The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1922, Page 1

a _ GUMMER TO TAKE WITNESS STAND BOARD ABSENT, |___ PRINCIPALS IN LATEST MOVIE MURDER MYSTERY. 5,000 MEN ON QUARRELS OVER DNDV OH (}. MAYBE CAUSED TENSION HIGH Secee"2c5°) WILL TESTIFY, $26,900 a year fior three years, while Additional Kidnapings Stir Ul- ¢lub officials so far have agreed to - {pay him $15,900 a year for three years. ster to Fever Heat and Pos- | ee Ras | Ee GLAND s BLAMED ()PPOSTTION TQ Totten and Cahill Resignations Demanded Are on Inspec- tion Trip i SEN Judge Barnett Defense Counsel Opens Attack on State Hand- writing Experts CAHILL j i i ! | i i | i | | | | LETTER ‘S “THIRD DEGREE” Declines. to Resign and Tells Governor He Thinks He is Misinformed Possibility of ‘Sir James Craig Issues Mani-; festo—Collins Pledges Aid ‘NEW WATERWAY Attemps to Show by Cross-Ex- } in Ending Trouble | | | | amination that Cooercion was Used on Gummer Duluth Man Says They Have Lest the “First Line Trenches” in Battle delay in- the ouster Proceedings to be started against J. I. Cahill and Geo. B. Totten by Govern- / or R. A. Nestos unless they resign their positions on the state ‘board of a. administration is seen in announce-|{ ment at the office of the board that} Messrs. Totten, Cahill and Muir, board . members will not return from. their | present trip of inspection to the state | institutions for several days. They. left Bismarck for Minot and} according to word received would visit the State School of Forestry at Botti-j neau; the School for Deaf at Devils Lake; State University at Grand ’ Forks, and it was announced also the! board is to have a meeting in Fargo | -Nnext week, so that the members on | ADDITIONAL KIDNAPING i | | ee Belfast, Feb. 9—(By the Asso. | Valley City, Feb. | | City 9-—Handwritiag experts bid fair to occupy the entire enenigon A the William Gummer : = case. F. L. Watkins, of Fargo, was Chicago, Feb. $—Replying to what!on tho stand when court reconvened jhe seineg ieee NO} Hon of Gover-j this afterncon, testifying in support i r jnor Miller of } ork to.a Grout jor his opinion that Ani Brow id Ballybay where it is believed oth- jLakes to the Atlantic waterway, H.!not write the name AAD He er prisoners are being kept. ie. Gardner, of Duluti, president of Prescott hotel register, Another @x- jthe Great 1. 5 St. Lawrence Tide-|pert for the defense will follow him | water oclation, at a meting of} the stand. ithe Council of States today declared | The d:fense in the case began pre- | that there w 5 much shipping on j sentation of evidene i r f i { A 3 e this rnin wee nnn | manifesto declaring the British ‘the Great Lakes of thet eisit months | with Watkins the first Witten TAYLOR i MURDER government was responsible for Of navigation as in New York harbor| Judge Barnett ‘outlined the ease for \~- a | ul Hl ciated Press)—Additional kidnap. ings occurred in County Fer- managh. Four “Class B Speciai” constables were kidnaped. They the direction of were taken in Belfast, Feb, 9 — Sir James : Crain. premier of Ulster, issued a ' BLAMES BRITAIN | the kidnaping outrages, tin 12 months. the dofense. The defense lati phe: { iMr. Gardner said the opposition al- {stress on the Farrel sienatur> we » COLLINS PLEDGES AID iready “has lost the first and second |- 28 GEO Edna Purviance (lett), ledding wo-! ! i ; 1ea. r | he state has maintained i i : oe tet Ki tr ” I jad was signed bet ro that tl eat ame ed the news of Wil cmb. Taylors death eat London. Feb. 9—M'chael Col- i dine: eee ane would soon be/by Brown, Gummer’s roommais. ae Governor Nestos who is in Minot, is/0 Mary Miles Minter when his valet i Seer or suthere irene chee i peace ———_— Gnu Soe ge frould “call -Browa ond expected to return tomorrow, | [Tan to her home to notify her of the! ' southern Ireland, in- ‘mmmer to the stand to testify on formed the British government that the provisional government Lipa Normand ibd Mary Mites _ Betas Feb, 9.