The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1922, Page 1

The Weather FAIR AND WARMER ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘Last Edition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRIJARY 7, 22 PRICE FIVE CENTS COUNTIES ARE CLASSIFIED IN MAKING LOANS Important Decision in Policy of Department Made by Indus- _ trial Commission “WESTERN ‘COUNTIES GA Reserve of Million Dollars Set. Aside from Allotment to Meet Emergencies After an exhaustive investigation by | the farm loan department of the Bank of North Dakota into the relative need ‘for farm loans in the various coun- ties of the ports and advice were obtained from bankers, farmers, farm loan apprais- ers and others, the Industrial Commis- sion has adopted the recommendations state, during which re-t ~~ ININVESTIG Authorship of Letter — Tay- lor Buried as Police and De- tectives Redouble Efforts to Unravel Mystery of Murder Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7—While po- lice were sifting the constantly arriv- jing tips on #h> case of the murder of William D. Taylor from various sources today, preparations were be- jing made for, the funeral of the dead motion picture director this after- noon. G Taylor’s body. was clad in the unl- form of captain ‘of the British army. it has beon viewed by thousands of friends and others. A’ scented note dropped from one of Taylor's books while police detectives were making an examination of his ef- fects, according to the Los Angeles Examin2r. It wasion the butterfly sta- tionery of Mary Miles Minter. Young Actress Does Not Deny; | CALL EXPERT IN GUM TO SLAIN MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR ATION OF HIS MURDER | FILM DIRECTOR |’ MURDERED , i SUSPENSION OF ~WARSHIP WORK 10 BE ORDERED President Harding to Take Ac- tion on Ships Destined for The Scrap Heap | ALSO FORTIFICATIONS uspends Work on Philippine! Fortifications Covered in | B The Treaty PRAISES CONFERENCE, London, Feb, 7—Prime Minister Lloyd George, speaking at the opening session of the House of Commons this afternoon, termed ; the Washington conference one of | the greatest achievements ever registered in the history of the world. NEWEST PHOTO OF MARY AND FIANCE ER TRIAL HANDWRITING ON “HOTEL REGISTER ‘AGAIN IN CASE Minneapolis Expert Called in ; Effori to Show Fictitious Name was Signed | HAMBLRMAID A WITNESS | Tels of Hearing Noises in the | “Prescott Hotel at 4 a. m, Night cf Murder YS BROWN WROTE IT Valey City, Feb. 7.— amas J. Ca.on, of Minne- apelis, handwriting expert, testificd ihis a.ternoon that in his opinion Andy of Manager W. B. DeNault and has, T : i ( classified counties as to the need of, It read: Washt ¥ Srewn wrote the name farm loans at this time. ashington, Feb, 7. — President | “Jamcs Farrell Wilmar” on The commission has classified the! counties of the state into four di-j visions, according to their need, and has allotted the amount of farm; loans to be made in the counties on} the basis of this classification. The| result is that the foans will be made in greater ratio on basis of assessed ' valuation of land in the counties most in need of help. This classifi-| cation is carried as far as possble on! this basis as the qualifications of fair-! ness and safety to.all the people of the state permit. The Industrial Commission found| that ona Ibasis of proportionate loans | | i { Dexrest—I love you! I love you! I! love you! XXXX | i Yours always, Mary. The last “X" was two inches high ; followed by an exclamation pgint an | inch in height. ; Does Not Deny Note Miss Minter did not deny authorship : of the letter, according to the Exam- | iner. : “1 did love William \Taylor,” she said. “1 loved him deeply and tenderly | with all the admiration ahd respect a / young girl gives to a man | poise and culture of Mr. Taylor.” i Taylor .and Miss Minter met i at \ to the various counties, based on the|/Santa Barbara, two years ago. Hej“ 4 lands of the United States. | meer total amount which :an be loaned by/ was her director. director. The treaties resulting {rom the ar-| BY THE POLICE! ; occupying the room immediately be- law, no loans could be made in Bur-| Taylor is survived not only by @ | ~~~wwr-~0~~~~~~-~-~~ | mament conference it was said, at the| St. Bonfiace, Manitoba Feb 2. \ | She said the sounds scemed as if St. » I 5 — es William Desmond motion p.cture director, was mysteri-! ‘Taylor, wealthy ously shot to death in his at Los ngeles. Police are without clews. ' Taylor was an adviser and friend of Mabel Normand, movie star, who called on him shortly before the shooting took place. Taylor was a British war hero, He was an actor and movie star before he became a apartment Harding will order suspension of ali! work on alk warships now building !