The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1921, Page 1

4 i) “ fa x cy oo “Junch at noon and the city commission- \ FORTIETH YEAR THIRD ANNUAL COUNTY “PLAY DAY” DATE SET Superintendent Announces INVITATIONS SENT OUT Activities to Center Around the ‘Court House with Many Events Annual county “Play Day” will be observed June:4, in Bismarck, Coun- ty Superintendent W. E. Parsons an- nounced today. : | This will be the third annual event! of this kind, at which all school chil dren in the county are asked to gath- er. The county superintendent ha: formulated regulations for the’ “Play Day” and is today sending an invi | tation to all school officers and teach. ers in the county to be present with school children. The announcement of the counts superintendents says, in part: “The county commissioners have given their consent to the use of the court house grounds for our Ncnic ers have granted us the use of the street adjoining for our races, etc. Nature of Sports, “In -order that the children may know what they should practice in the way-.of sports we are giving the ful lowing schedule. Girls, 6-7-8 years. 9-10-11 years. 12-13-14 years. Above 14 years. Boys. 80 Ibs. or less. 80 to 95 Ibs. 95 to 105 ibs. 105 to 115 Ibs. Girls Class 1, 50-yard dash. Potato race. Class 2. 50-yard dash. Potato race. Class 3, - 60-yard dash. Potato race. Baseball throw. Class 4. 75-yard dash. Potato race, Baseball throw. t Boys Class 1 i 60-yard dash. Running broad jump. Running high jump. ‘> Boys Class 2. 75-yard dash. t Running broad jump.. Running high jump. Boys Class 3. 100-yard dash. i Running broad jump. ‘ Running high jump. . Boys Class 4. 100-yard dash, Running broad jump. Running high jump. , To Have Relay Race. “Any school that has a team of four runners that wish to enter for a re-| lay race please report to this office The team should be selected from Classes 3/and 4,/ either girls or boys or a team made up of part of each. This race will be run by each of the four members of the team running on a quarter of the distance. “As many teachers as can please send in before June 1, the namgs and ages or weight of the pupils that wish) to enter the contests. “ “Come early and brimg your lunch with you. Bring your parents. We will have a shady place to eat our lunch, We will have some commun- ity singing, a flag raising, the flag salute by the childrea and a band if possible. The Council of. Women of the city of Bismarck has offered to} help entertain the children that will| come to Bismarck on June 4th. We) will try and have a pleasant and-prof- itable time. I hope that many of the) schools may be able to come in a body. ; This is more iinportant to the pupils) and the cause of education than a circus. Can you not create sentiment ; in favor of a play day in your com- munity? The schools that have par- Mipated in this event the past two years will be here I am sure. We! want others, too. “Try and be here by 11 o'clock in the morning. Bring flags with you i you have them. _ Small ones that the! children can carry, if not bring the large one and make a staff to carry it.” 4 CHARGES MADE IN JAMESTOWN WHISKEY CASE Jamestown, N. D., May 12.—Four charges have. been lodged against James Smith and Edward Duffey, alias Ed Johnson, captured after the gun battle in which M. J. Madden, of Scot- land, S. D., was shot and killed near here. The defendants are charged with transporting liquor, assault with in-| tent to kill, grand larceny and resist- ing arrest. ‘ TALK HIGHWAYS AT DICKINSON, / H. K. Craig, of the state highway commission’s engineering staff, and| Will Holbein secretary of the North) Dakota Good Roads Association, went) to Dickinson today to speak at a good! roads meeting there tonight. Dickin-; por wk boot po Gr coke geome sep spon ster , son good roads boosters toured the, county advertising the meeting, EB. G. ‘Wanner, of the good roads; association, is in Fargo, ‘Wahpeton and Hillsboro this week in the inter- est of the good roads association. ‘= |THE BIS STRANGLER HAS BABY PRODIGY | Ed Lewis and~-Wife Rear’ Infant “Phenom” i By Newspaper Enterprise, i San Jose, Cal, May 12.