The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1921, Page 1

a The Weather Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR ULSTER TURNS DOWN IRISH REPUBLIC DISMISS CASE AGAINST YOUTHS IN CHURCH CASE “Burning Bush” Scandal Aired | in Mandan Justice Court— Charges Not Sustained | PUT UNDER PEACE BONDS! Husband Who Left Wife Says He Saved His Own Soul { | | i Through Desertion | | Justice Center of Mandan today dis-| missed the case against Otto Geisler, Ray Henry, and Alex Schollert, aris- ing out ofthe controversy over the alleged acts of Rev, Hubbard, pastor of the ‘New Salem “Church of the Burning Bush.’ Mrs. Lennie, the woman in the case, testified that she had always lived THE BIS CK TRIBUNE Last Edition ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, — FRIDAY, “MAY 6, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS men ner ttntttet Rg TO MAKE TALK ‘Pauline Curnish, of Indianapo- ional secretary of the Woman’s ry to the American Legion, will address the delegates to the first state convention of the Women's Auxiliary in North Dakota, to be held at Devils lake, May 11-12. happily with her husband until Rev.’ ‘ Hubbard’s advice which it is alleged broke up the family circle. ? A large number of character wit-' nesses appeared for Mrs. Lennie and the sympathy seemed to be all on her side and against Rev. Hubbard. Those, concerned in the squabble were put under bond to keep the peace. Some side-lights, on the Bush Church, popularity of its Pastor, the Reverend Hubbard, among certain of the New ‘Salem townspeople, were shown today in Justice Center's court at the hear- ing of Otto Gejsler, Ray Henry and Alex Schollert, who are charged with having threatened bodily harm to the preacher and some of his more ardent membership. Draws Crowd A number of interested spectators were in attendance at the city hall, where the case is. being tried, and showed a more marked interest in the glimpses of ‘Burning Bush dogma at forded by the testimony, than in the charges against the three boys, who Burning ~ aré young and not particularly intimi-/ dating in appearance. ‘States Attor- hey Connolly rested the case for the state this-afternoon, and Major Han- ley, who appears for the* defendants moved a dismissal of the case on the} grounds of insufficient evidence, The court, however, over-ruled the motion and the hearing was adjourned until ten o'clock Friday morning, the witnesses for the- defense will tes- tity. i One, Lennie, testifying for the state, under cross-examination by the de- fense, admitted that he had left. his wife after living with her 22 years, four children being born to them in the meantime, because according to, the tenets of his present. faith he considered that the was living in sin. On further questioning by ‘Major Han- ley, he naively admitted that by so doing he had saved’his own soul, but that hers was unfortunately lost. “Was it not your fault that she lost her sow?” said Mr: Hanley. “Yet, it was my fault,” answered the witness, “Then can not you help her?” To which Lennie return- ed that no one could help her, In response to other questions along this line, hé reiterated that his soul was safe, but he appeared convinced that there was no chance for that of his wife, when jt, 1 SAYS WINNER IN ESSAY CONTEST : troubles and tne un- Ernest Penwarden Wins First Frize Among Junior High hool Students Editor’s Note—Following is the essay by Ernest Penwarden, of the junior high school, winner of the Bismarck Town Criers es contest among the boys and §| of the junior high school on the subject, “Bismarck, My City— What T Like About It and How It Can Be Improved,” Ernest is in the 8 A grade. Bismarck is my home town. [ was born here and have lived here all my life. . 