The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1921, Page 1

“COLDER TONIGHT FORTIETH YEAR E BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, _ SEPTEMBE 28 PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS e THRONGS VISIT 5-18 1Wo TO wiN Wire's Love; STORESHEREON. FIRSTSALE DAY Big Dollar Day Sales Make An: Auspicious Start, with Many People From Out of City SALES CONTINUE THURS. Plenty of Offerings Will Be Had’ For Shoppers Who Failed to Get in First Day — | Almost immediately after the fire} whistle sounded at 9 o'clock this! morning for the opening of the first; of the two Dollar Day sale days, stores | in the city were visited by hundreds | of shoppers, anxious to take advant- | hee of the remarkable bargains offer- | ext, The crowds col ing the morning and the shopping; was expected ‘6. réach: its peak in the: afterncon. Out-df-town ‘shoppers were | in the majority in the early. trading, | many coming by automobiles. from | distances of 60 miles or more. Some ' of them started home early, because | of the long distance they had come, being unable to remain here during | the afterncon and get back to their country homes in time to complete | their daily evening tasks, ' The Dollar Day offerings continue | Thursday, and merchants of the city, | pleased with ‘the response made by ' out-of-town people to the “socialabil- | ity sales” are propared to offer mark- | ed bargains during the entire sale. Al- | though the early shopper was compen- sated by getting the pick of many; bargains there will be others to re- | place them for out-of-town or local | people. The freo movie shows at the Audi- ; torium this afternoon and tomorrow | afternoon are part of the entertain-j| ment offered visitors by the Town | Criersclub.. The first show opened at ; 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, and} Thursday afternoon the Auditorium | will be open from 3:30 o'clock until 6:20 o’e’ock. Children will be admit- ted to the second show Thursday with- out tickets. All the shows are free; and ticke:s may be obtained from; merchants participating in the’ Dollar; Day sales. ‘A comedy orchestra “of”four, * pro- | vided by: the Town Criers, enlivened the idaytseventsby playing~ jon the? street. and attracted much attention: although, the visitors to the city plain- ly came for ‘business=that of shop- | ping. The Masonic Temple rest room | welcomed many out-of-town visitors. «Mrs. Irene Charlebois captured a! prize by being the first person, out of a} crowd, to get in to bry a 12-gauge/ shotgun sold at 9 A. M. py French and; Welch for $1. Mrs. Charlebois stood in line from! 5:30 o'clock nls is morning. DAKOTA HERDS WILL BE SHOWN: _ AT DAIRY SHOW Animals From Five or Six of, Best Breeding Establish- 3 ments of State Going - Fargo, Sept. 28.—Like meeting old friends from home, it will be for the North Dakotans making the tour tothe National Dairy show at St. inued to grow dur-; SPURNED, HE GOES TO HIS DOOM | By N. E. A. Service. Little-.Rock, ‘Ark., Sept. 28.—Amosj ; Ratliff will go to the death chair here | Sept. 30 for, cpmmitting stwo succes sive murders,t6 win a woman. Strangely, the -wonian was his wife. The ‘first person ‘he murdered a man'’whom he regarded. as a rival i for his wife's ‘affection. , The} ‘second person he murdered was a’ woman wh ym he plotted to rob in hi ‘order to buy: presents tor his wife. Each time, he’ failed in his object. The-wife-for, whom he shed a man’s blood, and a woman's blood has lost ea affection for him. OU t him,:since he left | Bureka" Springs,” hate ge > “Thayen't written:to ulm, ~~. }; And -1don’t intend to say good} to him at the penitentiary. “AILT want.is to forget him. « “I don’t feel that Ic em: responsible for his actions. “He was jealous—and violent. “He crushed_the love he claimed for. ‘his own. e “When everything's ali ovey—why, i then I-can start anew.” Ratliff does not repine over the fate in store for him. If he-hag regret because he lost the woman whom he loved to. the point of mad jealousy, he stifles it. ¥ w-eoeeeerereeeeeee AUTO BURNED UP NEAR CITY The automoblie of J. A. Hillmer ‘caught fire on the Ward hill north- west of the city yesterday and was almost destroyed by the flames. ‘The automobile, which was insured, could be disposed of only as junk after. the Ire, Backfiring is sajd to have been the cause of the fire, which burned’ so Paul, October 11 to 14, for animals |quickly and fiercely that Mr. Hill- from six or more North Dakota herds|mer had to hurry to escape the will be, seen at the big show, either | flames. entered in the competition for the blue ribbons or shown in, educational ex- hibits. Two Jersey ieee one Holstein breeders and one Guernsey breeder have entered the cream of their breed classes in an effort to bring prizes homé to North Dakota. In addition, and New Salem Holstein association and William Page and Son of