The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 1

‘The Weather Generally Fair BISMARCK TRIBU _ FEAR POPE B “{' > ° SHERIFF TELLS BURBANK AND WIFE-GIVE WORLD MURDERED GIRL i Seif -PRICE FIVE CE vonpuna| URGE CONGRESS AIX PRIGE ON - WHEATATS2,00 ENEDICT IS DYING inde TN BALANOE AS ~ PRAYERS SAID vof the Central Cooperative Commis- ion association announced the selec- tion of J. S. Montgomery to succeed W. A. McKerrow as general manager. Mr. McKerrow died early this month. GIRL TIED TO THE BED Other Witnesses Describe. Min- DR. COULTER PRESIDENT Succeeds Dr. Worst Who Retires! ON FARM LOANS Says That Matter Will Be Laid | MIND PERFECTLY CLEAR Cardinals Leaving Sick Chamber ; . utely Room Plans of Fargo | —s After at ae of Before Agricultural Con. { Say Only Miracle Can e Bae : as ference Save Po, ret owho_tak lpr ing Congress to fix the price of wheat|} WANTS A GUARANTEE TURNING POINT NEAR ® Miss Marie Wick, of Grygla, Minn., in [orineton ‘ot. grsting farm move ' , ia veh en ' a Fargé hotelon June 7 last for which’ William Gummer is on trial in dis- trict court here, testified today con- cerning the condition. inNwhich he {pund. the room occupied by the girl {on jdhis arrival. i The sheriff identified photographs taken of the girl as she lay tidd to the bed and he identified the blood- stained mattress, the blood-stained carpet. and the blood-smeared section ‘ of the wall paper alongside the bed all introduced in evidence. Kramer also testified that Gummer told him that mérning that his roonm- , mate, Andy Brown, had been in the hotel with him during part of the night of the murder. In describing the bandages used in, tying the girl’s arms to the bedstead’ Krafmer said that while one hand and wrist was Covered with blood the bandage itself had no blood on it. ‘The sheriff -testified also that there! was ng money in the girl's pocketbook { found on-the dresser and that there were no cashier's checks in it. C. B, Matlock, a Fargo undertaker, who testified that he took charge: of | Miss. Wick’s body, described the} wounds On the head. Asked how many stitches were taken i in’the head_wounds Matlock said: “I know that I took 150 and then I} got’ tired counting them.” | visit to Fargo: The witness also told the ‘ames of occupants of rooms: at the ‘hotel on, the night of the murder. Her testimony revealed that one of the maids at the hotel, May Melaas, occupied the room: immediately under. ‘Room 30, where the crime was com- mitted. Mrs. Lawrence testified that there “were 15 persons on the second floor including children on the night-of the { mfirder and that the family of John; Van Worst occupied the entire second foor of the annex. Son Is Called — Fred Lawrence, son of the propri- etor, Mrs. Lawrence, was called. He said his age was 27 and that-he was an ifsurance man. At present work- ing at Nome, Barnes county. He was asked as‘to the employes at the hotel, naming Gummer as clerk and the, maids. He did not work regularly at prite, who is as interested in garder- ‘HOOVER WARNS. Fa v BY. GENE COHN, Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 20.—Seven | wonders of the plant world are Luther | ticultural science. : Topping the list as an agricultural innovation of inestimable importance: is the’ “Qpaline,” an oat that hulls! out like wheat when ‘threshed and, in-| stead of weighing 45 pounds to the} bushel, weighs 60. This result, Bur-! barks explairs,/has been accomplish-| ed through the practical elimination of husk with incidental benefit to the grain itself. x For some scasons he has ‘been| workiyg on the “hulless oat” and it is considered one of his great con-! tributions to American farmers. His six other “wonders” he lists follows: Peruvian winter grass, which can| withstand ffosts and produce an! enormous amount. of feed during the! \ A Brazilian tomato-like fruit, with) thorny plant, but bearing an orange. colored“ product ‘which has much of the taste of the tomato.. A “super-sweet” corn of 12 rowed variety which Burbank declares to be} the sweetest corn ever perfected. | The “orange. sunberry,” something! new and having the flavor of thej huckleberry and blueberry. Three minor creations include a Jemonecolored hybiscus, the “molten; fire” flower and a new dwarf sun- flower. 