1 know. its’ streets, its pubiic buildings, and. I know the great. peo- ple of.the. city. I, know good places to play ball and, in general, F have a! feeling that it is my duty. to heip this town as much as I can. Anybody who has lived in one tows: all their iife learns to know and like i hat is the way with me. {I like it because it is the capital of North Dakota, I am proud of that also. I like it also b ise it has so many places of inte For instance, its library, its capital building, its fine picture houses and its nice’ avenues. But because I have this interest for thé town that appeals to me I want it to appeal to others as well. There are several things that. canbe im- proved in Bismarck and here are a few: i; ‘There are the capital and court house, two of the most important buildings in town, yet they are not the kind of buildings they should he. They are old and poorly taken pre of, when they should be fine build- ings. ‘Then there is the detention hospi- tal. Conditions are not what they should be, when they should be the very best. The town should have a lot of boys’ William Norton, a sixteen: year old .jubs like they kéep saying they are boy made rather a clever witness for the state, and held quite stoutly to his ground that the accused lads should not have said a loud “Amen-Glory Hal- lelujah” in the vestibule of the church, because, he said, they were only in mockery. He testified, however, that loud amens and hallelujahs were not uncommon in the Burning Bush Chureh, especially “at the beginning and the end.” “And when ‘do they jump?” said the defendant's attorney, but Attorney Connolly objectepl to this and the court sustained him, FOREIGN-BORN IN NEW YORK 35.4 PERCENT Washington, May 6.—The foreign- born white population of New York City was announced today by the cen- sus bureau as 1,989,216, or 35.4 per cent of the total population as com- pared‘to 40.4 per cent in 1910. BATALLION OF . YANK SOLDIERS TO STAND GUARD Coblenz, Germany, May 5.—One patallion of the Fifth United States infantry has been assigned as a spe- cial railroad guard during the move- ment of French troops through the American area. PRINTER STRIKE IN CHI. ENDED Chicago, May 6.—The strike of job printers ended when the employes agreed to accept 4#-hours pay for the 44-hour week demanded. BABE RUTH HITS HIS 7TH HOMER Washington, D. C,, May 6.—Ruth hit his seventh homer today against Washington, Erickson pit¢hing. Geo. Kelley of the Giants and Babe Ruth are now tied. going to have. There are many old buildings that spoil the looks of the town. Bismarck should keep up its ap- pearance and also live up to its title, Bismarck, capital of North Dakota. CORPORATION TO CONSTRUCT "HOUSES PLAN Pittsburgh, May 6—The board of directors of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce has adopted a resolutibn under which the orgahization would form a $200,000 corporation for' the construction of residences. | “The houses would. be sold at mod- erate cost and on reasonable terms. Sone eee eae ere enn “KNOCKER” GOES UP IN FLAMES WHILE GREAT CROWD LOOKS ON; ASHES PLACED | ON EXHIBITION AS WARNING TO OTHERS The “Knocker” is gone, and no one sheds tears over his going. ‘Elks, Town Criers and just about all the people in Bismarck helped ih the big burning last evening. The fate suffered -by the “Knocker”. lic ridicule and extermination, fate promised all knockers Booster-Knocker war now on. The remains of the “Knocker’’—. some powdered ashes—were tak¢ from the remains of the big bonfire. placed in an urn and exhibited in a window at Webb’s store today, where all others having tendenc which brought about his fate may ponder over it. The affair went off on schedule time. Shortly after 8 o'clock the Elks band struck up tunes and a squad of Elks dressed in white uniforms overpower- ed the “Knocker,” took him from the Lucas window, placed him in a cage and paraded him through the city to the big lot north of the Auditorium, where the funeral pyre was built. The Elks nad was headed by Henry Murphy and included Tom Lee Frank Geierman, J. ‘H. Holihan, C. 8. Rosen and Norman Flow. R. B. Lou- in the i | i » 56. ; Saying they hort : | "Spring wheat: ‘Norih Dakota, 32.7; | where in the plebiscite Ghee | | Minnesota, 5 South Dakota, 12.2;| phe Poles are reported to be in HITS RENT HOGS SYSTEM NEEDED “TOLHELP STOCK 7 GRAND Fors “fs appornrep ALLIESBATTLE AT GRAND FORKS: | L POLES SEEKING SILESIAN HOLD, LEADER SPLITS WITH DE VALERA ~ AY CONFERENCE Conference of Sir James Craig and Sinn Feiner Leader Not Satisfactory | | : | leader for Grand Yorks county, and President of Packers’ Institute | D2 (#ken up her duties with head-i1/ tan ‘Troops Forced to Evac- | quarters at Grand Forks, Miss Cronk} | Opposed Government | 8 a graduate of the River Falls Nor-- uate Village Under Fire | - 1 0. Fs | Regulation | mal school and the Stoudt institute in D, | es ' Wisconsin, and has been teaching/ of Vales | home economics in the Redfield{ ae \ i | ‘POINTS OUT HIS REASONS | schools. (SITUATION GROWS TENSE: ' | | NEW EFFORTS REPORTED | Miss Cronk takes the position lett| i é : ae | ncated by the resignation of Miss / Claims that Trouble is at Base! Giizabeth Burr, who entered similar, Reported Polish Leader Pro-: | work in Oregon. Hl A | Claims Self Head of Large | Territory i | i London Newspaper Hears Get- Together Conference Scheduled Soon London, May 6.—The Evening if | Standard says it hears that a mo- | mentous Irish conference will be i i | Due to Unscientific Marketing | | | | | | | | | | NORTH DAKOTA ! —— | Washington, May 6—Fluctuation in | } Opfelm, May 6.—(By the Associated | the livestock market are largely due! | Press.)—Polish insurgent forces en-| to the unscientific and inefficient jtered Grais Stehrlitz, in central up-' tem employed by producers in mar- | ; Per Silesia, 20 miles southwest of keting their products and the reat} | here last night. Fighting resulted in , trouble at the base of the whole ques-, ‘one French soldier killed and two! ition is not so much a packers’ prob- wounded and several Italians wound- held in London during the week- end. Distinguished Irish prelates, Eammon De Valera and other leading Sinn Feiners are expect- ed to be present, the newspaper adds. lem as it is a producers problem, | | ed. | ‘Thomas Wilson, of Chicago, president: | , The Poles agreed to permit the en- | of the Institute of American Meat' Michigan Noses Her Out as! tente and local troops in Gras Stehr- | Packers, told the house committeé on} f {itz to remain there in the barracks, |, Mrs. John G. Deynzer of Chicago | Leading’ Rye Producing : ; Dublin, May 6.—(By the Associated i agriculture today in appearing in.op- | An inter-allied representative was ex- ' has offered her six-acre estate in the ate | The revolt area is reported to be| ing ground for families hit by high | Pre8s.)—The conversation between Split on Republic to control the packing industry. which!” Wwaettogtng, ‘to this city. The insurgents are de- | 48 and water free. ra is said in well informed circles ‘the largest single industry in Amer-| Sichigan ae the larnent displaced bY | Richenau and Schoppinitz, \ a jot Ireland. Sir James replied that tion, ‘The result, he sald, would be{ “beat producing alate, and: Washing: | soctated Press.)— Two - | largest apple | soldiers commanded by Colonel Bond, | position to the Norris-McLaughlin bill | | pected here today to negotiate. yexclusive Evanston district as a camp: | Mr. Wilson, who said he spoke for | | extending and to have reached nearly | rents. She will furnish rent, light,; James Crate and Pammon:De Val: the 200 packing companies oan i i . re y 6.—States leading’ ,, a Soa a En | to have reached an impasse over the comprise the membership of the in-! in production in various crops main. | (ted to be forcibly recruiting males, ~~~ | question of a Republic for Ireland. It peal iteied to win over Sir James to la le ind . " rye ducing «the idea of a Republic for the whole from energetic effort to adjust it- | .¢4 t Teens A s A state, She holds he position as 0; i a q S. self to a changed and diftic sit t i as) ppelm, Silesia, May 6.