The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1921, Page 6

HPAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SERMANY AIDS MOVEMENT TO Welfare Workers—Improve Housing Conditions ) Berlin, Dec. Which is increasing throughout Ger- ‘Qany, principally in cities, has {m- Hyelled a widespread movement by tivic welfare associations and moth- ‘rs’ leagues to alleviate living condi- fions by securing municipal or coop- rative construction of small dwell- ngs in the suburbs. sement houses, rapidly built by use “f molds, have appeared by thousands i st few months, the occupants cing assured of abundance of light While Germany has, properly speak: ng, no such thing “as “slums,” the lowing up of construction during the ace unsanitary_and crowded ns among the poorer classes. million homes are required to the congestion in Berlin, and from Hamburg say there are milies, with erage of six hildren to the family, living in one- Sanitary inspectors report as many na single noom fa number of c s 19 persons living being born, living, eating, sleeping nd dying, in a space which only two rersons could healthfully inhabit.” The mortality among children in hese crowded ters has been found o be vastly higher than with the hildren of peasants, whi have the ad- ‘antages of space for playground, pen air, and sunlight. Meanwhile, a isinclination to increase the size of partment buildings is evident among he promoters of the “healthier chil- fren” movement. is It is pointed out that adjacent there are large| s of untilled lands which ought to, e donated to charity by the owners, | nany of whom are non-resident: or ich and who hold the lands for spect | ative puppy i DEBS SENTENCE IS COM- | MUTED | | (Continued from Page J) i to decide upon his future! hour: He has indicated in the past | hat he would continue his activities | cted jor his party. i NOTIFY WARDEN | Washington, Dee. 24—Telegrams | ra sent ont today hy Attorney Gen- | erty advising the warden ! 1 penitentiary of the; Shrisu: commutation ‘by President Tarding of 24 persons convicted of | var ffenses, including Bugene | 7. Del: ocialist leader. Bt ‘The telegram informed the” warden hat the sentences of the 24 persons fad been commuted to expire Christ- Inas day. Department of Justice of- icials said that while five former sol- liers for whom pardons were issued ilso would be released at midnight onight, but the hour of release was a atte for the warden to decide. | The warden it was sald doubtless Will be guided by the wishes of thaée benefiting from the president's clem- pncy. : | At the same time, five former Amer~ ican soldiers serving life sentences,i bronounced: b: ii y court. for, he murder of a British officer while ing with the American army on Ihe Rhine, received full pardons, ef- lective Christmas day. Newspaper soldiers §' par- e Carl J. Bryan, James A. Roy Youngblood, George Van nd J. D, Richardson, all serv- ng terms to which they were} hentenced while with the American krmy on the Rhine, for the alleged Killings of George Lancefield, a former vitis!( officer, ' -Among those whose sentences were hommuted were Charles Ashleigh, # former newspaperman and & writer hf poetry, who was convicted at C hago for conspiracy under the hionage act and given a 10-year sen- en His sentence w commuted pon bis agreement to accept deporta- ion to England, the country of his ationality Other prisoners released included rvilie Anderson, convicted at Dead- D., October 5, 1918, under the ge law and sentenced to four life i- es pe SAVE CHILDREN infant Mortality Arouse Civie Unitca states unlawfully in time of! 24—Infant mortality | “Colonies” of | ir to | jof the courts in enfor | bond. | jtenced to 10 years. | Joann L. Murphy, sentenced to five Cal, under the 4 ‘years at Sacramento, espionage act, Walter PhiWlips, convicted at Okla- homa City for hindering the selective service law and sentenced to 10 years, parole | sident Wilson. | two | the « he was relea on y 10, 1921, by Pr F. Pardo, sentenced though Janu | Jos fyears for bringing aliens to into lwar,e Albert B. Prasimer, sentenced to 10 ears in 1918, after conviction at Chi- ago for violating the espionage act. Wilhelm Schumann, convicted | Fort Dodge, la. under the espionage }act, and seni ed to five years: i Joseph M. Schur, and Maurice L. Snitkin, both serving six