—(By the Asatte SIGNATURE T0 ress.) —Ulster’s frontier was virtu-! Minter Remain in Seclusion [ally a line cf steel today following} as Probe Proceeds the raids yesterday in which many’) ; Unionists were kidnapped. From} this point. The defense undertook by cross ex- amination tits morning to obtain from Sheriff Kraemer of Cass county: and States Attorney William Grezn state- ments admitting that third degree metho’s had been obtained in getting {statements from Gummer. Judge °* Cooley upheld objections to this line jo£ srohe-cuamination. i Of Great Importance, Cahill Sends Letter, j movie director's. murder, Miss Minter Today was the last day of j (center) hurried to the Taylor home; days piven by ee Setar ihe five: with her mother. Mabel Normand vis- two board members to resign. It _ | ited Taylor on business the evening! f° adm.nistration that a letter was {{2Orm of the STN, 5 ihe was a captain. ‘ sent to the governor by Mr. Cahi declining to accede to the governor's! request for his resignation. The | KANSAS STORM | SPSS RRR |, OS ter was received in the governor's of- | ‘ fice during the morning. No word | \BIDDING ON Los. to the official last Red River Valley mid-winter Yours of the 4th instant has been she of the missing | were engaged in policing the, lines. | ing a commission and othorwise mak.| "est im the hotel on the night of received and contents noted. i I am indeed surprised to learn that it has become necessary for you to letters wr.tten ‘ fi ens evails at all points. Mabel Normand. High tension prevails at all pi ;fhows here The auction sale was fol- | lowed by the gencral meeting at whic! i sicige 4 e . } to | No communication was p Wind and Dust Storm . h to the director by| demand my resignation as a member! of,the Board of Administration on the ; grounds of incompetency, misconduct, | malfeasance ané@ misdemeanors in oi- fice. a, K. —West and) U. l. Burdick cf Wiiliston, N. D., d The police continued concen- eT ane he ate a rector of the U. S. Grain Growers, trate their efforts upou the search for; Enniskillen today, the wires from that state’s wheat belt, today faced the, Inc., gave details of the purposes and; Edward F. Sands, former secretary city being cut. continuation of severe dust and wind-|aims>of the organization, }-and butler for. Tayior, -missi nce | ‘ Nic RETORNG storms which yesterday swept acros¢ Taylor’ made a charge. of gyri lar- * ONE ug C t |.. Belfast, Feb. 9—(By the Associated ceny against him last August. ing provision for the con m_of the eleven billion dollar debt oWed ;2’s was signed today by Harding. ~The. president, it was stated at the White House, will mot designate the methods of the refunding commission President | Angeles, Feb. 9. | Portadown, county Armath, to Belleek, C icon te he Awabiniea The question of who signed the Far- had been received from Mr. Totten} PN Ee. \centralized inveatte sf the dig-;/0N the Fermanagh-Donegal border! Commission to be Appointed to! rell name has become of great im- | J : T ventralized investigation cf the dis-; i i portance because if Brown sj cca Mite etternoons th was undets| HURTS WHEAT 7 CATTLE LIVEL | trict attorney's office of the mystery; forces of specials were on guard ag Take up Extension of Allied name as ies states easing: oe ’ Mr. Cahill’s letter to the governor | | Crookston, Minn. Feb. §.—-Lively $atrounding thé murder of William D.! Well as heavy contingents of the reg- Debt to U.S. perts have said they believed he did, v follows: ‘ aes | oT aOR {bidding was the rule at the Holstein! Taylor was to begin today following | ular constabulary. | then the _prosecution will have ac- Dear Sir: | Blown Out of Ground By Terrific) Sale which began this morning at the’ the alleged discovery and turning over; Jt was estimated. that 5,000 men q Washington, Feb. 9—The bill area | Counted for the only unidentified I t the murder. Prof. G. N. Langum, of Bismarck, thd United States by the allied pow | “#8 expected tobe a’ defense ‘hhand- vriting exnert witness. Prosecution Rests The. prosecution. rested its case at 4:30 ycsterday afternoon. The last These’ charges ‘being of witness. was’ Roy Murphy, prisoner most |, wide strip of. territory and blew Press)--Majdr Miles, of South Done- serious nature, and recalling“that in wheat out of the-ground. No estimate ‘ y : sass fi gal, one of the prisoners taken by UC" after the treaties res - 1 4 ; z I itterances as governor ry] received a- mes from Tuczon, 84! ¥ ! reg, after the treaties resulting from the that the week before Christmas when your Pacey e pyasaavallablennere, a tonite sextent raiders