The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Unsettled FORTIETH YEAR TH BISMARCK TRI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, hin ORE FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS LAST RITES FOR PIONEER TO BE HELD SATURDAY Jacob Anderson Field Obsequies to be Held From First Bape | tist Church Rs | “One of the Most Active Workers in Adancing North Dakota -in Country’s Eyes MOURNED BY PIONEE Funeral services for Jacob Anderson | Field, Burleigh county pioneer who! died Wednesday evening at his home | east of the city, will be held Saturday | afternoon at 2.0’clock at the First Bap- tist church in Bismarck. Services will! be in charge of Rev. Jorden. Inter- ment will be in St, Mary’s cemetery. Many long-time residents of Bur-| leigh county today mourned the pass- | ing of Mr. Field. He was declared to have been the first herald of North Dakota to the rest of the United States. Coming to North Dakota in 1877, Mr. Field first engaged in freighting from Bismarck to the Black Hills, be- fore there was a railroad. He set-} tled on a homestead six miles east of Bismarck and continued. to reside} there until his death. Suceessiul Farmer. Mr. Field made a success of farm-| ing, a really difficult thing to do in) the early days. He became enthused | over the'country. At that time Norti | Dakota was just beginning to adver- | tise herself to the rest of the country Mr, ‘Field, as representative of the Northern Pacific railroad and of the} state, carried the name of North Da-; kota into all parts of the country. He and Farmer Wallace were the! two leading exponents of the state) through exhibits af that time. Mr.. Field went to the cotton exposition in} New Orleans, 1884-1885, carrying an} exhibit of the resources of North Da-! kota. His exhibit at the international | exposition ‘in Buffalo in September 1888, was awarded first prize. Agricul-| ture products were featured in the ex- hibit, but it included heads of buffalo, | elk, deer and antelope, the buffalo head being that of the last buffalo kill- ed on the Missouri river in the state. Mr. Fie}d also carried the wares of; North Dakota to the World's Fair in} Chicago in 1893 as state commissioner. ; He was painstaking in his prepara- tion of exhibits and was remarkably successful. i - Mr. Field was. born.in Lewiston, | Maine, October 12, 1836. He serve in the Civil war with the Twelft Maine regiment, Returning to Lewis- ton after-heing mustered out of serv: | ice, he took up farming and business; life until he came west in 1877. Mr. Field was married to Miss Dorothy | Golder, of Lewiston, Me., in 1859 Remarkably Vigorous. Mr. Field was possessed of remark- able vigor and he sold milk in Bis- marck a year ago, at the age of 84, continuing active direction of his farming and dairying work until a short time ago. Until last year he farmed an entire section. Mr. Field was the second man to file in the Bis- marck land office. He was active in community affairs. He served as his township treasurer. ‘The deceased is survived by his widow and three children, Dr. M. Field, of Northfield, Minn.; E. J. Field, of Burleigh county, and Wilbert Field, of Bismarck. Mr. Field was an active Mason, being. a member of the Bis- marck Blue Lodge andia Thirty-Second degree Mason. CLAIMS SOVIET WORKING WITH | SINN FEINERS, London, April 22,—Evidencg of a! connection betwen the Bolshevik gov-; ernment and Sinn Fein movement has| been found, declared Dennis Henry., attorney general for Ireland, in re-! plying to a written question by Sir! William H. Davison, in the House of Commons here today. Mr. Henry add-; ed that he hoped to place this evi-! dence before the house in a few days. START ROAD TO TERRY’S PEAK | Lead, S April 22.