The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Generally Fale FORTIETH YEAR TOWNLEY WILL NOT APPEAR IN BRINTON CASE No Indication That He Will Testify in Case in District Court LEMKE ACTIONS TRACED: Defense Indicates Further Ef- fort to Pir’ Him as Stores Director | | | | i} | A. C. Townley, president of the Na-| tional Nonpartisan league, will ied appear to testify in the trial of J. W. ! Brinton, charged with perjury, accord- | ing to J. J. Weeks, special prosecutor. Mr. Townley had been asked by A torney General William Lemke by let- | ter to appear, an affidavit of Mr.! Lemke, filed when the gase was called, ; said. Mr. Weeks said today that the— state could. not reach Mr. Townley by | subpoena because he was outside the | state and no word had been received: from Mr, Townley that he would ap-} Pear. | With the state preparing to wind up! its case Nels Brevig, assistant receiv | er of the Scandinavian-American bank | of Fargo, was placed on the witness | stand again today to endeavor to show! that the practice of the Bank of North Dakota in making loans to the Scandi- ; navian-American bank was on certifi- cates of deposit was a regular bank- ing practice and to show that many of | the loans, alleged to aggregate $430,-' 000 in October, 1919, made to “league enterprises” were simply renewal | notes. It has been the defense con-| tention that the Bank of North Dakota! was used to finance league enterprises | such as the Consumers Stores com- pany and Publishers Service Bureau by making deposits.and loans to the| Scandinavian bank which in turn loaned heavily to the enterprises. Trace Lemke Connection. Counsel for defense indicated its further attempt to prove the asser- tions by Brinton that Attorney Gen- eral William Lemke exercised control | of the Consumers United Stores com-, pany and that the stores company which sold a great amount of stock, to farmers was simply a dummy corpor- ation used to finance the Nonpartisan league. Mr. Lemke said on the wit-| ness stand that he owned seven of the, ten shares of stock of the company and admitted that the Nonpartisan league borrowed money trom the Con-; sumers stores, company but denied, knowing how much. | Frasier On Stand. Governor Lynn J. Frazier, Attorney: General William Lemke and Commis- sioner of Agriculture of Labor Joha N. Hagan, all composing Industrial Com-| misgion of North Dakota, were on the witness stand in district court yester-' day afternoon to testify in the- perjury case against J. W. Brinton, Governor Frezier’s testimony for the state was directed toward an attempt! to prove Brinton’s charge that there was controversy over the policy of the! Bank of North Dakota at the time of; its organization was false and Hagan’s | was directed to the same end. With) Attorney General Lemke the statement | went farther in an effort to show that/| Brinton had spoken falsely when he| said that the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo was @urchased by J. J. Hastings as financial secretary of the Nonpartisan league and on the advice’ of A. C, Townley and Lemke, that; Brinton had®spoken falsely when he; said the executive committee of the! Nonpartisan league discussed the pur- _ Chase of the bank and that Lemke’ controlled the Publishers’ National Service Bureau. | Witness Grilled. Both Governor Frazier and Mr.| Lemke were grilled by Arthur Le-) Sueur ina long cross-examination dur-| ing which LeSueur dwelt at lengtn| upon the statement of Lemke that al-/ | married. though he held the majority of the: yration on the 4th of July by the without any idea of making time. stock in the Consumers United Stores! company, now in receivership, he took; no part in its management. | The fact was established by Le- Sueur through testimony by Lemke! that the National Nonpartisan league had ‘borrowed money from the Con- sumers United Stores company, a mat- ter often debated. ip North Dakota politics. “Tg not the reason you did not take active part iz the management be- cause tke Consumers United Stores company was. a dummy corporation: organized for the Nonpartisan league's benefit and that the Nonpartisan, league at one time had borrowed over) “MARRYING BURCHES” WED AT 13 AS: PREVENTIVE OF DIVORCE ABOVE JOHN BURCH, 16, AND HIS WIFE, GOLDIE BURCH HINES, 13. a we * By Newspaper Enterprise Kansas City, June 29.