of northern Trish counties yes- armament conference have boen“sub-|Gummer met Andy Brown in the cor- / REISS * - ¥ , Arizona, that a man resembling Sands % ‘ of the state you have stre’eed your! of the damage. e bat ea , terday, returned to his home ‘today. mitted to the senate. ‘The commis. ridor h> heard Brown say to Gum- attitude, I am constrained to believe) prediction that the storm might w T B A N U k T was seen at Lowell, Arizona, February | Qiners from the same area are report: t : | i Cc t s eens ee her’ Ts ae j Others from the same area are report’ sion will consist of five members mer: “Bill, you stand pat.” Murph that in bringing them you have acted expected to. continue today was given 4, three days after Taylor was slain.’ eq ty have been released. headed by the secrotary of the treas- | testified Guaimer answered, “Lam” y Ss. D. a, st | a Ve P 's 7 “zon, accord- ee ‘ A ’ on gross misinformation. ; Walter Peterson of Tuczon, accord-| ury, . B. Charlson testified that he saw : be ae a | It has been my constant aim to serve! here who said‘the disturbance yester-| ling to the message, saw the man. Mr. Hardi ane ; b . the best’ interests of the state of North | fay was one of the most severe in re-|Number of Members of Bene-\The man told Peterson he was on| RK ST0 oitier tonbera of the cablaet ang’s|inrough © beck seoe geod eee Dakota by official acts in the perform-| cent years, adding that it was the| bcs -his way to the Imperial Valley, Cali- 220) as dictine Order Expected 0 Ny { j S Hf | p N v member each of the s2nate and house. | June 7, the night of the murder, an ance of my duties as a member of the! worst thing that could’ happen for! [fornia , f by my personal ¢ttitude and conduct, Here Monday to the deputies working on the case, Late yesterday the detective bureau vrovided for in the legislation untit’ in the Cass county jail, who testified Secretary Mellon recently said ne-|appeared much excited. E Board of Administration as well a8! the wheat crop. ; | | The sheriff's office here, according tA ly said ne-| app ic ed. He | said and I am entirely unaware of the, = r | 2 _ a {had also wound up.at a “blank wall” omission or commission of any acts k k ! Owing to the absence of Dr. F. B.'in every step it had taken.. ‘This would be started soon after the pyesi-|of the state. He is serving a - six’ that might give cause for the charges Strauss who was to respond to the investigation it was said had nothing dent gave the legislation his appro- | menths sentence in the Cass county F r e f Gummer until two weeks ago, it was way to the responsibilities incumbent \St. Alexi spital, Dr. M. W. Roan expected to I : Secretary Denby Acts Under i 4 0, upon me as an official holding a pub- IS tave nia eee on the program ‘and Houseman for ‘Taylor, in an effort t PETTIBONE BOY brought out, for my resignation. ‘Sister Boniface inthe Benedictine prould be thrown on the situation by Very truly yours, order. The Tribune will publish Sat- this. goliations looking toward conversion |Brown went to the telephone. of the present short-time scuyities The testimony of Murphy was re- made in your communication. e tcast “Golden Future” at the banquet to do with Sands. val. It has been said preliminary ne- | jail for impersonating gn officer, Mur-, In view of the fact that my per- mir i Re af Actresses Hide A is zotiations would not have to await|phy did not: toll of this conversation ‘ to be given in honor of Sister Boni. investigators said they ~ vation’ orcdents ircetion of President Hard- Siac lic trust,-and after careful reftection, s 5 ‘ ; fame: toast obtain corroboration or denial of ¢ Dire Spectators Absent I feel obliged to inform you of my un-|Held Wife Prisoner For Bight sespond te theses: work on the tain statements made to them by other ing. in Matter When court convened . yesterday as J : eLOSE RANT AT JAMESTOWN J. 1. CAHILL. urday evening-the complete list of | Peavey passed the day assisting ol- Charlestown, W. Va, Feb. 9— confession that He killed Jack Pow-'crganizations and the hours they are ficers in checking over Taylor's et- Superior, Wis> Feb. 9—A complete dently scaring them out> Judge Cooley announced that the proceedings would not be given in the choicest language and any ladies present could