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

aye Be gage as a The Weather FAIR THE BIS 4d Last Edition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS YEGGS ENTER MANDAN PO SECOND PHASE OF NEW BRIDGE IS UNDER WAY Contracting Company For Erec- tion of Superstructure Has 60 Men on the Job FINISHED BY DECEMBER 1?) Despite Many Difficulties of; Erection, Bridge May Be | Passable Yet This Year The hum of activity on the new} issouri river bridge job here gives aj visitor assurance that the expectation of state and bridge engineers that the | work will be finished yet this year is well founded. i Engineers are reluctant to fix an ac- tual time for the completion of the bridge because of the many uncertain- ties entering into the work, but there is general confidence that the steel work will be finished by December 1. An asphalt or c be built on the bi work is finished and a problem is; presented in making the bridge pass- able during cold weather. One mem- | ber of the highway commission favors , the laying of a plank roadway if the asphalt or concrete roadway cannot | be built, making the bridge available! for use not later than January 1. | Second Phase Under Way { The second phase of the bridge building is now well under way. The| Foundation company, contractor for} the piers and concrete approaches, is| nearing the end of its job except for| the laying of the bridge raodway. The! piers are complete, the concrete ap-/ proach on the east side is finished and | the company is working on the ap- proaches on the west side. | The American Bridge company, con- | tractor for the erection of the super- | structure, has great quantities of ma-| terials on the ground and a large force ; ot expert bridge builders engaged in} the work preliminary to swinging the; steel into place. A Tribune representa- | tive, visiting the bridge site, saw ap- | proximately 60 men engaged in the; work, \ Au the elements of difficult. bridge | construction and some of those of phy | scraper, erection are combined in the job héré: The topmost point on the! steele superstructure, when completed, | will be about 126 feet above the swirl- | ing waters of the Missouri—higher than many ten story buildings. The falsework which is being ‘built directly under the place of suspension of the steel floor of the bridge and from which the steel beams will be swung into place by derricks is 50 feet above icies and with capacity fo the |@.llaboration with other Ame: the water. The steel sides of bridge, between piers, will extend about 78 feet above the floor of the bridge, the plans show. The steel frame of the bridge will be the width of the bridge raodway, 30 feet, and projecting on both sides will be a concrete sidewalk. The bridge is wide enough to accomodate great traffic and even an electric railroad in the future, Work From Bismarck Side Great steel beams now are in the bridge company’s yards at the bridge site. All of the steel is fabricated in the American Bridge company’s plant at Gary, Indiana. Big locomotive cranes ‘have been shipped here from the east to be used in swinging the steel. All of the material is shipped to the Bismarck side, and the work will be from east to west, each span being completed before the next one is start- ed. State engineers say that about 2,500 tons of steel will go into the super- structure. The design of the bridge is known as a curved-cord truss, a spec- ial design by C. A. P. Turner. Each span will be 476 feet in length, 30 feet in width and 72 feet high at the high- est point. The heaviest piece of steel to be swung unto place by the derrick is about 72 feet in length, weighing 16 tons. The crew is said to be one of the most efficient gathered for a LATED FOR DISARMAMENT ELEGATE MRS, HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON By Newspaper Enterprise. Washington, Aug. 6—Demand is growing from women of the country that President Harding name a woman on the American delegation to the dis- armament conference, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio probably will be the choice of the administration, Here are views of some national women’s leaders on the question of permitting a woman to sit on the del- egation: MISS FLORENCE KING, Chicagc, president National Woman’s Associa- tion of Commerce: Members of the disarmament ‘conference should be persons of unusual ability, clear vis- jon and an understanding of com- |" g of the com-|rartment that President Harding is! steppe apart. plicated