~ which are destined tor the serap heap {under the treaty but will issue no ifinal order for discontinuence of the; work until the treaty is aally ratie fied, [t was announced at the7 White House toduy. The president, it was said, already | ihas ordered suspension of work on! This is the most recent photo o j additional fortifications on the Island!They are to be married Feb, 28, {of Guam and likewise further devel- TAKES BATH IN | ;Cpments under in the Philippine (Islands taking his {en action im view of} e clause of the naval treaty fixing ; the status quo for those Pacific Is-! | White House, are expected to be sent! ICY WATER; HELD FEDERAL FARM { leigh, Bottineau or Renville counties,! daughter in (New York, Miss Ethel} because the amount of loans already! Daisy Tanner, 19, but also ‘by a son} made by the former administration in} Reuben Davis Taylor, 2 in Texar-| these counties’ exceeded their share.| kana, Tex., according to M. ‘H. Mc- | ‘However, since ther Industrial Com-| Dowell, editor of Scrsenland, in an in- | mission does not Want any actual | terview with the Los Angeles Exam- j farmer who can make a safe loan with | iner. eae | the department to, lose his land be-| | Young Taylor is said to be the son; cause the former administration ex-,of the dead man and a woman other | ceeded the proportion of loans for;than any mentioned heretofore as a: that county, the commission has set! former wife of the director. i aside fromthe total amount which Actress Questio may be loaned a reserve of $1,000,000) 4 motion ean Aa was sub- to take care of emergency cases in| jected to what the police termed a Counties already overdrawn or which “long and gruelling” questioning at | may be overdrawn in the future. Forj|ner home here last night. | the time being the commission con-|" pe actress was said to be widely | strues such emergency to be where the| known, but her name. was withheld by applicant will lose hig land on or be-|ths policd. Two detective sergeants fore July 1, 1922, if he is unable to questioned her. ! make a loan. This date will be ex-: What they’ learned they kept to ‘ SET DATE FOR 1. |Judge Andrew Miller to be Guest JUDICIARY REPRESENTED: | a‘ Taking a bath in the Red river at to the senate the last of this week} ; _ [although this will depend upon the) {uy particular time of the year | submission of reports of the American | and afterward taking a snooze on | 3 ia | a cake of ice was the performance BANQUET T0 BE |eteustion to: the president, rae eu MeKendrick, held by local y f Ue ARS 5 GIVE JURIST The president was represented as} ithos river swarm: 50 feet out {of ithe belief that some reduction inj and then clambered on a ch of ice, Sever . s ithe personnel of the army and navy! feetere nouniiMlen he as would result: from the armament con. ; taken off the fee by the police lrerandetaurcoment shat fore sréseon | and removed to the police sta- jable relativity.” tion where he was given medical ‘TOBEGIN SUIT. IN DIST. COURT The suit of the workmgn’s compen- sation bureau to force the state treas- | | | | | | | | | 1 ' i i | | | of Honor at Banquet Here Saturday Night THE NATIONAL TRACTOR SHOW the Hote! Prescott register the night that Miss Marie Wick was murdered. Brown was the roommate of William Gummer. Valley City, Feb. i |las, chambermaid employed in the incess Mary and Lord Lascelles.) Prescott hotel; Fargo, where Marie Wick was murdered, was the princi- pal witness this morning in the trial of William Gummer. Miss Mellas said she was awakened jabout 4 A. M. by noises in the room ; occupied by Miss W.ck. Miss Mellas ‘Miss May Mei- i | | | i ' \ | f Pri IWR ‘someone jumped from the bed, hit the bed several times and walked around the room, opened and shut the ; door, and walked down the hall to s | The state maintains that at this President Quamme of St. Paul! time miss Wick was murdered, Bank Calls Meeting in Bis; Hagen on Stand, marck Feb. 14 and 15 * | .H. J. Hagen, former president of jthe Scandinavian-American bank of |Fargo, who occupied room: 31, next {to that of Miss Wick, was chosen MAY MAKE LOANS SOON'for turther cross examination. Hagen gave evasive