The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1921, Page 1

ISMARC _ FORTIETH YEAR TRIBUNE \ Last Edition. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921 PRICE. FIVE CENTS ~ U.S. BOARD FAILS TO HALT RAIL STRIKE PLANS. BOND GONTRAGT IS MADE PUBLIC | BY BANK OF N. D. Lays Details of Transactions With Toledo, Ohio, Firm on Bonds in Record CONTRACT FOR $5,280,000 THE RAIL STRIKE CAPITOL THROUGH FRANCE | Follows Attempt Upon Life H -of Ambassador |GUARDING CONSULATES U.S. OFFICIALS \Flood_ of Threatening Letiers | Here, to Iowa to Complete A possible hanging in North Dakota ; will not take place. Charles Welling, charged with the | murder of a police officer at Kenmare, will be returned to ihe state peni- Man Convicted of Murder Second Time Can be Hung SRR NRSC POLICE GUAR DMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF | GUARD KENMARE POLICEMAN WILL NOT HANG CONFERENCE IS | Nathorittce Decide to Return Charles Welling, Held in Penitentiary j FAILURE; UNIONS. PREPARE LINES Hope For Averting Strike, Ac- cording to Labor Chiefs, Lies in Harding Life Sentence—Under Law here by Transportation Agent Skeels, | officials at the prison suid. Welling was know n ty the name of! Harry Smith in“lowa, authorities say. wi ut le serving a life’ sentence in Fort! = adison, under that name, for murder in the degree, he escaped, waer RATE EXECUTIVES AT WORK s the and killing the | s on Sept. 18, 1921, he w: 5 ‘ ; arrested at Kenmare, charged with | Also Drawing Lines to Combat murder in the first degree, of a police Strike if Carried Into Ef- (officer, When arraigned he waived | preliminary examination, and h fect October 30 held in the county jail at Minot Welling has been one of the tough- i est prisoners that has e jailer PREPARE FOR STRIKE ‘ @ i | tentiary of lawo, from which he es- Bank to Pay 5 Per Cent For Sale Death Threatened to U. S. Offi-'‘ caped, to resume serving a life sen- rs j ial R é s j tence for murder. Welling is now in of Some Bonds and 4 Per | cials as Representatives } the state penitentiary here, having Cent on Others i ‘ of Nation ‘been brought here this week for sate- \ keeping. Mull. publicity eonceraia e<Bonal {| Paris, Oct, 21-—Polic authorities | Under the North Dakota law. ac- sale made by the Bank pa Reae ond throughout France were today care- | rding to Minot authorities, who dug kota is given by the bank and state! ifully guarding consulates and other | into the records, a man can be hung . Officials in their papers filed in the, buildings occupied b: tizens of the}! if convicted of murder for a second . supreme ‘court’ in! the Jamestown: ii; | United States as sult of a flood | | time. As Welling has been convicted junetion case and: to be served upon jot threatening letters received hy My- | in Iowa and was charged with mur- the plaintiff taxpayers, The bond alee ron T. Herrick, the American Am-! der there that possibility, but of the bank and fuiure plans also| bassacor and Alexander Thackara, | authorities at Minot believed no jury i é 5 \ American consul-genoral. would order him hung, and decided to were touched upon by Attorney Gen-\! Th letters ca era Lemke in his petition. i ese letters came as a sequel to! return him to lowa and let that state eet an explosion of an infernal machine in| take care of him, The contract with Spitzer, Rorick! | he h ff M u ve ° V : ; juhe ome Oo} r, Herrick Wednesday Welling was apparently unconcern- \ and company of ‘Toledo, 0O., calls for and were believed ! 23 9 ; : ‘e believed to point to a wide- | ed when brought into c:e penitentiary the sale of $5,280,000 ot bonds. The} : spread plot to attuck Americans i contract calls for delivery of $140,000 | this country, ay of bonds due in 1941; $525,000 due ini | All the letters proteste: i ‘0 0.00 due at due in i948, and $3,-i | the sentence to Gealh of Nie aginst RUNS AMUCK; IS due at dates mutually agreed e' ee ee “Sohvietet lest summer oc rat wegee| CAPTURED AND calls for delivery of bonds as| ;murder in| a Massachusetts court. follow: $500,000 on! September 26,' | serted that American officials | BREAKS JAIL, 1921; $500,000 on October 26, 1921; unce were represcatitives of the H ‘a 500,000 on Nov. 26, 1921; and $3 00,-| {American government and that as| Ray, N. D., Oct. 21—Bofore a posse | H 000 