The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1921, Page 1

\ i . x H , i s A fl ' os ” ‘ ' } \ ‘al 4 iS. ‘ y ee 4 :@ \ t} ? h * 5 @ ae i \ 4 é \ an % ” fi , a ‘The Weather FAIR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE = FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS FREE OFFLEY OF MURDER CHARGE SCHOOL BOARD EXPECTS LOWER RUNNING COSTS Will Try to Economize Suffici- ently to Offset State Law Salary Increases BUDGET REMAINS SAME Board in Reorganization Ap- proves $125,000 Budget for Ensuing Year An effort to cut running expenses of Bismarck schools materially will be made by the board of education, it was stated today, following the annual reorganization meeting of the board ; held last night. With an increase of $12,000 in sal- aries made by state law, the board will endeavor to make up this added ex- pense by decrease in other expenses, it is explained by board members. The ‘budget will not be cut, however, re-| maining at $125,000, according to pres- en plans. | The board expects decreased cost! of coal and other materials, and the elimination of some building costs paid out of the general fund last year, to offset the increase in salaries. The school budget has increased rapidly in the last few years. For the year ending July 1, 1920, the expenses of the schools were $103,000. The budget on which the last tax levy was figured was $125,000, and the tax levy) will be about the same under the new budget. According to board members the sal- aries will increase from $72,000 to $85,000 under the state minimum wage | for teachers law passed by the last session. Under the new law, however, school is cut to nine months. There will be no building program at all next year, it is stated. Some re- pair work is being done this summer. Officers of the board were reelected as follows: President, George M. Will; Secretary, Richard Penwarden; Treasurer, John Larson. Members of the board, in addition.to.Mr. Will, are, E. V. Lahr, D. T. Owens, G. F. Dullam, | ‘A. P. Lenha! | LARGE NUMBER | ~ ON DAIRY TOUR Many Bismarck Rotarians And Burleigh Farmers Go With banners flying more than twenty-five automobiles of Rotarians left Bismarck early today on the New Salem dairy demonstration tour. Be- tween 50 and 75 farmers of Burleigh eounty were guests 9! the Rotarians, and’a number of farmers joined the party in their own automobiles. A large party of Mandan business men and Morton county farmers, with TRICKED, SAYS GAMBLERS WERE WITNESS BURNS Tells Jury Hearing White Sox Players Case That They Didn’t Get Any Money PRESIDENT OCCUPIES NEW CHAIR Newspaper editors gave this chair to President Harding. from a rib of the old Revolutionary warship Revenge. DESCRIRES THIRD GAME Chicago, July . 20.—The Chicago Whité"Sox” players, after’ ‘ngreeing with a clique’ of. gamblers to throw the 1919 world series to. Cincinnati for $100,000 became sick of “thé “deal” when they were not paid'the bribes promised and at a meeting .before the third game decided to play their hest and win the series. ' Bi)l_ Burns, ac- complicesin the alleged deal and the state’s star witness, testified to this eitect today in the basebali trial Urged by the alleged ‘fixers’ to win the third game to improve the betting odds the player: aid they had Icst for two regulars+Cicette and Williams—and would not win for a “pusher,” Dick Kerr, Burns said. ‘Then feeling they had been double- crossed by the gamblers they double- crossed their bribers by teliing them they would loge the third gaine, but instead won it, 3 to %, with Dick Kerr pitching. Burns then told how he conferred with Ban Johnson, president of the American league, ana John H. Correli, assistant states attorney, about the the Mandan band, left that city for New Salem. Delegations from all over the Slope country and a number from the Red River valley joined at New Salem for the inspection of the famous Holstein circuit. A jazz orchestra was taken by local Rotarians. Cars From East. Approximately 60 cars from eastern North Dakota, which yathered at Far- go and started from there, spent last night in Mandan. Small parties from north and south of Mandan concen- trated there early this morning and the road to New Salem was lined with passenger cars carrying people from many sections. ‘A special “Red Cross” repair auto- mobile was provided by the Mandan Commercial club for use on the trip The tour