to the extent of $3,000,000 so that public funds now tied up in North Dakota real estate mortgages could be released to do duty in the various localities where aid was most urgent. Spirit of Optimism ' There was a spirit of optimism, a seeming determination to lay aside all politcal consderations and idea of reprisals provided the representatives of the state administration would meet the | bankers on a strictly business basis and with the sole idea of working out a plan that would place North Dakota where it be- | longed as Mr. McDowell termed it “high up on the roll of honor ‘with integrity unimpaired.” As the bankers left the hall to prepare for the afternoon meeting, Mr. McDowell admonished: i No Monkey Wrenches “No monkey wrenches this afternoon gentlemen.” Judging from the applause which greeted Mr. McDowell’s op- ening address, the bankers favor a-give and take attitude toward the entire situation that confronts North Dakota both by reason of the economic conditions genera over the nation and also by rea- ‘son of the initiated measures passéd at the last general election. It, is in that spirit that the bankers will meet Governor Frazier, Mr. Cathro, Mr. Lofthus and Mr. Lemke this afternoon. It was pointed out, however, that the state has no plan worked out but is | willing to accept any plan the bankers can propose which will com- | pose differences and solve existing principles. i No New Program It was pointed out by officials of the state bankers association that the administration had stated there would be no new industrial program launched this winter, but that a feeling was ex- | Pressed that the present regime would confine its major efforts to working out the mill and elevator project at Grand Forks and the placing of the Hank of North Dakota on a solid foun- dation, Yesterday Coach Wolfe was ready to meet the board more than halt, justing the di ult but it is doubtful if he will return here. It was understood today that he had been offered a place at Cambridge Iowa, and that he was ‘ inclined to accept it School authorities said this morning that no further difficul- ties were expected from the stu- dent body. i Must Co-biprate Kk. J. Wesier of Fargo announced that North Dakota bankers had noth- jing to fear provided their banks were solvent and that their business was being conducted along _ legitimate (Continued on Page Hight)