The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1921, Page 1

q The Weather FAIR AND WARMER E BIS \ CK TRIBUNE AENEEEE SDT SS oe ERSTE Last Edition , PRICE FIVE CENTS BILL WOULD . “COME TO OUR WRESTLING SHOW?” UNITE STATE. POWER PLANTS Senator Liederbach Introduces Measure of Electric Insti- tution pot, AS ECONOMY MOVE dunn County Plan, Would Let State Sell to Private! Concerns i Consolidaion . of the ‘power plant now maintained at ;the state capitol with the one operated at the peniten- tiary is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Liederbach it is said, in the interests of economy. Both plants’ it is advanced are jnadequate for the power, and light demands of the two institutions and to supply the street line now operated by the state. Those who are interested. in the project in. discussing the measure said that it’ was the intention to use the, power from this plant. to light up a proposed paved -highway ‘from the penitentiary to theBismarck-Mandan bridge now being constructed. Plan Highway There is now an application to cre- ate a state highway from the peniten- tiary to the bridge, those back of the bill point owt and they say that the) white way planned for this highway could be supplied with current from the consoltdated light and power plant. at the pentitentiary. The bill further provides for a bond issue of $250,000 to enlarge the plant at the penitentiary and gives the state the power to enter the commerciat field in the distribution of light and power. Two Plants Now Under the present arrangement, it is pointed out, the state maintains two light and power plants, duplicating’ machinery, fpel and ‘effort when the same servicelcan be given from a cen- tral plant. The two bills were referred to the state affairs committee for action. LABOR LEADER SENTENCED 0 STATE PRISON Attorney Announces Brindell| Will Appeal to Supreme Court if Necessary New York, Feb. 8—Robert Brindell,' president of the building trades coun-) cil, convicted of extortion from build-| ers, was sentenced today to serve from five to ten years in the state prison. Counsel .for the labor leader an- nounced an appeal would be taken and the case taken to the United States supreme court, if necessary. Brindell, one of the highest paid labor leaders of the United ‘States was convicted by evidence unearthed by the joint executive committee inves- tigating the building trust. The labor leader took the sentence stolically, COLLISION WITH STATE CAR HITS TRUCK BAD BLOW Driver Not Seriously Hurt in Accident- but Machine Near Wreck A truck belonging to the Capita! Steam Laundry driven by Lquis Nel- son, was badly smashed at noon today in a collision with a big army truck at Avenue B and Second streets. The laundry” truck, it is said, was coming down hill on Avende B and the big truck was,traveling on Second street. They collided at the intersection, The army truck was driven away after a little bit, but the other truck was a virtual wreck. Mr. Nelson was not ibadly hurt, DIES OF BURNS IN MINOT, N.D. Minot, Feb. 8—Mrs, Walter Humes, died in a hospital here of burns re-/ ceived when a can of kerosene which she used in starting a fire at home, exploded, Her husband, who was hurned in trying to save her, also May die. BATTLES WITH MANIAC. Elliott, N..D., Feb, 8—Summoned to the Joe Pietz farm, where William Sundquist, hired man, had fired at Mrs. Emma Thompson with a shot- gun, the discharge just missing her, Deputy Sheriff Koeneke of Lisbon, risked his life to accomplish an ar- rest. (Sundquist fired at the deputy from a distance of about 18 fedt but missed him. The man was adjudged insane and was taken to the state hos- pital at Jamestown. i Marriages in Japan are generally | brought about by older married cou- ples who act as go betweens. 4 Mrs. Marshall Fied III, and John Frebery twrestler who'll take part in her befefit: exhibition, with one cof the little cripples who'll be-helped by the funds raised, | : “Work Makes Me Human,” Says Mrs. Field (N.°E,. A. Staff Speciai.) ‘Chicago, Feb. 8.