take ad- Oscar W. Kolberg, son of John A. for the debt’ into long-time bonds | garded as among the most important ? ae uctacull va n mg sheriff’ the naming of the comm he said he heard between Brown and sonal feelings mus urally gt face Monday evening by the staff of | The she amine’ Henry Peavey, willingness to accede to your request | _ Days in Lonely Cabin ‘tribute to the fifty years service of parties, and that possibly some light there were but few women in attend- The navy ordnance plant at | Kolberg of -Pettibone, will be the ance, the previous Pyoceedings evi- South Chariestown was under or- a 3 ain ae eenuGS attend. While hours H » apartment where the slav- i representative of Jamestown College : See e eee erate ouels be seen reea weeleuon, to different ‘oF ie eRe | ders from Secretary Denby today | tho state oratcrical contest, he hav vantage of that time to leave. A few e oner for eight days in as iidten be ganizations, it is urged by friends of “After the search, Captain Adams| 2 close at once and to lay of | ing won that itonor in the contest at women left but there were still a few cabin in Wisconsin was written by Giotoy Boniface that there is nothing said there had been no letters dis- without pay, i . Jamestown College.,, His subject is| the courtroom when testimony was employes not needed except for ma.ntenafce and protection of the plant. started, The ladies in the Gummer party were not in attendance yester- day. Hans Wick arrived in the city the night before and took his usual place in the unused jury box this morning. Sheriff Kracmer on Stand Sheriff Kraemer was placed on the “The Suppression of'the Crime Wave,” It was the timeliness of his theme and the originality and vigor of its treatment that made him a winner. Corinna Perry with the subject, “The Russian Problem,” took second place. Her theme was “Russians in North arbitrary in this list and the general public nvited to come between the houfs of 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. as their convenience dictates. Sister Bonitace “ will be glad to greet her friends at eny time during the hours mentioned. Nauniber of the’ members. of ‘the Be ¢tine order from ‘\ther , cit covered by the police and that he} never had seen any letters addressed to Taylor with the exception of a half dozen from the director’s former wifo and daughter. These he declared, had absolutely no bearing upon the case, 1 Jack Donahue before he committed SCESSI | suicide yesterday to avoid being cap- ci | ture by the sher' e which had : surrounded his barricaded cabin. i - -{ The: confession. was found in State Body Begins Its Two-Day)... och on the body. Meeting in City Washington, Feb. 9—Construction work on 14 capital ships was suspend: ed by order of Secretary Denby un- uer direction of President Harding. “] killed Powers and I am glad of it,” was the-text of the confeFsion. wi behere. Several plan to come,’ Mabel) Normand and Mary Miles! The step was taken tn antictpatio® of pakota,” and she treated it in a very | stand and said that he was present a The third annual meeting of the CHURCH here who served atgvarious times un-| Minter, motion picture actresses, Lea bleh rogulted from the Wash. "forming way and made a telling) part of the time on the afternoon of American Association of Engineers HAR Y der Sister Bonifa friends of the slain ‘director. re-| yeton conference and, under which plea in: thelr iterate: ane one June 14th when the admissions read which was organized in Bismarck ip DENIED STAY EERE mained ir seclusion today. Both po-| oo” nree of the vessels involved will SPeaKers were Clarence Johnson witl| by Green had been made, but was not the subject “National Greatness,” and | Silas Witt on the theme, “The Irish Free State.” TOWNLEY GOES there when the meeting was finished. He saw Gummer at 6 o’clock that evening when Gummer had supper at Sheriff Kraemer’s home. He had a conversation with Gunmer after sup- per in the jailor’s quarters in the TO NEBRASKA county jail at which time Mr. Sydn was present. ; aheahen te opened K3 is hing, i a 2 conversation by telling Gummer that me Harding approved the sugges-' Fargo, Feb. 9—President A. C./he did not believe the accused had tion that work be brought to a stand- Townley of the National