—¥rom a four-pound baby at birth, little Ba- bada Lewis in nine months has be-| come a 17-pound, healthy, laughing,‘ talking, walking miss. ‘That's due to the scientific methods of training administered by Bobada’s! parents, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, world's; champion wrestler, and Dr. Ada Scotti Morton ‘Lewis, physician and surgeon. Miss Bobadas shoulders are well developed; she has. strength enough ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1921 ‘BOBADA LEWIS’ WITH HER M LEWIS (LEFT) WAITING PATIEIN “STRANGLER” LEWIS, HER FATH + 8 * * OTHER, DR, AIDA SCOTT MORTON TLY ON THE HAT RACK, WHILE ER, GETS A SHAVE." * 8 * What SHE Does and What HE Does By Dr. Ada Scott Lewis I give her plenty of fresh air, keep-| ing her outdoors as much as possib I compel regular hours. She. gets By Ed “Strangler” Lewis rom the very first I have given her daily exercise. I taught her to grip with her fingers {up at 6 and is always asleep at 8;30.; until she developed strength enough a arms and hands to cling to the! She eats three meals with us, and is so I could lift her from the floor. miniature turning-bar her father has; erected for her; her legs are strong enough to permit her to walk; she is able to say not only simple words but to join words together such as “quit: given goat’s milk at 10, 3 and 8. the water being lukewarm. At five months, I began feeding her bacon grease, a great strength build- that,” “want meat,’ and “take walk.”! e". A week later I gave her a wheat! | I exercised her legs and massaged! I take great care with her baths,’ thom until at seven months she could! walk by holding to a chair. ‘When she was seven months old | could grip her by the ankles and she would hold herself straight as; I raised RCK TRIBUNE [= PRICE FIVE CENTS MURDER CHARGE 10 BE MADE IN SHOOTING CASE States Attorney Announces He| Will File Formal | Complaint ONE MAN OPERATED ON) [Physicians After Operation Ex- |‘ press Hope of Recovery for Harrison 4 DRY OFFICER ARRESTED ON SPEED CHARGE Lan. Moloney, federal prohibi- tion enforcement officer for North Daxota, is free today of a charge of violating the motor vehicle laws by specding. i Moloney, whose headquarters are at Fargo and who was in Bis- “marck on business, was arrested on a warrant sworn to by F. H. Robertson and A. E. Cole, who alleged that Moloney ran in the automobile in which they were riding while he was beyond the law's limit. Police Magistrate ‘Cashman dismissed the case HOSPITAL DAY | Jamestown, 'N, D., May 12.— 08 Attorney L. G, Tellner announcad to-| ; day that he would file a complaint im-| | mediately against William Wyant and) ; Henry Kearn for the murder of Fred | Johnson. No complaint for the ‘mur-! ader of James Carlson will be filed) pending a change in the condition of! Walter Harrison. \ Harrison was operated on this! morning and seven pieces of bone! which were pressing against the brain were removed. Physicians took an X-ray and have hope for Harri- son's ultimate recovery, but it is) probable he will be permanently para-| lyzed on the left side. Carlon had reiatives at Oak Park,’ ‘Il. The coroner received a wire! from Joseph Keller of that place that! he would come here and identify the body. f Arouses . Discussion, The shooting episode has aroused bitter discussion in the city. One of; the trio shot carried a machinist’s| card and had worked in rallroad shops | and railroad employes have taken un- usual interest in the case. The Far- go Trades and Labor Assembly and! some Jamestown union men request-; ed the attorney general to have a rep- | resentative investigate the shooting} {and Assistant Attorney General W. A.j | Anderson sent Judge Crum to James- | town asa representative of the ; office. \ * i The attorney for the railroad de-; tectives elected not to put in much) | evidence before the coroner's jury,/ | but it was expected that the two rail- i road detectives would resist the! | belight to call and be shown through, i hospitals will together graduate 35) CELEBRATED IN. CAPITAL CITY Hospital Day in Bismarck will see many callers between the hours as- signed, paying their respects at the two hospitals of the city, and wishing every success to the splendid insti- GERMAN TRADE: _ WITHAMERICA | WILLINCREASE Settlement of Reparations Dis- pute Brings Many Inquiries to Department EXCHANGE IS BETTERED Advances Scored in Allied Capi- tals Following Averting of Crisis (May 12.—Germany’s acceptance of the allied reparations demands has promptly stimulated in- terest of American business nien in German trade possibilities. There has been marked increase in the number of inquiries to the state department regarding restrictions to which Secre- tary Hughes has replied in effect that. with the exception of a few articles and few restrictions Americans may carry on trade with German houses Washington, tutions for the coming year. With, freely. everything shining about the ent- Exchange Improves rahces, corridors, wards, private) The same feeling was reflected in rooms, kitchens, laboratories and gen- eral equipment, Bismarck’s hospitals today present almost an ideal condi- tion for a city’s equipment for caring for the sick. ‘With the white and blue uniforms of the nurses, and the picturesque and neat garb, of the Benedictine sisters, it is, indeed, a the great instiiuiions this afternoon. It is shown, from statistics exhib-| ited by the city promoters last week that Bismarck