The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1921, Page 1

The Weather FAIR Last Edition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | MONDAY, JULY 11, 1921 | \ PRICE FIVE CENTS” HARDING MAKES MOVE FOR DISARMAM eee DOMINION BASIS FOR IRELAND MAY BE SETTLEMENT REACHED A MEETS PREMIER WHEN DE VALER Trish Republican Leader and British Prime Minister Will Hold Conference RIOTS THREATEN TRUCE Fifteen Killed and 100 Injured in Riots in Belfast Since Saturday Belfast, July 11.—Fiiteen per- song. have been killed and nearly 100 wounded up to 10 o’elock Sun- day night as a result of rioting* which began Saturday. London, July 11—(By Asso- ciated Press.) — Eamonn De Valera will come to London on Thursday of this week for his conference with Premier Lloyd- George to discuss a basis of a settlement of the Irish problem. Official announcement to thisi effect was issued this afternoon. TRUCE AGREED ON Hl Dublin, July 11.— (By Asso-| ciated Press.) —The truce in Ire-| land agreed on by government} officials and republican. leaders | pending peace negotiations went into effect at noon today. In Dublin the complete dis- appearance from the streets ofj the military police lorries and armored cars marked the official | beginning of the truce. HOPE FOR SETTLEMEN' Loridon, July 11.—Mr. Lloyd-| George, who spent the week-end at Chequers Court with the pre- miers of the British Dominions) returned to London this morning to arrange final details for his meeting--with Mr. De: Valera! which may mark an epoch in the; relations of Ireland.and Great) Britain. fi The truce between the Crown) Forces and the Irish Republican} army became effective at noon; today but there were apprehen-; sions that extremists on both! sides would be hard to control. Yesterday’s rioting in Belfast) during which at least 15 persons were killed and nearly 100 in-| jured aroused grave fears over: incidents which might happen; tomorrow, the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. | It appeared today that conver-; sations betweeen Mr. De Valera and the prime minister would re- volve around the granting of do-| minion status to Ireland. upon conditions that the-Sinn Fein demand for the establishment of| an Irish republic would be aban-; doned. There was a disposition to be- lieve that once the conference was under way some means of smoothing out present difficul- ties would be found. i} i} { DAIRY SUCCESS WILL BE SHOWN AT NEW SALEM Agricultural Officials Look For- ward to Exhibition Tour To Be Held | | if | | | | | | | | POINT TO EXAMPLES, i New Salem, N. D., July 11—A; demoustrauon in retiring on, nov! from, the farm, will be given at the | Henry Klusman tarm July 20 when | the farmers, bankers and county agents making the automobile tour of thee Nw Salem Holstein Breed- ers circuit that day stop at the farm for picme dinner. ~ Mr. Klusman has retired from ac- tive management of the farm, hav- ing turned this over to his two sons Henry gnd Oscar. (Mr. Klusman hasn’t.-moyed off to town, however, as sm» many farmers do who retire from the farm. He has built a new bungalow on the farm, and expects to spend the rest of his life on the farm where his herd of Purebred Holsteins enabled him to acquire enough property to live in comfort and contentment in his old age. After the picnic dinner, provided | by wives\ of circuit members, the | party will visit the dairy herd and | see the high record cow of the cir- | cuit, Dakota of Elmwood, which pro- | duced 2) yyounds of butter in 7 days. | considered that the herd must | “:ustle” for its feed on a dry, thin pasture, walking seven —or eight miles daily in the hot sun to get enough pasturage. j The home itself is one of the most | beautiful in the state. The beauti- | ful wide green: lawn is dotted with; shade trees well located for. comfort | and adornment. .'The‘faem is a well kept type of dairy farm. Parties making the, trip from the various counties ‘will. ‘drive to the | home of John Christensen, »pres- ident_of the circuit, from where the tour will begin at 8 a. m. July 20. JUSTICE OATH Simple Ceremonies Mark Ele-! wation of Former Presi- dent i | Washington, July = 11.