answers con- \cerning the prosecution of himself ‘for alleged irregularities in the af- ,fairs of that bank? "On Ye-direct ex- }amination he answered the question: r“Did you kill Miss Wick’ with “No Sir.” Asked if he had ever been in room Says that Report. on Bond Sale Will be Made at Meeting To Be Held Here tended later on for emergency cases' themselves but they admitted they | ey maturing later than July 1, 1922, and’ were se>king to develop the préviously urer to pay bills and salaries of the A convention of all the farm loan 20 he replied, “Absolutely not.” He Mr. DeNault believes that’ $1,000,000! advanced theory that Taylor had been : Many Judges and Lawyers From) bureau which are not audited by the! associations and agencies of the Fed: also said that he had never seen/M.ss will be much more than ample to take jslain by a jealous rival for the affec- care of these emergency. cases. jtions of the actress. | ‘state auditing board will be brought’ in district court, it was said today by C. L. Marr, secretary of the bureau Various Parts of State To eral Farm Loan, system in North Da- Wick. kota will be held in Bismarck, Feb: Call Andy Brown, Western Counties Gain The greater need of counties in the western part of the state is recog- nized in the allotment and they are given a greater amount of money in Ay unidentified “party of men” was ; drivén to the vicinity of the apart- | ments of Taylor the night he was) murdered, according to a story told! Be Present j TAK Min ES OATH OF OFFICE, OPENS TODAY Cut Rate From All Points In} Northwest Prevails on All and attorney in the action. The su- preme court declined to assume orig- inal jurisdiction in the matter. The; bureau contends that it is not required: ruary 14 and 15, it’is announced by eral Farm Loan Bank of St., Paul. “There are a great many matters Just before the noon adjournment the defense called Andy Brown, Gum- mer’s roommate, for further cross- examination. He was asked if he wrote the name “James Farrell” on ‘ - ' knowledge to the police. ‘companion were in secret conferenc! Ave ae |with the police several hours. the police today by a taxicab driver. Still Search for Sands‘ proportion to the assessed value of their lands than counties in the east-| What else the chauffeur told the} ern part of the state. — police tho latter did not make public, | Before presenting his recommenda- put it was known that in tke search tions, Manager DeNault sought in- for the slayer of the motion picture | formation and advice from many quar-/ director, the detectives questioned six | ters and he believes that he has a very; men today. ¢ % accurate statement. of the relative; These included Charles Eyton, gen- | needs pt the various parts of the’eral manager cf the Famous\Players- | 4 state. 0 iLasky corporation, by which Taylor | j _ Applications for loans are comingy had been employed, and ‘Henry Pea in at a very rapid rate.” Applications yey. negro house servant of the dead! have been made since January 1 for a directors. total of more than! $5,500,000 in loans,; ‘ne questioning With must of the exhaustive pretimin-! named men, who included the chaut- ary work necessary to build the de-| feyr, was in furtherance of the s2arch | partment from the very small organ-! for Edward F. Sands, or Edward Fitz- | ization before maintained nearingi strathmore, missing butler. completion, all appraisers will be in: ‘The chauffeur’s suspicions were said ie (Continued on Page 2) ito have been aroused after reading of | 9 ner ae !the murder and he communicated his He and Two of th2 four men were said to! }of Bismarck and lawyers from various | 3 | parts of the state, will be held Sat- of the four “un-jurday night, Feb. 11, it was an- !b’clock at the McKenzie hotel, pre- ‘will be Major Hanley is working on details of apolis, Keb, 7—Judge | Andrew Miller, recently appoint. | ed to the federal bench of North Dakota by President Harding, took the vath of office in Minneapolis yesterday before Judge Wilbur F. Booth, it was announced today, | The banquet to be tendered An-| x N. Y. ORGANIZE rew Miller, newly appointed federal: judge for North Dakota, by citizens | Plan to Extend Organization Beyond Gotham to ‘submit its bills to the auditing board the same as departments of, state. Roads To Twin Cities Hamline, Minn., Feb. 7—4More than $1,000,000 worth of farm machinery is essembled in the new exhibit build- ‘ing, State Fair Grounds, between Minneapolis