The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1920, Page 1

Sette ets et, THE WEATHER Generally Fatr THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BEGIN MAN IS DISCHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT Judge Takes Case Against Wil- liam Murray From the Jury Today | 1 PROSECUTION FAILS Criminal Jury Cases Probably Ended Without Conviction By Hildreth The jury criminal cases in fed- eral court ended for this term to-} day with a total absence of suc- | cess to the prosecution under | United States District Attorney Hildreth. There were no con- victions. The case against William: Murt: formerly postmaster at Elgin, Grau county, was taken from the jury thi morning by Judge Woodrough after the conclusion of the submission of the i evidence. The case was dismissed, the judge holding that there was no} evidence against Murray strong Cu- ough to warrant the jury to even con- | sider the case. | i Riddled indictment ! The case has heen on trial all wees. | The government indictment contained | 20 counts, charging Murray with ein- | bezzlement and other violations of pos tal laws. The defense attacked thc indictment and Judge Woodrougs threw out all but a few of the counts of the indictment over Hildreth’s pre- $s Some were withdrawn by tic government-attorney because he pre-j sented no evidence on them. | Th case continued on the few res] | | maining counts and when the evide): vas finished the judge took the casé¢ | from the jury. v Judge Woodrough'’s remarks were , ‘ rks CONVICT 4321 | BIS considered by many auditors to strong- zs : Sy intimate that the é e never should | NO CANDIDATE } have been brought. | y FOR CO. SHERIFF} Helped on Books \ Murray declared that He not only | was innocent but that he was surpris-' jo'jet, TL, ed when he learned charges were vndidat pending against him and came hack ota on Nov. 2, s» far as the off C to detend himself, and that he helpel the Secretary of State Thomas Hall postal inspectors on the books at the, nag peen alble to asvert: ees Elgin postoffice. _ | A letter from the of the I The other criminal case which Dis-}jnojs state penitentiar aid, that trict Attorney Hildreth, fost was charg- (ormation had reached the penitent ing evasion of the income tax laws.'ary authorities to the eifect tha The jury acquitted W. J. Glenny of john Ford, No. 4321, escaped convict, escaped from the te penicentiar Convict No, 4521 | Other s Mott. ‘ The, district attorney was to! wds u candidate for sheriff in North. return to Fargo this afternoon. | Dakota. ONE | “His name does not appear on the Three Plead Guilty . a . During the morning session tres | abetract ot vole: a Maw salty, men pleaded guilty to violation of li- * deadiante i Wascundah*anvass quor laws. ClaudeRosson of’ Bis-' Sinad wd ie Sag marek paid a fine of $100 for posaes- |e B sion of liquor. The information was | filed following a search made on Sept. ; 19, 1920, at his home in which the} ! THERMOMETER — government oficers med to have | found several gallons of wine. Stephen Goldade and Andrew; & Scherr, Linton county men against! whom informations were filed follow- | T0 BELOW ZERO ing raids in Emmons county, pleaded | cases was | j day. compan guilty and paid fines of $25 each. | The trial of the civil taken up following the conclusion ot! ad Dickinson A s os & S ed here today from Lawrence and the criminal cases this morning. | Mere Doesn't St Th We have inquiries from jo, Army Officers Unable to Fnd (5o,' Charge of Independence. Shortly 1m: \ Spee Cowen ay er Rockford, Harvey and romney Trace of the Missing [utter 6 o'clock this morning, before Long, However—No Big igned to | ithe city sti j 7 ties,” s nson. “it! Aeronauts ' whose APARTMENT IS | Change Expected is probaole that thee companies here-; cree i slayer | an tofore assigned to Bismarck. Mandan | New York, Dee. 18. —Two large army | threats of lynching and brought about | B M "| Below zero weather was reported and Dickinson, wal he ass ened: fo. the DeHavilands, equipped with wireless, | breats of a race cl was spirited y ‘generally trom weather stations in the croat nativity in orenicing, | Were ready to hop off from Mitchell away from the city jail and taken North Dakota today for the first time Grand (Forks has the only federal Ula today in sear of the miasing | from the town. sit bs palloon 98. this year. At Bismarck it ¥ low at 7 a m.; 4 below at jat that time and 2 below |The lowest night in ‘was 4 below zero. The coldest place on the weather ‘map was Pri Albert, Canada, where it was 14 degrees below zero. her places rep g zero weather j were Winnipeg with 4 below; Switt Current with 2 below; Moorhead wit 2 below and Edmonton with 2 be- 2 be’ inspect Williston the at Fargo. have Bismarck ; tives o} TENANTS FLEE Chicago Explosions Are Attribu- ted to Labor Troubles by the Police Minot s expe! ingpect 18.