idea originated with Max Morgan of the extension department of the state agricultural college. H2 formerly was county agent of Morton county. He had witnessed how the farmers around New Salem who had gone into dairying with blooded stock had succeeded when others were in debt from crop failure, and he decided to spread the story throughout the state, A large number of the tourists were to inspect the United States Northern Plains experimental ‘station south of Mandan also. The tour of the 17 farms on the New Salem Holstein circuit was expected to be completed by 5 p. m. and a banquet was to be served in New Salem. DOMINIONS NOT TO MEET BEFORE U. S. CONFERENCE London, July 20.—(By Associated Press)—The suggestion that a meeting preliminary to the Washington disarm- ament conference to be held in Lon- don to enable the British dominions to express their views on Far Eastern questions is likely to be abandoned, it was learned in well informed quarters here today. Any end all conferences dealing with these two subjects will be held in America, were nsurances given in this quarter. The largest befl tm the world is inj the Kremlin at Moscow. case. He said he came here voluntar- ily and had received no promises or compensation after than his expense which were paid by Johnson. Burné" then was turned over to the defense fior cross-examination. ASK RECEIVER —_ TR NOT PAID Lakeside School District Files Suit Against Bank of North Dakota The Lakeside school district No. 11, of Kidder county, has filed suit against the Bank of North Dakota for $2,- 276.30, on which payment was refused June 30, 1921, according to the com- plaint filed in district court. The commissioners asked that a judgment be granted, be declared a len on specific funds “and that in case said defendants are unable to produce and tender into court the specific funds or to replace them then that this court appoint a receiver to take charge of said defendant (Bank of North Da- kota) and that said defendant be de- clared insolvent and that plaintiff have such other and further relief as may seem necessary and just.” EUROPE’S CEREAL CROP IS GOOD Washington, July 20.—European countries report cereal conditions gen- erally good or average, but bad in Japan, according to a radiogram from the International Institute of Agricul- ture at Rome. WEATHER REPORT. For twenty-four hours ending at noon July 20. Temperature at 7 A. M Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . 67 35 57 ,ette,. Towner, Cavalier, Pembina, Ben- | i | i 1 It is made STANTON MAN |CREDITORS ARE MEETIN | Hormel Describes ! cording to OVER A MILLIO i ence Raises Figure of | Packer’s Peculations ' Affairs to Bankers at Gathering Held in Chicago Austin, Minn, July 20.—Defal- eations of R. J. Thomson, former comptroller of George Hormel & Company, totals $1,189,000, ac- final figures. made public here today, Austin, Minn., July 20.—R. J. (Cy) Thomson, as comptrolier of George A. Hormel and Company, local packers. embezzled $1,189,000 from that con- cern, according to final figures an- nounced today on word received. from pany are in conference. Clarence Nockelby, president of the j locail butchers’ union, issued a state- ment today demanding the “full and complete” prosecution of Thomson, charging that his activities had im- perilled the employment of every butcher in the Hormel! plant. | IS NAMED ON LEMKE FORCE! Austin, Minn., July 20.—Now that Austin’s bubble has burst, there are more “I told you so's,” than there were a few years or months ago, aud | Kota, having received beneficial rains, SHORTAGE FOUND Report to Austin From Confer-, Chicago, where creditors of the com-: They “Told you So” 1 Find Money Missing From Pocketbooks After Fortune is Told— | Luck Turns Again When Police Help Them to Recover i | A couple of gipsies told for- tunes of two young men in Bis- marck yesterday. “She called the turn wrong,” said one, “she said I'd have good luck but I had bad luck.” The bad luck dawned forcibly | upon the young man when he op- | ened his pocketbook after his for- tune had been told and found $5 missing. The other young man's luck was the same. The story was told before Pol- ice Magistrate Cashman. One of the gipsy women ap- proached a young man in a con- fectionary store and asked to tel! his fortune. He gave her 25 cents to do so. The other gipsy woman told the fortune of a young man | ina resturant. Their methods | were the same. “Must hold your money in my hand while | tell your fortune,” said one. One young man gave her a $20 bill and a $5 bill to hold. The \ other gave her two or three bills. The fortune told she handed the money back, and told him to put it in his pocket wthout looking GOOD CROPS IN MANY SECTIONS ARE REPORTED Many sections of western North Da- | i i | | | 1 | | | i | | the question frequently asked in Mow. | at the right time, will have crops well Geo. J. Reimastad,, of Stanton,, ha3 | been appointed assistant attorney-gen- | eral by attorney-general William’ Lem- ke. Reimstad. was an assistant un- der former attorney-general ‘Langer ; for a time at the beginning of Lan- ger’s term ot office. . Lemke also has named F, L. Wat- kins a deputy inspector in the license department, Watkins has been in the department for some time. Lemke | suggests in his letter of appointments | that Watkins devote himself chiefly | to’ Divide, Burke, Renville, Bottineau, | Ward. McHenry, !Mguntrail, Williams and McKenzie counties. John W. ‘Buck, of Medina, is nam- ed a deputy inspector to work in Rol- son; Walsh, Ramsey, and, Nelson counties. MAN CRUSHED, TO DEATH BY FALLING WALL John Langtry Killed in Mandan This Morning—Inquest Is Held Pierce, Eddy John Langtry was killed in Mandan this morning by the collapse of the wall of the Schallern building, where he was working. The building burne? Yast week. An inquest was being held this af- ternoo. Langtry had been in Mandan for several years, The Schallern building, owned by A. B. Schalern, had been condemned and Mr. Schallern brought cases in court to stay the condemnation prozecdings. The building then burned. last week. It was a frame building. He is believed to be a cousin of superintendent T. H. Langtry of the Northern Pacific railroad. ACQUIT FARMER WHO CHOPPED TIRE WITH AXE A number of spectators were in at- tendance at Justice Charles Schauss’ court in Mandan Tuesday at the trial of George Ahrens, farmer living south of Mandan, for malicious destruction of property and threatening H. L. Wagner, Dr. J. K. Blunt, Don and Everett McDonald and ladies in the Bismarck motoring party. Ahrens pleaded self-defense, sayins he cut a tire of the automobile to pieces to defend his property from damage. He was acquitted. The party drove to the top of Block House hill, a part of the new state historical society road to the site of old Fort Abraham Lincoln, south of Bismarck. On their return down the hill, according to information given In the court, Ahrens blocked the road, cut a tire with an axe and threatened the party. State’s Attorney Connolly presented the evidence for the state and Krause and Crum represented the defense. The'trial occupied most of the day. CIVIL SERVICE OFFERS PLACES The United States Civil Service Com- mission announced that an examina- tion will be held at Bismarck and Wing on August 18 to fill the positio. of rural carrier at Menoken. The sai- ary of a rural carrier on a standard per annum. An examination also will Lowest; last night . » 63 Precipitation .... None Highest wind velocity ++ 15-E Forecasi. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; somewhat warmer tonight and the east portion Thurscay. be held for the position of custodian at | Bismarck of August 6. The salary 8 | $660 per year with a bonus. ‘| ployes worshiped him. daily wagon route of 24 miles is $1,800] election is next Tuesday. er county, “Where did Thomson get his nyoney?” has answered itself. at the munificence of “Cy” Thomson. He has purchased and establisthed a Holstein. farm near Blooming Prairie valued at $260,000, In 1919, he opensd the great Oak Dale Farms in Leroy. He bought a-house in Austin and, when he had wpleted it, the resi- dence was bd at $30.000. He bought ot! property and con- structed d mt houses. He pur- chased hi rided autos. vasa Royal Host With alf that, Thoms.» was the best entertainer i: thi: rt of the country. gHis frients w sited his farms -wére royally enterta' . ‘They. could not spend’a ‘cent w’ they were ‘Thomson's guests. His em- He was a (Continued:on Page Seven) MEXICAN OIL FIELDS ABLAZE Mexico City, July 20. ((By the As: sociated fields are on fire with drilling powers falling life chaff and the workmen Press).