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

The Weather FAIR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ==! FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WE: DAY, JULY 6, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS CHAR COURIER-NEWS EDITION PUTS FORTH CHARGES Edition is Suppressed “When Liederbach Takes Charge of. Plant, However piece} GUMMERSON Paper Had Made Demand For State Convention to be Held in Bismarck WARRANT FOR TOTTEN, Fargo, July 6.—Late this afternoon it was announced at the office of the United States marshall that a warrant had been delivered from Federal Judge C. F, Amidon calling for the arrest of Totten on the charge of transporting liquor in his automobile. Fargo, Press.)—Charges that three members of the state executive committee of the Nonpartisan league have squandered $50,000 of the league's recall election campaign fund were made in a special edition of the Courier-News, san league daily. The accused, the newspaper charges, had overdrawn his account by more than $50,000 of league campaign funds on June 30, nd said that “the league 13 facing the coming campaign empty- handed and it is necessary that some some immediate and drastic action be taken.” Asked Convention. The newspaper statement suggested that a delegate convention of the legue be called at Bismarck July 29. The special edition carrying the charges agaifist the executive commit- tee members were not allowed to gain circulation, howeveg. Appraised of the intention of the edflor of the Courier- News, to issue the edition two com- mitteemen ppeared at the offices ot the paper at 4:15 this morning and demanded possession. Coples Destroyed. Under their orders, it is said, be- tween 4,000 and 5,000 of the papers al- ready printed were carted to the city dump grounds and burned. Plates and matrices also were de- stroyed. Several-of the’ papers, how-|» ever, escaped the flames. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Fargo, July 6.—Four or five thou- sand copies of the Fargo Courier-News of this morning were confiscated and burned by majority members of the Nonpartisan league state committee, it became known today. The seizure following the discovery that commit- tee employes in charge of the newspa- DISPLACED | Auly 6—(By Associated I , Nonparti- ! i CLARA HAMON IN MOVIES | | i i She cails it “Fate.” scenes. Ince portrays the part of an oil millionaire and political leader. oil magnate and politician. HAYS PLANS T0 BLACKMAIL IS | ‘Kalamazoo, Mich. | sion to an attempt to obtain $50,000 from A. 'H, ‘Pratt, president of a local ; paper company, by means of a threat- EXTEND POSTAL Postmaster General Would Put) threat of slaying the paper manpfac- sans . a jturer and members of his family. Billion Dollars in Circu- | ‘lation / . a , OUTLINES HIS NEW PLAN 1 ] | i | SESSION HELD Sullivan, Ind, July-6.—A billion dol- Jars which should-be in circulatiom to essist the coming industrial revival is being hoarded in American jstockings, Will EB. Hays, postmaster general, de-! clared today in announcing plans for/ revision of the postal savings system, to make it more attractive to potential depositors. Through his reorganization plans, pointment of Street Man per had -published charges reflecting upon their superiors. In an edition intended solely for rural. circulation, nearly three full columns were devoted to the charges against the majority members of the Nonpartisan league state committee, A. A. Liederbach, Ole Kaldor and Chris Levang. The article asserted that while fifty thousand dol- lars had been contributed in recent weeks by league members to the fund intended for use in fighting the forth- coming recall election, none of the money was on hand. What Article Sald. The article asserted that it was nec- essary to call a special convention of league members, preferably at Bis- marck on July 29, to elect three suc- cessors to Liederbach, Levang anc Kaldor, who would work in harmony with the other two members of the committee Walter Maddock and R. H- Walker. At four this morning, Liederbach and Kaldor, supported by ten or twelve men, entered the Courier-News office and took possession. George Tot- ten, business manager, was arrested a few minutes later on a charge of hav- ing liquor in his possession, one of the Liederbach-Kaldor party finding a jug of beverage in Totten’s automobile. Cc. K. Gummerson was displaced