--QVork makes_ me; human—and you have to be human| to be happy.” Which is Mrs. Marshall Field III's explanation of why she)is promoting! a wrestling exhidition for the benefit of crippled children. She has given up all social affairs to devote her whole time to the bene: fit. The wife of the young merchant prince has an office in a deserted store buildin: i Sometimes when wrestlers and their} managers come to talk matters over they let some training camp conver- sation slip, But. Mrs, Field appears not to notice. “It all helps to: make me human,” she says. “Of course I could turn} the work all over to someone else, and still get the glory, but—what real ben-| efit would J derive? None. “And then the children—there is} nothing in the world so appealing as| a crippled child. Just to cuddle one, AR RR ie CONDEMNATION “Are You a Mason” POWERS GIVEN CITY BY BILL Group of Bills Affecting’ Local Watér Controversy Before Legislature Bills have been introduced into the legislature giving the city power to condemn the plant of the Bismarck Water company, thus bringing the water controversy before the senate and the house. The bills were introduced in the senate by Senator Garberg of Adams., and-in the house by Representative Semling of Burleigh.. They are three in_number. Two of them are intended to give the city of Bismarck power. to start condemnation proceedings against the water works.’ The federal court re cently held that cities did not have power to condemn public utilities, The third bill was framed to give cities the right to pay for a water works system by special assessment. There is a question whether under the present laws this can be done. TURNS DOWN > PRIZE TURKEY Dixon, Ill., Feb. 8.—President Hard- ing has written Mrs. Eli Fowler of» Rochelle, declinifig with regret and expression of gratitude. her\otter of the frame of the champion~ bronze turkey at recent poultry show at Chi- cago for the White House dinner next Thanksgiving. He ~ expressed ;Yeluc- tance to partake of such a valuable bird, t stage of the Auditorium, the cast of, “Are You a Mason” feel’ competent to ner that will the most cr nee is being given this afternoon, and a very suc seats left a large audience is assured. ‘The ticket selling committees of the Ame in their money's worth in amusement val-, ue, tickets for “Ar giving money own kdod if the theminute comed, @ a vocal charac' Norma Devol. GERMANY TO ernment has accepted the invitation to participate in the allied conference.on reparations in London,, March 1, Row, found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon upon Fred Schlen- ker, and who admitted on the stand that he prison sentences, was given five\years dn the state penitentiary. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921. ETS RECORDS FIRE MARSHAL WALSH CLAIMS TOINVESTIGATE FRAME-UP IN. ~ BISMARCK BLAZE Roof of One of Waterworks Res-| Another Witness in Murder Case | ’ Confesses Perjury, It Is ervoirs. Destroyed With Big Loss yHOERweeg Leweeness, on Engineer Fire, believed to be of incendiary the roof of one of the reservoirs of the Bismarck water works. is estimated at from $5,000 to $10,000, é Blave Discovered, o'clock, by a. taxi. cab ‘driver coming from Mandan, He reported it to N. Lyle, engineer, who immediately went to the scene of the fire but it was too Tate to save hing), Suspicious char: s were LI seen it is said, and two c were seen to drivé up the hill to where the reser- voir located, west of the city, near the Northern Pacific bridge. ported to Marshal. The fire has been reported to the fire marshal, who will conduct an investigation. THOUGHT BOY. DROWNED; FIND ——HIMIN CITY | Joel Harberg, Sr, Makes Trip | From New York to;Recover Bady | After Visit With Son Father Will Return. Home With 7 Mel Good News little cripple in your arms and make! it happier, if only for a moment, eh Bot eae makes you feel the heartthrob of ali This is alittle ola world after all. that part of the world you never will) And thereby a tale: see, rs ; Joel Harberg, Jr. was not drowned “You just can’t escape being hap- “in the Missouri river but instead he pier if you try to make others hap- and his father were reunited today pier.” ' | Since the announcement that she! arrived in Bismarck expecting to en. would ‘be impressarié for a wrestling) @ge men to recover the body of his exhibition Mrs, Field has received a! boy who had been reported to them flood of letéers, some congratulatory, as having drowned. some not so complimentary, | It all happeped this way: “T don’t understand a thing about; Mr. Harberg: Sr. {sa trusted em- wrestling,” she says, “but I’m: learn- ploye of. the Dexter Folder company, ing how to stage an interesting ex-'a New York corporation, with whom hidition., And I don’t know a thing the Tribune company has had _busi- more ‘about children than any other ness relations for many years. woman, who ever had a baby’s arms, When_news came from Sismarck around her nec supposedly from a comrade of young “But they do tell me”—with a'smile: Harberg’s that his boy had deen —“that