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mm. - 90 6 p. m, lp m. +93 7p. m. 2p. m. - % 8 p. m. 3 p.m. - 99 p.m. 4pm. 9810 p. m. 5 p.m. ...... 9611 p.m. i June 30 12 Mid. 80 8 a. m. la. m. 78 9a. m. 2 a. m. 7510 a, m. 3 a. m. 7811 a. m 4am. 8112 m. . 5a. m. 80 1p. m. 6 a.m. 2 2p.m. 7a. m. 7% 3p. m. ‘The Weather Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR v THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [== eee nae BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS GUMMER VISITED WICK ROOM HEAT RECORDS ARE SHASHED INN, DAKOTA June Hottest Month is Belief of Weather Bureau Officials Here | | BISMARCK IN CENTER) = | City Was Hottest Weather Bu-| reau Station in State Yesterday | Hpat records are being smashed herg. 3. 3 3 8 Last night was probably the hot-; test night in five or six years, the weather bureau officials sald. The: lowest temperature was 75. It is but! once in five or six years that the tem- perature remains this high at night. it is said. The thermometer was 99 at noon and going up. It reached 99 in Bis- marck at 4:30 yesturday, the hottest place in the state. All June records were broken, the weather bureau announced this after- noon. The mean temperature for the month of June, ending today, is 71 degrees. The nearest approach to this record was 69 degrees in 1887, 1910, 1911 and 1919. The maximum temperatures on various days from June 22 to 30, the hottest period of the month, follow. : « 9127th .. 88 - 9028th + 9329th 99 eee eon, 1p. m.. 102 Extends Over Country. The heat. wave is said-to extend ayer the entire country. Chicago weather bureau officials were quoted in a Chi- cago paper as saying this June is the hottest in 50 years, Occasional showers broke the heat in the state in the last'24 hours, end- ing at 8 A. M. this morning, the weath- er bureau report showed. Bismarck ‘was recorded as having .03 of an inch of rain in this period; Bowbells, .51; Devils Lake, .08; Ellendale, .02; Fes- senden, .12; Langdon, .07; Larimore, .02. None of the 15 other weather sta- tions reported rain. Napoleon Close Second, While Bismarck was the hottest weather point in the state yesterday, Napoleon was a close second with 97. At Dickinson it was 94, at Dunn Cen- ter 94, at Lisbon 94, at Minot it was 96, at Fargo 94, at Williston 94. The weather bureau report said that it would be partly cloudy and some- what unsettled tonight and Friday, and not quite so warm, but gave no indica- tion of marked relief from the heat wave. LAWYER AND JUDGE CLASH Tilt Marks Argument of Case in Supreme Court * —_— i The supreme court has under con- sideration today the arguments in the y of proceedings asked in the libel suit of William Langer against the Courier-News, of Fargo. The case was argued in supreme court yesterday. Argument in court was marked by a tilt between Chief Justice Robinson and Attorney W. S. Lauder, of Wahpe- ton. Attorney Lauder objected to what he thought was an intimation by the chief justice that he was in league with District Judge Allen in prevent- ing the Courler-News from getting the case transferred from Richland coun- pee PEPE SPSS OP SENSR TPR STSS SBSe ABENSRS a ty. “That's false,” exclaimed Lauder. Justice Grace rapped vigorously for order in the court room. The case originally was brought by Langer in the Cass county court, was transferred to Richland county and the Courler-News asked that it be transferred to another county. Judge Allen denied the motion and a stay of proceedings was sought in supreme court. HOUSE ADOPTS ~ PEACE REPORT Washington, June 30. — The house teday adopted the confer- ence report of the resolution ter- minating the war with Germany and Austria-Hanga’y. The vote was 263 to 59. The proposal, 2 compromise een the Knox and Porter resoldtions, must be approved by the senate before it can be sent to the presi- reser 0 SOEs ve SARs Dc Nal AIL -__ re At ca ne ein iad ee ee ee | trict of Columbia bar. WILSON GETTING STRONGER This picture of Ex-president Wilson was’ snapped when he was leaving} the District Supreme Court at Washington after being adthitted to the Dis- He appears much stronger than when he left the! White House in March, but still leans heavily on his cane and is assisted up; and down steps by attendants. LEG IS BROKEN { i ' | IN AUTO CRASH; AN ARRESTED Robert Falconer Badly Injurel in, Accident Near Ball Park ° | i HIS PLAYMATE ESCAPES: | Driver of Car-is