year terms to which they y enced at In- idianapolis in 1918, for violations of | the espionage act. Aptheny J. Stopa, sentenced to 20 after conviction at Detroit, on s of obstructing enlistments. L. ‘Trelease, convicted at Bis- k in 1919 of espionage law vio- sentenced to two years, in the main.” said, an ex- ly le {ec m: | ee statement given out at the White Hou mide up of those who | opp: 1 the war in one way or anoth- fer, and it i ss than a {third of 1. and these penitence, The no thave cither ‘expt are booked for deportation. eppartment of justice has | given uge or the destruction | of government by force, and the presi- }dert let it be known he would not |} consider such cases. In addition to | the five soldiers on the list, many otf- jer ¢: ure under consideration. | comment made by the lor ent on the case of Debs. The [president and the attorney general !had given very extended consideration to the Debs petition, and it knowh that the that he had twice been ; the presidential nominee of the mil- ; Hon of Voters had its influence in reaching a decision favorabie to his ease. “The president expressed the wish that it be stated that the grant of clemency in the cases acted upon does not question the justice of any action the law in a time of national peril. but he feels the ends of justice have been fairly met in view of the changed condi- tions. bs “The vi litical 1 ner the I, W..W. group, are rarely Amer ican citizens and have no good claim executive clemency. A number of convicted citizens have never been imprisoned, owing to appeals under! There are also many thous-! ands of indictments under ‘war. These | do not come under executive consid-; eration.” Snys Debs Is Dangerous | A supplementary White House} statement on the Debs case further | amplified the view taken ‘by the presi- | dent. i “There is no question of his guilt and that he actively and purposely said. fF ‘ “In fact, he admitted it at the trial, but sought to justify his action. He was by no means, however,\as rabid | ‘and cutspoken in hig expressions as many others, and but for his .promi- nence and the resultant far reaching effect of his words, very probably might not have received the sentence be did. ‘He is an old man, not strong physically. He is a man of much, personal charm and impressive per- sonality which. qualifications. ‘make him a‘ dangerous man, calculated to excuse for. those with.criminal. in- tent.” Utserances which resulted in Debs’ conviction were contained in a speech at Canton, Ohio, June 16, 1918. Mr. Debs offered no evidence in his de- at) NO. MORE ROYAL | Faint! mislead the unthinking and affording | | Violating the espionage act and sony THEY’RE EXPECTED TO,. MARRY | MARRIAGES — \Inside'Story of Motives Bening . ik Romances of*Prince-and :>Princess. _ / ~ BY MILT BRONNER Lindon, Dec: 2..—Loyeless mar- riages, hatched by groups of ‘wizened diplomats behind, barred doors. of council chambers, are gone forever so far as British royalty is concerned, That’s the only conclusion to be idrawntrom the inside story of two royal ‘romances ‘which huve set Bng-; land agog. | The Jatest''to become publics that of the Prince .of Wales and Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Their chgage-| ment will be announced as soon a the prince gets back from India, _ it) is _unotficjally reported, | { “Phe other is that of Princess Mary, only daughter of King George and (Queen Mary, and Viscount Lascelles. | Their engagement already has’ been fense and made his own address to the jury in the trial at Cleveland, in September, 1918. Friends Fight for Him pronounced ‘sentence, Debs’ only statement was that ‘all will work out well in God's own good time.” Friends of Debs’ began immediately a fight to » him from prison, His ca Was of the United ¢ one count a few week made and ed of the high ate and conviction on » March 10,1919. A ', Another effort was ing of the case ask- urt. It failed, and eS ron April 18, 1919, he w taken to | Mour}isville, West inia, prison, there to begin his sentence. Two months later, however, he was trans- ferred to the federal prison at At- lant f : Deis’ friendy “did not despair, de- jepite the final legal action. Appeal Giovanni Baldazzi, sentenced to 10 years after espionage act conviction ht Ch bf David T E , convicted at Des Wet orving 20 ye of