Nonpartiean | told them the truth as to his move- still immediately cn the eight super- league, left yesterd: atternoon for! ments the night Marie Wick was mur- jdreadnaughts and six battle cruisers Nebraska, where he will look after or; | dered. Gummer replied that he had 1919 opened this afternoon. The meet- ings this afternoon and evening and to- marrow Wt eaisld in the, American preme court this mcrning denied Hat. a te Iv ay of execution, for ra - tol} vey Church a stay ol Wiehe comet ae Be eae te ‘the murder of tye Chee sito see as sentenced to hang gates and visitors will be.the guest Lae ate has: been_gen s of the Bismarck A. A. E. club will] "°*% 0 follow the evening sessicn tonight. 5 byes Nett a 265 auditor certi: In addition to the program of ’ %, ar j jSuait speeches and the business session to- | Today’s Weather men i © fun morrow,’ there will be an auto trip, @——————— w lice and shehiff’ investigators sald no! be completed as war craft. The other further informatiom had been sought 11 will be scrapped or converted to from them. merchant ships under the ‘treaty pro- HELPS COMMON . es - SCHOOL FUNDS ee anN ANGE ‘district peseereliry: Denby acted 4fter As- / sistant Secretary Roosevelt had dis- Common sclfol funds of the state attorney's office today r ed with President Harding the were enriched to the extent of $284- lywood all the information of the treaty affecting the new 26 the first of the month, the stato to obtain from noted actre: , pro- ng this amount of: ducers, directors and others im the mo- as having been added to the! ticn picture world to solve the mys- is throvgh the payment of inter-' tory of the slaying last week, of Wil- , est on bonds. the ifiterest on mort- t BOND INTEREST Fei The su- Springfield, 11] Q ‘i i Z 5 inet Fendi a . i mond Taylyor, noted direc- 3 Ni k h y 1 about the city, to the bridge and pos: For twenty. four hours ending at pares on laads, the returns from leas- ee Desm y ! pending final action on the treaty. In ganization werk ft the newt few not told the truth in all particulars. sibly;to Mandan. 1 824 ye nay 1meom EenmManyy Go ing school lands and the receipts of hssteict Attorney Thomas L. Wool-| round figures the building operations Weeks. Before leaving Fargo. | Mr) Gummer stated that when he had saidy The two-day session will close to-| Tempera Atos on fines, penalties and forfeitures. The i ev csigncd the cage of Mrs, Mada- thus halted ha pst the government Pow ey ete where ‘he ort | that he met train No. 4 about 1 o’clock morrow night with the annual ban-) Highest: yesterday - riount is the quarterly collection a 00,600 a month, his organization wor! ere he that night he had lied-as he did not ! approximately 1 ealy one ¥ pital ship under con- (Off last fall and that from now on he A ‘ - sug- | Wi i his time between the va- struction was exempted from the sus-| Will divide his i ue \ f facts occurred! Pension order. She is the Colorado, rious states in which the league is Complex. angles of ie * avestiza-| More than 9) per cent complete and now operating. since the beta investigae hich will be retained in the perman: | itors says give strong | Feb, 9.—Peter | connection with the murder i s on which work was ordered FOOD EXPORTS ! under exhaustive pped included cight first class bat- of age, com-/ plac it h DE age a They include recovery ps—the W ington, at th ew | lynne Obenchain. on trial for murder, ‘over to his chief deputy and devote s attention Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind veloci Weather Forecast For Bismarck and Vicini' Snow probable tonight and Frid: soldor Friday afternoon or night; winds be quet at the McKenzie hotel, to be fol- lowed by the anrual@dance at Patter- son hall. , Many engineers came in this after- rocn from Jamestown, where they i have been attending an engineering convention. g from several sources. meet the train? He also said that he had called up Marie Wick on the phone about 14:30 that night instead of Marie Wick calling him as he had previously stated. He said that. he had called her up to josh her and see if she was at all sporty but that she ARE INCREASED 3! him short and hung up on him. He also told the sheriff at this meet- “aS VALLEY CITY 2 MAN SUICIDES Valley City, NT Faukald, past 60 years mited suicide by shooting himself in SEEK JURY FO coming strong norther ters, some written by Mabel) y hipbuilding corporation; _ the een ling that h i Sor North Dakota: Snow probable | the forehead with a heavy calibre of letters Masse : Ee oaetyeet ne rasine Peb. 9.