Hamilton, N. D., will send exhibits to the show, but will not enter animals in the com-' petition. Sam F. Crabbe, Fargo and S. Cur- rie, Park River, have entered animals in the Jersey classes. Major B. S. Person of Minot has entered animals from his. Guernsey herd, while J. D. Bacon,. Holstein breeder of Grand Forks, has entered animals in the Holstein classes. A near neighbor of the North Dakota herds also will be represented at the show, by the Schroeder Farms at Moorhead, just across, the Red River in Minnesota. Twenty five anjthals from this famous herd will be entered in the competition, in- cluding the $90,000 bull Sir Pieterje ‘Ormsby Mercedes 37th 110160, and * Colantha Pieterje Lass, who has a re- cord of 1265 pounds of butter in one year, and nearly 3300 pounds in three consecutive years. The North Dakota tour will leave the state October 11 and return Octobér 14. Sleepers will be parked near the grounds and the tourists may sleen in them. The sleeper charge will be $8.00, instead of $7.00, as 14-section cars must he used, no 16-section cars being available. TOO HIGH TO ESCAPE. Port Elizabeth, S. A.. Sept.—Belita Tijiri, a native girl held on three theft charges. scaled the 20-foct prison wal! during the night, but injured her: hip so severely she could not move. She Army, composed Salvation Army Drive ©The advisory board of the Salvation of local business , is not altogether pleased with yesterday 00 for the . However, to obtain the quota of Salvation Army for a. ye: it was stated by a member of the} board that he believed. the people ful- ly appreciated the purpose for which the money would be used and that the quota would be reached. The- Busi- ness and Professional Women’s club tomorrow will aid in carrying the so- licitation to reach everybody. The Salvation Army expects to dispense a great deal of aid to needy during the winter months. “A MBASSDOR” SKIPS, Sydney, Sept—When persons began to doubt his title, “Ambassador” Booth, who claimed to de a son of the famous Salvation. Army general, left town suddenly. Tar and feathers are awaiting him if he returns. Amos Ratliff, who will ye electricut®1 in the Arkansas penitentiary Sept. 30, and the wife for love of whom he stole and committed two. murders,” * | “I lost,” he mutters to himself; “I lost—that’s all,” and then, a half-sup- in ressed sob, “Cora—Cora!” Ratliff is a mountaincer of the Ar- Kansas rough country. He’s only 25. ‘three years ago he first violated the law—-committed a robbery to get pret- ty things’ for his wife. For this he was sent to the penitentiary. After he was discharged, he return- ‘unexpectedly to his home in ‘Car- roll county, and met his wife driving with another man. Ratliff shot the man cn sight. wife fled. from. him. He was out’on bajl, awaiting trial for this offense,-when he got the ‘ider that if he.only. could get money, ne could win his wile back with fine gifts. So Ratlff-set out to rob Miss Lottie “spinster, who $ reputed to have "s10, 000 concealed on her ‘prem~- ises. He killed her in the act—and was captured, tried and ‘co: ted. Rey.’ Steinhauer, an ionary, la- ors Jong,hours with Ratliff, trying to win: him t6 contrition. > Ratliff at first. was cbdurate, then despairing. A But, now he says: ‘ nothing good.can.come of evil. wages of sinfare ‘death. “want Cora to. forgive me—eyen-- evén if she can’t love me.” N. D. MAN IS HELD "IN KILLING CASE Fortunh, N, .D., “Sept, 28.—Victor Johnson: of Fortuna, arraigned at Owatonna, Minn., in connection with the killing of D. ‘T. Rounesville, vice- president of the ‘First National bank of . Dodge, Center, Minn., waived ex- amination,.and ‘has been. bound over His ell the boys The to. the grand jury which meets at Mantorvilles Oct. Anton eee! the _ prisoner’s father, ‘recently arrived at Owatonna. He engaged counsel who started pro- éeeding, to gain his son’s release from custody. This resulted in the lodging of a charge against the. son and. his consequent arraignment. ORDER STRIKERS BACK TO WORK Indianapolis, Sept. 28.—Alexander Howatt, president ef the Kansas miners, was directed by the conven- tion of the United Mine Workers of America to order strikers at the Dean and Reliance mines to return to work. The convention decision became a certainty before the polling of the delegates was complete. ‘ WINE GOES LONG WAY. London, Sept.