—William | Howard Taft was sworn in today as ; Chief Justice of the United States. | The simple ceremony of elevating the former president to the supreme court was performed in the office of | Attornéy-General Daugherty by Jus: tice Hoehling, of the district su- preme qourt, in the absence from the | city of the justices of the supreme court. Immediately after taking the oath Chief Justice Taft went to the White House to pay his respects to pres- juent Harding. DULUTH EMERGES , Curfew iReimposed i ‘Belvast, July 11. (By the A. P.)—/| The curfew was reimposed here today ; as a result of the disorders of Sun-| day. ‘Belfast now is the only place, in ‘Ireland under the curfew regula-; tion despite the truce terms by which | the curfew was raised generally. Quiet Restored Belfast, July 11.—Quiet was preval- ing in all districts of the city this morning following yesterday's disord- ers and bloodshed. Inquries at hos- pitals showed that persons wounded during yesterday's riot were as @ whole progressing satisfactorily al- though a few were believed to be in a critical condition. About 60 per- sons are still in the hospitals. The quiet was disturbed before the morning had progressed far. A great deal of revolver firing developed in Stanhope street and the adjoining dis- tricts. At one hospital six cases of | bullet wounds were treated. y Some firing occurred in several of yesterday’s disturbed areas but police patrols promptly checked any attempt at an organized outbreak. The freight and mail train from Belfast to Londonderry was attacked near Carickmore, county Tyrone, this morning, and six cars were burned and the line torn up at this point. Hand in Arms. In Londonderry, according to the terms of the truce, the police at noon were summoned to their barracks to hand in their revolvers, subsequently resuming street duty unarmed. In Belfast where disorders began Sunday and were still continuing in lesser degree this forenoon the polic2 were still retaining their arms. ‘The yard of Dublin Castle which is usually active with die movement of police lorries and armored automo- piles was empty of cars this morning while the auxiliaries on duty .were standing about {a their shirt sleeves. in consequence of the abolition of the curfew the theaters, moving pic- (Contimued on Page Five) FROM HEATWAVE| ‘Duluth, July 11.—Duluth and sur- | rounding country was recovering to- | day fom yesterday’s ‘intense heat | which caused the death of two per-/ sons and prostration of four others, The maximum temperature recorded | ihere at the government observatory | of Agriculture John Hag: This morning the | 74 degrees with a! was 94 degrees. emperature was light lake breeze prevailing. CREDIT MEN © ~ ASK ECONOMY National Association Launches a Campaign | Chicago, July 11.—The national as sociation of credit men comprising 33, 000 business men is this week launch- | ing a campaign for a revision of fed-; eral taxation laws and governmeni! } economy to reduce the burden now! |‘borne by the taxpayers of the*coun~| try. | In a letter on the subject sent out to! all members J. H. Tregoe, secretary- treasurer, urges action in the formula- tion, of new and the revision of old taxation laws. ROBBERS GET $19,000 LOOT | | held up the cashier and_ assistant cashier of the ‘Horton Ice Cream com- pany outside_the company’s offices and escaped in an automobile with $19,000 cash. The employes were starting for a bank with the money | Marian McArdle; Cala, accused of doing the | story New York, July 11,—Five robbers |. STATE'S EVIDENCE MAY SAV MRS. COURT W: VA CATHERINE KABE H HEAD BURIED IN This is quite a record, when it i | KABER, FATHER OF THE MURDERED MAN, IN THE WITNESS CHAIR. ' thermometer in the court room showed By Newspaper Entérprise Cleveland, July 11.—Faets intro- duced to convict Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber of the murder of her husband, may save he Mrs. Kaber is the first to go on rial for the murder of Dan Kaber, wealthy Lakewood publisher, in 1919. Ite was found in his bea, stadbed 24 times; and died son alte Later cevelopments showed he had been fed poison. ‘Wor two years the crime remained a mystery. Then, through the ef- forts of Moses Kuber, father of the slain »man, Mrs. Kaber, her mother, Mrs. “Mary Brick her daughter, Mrs. Emma Cola- vito, alleged “go-between”; and two men, Vittorio Pisselli and Salvatore actual also stabbing, were indicted. The horrible! of