Held to An- swer. Police Charge J ' | | Robert, Falconer, 10-yeargid son -of | Fireman James R. Falconer, is in a local hospital this afternoon suffering from.broken leg, sustained. in an auto-/ mobile accident yesterday afternoon.; The leg of the little fellow, which was | broken once above and once below the; knew, according to his father, was set | this’ noon, and he came out from un-} der the influence of the ether all right | Fred Gruenberg, 312 First street.) driver of the automobile which struck! the boy, was charged -with reckless! driving by the police and held before! Police Magistrate Cashman. eae The accident occurred near the bali| park. Someone had stolen Roberts wheel from in front of the McKenzie barbershop and in company with Ray-! mond Barth, 12, a playmate, they went to the ball park in search of it. They were riding on Raymond’s car. They; were coming away when Mr. Gruen-! berg, who said he had driven down there and intended to turn around,| struck them. Mr. Gruenberg said they! were close to him when he gaw tffem.| Robert was knocked from the wheel} and crushed by the car. Raymond was} knocked clear of the car and wag not: badly hurt. i Friends of Robert hope that the boy; or man who stole the bicydle will feei; a pang of pity and return it, so the! boy at least may have ft when his le, | is mended and he is off crutches.| which will be weeks. The little fel- low was a Tribune carrier and his; business has been increasing rapidly of late, He was energetic and always had winnig smile. Scores of play-! mates anxiously inquired as to his | condition today : SLIGHT INJURIES | IN: SOO WRECK Minot, 'N. D., June 30.—a4_ broken brake beam was stated by Soo rail- road officials in Minot to have been the cause of the wreck -of the Bis- marck-Minot passenger train near Benedict in which W. L. Foster of Minot, baggageman, was injured, and G. C. Riggs of Drake, mail clerk, and passengers, received a severe shak- ing up. The accident happened two miles west of Benedict, The baggage and mail cars and engine tender turned over into the ditch and the engine and two passenger coaches left the rails. A broken rail penetrated the floor of the rear passenger coach but Passengers were not injured. ‘Foster was brought to Minot. iis condition is not serious. Riggs w: bruised but suffered no fractures Foster received his injuries when cream cans in the car piled on top of him. RETURNS FROM SCENE Superintendent Derrick, of the Soo lines, has returned from Minot, from the scené of the wreck of a passen- ger train which left Bismarck Tues- day morning. ‘Mr. Derrick said he was on the scene 20 minutes after the accident but was unable to deter- mine the cause of the wreck. A news- paper report/ascribed it to a broken brake. Mr: Derrick said the damage was not great. RUTH MAKES 28TH. New York, June 30:—Babe Ruth keeps going. ‘He made his 28th homer yesterday off Bush, Boston pitcher, with no one on Base. Reform. Association | was subjected by Arthur LeSueur, de- PRACTICES OF ‘STATE BANK IN. COURT DISPUTE Attorney in Brinton Case Cross- Examines Director-General ‘of Bank LAWYERS CALLED DOWN; Judge Nuessle Again Cautions, Them Against Side ‘ Remarks —£ © The state rested its case at 2:15 this afternoo Practices of the Bank of North Da- kota in dealing: with banks in which its deposits public funds were gone into in district court today in the! Brinton trial in the long crors-exami- nation to which F. W. Cathro, director general of the Bank of North Dakota, fense counsel. Attorneys in the case, J. J. Weeks, special prosecutor, and LeSueur en- gaged in several tilts and both were, warned again by Judge Nuessle against casting side remarks in the presence of the jury. ‘LeSueur inquired at length into the method of safeguarding tunds in the Bank of North Dakota, and whether or not the Bank of North Dakota Seeking to Prevent Dempsey-Carp. Contest, Jersey City, June 30.—Vigorous at- temps are being made by the Inter- national Reform Bureau to stop the DempseyCarpentier fight. Pierre Galvin, who is directing the prosecu- tion told the Associated Press that the matter would be placed before the Hudson county grand jury and that all parties to the’contest would be prosecuted. .It is contended that the mill is not a boxing exhibition permitted under the laws of New Jersey“ but a prize fight, FIGHT TO GO ON, Jersey City, N. J., June 30.