5 1 4 In all*of this recent experiment: Burbank has been aided by his young ing ventures as the wizard himself.' Burbank’s 1922 contributions to hor- | x LUTHER BURBANK AND HIS: WIFE, WHO AIDS HIM IN HIS PLANT EXPERIMENTS. e6C7C3rorerorrr- FAVORITISM IN LOANS TON. P.. ALLEGED SHOWN ANTIS DENIED. LOANS Malie Townsend, land appraiser for the Bank of North Dakota under the Cathro’ administration of the bank,| showed rank favoritism toward Non- partisans in recommending loans, ac- cording to Carl R. Kositzky, of the department, based on an investigation of records. + Of five loans in which Townsend re-/ lerred to the politics of the prospec-| doosts as Nonpartisans and ‘received; loans and two were classed as -anti-| leaguers and did not get loans, he; says, 5 i “{ think he should have this loan. Ye is a good leaguer and if you birds can’t help the men thet are feeding you, you are no good.” 3 i | a ! tive borrowers three were givenjCounty Commissioners in sl ordination of existing farm move- ;Ments and co-operation between far- mers’ organizations were adopted and Dr. Jolin; Lee Coulter, head of the North Dakota Agricultural college, was elected. president at the closing session of the Tri-State Grain Grow- ers’ convention here today. G. W. Randiett, vice president, and W. C. Palmer, secretary, were re- elected. -, Dr./Coulter succeeds Dr. John H. Werst, who announced his retirement last night after more than 20 years of service as president of the organi- zation. Resolutions of appreciation } were adopted and he was given a ris- ing vote of thanks. Other resolutions adopted urged the farmers to obtain a fair price for their products through organization for or- derly marketing by ‘co-operative en- terprises; urged economy in taxation and government administration; ask- ed for continuance of the War Fi- ' jnance~ Corporation; recommended \ \ PROOF LACKING | placing a duty om grain and on for- FOR CHARGES) eign importations of clover and alfal- fa seed; favored legislation to establish ‘the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep | waterways project and asked that the principles of the War Finance Cor- | poration be made permanent. {MILLER SAYS es Washington, D. C., Jan. 20—Andrew Miller, nominated for associate fed- eral judge for the North Dakota~dis- trict, when seen here today, said: ‘The -committee:-to, which: the. matter 9 jhas bean referred ‘is: expected to re-| i al port next Monday. i SELECT MANDAN svi: count netwee Yet Today. fees Washington, Jan. 20,— Determina- {,4on to lay before the national agri- cultural conference next week the | ‘thoroughly selfish and grasping at- titude” of many companies of differ ent sorts which loan money on farm Seéretary Wallace, Declaring that many farmers who have never done so before are having to mortgage their lands in order to get necessary money Secretary Wai- lace said, “it is discouraging to note that many companies and individuals who are in the business of loaniny money on farm mortgages are takin” advantage of the farmers distress to heartlessly extort a rate of interest and terms of loans which cannot be justified.” ¢ Farmers, he said, were being com- nelled to pay 61-2 and 7 per cent on 5 and 10-year loans without option of early payment and also a commission of 5 or 6 per cent while in some cases a high as 10 per cent was being add- ed. GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE ASKED Mjnneapolis, Jan. 20.—That he will recommend a government guarantee for a “reasonable price on wheat as a means of restoring agricultural Prosperity in North Dakota was the when Europe will be able to pay for the wheat she is demanding from us {now to keep from starving,” Mr. Page daid. “North Dakota farmers are hopelessly in debt and cannot obtain credit to go. They operated at a loss in 1921. Prices of farm implements ‘are just beginning to come down.” Unless a price is guaranteed for the next crop, production will fall off to mortgages was announced today by . sicians gave their patient another examination short- ly after noon, after which Dr. Marchiafava said the Pope’s condition was very grave but not desperate. He thought the turning point would occur tonight. Rome, Jan. 20.