-Exports of} ing that he was the first one in the ~ MRS. OBENCHAIN onight ana Friday: colder Friday af-,| volver. at his, home in this eity. Mr. Normand, actrees, and i ae ising, aid Dry Deck ‘company the agricultural products in 128 exceed | Hotel fo::Che beat ot hist laiondedae; ear ternoon oF night; winds becoming Faukald fired two shots, the first known 10 TNC ito nackage was found |South Dakota, New York navy gard; “ed those of 1920 by nearly four mil-| RO Snew that Marie Wick was dead and stated that he had been in room 30 shortly after 6 o’clock on the morn- ing of the seventh. He said that he had phoned to the room at 6 o’clock that morning but did not receive any answer. After waiting a few minutes y. “Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. I—Nine men and two.women were in the jury hox temnorarily today for the resumption Weather Conditions of the trial of Madelynne Obenchain,! [Low pressure areas cover the upper chareed with the murder of J. Belton , Mississippi Valley and the northern be Kennedy. plateau region while high _ pre: ff glazing off the scalp, but the second to his death. plowed directly through the head, the in Taylor's hou hall stonping at the back of the head floor above t lion tons, the commerce department announces, e in a closet on the;the Indiana, New York navy yard; one which the mur- | the Montana, Mare Island navy yard; where it can be felt. ider was committed. According to , the Noun caroline Sortalk: uy Wn Pauheld eutterea’d “strone’ ‘of| Mabel, Normand. Taylor kept these;vard; the lows, Newnort News, s eee ke age letters in a drawer of his desk on ‘building and Dry Dock company, and {ORLANDO FAILS strong northerl. ; ; raly this spri Massochusetts, Bethlehem Shipbuild- hetapainc re fo. ——— prevails over Canadian northwest. eee Te nig nhvsical condition was, lower floor. «cling eorporation, Four. River, (Mass, T ET CABINET @ again rang her phone and on re- HOOVER SUBMITS Rain or snow has continued over tir | Heved me ; rae | The centralized investigation will Serie waaratsa “orders cuenenilaa ‘OG ceiving no answer went upstairs and FAMINE REPORT Washington, Feb. 9 — Secretary Hoover was understond to have sib- mitted to President Harding a report | on the activity of certain Russian famine relief organizations and their supnosed connection with the Russian Soviet government, act. ponsible for h Pacific coast states but elsewhere the | Tes weather has been generally fair. The temperature is considerably above normal over the Rocky Mountain re-| gion but near normal pver plains states and Mississippi valley. Read- ings are below zero over the Canadian northwest. follow ATLA MOURE beer. arestioned efore, Questioning of a number of film di- A, rectors, two of whom have been ex- d- amined by police. é “Questioning of at least four motion (Continued on Page 5) Commissioner of Agriculture J. G | Kitchen. is in TaMoure today to ORRIS W. ROBERTS, dress a farmers’ institute on the sub-| Meteorologist. ' of “Farm Credits and Marketing.” i WA | Questioning of veral wealthy and L KITCHEN SPE A KS jnflvential prodncers. one of whom has on six battle cruisers as follows: xington, Bethlehem ‘Shipbuilding corporation; Constellation, Newport | News Shipbuilding,and Dry Dock com- ‘pany; Saratoga, New York Shipbuild- ing corporation; Ranger, Newport |News Shipbuilding and Dry Dpck tcompany: Constitution and United pee Philadelphia ‘navy yard. London, Feb. $—-Former Premier Orlando of Italy has failed in an ef- fort to form a new cabinet in succes. sion to the Ponomi ministry, accord- ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Rome. | The longest of Shakespeare’s- plays rapped at her door but received no reply. He then went downstairs, swept out the office, took the skeleton keys which were hanging on a hook, went back to the door of room 30, rapped and received no reply, un- locked the door, went into the room about three steps, saw that the girl jis “Hamlet,” with 3930 lines. ( (Continued on Page 6)