as edi- tor, and the composing room and press room crews accepted Liederbach as their new chief. He ordere the de- struction of forms carrying the charges against himself and Levang and Kal- dor. Papers already printed, sacked and ready to be mailed and carrying these charges, were removed to the city dump and burned. Today Liederbach and Kaldor are in command of the pa- per. .A meeting of the state commit- tee has been called for tomorrow when it is expected W. C. McClintock, for- mer editor will be reinstated. Walter Maddock, who with Walker has oppos- ed the course taken by Liederbach, Le- vang and Kaldor, is the director of league publications, and as such had the hiring and firing of league paper employes. This morning's episode fol- lowed the preferment of embezzlement charges by the state committee ma- jority against Totten several days agc. Although Totten was taken to po- lice station this morning on supposi- tion that jug of Hquor was in his pos- session in his automobile, no formal charge had been made against him up to noon. Totten said that the beverage in question was a combination of orangeade and lemonade, the remains of family picnic. , Charges Made. pa These charges grow out of Tottei's handling of money received by the Courier-News for use in the recall campaign, Totten having deposited about $2,000 in another account ac- cording to the statement contained in the confiscated edition of tfis morn- ing’s paper. Less than a dozen copies o2 the confiscated paper escaped the damp grounds fire. Totten formerly was executive sec- (Continued-on Page Five) Furnish Arguments Mr. Hays hopes to draw the hoarded | = wealth of the Country out of its hiding! places and into useful channels. The’ RVIEWING present treatment of depositors in the | postal savings bank, he said tonight) { Tae after conferences with middle-western’ The city commission, after a bankers, amounts “almost to fraud,”| short meeting last night, continued while the government has profiteered' its work as aboard of equalization, re- et the exnense of the depositors to the ; yiowing assessments of property in | sum, in the last year alone, of $1,720,-| the city. H Guo. | During the consideration of bills His general plan of reorganization, Commissioner Thompson raised. the which will be submitted to Congress, | question as to. whether or not the has been approved by bankers east and ; Hughes Electric company bill of middle-west at conferences held in| $836.05 for electricity for the city for Washington, New York, Terre Haute| the month of June should be allowed. and at his home here. Mr. Hays as-} Commissioners Thompson and Henz- sured the bankers that he had no in-| ler two weeks ago raised tie question tention of entering the postl savings | of are lights, saying the Hughes bank in competition with private sav company was not complying with the ings banks, but rather hopes to make) city’s franchise which requires fur- it a valuable feeder of establishe’| nishing of arc lights. Commissioner banking institutions. While asking} Jenzler said that.he had ‘looked over Congress to make the interest rate| the company’s expense slips and double the average paid now, he point- | found that the breakage cost on the ed out it would still he below the aver-|clectric lights furnished was very age paid by the mapority of savings large. Commissioner Thompson in- banks. ‘sisted that the city still was not re- Pr e ng ihe: are ene it contrac ac vi 7 7 j r and that was not up to the city ee esac ane ees vee Hto pay th company’s breakager bills. service, Mr. Hays said. He pointed mine Dil one ane rhe comms out that seventy per cent of the pfes-/ S00 200 © 2 sr Tee60 te C 4 Site tt ent 508,000 depositors are of fapeign|COMPany for $1,762.50 for nye ran ns | rental for a three-months period. extraction and that#they are /well as There was a little tilt over the ap- others of their countrymen who are| pointment of Carl Brady as tem accnstomed to postal savings systems | porary street commissioner while D. abroad, will trust no one but the Unit-/¢ \oLean is on vacation. Commis- ed States government. French moved the appoint- To reach this field of potential de-i ment at $150' a month with a $20 positors, Mr. Hays plans the following! allowance for his automobile. Com- basic changes ‘in the present postal | missioner Thompson opposed this, de- system: | claring. that the job required very 1. Increase the interest from two tu/ little work and that in the city’s three per cent. , present financial» condition it ought 2. Payment of interest on deposits| to keep down expenses as much as held less than one year. possible. He particularly opposed e banks are not and cannot’ Clara Hamon has started the movie stony of her own life experience. This picture shows Clara and John Ince in one of the Clara was acquitted at Ardmore, Okla., of the murder of Jake L. Hamon, » CHARGE MADE ! July 6.