problems. Women should not be barred because of sex, nor should not be appointed solely in order that women might sit. If the president can find women whose ability and con- structive. ideas would aid in bringing about conditiou; necessary to effect cisarmament, he should consider them: the same as men. MRS. EDWARD F. WHITE, deputy attorney-general of Indiana and legis- lative ‘chairthan, General Federation of Women's Clubs: If President Hard- ing can find a woman qualified to sit by reason of study and experience with questions of diplomacy or foreign pol- effective an con- Jerees, she should ‘be appointed. She would represent a group of citizer who have almost unanimously endor: ed the principle of disarmament. I believe there are such women. MRS. MAUDE WOOD PARK, Wash- ington, president League of Women Vote My position is best shown by this resolution adopted by the league: WHEAT GRADING PROBE ORDERED BY SEC. WALLACE Application of Government Standards at Buying Points to be Taken up I. PARTICULARLY IN N. W. Washington, Aug. 6.—Investigation the upplication of Government of bridge job, and includes expert ‘bridge standards in wheat grading, particular- builders who have been on some of} ly at country buying points, has been the largest bridge jobs in the country} ordered by Secretary Wallace. A prac- and on many in foreign countries. A Diificult Job The Missouri river job is known to engineers as a difficult piece of erec- tion. The heavy winds, height at which the work must be done and the swift current of the Missouri are difficulties which must be contended with.in the work. Visitors to the bridge site may ite wheat through the several processes see experienced bridge workmen mov- ing about on the top of the falsework with extreme caution, even crawling at times when the wind sweeps over the bluffs or down the path of the stream. FRANCE AGREES T0.U. §. DATE Paris, Aug. 6—France, replying to an inquiry of the United States, agreed to November 11 as the date fo- the conference on disarmament and Far Eastern questions. WEATHER REPORT For Twenty-four hours ending at noon Aug. 6, 192i. Temperature at 7 A. M. . Highest yesterda, ‘Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity . 50 + 72 . 53 - 48 one tical mill and economist with experi- enced assistants are to study “the pro- blems connected with grading especi- ally in the Northwest” a department announcement said. The investigation will include grad- ingat local elevators and will follow co the mill with a view of showing how the grades can be arranged to re- flect the milling values to the grower. Secretary Wallace recently refused to change the federal grade standards for spring wheat and stated that not enough evidence had been presented to justify changes. If such evidence is found by the investigators, it v said. changes will be made in advance of the marketing season next year. COAL RATES ARE PREJUDICIAL Washington, Aug. 6.—Freight rates on bituminous coal from many Illi- nois mines to destinations including Minnesota and North Dakota were found today by the Interstate Com- merce Commission to be unduly preju- dicial in many cases when compared to rates from other points of origin to the same destination. ON EASTERN TRIP. BE, E. DeCosse and son, Donald, left today on a vacation and buying trip Mu Forecast For North Dakota: and Sunday; raising Sunday. Fair to-night temperature to Chicago and Grand Rapid: They are making their trip by car and will visit Mr. DeCosse’s mother in Wis- “If the size of the American delega- tion permits, we urge that a thorough- ly qualified woman be appointed a member.” By Newspaper Enterprise. Warren, O., Aug. 6- rs, Harriet Taylor Upton, inentioned as President Harding’s choice the woman mem- ber of the American delegation to the disarmament conference, also has been mentioned repeatedly as a cabinet pos- ility. Despite Mrs. Upton’s frequent vy of weifar a new cabinet de-! known to favor, | Mrs. Upton is best known over the country for her work in the suffrage iovement, which she began in 1890. Yor 15 years she was treasurer of the National Woman Suffrage Association and long has been head of the move- ment in: Ohio. i Here in her home town she has been president of the school board and an of- ficial in the Political Equality League. She also is noted as an.authoress, hav- ing written several books of histori- cal nature, among them being, “Our Karly Presidents, Their Wives and Children,” and “The History of the ‘Western Reserve.” Mrs. Upton is a Republican Nation- al Committeewoman, and is head of the women’s division of the Republi- can. part Her views? “The country is being ‘fathered’ to death,” she says. “It’s been ‘fathered’ ince the days of the Pilgrim Fathers. What it needs right now isa little ‘mothering.’ ” HAIL LOSSES IN MERCER COUNTY é jgss* by hail hag decreased gre during the last week, accord- ing to Martin Hagen, of the state hail insurance department. Among the most recent storms were those near Werner, which caused about 100 lo; eg to Dunn and Mercer county far- and in the vicinity of Courtenay. The total number of losses claimed this year is over 18,000, considerably mi as-; and sertions that “she wouldn’t take the| Chambers and their wives on the first Job if it was offered to her on a silver | landing. They were looking at platter,” unofficial Washington says|me and exchanging glances, nod- she is slated for the proposed post of; ding heads. Sid said something to SELF-DEFENSE TO BE PLEADED ‘Man, Who Shot Sid Hatfield, West Virginian, Describes \ the Shooting | HIS LIFE OR MINE, CLAIM | Against Hattield and Others | | , in the Case | Welch, W. Aug. 6.—Self-de- ; fense is the claim of S.C. KE. Lively, | Baldwin-Phelps detective held under bond in connection with the shooting ‘and killing of Sid Hatfield and Edt | Chambers, Mingo county mountaineers !in a statement to newspaper men to- day. } “I regret having ;one of these men fit i i simple. { The gun fight on the steps. of the courthouse lastea perhaps a quarter o a minute, the detective said, Lively said he had bee: times that ‘followin testimony | given in the Matewan trial last Febru- | Hatfield had threatened his life. | ) “I knew that if Sid got what he con-| isidered a good chance it would be jeither his lite or mine, id Lively. | Lively had posed as a union ci ‘miner at Matewan following the ba :Ue there in May, 1920, in which ten |men were killed and had testified jagainst Hatfield, Chambers and other co-defendants in the trial at William- ison. . Speaking of the We fight the detective said he was sitting on a | balustrade outside the courthouse “IT happened to look down the steps there stood Sid Hatfield, Ed. d to shoot either | n Lively said, “but | case of self-defense pure and! i told many fd. I couldn’t hear. Suddently they I could see Sids jaw set like a steel trap. Both men pull- ed their guns. As they did so I jump- ed to my feet and pulled my gun. Sid fired at me and 1 immediately backed.” 7 WANT'TO LEAVE SOVIET RUSSIA Lists Being ‘Prepared For Direc- tor of European Relief Administration Riga, Letvia, Aug. 6—(By the As sociated Pre: officials here have prepared, at the request of the Washington state department, a full list of al! American citizens in Russia, including those in Bolshevik! prisons. hTe list will be turned over to Walter L. Brown, European direc- tor of American relief, who will con- fer here with the delegates of the Russian Soviet government. Whether the United States will demand that all these Americans be sent out of Rus- sia or that only the six or seven persons imprisoned be liberated is not known, It is certain that at least 100 claiming to be Americans are !n | Detective Had Given Testimony | wag Possibility of Panie Had {banking system from collapsing and SAYS RESERVE ~ METHODS HELP TN BAD TIME | Governor’ Harding Asserts That | Reserve Board Policy was j Successful | esr |THE HEARING IS CLOSED Not Board Taken Action it Did, He Says Washington, Aug. 6.—Reserve bank $s Of 1919 and 1920 were formu- tated solely to prevent the country were successful, in their object, Gov- ernor Harding of the reserve board declared yesterday in closing a two- days’ appearance before a joint con- ssional commission. ‘1'o questioners ue repeated that the board had not sought to influence prices, either up or gown, but had prepared to meet a worldwide price break and maimwin nd expand credit lines. ‘here was a bre possibility, he said, that if in 1919, the reserve board had raised national re-discount rates, “the runaways in prices might have been checked and the result might have ween better,” but he mentioned needs of the government financing as influ- ential in determining the course taken. Representative Sumner, Democrat, Texas, suggested that “the word might have gone out” trom the board FAIR WEATHER FOR NEXT WE Washington, Aug. 6.