—Surveying | operations have been started prelimir- | ary to construction of a road to the! summit of Terry's Peak, a few miles! from Lead, the second highest point in| the Black Hills, and 7,069 feet above; sea level. A mining company, which | already has a road part of the way, is; pushing the matter in conjunction; with the county and forest service,| and hopes to’ complete operations be- | D., . “BRAVEST BRIDE IN MR. AND MRS. O, G. WILLETT. Sy Newspaper Enterprise. ‘Missoula, Mont. April The; peaks and the crags of the Bitiar Toot Mountains hold in their maw a little world of a man,’ woman and a dog. The woman has won the name of the “bravest bride in the world. The man is) O. G. Willett, a leper. The woman is his wife, who was a yride ot eight months when Willett learned that he was a leper and went into exile. The dog is Dixie Lad, a collie, con- tent in the affection of his master, unmindful of the barrier that sepu- rates Willett from the big world be-i yond the mountain peaks, H The barrier is a doubie fence and, 1 sign that reads, “LEPROSY QU. ANTINE, Keep Away. A telepho e wire ‘runs to Alberton, three miles away, to carry me of the needs of Willett and hi: The bills are paid by the people of Mineral county, whom Willett repre-| sented in the State Senate for two) terms. “Any woman would do as I have) done, says Mrs. Willett. “My marriage! vows are sacred. I promised ‘until/ death do us part’.” | She is a talented pianist. Someone learned that a piano was the one! thing she missed most in her volun- tary exile. | Newspapers of iMissoula printed the! story. Enough cash was raised to buy the piano. | Willett shuns medicine. He says he} will refuse to go to the government} colony’ for lepers in Louisiana. He} tramps over the mountains and says} he is getting better, that he believes | God will cure him. | RAPS HARVEY'S APPOINTMENT ASUS ENVOY enator Willigms D Declares It Is Reward for Persecution 2 3 iS Washington, April 22.— Senator | Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, charged today in the senate that the appointment of George Harvey by! President Harding as ambassador to jreat Britain was a “reward for his! efforts” to discredit the Wilson ad-, ministration, The senator said Mr, Harvey's pur- | suit of Wilson through his journals and otherwise was only comparable to! Milton's “Hell Hounds” that were sta: tioned at the gates of the infernal | regions. He added that the ambassador had “no. equal as a creator of prejudice j and a stirrer of strife,” and that he! “was a vindictive, self-annointed, in- tolerant, political accident. 2 ‘Senator Harrison said he feared; Col. Harvey's arrival in London would | cause Great Britain and other nations o believe that “he will use whatever influence he may possess and the power of his position in attempts to destroy the league of nations.” HOLDS LISBON WORLD” is FOUND. e How Much Do You Love Your Hus- band? WOULD YOU shut yourself from the rest of the world if your husband were visited with a plague that caused him to be shunned ‘by all men? ‘WOULD YOU give up everyone else near.and dear to you to remain ; With him until death? AWVOUILD YOU be content to live in a mountain shack, never seeing an- other woman, never attending the movies, a church, a dance, a clud meeting? : aarnere are the sacrifices made by 's. O. G. Willett, who lives in the | Fhckdoot Mountains with her leper husband. MINOT FIRM IS AWARDED STATE: BUILDING HERE Work to icin So Soon on New Contract on Memoral Building Work on the exterior of the new Menurial building on the . capital grounds above the first floor will be- gin in four or five weks. The board of administration, after considerable | debate, has awarded the contract to! Bartleson and Ness, of Minot, the low; i bidder, for $115,700. The company will; start on its contract as soon as the Colwell-Long company completes the; basement and first floor. GEORGE DAVIS, FORMER EDITOR AT MINOT, DEAD, , April 22.—George Da-} vis, former editor of the Minot Daily | Minot, N, |News and of late editor of the Sioux} | City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa, died | there today, according to word re- ceived here. Davis was an old-time; editor of the Inter-Ocean at Devils/ | Lake and also the Grand Forks Times. i\CAR LOOPS THE LOOP WHEN HIT, DRIVER l UNHURT Beach, N. D,, | April 2 22.