—Wine makers of Eng- |land are meeting increased competi- tion from South African dealers. In | spite of the long distance and added import expense, the South Africans have heer able to break into the British market. lw Push Tax Re U.S.SENATRT0 CHECKS 10 BE “SPEEDTREATIES PAID BY BANK, WORKINGNIGHTS — OFFICIALS SAY ion Bill to: Bank of North Dakota to Call | ‘be Considered in Days; About $180,000 of Regis- Treaties at Make tered Checks ‘HURRY ‘TREATY ACTION: i MILL WORK NOT RESUMED’ I Sestite Leaders \ Would Dispose. Bonds Said Sold Enough to Pay, of Them’ Before Disarma- Bills But Not to Resume ment Conference Nov. 11 Mill Work Washington, Sept ito expediting acti | treaties with: Germa , Hungary and.on tax With a vie Ww = The Bank of North Dakota will pay nd! ts registered checks, according tu | at | statements of bank officials today | H ' POPOCATAPETL _ | tion Republican leade nned today to put’ through a program calling noi ‘only for night sessions of the but for the beginning 0! the day | sions an hour earlier tian’ usual. tax bill would hb $ the day anit, we crear There is a desire to.d t night, | Registered checks to ine amount + call, the announcement added. Tho payment of the checks is ible because of the sate of bonds .| during an eastern syndicate, according to one | The amount of bonds sold is; pose of the; not made public, official. but ure said to be ‘treaties before the he 3mning of the! chiefly of the real estate series. conference on: the limiiation of arma- "ment, Aside from the tax mea treaties many other me furtance are. i the beginning of the early in December, sure and tne! ion hetore} OUTLINES VIEWS ON REMEDIES IN FARM PROBLEMS Representative Anderson Makes Statement After His In- vestigations St. Paui, Sept. 28.—Sidney Ander- son, of Minnesota, chairman of the congressional committee appointed to investigate’. agricultural conditions outlined remedies; for farmers’ dif- ficulties in ‘astatement prepared for the farm: buteau federation and. re- ceived today by. -the:Minnesota:federa- tion here, «+ A sprogram*for the futyre develap- ment of agriculture, Mr. Anderson said, “must have for its basis sound, accurate and current agricultural statistics,” “Delaring ;that the. well-being of agriculture during ,\the past thirty years “has relatively improved com- pared with other industries the chair- man of the congressional inquiry committee concluded. that “notwith- standing this improvement the re- wards of’ agriculture on the' whole have been relatively less both for the capital. invested and the labor in- volved than ‘they have been in other industries.” Mr. ‘Anderson outlined successive steps. in a constructive agricultural program as follows; Affirmative recognition of the rights of the farmer to organize his selling power and ‘combine for the purpose of as: erting grading, mark- eting and processing his products. Expansion of the statistical division of the federal department of agri- culture, Enactment of legislation which will give the farnfers just as good credit as anyone and facilities adapted to his turn-over and his ability to pay from the returns of the farm. A national warehouse system fa which the moral, financial and other! hazards are fully assurcd and under which! the farmer can finance the ryirg of his own crop if he so desires ular session |29 more registrations wil},he Mm | ta them. MAY EXECUTE ated stated this afternoon full exchange of notes between the Polish and Russian Soviet govern- ments. the execution by Russia of the peace treaty. signed in Riga had taken a favorable turn toward Conciliation. TAKE VOTE ON The enect of the borg sale upon th | finances ‘of the state is 1s follows, ac ‘ording to expressions 0! various state s of im-| Officials: Registered checks. wil! be on ane x money will be ieehea” me "the ‘ank of North Dakota within a month} T 80. There is not a sufficient amount 0°| money on hand to per.nit resumption | of work on the Grand Forks mill and! elevator, which work was stapped lasvi spring. It has been estimated it would! take from $1,000,000 i> $1,500,000 co; complete it and pay outstanding biils ' Certain bills which Lave been hei! up by the state auditor will be paia, | according to Auditor Poindexter. These, include $88,000 due counties on motor! vehicle registration, state apportion- | | ment of school funds, iarm. loans. andj school bonds bought by the board ot! university and school lands, payment! of which has been held up. | Auditor Poindexter said the general | fund was. getting low and that bills of certain institutions, which do not re- ceive county Derments. would have tu be held..up until probably in Novem- ber when tax money is certified to the state... ee The registered checks, according to ‘A. Johanneen,-of the state-bank, will bear six. per cent interest from date of) registration. Some of them date back to- June, he said. Many of the regis- trations were made in the early sum mer months during the cbb-tide of tax receipts in, the state. Motor vehicle money amounting to about. $88,000 is to be paid to the counties, according to Auditor Poin- dexter, warrants being mailed out ta SOVIET TREATY London, Sept. 28.