—Gover- nor Edwards today told the Associat- ed Press that.the Dempsey-Carpentier fight would go on Saturday. : ‘The governor said he ‘had ‘not ‘yet sreceived the letter addressed to him by Dr. Wilbur F Crafts, superintend- ent of the International Reform Bu- reau, from Trenton, asking him to prevent the bout. “You may say, however, that the fight will go on and will be conducted absolutely within the law.” VICTORIES OF TWO FIGHTERS FAVOR DEMPSEY merican Pugilist Has More) Actual Knockeuts To His Credit Than Carp. New York, June 30.—Veterans of numerous gory ring battles, will face each other. in the ring when Jack Dempsey defends his heavyweight title against the challenge of Georges Carpentier in the Jersey City ring, July 2. Through several campaigns, both have won and lost contests in nearly every possible manner. Both have ,won by knockouts, on points and by fouls; both have lost on points and by knockouts, although Dempsey never has lost a decison on a foul as did Carpentier to Frank Klaus, when Manager Descamps climbed into the ring ,to save the Frenchman from further punishment. . Carpentier, fighting since 1907, is the more grizzled veteran of the two. in wimming his way up from the ban: tamweight ranks to the heavyweight class, Carpentier, who started boxing at 14, has engaged in 85 battles. In ‘71 of these he emerged from the ring the victor, Thirty-four times, he won by knockouts;-33 times on point de- cisions and four ‘times on fouls by opponents. The Frenchman has fought only five draws; has lost once on a foul and has been knocked out once. To a French youth named Gloria goes the credit for being the only opponent who has stood over the challenger and listened to the toll of the referee. ‘Carpentier’s record, before the war, is one of the most active credited to a leading boxer. Service in the French army curtailed his boxing for four years but since the armistice, with a heavyweight title bout his main consideration, Georges has en- gaged in fewer glove contests. Jack Dempsey has fought 64 bat- tles and 55 resulted in victories for him. The champion has knocked out 45 or almost three-fourths of his op- ponents in six years of boxing, a re- markable record. Nine times, he has won on point decisions and his only victory on a foul was over the pon- derous Carl Morris. The champion has fought four draw decisions; has lost on points twice and has hit the canvas only once to stay there for 10 seconds. “Fireman” Jim Flynn, in 1917, achieved that startling feat but later the “Pueblo Fireman” was knocked out in less than a minute by Dempsey when the latter was on his way to the cham- pionship. Dempsey also has fought two no-decision bouts. made any investigation of the various | banks in the ‘state in which large! sums of public money are deposited. | Mr. ‘Cathro distinguished between re- | deposits, consisting of money which was in the banks when the Bank. of | North Dakota was organized and ° which was left in the banks, and de- ; posits consisting of moncy put in the | banks later. LeSueur sought to es- | tablish if there was investigation of! the responsibility of ‘banks in which | public money is deposited. i Practice of Bank “Is it the practice of the Bank of | North Dakota to make an investiga- | tion of the responsibility of banks in which state or other public money or other monéy is deposited?” he! asked. “It is not the ,practice of the Bank of North Dakota to investigate the standing of banks in which it makes redeposits,” the witness replied. ~ ‘The witness said there Was a differ. ent rule ‘with regard to banks having deposits and those having redeposits, He said the rule of the state bank re- quired that'an examination be made of banks having new deposits. Asked if there was an examination made of the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo he said that J..R. Waters and L. W. McAneney examined it at Thanksgiving time, 1919. ‘He admitted that the Bank of North’ Dakota had deposits in that bank for a considerable period. previous to that time. ‘He said that Waters when he went.