—Tony Wit-; zig had the sensation of riding in his} automobile when it looped-the-! loop. | Witzig was unhurt. The rear of the car was struck by | the engine of a passenger train. The car remained upright, but made a cir- cle in transit. GERMANS’ PLEA ‘100.8. TURNED DOWN PROMPTLY of Reparations but Sug- gests Way Out URGES NEW CONFERENCE ‘it Germany Formulates De-| mands U. S. Will Take Matter to Entente Washington, April 22,—The Ameri- can government has refused an urgent request of the German government | that President Harding meditate the} question of reparations between Ger-! many and the allies and fix the sum Germany is to p: The United States agreed, however, that if Germany would formulate} Promptly such proposals regarding | reparations “as would present a prop- er basis for discussion,” it would “con- sider bringing the mateer to the at- | tention of the allied governments In} a manner acceptable to them in order) that neg ‘otiations speedily may be re- sumed.” Germany's appeal, signed by Chan- cellor Fehrenbach and Foreign Minis- ter Simons, was directed to Pres‘dent Harding and was transmitted through American Commissioner Dresel in Ber- lin, It was answered by Secretary Hughes after a ence late yester~ day with the president at the White | House. The texts of both the appeal and the reply were made public last night by the state department. The’com- |.munication from Berlin said the Ger- man-government was “ready and will- | ing” to agree without qualification or j reservation to pay such a sum as the president after an investigation “might find just and right,” and “to fulfill in letter and spirit all the pro- visions of any award that may be made by him.” The expressed desire of the United States that there be “an immediate resumption of negotiations” has ment as it has been popularly sup- posed the two premiers would merély consider plans for further occupation of German territory and not a renewal of exchanges between London and Paris and Berlin. FRENCH DISAPPOINTED. Paris, April 22.—(By the Associated Press:)—French official circles ex- pressed disappointment today that the American reply to Germany’s request for mediation was not a categoric re- fusal ‘as had been expected here. The regrets were mitigated, however, by satisfaction that the United States was displaying an active interest in the renarations guestion. It is thought that the communica- | tion indicates that the United States will not continue the conversation with Germany on this subject except In accord with the allies. BRITISH INTERESTED, London, April 22.—Dramatic efforts on the part of Germany to induce the United States to arbitrate the repara- tions question between Berlin and the entente government and the refusal of the Washigton government to sit in judgment have lent new interest to the conference Sunday between Pre- mier Briand, of France and Prime Minister Lloyd-George of Great Brit- ain. ‘ALDRICH WINS “IN ABERDEEN Aberdeen, 8. D., ‘April 22.—Alva N. | Aldrich is winner in an unusuaily | | warm election contest for mayor. He} | had a majority of 1,446 over his near- est competitor, Edgar M. Hall. The municipal band project was re: | endorsed by a large majority in every ward but one. Mr. Employer, Need Help? |Harding Won’t ~’t Mediate Question | | brought into the situation a new ele-j| OOST TARIFF FOR UNLOADING , OF LIVESTOCK) 22. |B ree es “April 2.—-Increased | lemme for loadingand unloading or 'dinary livestock at public stockyard. | at ‘Chicago and other western points j and inclusve. of such charges a i transportation of livestock were or- dered today by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. The charges wer | fixed at a uniform scale of $1 a ¢ | The previous scale had. ranged from 50 cents to $1 at various Stock points. LLOYD GEORGE CALLS MINERS ;Progress Made, It is Reported, | and Another Meeting Will be Held London, April 22.--(By the Asso-| ciated Press)—By invitation of Prime Minister Lloyd George the British | mine owners and the leaders of the miners’ federation met with him this afternoon for discussion of the coal | situation. The conference was ad-! journed about 5 p. m., but it was stat-/ further meeting which probably will be held) M londay. Facts: were brought to light;during the con- ference which will be considered dur- ing the week-end and which give a hope for success of the negotiations, it | was added. U.S. OFFICIALS START HUNTING FOR “BIG BILL” a) To Investigate Radical’s quarters—Reported He’s in Russia Chicago, April 22.—Federal officials jtoday announced that they were re-, questing exhaustive investigation of headquarters of radicals in various | cities throughout the country in thi e | belief that “Big Bilt”, Haywood, I. W.