—The Amtlan oil | above the average. touched several Sheridan and McLean ‘hoff, Mercer and Turtle Lake he found crops good and farmers much encour- aged. Not only will there be a good wheat yield, but corn is excellent. Dr. Moses, of Hazen, who was in the city yesterday said that crops are fine in that section. The wheat. harvest starts this week. The north half of Oliver Gounty and west.and northwest from there will have better than an laverage yield, he said. STATE AGENTS - HUNTING DOWN | §.D, RADICALS |“Watchful Waiting” Role As- | sumed in Western Part of The State | Pierre, 8. D.. July 20.—With nine M. B. Gilman has returned from a/ Austin, for months, was astonished | trip north of Bismarck in ‘which he; | county towns. Around McClusky, Den-! Money—Gipsies Sent Out of Town ——____ and keep it there 20 minutes; else the fortune would not come true. The young man was curious. He couldn’t wait quite 20 min- utes. He found a “fiver” missing and started on a hunt for police. The other young man, who had the same experience, joined, The | two women were brought before Judge Cashman. The judge fined them $10 each. They said they couldn't pay. He offered them free lodging. Then the man with the party came in. He protested he could pay but one fine, but he went out and brought back money to pay the second, The women gave back the money to the young men. The judge gave them 10 min- utes to leave town. One of the women screamed she would make it back telling fortunes before leaving town, but policemen trail- ed her to the outskirts where an- other car was waiting. There were two families in the party, with a number of chlidren. They traveled well, having two light Dodge trucks fitted up com- fortably. ‘AID DEMANDED FOR ALLIES IN UPPER SILESIA British, Italian and French Com-} missioners Send in Report : on Situation SUGGESTS AMERICAN HELP | Press.)—The British, Italian and | French commissioners in Upper. Silesia |-have sent in a report in which they: 'sent to the allied troops of occupa- tion, it was announced here this after- ! The recommendation came almost simultaneously of a note by the ; French foreign office from the British. Great Britain insisted there was no necessity of sending more troops into| Upper Silesia. The note was in re-| |ply to the recent communication inj which the French government notified! Great Britain that reinforcement of! | allied troops of occupation were need-| ‘ed urgently to make sure the troops; were not disturbed and to insure re- ‘spect for the decisions of the allies under the treaty of Versailles. | The British note reiterated the de-! mand of that government for early! fleeing, according to reports received | special agents doing patrol duty inj convening of the allied supreme coun- here, describing “the greatest catas trophe in the history of the oil fields.” The cause of the fire is not Known. Twice the circumference of an elephant’s foot is equal to its height. ithe towns where disorders have oc- ‘curred or riding freight trains, search- | ing for agitators, State Sheriff John ;Shanks has assumed the role of “watchful waiting,” ready to hasten {his forces to any part of the state and ito deputize whatever number of men would be necessary in case serious -——___—_—______——® ‘trouble should be stirred up by the | FACTS FOR THE | | CITY TAXPAYERS | —_____—____———_-® Nothing but indifference on the part of the voters will pre- vent a complete expression upon the $30,000 bond issue next Tuesday. As The Tribune has said before, it is not so much the amount involved in this specific issue, but the election should afford a test vote upon the atti- tude of the people toward an additional increase of taxes at this time. With a bonded indebtedness of more than a million dollars and the entire nation going through a period of adjustment and deflation, few people are sug- gesting anything that will occa- sion an increase in public ex- penditures. Usually when a bond issue is proposed there has been issued a@ complete statement of the city’s finances. In the absence of any such information from official circles, The Tribune has gone to the records as well as it could for figures that would indi- cate to the voters the extent of the city’s indebtedness. To detail expenditures and to give comparative budgets for a period of years would entail considerable research work. If this data were available, The Tribune is sure that its argu- ments against any more bond is- sues, or increased city budgets at this