and St. Paul, where the National Tractor and Power Farming ‘show opened a week’s “stand,” yes: | | lerday, i A crowd of not less than 50,000 has | ‘been arranged dor. A cut rate from ‘all points in the northwest prevails on lall railroads entering the Twin Cities. ae and puepatt Taree for ie round sr, a HS , aoittip is charged adults, children ar2 lacie sioeen oeehe Announcing 88 | carried for one-half the adult special | jor Compensation,” a newly organized | te or for three quarters of one adult j body of unemployed will hold a dem- fare fir the round trip. ‘The cut rate t Fi includes Minnesota, North andj ‘onstration in the Labor Temple to-ig. La i MI % night and perfect plans for the fur-| Soutlr Dakota western Montana, 5 nor 4 carpe ie a r "~;thern Iowa and ¥ ern Wisconsin. jther organization of the Jobless mea)“, short courso in the care, repair ' probably will} 2 i (of the cit ‘and efficient use of tractors and other jounced today by the committee. The banquet will be held at 8:30! eded aarle y a reception in Patterson hall m. No formal invitations ued, it was announced. he program. Judge and Mrs, Mill 1 |E. G. Quamme, president of the Fed- | | | }meeting,” says \ of importance to come Mr, before this GQuamme's an- the register of the hotel the night of i the murder. Objection to the ques- Beane | ‘tion was sustained. He adds information that the bond; Immediately after lunch the state sale has begun and that he hones to! was to call Thomas J. Caton, hand- be able to receive: new applications writing expert from Minneapolis, in soon after the bond sale, jan effort to prove that Brown wrote Held in Capitol, i the name Farrell as it: was signed on Mr. Quamme’s announcement of the} "e see illoae a Witness mogting ays, in) Dart: ‘ | Resuming the introduction of the “We will hold a‘ convention of the testimony lat? yesterday, James Milli- farm loan associations and agenciesy ay deputy sheriff of Cass county, in the state of North Dakota at Bis-' wag’ the chief witness for the state. marek on the 14th and 15th of Febru-; yfijligan said that.a day or two af- ty. The mecting will be held in they;e, the murder, he participated in house chamber of the state capitol'tegts that were made inthe room in and will be called to order at one which the girl was killod; beating on o’clock in the afternoon of the 14th. \r wall, hitting the bedstead and the “There area great many matters) spring, and that such noises were de- of importance to come before this! clard by Mrs. John Van Vorst, 1occu- meeting and we sincerely hope that) pant of an adjacent room, ag being very. association will send at least! similar to those that awakened _ her ntative. If the secretary~| between 12:30 and 2 a. m. the night of sannol come to the meeting, | the murder. treasurer 5 [have entered into the investigation | 47Tive in Bemarck Priday at 11430 2.) ders jhave announced intenticy types ot power-pulled or power-driven | the president or some other officer| Milligan said also that all exits of ‘for. the first time today. ia A ;{of organizing all the unemployed of! farm and road machinery will b& giv- / should ked to attend, the hotel were closely/examined, that ° y SUMMER RATE | Normand Letters Missing rain with citizens .who are invited | the nation and have opened headquar-jen under the auspices of the Univer- “Our bond sale will commence this! screens 6n all windows“were in place, : | Twice detectives working on the {to participate in a general welcome. | ters, “ isity of Minnesota college of agricul-! week and we hope to have a report on! and that two windows opening on fire Other, Roads Also Announced case were called together in confor} | Committee In Charge | =| When we have organized the wn-iture, Professor Williain Boss, head | that at tlie mecting, We also expect! escapes had uot been disturbed, dust Pacific C Cut |ence“with Captain pf Detectives David | The general committee in charge of emplcyed of the city,” declares ot the agricultural engineering de-/ to he able to receive new applications! indicating this condition. acific Coast Cuts | | Adams. the reception is as follows: Jacki statement issued from the new head-: partment, will be in direct charge, and again right after this bond sale and| Hote! Lobby Dark at 12:15 -Mr. Eyton had a long!talk with Cap- | Oberg, chairman; Burt Finney, presi-j quarters, “and have linked them up|instructors and lecturers have becn {that matter will he d d. | George O'Brien of Fargo said that Chicago, Feg. 7.