-to fargo examined the bank and had in mind the purchase of the bank. Puts In Letter ‘LeSueur read into the records a letter written by A. EB. Snyder, for- .mer transit manager of the state bank, which has been a part of the | ‘basis of Brinton’s and Waters’ state- | ments. LeSueur sought to establish, after reading of a deposit in the Mer- cantile State bank of Minneapolis, that about the same time a $50,000 de- posit was made in Minneapolis bank that bank placed $50,000 in the Scan- dinavian-American bank. ‘The wit ness said he did not know this. Le- Sueur asserted the minutes of the ‘Scandinavian bank showed it. Page of Book Missing It was discovered during the trial yesterday afternoon that a stock cer: tificate of the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo is missing. The stub of the certificate of the stock book record of the bank, ex- hibited in court by Nels J. Brevig, formerly, assistant receiver of the closed bank and assistant receiver at the present time, showed that it was made out to H. A. Paddock, presum- ably the same H. A. Paddock who formerly was general manager and then counsel of the Consumers United Stores Company and now secretary of the Industrial Commission of North Dakota, < The certificate of the stock itself was missing. Mr. Brevig said that the. stock, which, ascending to the record had been issued Mr. Pad- dock but which was. not, receipted, had been cancelled. Arthdr LeSueur, counsel for Brinton, lafd stress on the fact that. ten shares of stock had been‘shown on the stub as trans- ferred from the League Exchange to Paddock. ‘Mr. LeSueur also got into the record the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Scan- dinavian-American bank of Fargo of Nov. 17, 1919, in which Henry Pad- dock was named a director of the bank and elected chairman of the dis- count committee, it being the inten- tion of the attorney to show that a) (Continued on page 2) TESTIMONY DULL IN BOWEN TRIAL CASE DRAGS ALONG Hettinger, June 30 —Trial of D. R. Offley in the Bowen murder case has failed to develop anything sensational during the last few days. The state is moving along slowly ‘and it is ex- pected that the case will drag along for a week or 50, ‘Lee Plummer, a brother of Mrs. Bowen, testified as to certain meas- urements he had taken. ‘He told of the condition of the body following the shooting. Martin Blank,: former Beach editor, who became involved in criminal libel charges in connection with the case was on the stand’ Wednesday. He told of corversations he had had and measurements he had taken. Cross- examination of Blank was vigorous on the part of the defense. The large crowds which are gath- ering every day find little of an in- teresting nature. Up to date the trial has been devoid of any dramatic ele- ments. It is expected within the next day or so that the state will put in evidence showing an alleged feud ex- isting in the neighborhood and much, of the ground gone over in the in- vestigation by the state may be re- traveled in the prosecution. Other than the testimony given by Mary, aged 11, daughter of the alleged murdered M, K. ‘Bowen, no other evi- dence directly concerning the actual shooting of ‘Bowen was given. . The last three days have-been given over almost entirely to testimony on details relative to the location of the body of the dead man, the points where empty shells of different cali- ‘ber were found and other measure- ments made on the ranch. “Former Sheriff Testifies John Percina, former sheriff of Golden Valley county, who was re- moved .from office by Governor Fra- zier and later reinstated, this after- noon was placed on the stand by the | state. ‘Martin Blank, former editor of the league newspaper at Beach, was on the witness stand yesterday and testi- fled that he and Seaman Smith and ‘Hank Bentley had gone to the farm. dn fact Blank had been at the murder farm every day up to that time after the shooting and had searched on this particuplar day, Aug. 4, 1919, for ehells. He recited in detail where the shells were found. + On cross-examination Blank declar- ed that only one ae re shells were found had been marked. Never- theless on Aug. 10, six days later, he had made \the measurements as to the location of the shells which the state contends shows where various men stoed- when the shots were fired. The ‘testimony -of: Percina and wit- nésses yesterday and today was of detailed technical character laying the foundation for the later summing up on the part of the state which is not expected to finish its case: until sometime the latter part of next week. TARTMAY BE NAMED TODAY - Washington, June 30.