-Bom) explosions Chicago, D: which dama two north side apart iow ; ‘ o icials directed the two airplanes to | ment buildi and sent scores of peo- ‘ON a have begun to organize a ‘mach peat air p/enes a Ap ore: ay e ple scurrying from their flats at mfd- The weather bureau, in its speciat gun company, which will supplement oe : ovary dell and hillside between | ing Squadrons Are Sent Out iS f MEN r t i t y according Mai Pp and Dany, : 1 at v, ight le nieht were attributed by forecast for Bismarck and Company 1, according to Major ae 3 Get Gang- i Ee 5 says r and continued cold tonigh. Sorenson. If the balloon is not found hetween in Bffort.to: Get Gang hw 1 prediction! An inquiry also has been received) Bere and Albany the search willbe sters the entire s from Portal, N. D., relative to the nded north to the international | There now is a low pressure ig to be used to organize a nd northwesterly over L: ke | New Vork 1S. : y i ‘ : New York, Dee. 18. ». Nachtateim, Y of the build. oveT the Lake region and the n rifle club and Canada as far as Ottawa. {roy of 59 detectives wa ing damaged by the first bomb, said Vacific coast and a high pre personnet of i ‘day by Police Commi y Enright; 7! ‘ont covers the northern plain s'! Canadian northwest, the w There is no iy change in co he had discharged a union janitor a employed a non-union man recentl put had rece:ved no threats of trouble. reat report sa he second bomb exploded in the door-, ton of an e rly yard of Oliver DeSchon, a bill poster, Uns. who had been employed during the strike of union bill posters on the WHOLESALE _ elevated railway lines. He said he hac Sa SCALE LOWER been threatened ber of times. ington, Dec. 18. — Wholesaic PRE IDE prices of commodities were lower ie | i 7 month than at a time since the | war, according to ures announced | -| The m commu : MANDAN LIKELY Inquiries Received by Adjutant-, hill. { General Indicate Activity Three cil j tetivity in bi the compar organize, the adjutant general's o! state. been and are ready for federal recog! to that ¢ _ BISMARCK, NORTH DA KO! TA. S sATURD AY, DECE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE: MBER 18, 1920 / Doine my (7 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MARCK AND ‘S8EK 70 UNDO ANTI-STRIKE SENATE ACTION ington, Dec. 18.—-Only infor- lat discussions between individuals wes held today regarding the move- j; ment for co-operation of the so-called | liberal members of congress and heads lot Tabor organizations which was launched yesterday. The conference | is expected to be renewed probably Jrext week, but Senater La. Follette, | Republi Cities Geeky Permis- ion to Organize Com- | panies said no time had been determined on Senator La Follette said he had not ALREADY FORMED, /motion in an effort to rescind the; / passage of the Poindexter anti-stril ‘AIRPLANES GO. which have shown no} nizing national suard | alloted te them will lose! in State nies s unless they immediately | Maj. Harold Sorenson, of , sail to- ¢ Bismarck, Mai! The nayal The only word fr ronauts since r Monday was a me: by one of four carrier pigeons on the flight reporting all was phic communication 1 ed“national guard company in Jamestown and Will inspected vy repr f the adjutant general n the three miss- also has made st cted that the company a jon will be ready tor) jon . h of certain parts of ‘Adkin ing proved futile Grand F $s Of A rman CALL STANDARD (} | is, Dee, 18.