on the 26th day of each monta! }such would be attacked. j#rmed with shotguns, rifles and other ! thereafter up to and including August, | i z a lente kat could ee into’ ion’ te Sine 1922, and the remainder on Septem- | Zi TR H PE jture a stranger who ran amuck in this ber 10, 1922, |. i icity, his arrest, was reported by Pa-: 14 | Here is the 14-story Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ACE |{rolman A. H. Meyers, the man being The Price of Bonds, in Cleveland. which will house the headquarters of all the railroad brother. d over to the officer by M. Hagen, | The price on these bonds, real es-/hoods and be the “national capitol” of the railroad strike. Inset are the! Osear Opdahl and N. P. Nelson. i tate series, js given as follows: In| chiefs of four of the brothefhoods leading the str Top, left to right, | The prisoner was taken to the city \ the main contract at par and accrued/W. S. Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; W. G. hee, al and while the officer was unlock- interest. In so-called rider contracts, /of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Below, left to right, W. S.! | ing the cell, the man escaped and has it is stated the Bank of North Dakota!Carter, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and| Ree snallies of of Dail Eireann |" vet been Oped ae | agrees to pay three per cent on par) L. E. Sheppard, of the Order of Railway Conductors. | yl on bonds real estate series sold in| we i and British Meet j | said contract amoufting to approx-; — - | { 2 | Sienna eld COLA IN NEGRO BANGED, | ee eae: | a a a ; ciate ress)—The negotiations Lily contra Het except ite x per cent mili; PLEADS PRAYER ; between British officials and Irish and elevator bonds amounting to ap-| 5 | leaders today barely, escaped be- 4 proximately $590,000. DEAD IN CALIF UPON SCAFFOLD | finitely broken off and for a time j ih eo second additional! st:pulation says; ‘ pL AAU AS | it seemed ‘possible that the Sinn e bank agrees to pay at the time) x Fein delegates | would return to a), each consignment of bonds is taken; an a ay A, Oct, ras oun | (Dublin tonight, ‘it was learned af om Gaross Pleads Guilty Be- ' up and paid for by Spitzer, Rorick} is) rek * Christman, 27, negro, was hanged | _ ter today’s: adjournment was tak- | fore Judge Nuessle } andi: companyreiietullvestthGse ony EOEMER. Resident of _Bisma' In a-stoekade of the jail yard‘at “|” en. The'teish ‘delegates still were | ’ st - ‘ - which option may be exercised, two! Succumbs After Short 6230 o'clock this moi | apprehensive’ this afternoon that | > Fi per cent on par, this payment to he rder of his | the session scheduled for next | Tom Gaross, living several miles in addition to the payment specified | Illness May. He had contessed the |. Monday might be the last. | east of the city, whose piace was raid-/ ‘ in the first rider contract, | Pi crime and hig statement on th | Lode Oat. oon tati ‘lt i 1 F Cathro, ma er of the bank,| ‘ a se ae seafold consisted. of a brief ri ‘Londen, et. 2 epresentatives ‘gu y to violating the liquor law, be- oaeee: ik hie date rte ike Cone ese ean former ya wel oe sume of his Hie and a plea ior | Of the Dail Eireann and the British |fore Judge Nuessle. He was fined, ae nd | resid rc da prayers, \ government resumed today their con- | $200 and given a 11-day jail sentence, mission paid “in connection with the! his home in Long Beach, California ? " i ‘ 7 i aale< ot ‘wande amounts to’. twee ftths | accordifie’ toe wordt racalved Here: It, way 28 years since the last. | ferences relative to a basis on which | the jail_sentence being suspended. ' | ) of one per cent (2-5 of 1 per cent)! Mr. Clark died Wednesday night, af- hanging in Champaign county. [lene ee aegis dence ot phe | ice) DIRS ecrreenred etere: das: 1 per annum.” ' ter an illness of two weeks. Funeral EE poe conference adjourned early this week | guilty to assault and battery" ‘upon| } Miscellaneous Sales, arrangements have not been an- LEGION MEN T o committees charged with examination ; Adam Gohring. He was fined $15 ani ver been held He made} in the Ward county j: ‘Several attempts to escape, but they | were frustrated by Jailer McCartney, | The most recent one was early. this week, when it was founa that he had! obtained ky saws from