—(By the As-; . : quite as harmful to the livestock ef see ( : | it ‘ producers as to the packing industry producing state to > York, Sta: of the British army, evacuated Gras | 7 | serminated there: | Stehrlitz, a little over 20 miles; . F, _ ment of Agriculture give the five lead-' th f oi a ij er is so closely interwoven with that! ing ota sductl . southeast of this city, last night. At | of the packe 3 ing states in production of each of; that time the town was under artil-| a meeting called by Sir James Craig, age of the count premier designate of Ulster, to hear pdedee ' the important crops un ne percent-; lery fire from Polish insurgents. In T nee ty's total crop pro-! making his 1 t to the allied com-;Two Captured After Li has i i c | age ‘ Ty's tots op | making his report to the allied com apture er Long Chase KEEP UP | cuced tm ‘enich State, ng follows: | mission here, Colonel Bond, urged the | i ae eh Eemaon Do Vales, the fe Heel as the interests of the (produc tistics just announced hy the Depart: BOOZE R NE | Belfast, May 6—(By the Associated Press.)—-The Ulster Unionist party in Patani uel ree conti Ulinals, | necessity of sending reinforcements, | South of Jamestown , public leader, decided today that Ul- 5 beanie an a, 7.9; Missouri, 6.2; In. jaaving emphasis on the need of ma~| | —— ‘| ster, having accepted the governnient Winter wheat: Kansas, 237 por ceut: i chine guns _ and ammunition. The | Jamestown, N. D., May 6.—An in-: of Ireland, could make no further con- i | Nebraska: 108-Oklahone if it; French officials here declared they | quest was to beheld this afternoon : cessions. \6 ‘Miseoi ahoma, Illinois, ' were unable to furnish more soldi by Coroner DePuy over the body of Ale M, J. Madden, of Sioux City, Ia.,! See Ray of Hope whiskey runner, who was fatally! London, ‘May 6.—Hope that yester- } wounded by officers south of the city; day’s meeting in. Dublin of Sir James | possession of the entire eastern sec-| yesterday, ‘ | Graig, premier designate of Ulster and Two officers alleged to have been| Hammon DeValera, the Irish Republic leader, may be the sign of a dawn of peace in Ireland, pervaded news: paper comments here today: Hl Washingto ; Montana, 8.6. All wheat: Kansas, 17.4; North Da- | ¢j, ilesia “\ ' ae Pocaa : é-' tion of Silesia, which the commission | Commercial Club Open Forum kota, 8.7; Nebraska. 7.7; Oklahoma, | heard they occupied yesterday with-; with Madden were captured after a Luncheon Talks on “Do You a nore ee 151; Tilinois, 10.6; | Out oPPosition. Fighting is still going long chase, the Ford car which they catia Uinta mes 2+ on at Rybnik in southern Silesia. stole from a farmer becoming stuck | sota a. igen "4° 7 | Minnesota, 8.3; Wisconsin, 7.1; Ne-! Organizations of civil police to the! in a bog. The men’ took to the Dills Know Bismarek” | praska, 5.4 D x ci Nc Sa le wth Rags compen sinurtber of 3,000 authorized /by the al-, but were rounded up. ‘They gave their 5 7 Barley: California’ 14%; ‘SouthDa- * . ¥ net H ag i at * ’ les te fore t =| as James 2 Members of the Commercial club| Kota, 18.3; Minnesota, 12.4; North Da- lanplstatilere “These police ‘youd |S. De aa Be Tone Tuto Tae: ; discussed “What Do You Know About “ kota, 11.2; Kansas, 10,5. i ‘ s in- 9 Bier at an Open Forum lunch-; Rye: Michigan, 14; North Dakota, ae a Sllcsian: Germang Tae ere may be taken to Bismarck by i So ee ae the ‘Town Criers Te EM nett, 11.8; Wisconsin, | «ffaq" the Germans not behaved so/ the éMicers, : : publicity committee in charge of the Bu ehente Ne York, 32.1; Pen well, conditions would have been more | Two armed men last night guarded , Publicly, comniiteg tn charge of te), “Huck ene aera |Serious,”” sald one allied official, the Cadillac car tken from the booze OT AKE HE N AY: aii ce Michigan Panini roa ee runners. Johnson maintained he was aim of the week to produce facts of| Michigan, 4.4; Ohio,'3.9, PROCLAIMS SELF LEADER. hot one of the booze runners but hap: 4 real merit which in themselves would not only answer’ much of the fault- | finding but would serve as a solid Flaxseed: North Dakota, 35.5; Min- nesota, 27.7; South Dakota, 20; Mon- tana, 12.3; Kansas, 1.4. _tarenw May Oy the Associated | pened to get with them when they ress.)