—Although of- ficial information is withheld some of President Harding's closest advisors expect him to nominate Former Presi- dent Taft for chief justice of the Unit- ed States. In some quarters it is be- lieved official announcement of the selection of Mr. Taft might be made today. ARMY MEASURE 1S NOW SIGNED Washington, June 30.—President Harding today signed the annual army appropriation bill directing reduction of the regular army to 150,000 men by October 1, but at the same time-aa- vised Congress that in his opinfon fur- ther legislation might be required to relieve the government of the em- barrassment of violating its obligations to enlisted men whose discharge the reduction will make necessary. WEATHER REPORT. For twenty-four hours ending at noon June 30. Temperature at 7 A. M. nee 48. Temperature at noon . . 8 Highest yesterday . . 99 Lowest yesterday 27 Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity Foreeast. For North Dakotah: Partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Friday; not quite so warm. . TO BE NEWS EDITOR Fargo, June 30.—W. W. Tousley, former state printer and for many years connected with the Western Newspaper Union of Fargo in a busi- ness and editorial capacity. has re- signed to become news edivor of the Williston Herald. TRIBUNE WILL BULLETIN DEMPSEY-CARP. CONTEST - Fight fans of Bismarck and territory will be able to hear the returns from The Tribune office. The great mill begins at 1 P. M. Bismarck time and as there may be a day light saving provision in Jersey City which will put the fight ahead a little, returns may begin to simmer in earlier. The Tribune will either bulletin the fight by rounds or mega- phone the returns from the Thayer side of the building. Full report of the contest will be carried in the final edition of The Tribune.- Come and. join the crowd. It’s thte biggest ring battle of the century. FACTS FOR | | TAXPAYERS - | <2 HOTEL CLERK thse busines eoneems in| QONNECTED UP | Nacsa the (Capital City pay nearly $40, a year on their city property exclusive of federal and special taxes. : - Some premium to do business in Bismarck! This is one reason. why the taxpayers squirm when the hue and cry of another bond issue is raised. ’ Those who are voters must realize, whether they own pro- perty or not, that this tax is shifted. It turns up in the shape of rents and is absorbed in many other ways by the man who owns no property of his own but who is usually keen for piling up the public debt through frequent bond issues. i If the process of deflation is to continue in Bismarck, those in charge of the city affairs must put their shoulders to the wheel and cut the ‘tax load. Many men with small homes find that the taxes make occu- pancy of them a heavy drain upon their income. If the pace keeps up, the growth of the city will be re- tarded. Those seeking a busi- ness location ascertain the tax rate before locating an industry or building a home. A Bigger, Better Bismarck we all are working for—but exces- sive taxes kill munipical growth. Mr. Voter you help to pay the freight directly or indircetly and just remember this before obligating the. city to any more special assessments. Give business a chance to build up the town. ' 5 BOYS ADMIT ROBBERIES OF STORE IN CITY Chief of Police Also Round Up Boys Who Broke Into Watermelon Car Five boys have confessed to Chief of Police Martineson that they broke into the South Side Bargain store, 222 Ninth street south. A large quantity of tennis shoes, shirts, tobacco and other articles were recovered from the boys by the police chief. The store was broken into on three different oc- casions, the chief said. Three of the boys operated in one gang and the two others operated together. All live in the vicinity of the store. Names of a gang of 14 boys that broke into N. P. freight cars and stole watermélons and malt also are in the hands of the chief, through confession of some of the members after part of the gang was traced down. What will he done with the boys has not been determined. Action will be taken when State's Attorney McCurdy returns to the city tomorrow. BALL PLAYERS LOSE A POINT Chicago, June 39.—A motion by the defense in the baseball trials that the indictment charging a conspiracy for the Chicago White Sox ‘players to throw the 1919 world series be quash- ed as illegal under the Illinois law was overruled by Judge Hugo Friend here today, DISABLED MEN HIT SOCIALISTS Detroit, ‘Mich., June 30.