—Weather dictions for next week include: per Mississippi valley and lowe souri valley: Moderate temperature and generat ly fair, Mis Asserts Quick Print Can't Handle Work Defending its den Publishing company and denying of Bismarck and ) dan, the ch irman t hot equipped to handle less and give nece ry ser- avits were filed when the ume before Judgi fternoon. W. HH, Stut 3 nan state cailroad commissioner, acting as attorney for the Quick Print company, asked time in which to answer the affidavi Judge Nuessle informed at- torneys he was leaving on a vacation tomorrow and it was decided that at- torneys should ask a judge to hear the matter next Tuesday. to pankers to be feartul of prices, “but Governor Harding said that no- thing iad been done inconsistent with this statement, “It was not a good time'to be talk- ing too much—in 1921,—” he remark- ed, “but we can be bolder now.” “All cver the country, we learn that agricultural and livestock interests tind they need more credit facilities,” he said, ‘and want something to make ves independent of banks. The credit ‘horizon is necessarily limited and local. Any man hesitates about getting the government in busi- ness, and we cannot use the reserve system for that, because its funds are essentially reserve funds, but I consid- er there isa possibility that the farm loan bunks might be extended to meet the need.” GARNISHMENT™ PROCEEDINGS ARE DISMISSED The garnishment __ proceedings brought by the Laxeside school dis- trict, of Kidder county, in an effort to get approximately $2,200 which is in the Bank of North Dakota, will be settled. W. A. Anderson, 4 tant attorney general, deposited a check for $2,500 with the clerk of court on a private bank to obtain release oi the garnishment on the Pettibone bank. In the original complaint the directors of the Lakeside school dis- trict asked that a receiver for the Bank of North Dakota be named if it failed to pay over the money. BDITORS NAME OFFICERSFOR | BNSUING YEAR Russia and are seeking to leave the country and it is believed efforts will be made to facilitate their speedy re- exceeding the losses of last year. SHOOTS SELF AFTER DUEL Anrora, HL, -Aug. 6—James Witt, alias Josly, 29, for whom a nation- wide search was instituted as the murderer recently of Chief of Police George Rehm, 51, of West Chicago, last night shot and killed himself after he had been badly wounded in a gun duel with Sheriff Martin Hexall, of Kendall county, on « country road near Yorkville, Ill. YOUNG BROKER IS SHOT DEAD Los Angeles, Calif. Aug. 6—John B. Kennedy, 26, insurance broker, was shot and killed late last night as he was entering his summer cottage at Beverly Hills, an exciusive residen- tial suburb. Mrs. Madeline Oberchain, of Evanston, Ill., who was with him, was held as a material witness. ENFORCE DRY LAW T00 WELL? Washington, Aug. 6.—Federal pro- hibition agents were warned by Com- | missioner Haynes that there is a wide- spread feeling that the section of the prohibition law providing for double taxes together with a penalty for the illegal manufacture or sale of liquor was being enforced with unnecessary consin, severity. turn to the United States. The departure from Russia of Americans had not been reported up until late yesterday afternoon, The hospital car operated by the Ameri- can Red Cross, however, went to the frontier to greet the prisoners when they had actually reached non-Rus- | sian soil. Londoh, Aug. 6. (By the Associated Press).—Afl the American prisoners in Moscow and Petrograd will be sent across the Russian border by Monday at the latest, according to a message received here today by Walter L. Brown, European director of the Amer- ican Relief Administration from Leo Kameneff, chairman of the Russian reliet commission. IBXPECTS FIRST -—GRAINAUG, 15 Local Elevator Men Expect Threshing About That Time Threshing will be under way much earlier than usual in this section, ac- cording to elevator men. : It is expected that the first grain will) reach the elevators within the next ten da’ Threshing will be well un- der way by Aug. 15 or 18, it is believed The threshing season will be two weeks or so earlier than usual, ac- cording to sup2rintendent Baker of the Russell-Miller_ mill here. Threshing ! probably would be under way now, ac- cording to one elevator man, were it not for the fact that the wheat headed out earlier than usual and the stytw was short, most of the grain being fcut and stacked. It lays in the» sfa about three weeks before it is rpady for threshing, he added. f Rye, wheat and oats threshing be done at the same time. will “LET "ER BUCK” Devils Lake Chose as Place For Next Meeting offAsso- ciation Jamestown, N. D., Aug, 6.