—Harry | Knowles, of this city, was held here today follpwing his alleged confes- ~~ BY COMMISSION Hughes Electric Bill and Ap- ASSESSMENTS; WIDOW RELATES BOWEN KILLING AT HETTINGER Tells How Her ‘Husband Was Killed While on Stand at : urder Trial DEFENSE CROSS-EXAMI S .Attorneys Severely ‘Examine Woman as to Various, Points of Her Story Hettinger, N. D., July 6.—Defense ; counsel for D. R. Offley, first of the | four alleged murderers of M. K. Bow- 'en, Golden Valley county rancher, to | be placed on trial today: began trying ito pick to pieces the story told by the widow of the slain man. Attorney John F, Sullivan, of Mandan, and C. I". { Murtha, of Dickinson, put Mrs, Bowen ; through a grilling cross-examination. | She was placed on the stand yester- | day by the state and told the story of ; how Bowen was shot. According to ‘the direct examination which followed { the general line of questioning of the; ! preliminary thearing she saw E. W | Taylor fire two shots at her husban: jas he wag coming from the corner of the coral to the barn, Tells of Shot Gun. The only new bit of evidence intro- duced by the state was questions and answers given by Mrs. Bowen that she had personally secured a shot gun j during, the fracas and later placed it ‘near her husband’s body. Records of} the preliminary examination showed | that when county officials were called |to the farm a shot gun was across | Bowen’s body in such a manner as to {indicate he had held it in his hands when he was killed. It was about this defense today that defense counsel gave Mrs. Bowen a severe cross-ex- amination. | Court: Reconvened, When court reconvened yesterday following.the holiday recess the/state | was granted permission by District Judge Berry to read into the record of the present trial testimony taken at the preliminary examination. The tes- timony of Dr. Stow, since deceased. i was read, as_was.that.of W.-H. Cooper, another ,preliminary examination wi- ness, who now is outside of the state. Mrs. Bowen took the stand Tuesday afternoon and concluded testimony or direct examination shortly before noon. FOUND DEAD IN LAKE BOAT Waukesha, July 6.—Robert Taubert, of Milwaukee, was found by fishermen in an oarless rowboat early today floating in Bewaukee lake with a knife in his heart. Taubert was last seen, according to his brother, W. Taubert and friends Monday night in the com- pany of a young woman whose iden- tity 1s unknown. a 7 FACTS FOR THE | i CITY TAXPAYERS | —— Valley City has the best oper- ated city dump in North Dakota. It came in for special comment from Dr. Elizabeth Bartlet Crane when she spoke here last summer at the meeting of the State Federation of Women’s clubs. . A letter to The Tribune from the city auditor of Valley City states: “We pay our caretaker of dump grounds a monthly salary of $55. This is the total expense with the exception of buying small quantities of kerosene to burn rubbish and a fork occa- sionally.” ' -The Valley City dump is cared for by a man who has a garden plot in the vicinity. He 3. Removal of the restriction against depositors under ten years of age. 4. Provision for joint and trast funds. ‘ : 5. Establishment of postal banks in 50,000 postoffices instead of the pres- ent 6,300. a 6. Compensation for fourth class postmasters on the basis of the de- posits they handle. 7. Re-deposit of the funds in local banks with more liberal qualification rules for such depositaries. 