| W. chief, reported yesterday to have: fled to Russia, as he was about to be-| gin a 20-year penitentiary sentence,! was being concealed in this country in| connection with llbged plans for 3} May day demonstration. Chicago, April 22,—Federal “a yesterday received confidential infor-| mation that Wm. D. Haywood ,secre-| tary of the Industrial Workers of the; ‘World, scheduled to begin a senténce at the Leavenworth, Kan., peniten- tiary this week, had fled from the United States and now is either in ‘Moscow or Riga. district attorney, announced that a search had been started for Hay- wood, - “He is not in Leavenworth, Chi- cago, br New York,” he said. Haywood was one of 46 I. W. w.! whose cases the United States su-! preme court refused to review and: who expected to report to the, Leavenworth penitentiary this week. | He was at liberty under $10,000 bond. He was sentenced for violation of the! the war. Mr, Clyne said that if Haywood ac-! tually was in Russia he must have! left this country before the supreme | court rendered its decision. Declare He's Fled ‘New York, 4pril 22,—Officials of the, American Civil berties Union here stated yesterday that they, thad been advised “Big Bill” Haywood, ' for whom federal authorities are | searching, had arrived in Russia. This information, it was said had_ been leader. BOOZE RUNNING ISCUTINN. D. SAYS MALONEY — | Fargo, April 22.—Co-operation be- tween the federal, state and county | officials this spring has cut down | | whiskey running across the Canada- North Dakota border to five percent \of what it was a year ago, Lane Maloney, federal prohibition enforce- ment chief of the state said today. | Mr. Maloney has just returned from ‘the northern part of the state, Ac- tivities of “high jackers’ who pose as | officers or use revolvers to rob the runners of their cargoes also are af- fecting the traffic, he added. ‘CAN'T IDENTIFY MAN AS DRIVER OF DEATH WAGON TO CONFERENCE Head- ; supplied by friends of the I. W, ae HAZEN BANK CASHIER CONFESSES SHORTAGE OF $32.872.48, CLAIM: | ADVISES PLAN OF HALTING | IMMIGRATION Boston, April 22.—Planm of restric t= jing immigration based upon a revers- ‘al of the present contract-labor, law | was adopted by Prof. Thomas Nixon| ! Carver, of Harvard university, in an! jaddress before the National Associa- ‘tion of Cotton Manufacturers today. | “Better than exclusion,” he | “would be a plan of restriction which, ;would select those who were capable | ; of entering the well-paid occupations | jand exclude those who would crowd | ‘into ovcupations where wages already | are too low.” PRESIDENT 10 CONSIDER TALK ON RAILROADS | Give Proposal “Serious Consderation” | —— | Washington, April 22.-—Delegates to | the National Farmers’ Union conven- i tion here were received on the south | | by Presdent ‘Harding who promised to | give “serious consideration” to their suggestions that a conference of rep-} , resentatives of labor, capital and the ; basic industries and the railway. ex- ecutives be called to consider means for reducing freight rates, The presi- dent said, the suggestion was deserv-! ing of sincere thought. The delegates were accompanied by’ | several senators and representatives, and Senator Capper, Republican, Kan- | sas, especially addressed the presi- | posed be held. | their views to the president, the farm- ers said they were eager to work wita’ other industires for the solution of the; | rate question in order to resume again their normal course,’ BROUGHT BACK ON CHARGE OF BEATING HOTEL D. H. Stuhr Arrested on Com- | plaint Sworn to by E. G. Patterson Charles F. Clyne, United States | D. H. Stuhr, of Bismarck, was brought here from Beulah and lodged: in the county jail on a charge of jump-| ing a hotel Bil the complaint eine | sworn to by E. G. Patterson. Stuhr came to Bisniarce several months ago, took quarters Kenzie and established a ae provement service, | Gome days ago he went to Beulah. | It is alleged by his accusers that he ‘im id, | j lawn at the White House yesterday! j dent urging that a conference as pro-: | In presenting a memorial outlining: BANK T0 RE-OPEN, OFFICERS SAY on N. Janzen to Have Hearing on | May 4 on Charge of Manip- ulating Funds ASSIGNS HIS PROPERTY Cashier to Make Good Part of the Amount—Credit Effort \ Causes Suspicion Through a shortage of $32,872.48 on the part of