hospitals have 275 beds for patients; that 3,850 patients were cared for within the past year in the; two institutions; that the nurses are happy and well cared for under the eight-hour law, established since last August, and that only professional. work is required of the graduate and student nurses. - It is gratifying to note that the two nurses in June. The: city is proud of its medical corps and its ability to meet the heavy requirements of the sick each year. Baby’s Training. | A day at the Lewis home is a reve: lation, Bobada rises.at G6 and is; bathed and dressed by a nurse. Seat-| ed at the table for breakfast the baby; tackles a bowl of theat cereal. Then! vomes, bacon grease, and then goat’s milk—out of a glass. | . After the breakfast Bobada | goes! goes in-an “Indian Blanket,” made of! a. blanket with hoops in each end| which. “The: Strangler’ carries in his’ hand or tossed over his shoulder.' Often, on the runs, he stops in the! barber shop for a shave. Bobada waits patiently, hung from a hook on the hat rack. { Ten oclock brings more goats milk, | then a nap. At 12 her noonday meal,! which is the same as breakfast except that rare broiled beefsteak is substi- ‘uted for bacon grease, ! In the afternoon Lewis plays with! and trains Bobada, either in the, training quarters or out-of-doors. Al- ready she is able to grasp the bar and raise herself two inches from the floor, swinging back and forth, “We are’ not trying to raise a pro- digy,” says Lewis, “but are simply trying to bring up ‘Bobada in a sensi-: ble, healthy way.” LINDSEY ENDS COURT BATTLE + OF FIVE YEARS Juvenile Court Judge in Denver; Will Pay a Fine of $500 for Contempt Denver, May 12.—Ben Lindsey. judge of Denver javenile court, will|’ end a five-year controversy here to- day when he Days a fine of $500 and costs assessed upon him following his conviction on charges of contempt f court, Judge Lindsey announced his decision to pay‘the fine and end the case today. He was adjudged in contempt by Judge John Terry, of the alistirtct court, in 1915. Judge Lindsey had re- fused to divulge what a 14-year-old juvenile court ward had told him about the murder of the lad’s father. The boy's mother was tried for the murder and acquitted. cereal which also is a strength builder; her from the ground. At seven and a half months I began. Today, at nine months, she can giving her broiled beefsteak, which, stretch on her back and. raise her she sucks drawing the juice from it.| back four inches, balancing ‘on her | form a state association. ANTI-DUMPING |;with'’her father on a long country! TARIFF BILL | run. She doesn’t run, of course—she' 10 CONFERENCE ! Passed By Senate, Details are to| Be Discussed by Two House | Committees ee te 1 Washington, May 12.—The senate} late yesterday passed the emergency | tariff and anti-dumping bill, retaining | all amendments recommended by the tinance committee, but rejecting those individually proposed. The vote wes: 63 to 28. ! Seven democrats, Senators Brous-| sard, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico; { Kendrick, Wyoming; Myers, Montana; ! Pittman, Nevada; Ransdell, Louisiana, and Sheppard, Texas, voted with the} Republicans in passing the bill. An-! other Democrat, Ashuyst,, Arizona, / who was absent, was announced as aj} supporter. Only one Republican, Sen-! ator Moses, of New Hampshire, vated against the bill. : i \ As passed by the senate, the meas-| ure differs radically from the form in} which it was passed by the house goes| to%conference. Only the tariff features of the bill were kept intact, the anti-! dumping and currency revaluation sec-| tion being entirely rewritten and the! provision added for continuation of) the wartime restrictions on imports of dyestuffs. AUXILIARY IS * _IN'MEETING Devils Lake, May 12.—Mrs. J. G. Moore of Grand Forks was elected temporary chairman of the conven- tion of Women's Auxiliaries to the American Legion meeting here to \ Mrs. Moore defeated Mrs. Hill of Fargo, the only other candidate for the place. J. R. Landers of Minot, state commander of the American Legion, Jack Williams of Fargo, ad- jutant, and Miss Pauline Cernick, na- tional secretary, were speakers \yes- terday. PRISONERS FAIL TO STRIKE AND — - GIVE TWINE PLANT CLEAR FIELD In the absence of, any strikes the twine factory and offer to “ar- thus far and a clear horizon ahead, pirate ute have not done that . Sate during this spring. the. state penitentiary will in- The twine ‘plant will make 2,- crease its production of binder 500,000 to 3,000,000 pounds of twine this year. Asked if there twine, he estimated, or about dou- was available more labor to per- ble, last year’s, capacity. About mit greater production Beecher 75 men are employed. The prices Stair, secretary to the warden, di- are 131-2 cents