opposing » who now Cumbie, convicted d sentenced toes year sentence. veil, convicted at for violating the es- ted at Detroit e- act. and sen- but already given tence to five mtenced at Leaven- ited es unlawfully me of in an mittcempt to sell the German consulate. ico-plans of a new gun similar designed my. for use by the United Ed. Hamilton, convicted at Chicago, August 30, 1919, and sentenced to 10 nder the spiopage act. ~~ iam J. Head, sentenced at Sioux Falls, S. D., in 1917, for violating the eSpionage act. . D Gustave H. Jacobson, convicted at Chicago and sentenced to thrée years for attempting to set on foot a mili- tary enterprise in India against Great Britain during the war. Senteneed ior Ten Years |. "Mrs. Idell Kennedy of Los.Angeles, (Cal., senterced to 10 years for at- tempting to cause insubordination land refusal of duty among selective service men. Jack Law, convicted al Chicago Yor ne selective ser- IRS after appeal was made to President | the petitions, saying as he did so that ilo e Debs would be to impair y the morale of the people. was described.as a model pris- at Atlanta. In fact, Warden ad Father Byrne, pr 1 chap- lain, unfied in declaring him to be jap influence for good.” While jing his sentence, he was the cho pearly milion vy for president. He was 66 yea age last month. FA Tre | list, was conv the Jat Sgrawberr | United-States ai Hildreth. He was ¢ Spionage act following his Li rest to ke, acco ing ict attorney M. A. arged with mak- jing ai s in a speech and | was i in the fall of 1919. | Judge Chas. F. Amidon presided. The | ‘udgment of the court was) affirme? | by the court of appeals to which body ‘the defendant car : | WINNERS IN TARY CONTEST AN- | NOUNCED Se H (Continued from Page 1) | and a Happy New Year. They have ; demonstrated, through their handling | of@the Christmas trade that tmey ‘place: “Service Above Self.” GHTS TEMPLAR ATTENTION. |ered Commandery will be held jat the Masonic. Temple on | Christmas day. | Templar are requested to be present at 10:30 a. m. When Federal Judge: Westen Haver Nariton—and wealthy. ; Wilton: but he turned a deat ear to! ISMARCK RO- A Christmas conclave of Tan-| All Knights; {officially announced. ii Romances Alike Both romances have these points mon: ‘They're Jove matches. {In both cases, the mate picked by ja membersof the royal family is a }; Both Lady Rachel wll Lascdle jare of renk far beneath that whi | scion of the royal family formerly has | lexpected ‘to mar | { does that mean? \ LADY RACHEL CAVENDISH AND PRINCE OF WALES. . And, the royal ishes of the B people—that’s on the throne,” a distinct advantage, alliances with families Ith. Lady Rache}’s father is one of the vichest landowners in England. Vis- count celles, wise of a land- owning inherited a for- tune -of § What prin In the Duk too, ot li prince and ses together? e and the royal admired Lascelles’ e met him-when h of wounds, affair from. that. grew RIOTING STARTS _IN IRELAND, Belfast, Dec. 24—A saldonkeeper was skot deal while walking on the street yesterday evening, #4: Later, a. bomb: was thrown: intoa tram car loaded with unionist work- ers, but it failed to explode. ° Prices On Up Grade , u In Chicago Market . 3 . Chicago, Dec. 24:—Prices ‘were on the upgrade in the early quotations on the Chicago Board of ‘Trade ‘today. Trade was light and- was ‘interrupted by the visit of Santa. Claus to -50 traders but the undertone was firm. Wheat started at 1-4 ‘to. 1-2 cent higher with December, $1.13 1-2; May, $1.17 to $1.17 7-8 and. July, $1.04 7-8 to $1.05. very. sign of a dip brought out Some tered buyers and flere Was a general advance untilyrésting orders came out from ‘the commission houses and clipped the upward move- ment when May ed $1.17 1-2. S BODY. )> ish reigning to. the off families abre sometime be ¢ , A diplomatic ‘type made a hmother of the hi detested Ger ‘of King George! neess the made the 1) leader a first cousin British on Guard The h people knew that and |they don't want to happen ha poe SSS 33 generalissimo of the allied armies. erowd that acclaimed Foch in New. York as he left onthe Paris for home and x clos , |) Con, Mankato, Deé. 24.