the crime— that is why counsel for the state and for the accused woman watch keenly the f. sof the jurors as the brutal unfolded. That is why, oceasionally, there seems to be a ht radiation of hope from Mrs. Kaber, even when the most gruesome details» of the ated from the wit- crime are being r ness stand. ~ “Insane from birth, Mrs. Kaber was mentally incompetent to dis- tinguish between‘a right and wrong at the time wf the murder,” her at- eee OFFICIALS ON BOND CAMPAIGN Frazier, Lemke and Hagan Speaking in the State EMS KABER WITNESS SAYS WIPE OF DEAD MAN HAD RIFLE i | Defense Makes Effort to Show Self-Defense in Bowen Murder Trial |HEAT BREAKS UP COURT \ i | Adjournment Taken a Little ! Early Saturday Afternoon When Mercury Goes Up i | | Hettinger, N. D., July i1—-Iva J.| | Stark, one of the men accused of mur- der in connection with the killing of |M. K. Bowen at his ranch pear Beach, ; Njuly 31, 1919, this morning was winder | ‘ cross-examination by the state. Placed on the stand Saturday after- noon by the defense in the trial of D. R.-Offley, Stark, corroporated the] testimony previously given by E. W j faylor that Bowen had cursed the j four men who called to replevin cat- | le and had run to the barn to get his | sun, that he heard Taylor shoot and) | saw Bowen when he dropped. He de- {clared that Bowen was holding a gun. i Heard Two Shots. | Stark testified that he heard two ‘shots from the direction of the house} jand saw Mrs. Bowen come running} from the house carrying a rifle and qndeavoring to “get a shot” at some-! body. Under cross-examination this morning Stark repeated the story told aturday. The court -adjourned at 4 o'clock a Saturday afternoon after a therometer | placed in the sun outside of the court R AS SHE SITS CONSTANTLY IN!room ran up to 126 and was taken HER HANDS. BELOW: MOSES/jin before the mercury broke. The | r A lover 100. torney stated at the opening of the | The judge allowed the jury to go! © | | > | | { | MemInrs of the state industrial com- mission are out this week in an effort} to sell “mill and elevator bonds in} North Dakota. | Governor Frazier and Commissioner/ an are in the! northern part of the state. Attorney | General William Lemke left.today for | Pembina. He will hojd meetings this iweeky at Pembina, Baker, Westhope | and Tolley. The ‘campaign will culminate ow what has been designated as bond seiJ- ing day, July 23, by Governor Frazie Mr. Lemke spoke Sunday at a meet- ing in Lefor, Stark county, where 1 200 people attended a picnic. No official statement of the progr of the bond sale has been made, Ik , has been unofficially reported the sale! | inside and outside the state has been{ about $500,000. IN WISCONSIN Wausau, W July 11.—Four per- sons, three of thenr brothers, were drowned in the Eau Claire river at Bergen Sunday when they attempted to cross the river, according to word here today. EXPECT BONUS MESSAGE SOON Washington, July 11—White House officials indicated today that President Harding probably will deliver in son his special message toa joint sion of Congress regarding honus le in a satchel. islatio? withi> @ gaz or two. Tribune 48 Years Old Today, Mrs. Dunn Mrs. John Dunn_ notified The ‘Tri- bune that this was its 48 birthday, the first issue having been printed as a weekly July 1872. She hus a copy of the first paper printed under the editorial ‘charge of Col. L.ouns- berry. | The Daily Tribune was established several years later. | i { BRINTON GASE ENDS TERM OF COURT IN CITY Judge Nuessle Goes to Wash- burn to Hold Court For Several Days | | ' POLITICIANS ARE ARGUING ;.| Brinton Claims it Vindication While Nonpartisans Deny This Claim. The Brinton perjury e, which was ended Saturday afternoon in district court, concluded the business of the June term of court, which, had it not been for the case, would have ended July 2. Judge Nuesslé goes to Wasi- burn Tuesday morning to hold court for several days. The trial of the Brinton case lasted from June 23, and was tried during weather which made it no easy task! for. lawyers: for the defense or the prosecution, Brinton declared the verdict of not guilty was a complete vindication 2f! his charges. Deny Ifs Vindication, Nonpartisans, pointing to Judge Nuessle’s instruction, declared the ver- dict did not mean a vindication