8. An enlarged board of directors, including a representative of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank and possibly one or more civilians. “There is a lot of business in this country that is really sick, still stag- gering under the shell-shock of war and the debauch of extravagance,” Mr. Hays said, “but there is a good deal more than is merely malingering. What we need more than anything else is the common sense of courage and confi- dence. There is, of course, the great- est era of expansion and prosperity ahead that the world has ever seen. Every one knows this and the only question discussed is: when it will making an allowance to pay for the | finds that it takes only a portion expense of running an automobile, ‘On motion of Commissioner French the commission ordered the construc: vtion of, a sidewalk on Avenue A, be- tween Mandan’ avenue and First street and 92 feet adjoining on the north end of Mandan avenue. A check for $443.83 was received from the Hughes Electric company covering a charge on electricity for the city hall from Sept. 1920 to May 1921 which the company’s letter said was made on order of the railroad commission which order was later held void. |" AIR “ROADS” IN. U.S, ARE PLANNED Washington, July 6.—A system of model airways covering the entire contint, is planned by the army air service for the use of all operators or owners of aircrafts. It contem- plates various chains of well organ- ized landing fields supplemented by emergency fields and identification cnarkers connecting the principal cities. start. Well, it is time to go out and meet it. This we propose to help to do.” It takes 5,000 honey bees to weigh a pound, of his time to keep the dump so clean that it wins commendation from such prominent welfare workers as Dr. Crane. Here is good city management for you. Bismarck proposes to bond $5,000 for an incinerator, the-use of which in many cities of the size of Bismarck has not been highly satisfactory. In Grand Forks an incinerator works satisfactory, the initial cost of which was only $1,500. With a tax income as high as it is in Bismarck and if, we must have an incinerator surely $1,- 500 can be spared from the gen- eral fund without recourse to a bond issue of $5,000. ’ The Tribune will touch later, upon the Grand Forks and Fargo incinerators. But better far the Valley City way. Low cost of operation and efficiency through good city GE N. P. LEAGUE FUNDS. i | i TOWN CRIERS COMMITTEES ARE NAMED New committees have been named. by the Town Criers club by President Charles Wattam for the carrying out) of the club’s activities during the com-| ing year. General discussion of the! club work was held following a lunch- eon of the club held at the McKenzie roof dining rom yesterday. KE. B. Cox and M. H. Atkinson were initiated as new members of the organization. CURTAIL ACTI DEATH RESULTS IN FIRES WHICH RAGEINCANADA Condition Ripe in Ontario For! Repetition of Porcupine Disaster TWO ARE KNOWN DEAD; BRINTON GIVEN LONG GRILLING IN HIS TRIAL States Attorney Subjects Him to Cross-Fire Questions m Many Deals | : sf Forest Fires Reported in Many! Sections of Quebec Province DEMANDS EXACT TIME Prosecutor Seeks to Pin Witness to Exact Time of Many Transactions | Cobalt, Ont. July 6—Two deaths, | destruction of the town of Millwood and loss of millions of dollars worth of timber in forest fires were report: { ed here last night. | According to the information northern Ontario was menaced ® by i tire in‘a dozen areas. Several towns were threatened, Scores are fight- ing back the flames systematically. | The mercury has been at the 100/ mark for three days. It has not dropped below 90 degrees even at night. Except tor the absence of wind weather conditions are similar to those which prevailed in 1 when the Porcupine district was des- troyed by fire. After being subjected to three-hour cross examination when his perjury trial was resumed yesterday afternoon in district court J. W. Brinton ‘was again grilled by J. J. Weeks, special prosecutor, all during morning se3- sion today. Prosecutor Weeks attempted to trap the witness with innumerable ques- tions concerning the exact times of his purported questions concerning “league paper” he said was brought into the Bank of North Dakota and the conversation and controversy Brinton said obtained during the period when the paper was under discussion and on other matters. Brinton proved to ba a wily witness insisting or explaining many of his answers in detail. Inquires Into Deals. Opening his cross-examination to- day Weeks sought to obtain from Brin- ton his reasons for classing the Hast- ings-Kimball company, Federal In- vestment company and similar com- panies which had made loans from tne} Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo as “league corporations.” The Federal Investment company Brinton aserted was identified’ as 2 league concern by him because of what Quebec, July 6.