I’m putting on a classy show drowned while attempting to save and that it will be a knockout and that! another youth, the father and mother I'l, make a lot of jack for the kids.) were frantic. The Dexter company So, you see, I'm getting on. | wrote The Tribune apprising them “Of course ycu'll buy tickets, wheth-| that Mr, Harberg would arrive in er you can come or not,” Bismarck today. Mr. Harberg, Sr., arrived here on the noon train and immediately got in touch with Chris Martinson and Sheriff Welch and it was only a few hours afterwards that Harberg was lo- cated at’ the river. Explanations fol- lowed and there was #, happy reunion, The mother was wired immediately and, the father will return to New York tomorrow. WHEAT JUMPS UP EIGHT CENTS ON CHI, MARKET Big Swing Sets in When Report Reaches Exchange of Keen Export Buying For This Evening’ on After several rehearsals the put the comedy over tonight in a man- in the appreciation of al audience. A mati-' sful event jis anticipated; tonight, Tickets for the show are selling rap-! idly and while there are some good can Legi have done good work their campaign of seat selling. Everyone who attends are promised consequently those who purchase You a Mason” are not r charity but for their | y enjoy snappy up-to- Chicago, Feb. 8.—Subsequently the market became much more active ani took an upward swing. Exporters are reported to be short and unable to ob- ‘acte numbers will zation by Miss Lillian Paulsen miong the entr Miss and others, with EK. W. Buchanan as} tain wheat in southwest. Close was leader of the orchestra. “Are You a) even to eight and three-quarters cents | Mason” will be scen tonight at the higher, } Auditorium and all who wish t6 enjoy, : aa a good laugh should see this comedy.; Chicago, Feb, 8.—Opehing prices which ranged from one-quarter to one and three-quarters cents lower were followed by material setback. MEET ALLIES Berlin, Feb The German gov- COPY OF TREATY Washington, Feb. 8—The senate foreign relations committee today di- rected Sherman Lahr, to ask~Secre- tary Colby if consistent with public policy to submit copy of agreement reached between -the American and Jepanese ambassadors regarding a new tresiv to deal with the situation regarding the adoption by California of anti-alien land Dill, Re GETS FIVE YEARS, Fessenden, N. D.. Fea 8 ‘Mike has served three different SUSPICIOUS. CHARACTERS'COACHED, HE Taxi-Cab Driver Sees Flames at) MacDonald 4.a. m. and Calls Lyle, Vi The loss ; The blaze was discovered about .4 | about the place yesterday afternoon, , a heavyweight Roy LOCATED AT RIVER, after Joel Harherg, Sr., of New York, ; MONEY TRIAL i Alleged Makes Grave Charges Against District Attorney Flickert New York, Feb. 8.--Frank P. Walsh, origin early ‘this morning destroyed | Counsel for Thomas J. Mooney, con-/Xd Sinkler, of Minot, victed of murder in San Francisco, in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosions, early today tele: Phoned San Francisco authorities, ap- | raising thent of an alleged comession ot one of the witnesses that he had given perjured testimony and that he is investigating an alleged conspiracy to convict Mocney. ;Mamed was John Macdonald, now a resident of Trenton, :‘N. J., with whom night. ‘Charges Framing. According to Mr. Walsh, he in a !long typewritten statement, declares that the case was framed, He swears that he couldn't identify (Mooney as | the man he had seen wiih @ suit case | prior to the preparedness day parade, He said District Attorney Flickert, the San Francisco prosecutor, had forced ! him to make the identification. Mac- donald is alleged to have stated that he was coached with other witnesses as to testimony to be given. Commutes Seatence. | He said at the Mooney trial that at {the instant of a certain district at- torney that he changed his time in his testimony to break Mooney’s alibi. Nine persons were killed and Mooney was sent@nced to death and Billings to life imprisonment. , Wilson. commuted Mooney's tence to life imprisonment, i Charges that his conviction was the esult of a frameup were made re- ‘cently by Policeman Draper of San +. Franeisco, another prominent..witness, ‘ROBERT BRUCE IN » FLA. WITH BAND | The tribune is informed that Robert} ‘Bruce, Indian musician named in a} ‘story: from, Selfridge, N. D., who died | at his home there, was a noted musi- cian and formerly with Sousa’s band, ' | but is not the Robert Bruce who was with the “Million Dollar Band.” The \cornetist of the “Million Dollar band” ‘ig said to be in Florida with the band) {at this time. VOTE INVOLVES SECESSION OF SOUTH AFRIGA sen- ‘British Provinces Cast Ballot On Important Question \ Today | i ——— | London, Feb, 8.