—(By the Associ- Press). Polish officials here hat after a the negotiations concerning RAIL STRIKE Chicago, Sept. 28. immediate strike of the 186,000 rail:oad trainmen 179,692.84 will be taken care of on! employed on American roads ‘will be ordered if the strike vute, now being counted; favors it, James Murdock vice president of the organization, an- ARBUCKLE WILL A remarkable photograph ta rom an airplane showing the Mount Popocatapetl, in Mexico, jeruption. VOLCANO SHOWS — SIGNS OF LIFE; FEAR ERUPTION 'Popoeatapetl in. Me in Mexico is. Re- ported in More Vigorous Activity Than Usual Sept. 28.—Popocatapet!, the great volcanic mountain southeast of this-city, is reported to be.in mors{ vigorous activity than usual. The in- habitants of the village of Amecameca! and Tlanacas at thebase of the moun- tain are leaving their homes; fearihg/a serious eruption**Two culbreaks have occurred during the past ten, days, and reports reaching. this. city state that there has been a consiferable flow of lava from the crater of the. volcano. ‘For the past year or more the volcano has been showing signs ut activity aft- er a‘long period of quiescence. LLOYD GEORGE REPLY DELAYED Will Give Cabinet Opportunity To See It Mexico City, + London, Sept. Press. Prime George’s reply. to (By Associater liaister Lloyd Mamonn DeVale wil not be issued today and. there is some doubt whether be avail- able tomorrow, it w: nounced of ficially. this afternoon. No hitch has developed, it was said, but' the prime minister has decided there is no reason why he should not wait another day before making the communication publi order to give all the members of his cabinet an op portunity to pass on tie draft of the reply. PRISONER USES RAZOR TO KILL Stanley, N. D., Sept. 28.—Joe Popo- vich, a Servian, who has been con- fined in the county jail here on the charge of threatening a fellow work- er with.a knife, committed suicide by BARE DEFENSE San Francisco, Sepi. 28.—The de- fense_ in the preliminary hearing of Rosco C. A cbuck ler charged with the murder of s Virginia Rappe, announced it ready to commence its efforts to free the motion picture comedian when the count resumed late today. The prosecution completed its pre- sentation of evidence yesterday with- out having called). Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont, complaining witness. CASE UP OCT. 6. | The case involving the validity of house bill, No. 25, known as the tax -| limitation bill, has been set for hear-| ing by the supreme Court on October 6. | nounced last night. U “A strike,” said Mr. Murdock, “real- ly has been authorized aiready by the leaders and you can make it just as strong as you wish. [he minute the vote is counted the strixe order will be issued—provided the vote favors tie strike and there is little chance that it will not. The leaders will not op- pose the wishes of the men.” Counting the strike hullots will be completed within a few aays. ARRESTED MAN HITS | OFFICER Langdon, N. D,, Sept. 28—While Charles. Kelland, depaty sheriff, was taking John Gagnier, a transient ac- cused of making trouble with his em- ployer over wages, to the sheriff's of- fice, Gagnier suddenly wheeled and struck him on the mouth, knocking him down, Bystanders came to Kel- land’s assistance and helped over- power Gagnier. The latter asserted he thought Kelland’s action a bluff. He is severing, the aorta in ihs abdomen, using .a azor. which had been given him for shaving. He had shaved himself, and then lay down, covering himself with blankets while he used the razor. He made no outcry and prisoners in adjoining cells suspected nothing wrong until he was called for breakfast and did not respond. So jfar as known he had no relatives in | this country. TRIES TO-BOSS CREW Valley City, N. D. Sept. 28—The dump boss, employed by the Curren- Cowell contracting firm engaged in jroad building, when found to be an W. W. orga: and pushing I. Ww. W. interests among his crew, was. dis- charged. He then urged the crew to quit. Eleven did, one of whom: was rehired when he surrendered his red card and I, W. W. inte The dis- | charged organizer has stateg he would keep track of all men hired to take AUTO LICENSES ISSUED TO DATE IN STATE EXCEED ENTIRE YEAR 1920 More automobile licenses have been issued in ‘North Dakota thus far this year than during the entire year of 1920, according 'to E. P. Crain, in charge,of motor vehicle registration. There have been 91 ,600 licenses issued thus far in 1921, while the total number in 1920 was 90,840, according to Mr. Crain. The showing, considered very unusual in view of the fact that motor car sales have fallen below 1920 in many states, is in part ex- plained by the increase in the number of registrations of used cars. There is shown a decrease-of about 2,500 in the number of new cars purthased which, however, is a comparatively small de- crease, according to Mr. Crain. The total number of sales of new ears will nearly have equalled 1920 by the end fot this year, he is instse prison hospital. 