—A_ reduction of ap-j tain Adams. and Peavey also was ques: | prox.mately 20 per cent in present tioned again. ‘ passenger rates from Chicago to the! Late in the day officials declared Pacific Coast was announced today by | letters known to.hav2 been in Taylor's i t dent Rotary club; R. W. Lumry, pres- Alfred Zuger, Henry Halverson, E. G.| }with millions of unemployed in the|%ecured from several important col- P. R, Fields, Ben-| country we will have an army thatjleges and universities of the North of committee; | can do things.” fand Middle west. “Then we will organize for a big} ‘A complete moving picture theater dent Town Crier on Baker, secretary ‘the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, | Possession shortly before his death. Patterson, Charles Anderson and G.! union with workers still on the job!has been installed in the exhibition the Great Northern and Northern Pa-/in addition to those ‘said tio have been cific railroads for the summer montis. Written by Mabel Normand, film ac |tress, and sought by her in vain at hi The reduction was said to place the} rates on the same level prior to 1920, apartments after the hedy was found, | were missing. from the clerks at the McKenzie Ho-! Workers aPrty of America was co-! jand they won't be able to stop us from: building that educational and jnter- Bismarck citizens are urged to se-| making us a country of workers. lesting moving pictures may aid the re their tickets for the banquet! Announcement was made that the, work of instruction. jto. he taktn. up and considered thi: | he was in the hotel two days after the imurder, and that on that occasion 3) Gummer told him all guests, except 7 i 8! farrell, had been accounted for. The jyear we deem it advisable to hold 4j state maintains that Farrell was a fice j two-day sesston which, however, will/titious name registered on the hotel [be in effect a day and a halt session! hook hy Andy Brown, Gummer's room- ;on account of the train service in and mate, and who was in the potel part pul. 8F Bisinarck, ‘of the night in question. ' “A full and frank discussion at this! O’Brien also said that he‘accepted A Two-Day Session, “On account of the many matter: tel’ or Mr. Halverson of the Grand| operating and has issued a manitesto | Pacific hotel. Tickets can be secured calling for demonstration by the job-j (Continued on Page 7) jless on Feb. 25. | HEAR HASTINGS | Today’s Weather | time concerning all matters pertain-} rom Gummer on that night, a letter a ing to the service of the Farm Loan) tg pe mailed at the railroad station i {System will be of benefit and value. nearby, Previous testimony was that ¥or twenty-four hours ending at|to ail attend. There are 187 as-|Gummer had given this | letter to 1noon Feb, 7, sociations dd agencies in the state! O’Brien the night of the murder. | Temperature at 7 of North Dakota and we hope that we|” yo reading of testimony was com- Highest yesterday 0, and after a 15 minute No one questioned by the police so { fay has admitted any knowledge of their whereabouts. Eyton said he had ; not seen them. Miss ‘Normand state? | she had ‘not. The public administrator ! and the district attorney made like | SOLDIER BONUS A. il M. statements. ~ AT WHITEHOUSE Washington, Feb. 7.—Another White ; House dinner to consider. the admin-! jstration’s legislative program has been arranged for tonight with mem- bers of the senate and house Repub-, lican steering committees in attend-! ance, CLUB BOOSTI NEW HIGHWAY Williston, N. D., Feb. 7—Members | of the better highways group of the Williston, Commercial club met with representatives of the state highway | tain | satisfaction where he was Wednesday | commission and the North Dakota State Good Roads association this week and took steps looking to the encouragement of the proposed Den-| ver-Estevan international driveway through this state along a projected line passing through Bowman. Ami- don, New England, Dickinson, Mann- ing, Killdeer, Watford City, Atne- gaard, Alexander, Williston, Alamo | Simmers to “Tips” Eyton’s visit to the Cen- tral Police station, it was said is in connection with the efforts to find | Sands, who is said to have been near; \the Taylor apartments as little as two {hours before the shooting. ras | | Eyton aided the officers in obtaining photographs of Sands but no really! gond picture of him is available, it is | said. { The investigation has simmered down to the process of elimination, ac- cording to Captain Adams. ‘Hundred of “tips” have come to the police from various sources,, solicited and unso- licited. “If we can locate Sands,".said Cap- tain Adams, “and he can prove to our night between 7 and § o’clock—can prove he was not in Los Angeles or that he was in Los Angeles and not near the Taylor apartments, then We shall know that other clues, now in our hands, are probably of value.” Adams said regardless of) where Sands might have been last Wednes- day, he was not in Los Angeles at PLEA FEB, 14 Former Leaguer. Wanted Ih Fargo, Resists Extradition “Sacramento. Calif., Feb. 7.