for standard and recting twine plant, operations, 161-4 cents for Manilla twine. A said: greater amount of standard twine “The principal reason for the will be made, Mr. Stair said, be- increase is that there are no cause of the high price of Manilla strikes—or there haven't been any hemp. yet.” The brick yard of the prison He explained that prisoners had will not be operate’ this year, the inaugurated the practice of send- labor being divided principally be- ing delegations to the warden’s tween the prison farm and the office to talk over labor terms in twine factory. A head and. heels. I always carry Bobada with me when I go on my runs. RELEASED FROM PRISON: TAKEN ON U. S. CHARGE John Gilbertson, released from the state penitentiary yesterday afternoon, was immediately ar- restod by Deputy United States Marshal Pat Bohler and taken to Fargo to answer a federal war. rant charging him with breaking into a. postoffice at Cando. Gilbertson had just completed a four and a half year senteece at the prison on a charge of steal- ing an automobile. He had de- nied the charge, asserting that he had merely be2n riding in an au- tomobile another stole. He a pal of William Singheim, of Grand Forks, who escaped from prison last summer and was not captur- ed, according to local police offi- cers. ‘ Gilbertson was just preparing to enjoy his liberty when the fed- eral officer served the old warrant on him. CANADA TAKES " RAIL CONTROL London, May 12.—-At the meeting of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway company today it was decided to ratify the agreement be- | tween the management and the Cana-| amenia .06, Bismarck .11, Bottineau dian government providing for the | transfer of the control of the railway! Dickinson .03, Dunn Center 0, Ellen-| to the government this month. Mr. Employer Need Help? ‘The want-ad columns are the best media to’ secure the kind of employes you, want. For every sort of iness—pro- fessional 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 these Want-Ads. And the cost is very low. Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 | charge of murder. made by the cor-| 4 | oner’s jury at a preliminary hearing. |_ The crowd was so great at the cor-! ‘oner’s hearing that only a small part) | of it could get in the court room., | There were many persons who ex-| | pressed bitter opinions either for or ‘against the railroad detectives. | The dead man who has been known as J. Carlson was identified by Sever | Nelson, of Urbana, Barnes county, as | Joseph Radecky. Nelson’ said that | both Radecky and Johnson, who also was killed had worked for him, i Physielans Called First, , ' The first witness called was Dr. |W. W. Wood. Dr. Wood described |the wounds of the dead men in de- | tall, declaring that the man whose name ig believed to be Fred Johnson. | was wounded in the right arm nea | the shoulded, a bullet apparently en- tering the flesh from “the external) | posterior” part of the arm and the| {point of exit being the front of the; arm. The witness wis asked to tell, in detail why he believed the bullet| ! or othér instrument entered from the/| rear, and said that “the point of en-. | (Continued on Page Seven) RAINFALL OVER | "STATE GENERAL |Bismarck Has Eleven Hundred- ths of An Inch Rainfall | | Scattered rains in various parts of! | the state are reported to the United! States Weather Bureau in telegraphic) advices today. The rainfall report for.the various stations by inches fol-| fols : Bismarck-——Rainfall last 24 hours: 11, [Bowbells .13, Devils Lake .06,! dale .16, Fessenden 0, Grand Forks) | 10, Jamestown .05, Langdon .89, Lari-; | more .22, Lisbon .10, Napoleon .11,| Minot .11, Pembina .50, Wahpeton .02,' ' Williston .08, Moorhead .14, | “Roads are somewhat rough generally | from recent rains, but the falls have been mostiy light so that the Toads | are generally dry or will dry. rapidly.| |The only detour reported is on the) Sunshine Trail north of Jamestown.”| The local forecast for Bismarck and! vicinity was: “Unsettled and cooler | tonight with temperature near freez- jing; Friday fair.” j | of Central Luzon. TEXAS MUTINY: SHOOT GUARDS) Huntsville, Tex. May 12.—Be- tween 25 and 80 prisoners at the Huntsville state prison this morn. | ing mutinied and escaped. Two guards were shot, one probably fatally. Six of the men obtained pls- tols and charged the front gates of the prison, then charged gates on the inside of the prison walls and broke into the armory, obtaining shot-guns, Shots were fired by the convicts. The -cuards returned the fire, but as far as is known no convicts were hit. © In the original bunch there were only about six conviets, each armed with a pistol, when they charged the front gate. Go- “ ing to the armory where the shot guns were obtained they returned to the inside and made another. charge, and) obtained another bunch of convicts and left the prison. ‘ PRINTERS OPEN SHOP DECLARED! Fargo, May 12.