some out-! side party, and had secreted them in| his cell. He had already sawed off| One of the bars of his cell before be-! ing discovered. | San Antonio, Tex., Oct, 21— Approximately 600 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men employed by the Internation- al and Great Northern today com. pleted -final preparations for a strike scheduled to begin at noon tomorrow, one week in advance of the date set for the general walkout of railroad id men. “ABSOLUTELY UNCHANGED” Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 21—Upon his return from Chicago where the Regarding, sales of miscellaneous! Nounced. amounts of bonds, Mr. Cathro stated! _Mr..Clark came to Bismarck about that there had been sold to miscel-| five years ago, and lived. here until laneous purchasers $491,654.28 of the about a year ago, when he went to bonds of the real estate series, and) Long Beach to engage in the grocer, thht $590,000 out of $1,000,000 of mill| business, going to California on ac- and elevator bonds remained unsold, Mr. Clark travel- indicating miscellaneous sales of d out of Bismarck for Gamble-Rob- $410,000. The Spitzer, Rorick andj inson Co., and Stacy-Bismarck Co. company has paid for $1,200,000 of, He was a member of the U. C. T., and bends, Mr. Cathro stated, which, to-! Blks, and was widely known among gether with the miscellaneous sales! business men in this section of the makes up the total proceeds of bonds| State. sales of $2103,053.98 as shown in the} Mr. Clark is survived by a widow, bank's monthly statement. | who .was at his bedside, and two The Bank of North Dakota, Mr. daughters, Mrs. John Massen and tathro stated, proposes tc make farm} Mrs. Earl Beatte, of Bismarck. loans at 63-4 per cent interest, and states that since st 3, when i ve: SALE OF BANK came known the bank had negotiate: | Is ANNOUNCED the sale of bonds, it has been beseig- | Oct. 21— Con- ed with applications. | , P| ; | Casselton, N. D., PlanHome Ballders ise “future! trolling interest in the First Nation- jal Bank of Ca: selon has been Sold The contract relating bond plans of the state says in part.| thorized an issue of $1,000,000 of 3) liam (ranges? of bleman ic acaorane to an announcement today. per centum bonds, mill and elevator | series, dated July 1, 1941, due one-| 2° closed Octéber 15. Both Johnson | a and Kirck disposed of their entire} half on July 1, 1941, and one-half on} Suly 1, 1946. Denominations of $1,000] holdings in the institution which is capitalized at $50,000, | count of his health e of which are unsold xpproximately | The deal \* of definite subjects have been at work and it was expected they would be ready to report today. There was also an expectation that the Ulster pro- WIDOW IS DEAD Cody, Wyo., Oct. 21—Mrs: | The Mandan Post of the American Legion last night named a committee, with county treasurer William Ellison as chairman, to make a survey of all | ex-service men of thy county and take j advantage of the announcement of E, | J. Weiser, director of the war finance | corporation, that soldier bonus claims! may be!used as collateral in obtaining | government loans to buy dairy cattle. DEBATE QUESTION SET | Grand Forks, N. D., Oct 21—The/| o’clock last night of heart dis: exact statement of the question for | She was 78 years old, ‘William Cody (Buffalo Bill) is dead at; ‘her home here. She died at 5 Louisa | Charles H. Babcoc Frederici Cody, widow of the late Col. ; i physician, and for several years secre- me Fl UOR CHARGE : the immediate illness | nurses contained no poison, i | | ! ted by officers’ last summer, Plended | the candy is declared to be similar to); i igiven a 10-day jail sentence, which {| were suspended. | Officers also had before them a juvenile case yesterday afternoon; ! where a 16-year-old girl working in| | Bismarck, had stolen $15 from’ herj j roommate. Her case is under the; | | scrutiny of authoriti 1 ‘NEW ROCKFORD DOCTOR DIES New Rockford, N. D., Oct. 21—Dr. 56, well known tary of the state veterinary’ medical examiners board, died here. He came .| to New Rockford in 1902 and for sev- | eral years was a member of the drug the state high school debating league | firm of Babcock & Bucklin. He was this year has just been announced by la j | hi ‘tensi divisi f the Univer- Sy or North Dakota, ‘waieh has!