--Fifty dele- gates to the convention of disabled American veterans of the World War invaded the Soctalist convention short- ly after noon today and warned the so- clalists that the veterans “are ready to fight again to defend the flag against sedition, disloyalty and trea- son.” GRAIN HANDLERS MAY WALK OUT ‘ Chicago. June 30.—Employes of Chi- cago grain elevators have refused to accept the owners’ offer to arbitrate their differences and a strike will be + called tomorrow it was announced to- day. Less than 1,000 men were said to be involved but their work is of such am expert nature that their action may tie up the movement of grain. It was understood that the men re- fused to accept a cut in wages. The men ask shorter hours. WITH MURDER States Attorney Green Says De- fendant Made Advances to Girl Over Phone NET DRAWING TIGHTER Tense Moments Reign “During Long Preliminary — Hearing Fargo, June 30.— William Gummer confessed having been in the room of Marie Wick, 18, Grygla, Minn., before her body was discovered in a room of a local hotel on the morning of June 7, William Green, states attorney of Cass county, testified today at Gummer’s preliminary hearing. The girl - was found tied to her bed, gag- ged and skull fractured. Gummer, 22, night clerk of the hotel, was held charged with the crime. His story -of the event of the night the girl was killed as previously related was that he had known nothing of her death until several hotel employes opened the door after the girl failed to respond. CHANGES STATEMENT It differs materially from the statement which ~ Attorney Green said the defendant made to himself, to Sheirff Fred Krae- mer and to a Burns detective, E. M. Brandies. - Gummer, according to ‘admis- - sions the officials credit to him, opened the door of Miss Wick’s room with a skeleton key at ‘ 8:30 a.'m., advanced about 3 steps into the room and found the girl dead. Gummer says, ac- cording to this story, he re- traced his steps, went down stairs, waited about ten min- utes and then called Fred Law- rence. MADE ADVANCES Mr. Green also declared that. Gummer confessed __ having made advances to Miss Wick over the telephone after she had gone to her room, which she had repulsed, according to his testi- mony. Today before Justice Bing- ham, Gummer’s alleged admis- sion to'officials on June 14 were recited by William C. Green, states attorney. He presented himself on the witness stand to present the transcript, of the talk officials had with Gummer lasting from 3 p. m. to 12 mid- night on June 14. i The courtroom was cleared of spectators when Mr. Green was called to the stand. < This was done, it was said, be- cause of the nature of much of his testimony. Miss May Melaas, chambermaid at the local hotel, where Miss Marie Wick, was murdered June 7," testified today in the preliminary hearing of William Gummer, night clerk of the hotel, who is charged with the, crime. Miss Melass occupied ‘4 Toom under No. 30—the one in which Miss Wick was killed. The’ chambermaid heard a sound as\ of pounding in or near room 30 at about 4 o'clock on the morning of the mur- der, she said. After this sound ceased she heard someone leave the room and walk down the corridor. Miss [Melaas told how she had been awakened. “All of a sudden I thought somebody jumped out of his bed and took his shoe and struck the bed,” she said. “It seemed to me that the person might have been sore for not being called in time to catch a train. “Shortly afterward the cloek in the court house tower struck four,” she said. (Miss Melaas, who was the first to enter the room of the dead girl in the morning also told of finding the body. Her testimony cleared up the mystery of a dlood-stained Bible which had been found in a room next to No. 30. It had been stained with blood before the murder occurred, she said. Step by step the state is trying to weave its web of circumstantial evi- dence around William Gummer, charged with the murder of Marie Wick. Migs Wick, on the night that she was assigned to the room, was given a key attached to a brdss plate. She locked her door from the inside with that key. It has not since heen found: the door to her room was locked from the outside by the man who rapped and murdered her, and he took the key with “him. : When State’s Attotney Green ex- hibited a key attached to a brass plate such as the hotel gives to its guests, (Continued on Page 3)

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