-~AlL doubt as to children | the identity of the ‘body. of the man found slain in a school house at Ba- Minn., is removed by the i that M rank L. Kelly of this ¢' identified the rosary found aloug of the body as belonging ‘to her husband. fi Annual econo try from preventable disease anil MA Probably no native of a foreign land ever received such a -welcome.in And none a warmer ‘Godspeed upon family follows the} Nacy “between j ;, leave from the front, because ; The whole re whippi : loss in this coun- death is estimated at over - $3,000- RSHAL’S GOODB' BOYS WILL NOT MEET DURING. | XMAS VACATION! « Pioneers and Congress To Enjoy; Vacation—Trips Are Planned % Principal DeBolt of the high schoo! was speaker wt the Pioneer Grand Camp last meeting... His topic was “What ithe School EXpects of the Pio- neer,” - In the gymnasium program. the Tigers shut out the Bears, three to nil. Hustlers 5 to 2 in the class “A” series. to 2 against the Comers. The Pioneers Will not meet next Monday, but om Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock there will be a council in the Hi Gym, y |. -The Boys Congress speaker was un- able to-get back to the city in time for the congress. ,The next meeting will be on January 11th, x Im the Dasket ball league the boys hit their stride and scored 14 points, while the Glitschke’s men could do no better than get 9 points. In the second game Brown's teair showed their > get along with noby Fisher 9 to 6, ‘am was as fdlows_ The Young Comers class, - 10:30 A. ‘M.—The Pioneers class and etball. ‘ i mes in Series ‘‘A’—Great Pears Hustlers vs. Tige In Ser Baptist 2nd vs. ‘Lions, Wiggles vs. Loehrke, Cubs vs. ; All Comers. ‘ During the vacation period the Pio- neer groups and the Congress will now meet. Educational trips will be con; ! ducted to the electric light plant, staie museum, NorthernsProduce wholesale thouses atl\other places of interest. The outdoor program will be arrang- ed as weather permits during the hol- cason, During the mild weath- er, a‘team race from the capitel to Webb's corifer is contem- {ba ys. Lightning V, plated as one of the Xmas holiday events. hewever, this will be postpon-, ed until suitable weather. A camp reunion ‘will be held on ay, January All boys who t camp last year and those who are interested in the camip will take part in the celebration. An indoor athletic meeting will be conducted for ‘the Pioneers on Thursday and for the) boys eongress on Friday. INDIANS MADE USE OF WHIPPING POST Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 24—A recent whipping adminidtered at Antlers, Okla., the home town of Major Victor M, Locke, Jr., superintendent of the five civilized tribes and one of the leading members of the Choctaw tribe, served ta recall to the Indian super- intendent’s mind a custom that many years ago was pursued by the Choc- to punish their members when were found doing evil. This punishment consisted” of a public thrashing for the offender,and Superintendent Locke well remembers the last legal punishment of this kind administered by. the. Choctaws. It took place. in.1899 at Alikachi and the victim was a full blood who had been convicted in the tribal courts. of stealing a “roan setting hen.” ,The chicken in question was a Dominique hen. ‘vhere was no word in the Choc- taw language for’ Dominique so, the ‘indictment was worded to read “roan” hen instead, that .being the nearest accurate description, that could be supplied. > The <mdian was given 30 lashes on the bare back with hickory swit¢hes. Suporintendent ‘Locke that up {to 1900 the Choctaw. tribe kept three ag posts to control offenders. {One was located at Alikachi, another on the forks of Boggy creek and a third three miles south of Wilburton. Although the Choctaws had jails, they were scldom used as trials moved so swift and sentences were so quickly imposed that the jails were: of little use, Under the old, Choctaw law a person Ae YE cane the United States as Ferdinand Foch, departure. Above is a ‘porti ion of ‘the = BISMARCK BOYS || The Lightning V trimmed the! In the series “B” the Lions scored 4}° grand |‘ ‘to buy him a small arrival he learned his -up of him as the Paris salle SADDEST MAN: ‘Trial Victim, Sorrows in New York MENDEL BEILIS By NEA Service New York, Dec. 2..