| WHAT YOU WILL charge of the league, as: ‘Resolved, } CAST BALLOT ON, OCT. 28 that the Dillingham law (H. B. 4075) | offers the best means of restric ting | immigration.” H lo. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION The initiated law providing for || a change in the personnel of the Industrial Commission and defin- ago that the question would deal with | | the restriction of immigration but the | exact statement of it was not made j{ until this month, $590,000. We have made’ arrange-| ments to secure these bonds and in; consideration of fe / above purchase the said $590,000 bonds at par and ac-| crued interest, said option to expire; on Dee. 26, 1921, uniess exercised Be you. “The state of North Dakota con-| templates the issuance during the year | Topeka, Kan., Oct. 21.— In 1922 of not exceeding $1,500,000 ad-! effective the state government i ditional bonds, mill and _ elevator: series, to bear 53-4 per centum inter-) est per annum, payable semi-annual- dustrial court law, Governor H. J. 0 First, however, the railroad managers will be given an oppor-~ ly. We have made arrangements to se-| cure these bonds when issued and; | tunity. to operate the roads. agree that you are to have the ex-; clusive right to purchase! said bond | at par and accrued \Interest. It i agreed that when id’ bonds are ready for issuance from time te time|fresh meat for emergency use in that we shall notify you in writing to; parations are being made, it was that éffect and you musi exercise your buting centers to the maximum. option tc purchase at the price within thirty days from the date when you) receive this written notice from us. “The state of North Dakota contem-j varie 4eccuve dss KANSAS GOVERNOR DECLARES HELL ~ within the state if it becomes necessary, PACKERS STORE MEAT Chicago, Oct. 21. — Chicago packers today, began storing WILL RUN TRAINS Houston, Tex., Oct. 21—“We will run trains on the Inter- ing its dutics provides: ! That industrial Commission shall manage Mill and Eleva- Yor Association, but omits Bank of North Dakota, no provision beng made for moingementaoai being made for management of itution. s that the Industrial n shall consist of the Secretary of State, State Treas- urer and Commissioner of Agri- eulture and Labor until the first following Legis That the commission shall there- after consist, of three members to be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the senate, to serve for overlapping terms. Provides operation of- commis- sion in grain products to Drake and Grand Forks. Provides it shall not do more than carry out existing valid con- tracts of Home Builders As: tion. Requires annual report; repeals IN EVENT OF A TRIKE event a railroad strike becomes} n Kansas will operate the lines: under the Kansas In- Allen, announced today. event of a railroad strike. Pre- said, to stock strategic distri- s plates the issuance during the year of 1922 of bonds, home buiiding series, in| amounts not exceeding $1,000,000; said bonds are to be in denominations cf $1,000 each bearing interest at 53-4 per centum per annum, payable semi- annually. We have made arrang ments to secure these bonds when i: sued and agree that ycu are to have a the exclusive option to prchase the { same or any part thereof of which are issued, at par and accrued interest, at any time within sixty days from the time when you receive a written no- tice from us that said vonds are ready for delivery. “The above option given in consid- ‘stinued on Page Seven) national and Great Northern if given the necessary protection,” declared Thornwell Fay, executive officer of the International and Great Northern today, commenting on the announcement that the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, embracing the brake- men and switchmen of the system would walk out’ at noon Sat- urday. | “This is a strike against the United States government, the jJabor. board and accordingly the public,” he added. DEBATE USE OF POWBRS Washington, Oct. 21.