The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 1

en ene co “railroad labor board, left the confer- ~ chairman of thé association of railway: /, of: the carriers: had any intention of FORTIETH YEAR BOARD SUBMITS ~ PROPOSALS T0 - RAIL. LEADERS Reported That Overtures Are N HE BISMAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, ’21 T. R’s BIRTHDAY IS OBSERVED BY MANY THOUSANDS i New York, Oct. 27.—Civic and memorial organizations joined today in celebrating the 63rd anniversary of Theodore Rosevelt’s birth in a series of ceremonies here and at Oyster Bay, the Long Island village where the for- mer president spent the last years ‘of ND GARAGE BURN WITH RRCALL FIGHT ‘WAX CONFIDENT Liederbach and. Nelson Predict BOTH SHES IN | + DESTROYED BY FIRE. - $200,000 LOSS "IN EARLY MORNING FIRE WHICH _ BURNSGARAGE AND FIFTY AUTOS (PRICE FIVE CENTS Made to Rail Men to Rescind Mane program at Oyster Bay inclua-| Vietorieg in Election To Be | Explosion at 4:45 This Morning, Presumably in Garage, But of the Strike Order let lnslmages) toe Roosevelt grave Hd Friday | Unknown Cause, Starts Blaze Which Causes Heavy Property CONFERENCES POCEEDING No Program is Reported in Morning Session in Final Ef- fort to Avert Tieup Chicago, Oct. 27—(By the Asaociat- ed Press)—Ben W. Hooper, of the ence) today of the Big Five union ex- ecutive shortly after noon. ‘He said the strike had not been settled yet, that settlement could ‘hardly be ex- ‘pected while he was at the meeting. RAIL CHIEFS MEETING, Chicago, Oct. 27.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—Executive committees of | the Big Five Brotherhood who pos- sessed the power to call off the rail- road strike scheduled for next Sun- day met with their five chiefs in a con- ference said to have been called at the instance of the railrdad “labor boar! War veterans, boy scouts and school children of the village who were chos- en to lay a wreath oh Roosevelt's grave. oat COURT BATTLE - “TS SEEN AFTER "RECALL FIGHT Lemke Asserts in Speech Here That Several Thousand Frau. dulent Signers Found t BORGLUM ALSO SPEAKS Declaration by Attorney Genera: William Lemke in a speech at Patter- son hall last night to the effect that COURT ACTION TO FOLLOW? Both Nonpartisans and Inde. pendents Indicate Fight May Not End With Election WHAT THEY SAY - | “The Nonpartisan league will tion by the greatest majority ever returned for league candidates In North Dakota,” said. A. A. Liederbach, league stake chair- man, “Nestos, Johnson and Kitchen will be elected and the independ- ent program ‘approved by ma- jorities ranging from ten to fifteen thousand,” said T. G, Nelson, | secretary of the Independent or- gdnization, The eve of North Dakota's first re- call election—the first in any state ~ be victorious in tomorrow's elec. , i One of the old west’s landmarks disappeared. today when the (wee .__ NORTHWEST HOTEL BUILDING NORTHWEST HOTEL, BURNED TODAY, Hotel Houses General Terry, General Custer and Other. Notables | ‘of Pioneer Days — Was Formerly — Sheridan: -House, = Finest Hostelry in the State at That-Time ; Northwest hotel was destroyed by fire. other notables of pioneer Indian-fighting days had stopped, when| it was the Sheridan house. For years it was the finest hostelry in Bismarck, where political leaders of the state made their head- quarters. ‘ The Sheridan House, ono of ‘three LANDMARK OF WEST'S PIONEER DAYS) In this hotel General George A. Custer, General Terry and; _ Damage and Forces Guests - Loss of more than known origin. ’ Within a half hour the 50 ai building in the rear of the hot garage. the north wing. of Hotel to Flee in Scanty Attire | —Firemen Praised for Confining Fire $200,000 was caused by fire early today. The Northwest hotel, in which General Custer and other fantins character of pioneer days in North Dakota had been guests was destroyed, 50 automobiles were burned and a garage destroyed. The fire originated about 4:45 a, owned by O. W. Roberts, and was caused by aft explosion of un- Following two explésions, one of which shook some of the guests