time would be fortified to an even greater degree. Just bear in.mind that the You vote at the regular polling places and the booths will be open until 9p.m. few radicals among the -hordes of farm laborers who are pouring into the state from southern fields. Two shootings, one at Wolsey which resulted in the death of William Hen- derson of Austin, Tex. and the other at Milbank in which Harrey Owen of Wheaton, Ill., was seriously wounded, both of which are alleged to have been committed by I. W. W. members, have tended to crystallize sentiment in all parts of the state. Communications from county attorneys and_ sheriffs, local authorities and citizens have been received at the governor's office, by the attorney general and state sher- iff, asking that provisions be made to cope with what appears to be a con- dition rapidly growing ‘more serious. “Every precaution is béing taken,” said State Sheriff Shanks. “My men have been scattered at strategic points, including Aberdeen and Milbank, while others are riding into the state on freight trains from the south. All have been instructed to be on the watch for agitators and to search sus- Picious characters for guns. I believe things will go along now without fur- ther trouble but if a crisis should come we are ready for it.” AVIATOR HELD ON THEFT CHARGE Minot, N. D., July 20—J. C. Cam- eron, aviator who wag one of Town- ley’s pilots when the head of the Nonpartisan league made his air- plane tour of North Dakota last year, was arrested at Dogden Satur- day charged with being implicated in the theft of automobiles in Minot. Cameron was implicated in confes- sions made by Gunnard Olson, Verne Claude and Lionel Johnson, alleged automobile thieves brought to Minot recently from Minneapolis, and now out on bonds pending their appear- ance in district court. Cameron was performing at Dog- den Friday. When Deputy Chet Jacobson went after him. with a warrant, the officer and his prisoner came back to Minot in Cameron’s plane. Cameron furnished “$500 bond pending his preliminary hearing. Cameron was held once before but cleared himself and his friends expect him to clear himself of the new charge. cil. In view of the insistence of the British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, it is probable that Premier i Briand will agree to a meeting of the council about July 27. The council besides dealing with the Silesian ques- tion probably will be occupied princi- pally with the question of maintain-; ing of penalties against Germany, con-! tinued operating of allied forces around Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort and a few details concerning HEAR THOMSON’S GIPSIES PREDICT GOOD LUCK BUT ~ YOUNG MEN FIND FORTUNE IS BAD Paris, July 20.—(By the Asaociated | Jointly demand ‘that reinforcements be} noon, i GOLDEN VALLEY RANCHER FREED -IN HARD FIGHT | Ripple of Applause Starts When Verdict in Bowen Case is Announced TAYLOR WILL BE TRIED iStates Attorney Plans To Put Man Who Did Shooting on Trial in Bismarck | (Special to The Tribune) | Hettinger, N. D., July 20.— D. R. Offley, tried: for the mur- der of M. K. Bowen, Golden Val- ley county rancher, was found \not guilty by the jury which re- ported at 2 o’clock this morning. The jury had deliberaed on the \fate of Offley eight hours after the conclusion of the trial last- ing about three weeks. The case was one of the most bitterly con- tested in the history of the Slope territory. According to information obtained concerning the deliberations there was no serious difference of opinion among the jurors at any time during their deliberations, but they discussed the case at all angles, considering the vol- uminous testimony offered by many witnesses, and the charge of Judge H. L. Berry. Hall Is Jammed. The assembly hall of the high school building, where the trial was held, was jammed with people waiting to hear the verdict, despite the late hour. When the announcement of the verdict ag made a ripple of applause was started among the spectators in the court room, but’ was quickly checked bythe court attaches. The verdict of ity was generally expected. -Mgs, M. K, Bowen, widow of ‘the slain? fancher, was much affected by the ve-4ict. This mornig she violent- ly upbrifded several members of the jury whom she met'on the street, ap- plying various epithets to them, among others that they were tools of “bis