—Unconfirmed reports’ from: and the officers had a battle. Sosnowice early today say that Adal- toe President of Steel Corporation basis upon whieh people would “sell” | “Rice: Louisiana, 46.9; California, | bert Korfanty, former Polish plebes-' Bismarck to outsiders. 18.1; Texas, 17.8; Arkansas, 16.5;| cite commissioner in Upper Silesia, Addresses Trade Body President C.°L Young, of the Com-| gouth Carolina. 0.2. who has proclaimed himself leader 01 | mercial club, praised the work of the} potatoes: New York, 10.7; Penn-| the Polish insurgents in that territory, | Cleveland, Ohio, May 6.—In an ac- ‘Town Criers, ahd expressed the hope | that the Commercial club member- ship would carry on the spirit of "Know Bismarck Week” in every day Sweet potatoes: Alabama, 15.5: affairs. Georgia, 12 Mississippi, 10.1; North ——— ntendent for North Dakota of the) ¢, Ba CUS EDy ea a Pe pe lutheran choreh, interested ia the | Carolina, 25.5; Virginin, 11.8; Tennes-| ds proposed new college to be located at | Hay: . New York, 60; Californta, i Dlemsrch, Ace untroduced and talked | 5 5. ‘Wisconsin, 5.3; Iowa, 4.8; Ohio, ; riefly to the members. 47. GERMANS FIGHT Cotton: Texas, 92.2; South Caro: 8.3; Wiscon-| has begn arrested by the inter-allied | plebescité commission together with, his entire staff. | sylvania, 8.5; Michigan, sin, 7.7; Minnesota, 6.5. dress this morning on “American Mar- itime Policies at the National Foreign SIGN UP FOR Trades Council convention, James A. b Farrell, of New York, chairman of = the council and president of the Unit- pet States Corporation, told the dele- gates the future of American merchant ‘ : Five Foreign Drivers to Com- | ™rine development is at stake, that i s caf |the government lost $800,000,000 by Pete in Big Event | not selling its merchant fleet® when |an international conference of mari- : | time nations to stabflize the situation, | Indianapolis, May 6.—Twenty-five recommended the chartering of the automobiles have been entered in the! 80vernment fleet to individuals either i Jina, 11.8; Georgia, 10.8; Oklahoma, 10.0; Arkansas, 8.9. . i Peanuts: Alabama, 25.1; Georgia, | Cloverseed: Wisconsin; 19,2; Illi- | ing During Summer | nois, 18.9; Iowa, 15.2; Ohio, 11.1; In-, 8.1, | | May 30. Entries for the event which Berlin, May 7.—(By the Associated ; diana, adminstration | mately $100,000 closed yesterday. 7 | 7 _|. The state board of Freas)- Uaedere et tne majorly oe; | vant, sae New York, Ae Penney) [has decided to build a power plant) Drivers for 28 of the machines have Z 7163° A 5 |for the Dickinson Normal ool, at; heen named. Five foreigners, Dario to participating in the formation of ER ore aaa + Georgia, Dickinson, during the summer, it was! Resta, Italian, and Andre Boillot, Rene ja cabinet containing representatives | | 4: New York, 5.3; ‘Ohio, 8.1: Nort, stated today by board members. The) Thomas, Albert Guyot and Gene Chas- of the German people's party and it Carolina qa y D1y NOFIn | approximate cost in $40,000. C, L. sagma, Frenchmen, will have mounts. is helieved that. the. socialist-demo- | CPT Catifornia, 20.8; New York, Pillsbury and Company, of. Minneap-/ Ralph De Palma, Tommy Milton, Ros- cratic party has definitely relected an) (00 yr sineton, 12.0; Michigan, 6.4; lis, has been engaged to draw plans, coe | Sarles, Ralph Mulford, Percy invitation to join a coalition ministry. | 0 sersey, 4.9, °° for the power plant. ' | Ford, Howard Wilcox, and other lead- | baie | The board also has decided to make | ing American drivers will start. |M A ATE bee ary Gh xoce Deiee at Grant 8,000 PRINTERS | Forks, to cost approximately $20,000. London, May 6.