—No less vital an! issue than the secession of an im- portant statement from the British em- | pire by ballot arises today in the elec-| tion of a new executive assembly in the Union’ of South Africa. | Broadly the question is whether {South Africa, comprising the provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Transvaal and Orange Free State, shall continue their allegiance to the king of England as one of the self- | governing dominions of the empire or whether it shall set up an independ-, ent republ. ! /MONEY ORDERS | | STOLEN IN CHL. Frank Reed, postmaster, has re- ceived a letter from the inspector at St. Paul, stating that money orders! from 42054 to 42200,’ inclusive, were ‘ stolen from the Chicago office. “In transmitting the information, In- spector Jackson asks that as much publicity be given this theft as pos- sible as an attempt may be made to. cash the money orders here. CAN’T SHIP FIRE) WATER THRU'U. S. Washington, Feb,’8.—Shipments of liquor from one foreign country to another by way of the United States are prohibited by the prohibition act according to an opinion by the attor- ;ney general's oflice, made public to-, day by the treasury department. N. D. Undertakers Meeting Today! Mandan, Feb. 8.-The North Dakota | Undertakers association is in session | here today. The address of welcome was given by President Henke of the city council. An interesting instructive program: has been arranged with. Professor Worsham of Chicago. the chief speak-| er. A display is being made in the ‘ewis and/Clark hotel by the supply men, SAYS) CATHRO READY 10 PRODUCE “ANYTHING” FOR HOUSE MEN; CONTEMPT CASE IS DROPPED Session’ of Investigation Into Bank of North Dakota Takes up Method of Distribution of By Bank Head Declaring Th Deposits After Statement Made at He Had Nothing to Conceal and There Were no Defalcations in Bank—Says Bishop, Briss- man Report Is Substantially Correct as Far as He Knows— Brinton Invites Self in at Meeting. The bars were let « in the house investi ' When the he ‘counsel to administration men, Mr. Cathro was the first wi ceedings, which the committee The witness|Cathro yesterday when he said the imittee at the conclusion of the lown today by the Industrial Commission ition into the state industries, i ng resumed at 9:30 a.m. in the courthouse, who has heen present daily as advisory rose and said: “Mr. Chairman, Mr. Cathro desires to go upon the witness and and produce all of the records of every name, kind, deserip- ion, desired by the committee.” {hess called. The contempt pro- voted to institute against Mr. - Industrial Commission had forbidden the production, of certain records in the courtroom, . . . “1 ? | Mr, Walsh had a long conference last/ Will be dropped, it was decided by wanimou i u % vote of the com- hearing. Cathro Explains Stand Mr. Cathro, when called to the stand, made a statement de- claring that the committee jhad not been refused access to the records at the bank, that he had nothin g to conceal, that there was no defalcation and that the attitude of the commission had been one of not wishing to d anything that might disturb public confidence in banks. During J. W. Brinton’s -t cause “he has i The audit report of Bishop, Bank of North Dakota is such that he s not substantially correct, Mr, it we START LEGAL BATTLETOFREE ED BERGDOLL Legal Point Inyolved in‘Kansas City Case Affects Many Persons Kansas City, Feb. 8—The legal bat- tle to free Edward Bergdoll from the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leaven-, worth on a writ'of habeas corpus be- gan today here in district court. He is a brother of Grover Bergdoll. On the outcome of the legal points in- volved, court officials say depends the fate of many other persons, The legal point is the right of a military court martial to try a person who is not actually in the service,— one who registered but failed to re- spond when called. i PAINTED WOODS PIONEER DIES Wilton, Feb. 8.—Charles EB. Holm. a pioneer of Painted Woods, passed away. at the home of his sister and brother-in-lawy Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Nelson at Chapin Saturday morning following a short illness of cattcer of the stomach ‘and pneumonia. He was born in Vesterwick, Sweden, Feb. 24, 1859, and came to America ‘Easter Sunday, 1881. He remained in New York until 1884 when he came to Painted Woods and settled on a homestead where he has resided ever®since. Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Monday at two o'clock, G. W. Stewart officiating. In- terment was at the Riverview ceme- tery. He is survived Jy one brother, Victor of Sweden and Mrs. A. F. Nelson and a half sister, Mrs. George Robidou, of Bismarck. \ WANTS “ALIENS” KEPT SEPARATE Washington, Feb, 8.—Representa- tions have beennade to the state de- partinent by the Hungarian govern- ment concerning the deportation of undesirable ali The communica- tion says that aliens had been given liberty aboard vessels which gave them opportunity to organize in such a way as disadvantageous to Muropean | | countri J The state department was asked to have the It is not regarded as likely that the stafe department will find it possible to comply with the Hungarian govern- ment request, because of its lack of jurisdiction. DELAY ACTION ON GIFT OFFER Washington, Fe. 8.—The American ion national committee voted not cept the Knights of Columbus for a. national headquarters until certain provisions are change: rownley had said he wanted Mr. ¢ ‘eed to sail with us. Upon the’ announcement of Mr. Si called to the stand by Mi, Murphy. iens deported segregated. |” 00,000 offered by the} estimony he asserted. that Mr. athro to head the bank be- nkler, Mr. Cathro ,was Brissman and company on the had no reason to believe No T i j Cathro said, in response to | “Do you desire at this time to - fue tne seconds anked for.the other E y the committée?” cata. ee?” Mr. Murphy ; ‘Mr. Cathro asked permission to make a“statement, in which ‘he out- lined his position, as indicated above. At the conclusion of the statement Mr. Murphy asked that the records be produced, ‘They, including a copy of the redeposit record of the Scan- dinavian-American.. bank of Fargo, covering a period from July 27, 1914, to Jan, 31, 1921, and redeposit records of other Fargo banks; a copy of the record of deposits in correspondent | banks outside the state, and a ‘rial balance as of July 31 and Aug. 4, the time of the bond transaction. Durin: the questioning. Mr. Cuthro suggested that the audit report contained vo.- uminous information, Substantially Correct. “If any of your officers would say that the audito report is correct we'll let it go at that,” said Mr, Murphy. “It is becausé we want to compare and verify it that we are asking for some | of these records.” |) “Will you say it is substantially cor- rect—I know no man can say, that everything in it is correct?” ! | “Ihave n@ reason to doubt that it is reasonably accurate,” said Mr. Ca- thro, stating that the accountants work a total of 250 days on it, and that it would take him nearly a year to vertify everything. Mr. Lemke suggested that the state- ment as to the correctness of the audit did referred only to the figures and | facts, not to the conclusions of the audit company. This was agreed to by Mr, Murphy, who said he didn't care anything about the audit com- pany’s opinions. Fargo Deposits. Among the written documents pr°- ducing during the hearing were those relating to the redeposits in the Scan- dinavian-American Bank of Fargo. They showed that beginning July 17, 1919, when the bank relations began there was $20,000 in the bank, On Sept 26, of the same year the balance | was $280,946, and ranges from $223.- 00 to. $289,000 from that date until ‘on Jan. 31, 1920, when the amount was shown to be $230,654.10. This was redeposits alone, not including loans or items out for collection. _ The amount in other institutions in Fargo was shown to be relatively small. One of the bones of contention with the Bank of North Dakota has been with relations to the amount of money carried outside the state. A table given in the hearing by Mr. Cathro shows the amount of money carried within the state on redeposits | and outside the state on reserye. On different dates, including the highest point in reserves outside the state, the table shows: Aug. 15, 191 cht M April 15 1 2 9,148,101 4 A note appended says no d in state were withdrawn to be placed outside the state; that reserves out- side grew at deposits inside increased. Information’ was conveyed to coun- sel for the committee in the early morning hours, that Mr. Cathro would produce any records asked for it is | said. All members of the executive | committee of the national Nonpartisan league, Mr, Townley, Mr. Lemke and | Mr. Wood, have been in the ‘city, and | conferred, it is understood. Cathre’s Statement. | Mr. Cathro’s statement, at the. opening of the hearing, in part, (Contigued on Page Six)