—“Early mar- riage is the key to happiness and the remedy for the country’s divorce problem.” This is the opinion of Michael F. Burch, father of ten children and elder in a suburban church in Kan- | sas City. His wife agrees with him. Within a year they hdve permitted a daughter-of 13 to marry and a son to take a bride at 18. Other Burch children have married at 14 and 15. w Mother Eloped Mrs. Burch, the mother of the “marrying Burches,” was 16 when That was at Holden, ‘Mo. , Burch was then 19 and he and his sweetheart eloped because of parental objection. “If we ever have any children, they shall marry as young as they please,” said the bride and bridegroom after their elopement. Their eldest daughter, Flossie, was 15 when a suitor asked her parents for her hand in marriage. They con- sented. ‘Now she is 22, the mother of a boy and “perfectly happy.” When their daughter, Pearl, was 14, a young man proposed to her, Again the parents consented. Her marriage has been happy and she is the mother of a twenty-two months old daughter. PROMISE BIG TIME HERE ON 4TH OF JULY | Fy i /Committees at Work Planning: count includes meals, hotel accom- Independence Day Cele- bration Bismarck is promised a big cele- Catholic Organizations of St. Mary’s Parish and the Fort Lincoln grounds, about a mile south of the city, have been secured for the event. Among the features promised is a base batl game between the K. C.’s and the Lions club which promises to be an attraction in itself, A bowery dance ernoon and evening and the best mu-/ sic obtainable has been secured. The committee on races and small sports j is busy arranging a fine program and | there will be plenty of noise, excite- ment and firecrackers during the day * 8 Baby Brides of Burch Family BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1921 13; BELOW, MRS.| ee 8 Last January, 16-year-old John Burch was head over heels in love with 13-year-old Carmen Elliot. Her parents objected, but the elder | Burches went a-pleading with their son, with the result that the young couple were married. About this time ministers began to protest and club women began to storm. The answer came in the an- nouncement that Jerry Hines, twenty- two-year-old assistant to the elder Burch in his work as a stone mason, was going, to marry Goldie Burch, age thirteen. © They All Were There All the Burches, young and ol attended the wedding. In his religious zeal, Burch has built a home in the shape of a church so that‘it-can be used at some future time as a place of worship. The old- est unmarried child in the Burch family is Robert, now 11. “I ain't never goin’ to marry,” he says. “Just wait,” smiles his mother. “Most married folks would be better off if they had married earlier and were raising more children and not so many dogs.” “tT believe in going to church,” says the elder Burch, “raising big families and letting people make up their own minds.” id, 'MAKES RECORD RUN TO K.C. IN | OVERLAND CAR Geo. Nelson, a former bridge engi- neer, left Bismarck for Kansas City on June 18 and mailed the Lahr Mo- tor Sales Company his .expense ac- count and record of his trip. The ac- i modations, gasoline, etc,, but nothing | ‘ for repair or trouble in connection with | his Model 4 Overland Roadster. Mr. | Nelson's mileage from Bismarck to ‘Kansas City was 931 miles, which he made in 38 hours and 46 minutes PETITIONS ARE ~ FILED AS PART First Petitions Are For Con-! stitutional Amend- ment | CRIME $250,000 from the Consumers United! and a fine display of fireworks at Stores company,” asked LeSueur. | night. ‘Many other novelties are “I know nothing about it, said Mr.' promised which are reserved as a! Lemke. surprise to the public and which the On further questioning Mr. Lemke! committees will not give out. There said that the Nonpurtisan league had will be something doing all the time borrowed money from the Consum-) and everyone, the children and srown ers United Stores company, that he! folks, are assured the time of their did not know how much but that hej lives. Lemonade and cold drinks of | was certain it was not anything like; all kinds as well as hot and cold Petitions purporting to bear 23,450 names asking that a constitutional amendment proposed as a part of a recall election in North Dakota, be! submitted to a vote of the people, are} being checked in the office of the sec- retary of state today. The required number is 20,000. The petitions will BRFORT 10 PIN GUMMER GUILT Preliminary Hearing of Fargo Hotel Clerk is Con- tinued IS DETAILED State Puts. Witnesses on Stand To Tell How Marie Wick Was. Murdered Fargo, June 29 —The preliminary hearing of William Gummer, 22, charged with the murder of Marie Wick, 18, Grygla, Minn., continued to- day with testimony on circumstances surrounding the death