—The coal miners: SAID ON STRIKE Buildings also will be constructed | 7 | at the institution for feeble-minded in- intimated to the government they were | | jtitution at Grafton and the sclool for; Indianapolis, May 6—Approximate- willing to accept arbitration. i ithe deaf at Devils Lake. Decision ly 8,000 printers are on strike, it was \ ‘has not been reached as to any other announced at union international | building this year. | headquarters. [pAb et terneces, Do You Know-- That our five theatres accommodate 1,500 people a day. That Bismarck’s twelve churches provide ‘facilities of worship for most religious denominations. That Bismarck with fourteen miles of paved streets costing $800,000, has more paving than any city of its size in the Northwest. That: Bismarck has unlimited, undeveloped water power facilities. That Bismarck is in the heart of North Dakota’s 700,- 000,000,000 ton lignite coal fields. That Bismarck’s combined bank resources are close to ‘| $5,000,000. That Bismarck’s bank deposits are nearly three and a half million dollars. That Bismarck’s bank clearings average two million dol- lars a month, That Bismarck has the largest seed houses west of the Twin Cities; they distribute seeds, trees and shrubbery in seven states. That Bismarck has the largest and finest greenhouses in North Dakota. Visitors are invited. bek furnished the truck which carried | the big cage and. it is presumed that sometime during the parade to the burning grotnds he took the real, | live man out of the cage and put in a dumnyy. - It was cle ly small boy approached the bonfire and put his hand on the -figure inside the cage to see if it really were a live “Knocker” or a dummy. The dummy used was prepared under direction of Worth Lumry and W.'E. Perry and 1 replica of the real “Knocker’ in si and clothes. The big cage was provided by Robert of importance that has hap- Webb. The entire affair was under pened in the recent hours is the supervision of A. Verdolyack. presented to you. The members of the Eiks band were Our special services with the praised for their assistance in the! leading news agencies of the event, the band men offering their new and the old world make services although they were to par- this posible. All the news ade today and tomorrow. that’s fit to read. Just to let the public into the secret, “Dad” Fredericks let it be known to-, day that he was the “Knocker’ in the window. “It was just 25 years ago yesterday that I landed in town,” he said. “{t’s, a good town, always has been, and Vy glad to join in the fun and help; ohame 1) fealt-finders.” | All the News of the World As you unfold the pages of this paper all the news of the world is before you in brief, readable form. Everything Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 ' carries with it a purse of approxi-| , ican shipping laws. , } 21,2; Texas, 13.3; Virginia, 12.3; (§¢; fh n e | Nort i 0 ‘ + {State Normal to Get New Build-| annual 500-mile international sweep-|h # bare boat basis or on time car- OVER CABINET i erent whiae ‘stakes race at the? Motor Speedw: goes and advocated revision of Amer- a | MINSTRELSIN ‘PARADE BEFORE SHOW OPENING Parade to be Repeated Saturday Noon by Minstrel Cast | | The Elks minstrels are a pretty like- ‘ly looking bunch. This was the verdict of the people who witnessed the parade through the downtown district this noon of the members of the minstrels show cast, with the band playing and scores of Elks following in automobiles decor- ' ated with the Purple and White of | Elkdom. The first performance of the min- strel show is at the Auditorium at | 8:15 o'clock tonight. The performance , will be repeated Saturday night. The advance sale of tickets indicates a great crowd for both nights. There | still are some good seats left. | The parade will be repeated Satur- | day noon, CABINET TALKS ALLIED OFFER Weshington, May 6.—President Harding and his cabinet today con- sidered the invitation from the allied supreme council that the United States send representatives to sit with the .council of ambassadors and the reparations commission, As the cabinet assembled theret were no indications of the decision ' which would be taken,