—Hearing jon the request of the authorities. of North Dakota for the extradition of J. J. Hastings, former secretary of the Nerth Daketa Nonpartisan Lea- gue and. one-time vice president of the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo, charged with ithe embezzle- ment of $3,000 from that institution, has been set for Feb. 14, it was an- nounced by officials in the office of Governor W, D. Stephens. Grasshoppers in South America: at- tain a length of five inches. Cotton and wool are, being pulver- ized for use in several industries in and Crosby. plane mas present. - z France, i | Lowest yesterday | Lowest last night . | Precipitation 16 one | COST ESTIMATED + Highest wind veloc 8-SW | Washington, Feb, 7.—The soldier! Weather Forecast {bonus would cost the federal govern-; For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair |ment approximately two billion, five;and warmer ‘tonight; Wednesday |hundred million dollars, on the basis: somewhat unsettled, probably colder ‘of estimates of the hoi s and| by afternoon. means ccmmittee by fiscal officers of! Weather Conditions. the army, navy and marine’ corps. The center of. the northwestern low —————_—— pressure area reniains over British Columbia but it has extended east- STE ward over Montana and S: J IN BANK RAID a The eastward nfovement of the low accompanied by rapidly r perature. The temperature was stil] below zero this morning over the Wash., Feb. 7—The First! pressure area will be accompanied by \fair weather in North Dakota tonight with warmer in the east and south por- eastern Dakotas and Minnesota bat will rise during the next 24 hours. Seattle, National Bank of Poulsbo, Washing- ton, was entered last night by bandits ORRIS W. ROBERTS, $30,000, according to information here Meteorologist. today. can have a 100 per cent attendan None of our organizations can aff pleted at 3: court reqonvened. The first who blew thogvault, rifled 30 safe de-| tions; Wednesday somewhat unset- posit boxes and escaped with cash.|tled and probably colder by after-|h securities and jewelry estimated at| noon. called to the stand by the pro- el | witn Mr. edge to be gained at these mectings.j geceution was George O’Brien. Our experience it five years of Oper-) OBrien gave his work as elevator ation teaches us that the associa-| man at the Gardner hotel, and that he tions who do not have representati 3 was 49 years of age and that he had at our annual meetings are the ones! jiyeq in Fargo for the past six years. who do not understand the rules, reg-| That he lived with ‘his family at the » requirements and policy of! Colonial flats and that in going to and em and what dif-| from his home to his work at the Gard- - A Ir to miss the information and knowl-j ye in operation are|ner he passed the Prescott hotel. ally all w: th such a ociations. His work hours at the Gardner The annual meeting is our clearing] were from 6 in the evening to 12 mid- ;house forexchange of ideas and con- structive planning for the future.” night. That he worked this shift every other night. That on the night of June 6, the night Marie Wick was ‘ murdered in room 30 at the Prescott 'hotel, he went by the hotel accom- IS AT MINOT panied by his son, Leo O'Brien, also (eee employed the same hours at the Gard- Members wf the state board of ad-|ner. On this night he testified that he ministration, including George B.| Stopped in front of the Prescott to Totten and J. I. Cahill, against whom | light a cigar. That he looked into the jouster proc are to be instituted Bobby and noticed that the lobby was lby Governor Nestos unless their res-|dark. That but one light was burn- ignations are received by Thursday, ing. a hooded light over the switch are in Minot to consider affairs at the , board. normal school. (Continued on Page 3)