in bed in the Northwest hotel next to the ‘garage, flames swept through the entire garage, and smoke was pouring out all sides of the building. . in the Independent garage, utomobiles and the frame garage el, next'to the Northern Pacific tracks, were destroyed completely. Nothing was saved from the.: ” Glass, cracked by the intense heat, the flames leaped into the hotel building, fire starting first on the east wing and then on At 5:50 a. m, the first crash of falling brick spelled the doomed of the entire hotel building. By 7:15 o’clock all of the walls had fallen in and firemen were pouring water on but a mass df ruins. The fire in the interior, of the hotel Was put The proposition said to have been; in the union involvng state of- hotels built in the Northwest by B. H. i 0 made to the rafiroad employes after | the recall election is an “illegal elec-| ficials—tinds both tise i oo AUTOMOBILES Bly, occupied the site whero ne Nor- onbeand te en bate from the roof down. : yesterday’s public investigation is that] tion” because of fraudulent signers to jthern Pacific railroad station now| iremen worked hard to prevent spread of the'flames. Wit! ‘they could call off the. strike and in- trust fo the labor board adjustment of the complaints which led up to the strike vote. t T. C. Cashen, head of the switch-| men’s union, asserted after yester- day’s session of the board’s investi- gation that nothing had been brought; recall petitions was taken to forecast legal action following the'recall. The attorney general declared /the investigation of the~signatures had proceeded far enough for him to be able ‘io say that there were several thousand duplications, or fraudulent signers, enough so that there were not enough campaign confident of victory. Every Nonaprtisan and every In- dependent from candidate, down to messenger ‘boys in the state head- quarters breathed the usual campaign spirit of optimism and. predictions of; victory flowed freely upon all sides.| The big question in the minds of.all stands, It was a big frame butlding.' It was the scene of a great celebration when the ‘Northern Pacific trans-con- | tinental raiiroad was completed, and was the center of social_life when the old Seventh cavalry was at Fort Lin- coln, H It was leased in 1893 to E. G. Pat- OF TRANSIENTS | AREDESTROYED do more than confine the fire. i ‘ | LOSSES IN FIRE i ———_+__________»¢ Independent garage—About 50 the start the,fire had in the frame buildings it was impossible to \ Guests Awakened Alex Logan and C. W. Henderson, who were sleeping on the second floor of the Northwestern hotel, described ~ the explosions. The detonation re- ut which ene 0; was the extent of the vote. Some Aor rameter |terson and E. S. Allen, Mr. Patterson " ‘ sounded through the building, they: Sas To Give Decion on legal: petiiaers to entitle them to | Doiiticians fiave remarked that the re-|Several Visitors From Out-of- taking full control a year later. ote bee a Sesiteres, said. The firat terrific explosion was Mambera of Whe board canginced. recal] election. call election will be decided not by Lana Lose Cars in Independ- | In 1901 it was moved ‘to the 00). Most of these | followed by a second, and flames after the hearing that they would make known their decision on the + . = estimat 2. ~ ' threatened strike which the railroad LEAK OMEWERRS Lome, York! twenty-nine thonsand men and wo- west: aud it was brick-veneered. E. cautnated Pa: paid ley ert In Logan grabbed his belongings and executives gay is in violation of the|°” ” : a0 men voted in the last general elec-| One cea . Patterson said today that the Nor- z ie notified other guests. Henderson board’s a Mr, Lemke attacked T. G. Nelson:| tion, ‘T, G. Nelson, of the Independ-| The exact number of automobiles | thern Pacific railroad placed $ inj . No Insurance on seven’ auto- | telephoned to Claire Register, th ard’s wage cut of July 1 today or! secretary of the Independent Voters ent, estimated the vote in the recall | Stored in the Independent garage which|his hands to improve the building.