(—By the As- sociated Press.) —Pope Bene- dict’s life hangs in the balance today and fears were expressed at the Vatican at noon that his Holiness was in a dying condi- tion. During the early hours of this morning, towards 4 a. m. there was a sudden change for the struction from which his’ Holi- ness had been suffering for sev- eral days spread to his lungs. The Pontiff asked for and re- ceived the last sacrement. The Pope’s, physicians were in consultation at the Vatican at an early hour and the morning Mrs. Lawrence on Stand cold winter months, thus insuring an - ee aaa 3 . = Reel ‘he hearing has. concluded. Judge declaration of E. B. Page, farmer, at {tits Anna Tawrencos who was.Own green feed, for cattle. : Farm Loan Department Officials) ¥°"g admitted to the committee that Leeds, in Minneapolis today, on his| bulletin issued afterward indi- the murder, was on the stand yester- fe eae fomrering: vartichoke, s jexcept his statement they shad pro- way to a national conference in Wash-\cated an extremely serious condi- Tee ee Laerones identified photo. vd in seeret a tel as roses and Say N. P’s Favored in ' j duced no proof of any charge against ‘ panes sneton, called by Secretary of Agri-| tion but not hopeless t . . culture Wallace to co Y cul- y Ce a aan eee eae A “prickly poppy,” known as, the Farm Loans | Those with him stated today that | ND k UITY T0 Meare ni Mone o consider agricul. About 11 o'clock in the forenoon, ‘Wick ‘registered. on tér first and only Mariposa, which grows spines as does z j they were very confident of an early | “A price should be guaranteed by however, the Pope’s condition became \ a cactus, f confirmation on the part of the senate. the government for the next two years aggravated and the administration ot Oxygen was, begun, At 11:30 o'clock the Eucharist was solemnly carried to him. Meanwhile Prayers Were being said in all the ; churches and Catholic institutions of ‘Rome on behalf of His Holiness and great crowds began to assemble in St. | Peter’s, Upon leaving the papal apartments the Cardinals who administered Ex- worse and the bronchial ob- - FOR 1923 MBET ‘vention Elect Officers EQUITY SELLING AGENT Fargo, Jan. 20.—Developments at/a | joint meeting of committees repre- senting the U. S, Grain Growers, Inc., Jamestown, N. D, Jan. 20—The: the Equi »-operative Exchange {county commissioners’ convention and-the Equity Co-op vi indicate that by tonight the two organ- [Ste ere the nGxe, mooting, pizea ,izatloxs will be in full accords and wit a i ors. | 's ~'have signed .a contrac | and selection of officers. Officers chos: | awity the exclusive sales agency. for | Presid the WU. S, Grain Growers in the terri- '@ member of the committee. This ter- ;such an extent that the price in 1923; treme Unction said: the Pope's mind } will be outrageously high, Mr. Page| was perfectly clear but that his cons | said, : dition was soegrave that only a mir- BLKS DEPUTY COMING HERE acle could save’ him. HAS PNEUMONIA. 3 London, Jan. 20.—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—It is now definitely stated chat Pope Benedict has pneumonia, according to a Central News dispatch {from Rome. His condition is causing the hotel, but assisted on the books, This was the application of Joseph D | oi ve is wa ol z ay , Ma ‘ aE he testified. He said CL a W. Hopton, of Regan, Burleigh coun- eatery P. O'Rourke, Mandan leary tributary to the Twin Cities and E. J. Hughes, of Dickinson, To Considerable alarm. hours were trom : 1 is eke was ty. Townsend recommended a loan of!” vicg-president—E, B. Lichty, Lien, | Duluth, according to Benjamin. Drake, | o Ew peated RETEST T ATT On the night of the mu eeWae [as $2,000. The application number was; yctfenry county. | attorney for the Equity Exchange, and, Be At Initiation ‘CHANGES STORY using room 20 apd telephoned down 1618. The loan number was 444. The reasurer—Frank Heines, 3 as yheth- L Secre.ary y F ‘ yy D ik a from J pata go When ‘and was appraised April 8, 1920; tife Valley Cit ai | itory is dgaienated |b. ea Grain Committees of thé EIKP lodge aro i ‘phone that it was not. loan approved April 15, 1920 -aitd‘the| Directors werc chosen as follows: Growers as Zone ¢ preparing for a large attendance to- ‘ 3 serge Be ah in roomn 26. While | Says Stage Appears Set For It money paid May 5, 1920. 