its cashier, C. N, Janzen, | the Citizens State Bank of Hazen, has | closed its doors and there is in the | hands of the bank's officials a signed ‘ confession from the cashier who was | arrested last night. ! Janzen, it is said, kept a pad of cer- | tificates of deposit at his home and | issued them to people in return for | their money but failed to carry the | transaction on the books of the bank. When they became due, he visited the | holders privately and renewed them ' paying the interest out of his own poc- jed eumielens progress had been made | Tells Farmers’ Congress He Will. ket, it is alleged. |to justify a A few weeks ago the bank caught In | the general business slump became | Pressed for funds and hired another ! bankers to renew its paper and seek | | additional credit. Suspicion was | aroused that Janzen was covering up something and he was summoned and when questioned confessed the manip- ulation of certificates of deposit. Faith In Institution, One of the officers of the bank de- clared that the institution, one of the strongest in Mercer county, while closed will come back “stronger than ever.” Jt has been a leader in financ- ing the community and stood back ot the local creamery, the building -f the school and many other business and civic ventures. Janzen has assigned all his property to the bank and it is said that the shortage will be covered within a nom- inal sum. No date for reopening was announced but it was expected that business would be resumed. It is said that the officers of the bank and its stockholders are men of means and , that as soon as a reorganization can ‘be effected that the institution will open its doors. | L, P. McAneney, director of ‘credits | of the Bank of North Dakota, declared | yesterday afternoon than Janzen j yea admitted shortage of $32,800. | Case, Continued. | State's Attorney John Moses of Mer- | cer county has given a continuance until May 4, when the: preliminary i hearing will be held at Hazen. | The Citizen’s State bank of Hazen ha’ approximately $250,000 deposits. It had ' $30,000 on redeposit from the Bank of |North Dakota. The Hazen bank als | has a loan of $30,000 from the Panik of North Dakota. PERSHING MADE HEAD OF SAFF TO PLAN BATTLE owes a hotel bill of several hundred | | by the advance of money, including: the payment of some drafts which had} been returned to Stuhr by a bank, Stuhr, in jail, | to visit a brother and maintained he had not paid his bill because he sought damages for alleged injuries sustained. | GET $200,000 IN 15TH STORY DARING fi HOLDUP Chicago, April 22,—Two armed ban- | dits today entered the J. J. Reingold: Jewelry concern on the atveevth floor ing the owner and a traveling sales- man into a private office escaped wi cash and jewels valued by the owner) at $200,000. Chicago, April 22.—Leo Reingold.! | brother of J, J. Reingold, the jewelry shop proprietor, who was robbed of | diamonds said to be worth over $200.-' ©! 090 today, was arrested by Chief of | Detectiv Hughes after questioning. Young Reingold was a clerk in his) brother's shop but was absent at the | lime of the robbery. Reingold w said to have stated that all of the d monds were covered by insurance. VOTE ON RIGHT asserted his inno-} cence, saying he had gone to Beulah, of a downtown building and after fore- | ith| selective service and espionage during; qoljJars and that Stuhr had been aided Secretary Weeks Names General Head of Field Operations | of Army | Washington, April 22—Organization of a war staff headed by! General | Pershing to take charge of field opera- ‘tions of the armies of the Unite, States in time of war was announced 1 Oy Secretary of War Weeks. “Instant preparation in time of peac-: | tor military operations,” was given by the secretary as the reason for the | new organization. The organization headed by Genera! Pershing will be entirely separate from the office of the chief of staff, Mr. Weeks said, which will continue to | direct the activities of the military establishme nt in time of peace, Gen- feral ‘Pershing will have a skeleton- ized staff, which will corespond to that at Chaumont during the World war and which will concern itself en- tirely ith the problems of strategy, | tactics and war organization. | GAS EVIDENCE IN DES LACS WELL SHOWS INCREASE Minot, N. D,, April 22.