—Whether to resdért to the war powers of the Federal government to maintain :railway transportation in event of the threatened nation-wide strike of railroad workers lis understood to have been under consideration today by the administration. al parts of present Industrial Commission law not included in initiated law. . Does not provide: any compe: tion for members of Indus’ m to be appointed by If this law carries and act for dissolution of Bank of North Da- kota fails, the Bank would be left without board of managers. Question is raised whether or strial Commission to Grand and Drake: would prohibit on from establishing sell- outside Grand Forks, ‘completed. ing agenc if that mill is on limiting operations } member of the board of educa- tion for several years and was promi- nent in Masonic and Workmen lodge | circles. He served several terms as | eminent commander of the Zion com- ;mandery! and_ held | prominent, Announcement was made some time | No. 4 | his wife, an aged mother, and a broth- jer and a sister. several lodge officers. other He leaves Mae cee il Today’s Weather 7 | ee For 24 hours ending at noon Octo- ber 21, 1921, Temperature at 7 a, m. 44 Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation a a Highest wind velocity .. 36-N River stage, 0.4 foot; 24-hour change, 0.1 foot. ‘Weather Forecast For Bismarck and Vicinity; Rain this afternoon and tonight, probably clearing Saturday morning; colder; winds becoming strong northwest by to-night, ‘diminishing Saturday. For North Dakota: Rain this af- ternoon and tonight, probably clearing Saturday morning; colder tonight and in east and central portions Saturday; winds becoming ‘strong northwest by tonight, diminishing Saturday. Weather Conditions The northwestern low pressure area has advanced to the northern Plains States, with its center over North Da- kota. A high pressure area is central pver the north Pacific coast and an- other covers the eastern states. Rain has fallen on the Pacific ‘coast, and eastward over northern Montana and southern skatchewan. The east- werd movement of the Low will result in rain in North Dakota this afternoon |and tonight, probably clearing Satur- day morning; colder tonight and in the east and central portions Satur- dey; winds becoming strong north- westerly by tonight, diminishing Sat- urday. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. PETITION FOR | ; Big Five Brotherhood railroad ; executives were in session yester- | day with the United States Labor 1 | i \ POISON GANDY CASE MYSTERY: TWO ARE HELD ‘Board, Wm. G. Lee, president of the Trainmen’s organization, an- nounced this morning that the railroad strike situation was ab- solutely undisturbed. Chicago, Oct, 21—(By the Asso- ciated \Press)—The United States Railroad Labor Board, backed by all the authority which the gov- ernment can place at its disposal, called the railroads of the country Not Contain Poison ; and the five big unions to appear i; here next week and solemnly he RK ; warned Chicago, Oct. 21—Investigators were | until the: boseal tee nnea ati ‘mystified today by the report of! grievances and rendered a decis- |chemists that the box of candy sent to, lon. Miss ‘Helen Rosenfeld, a nurse at the: The board's action practically West End hospital, and which resulted | means that there will be no strike e six other | Oct. 30 unless the unions should choose to openly defy the govern- ment for it is hardly probable that a decision will be rendered by the board before that date. The hear- ing is set for Oct. 26 at 10 a, m. It will be open to the press and public. and with. mere.than 200 railroads. and many unions in- volved, either directly or indirect ly, will probably last several days. By the Associat- He anal ress)—Lack of any provisions by ane| the unions for suspending the railroad merbrelber are being held. . | strike called for October 30 made it ree of the victims of the candy; impossible to accept the plan offered are still confined to their beds at the! by the U. S. Railroad Labor board yes- hospital but none a y } t Wie: al es pital but none are now in a serious i terday, it was said today in union cir- condition hospital authorities said. | leg, i | The strike authorization provides {only for ending the strike presum- j ably after a settlement which union jleaders have maintained must involve wage reduction on which the strike | Farmers Also to Ask County; was technically called. ‘The board, it was said, presented Home Demonstration Three Proposals Agent ; They were: three proposals to the presidents of the Big Four brotherhoods and the Switchmen’s Union of North America. { | 1. The railroads to make reduc- tion in freight rates correspona- ing to the wage reduction of July less such reductions as have al- ready been made sinée that date. 2. The roads to refrain from ap- pealing to the U. S. Railroad La- bor Board for further reductions until the last cut has been trans- lated into rate reductions. 