| surance on _ contents - $5M. | night clerk, t eat th pearane a Ke i ne eee bes tea a Association, asserting that Nelson had] gicction at 200,000. \ | burned thisimorning, cannct be stated| William Jager moved the ‘building,; mobiles belonging to them. No | notify guests Saal then Bega acini sd vestigation yesterday with. the excep. | ought to frighten merchants, and} ~ Nelson predicted the Independents| Pecause all records were destroyted, !Hard-wood floors were put in and the| Insurance on building, a.con- | go himself. Nearly every one in the tion of W. G. Lee, of the trainmen, ad- mitted that the proposed. redugtion and changing in rules were as influ- ential.in the strike vote as the wage cut of July. 1 is already in effect. At the same time-T... DeWitt Cuyler,.a| executives, told the board that none trying to make further changes in wages or working conditions without | due process through the board. NELSON SAYS LV. A. HILLWIN Predicts ~ Majori ies Ranging! From 10,000 to 15,000 Fargo, N. D., Oct. 27.—(By-the As- sociated Press.)—Success for the In- dependent Voters Association forces ler action would be taken in Illinois. It was the closing meeting of the re- call campaign fqr the Nonpartisans bankerz into contributing funds to the IV. A,, and quoted from a letter pur- porting to have been sent to- mer- chants and bankers, asserting Nelson's motto’ was “Scare them first and bleed them afterwards.” / He. said John Skelton-Williams, for- merly comptrolitr of the treasury, had declared the Bank of North Dakota is; the greatest inatitdtion in the country and that there must be 47 other sich institutions “before the farmer, the merchant, the banker is free from the grip of Wall street.” He said that 25,000 people in Souta Dahota had signed a petition for an election onthe establishment of the Bank of South Dakota, and that simi- He decjired' that he had “for the rank and file of the men and wo- men who oppose us the same prq- found respect I have for our own peo- fle,” but that he hed no respect for the leadership of the opposition. , “The time has come when the fight betwen the farmers and merchants should cease,” hé said. “It is detri- mental to the best interests of eacn : i fnvim attempt to place -R. A. Nestos, | those who go to the polls but by those who stay away. Two hundred and would win by from 10,000 to 15,000. Chairman ‘Liederbach, of the Non- partisan state committee, did not place the majority he believed the league would win by, But hoped for an “overwhelming” victory. Concern Over. Laws The Nonpartisans appeared to voice great concern over the initiated Jaws, Last ,fall the vote on’ the; initiated laws was several thousand; below that on cand{dates. The pas- sage of any one of the initiated mea- satires, the leaguers declared, would be a severe blow at the state govern- ment, i The candidates will be at their homes tomorrow, R. A. Nestos will go to Minot from Bismarck and Gov-! ernor Frazier is closing near his home at Hoople. The Governor prob- ably will vote early Friday and reach (Contifued on Page Seven) LLOYD GEORGE | site of the Northwest hotel building, ent. Garage Fire its name was changed to the North- it was said today 0. W. and Frank Roberts. ‘They estimated that there were from’45 to 50 automobiles and | auto trucks. O. W. Roberts: was the heaviest los- er, six automobiJes belonging to hin: being“ buried. ‘They were: - Two Fords, one igin, one Overland, one Dixie flyer; one Maxwell, and a new Ford belonging to Frank Roberts. Harlan Fogarty, employed in the gar- iS age, lost a Ford: It was closed as a hotel in 1911 and} Others who lost cars, according to;was reopened in 1917, Mr. Patterson the recollection of Frank Roberts, fol-|said. He had a contract to open the! low: S ‘ ‘ |hotel before the legislative session. | Trucks — Gamble-Robinson, Lomas|Furniture was ordered. Two carloads Hardware company, State of North jof furniture were stuck in a snow bank Dakota, a Ford truck. inear ‘LaCrosse, Wis., and another cr-| Passenger cars—Bruno Just, of; der was sent in, the furniture