of the girl Gummer was night clerk in the hotel where Miss Wick was found tied in her bed gagged and with skull frac- tured. | Crowds~ of curiosity seekers who yesterday jammed the corridors of the court house had abuted somewhat. Sheriff Kramer ot Cass county, tes- tifled to investigations made by) him immediately after the murder. The state continued attempts to show juat how the murder had been committed and introduced evidence to eliminate certain guests of the hotel as possible suspects, Recolve: Telegram, A telegram received at the offices of Attorneys Barnett and Richardson, while vague and unsatisfactory, hat created no little interest and discus- sion, in connection with the prelim- inary hearing of Gummer. The mys- terious signer, Thoma known here as far as'can be ascer- tained. Persons having knowledge ot the telegram are waiting to see if by any possibility there will be any fuz- ther developmenfs that will throw any light on the horrible crime now un- der investigation. Following is the telegram: “Minneapolis, Minn. “Attorney Barnett und Richardson, “Fargo, North Dakota. “I have tried to reach the sheriff at Fargo, I wrote two letters and no an- swer and one letter to state’s attorney, no answer yet, also, Stop the hear- ing of the Prescott murder trial unti! you hear from me and advise me at once. Thomas Dowd.” A telephone call from Minneapolis tinged with like mystery was received at the Courier-News offices last night. After being connected with the editor- ial rooms, a man's voice asked what progress had been made in the Wick murder trial. Upon being told that it was about half way through, the unknown voice immediately cut off after a quick “thank you.” Efforts to locate a Thomas Dowd in Minneapolis who knew anything about the case were unsuccessful last night. Persons who went to the trial yes terday with the hope of hearing the state’s attorney flash some hitherto untouched evidence of a sensational nature were disappointed. The prose- cution proceeded smoothly and slowly, evidently with the aim of first exclud- ing any possibility of guilt on the part of the other persons who either were in the hotel on the night of the mur- der or had in any way been connected with the actions of the girl after her arrival in the city. Establish Fact of Crime. The prosecution is conducted by State’s Attorney W. C. Green, the de- fense of the accused man being in the hands of Judge W. H. Barnett, Fargo, and Claire.F. Brickner, Fargo, who are assisted by Judge H. E. Swenson of Devils Lake, a brother-in-law of the accysed. ‘hen the case was continued at 5 | P. M. yesterday afternoon, it was hard- ly though possible that the hearing | would be completed today as*there are many witnesses to be examined and the state indicated that it might recall a number of those who were called yesterday. Crowd Serambles. During the entire afternoon the vi- cinity of the court house resembled a picnic ground, little groups of people having congregated here and there over the grounds and in the shade of trees for a block or more in either direction from the grounds. Three hours before the preliminary examination of the murder suspect was scheduled to begin, a crowd was beginning to gather at the county court house. A goodly portion of the early arrivals were women, many of them having their Junch baskets on their arms. As the crowd continued to come! into the court house and the estimat- ed seating capacity of the court cham- ber was reached the doors were closed | and special officers drafted from the city fire department and elsewhere placed on guard. PASTOR QUITS Dowd, is un-| di 'STATEPURSUES |PASTOR ASKS PROSECUTOR TO STOP DEMPSEY-CARP BATTLE —___—_____—__—-¢ FACTS FOR TAXPAYERS | 6 t | Taxpayers are coming to ‘realize that Bismarck’s expendi- jtukes must be curtailed. | | It is the intention from time} to time to discuss in these col- jumns some of the outstanding} |features of Bismarck’s finances \in an attempt to show where the |money is going. : These little sketches are in janswer to an off-hand statement’ of one of the city commission- ers; “Oh this City Does Not, Owe Much Money !” Let us start with the school! budget. | School outstanding, | $160,000. Annual school budget approxi-| mately $80,000. Bismarck has a school popula-} tion of about 1,200 and com-! pared with other cities, is mak- ing generous provision for public ‘ education. School’ facilities are of prime; necessity and the growth of the! school population has demanded; additional room, but the doub-| ling up of the school bonded in- debtedness in recent years; means that the city must econ-' omize unless there is imposed} upon the people too great a bur-| len. | Other bond | given later. BOWEN TRIAL DRAGS ALONG | MANY TESTIFY Eight Year Old. Daughter of, Deceased and Hired Men are Star Witnesses 1 i i bonds issues will be} |SELF DEFENSE IS PLEA Every Effort Made to Show That Defendants Feared an Attack ‘Hettinger, June 29.