3. The unions suspend or with- draw their strike order. 'Chemist’s Analysis of “Poisoned. Candy” Says That it Did | First examination of the candy att | the hospital two days ago when the| i nurses became ill by Dr. H. B, Vilin | \showed the presence of a deadly poi- | son, he said. i The belief that a jealous suitor sent | the candy to Miss Rosenfeld has been | advanced.» i The handwriting on the wrapper of } Chicago, that of Benjamin Zimmerman, an ar! og Pr BE, 0 dent admirer of the woman. Petitions will be presented to the Burleigh county commissioners in the| near future asking for employment of! a county agent and a home demon- stration agent. : | Col. J. M. Thompson, head of the} ‘Burleigh County Farm Bureau, has| charge of petitions in the Wilton sec- | tion; Mrs, V. L. Anderson for Eck- lund township and (Miss Annetta| Erickson, for Grass Lake township, The state agricultural college and; the 'U, These proposals made no mention . Department of Agriculture | of overtime and other rules promul- will pay $1,200 per year on the salary |gated under federal control which the of each person so employed. employes seek tio retain and which ; the board has been revising, The brotherhood chiefs declared their | strongest fight in any strike settle- ment will be made on these rules. - Willing to Take Two The five union presidents were will- ing to accept the first two but declar- ed they had made no arrangements for suspending their strike and any settlement must be made before Octo- ber 30 or the walkout would auto- mati¢ally become effective. Yesterday's optimism was notice- ably absent in union circles today and in its place was a seeming resignation to the belief that the strike is now inevitable unless President Harding nes the initiative with some tic step. a1 BOY SUCCUMBS TO DIPHTHERIA George Holcomb Dies After IIl- ness of But Three Days Holcomb Jr., 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Holcomb Sr., was laid to rest in a private burial yesterday in Fairview ceme- tery. His death was caused by black diphtheria, after an illness of but three days. ‘The boy and his father has been on the Isham Hall farm south of the city. The family had been living in the city. The boy had been attending the Fort Rice school. m work com- pleted, however, Holcomb and his boy came to B ck last Satur- day. The boy took sick on Sunday and died on Wednesday. George Jr. was the ony boy in a family of nine children. Another George Chicago, Oct. 21—(By the Associat- ed Press)—The United States Rail- road Labor board, having admittedly failed in its attempts to prevent a rail strike through conference with heads of the Big Five rail unions labor chiefs today were rushing plans for a gen- eral walkout beginning October 30 and officials of the carriers were moving at double time in their preparations to combat the proposed strike. A report of the conference was Mr. child is ill, but not s TRAVELING MEN PAY TRIBUTE A telegram of condoience and floral tribute from “his fellow and traveling friends” followed the pody of Howard R. Garrow who diéd in the detention | hospital to LaCrosse Wis. where the| funeral aws held. Mr. Garrow trav-| eled out of Bismarck aud possessed a wide acquaintance among traveling men, The telegram of condolence to| \the family and floral trivute was their expression of esteem. telepraphed to President Harding at Washington and both the labor leaders and board members seemed to be in- clined to feel that the next step to- ward eleviating the crisis would be taken there. Several railnoad union men said that “it looked as if only the government itself could prevent a walkout.” Chiefs Meeting Warren S. Stone, W, G. Lee, and W. S. Carter were in Cleveland today meeting informally with their execu- tive committees to complete strike plans while T. C. Cashen, head of the Switchmen’s union, was directing ac- (Continued on Page Seven) —