—Riley Morgan, of Starkweather, was elected! president of the North Dakota Editor- ial Association at the annual session here today. Devils Lake was chosen unanimously as the next place of meeting, although Medora and Mandan both were suggested. Other officers chosen were: G. W. Stewart, Wilton, first vice-president; Edward Sullivan, New Salem, second vice-president; J. H. Kramer, Mar- marth, third vice-president; Earl Tos- tevin, Mandan, re-elected Secretary- ‘Treasurer. The executive committe voted to em- ploy a man to furnish a special news service to publishers and members of the association during the campaign. R. A. Nestos, candidate for Governor in the proposed recall, addressed the editors. This afternoon the editors were to have a picnic at Spiritwood Lake. Mayor Frank Rathman welcomed the editers yesterday afternoon and F. B. Streeter, of the Emmons county | Record, responded. L. J. Bowen, of the Hope Fioneer, gave his annual address. A good fellowship banquet was held last night. TELLS STORY OF THE OLD NEST “Let ’Er Buck” is a gripping story of the passing of the Old West. The book, by Charles Wellington Furlong, which has been received by The Tri- ‘bune, is remarkably illustrated from photographs of bucking horses, cow- pony rac roping wild steers, bull- dogging Texas longhorns, Indians, cowboys and old-time scouts as seen at the various annual cowboy carni- val, the Round-Up, held at Pendleton, Oregon, each September. In “Let ’Er Buck” every American who loves out- of-door life and real sportmanship will find many thrills. Frank Milhollan, of the state com- mission, and Jame ¢ printer, filed affidavits Quick Print company was equipped to do chiefly commercial printing and in lengthy form set out claims that the company did not have equipment suf- ficient to handle the state contract it sought to get. Mr. Curran said in his affidavit that in June, 1921, at a meet- ing of the Mandan local of the Inter- national Typographi Union a ma- jority of the members present at the meeting voted to surrender their char- ter of the said Mandan local and that under the constitution and by-laws of the typographical union the Quick Print shop was no longer entitled to use the International Typographical Union label. A sttate law requires the union label on state printing. The Quick Print jcompany had ob- tained a restraining order from Judge Nuessle prohibiting the commission from awarding the contract, it alleging it was the low bidder. A: ant Attor- ney-General Fos asked that the matter ‘be determined as quickly as possible because it was desired to ha the work started on the printing, and opposed Mr. Stutsman’s request for de- lay. ©. L. Young appeared as at- torney for the Normanden Publishing company, CHAS. WATTAM IN PARTNERSHIP INFARGO FIRM Joins States Attorney Green Sept. 1—B. F. Tillotson Suc- ceeds Him as Court Reporter Charles Wattam, of Bismarck, has Joined ate’s Attorney William C Green, of Cass county, in a law part- nership in Fargo, it was announced formally today. Mr. Wattam will enter the partner- ship to Fargo on September 1. He and Mrs, Wattam were in Fargo a few da ago where the partnership arrange ment was completed. The firm name will be Fowler, Green and Wattam. ’ Mr Wattam, who is a member of the law firm of Cameron and Wattam here and is district court reporter, is an old school mate of Mr. Green, Then went through school together in Warren, Minn. Mr. Fowler is retir- ing from general p tice in 0 to become ociated in a bank, but will continue his connection with the firm as consulting counsel, The announcement will come as @ surprise to may local friends of Mr Wattam. He has lived in Bismarck since 1909. He was deputy clerk of the supreme court for three years, went with Judge Nuessle in 1913 as court reporter and has continued as such since. A year ago he entered partnership with Scott Cameron in this city, but has alse continued his court work. Mr. Cameron will main- tain the same offices here. Mr. Wattam has been very active in aairs in Bismarck. ff He is president of the Town Criers’ ciub. B. F. Tillotson will succeed Mr. Wat- tam as court reporter, it is announced. Mr. Tillotson will continue as a mem- ber of the law firm of Miller, Zuger and Tillotson, FARRAR SUED FOR SEPARATION New York, Aug. Lou Tellegen, tor, hag filed suit for a separation from his wife, Geraldine Farrar, opera singer, on a desertion charge, it was announced. ON VAC Miss Pearl A. Be ty treasurer, left the week-end with her sister, } H. H. Steele, the Steele summer home at the Detroit lakes. TION, n, deputy coun- pre- Region of the Great Lakes and Up- Head of Printing Commission r ction in granting a! state printing contractt to the Norman- | the contract to the Quick Print Co Inc.