—The’ unhappiest man-in the world is sitting today in a sparsely furnished bedroom high up in an_obscure. Broadway hotel. He's Mendel Beilis. _ That name's familiar to you, isn’t it? Bight years ago it was the talkof three continents. Beilis was the central figure in the world-famed_ ritual, murder trials at Kiev. .The czar’s government tried to prove Beilis slew Andrew Yushin- ski, Christian boy, tio use his blood in a religious ceremony. Es ‘Beilis was acquitted—after he’ had languished in filthy prisons and ‘had been beaten and mistreated by mobs. ‘But that was only the beginning of his suffering: ‘e went to Palestine ‘where American friends hal promised But the d he was World ‘War broke out stranded. : With more. toil and, tisery,, he worked his way to America. Upon his son, ‘ Pincus, had died in Palestine. ‘So Beilis sits today, his. shoulders bowed under a weight of grict, his eyes mirroring suspicion and distrust, hoping that Fate has better things in) store, Sa ae convicted for .horsestealing was given 100 lashes for the first offense. If the offense was repeated and the defend- ant.convicted, he was shot to death as He Choctaws never resorted to hang- ing. : g In the Cherokee . national capital punishment was, executed by hanging. l SUPREME COURT ! _ __ from Stutsman County KF. H. Mullvain, Plaintiff and Re- spondent, vs. Charles Hidden, Defend ant and Appcllant. Syllabus: y; Jn an: action’ for ~an accounting; the evidonge is examined and it is held that/the judgment appealed 4rom is Probably supported. Appeal from the district court ot Stutsman county, Nuessle, J. : firmed. Opinion of-the court by Birdzel}, J. John W. Carr, Jamestown, N. -D., Attorney for Defendant and ‘Appellant. C. S, Buck, Jamestown, N. D., At- torney for Plaintiff and Respondent. . x .From Stark County. ‘Schnitz Brothers, a co-partnership, consisting .of Sam Schnitz. and Ben} ‘Schnitz, Respondents, vs. Bolles & Rogers company, a corporation, Ap- pellant. ‘ i (Syllabus: Z QQ). ‘Testimony df the market value of hides in the Chicagg market on a certain day, which is based upon cur- rent reports of a publishing company neither offered in evidence nor pnov- ed to be representative and worthy, is incompetent. : (2). Where market value is sought to be established, evidence of individ- ual sales of hides upon dates. anterior and ‘posterior to the time of a tender- ed delivery is competent unless shown tobe at a time sufficiently near and under céaditions. sufficiently similar tu aid in the determination of the mar- ket value at the date of the tendered delivery, Action in District. Court. . Stark county, Crawford, J., to recover dam- ages for failure to accept hides pur- suant to a’ contract of sale. Defend- ant has appealed fnom a judgment in Plaintiff's favoro-: Reversed and new trial granted. Opinion of the Court by-Bronson,;.J. T. F. ‘Murtha, of Dickinson, and A. P. Reed, of Minneapolis,-Attorneys for Appellant. Simpson & Mackoff of- Attorneys for,Respondents. Dickingon, By From Richland County William Langer, Respondent, vs. The Courier ‘News, et al, Appellants. Syllabus :. An application for a change of venuc on the. ground that. an impartial -trial cannot; be:;had in the county where the, action. is pending-is. addressed to the sound, judicial discretion of ‘the j trial court,.and the ruling/made by the trial court ‘will not=be disturbed ‘un- Jess an abuse of discretion appears. In this casojit.is held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in deny- | ing a motion for a change of venue. Appeal from the district court of Richland Gounty. Allen, J. - ‘ Defendants appeal from an order denying a motion for a change of vanue: : Affirmed. )Per Curiam Opinion. Robinson, J., Dissenting: Ry Grace, Ch. J., not participating. Herry Lashkowitz, of Fargo, for ap- pellants. C W. S. Lauder, of“Wahpeton, and A. G. Divot, of Fargo, for respondent. INTHE WORLD ndel Beilis, Ritual ‘Murder trust-| SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 MANY ADMIRE - DODGE SEDAN Manufacturers Add Notable Re- finement to Already Popu- lar Car Disc wheels, cord tires, the latest custom windows and straight sweep- ing body lines are,some pf the fea- tures/of the Dodge Brothers improved |sedan, which is now. attracting much atteation at the sules rooms.of M. B. Gilman, Dodge Brothers dealer. here. In this unusually) attractive. car Dodge Brothers seem to have consid- ered the motorist’s every desire in de sign and in, comfgrt features. ,Clean- ly chiseled body® lines, which flow squarely backward.from the cowl, strike the observer