—Employing print-| ers of Fargo have declared open shop in composing rooms effective next, Monday following the strike of com-; positors May 2 for a 44-hour week. | Strikers are “standing pat.” Union heads say and will meet in conference with employers this afternoon. BEAT UP EDITOR OF NEWSPAPER | Duluth, May 12.—John L. Morrison, | 58, editor of the Duluth Ripsaw, a lo- cal sensational newspaper, today was the head by a group of young men. | He was not seriously injured. GENERAL WOOD BEGINS A TOUR Manilla, May 12.—General Wood's mission ig to start on an 18-day tour reports from allied capitals of im- Proved exchange conditions. Secretary Mellon said today he ex- Pected the advances recorded by French and British exchance rates to be permanent to some extent. While the effect of Germany's acceptance on exchange was largely psychological, Mr. Mellon said, it seemed. unlikely exchange would drop again to its pre- vious low rate, Approve Allied Plan Analysis made by administration officials of the allied plan for the col- lection of reparations caused them to declare that they could see in its no serious flaw. Tension Eases Berlin, May 12.—Marked relaxation from the tenseness of feeling which has prevailed the last few days was ‘observable in German political circles today now that the crisis raised by the allied ultimatum has been passed through acceptance of the allied terms by the ministry of Chancellor Wirth, organized to meet the emergency. Postpone Operations ‘Duesseldorf, May 12.—(By the As- sociated (Press)—Gen. De Goutte, com- mander of the allied forces on the Rhine, arrived here today from May- ence and ofdered preparations for the occupation of the Ruhr to cease. It was remarked among the military of- ficers, however, that the order said “the operation has been postponed” and not actually abandoned. ESCAPED MEN TO FEEL LAW Penitentiary Warden Prefers Charges Against One Man Prisoners who escape from the pen- {tentiary and are captured will, upon the expiration of their sentences, !u charged with escaping from prison, a felony under the state law. Warden L. Ia Star said today. Exceftions may be made, the warden' said. This proceeding has not been fol- lowed in the last few years, according to the warden. A prisoner named Hogan, ‘who was released a few days ago, was turned over to the sheriff here and will be given,a hearing on a charge of escaping from prison.’ He escaped last fall and was recaptured. PIONEER DIES AT DEVILS LAKE |Frank Palmer, Well Known in State, Suecumbs to Illness Devils Lake, May 12.—Frank Palmer, of this city, one of the best known cit- | The road condition bulletin says:! attacked in his office and beaten over |izens of this City, died here yesterday. Mr. Palmer was a pioneer in’ North Dakota and was said to have been a continuous resident of the state longer than any other white man. He served ‘in the legislature and was an Indian agent at Ft. Totten for a considerable period. Mr. Palmer was‘an uncle ‘of. Miss Bertha Palmer, assistant state super- intendent of public instruction. OPPOSE CHANGE — IN PAPER LAW Do You Know-- That the rest room maintained by the Woman’s Community Council at the Masonic temple is open and free to all persons, and an especial invitation is extended to women coming to Bismarck from the country to use the rest room. That the Elks band of Bismarck is the first Elks band organized jn North Dakota and that other Elks lodges have followed the city’s lead. That Bismarck is known as one of the best baseball towns in the state and that the local management is trying to give the fans the class of ball they wish to see this summer. That within a few miles of Bismarck one can see the remains of a Mandan Indian village, a place often visited by tourists. That the capitol museum has one of the finest collection of Indian relics in the country. That tourists will welcome information to the effect that they may see Theodore Roosevelt's ranch cabin in Bismarck. | Columbus, Ga., May 12.—By a close ; Vote members of the International Cir- jculation Managers Association today | went on record as being opposed to jany change in the postal law which | Provides that statements of circulation jof daily newspapers must be published levery six months. WEATHER REPORT. For twenty-four hours ending at | Moon, May 12. | Temperature at 7 A. M | Highest yesterday . | Lowest yesterday | Lowest last night | Precipitation Highest wind velocity j Forecast. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- | night with possibly ight rain or snow jin the northeast portion; cooler tv- | night with temperature near freezing. Friday generally fair.