being} Judd; Cy D. Joyce, of South Dakota. |shipped by express. Tho other furni-| a Lozier car; Mr. Rose, a Davis ture was. released and accepted by Mr.: Olie Lee, Bsmarck, a Dodge car; Fer-| Patterson, which accounted for the ex- ry Seed company, Ford roadster; W: traordinary amount in tho building. ter Van Vleet, Chevrolet touring car;| The third floor had not been used Mrs. Andrum, of Hazelton, new Ford {/i#tely except for storage purposes. touring car; Vic Neuens, Bismarck,! Bly Well Known | Overland touring; E. otte, Dick-! BE, H. Bly, who built the Sheridan inson, a Jackson roadster; Walter/house, was a well known character in| Brown, an Oldsmobile; Carl Loven, anjthe northwest. iHe came to Bismarck; hotel was made what was considered a fine hostelry 20 years ago. Used for Exposition Some years later the building, was Jeased to the state for $1 a year for an industrial -exposition building. Par- time that the ‘frame building which. housed the Independent garage was built by the state, prison labor being largely used. a Ford roadster; Edward Scott, a Ford; Both titions were torn out: "It: was at’ this | owned by indivituals and insures Loss to 0. W. and Frank Roberts tract for purchase of which had been made with F, Q. Hell- strom, owner, by Mr. Roberts re- cently. Northwest Hote!—Zoss to builds ing variously estimated $15,000 to . Owned by Northern Pacifle railroad, insured in com- Ppany’s own fund. Loss on equip: ment, stored furnitures, plumb- ing, ete, owned by E. G. Patter- son, estimated at $35,000 to 000. Partially covered by insur- ance, : Bortell’s hardware store—Loss estimated by John Bortell owner, at $3,500, Very little saved. About, three-fourths covered by insur- = ance, Utilitles— Telephone company’s toss on’ phones, ete, estimated at $800; Hughes Electic on meters, $890; gas ‘company, meters, ote. State offices—turniture, ete, state fire: marshal and state mine inspector’s offices estimated at $500 to $700. \ Guests in North. went lost personal effects of con- ia {Brainerd, Minn., and in Fargo. Explosion ofa keg of powder in ‘burst through the one-story frame Garage building. f hotel was awake after the first ex- plosion, but one ‘boy is said to have been, found soundly asleep while flames: were’ licking the windows of the hotel ‘building. Harlan Fogarty, ‘employed by the garage, had remained in the garage until 2.30 a. m., until the last cars had been brought in for the night and he had cleaned‘up the place. There was no fire in the garage when he left, he said. There was no gasoline tank in the garage and’thé heating plant had not been in operation for several days, although $112 worth of coal had, been put in the bins only a few days ago. ‘Can't Tell Cause O. W. Roberts, owner of the gayage, and Frank ‘Robests, who managed it, were unable to account for the ex- plosion. There was no debris in the - place, it being. carefully cleaned up | each day, they said, and there was no oil or gasoline to come in contact with any flames, Spectators at the fire volunteered the explanation that the ignition of an automobile might have started a blaze which spread to in the recall election election tqmer-| and to the stae of North Dakota, and |~ ( Cldsmobile coupe; Gene Wallace,with $250,000 in cash, ready to plunge| gfderable value, a gasoline tank. row by an elastic majority was pre-| it is only kept up because cheap poli- game warden, a Mitche]l,car; Charles |into the business life of the new west, ; g————_ —= ane ee, Tl i f aren aigkt'7 ane today by Theodore G. Nelson, | ticians prey on the fears of merchants 7 | Wetzstein, an Olds touring; rare Oll aceonding to stories told of the old | NOTES OF FIRE | eis Ee ay anes. ae ae po@idcretary of; the Association. ni ers.” le , a Ford © ; A. W. Olson, days. ! iy Forrog sree et ‘election. waanikeututea| ond ee Borglum Speaks. company sa) ord ceaee "(He built the Headquarters hotels in| *———-~————- | department ' arrived three lines of hose were strung ando‘water poured , TRIP TOUS. Mr. Borglum discussed national is- coupe.._ “ 5 : S$veimbjorn Johnson’: and