13. F. Straus ‘Wells county; R. R. | Minnesota and Nortif pakets and part erent at tho second: big initiation of | ) _~% hore; Gummer phoned about one! In March : - ‘Other examples given by the ‘de-|Bnownlee, Cass county; . D. Perry, of Montana and South Dal ote Ne the winter. Twelve candidates will | ; Myers wanting a check cashed. Call- partment in which it is charged favor-} Stark county; 't. E. McDowell, Grant , members of the two committees signed| cnter the lodge. The evening cerc- 4 . AY ed to Meyers to come up., This was hi : 20,—Warni | ‘tism is apparent, follow: tN | county; C. H. Cooper, Sergent county. : resolutions at noon today stating ' that | monies will start at 8 o'clock, E. J.| / Ss about 11:40. He then went to~bed VCS ne ee ag On the application of John Sandvi,| A banquet was held last night and’ we ask and insist of the officers of Hughes, district deputy, of Dickin- | i and to siecp and heard nothing the |" impending general strike in the) ¢° prigcoli, Burleigh county, Town-| Governor Nestos spoke. - j the Bality, Coronere are Bxchahge and | gon, ‘and visitors from’ a number ot Show Girl Witness Under Fire bal ff the night. “I was not out | country’s coal industry was given b, rec onder a loa ng | the U. S. Grain Growers Inc. tha: other lodges, will be present. of the room during the night. Bill secretary Tfcover who declared that iy Auer then gaded:| CRABBE HEADS jse all means possible to bring these) ‘The evening also will mark an un- | In Arbuckle Case . called me at 7:30 a. m.. and said he | the public should know what to ex-| “Land shark BE. C. Ruble owns th LTRY: BODY °° great organiza ions. together at official christening of the new cafe, San ‘Fr ico Uameene . cduld not get a response from the girl i Wigds ih DEBCOIL dea wood: POU the earliest possible moment, |whichié growing in popularity among in Francisco, Jan. court { in’room 30, I asked Gummer what pect when the national agreement land. He lives in Driscoll, is,a good me \ “Tt ig the unanimous decision of this |the Elks. Gus Scholley, in charge of |room warmed and the attorneys cool- . géémoi to be the matter, Gummor | Covering the wages and woe 03 Lal a as i April 1,1. Fargo, N. D., Jan, 20—Sam Crabbe | joint committee,” the resolution sdys,|the cafe, planned for “extras” on hi8|¢q off perceptibly when the trial of said-he had looked over the transom | ditfons ob miners: exnles ANNs Thipgnotation jae cates brn | of Fargo was elected president of both | “that matketing machinery and organ- jelaborate menu this evening. Hibsdse ” CMrarhuckiobontaconaenoe “fd that the girl was lying in the bed| “The stage,” he said, “appears to} 1920. The man did not get the loan |i. North Dakota Poultry association / izatina’ built up by the Equity Co-op- ——___—_ jnneee eee: Bre with rags overher head and red spots/| be set for a strike in the bituminous , Another ¢ is the t of Sigbal ‘and the State Poultry Breeders’ asso- | erative Exchange-should be utilized by | jmanslaughter growing out of the death were on the rags.” \ coal fields about the last of Mareh.” | fohnson, of near Max, who askel 2) ciation, a branch of the national ' the U.S, Grain Growers Inc. ag (pei | of Miss Virginia Rappe, a motion pic eo 7 Look Over Transom | Mr. Hoover did not indicate whav) loan of $2,500. Townsend wrote on! breeders’ organization, at the joint an- | exclusive sales agency for zone 2 un-| ture actress was resumed today. > Fred Lawrence then went to the!the government's plans for meeting] the appraisal and application blank: jnual banquet and business. session of itil such time