--The French foreign announced today that the ench mivister in Athens would leave the G capital Sunday and it was proba also would depert Sund; STATION BURNS yesterday by the department of la-| ~ HIMSELF A HOME bor. ‘The wholesale scale dropped s/ 5¢erting Building Goes Up it TELLS TRAPPERS per cent more in November than! Flames in a Few | jiu the preceding month and 24 per} cent heiow the peak of high prices | Price for Wathipeton Residence last May. | At The: Reported About $150,000 ‘SNOW PROB SABLE Woshington, Deo 18-—The puren’se) EARLY NEXT WEEK “rc for President Wilson of the former | a eleck home here of Henry.P. Fairbanks was' Washington, D announced today by R. W. Bolling, | ‘er the President's brother-in-law. The day include: house will be the permanent residence lower Missouri of the President after his retirement cold, but snows are probable Monday; wa from office March 4. The price paid ; znd Tursday. ase was not made public but it is re- 5 ported to have been in the neighbor- | | 2 hood of $150,000. It was built about | : Weather a ining Mon-! t Upper Mississippi and} iy Generally fair and } The regular meeting of the Ame four years ago and is of colonial n} k/ can War Mothers will ibe held on | ing did and limestone. It is surrounded by Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the plosion. ground taking up nearly half a square ‘Community room of the public uratel. and is raised well above the street | brary 1] members are requested to| district level. ibe present. feven a jling was destroyed by fire ‘ afternoon. The small building, a track and ¢ ts were 0! one was injured, Minutes | St. Lonis, Dee. 17—Admonition fo stop trapping in eiiort to cheek the rapidly declining prices of raw pelis was sent to trappers throuzhout the world by the In- i ternational Fur ation at Ster- yesterday j Standard Oil about minutes fire, which started was over in a few fiere, REPORT For twer ty-f or He hours ending at noon, destroyed by the iring in a truck engine which vuilding, caused the) Temp but there: Highe: nt the fire with} Lowest did it spread. | Lowest last night. outside of the build-) precipitation ... not burn and there wag no ex-| Highest wind velo The loss cannot be ac Fore y established said J. J. Lobvere.| | Por North Dakota: manager, who refused to ? and continued cold tonight and Sun- probable figure. y. ~__ | SBORECY GIVEN n, Wisconsin, who was ac- j tive in initiating the first conference the balloon took ‘ age brought , ish minister | | TO QUIT WORK Wi 22 years of Generally fair BRINGS A RIFT il MANDATE PLANS ;League of Nations ssembly | Scene of Hot Debate Over Policies 4 Zs their grt ‘ATTACK IS REFUTED ‘Two English Leaders Adopted ! Oxrposite Sides During the Debate sembly of the league of nations, — | which session hi 4 15, hdjourned its ses- A o'ctoeh his: evens has been in Nove i i \ i Geneva, Dee. 18.—-The firsi as. i Geneva, Dec. 18—Charges by A. J. Balfour, British member ,of the council of the league of} nations, that an attempt was be- ing made in assembly circles to | coerce the council on the ques- tion of mandates featured a spir- ited debate in the assembly to- assembly adopted the ndate committee, whic 1 the council had adopted policy regarding mandates re Was no opportunity to d m publicly before they went The — report against the recruiting o! mandatory nations in territo: wdre administering and a; {exploitation of natural resources of | sich territories for the benefit of the andator that into declar ed powers. {th . Leads Attack The attack upon thb council was led by Lord Robert Cecil, who criti- | cised the council's 1 to com- municate to the the text tion of former German col- Robert was ollowed by ¢ expressed | a felt’ bythe ¢ D opportunity | p: mbly to ex-) di Lord Doherty of Canada, who jthe disappointment {adian delegates that no had been given the amine the mandates. Test of Sincerity jo sincerity of the league than the terms of the mandetes and the manner in ‘which they were executed,” he said. Mr. herty warned the council. of the gravity of the respon ity it ad assumed in withholding the man-| a dates from public! | the council. ‘The danger, he jor execution of the mandates but in the liwvility of the assembly to come into conflict with the council which alone was Re!d by the framers of the | covenant to have jurisdiction over) py mandates, IN KANSAS AS | | Independence, Kan., Dec. 