Joseph A. ‘aues, referred to his investigation of Mer of ‘the owners carried insur-/of those hotels were dcatoyet: by fre. Bortell’s hardware store was averted ine hey garage. ; ie few Lr a Kitchen in the positions of governor, | the aircraft service, and declared that ance. iMr. Bly and associates, catching the’! when Mr, Bortell enteped the store and| ter they arrived the roof ‘of»the ga daring and speculative spirit of pio-! Critical Condition of Irish Peace} ineer days, plunged into business On 4/cont timbers flying had it remained, Ihig scale, He is said to have put $60,-!Mr Bortoll said. Much ammunition Negotiations May Inter. SEES AN EASY [000 into a saw, mill in the Missouri|jiso was removed, although some re- | - iriver. bottoms, intending to float the ‘1a ined, A fere | ilags down the river. There was not N P.. VICTO ‘enough water in the spring to fhoat the| Frank Roberts lost $250 worth of; : a : lgreat log piles. He is said’to have Liberty Bonds which were stored in| ‘sunk a fortune in the.“‘haby mine” at, desk in.the Independent garage. fWhen.he died, age caved in and before many spectators were there, many of whom came with raincoats or overcoats covering scanty( garments, the build- ing was a seetlling furnace, so hot that firemen were almost scorched 48 they dragged their lines of hose closely to the burning building. Flames’. slipping through windows into the:-hotel building, fqund -fertile field. * The hotel, owned by the North- attormey general: and commissioner of if he had half a dozen Lemkes he agrictilture’ and ‘labor, now held. by| could wipe the old parties off the Lynn_J. Frazier, William Lenike and: map. He flayed Governor Preus, ot |, John N. Hagan, who;were elected last} Minnesota, asa “steel trust governor.” November with Nonpartisan league} and declared that he was speaking as endorsements. Z : | @, Republican “and ‘a: friend of Presi- “Indications are: that there will’ be: d ‘Harding when he-pleaded sup- ‘at “least. £00,000. votes cast,” Mr./Nel-|‘port for the Nepubliean administra~ ‘son @aid, On thatasis the contest! tion. it t swill b@ Close, but if the Indeperidents: carried it out. It pnobably would have London, Oct. 27.—Prime Minister | Lloyd ‘George. probably. will , have tg a bandon ‘his visit to‘Washington:or | at least postpone it until the closing Sims. lived on @ Warden Roberts lost a new automatic Tabbit farm south of’ Bismarck, @c-|revolver which was also in the desk. | State Chairman Gives His Esti- baw —— get their yotes out, Nestos, Johnson/ sessions of the conference there be- i ‘cording; to old residents. | itic railroad d “i a t of Campaign icording; to o! y a . |.ern. Pacific railroad company and and Kitchen will be elected and the; | ( | cause of the critical situation ‘in the! mate of Campaig: | General Grant a Guest :. The state fire marshal? peiee aves leased by’ E.G. Patterson, was of independent program approved by mx. | 4 negotiations with Sinn Fein Ire-| ee ay nb A \When the Northern Pacific built the/the last office to re tte "e A 0} il frame construction, ‘ brick-veneered. jorities ranging from-ten to. fifteen land, it was asserted by several), Fargo, N. D., Oct. 27.—(By the Asso’, 4101 in 18977 Bismarck was the west-|Duilding. It faced Fifth stree’ ane) although, rain of the last two days had thousapd. 422, i “If alarger vote is cast, which ts; probable, the majorities willbe lar- ‘Main street, being directly over, the} The state mine inspec-, was in this suite of ciated: Press.)