of Brinton. Under the perjury statute, they said, and the court's instructions in conformity, the truht or falsity of the/matters charged was not the is- sue. If Brinton believed he was tell- ing the truth, whether it was true o: false, it was necessary to acquit him, they said, Defendant's Statement. t Mr. Brinton made the following} statement after the verdict was read: “I wish to repeat what I said at the time of my arrest by the attorney gen- eral, which was ‘before this affair is over the defendant will be the plain- tiff and the plaintiffs will be the de- fendants. According to the eviden produced in this case and by. the ar-| gument of Attorney General Weeks I jas really the plaintiff and the state officials the defendants. Of course everybody who is familiar with the case understands that the administra- tion brought this case in self-defense and never intended to try it ‘in court as the pleadings for a postponement by Mr. Lemke show. It is the first time a defendant charged with a seri-j ous crime demanded heing prosecuted when the prosecutor did not want to prosecute. It took me nearly a year to get them into court and the result is satisfactoty to me.” What Was Charged. The information charged Brinton with testifying falsely upon a great number of things before the house in- vestigating committee. There were 24 assignments in the information Among other things he charged: That there was a headed controversy over the policy of the Bank of North Dakota at the time of its organization. That the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo was partly owned and controlled by leaders of the Nonparti- san League. That the Scandinavian-American bank was bought by J. J. Hastings, ui: A : A st decide jer | Home over Sunday and crass-examina- sere soon the jury must decide her | tion of Stark was taken up this morn- Will they believe the murder too |" fe brutal, too foreign to woman's gen- tleness to have been conceived and | BRINTON TELLS mind wag not unbalanced? | Will the testimony tending to! show that (Mrs. Kaber fed her hus- | | band poison,-and complacently wateh- | | ed him suffering and dying: before her eyes, be the factor that will make the jury-say “insane?” Will the tale of the knife gashes . in her husband’s body, while he lay a helpless invalid in bed, make the | could have been résponsible for so ; brutal a tragedy?” f League Chief Before Many believe so. But there is one | who watehes and waits, unswayed | Referee Here by claims of insanity. (He is Moses ! = | Kaber, father of the slain man and The alleged connection of A.C. Nemesis of Mrs. Kaber, {Townley president of the ‘National ‘Through thé two years when every-| Nonpartisan League with the United’| one else despaired of apprehending | Sates Sisal Trust was related by { th guilty parties, Kaber ‘spent time} J. W. Brinton, formerly associated was through him that Mrs. Kaber | gue, before IH. F. O’Hare, referee in and the others were arrested. | bankruptcy here late Saturday after- Now he sees justice near fruition, noon. The next move will be. a_ re-| the avenging of his son’s death close | quest to Judge Amidon to cancel and he listens with unbelieving ex- | Townley’s discharge, | McCutcheon | pression to the attempted defense of | said. insanity. | Brinton in effect swore that Town- Aarrnnnannc . | ley told him that he knew the Nonpar- tigan league could not last forever Nv ‘ | FACTS FOR THE ‘terprise as a next egg when the lta-) v | gue should blow up. CITY TAXPAYERS i| The testimony was taken on re- © «uest of E. B. McCutcheon, of atinot: », . trustee for creditors, who says cred- _ Mandan s budget for strictly | itors have claims of about $80,000; city operation is only $36,550 a: against Townley. fs = 4 na { When First Heard H year, as against more than $116,- Brinton told the stoby that he first | 000 for Bismarck. heard of the Sisal enterprise in 1917 | Despite the difference in pop-; owner attempted to interest Townley | jin the acquisition of sisal growing | | ; : . it a gee property. Their meeting, Brinton as- neighbor had placed its finances! sorted, took place in the Gardner ho: | upon a more economical basis. | tel ja Fargo. Benita said he mae 5 e alt +, an investigation trip, Townley paying | Is there any valid reason why it) his