—May K. Bowen, eight years of age, daughter of M. K. Bowen, shot on his ranch near Beach, was a witness in the murder case here of the State against Offley, one of the defendants on trial charged with murder. ‘She told of her mother's actions fol- lowing the shooting. Playing on the porch she heard the shots. Declared her mother shot at one of the men who came to see Bowen that day and she declared that a man named Taylor shot in thé-direction of her father from a hill sixty feet away. It was dusk she said when the shooting took place. j Hans Boegli, employed by Bowen, said that he heard the words that preceded the shooting, but that he was milking at the time and kept on with the job during the entire affair: Mrs. Bowen called to him that they had killed her husband but he said “I | just kept on milking.” Mrs. Daisy Wasseman, employed by Offley, testified that she had heard her employer make threats relative to Bowen stating that he would “get him.” Offley’s attorneys are devoting all | their time to building up the theory ' that Offley and the others shot at Bowen in self defense. That they shot him as he was about to fire at | them and self defense will be the plea, CARPENTERS CUT WAGES Bismarck Union Announces Ten appearing at the Mandan chautauqua, |! Per Cent Decrease {to testify in | MacLeod, boy welfare worker, there | man and the way some of the Rotarl- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE-== PRICE FIVE CENTS Complaint is Laid Before Jersey City Official by Represent- ative of Clergymen FIGHTERS ARE PREPARED Jersey City, N. J., June 29,—Rev. Harry E. Wyatt, representing the Clergymen's Community club of New Jersey City today laid betore Prose- cutor Pierre Garvin a bill of com- plaint to stop the Dempsey-Carpentier bout here Saturday. A letter accompanying the bill charged the principais and the pro-/ moter with conspiracy to “pervert the boxing or sparring lay and also to violate the crimes act to prohibit prize fights.” S. C. Gilson, of counsel for the clergymen, said affidavits had been submitted and witnesses were pre- pared to appear before the grand jury whatever action the prosecutor may take. ENDING HEARING Atlantie City, N. J., June 29.—To- day is the beginning of the end of Jack Dempsey's two-months training grind. Work today will be light and may not include boxing. The champion, dreading the last three days of marking time, is glad that the long siege of training is nearing an end. He does not display any outward signs of nervousness or irritability. “T'll be glad to have this thing over with,” Dempsey said. “You have no idea of the hardships of a long train- ing grind. It’s terrible.” CARPENTIER SMILING Manhasset, N. Y., June 29.—As the day for the wo:fd’s championship bout nears everybody in the challenger’s camp is getting nervous excepting Georges Carpentier and he alone ap- pears to be worrying about as much as a schoolboy getting ready for a picnic, He wants to go and is having lots of fun making preparations. Out- side of this he has not ‘displayed the least anxiety. His friend, Pierre Mallet, who has increased his cigarette consumption about 50 percent in the last few days, plotted to get away because he didn’t want Georges to be bothered. Mana- ger DesCamps has begun to wring his hands and pull his hair and Train- er Wilson has betrayed a slight ir- ritability. 700 SCRIBES” sHERE . (New York, June 29.—Probably more newspaper correspondents than were employed on the battlefields of France during the World war will be on hand. to report the Dempsey-Carpentier fisic encounter at Jersey City next Saturday, Ike Dorgan, who has charge of the press arrangements, said there would be 700 newspaper men at the ring- side, 200 of whom would be dictating | to telegraph operators while the bout was in progress. JUNE FIBLD DAY PRPS UP THEROTARIANS Bismarck Club Beats Mandan Rotary in a Tug of War A-top the McKenzie “BOB FINCH” IS SPEAKER Today was a red letter day for the Bismarck Rotary club. . It was a noon- day of stunts. The Mandan club just recently organized came over in a body and under the direction of Mr. was an impromptu field day upon the roof garden of the