—Overwhelming victory) d. The for the National Nonpartisan leagueorn terminus of ‘ae By 49-year, hotel office. in the recall election sto ha es Jease on the ground at $1 a, year. The tor 3 somes also l jay AL Li save one-half transportatio | ) otel roof gar- chairman of the league's state exect all supplies, and one-half rate on all) Pela he. Melconsieyh tte maining tive committee waleh hee been di Inotel employes brought ete. Bly wes one seething furnace, almost a rootias the campaign of that org agreed Cer a passenger tic ‘quarter block of flame. Sparks shot , 0) e in +a i i F he _ hotel “The farmers are sticking,” the state [°° 109" the “railroad bought Bly's|into the air bigh above th | Nae water-soaked the roof and the damp atmosphere retarded the flames, as quickly as they had got a good start in the dry timbers of the inside of the hotel, they spready rapidly. In the meantime employes of the Patterson hotels had ~dragged out some of the furniture in the office, and many guests who had fled at the sound of the explosion, had time to well-informed newspapess here to-, day. . The. premier has made no} public statement to this effect but) his political and personal friends! were quoted as gommiunicating the | report to inquirers as if publicity; was desired. { te i) | BRIAND GIVEN NOTE H Paris, Oct. 27.—Premier Briand to-| ger, especially if ;the Independents; 5 % apa a spice effort to get the women li aah Cae at Senne Mie trace merely ‘a’ band-wagon £ ech ag tho city guditorium. at & oti heck , © o'clock! tonight, it is expected. Mr. predictions We have chocken: tp every PreuS will arrive in Bismarck on No. county and there\is no doubt about yuna . the people ordering a change of ad- |: is expected to speak promptly at. 8) o'clock and then go to Mandan. building, but with no wind dissipatec ministration in. state affairs if every) independent voter goes to the polls.”! Jn addition to the balloting for state; Officials, six initiated laws and thret/ constitutiQnal amendmegats also will be voted upon“tomorrow. The initi-) Mr. ‘Nestos: is expected to come to fismarck from Fargo. 5 HARDING TALK day was making final preparations! to leave on Saturday for America where she will attend the.conference on limftation of armamenent andj of Eastern questions. He will ap-; pear in ‘Washington as the spokes-! chairman said. “There have been 10}, 56) and cancelled the lease. A year deflections from our ranks and the later the hotel was moved to the site| Nonpartisan League wil be victorious Northwest. E. G. Patterson’ Ds of the est majority ever returned for league candidates in North Dakota. lease five years later. without damage. ‘C. W. Henderson, of the McKenzie in tomorrow’s election by the great-icancelled the lease in 1911 tien Oe staff, who lived in the Northwest ho- McKenzie opened, and again took * +41, was so busy warning guests that when he got out his own belongings get out their personal. effects. < Employes of the American Express company, which had an office in the hotel building on Fifth street, backed a truck up to the door and got practi- cally everything out except the safe. IS CRITICISED ated laws and one of the constitution-; man of the French people and patlia-| “We expect also to get a majority! whén the “golden spike” was driven joter he overlooked three sults of| ~ John Gortell, whose hardware store al amendments—that placing a Hmit if aed ment armed by a mandate given! of the women’s vote. ‘The women have|in the ‘Northern Pacific, completing ‘ciothos whigh were hanging on &) was in the hotel building on Fifth upon the bonded fndebtedness of the Wastfington. Oct. 2%— President! him in the Chamber of Deputies last! been showing intense interest in the|the trans-continental line, Gonsia cloget door. street, and- employes. went into the state—have the official sanction of the, Harding’s address in Birmingham on} night. The vote of eonfidence ac-j recall as is evidenced by the fact that Grant was one of tke visitors. ae ; eee Ee cut by| Store, got a desk, Important papers Independent Voters Association. the race question wae! described. as| corded the premier- was considered | $50,000 of our $75,000 ‘Victory Fund’ gtopped in the Sheridan house, | Electric light wires were and tried to bring out all of the df { i i $60:000 JEWEL _ THEFT REPORTED, “an unfortunate and mischievous ut- terance” by Senator Hatrison of Mis- sissippi, a Democratic leader in a for- | mal statement. a great political victory, the final! ballot cast in the house being 381 to} 186 after days of debate, which often was most bitter. . registers show the names of, General Sherman, General Sheridan, Custer, T: ‘Terry and others. i 2 rz cae! v FAIR WEATHE : has’ been raised through their efforts. “The initiated laws and_constitu- tional amendments also will be de- feated overwhelmingly if our expecta~ tions are realized.” workmen soon after the fire “started to avoid danger of firemen being elect trocuted, or live wires falling. to the street when snapped by. the flames. R. A. Middaugh, state fire marshal, ammunition. Some, however, they did not get. 3 Lights Put Out Soon after the fire started a light- \. i Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 27.