18 jcompanies of state guardsmen CRIME WAVE IN) NEW YORK CAUSE © OF DREP ALAR to aid in combatting the crime wave j wt [which h ‘of alarm und othe The detec equipped with high- eed automodiles, were ordered to cir the city on the lookout for gang- Two men stopped a taxicat ral park Jast night in whic tives Thomes W ‘Elgar, wife of a physic: paid “hush money” ri dily n, riding, removed her gloves, disgrace and loss of socia hed her stockings, took from her ness standing. ngers two diamond rings, ordered The banker is s {her out of the cay and directed the $5,000 wrapped in | driver to take ther away. woman in the lob | : ‘He consulted an ! SHAKEN HQUAKE that he was one of the r ; Buenos - Mendo: the blackmaile and | City shaken yesterday afternoon driven to pay over more than lat 3 o'clock. by an earthquake which The wholesale liquor man is also ‘was quite violent and lasted 30 sec- onds. 7 ch of Chicago, announced stating he the ministry after e because he was not quite in accord with the or- thodox views of his church. He | declined to say just where he dif- fered. paving | \ | | | ! | i U. 8. RAIL BOARD interurban in the city tra interUrvan companies, GUT DOWN TAX In Saturday Evening Letter Ap- CUT L tion of the state utilities. House. various mandates for the ad-| thing ib do is to pz ing the valuations f to y. | levies except such z | compensation for “phere will be no better test of the | tility, a fair comper er of the soil, taxes the farm should yield six per y. Mr, Balfour came to the defense of | classes of indust a said, lors, the banke: decided when he would call up his) vas pot in the terms nor the manner |a they make only two per turnover business, but their turnover may average once a month, and two cent. a y main producer of wealth, has only i Pas GUARDS | comes bit once lthat the pac i" RIOTING QUITS [ors tu steer? _ | stockyards of pig: form VAMP’S VICTIMS: Milwaukee Blackmail Plot Al- jmulcted of $150,000 or more throu ve |the operation of a gang of blackn A flying squad-/ers who used a woman to nt out to-| their victims, it was learned last night. + led for the expression | members of the ring, inclu from judges, city officials i man and a prominent attorney. ‘through the woman are a law ported , to amount. I~ jv BAPT T MINISTER RESIGNS BECAUSE \ HE CAN’T AGREE WITH CHURCH POLICIES | ACT IN CTRIC CASE nee TO ELEC azo, De Railway Lalor U ia | handed | interpreting 18.-- The board ion today portation act ns tr ean that the board a sdict: not have | ing the Yo! denied. every The dec electri nsportation s BURDEN URGES JUDGE ROBINSON peals for Reorganization of Utilities OUT POLITICS eague Jurist Sees Nothing but Failure Under Present Plan Ju ice Robinson's (Editor's BY JUSTICE Tax reduction and he questions to come 7 he people must be relieve: . ee or the caus i i ince 1918 the as- it of property for taxation has ‘eased threerold. The firs n act reduc- fly per cent and ate and local tay may be laid on per cent yaluation. On the resent valuation the lands do not ay two per cent a year after d ucting all expenses and reasonable the wear and tear; Joss of soil fer: ation to the tiil- his wife and family. Little Leit ing all such expenses m is lost neel all § fifty f the farming outfit and After pa cent oa its voliytion, Gast the same s the railroads. The six per cent uarantee should extend alike to all y, to the meat pa , the lumber dealer: nd to all others. True, the big packers claim that nt on their er cent a month is twenty-four per year, while the farmer, the His harvest But is it true nets only two per he pays for a pig ne yearly turnove! Story of the Hogs I have grown and taken to the of South St. Paul carloads eal beau ot good uni ze, each weighing two hun- (Continued on Page Two) LOSE $150,000 leged to Have Been Uncovered Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 18.