expenses, and upon the basis of | should cost more than three, his report Townley, inverted in tne | . A Flori ds. Brinton swore Townley times as much to run Bismarek | frida lan 4 s Mandan? | 7 . a * | soon after he made his report Town: | ; The neighboring city has a ley invested $10,000 to $12,000. | regular bonded indebtedness of| !n the beginning Brinton said 160 $ + |acres -of Florida land was obtained 103,060 and the following spe- | and a sisal nursery was started, Brin- : cial warrants are outstanding: | perpetrated by any woman whose jurors say, “A crazed woman only! Relates Alleged Connection Of and fortune in the effort. And_ it | with Townley in the Nonpartisan lea- jand that he wanted the Florida en- ; when Edwin Lundin a Florida land ulation, it would seem that our ‘told him he used funds of the Non-; | partisan Publishing company and that: tion declared Townley owned this land | | at the time of his bankruptcy but did \ the enterprise. He said that Town-| ley’s plan was that through the hold- i ing company Townley would control one-third of the stock either personal- ly or through his representatives. Company Enlarged The company was enlarged ‘and over 22,000 acres of Dade county Flor- ida land purchased Brinton assert- | ed. He said about $190,000 was in-| vested and it was intended to grow great quantities of the products used | in the manufacture of binder twine. Brinton claimed that Townley’s drafts on the Nonpartisan Publishing company were originally shown on this company’s books but that W. W. Thatcher, an acqountant, told’ him the books were rewritten and the drafts no longer showed. LANGER HOME FROM DEBATES William Langer, who has been en- gaged in a series of debates with A. C. Townley in Minnesota, has returned to Bismarck. Mr, Langer announced he was through the debates, charging that Townley had missed three consecutive Sewer ........$163,644.95 | not reveal it. Later Brinton etd tae | avi 4 | companies, a common law trust and aj) Paving severe 179,161.45 | holding company were organized and Lighting ...... 70,215.22 | J. J. Hastings was put in charge of This comparison shows that: |Mandan is keeping its overhead’ lexpenses down rigidly so that | the people can more easily meet ‘the cost of the special assess-| | ments. | When the bridge is completed) ithe two cities will be thrown in- | ito greater competition and the; {tax cost of doing business in | Bismarck must not be too much iin excess of what it is in Man- dan.. The voters want to keep these {facts in mind when they vote on ‘the issue of public expenditure July 26. It is not merely a ques- tion of $30,000 for certain speci- fic public improvements, but the people of Bismarck will indicate ‘by their votes whether they want the bonded debt increased. Bond elections as history shows beget more bond elections if suc- | then financial manager of the league, on instructions from Townley and Lemke during the year 1917, following conferences held in the national of- fices of the league. That the Scandinavian-American bank control was taken away from Hastings and turned over to William Lemke and H. A. Paddock. That the Publishers National Serv- ice Bureau was organized by A. C. Townley and was controlled by Wil- liam Lemke. That he (Brinton) knew that sub- stantially every dollar of state moneyj deposited in the Scandinavian-Ameri- can bank at Fargo was loaned to dum- my corporations organized by A. C. Townley and William Lemke, in which league leaders were used for different purposes such as directors or incor- porators but who were, in reality, not directors or incorporators, That about $45,000 was loaned by the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo to league corporations within sixty days after the opening of the Bank of North Dakota. Paper Brought to Bank, That at.one time between $230,000 and $260,000 of “league paper” was ! brought into the Bank of North Dakota and accepted by F. W. Cathro, but which, through the interference of Brinton and J. R. Waters was finally refused. That he (Brinton) talked to William Lemke about this and Lemke was on the side of Cathro, wanting the “league paper” in the bank. That there was serious ‘discussion over the policy of whether or not ague paper” should be put-in the Bank of North Dakota. That William