| of the State Printing and publication | Commission filed affidavits in district court ring that the Quick Prin STOFFICE n« BLOW DIAL OFF SAFE BUT FAIL TO REACH CASH ON CONTRACT OF Through Vault Wall After Basement is Entered NITROGLYCERINE IS USED Mail Sacks Used to Deaden Force of Explosion of the Vault Door Fargo, Aug. 6—Robbers blew the sate of the State bank at Hamar, Eddy county, early. this morning and escaped with $50 | ord to a report to WwW. MacFadden, of Fargo, sees retary of the North Dakota Bank. ers’ Associatio ; An unsuccessful attempt was ‘made last night to rob the Man- idan postof : Yeggmen forced an entrance into the postoffice building ithrough the basement and blew ‘off the dial of the outer safe \door with nitroglycerine, but evi- jdently were frightened away or |found themselves unable to get into the inner safe and fled. Detectives believe their fight’ was precipitous as they left fuse, soap and nitroglycerine in the opening and there were many finger-prints on the safe door, Tried Boring _ The time of the attempted robbery is uncertain. There is no night man on duty and the robbery was not dis- covered until the postoffice was op- ened at 5:30 o'clock this morning. Af- ter forcing their entrance through the basement the yeggs apparently tried to bore through a side wall of the vault. They entered the ladies room of the postoffice, removed a mirrow and had bored holes in the direction of the safe. A half-dozen mail sacks were used to deaden the sound of the explosion when the dial of the vault was blown, The dial was’ blown off and some bolts weakened. However, there re- mained an inner safe door two feet behind the outer door and a burglar proof vault beyond. The yeggs may have given up their task as hopeless after seeing the type of safe used. Believed Experts, Work Policemen and a Northern Pacific detective investigated the robbery to- day and sent out orders to watch all trains for suspicious characters. The Northern ic detective expressed the opinion that the work was that of experienced burglars, others thing i the work of amateurs. A lot of trouble was caused the Man- dan postoffice employes. With the dial of the safe blown off and the tock still holding the vault could not be op- ned this morning. E. B. Wilkinson, as- istant postmaster, and Charles Hughes came to Bismarck to get enough stamps from the Bismarck postoffice to enable the Mandan office to do busi- ness until the vault can be opened. This is the first postoffice robbery attempt in North Dakota in a long time, Some months a go the Moorhead, Minnesota, postoffice was robbed . Chief of Police Martineson called the Mandan authorities today offering the use of the finger-print photograph machine owned by the local police de- partment. Postoffice inspectors also are said to be on their way to Man- dan. PLAN TO RAISE FUND BALANCE ish Elks Name Committee to Fi Up Pool Campaign The Elks lodge, at a meeting last night, decided to promote several events for the purpose of making money to meet the deficit in the swim- ming pool fund. The first event probably will be a street dance within the next week. The second will be the showing of the picturization of James Whitcoms Riley’s “The Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole” at the Eltinge theater Monday and Tues- day, Aug. 15 and 16, fifty per cent of the receipts to be donated tothe swim- ming pool fund. Two of the committees did not fin- ish their territory on the second drive and they will cover the territory com- pletely. However, it was announced that the promise of P. R. Fields, head of the Elks, made in his presentation speech, that there would be no new solicitations would be kept. Mr. Fields explained that there was adeficit and that various activities would be promoted to meet it. Wm. Kraft was named chairman of a committee to handle the events pro- posed. One of these may be water polo or other swimming events. The swimming pool cost about $11,- 500 and approximately $9,500 was raised, leaving a deficit of $2,000. ON VACATION. Judge and Mrs. W. L. Nuessle leave today tor a three-week vacation trip to Billings and other Montana points. They may visit Spokane before return- ing.