--Informa- on in the hands of District Attorney | at at least five | been C, Zabel indicate ealthy Milwaukeans has evidence ral | he district attorney ha: hich he said would conv In the list of victims ensnared) an, a banker, a saloon k member of a wholesale tated. When t rding to information the victi have yielded a simila “T ha ministry, ing his » is chang- do not ae- cord with the vi of the c ch then the est thing to do is to get out.” Dr Miller said. ion is the re ult of a h there deci ed situation in wh is no place for a liberal.” Dr. Miller is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. y of natio | ident-clect into the present Versailles le | under the pe LAST EDITION eaten, u "PRICE FIVE CE CENTS - MARKETING Or SURPLUS HELD A WISE POLICY Governor Frazier Issues State- ment Pointing Methods to Bring Relief GESTS A SURVEY Advises County Agents to Inves- tigate to See What Pro- ducts Can Be Sold Methods of relieving the finan- cial situation affecting all ag- riculteral states are suggested by Governor Frazier in a letter issued today and addressed to the citizens of the state. “In localities where there is a surplus of farm produets some portion should be put on the market to help relieve the finan- cial situation,” said Governor Frazier, in his open letter. “I would suggest that the county agents lend their assistance by ascertaining just what products could be most advantageously disposed of from time to time in the various communities.” His ‘full letter follows “Yo the Citizens of North Dakota: The present conditions are serious nough to deserve the thoughtful con- ideration of all people. The deplor- ibly low prices of farm products for the past three or rour months and which still exists, have caused the farmers to withhold a large portion of their crop from the market. This iction is justly commendable for no r minded individual can blame the tarmer for endeavoring to get for his produce at least the cost of pro- duction. Nevertheless it has brought soul results that are well-nigh dis- utroug in every agricultural section ot our nation. “Every other line of business is practically marking time waiting for the farmers to sell their products. This demonstrates more convincing- ly that every other industry depends upon the tillers of the soil and that farming is the basic industry of ali industries. Must Face Condition “But present conditions are bad and we must face them as they are. The friendly co-operation of all our citizens is needed. This is no time for prejudice or spite work but rather a time for charity and brotherly love. “No foreclosures should be mad? unless absolutely necessary to pro- cet the property and on the other hand obligations should be met ii possible, past due paper renewed or equitable adjustments made. In local- ities where there surplus of farm products some portion should be put on the market to‘help relieve the fi nancial situation. 1 would sugges that the county agents lend their as sistance by ascertaining just what roducts could be most advantageous- ly disposed of from time to time in the various communities, “By m and thoughttfu judgment jand Nvith friendly cooperation 1 am confident that what might’ be a seri- ous panic can be avertad. North Da- kota is in a great deal better cir- cumstances than many other states and her! future welfare can be sured by all placing our shoulder to the wheel and trusting in an all- wise providence. “Respectfully, “LYNN J. FRAZIER,” HARDING SEES DEM. SENATOR |Consults on Association of Na- tions with Senator Reed In_ another set of conferences — to: President - elect Harding heard ad on the two jects which for the present bulk est in his mind, the choice of a ¢ nd formulation of a plan for world peace. 'n the Marion, Dee. 18. has taken more def- It of consuitations n conterred with Senator of M , a democrat, a bitter opponent of nt Wilson's policies, leading part in the inite form a here, he a James Reed, who many and who_took e| fight of senate irreconcilables against {the Versa iles league. ator Reed would not commit ely on the result of his conter- e other than that he told the pr that he thought the war referendum plan impractical and that if the incoming executi ould go gue of faith ions he would be break vith the American people. 'GERMANY AND DENMARK SETTLE Paris, Dec, 18.—Representatives of ny and Denmark signed here y the finan convention con- fcerning the Schleswig territory which re-ceded to Denmark by Germany se treaty. The conven- tion named 65,000,000 marks gold as the sum that Denma hould pay Ger- many under the financial clause of the tr