—Jewel-, 4 S The-clection is aimed at abe, fecey PREDICTION ON gate latices are: 1h th, arthwest Marea cee atetcenciee atte bie % Ty sald to.be valued at $60,000, and an ARE PUT N L Fee ee eeeLe aaa John N. hotel building, was out of the city:| of the city was in darkness. » automobile in which Sam Herwitz, a salesman, 8 conveying. it from one retail jewelry establishment to” an- other was atolen here today by two ~ OF SLAYER OF SO. DAKOTA PRIEST FRIDAY FAILS ar weather for Hagan, ‘commissioner of agriculture and labor, who were put into office at the election in November with the The prediction of He was expected to return today. FIND BODY OF Spectators poured into the fire zone from many directions. Only a Northern Pacific train crew appeared - cerned. They ran an engine up Y iss \today gid not materialize. The fore: unconcern' men |W! imped- ini: Sear and : \ Nonpartisan League-endorsement. epee tonight! ty the water power within 30 feet of peat Tee anaalateiy Repatscwita Leeds, S. D., Oct. 27—Bloodhounds| ing was the work, 6f a mentally ur-| Six initiated laws and one consti- cet SE ne Rec rain: ox FRENCH FLIER te aeraee Be se imily took oak Waier had stepped out of it. sent from. Mitchell, S. D., are expect-| balanced person. Rewards totaling| ‘tional amendment, sponsored by. the eer Runes ‘in temperature.” © ‘ while the flames were consuming the ‘ ed here today in an effort to furnish| $1,500 were offered. Independent Voters Association, the MATA “pressure area. over the| Ancon,, Peru, Oct. 27.—-Fisherman| garage. . TRAIL MEETING G ‘Reeder, N. D., Oct. 27—North Dak ta's Yellowstone -Trail meeting will be held here November 11. Election of a Dakota member of the executive committee will be held and:a com- a clue to the man whosé Call on Rev. A. B. Belknap here early’ yesterday, was followed by the slaying of the priest on a highway just outside tht citye” Z Bishop J. J. Lawler, at whosé resi- plete statement of the business of the dence Father Belknap’ imade his ‘Home, The circumstances of the tragedy bearS__a striking resemblance to the recent murder in California of Rev. Patrick E. Heslin. Like the Califor- nia case Father Belknap was ¢alled from his home before daylight osten- sibly to’administer the last sacrament faction opposed to the league, also will be voted upon at tomorrow’s election, in addition to two other constitution- al amendments which are not officia!- ly sanctioned -by the Independents. The proposed amendment placing a limit on the bonded indebtedness of Northwest swept down over the south- tn part of the state instead of going traight east. Roads were muddy over the Slope country. The weather bureau report- ed it had not rained’ at Dickinson. Some rain..waas reported from, Moor: @iscovered near here yesterday a skeleton which from the clething still clinging to it was identified as that of Jose Romact, a French aviator. whose airplane was lost at sea Sept. 27.. The remains were taken to Lima ‘where they will, be buried with mili Firemen worked to confine the fire to the hotel and garage, after the fire had swept into the hotel. Many spectators volunteered to help man the hose among them Henry Reade, former state fire marshal. At one .time there were seven ‘lines of hose trail association’ witt be nfade. expressed the belief that ‘the shoot-| to a dying man. the state is the one having official yoaq, Minn. tary honors. pe: i. Ceentinued on Page deveu) So Z ; : backing from the Independents. ‘ ‘ y ‘ . 8 » _¢ x