Lemke, I, W. Cathro and A. C. Town- ley took the position that he use of the Bank of North Dakota to finance league corporations by the acepting of “league paper” in the bank was legiti- mate, é That he (Brinton) told Governo; jcessful. debates. (Continved on Page Five) Has The First Copy, ASKS NATIONS 10 CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON Effort of President is Revealed ‘in Officihl State Depart- ment Announcement ALSO TAKES UP FAR EAST Chief Executive Tells Nations | of America’s Interest in | Problem Washington, July 1t1—The court of the United States was definitely set today toward two goals of international importance —limitation of armament and solution of problems involving the Pacific and Far East. President Harding, it was revealed {in a state department announcement published today has approached wth, j definite inquiriés the govertments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to ascertain whether it would be agreeable to those nations to partici- pate in a conference to be held in Washington at an agreed date for the discussion for the limitation. Far East Problem. He furthermore has suggested to the nations interested in the problems of the Pacific and the Far East that there be undertaken, in connection with the armament conference “the consideration of all matters bearing upon their solution with a view to reaching a common understanding with respect to principles and policies in the far east.” y The state department announcement said that if the proposal for a limita- tion of armament conference were found acceptable formal invitations for the conference would be isgued. Lloyd George Affranes London, July 11.—President Hard- ing’s message looking to the calling of an international conference on the limitation of armament has been re- ceived with the utmost pleasure ‘by Great Britain, Mn Lloyd George the premier declared in the house of com- mons today. Speaking on the subject of the American communication the prime minister said: “I need not say that we welqome with the utmost pleasure President Harding’s wise and courteous initia- tive.” The house cheered this statement and the Premier added: ¢ 2 “In saying that | speak for the em- pire as a whole.” The premiér said China would he treated as an independent nation on Pacific affairs. Discuss Action ‘Newspapers of London pfinted re- ports of the President's proposal this morning, giving the news the place of utmost importance in their columps and what editorial comment there was was most appreciative of Mr. Harding's action. China would be admitted to the. conference for the purpose of taking part in the consideration of far east- ern problems and there was a feeling here today that the discussion would bring about'a definite understanding which would include virtually the whole field of international relations. Oppose Jap Alliance Newspaper comment would appear to indicate dep gratification on the part of, the ‘British people over the prospects of a disarmament confer- ence, it being felt that such a meet- ing would clear away the difficulties surrounding the renewal of the Anglo- Japanese alliance to which there seems to have been rising a tide of opposition. SHOWERS BREAK _ WAVEIN STATE Thermometer Goes Over 100 Saturday in Several Cities Showers in some parts of the state Sunday broke the intense heat wave which caused the thermometer to rise above 100 at five government stations in the state Saturday afternoon. Show- ers were expected in this vicinity this evening. The highest temperature reported was at the Great Plains agricultural station near Mandan, where a ther- mometer approved by the weather bu- reau registered 1091-2 degrees. At Bismarck it was the hottest it ever had been, 108. The record for the state generally is 124, established at Medora years ago. The mercury went above 100 at Bot- tineau, where it was 102; Fessenden, 104; Minot, 101; Napoleon, 104. Rain reported over Sunday follows: Devils Lake, .58; Fessenden, .15; Grand Forks, .05; Lisbon, .36; Mino1, ‘01; Williston, .22. According to hospitals here no one has been seriously enough affected by the heat to be taken to a hospital. TO DETROIT LAKES. Mrs. E, V. Lahr and two children, Edward and Marlys, left this morn'ng on a vacation trip to the Detroit lakes.