as arrangements can be } | The ‘Hall of Justice where the trial room, looked over the transom. Then j suck an emergency were, but said} “This land is only three miles from | the two bodies-held at the Waldorf ho- ‘made for the U. S. Grain Growers to! is being held was ordered heated more he told Gummer to cal the Dolce ithere had been no conferences be-| Max and he is the only seus Ae el last evening. a oe Hoteher ioe \take over the facilities and functions | adequately following yesterday's snap door was locked so he went back lo Pr sentati the admin- |; y, that. is, for to or three, Fargo is secretary of the poultry as- | ek xc avanciut 1 : | whicl ced jurors into their over- tween representatives of the ad ‘country, tha’ \ Ants Set A; Barton of Fargo is {of the Equity Exchange as an integra! atk anes Atay Attorneys shecanieguaabedr vers coe! his room and dressed. Again he call-; ed the police and also called a doctor. | Officer Nelson came and with Dr. Burton. entered the room. Sheriff | Kraemer also came and Police Officer | Pickering. } U i Lawrence then told he went to the room with the officers. They went to room 31. There is a door, between rooms 30 and 31. Man in 31 asked | ‘ what they wanted; then reached out | of the bed and opened the door, still in istration andthe miners and opera- tors fot about six weeks with nec further discussions looking toware adjustment of. controversed question: scheduled at this time by the gov: ernment. MINERS FRAME bed. This room was occupied by H. J. Hagen. (Hagen was in his under- | clothes. They inspected the room, but; found everything as usual. The towels | towels had not’ been used. Jacobson | slipped on his trousers when they | WAGE DEMANDS Shamokin, Pa, Jan. 20—Dolegates | to the anthracite wage convention ex- miles, and he has/the land and this ig a fair loan, so 1 would-not shave; him.” The loan was made. On the application blank and ap- sraisal of Claribel Kuehl, of Regan, turleigh ¢ sking a $4,500 loan yn 320 acres, Townsend recommended 1 maximum loan of $4,000, and then iaded: “Her and her father own this ‘and together. She sa % ‘oing to put this crop in. This is a zood one-half. 1 think he is an I. V. A. is the reason she is asking for the “oan. He is single.” yalue was good, praised the industry of Carnell and added “I mean he is a leaguer, too.” He got the loan, that he is] part of its own organization.” Mr. ‘Drake stgted that the Equity committee, he believed was compow- ered to sign a contract binding that secretary of the breeders’ organiza- | tion. Miss Jessie Frohling was named ; assistant relaly pete. pole | body. A. C. Beigh of Wheatland, M.| ( canization and that Usher L. Bur- D., is Meat president of the breeders’ | 9c state director of the Grain Grow- association. was empowered to dc the same for A | his organization. He said the contract probably would be signed sometime | today. | For twenty-four hours ending at noon Jan, 20 . Trace! learning to read and write Eng- lish in Dickinson. i Miss Bertha Palmer, tonight and Saturday; slightly colder | tonight; rising temperature Satur-j; deputy “7 FOREIGNERS 60 YEARS OF AGE: LEARN ENGLISH AT DICKINSON |. New York, Jan. 20.—Last night's |terday ag a result of an argument over killing of Patrolman Otto W. Motz,|testimony of Miss Zey Prevost, show by Frank Whaley, a negro who had girl, a prosecution witness. | been picked up on suspicion of insan- Miss Prevost contradicted testimony ity increased to nine, the list of blue- she gave at Arbuckle’s first ‘trial and coats shot to death in the last 13/Tepedtedly. said “she could not re- ‘months. Eight were the victims of eae abate) isaey vendered: bac aye ;criminal gunmen and the other laid | some uncertainty about what role she |Jow by a fellow policemen. \ would play. in the day’s session. ANOTHER DEAD { IN ERIN FIGHT Belfast, Jan. 20—Three armed men had not been used. He did not try the | i! : he loam was not imade. | 80-W | i he door between the two rooms. He in Various Proposals To Go Before a ee a8 ee that of F. F. Car- : : | took a farmer named Kelly last night Yu