McKenzie hotel. Bismarck and Mandan staged a tug- of-war which the Bismarck Rotarians declared was theirs. Amyway the de- cision went to the Capital City club. Following the tug-of-war Mr. Mac- Leod staged several stunts designed to put “pep” into the tired business- ang “hopped” around in the June heat showed that a few degrees of mercury are nothing in their young lives. He pad a new line of exercises which put snap into the noon program. i Robert Finch, a chautauqua lecturer, came over with the Mandan Rotarians and gave an inspiring address upon] the serviée of Rotary to the commun- ! The Bismarck union carpenters jhave cut their wage scale-ten per | Practically all classifications of the jeent an hour, effective July 1, 1921,/ club have been filled and members ; according to an announcement today. | from the different business firms wil) | The announcemet says that it is done; pe designated as alternates. The clud jin order that the home contractor | j; enthusiastically engaged in assist- | can compete with the non-union firms | ing the boy welfare work ana weekly |on a more even basis.” | luncheons are proving valuable meana! Lumber prices have decreased ma-; of service to the city and a study of terially, the carpenters say, and be-| its problems, ity. | i PREMIER CANT MBET DE VALERA, HE TELLS HIM \Sir James Craig Said He Had Already Accepted Invitation i to Conference DE VALERA IS CONFERRING Sinn Fein Leader Replies To Invitation From Prime Min- ister For Meeting Pelfast, June 28—(By the Associat* ed Press.)—Sir James Craig, the Ul- ster premier, declined today the invi- tation extended him by Eamon De Valera, the Irish Republican leader, to meet DeValera in Dublin. The in- vitation was contained in a letter to the Ulster premier and four other eminent Irishmen outside of DeVal- era’s party asking them to meet him at the mansion house in Dublin on Monday for a conference. It was stated that DeValera wished to learn from him at first hand the views on the Irish question of certain sections of the people they represent. DeValera, in his reply to Lloyd George’s invitation for a confernce with the Ulster premier and the prime minister for an Irish setflement, said he was consulting with some of the principal representatives of our na- tion as are available.” In his reply to the Republican leader's invitation Sir James said: “It is impossible for me to arrange any meeting. I have already accept- ed the prime minister's invitation to the London conference.” It was announced later that Sir Robert Wood, member of » parliament from Dublin university, had accepted DeValera's invitation. BANKER WANTS SUPERVISER OF CLOSED BANKS Secretary of State Bankers As- sociation Asks Receiver Be Appointed if TALKS ON STATE BANKING Refers to Conferences of State Bankers and State Admin- istration Grand Forks, N. D., June 29.—The appointment of a supervisor of re- ceivers of closed banks in North Da- kota is held to be u necessary and im- portant action by W. C. MacFadden, secretary of the North Dakota Bank- ers’ Association, in his annual report to the state association meetitig here today, “A number of banks have beeh tem- porarily closed in the state during the past year, many of which, accord- ing to present indications, will be able to re-open before the end of the year, and in many cases the reorganization of closed banks is possible if this work is placed in competent and cap- able hands,” said Mr. MacFadden. “The last session of the legislature provided for the appointment of a supervisor of receivers of closed banks, but at the time of the writing of this report, an appointment filling this position hag not been made. The selection of this official is of vital im- portance at this time and it is also of vital importance that the banks of the state be permitted to hava a voice in the selection of this officer and co- operate with the State Banking De partment in protecting the Guaranty of Deposits Fund. A competent com- mittee should be appointed to go into this subject very thoroughly.” Banking Misunderstood. : The association, Mr. MacFadden said,planned to take up an importan: work during the coming year as a part of the work of various state as- sociations under the direction of the Public Education committee of the American Bankers Association, in spreading knowledge of the banking business. He said that “much of the economic and financial disturbance in our state may be charged directly to the fact that the business of banking and {ts economic importance and value to the communities in which banks