—Forest fires were | reported today from many sections | of the province of Quebec. Two bridges were burned at ‘Breakeycille, Quebec and other fires destroyed woodlands in the district | of Abitobi, Beauce, St. Maurice river, Basquet and on the northern shore of Shelter Bay and Toumotock. Because of the long continued drouth the flames spread rapidly. 15,000 ATTEND C. E. MEETING MISUSED ALLIES MAY TAKE ACTION TO VITIES OF THE TURKISH NATIONALIST FORCES ;Reports Reach London That Nationalists Have Pene- trated Neutral Zone | | BRITISH SEND WARSHIPS Fleet is Concentrated Within Easy Reach of City of Constantinople London, July 6 —Great Britain, France and Italy may be compelled to adopt extensive and concerted measures against the Turkish Na- tionalists, jt was declared by a num- ber of London newspapers this morning. Reports that the National- ists have actually penetrated the neutral zone east of Constantinople along the sea of Marmora have not ‘been confirmed but there is reason to fear that they are concentrating forces to attack Constantinople. The situation has given rise to serious anxiety. Concentrate Fleet ‘Malta, July 6.—(By the Associated Press)—Virtuaily the entire British Mediterranean fleet with all the at- tendant ships is enroute for or con- centrated within easy reach of Con- stantinople where the situation is viewed with some anxiety. It is said British military reinforcements also are going out from England. FIVE ARE SHOT IN IRELAND IX NIGHT ATTACK Two of Dead Men, Brothers; All Said Sinn Fein Sympathizers TRAIN IS WRECKED Belfast, July 6.—Five men were tak- en from their homes in the district of Townley had told him and he addec that it had obtained loans from the Scandinavian bank and the Consumers United Stores company. The Hastings-Kimball company, he asserted, was further identified as a league company because it had oper- ated “league banks.” He was ques- tioned as to why he called the Farm- ers bank of Lisbon a “league bank” and Brinton declared {t had been or- ganized by league leaders. He was asked to mame one and named Ray Craig, former state manger of the AT NEW YORK Religious Faith of More Than 100 Denominations Are Represented New York, July 6.—Ideals of Chris- tian citizenship drew to New York to- Newry, 44 miles south of this city, this morning and were shot. Their bodies were left in a heap by the roa‘- side. Two of the dead men were brothers and were sons of former Sergeant of Police Reilly. This was the most seri ous incident that has oceurral in the Newry district since the disorders have begun in Ireland. It is understood the victims were Sinn Fein sympathizers. A train on the way from Belfast ty». league. “Is Craig a league leader now?” Brinton was asked. “Well, he drew $10,000 a year and expenses—I guess he was a leader,” day 15,000 delegates from nearly all) Londonderry was wrecked near Pom: parts of the civilized world to attend|‘eroy, county Tyrone, last night, rail: the sixth world’s Christian Endeavor | having’ been removed from the track. convention which opens tonight and} Their were no casualties but the trains continues through July 11. The laat Brinton retorted. Trouble With Company. Weeks tried to draw from Brinton an admission that he drew on the Con- sumers United Stores company for his personal account from Beach and Bel- field. Brinton denied this and later declared he would explain the entire deal if the state's attorney wished Townley, he said, explaining the deal, wanted to get control of a newspaper in Beach. He sent Brinton there. Brinton said that he took currency, which he obtained from the Scandina- vian bank because people of Beach did not want a league paper and the deal was to be put over not as a purchase for the league. The deal failed, he sald, but later he said he returned to Beach and purchased a paper on ac- commodation dates signed by Town- ley, himself and J. R. Waters. Weeks also sought to draw from Brinton admission that the Townley letter introduced in the trial, in which Townley told Brinton to “hold his breath for a while” and to talk over the consumers store propositon with Lemke and Keyes, latter Nonpartisan league treasurer, referred to charges made against Brinton that he had wrongfully taken money. Brinton de- nied this, but declared he was charged with not turning over records and notes as demanded. ‘Brinton Grilled J. 