busines.” .. Mrs..Bowen was led away by friends. s , Taylor to Be Tried. E. W. Taylor, who also was charged with murder, will be tried -next, in Burleigh county, it was stated’ by state's attorney. The trial, it was said, would be at the next regular term of . court, which is in December. Under the system of rotation Judge J. A. Coffey, of Jamestown, would pres:de at thig term in Bismarck. Word was received that a special term of district court may be held in Bismarck in October. If this is true Judge Coffey would preside at this term and Judg2 Nuessle would preside at the regular December term. Taylor said on the witness stang that he shot Bowen because if he hadn't he would have killed me, Offiey and perhaps all of us,” and that he “shot and kept shooting until Bowen dropped.” Offiey, Taylor, Ira J. Stark and G. R. Jeffrey all were charged with the mur- der of Bowen, The case aroused interest not only all over the Slope country but over the entire state because it became in- volved in political discussion. Bowen had taken up cattle at his Golden Valley ranch which belonged execution of the Versailles treaty. MIGHT ASK U. S. AID. London, uJly 20.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—It was stated in authori- ‘tative quarters today that informal suggestions have been made for Amer- ican intervention in the Upper Silesian trouble which it is feared threatens open hostilities, BRINGING BACK HERO'S BODY Ralph McGarvey, Bismarck Boy Slain in World War, To Be Buried Here The body of Private Ralph Mc- Garvey, a Bismarck boy who sacri- ficed his life in the World War, is en route from Hoboken, N. J. to’ Bis- marck for interment. The body was brought from its resting place in a French cemetery. Ralph, who was but 19 years old when he enlisted, served with the 104th engineers, 29th division. He was wounded by shrapnel on October 18, 1918, shortly before the signing of the armistice, and died the next day. He was serving on the Verdun front. The message received from the war department said that the body would arrive in Bismarck Saturday or Sun- day. Funeral plans will be announced later. DENIES JAPAN OPPOSES U.S London, July 20—Ban Hayashi, to Offley, according to the latter. Tes- timony adduced at the trial was to the effect that there had been bad blooa hetween thé two ranches. Offley wish- ed to recover his cattle and took two constables with him to replevin them. In the party were Stark, Jeffrey, Tay- lor and Offley. Stark and Jeffrey were constables. The state charged all four men witir the murder. The defense used Tay- lor’s admission that he did the shoot- ing and advanced self-defense in be- half of all four men. Testimony ct defense witnesses was to the effect that Bowen went to the barn and got a shotgun after there were words be- tween him and the party, and Taylor said that he shot Bowen as the latter was preparing to shoot. Defense witnesses testified as to threats Bowen was said to have made against Offley. One of the star wit- nesses of the defense was Sheriff Bar- clay, of Wibaux, Montana, who testi- fied that he heard Bowen utter threats two days before the shooting, against any one who tried to get the cattle, Politics Is Injected. The shooting occurred in July, 1919, Martin Blank, a Nonpartisan league editor, printed violent articles concern- ing the affair, and the Courier-News of Fargo took up the case in defense of Bowen and demanding prosecution of the alleged murderers. The contro- versy waxed warm. Governor Frazier removed State’s Attorney Richard Gal- lagher and he wag reinstated by court order. The Nonpartisan claim was that the murder was the work of anti- Nonpartisans. Some political questions were asked during the trial in Hettinger, where the case was transferred from Golden Valley county, and which were pro- tested. The state’s chief counsel was Leslie Simpson, of Dickinson, ap- pointed to prosecute. Offley was de- fended by T. F. Murtha, of Dickinson, and John F, Sullivan, of Mandan. Simpson made the final argument for the state in the case yesterday Japanese ambassador, denied there is any question of opposition on the part of Japan to President Harding's pro- posal for a disarmament conference which, he said, was welcome. morning. Attorneys Murtha and Sul- livan addressed the jury for a tolal of four hours in behalf of the defend- ant, resting the case at 5 o'clock Mon- day afternoon,