spected room 29, oceypied by Jacob. | Convention nell, of Emmett, Townsend said the Weather Forecast. . * i 4 from his home near Newtonards and son, and found everything @s usual; ! + c i For Bismarck and Vicinity: Fair, Foreigners 60 yearg of age are “American flag,” chorused the ‘shot him in the spine. His condition school. “Whose flag is this?” she asked. was a puzzler until she 11s serious. |FURTHER DROP came in. ai econ a towels Hae not peau fe aio them to lay. : , been used ahd nothing unusual and | pected io have prese ae For North Dakota: Generally fair] state superintendent of public in- asked if it was not “our flag” and nothing out of the ordinary in iy day ihe Tener he ee me tonight and Saturday; slightly colder] struction, returned from a_ visit Tepeated the question. A loud IN FOOD PRICES 49. A man in that room a Bi foe ees om he ieee sid mining com: | s in east and south-central portions to-} to the newly established Dickinson answer came from all: TER dressed and towels uot Bec: Weikad antes ae replace. the present agree- \ night: rising temperature in west por-| night school enthusiastic _ over ~ “Our Flag.” A ‘Washington,’Jan. 20—A decrease of Lie oficers a ae See but ahé ae ‘which expires’ March 31. The FOR POINCARE tion, Saturday. the opening of tiskechool There Esvlo are we?” was the third |one per cent from November 15 to jen i ” 4 Ste ion i ee are in the night schoo! persons question. 3 December 15, in the retail cost of food said‘she found nothing unusual scale one Tecalyed Sue eee | Weather Condition —Bclemians, Germans, Russians, “Americans,” came the reply |to the average family was shown in ‘ Tells of Exits y x rs ea The temperature has risen generally|{ of the ages from 18 to 60. Of this from 98 persons. a statistics made public today by the Bureaw of Labor Statistics of the De- Lawrence testified as to the win- dows in the rear of the building and the doors' to room 65 which had not been occupied and that the officers had noticed that the dust on the sills was not disturbed and the screen door in the demand. Requests for increase in' wages from 15 to 49 per cent went the leaders the demand on the opera- tors will probably not be above 15 to 20 per cent. yr before the committee but according to ; Paris, Jan. 20—(By the Associated Press)—The Paris press . is nearly unanimous in its praise of Premier Poincare and agree to his statement of policy in the Chamber of Deputies last night: which resulted: in a vote of number only one was’ absolutely illiterate; others had some little schooling in .'their native Jan- guage, They want to learn English. They are Americans. over the United States; the rise has been slow cver the Rocky Mountain region where the pfessure remains high, but has been rapid over the north-cemtral States due to the move- ment of.a low pressure area from the The night school provided for by the city of Dickinson, is in charge of O. H. Pippin, Stark coun-, ty superintendent; Teachers are Prof. Williams, of the Normal schcol, and Mrs. D. C. Shipley, partment of Labor based on prices of 42 articles of food reported from 51 cities. ec Here on Business, was hooked on the inside. All. pos- SSeS TE, 7 fi ra Hy “Tt ‘ : Fi Tale sible ined; eens ds of coal from tropical plants| confidence of 472 to 107. ki Canadian Northwest. Miss Palmer gave a “flag drill. _“It is an inspiring work in prac- ‘Senator Frank Ployhar, of Valley | oer sere anced Hen “nO pee under the ice thow'that af one| "It is hard to discover criticism or]! ORRIS W, ROBERTS, What flag is this?” she asked, tical Americanism,” said Miss | City, is here on business connected ' (Continued on Page 7) time Greenland was in a torrid zone. even reservation in the comment. Meterologist. holding up the American flag. Palmer. 4 with the Bismarck Gas Company. i \ = ; : : ny y \ e s e a if a Describes Condition. of Hotel! [Resolutions WALLAC : Resolutions Adopted at Grain: E RAPS Room in Which Marie Wick eblinacin, a wamd Sudden Change For Worse in bs | Growers’ Convention at Mees ee C Racws T00 HIGH PRICE Early Morning Hours Causes \ Grave Fear e