—Reports from the well of the Des Lacs Western Oil Co., near Des Lacs this morning were that the evidences of natural gas are steadily hecoming stronger as | the level of water in the well is low- ! ered. Bailing out of the water continues | without intermission day and night fore July. When finished the road} will afford one of the finest views of the Black Hills. | Scranton, Pa., April 22.—Three New Yorkers who came here at the be- quest of the Department of Justice | failed to day to identify Pito Ligi, un- gt, Cloud, April 22—-The qu | der arrest as the driver of the “deatn| of whether a selected list of gir wagon” that figured in the Wall street’ mates of the Home School at Sauic| explosion last September. The trio| Center shall be permitted to attena who declared they had seen the driver the city high school will be decided had expressed belief when shown} tomorrow at a special election called |some pictures of Ligi that he might py the school board. ‘Twenty-one |be the man but when they visited him! girls from the institution are at pres jin his cell here they shook their heads. | ent attending public schools in Sauk fang eRe Center, 'HOUSING BILL BECOMES A LAW Danville, TIL, April 22.—The oldest triplets in the United States recently Albany, .. April 22,.—Landlords , celebrated their 74th birthday here. who discriminate against children are; They are Mrs. Maria Jane Richardson | guilty of a misdemeanor under the of Danville, Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilson Straus bill which became a law with| of Newcastle, Ind. and Miss Mary | Governor Miller’s signature today. | Jane Williams of Lebanon, Ohio. The Want-ad columns are \ the best media to secure the kind of employes you want. For every sort of business: professional or otherwise — you are certain to get the right person for the right job. Men and women, particularly trained for the position you offer, are daily readers of Tribune Want-Ads. And the cost is very low. WIFE DESERTER Lisbon, N. D., April 22.—Roy M. | Hendricks was arrested at Nome for alleged violation of a suspended sen-} Obert A Olson, former | former state treasurer, | SOUTHERN MAN GETS G. 0. P. POST iene for wife desertion. Jt i leged s moved his real estate and invest- e has not complied with provisions | ment offices into the corner suite of! Washington, April “April 22, —David H. lee a suspended sentence requiring him | the second floor of the Haggart Block. Blair, of Winston-Salem, N. C., was’ to provide for his wife and family. He| This suite was formerly occupied by nominated today by President ‘Hard- may have to serve out the two-year} Dr. A. A. Schutt, who is at present in} ing to be Commissioner of Internal penitentiary sentence which was im-|the Twin Cities. Revenue. | posed at the time he was found guilty. Mr. Olson intends to expand his bus- Claudius H. Huston, of Tennessee, | pee a Boerne, which will be made poss be by was nominated to be assistant Secre-| s ‘ tary of Commerce. WANT PHONE TO GO TO SCHOOL and is proceeding smoothly. Thig morning Manager Johnson reported {that only about 1,500 feet of water re- | mained in the boring and it is expect- ed the bottom will be reached by to- morrow morning. WEATHER REPORT, For twenty-four hours ending at voon, April 2: Temperature at 7 a. Highest yesterday Yeeiettay . 1 OBERT A. OLSON MOVES | OFFICES jot m. TRIPLETS, 74, MEET. WILL BE DIVISION POINT Great Falls, Mont., April 22.--Great Falls will be made division headquar- ters for the Great Northern branch GETTING ‘READY EARLY Highest sind velocity . FOR SUMMER VISITORS Detroit, Minn., April 22—The ice, cleared from Little Detroit lake April 13, being 12 days ‘earlier than last season, when the lake cleared on | April 25. Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 IONS. EXTE. Sanish, N. D., April 22.—Residents lines from this city to Havre, from west of Sanish are planning to extend this city to Shelby, from this city to the long distance teléphone line from! Butte and from this city to Billings, Charlson Keene and Berg and perhaps; according to a telephone message from Forecas For North Dakota: Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Sa urday; not much change in tempera- ture. later to Watford City. | the Havre Promoter.