with their simple beauty.: The windows are square-cut in design. and. further enhance the straight, graceful silhouette of the body. Considerably lower, the whole ensemble in its outward appearance dignity and harmony of design. The disc wheels are done in )lack enamel with cream stripe and hide from view the springs and other un- derneath parts. The disc wheels may be removed with facility, and are eas- ily cleaned. Tite’ brilliant lustre, of vthe sedan’s exterior ‘finish ds familiar to.all owners of Dodge Brothers motor cars, In the interior appointments, the sedan leaves little to be desired. The windows in the daors and body fre garnished with natural black wal- nut and are of polished plate glass. 'The body of the car is equipped with Yale locks, affording additional protec- tion against theft and insuring the safekeeping of bundles and cther arti- eles when shopping. Handy side pockets, arm rests aml windshield cleaner are other_conveniences of the improved Dodge Brothers .sedan. Other. notable | xefinements are weather strips inside the doors, as an extra protection in unpleasant: weath- er, anti-rattlers;on the windows and a body heater. ¢gonnected with the ex- haust. COLORED MAN QUOTES BIBLE | Justifying. Himself in Court For Begging — Refers to : Scripture | ! i il i | Racine, Wis., Dec. —(By the As- ‘) sociated Press.)—Frauk Hines, a ne- gro living at his home at Detroit, sought to justify his begging on the etreets by quoting a scripture from the Bible. When arraigned in court before Judge Burgess! he, declared: “The Bible says, Ask and Ye Shall Receive,’ and I was only asking.” “Yeah,” replied the judge, unconvert- ed, “And.the Bible says also ‘By. thy work ye shall know them’ and you don’t work.” Hines was. then sen- ‘enced. x $950,000.FOR XMAS DINNERS IN45 STATES Qhicago, [Dec. 24—More than ‘a quarter of a million dollars is to be states, known as the. Central Terri- tory, to provide Christmas dinner bas- kets for the poor, according to an ad- vance- estimate made today at the Territorial headquarters here by Com- missioner William ‘Peart. The estimate is based on advance reports from ten cities near Chicago and does:not- include the money to be spend for candy. toys, ‘fyel and cloth ing, the total of. which “wiil. probably exeecd that fo be ‘spent for the bas- | kets. sIt is estimated that the total jexpenditure of the organization) for all usual Christmas purposes will/run very close to the million dollar mazk. Towns making advance reports wer2 Ottawa, Streater, Rockford, Joliet, Av- |rora, Belvidere, East Chicago, Ham - mond, Mishawaka ard Gary. Salva- tion Army officers in these places es- timate a total of 1,500 Christmas din- |ner baskets at an approximate aver- {age cost of $5.00 each. | _ The Central Territory comprises 303 i Salvation Army Corps, located in In- }-diana, Towa, Nebraska, Kansas¢ Mich- igan, Wisconsin, Illinois. / Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, }South Dakota. Alabama, Texas. and | Louisaha.. Each of these Corps will be the center for basket distribution an@ will..provide a grand total of not less. than 46,000 baskets. each of which will contain a Christmas dinner for /not less than five -persons. , { In addition to these, fle 18 Men's j Industrial Homes in the territory wili | Provide Christmas diners for approx- {imately 2,500 unfortynate men who |find shelter and the nfeaus of ,sus- i4enance beneath their hospital, roofs. |, Nin® Rescue and Maternity, Homes, | affording refuge to some 450 ‘unmar- {ried mothers and wayward girls will expend a considerable sum for Christ- {mas cheer, both for those now in. the ‘homes and for thousands of “Outside Girls” who have passed through the institutions to self respect and self ; Support on the outside. ATTITUDE UNCHANGED, _, |. Washington, Dec. 24. — Secretary Mellon announced today ‘that. the’ at- titude of the treasury toward>a sol- diers’ bonus had not changed ‘since i last July whén hé wrote. atetter to ; Senator Freylinghaysen .of -New-Jer- that announcement of ation “would seriously in- } jure and be.a lors to the whole com- | manity” and “would virtually defeat the administration program of re- trenchment. and economy. Dance at Baker’s Hall Mon- “day night. -10¢ a dance. immediately impresses -one with its © {spent by the Salvation Army in fifteen’ \