'W. Brinton, finishing his testi- many in his own behalf temporarily shortly after his perjury trial was resumed yesterday afternoon, was subjected to a three and a half hour cross-examination by J, J. Weeks, special prosecutor the cross-exam- ination being resumed this morning. The cross-examination developed into a battle of wits between the witness and the attorney for the state, with Mr. Weeks complaining that Brinton evaded direct answers to his questions and Attorney FE. Sueur protesting to the court that the court was missing his client. The states attorney tried to tangle Brinton as to the question of time and his various alleged conversations at the time $330,000 of “league paper” and other paper was brought to the Bank of North Dakota from the Scan- dinavian-American bank. Jurors were more comfortable than at any time since the trial opened on June 23. The court room was cooler and for the first time the electric fan was not turned directly upon the jurors. Disappointed, he Says Brinton admitted that he had been management. (Continued on Page Five) international convention was held in Chicago in 1915. The delegates, embracing the relig- fous faith of more than 100 denomina- tions, represent 80,000 societies with a membership of 4,000,000. Every state in the United States and every province in Canada was represented. A spectacular feature of the conven- tion will be a parade on Fifth avenue on. Saturday in which many thousands will sing militant hymns as they mard¢h. A series of floats will depict important epochs in religious history. After the parade, a mass meeting will be held in Central Park and William Jennings Bryan will deliver the prin- cipal address. More than 200 speakers of promi- nence in the religious world will ad- dress afternoon and evening sessions in the 7ist Regiment Armory. The Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder and Presi- dent of the United Society of Chris- tiaf Endeavor, will preside at the opening exercises tonight. A choir of one thousand voices led by Homer Rodeheaver will render a musical pro- gram and addresses will be made by representatives of the city and dele- gates from other lands. REINSTATES POSTAL WORKERS Chicago, July 6.—Postmaster Gener- al Will H. Hays has signed an order directing the reinstatement of ten of the 11 postal union leaders who were dismissed from the Chicago postoftfice a year ago by Former Postmaster- General Burleson because of their union activities. JAPS BATTLE WITH KOREANS July 6.—(By the As- sociated Press.)—Reports have reach- ed Japanese military headquarters here that a battle has occurred on the Siberian border between Japanese and Koreans in which 500 Koreans were killed or wounded. Several thousand malcontent Koreans are alleged to have joined the Siberiaa Rolsheviki, Seoul, Kore carrying Belfast goods were burned. Mail matter also was destroyed. FOREIGN-BORN FARMERS LESS Census Figures Show Farm Population Washington, July 6.—The number of foreign-born farmers in the United States has decreased by 88,502, or 13.2 per cent in the last ten years, the cen- sus bureau announced today. The decrease, which was 81,148 among German born farmers alone was due, it was said, to the large number of foreign-born who returned to their na- tive countries during the war. Native white farmers who numbered 4,917,705 in 1920 constituted 85 per ent of the nation’s tillers. KNAPPEN OUT OF NEWSPAPER OFFICE IN CITY ‘Management of the State Record, lo- cal Nonpartisan newspaper, is now in the hands of W. J. Bennett, who has been employed in the composing de- partment for some time. H. P. Knap- pen, who has been manager of the pa- ber, is not now engaged in active op- eration of the paper, Mr. Knappen it is understood, was requested by H. C. Puderbaugh, secretary of the company, to turn over management to Bennett. Mr. Puderbaugh declined to comment on his action, and Mr. Knappen has made no statement. “PUSSYFOOT” IN NEW RUM FIGHT Copenhagen, July 6.—William E. “Pussy foot” Johnson, American pro- hibition campaigner, arrived here to- dty. Mr, Johnson comes to give sistance in the drive for national prohibition in Denmark. ] d in City Court. Erwin Coleman was fined $5 and costs by Police Magistrate Cashman it city court last night. He was charged with disorderly conduct, it being alles- ed he threw a firecracker in an auto- mobile.