2 added. ily WHITE MEN TO SPEND WINTER / JN FAR NORTH > (New York, Sept. 28—An ad- vance party of Vilhjalmur Stefans- son's: fifth expedition into the Arc- tic has arrived at Wrangell Island where it will “dig in” for the win- ter, Mr. Stefansson announced to- day on receipt of a telegram from ‘Allen Crawford, of Toronto, lead- er of the narty. Mr, Stefansson id. the party consisted of four white men and four, Eskimos who sailed from Nome; Alaska, last August. They will be .the first white men to spend anventire winter on i the island, he added, \ the places of those who quit, SPEEDY RETURN TO PROSPERITY IS SEEN BY BUSINESS LEADERS New York, Sept. 28.—Speedy return of prosperity, with plenty of work for all was predicted by two notable figures in industrial and mercantile circles, Charles E. Bedford, president of the Vac- being held for a hearing. ‘uum Oil company, and John. Wanamaker, merchant of New York and Philadelphia. “Business revival week,” said Mr. Wanamaker, “I thnik will be expanded into a business revival of years and years. I have more faith in America today than ever.” In Mr. Bedford’s view things will be back to normal by spring. RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION PROPOSED ‘ (..C, WOULD PUT ~ | RAILROADS INTO 19 Bid SYSTEMS 'Plan For Consolidation Worked Out by Representatives of Commerce Commission i | ‘COMPETITION | Plan to be Under Indefinite Dis- cussion as Mutual Consent Required for Operation RETAINED i i i mee | Washington, ,Sept. ; slate Commerce commi: ion announced | today tentative plans for the consoli- dation of all major ratiroads of ‘the : United States inta: {notice that hearings ' future. The : proposed consolidation + wuthorized | by the transportation a | Tn the main the plan proposed by ithe commission is that drafted under rection by Professor William Rip- Harvard university, but some var- ions were made. The commission, said that while all of tie larger class |vailroads had been included in the knees ye | ales -up of its schedule a number of class 2 and class 3 lines had also been | covered. The commission’s proposed 19 sys- | tems provide for retention of the com- petitive arrangement of transporta- tion lines, giving most sections of the i country access to two ux more of the great routes devised. Hitech Up Systems, The principle followed in making up the consolidation was that of hitching weaker and less profitable roads to more prosperous competitors for con- nections. | It is expected that the plan with alternative arrangements ; which the | commision has suggested will be un- der consideration and argument for a | prolonged period since permission of |the commission and censent of the railroads is required tu every detail before it can.| be put into be‘put. inty operation, CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT MAKES HEADWAY Early Submission of Definite Program is Planned by — Committee Washington, Sept. 28—Progress: of the national conference on unemploy- ment indicated today prospects. .-° completion of . an _ emergency ‘relief program earlier than had been antici- pated. The conference’ adjourned on Mpn- day until October 5th when it is to ceive reports from its sub-commit- tees but conferees said today that the work of shaping the report was being accomplished so rapidly that it was believed most of them would. be ready by thea end of this week and the conference be able to consider a general aiting rec nical committees transportation, With the adoption of an emergency program the conference is scheduled to take up consideration of a perman- ent policy for combating unemploy- ment throughout the country. TYPHOON TOLL MANY HUNDREDS Topeka, Sept, 28—(iBy the Associat- ed Press)—Several’ hundred persons have been killed by a typhoon in cen- tral Japan centering upon Nagoya on tha island of Hondo, where a tidal wave destroyed crops and houses. Several steamers were sunk and many fishermen are missing. MINOT BUSINESS MEN TAKE TOUR Kenmare, N. D., Sept. 28.—Minot businessmen on the first leg of a four- day tour through northwestern North Dakota counties traversed the Mouse river valley from Minot to -Kenmare and left Tuesday morning with Crosby, Divide county as their destination foc the night. It was through a district where the farm owners are coming: more: and more to appreciate the advantage of diversifying their operations that the | Magic City automobile tourists wended their way. To many of them, notwith- standing the fact that tuey have been closely in touch with conditions in this area, the trip proved an eye open- er as to the tremendous natural re- sources that are being tapped out here on the western prairies. the such as NEW JUDGE NAMED Following the request of District | Judge Cooley to be excused from | hearing the case in Fargo involving a | petition for a permanent. order re- straining directors’ of the Equity ‘Packing plant from continuing to ex- ercise control of the business, the court named Judge M. J. Englert, of y Walley Ci to hear-thg caseuii i pire