are located are not generally under- stood. The American Bankers’ Asso- ciation hag taken official notice of the fact that mankers have been negligent in not giving more attention to famil- jarizing the public, and especially the younger generation, with a more in- \timate knowledge of the service ren- dered by banks in the development of the community.” | ! lieve it wise for people to build now | | Before there is a readjustment of lumber prices upward in the build- ‘ing boom predicted over the entire | country. $250,000. | lunches will be served on the grounds pot phe designated as filed until the! Erplains Holdings, | for a small fee, Any profits made checking has been completed, it was| Mr. Lemke explaining kis holding/ from the big celebration, it is stated stated ut the segretary’s office. of seven shares of the ten ia the! will "go towards the erection of the | The proposed constitutional amend-| stores company declared that he held| new $70,000 addition to St. Mary's ment would limit the unsecured debt) State’s Experience. Lectures are to be given and stu- dents in the public schols will be in- plete || Today’s Weather —— I vited to! visit banks, | For 24 hours ending at noon, June 29: | The experiences of bankers of North LOCAL CHURCH Dr. Jorden Hands in Resignation ra f i e, the the stock in trust for the farmers at! school. The cause is a good one, t the request of organizers because they | day the biggest in the year and the, Jacked confidence in J. W. Brinton,} celebration the best in years so evary- then manager of it. He said he was| body should come regardless of poli- always opposed to the stores company, tics; creed or nationality. Remember | it is Independence day, the day of all OF seeking 40 establish Towniley's con-| sak curing tay faa era bia i | celebrate and be happy. Traasporia- nection with, tt, a sefenie couneet| tion will be provided for to und from | souebt to hare iy pied ee owns | the grounds at all times during the ley controlled the stores company. day and night. Lemke said that Townley had assist | ed in getting members and had been 80 NOW YOU CAN DIE ‘London, June 29.—It’s safe to die Gravediggers, who have interested in it but demie@ ke had con-| trol of it. |here now: for industrial purposes to $7,750,000, of which $5,000,000 would be a bond} sue to release “frozen credits” of the | Bank of North Dakota, according to} the amendment; $2,500,000 bond issue} for the completion of an experimental ; mill and elevator at Grand Forks and a $250,000 bond issue to wind up the! | affairs of the state home builders as-| | sociation. ' |. It, is required that petitions for a | vote on constitutional amendments be filed 120 days before an election. In- | dependents propose to have the recall as First Baptist Pastor Dr. E. F. Jorden, pastor of ‘the First Baptist church, has resigned his position. ‘The resignation is to be acted upon at the mid-week meet- ing tonight. Dr. Jorden came to Bismarck about a year ago from York, Nebraska. He was welcomed as an educator and preacher who had held many import- ant posts. Dr. Jorden returned to Nebraska a few weeks ago to make arrangements to move his family to “Do you know these farmers lost a/ been on strike a week, have gone jelection op. or before November 8,| Bismarck but returned and gave his (Continued on Page Seven) back to work. 1921. i resignation to the church. TURKO-RED PLOT | | Temperature at 7 a. m. . 7 | Dakota during the past two or three Highest yesterday . 96} years have been very illuminating to Lowest yesterday - 66 the world of economics and finance. Lowest last night 70 | Millions of dollars of capital have Precipitation .... 3 been unnecessarily driven from Nortit Highest wind velocity 15-E. | Forecast j | For North Dakota: Partly cloudy |_ Constantinople, June 29—A Turko-| tonight and Thursday; somewhat un- | Rolshevik vlot of great vroportions; settled in east portion; continued | IS DISCOVERED ‘has been discovered by the allied au-' | thorities here it was announced to-! warm. Dakota by malicious and unwarranted attacks on the banks of the state in order to establish a new, untried aud absolutely impractical banking sys- tem. This has retarded the develop- ment of our state many years, ant | it is quite apparent that an intelligent jday. Numerous arrests have been| The anthem, “America,” was frst in | ‘made including the alleged ring-lead-| sung at the ‘Park Church, Boston, ers, a man named Augenblick. | 1822. knowledge of the business of banking. as it is now established, its impor- Weatinued on page 4)