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| The(Weather CONTINUED COLD © FORTIETH YEAR THE BIS C TRIBUNE Last Edition BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 722 PRICE FIVE CENTS BIG U. S. AIRSHIP EXPLODES - DEFENDANT HURTS OWN CASE BY RETRACTIONS, GENERAL OPINION; ARGUMENT INCAS! Introduction of Testimony in Murder Case Finally Concluded and Argument Postponed Over Legal Holiday Because of IIl- ness of States Attorney 7 a Valley City, N. D., Feb. 21. the William Gummer murder case was terminated at 10:40 a. m. when adjournment was taken until 10 a. m. Thursday at which time arguments to the jury will States Attorney W. C. Green, who has been ill since Sunday, was unable to proceed today with the argument. 2 One of the concluding features was the testimony of A. T. Bergeson, of Willmar, that he had arrested a man in Willmar in‘ 1918 by the name of James Farrell but:had not seen him since. The name “Farrell” is on the reg- ister of the Prescott hotel sf the day on which was committed the vaurder in that hotel of Miss | wiane Wick and of which the state accused Gummer* of perpetrating. James > Milligan, a deputy ~ sheriff, denied.that he had choked Gummer on | the morning of June 15 when officials were interviewing Gummer. Refute Gummer Testimony The early portion of the morning session was given over tu the rebuttal ~ evidence of the gtate. Gummer this morning heard state witnesses on the stand attempt to break down portions of the testimony that he gave while on the stand and he also saw the state attack the cred- ibility of other of the defense wit- nesses. "i Mrs. A. Thompson, proprietress of the rooming house in Fargo in which Gummer and Andy Bnown, his room- mate, reside, was called by the de- fense for further cross examination. Denies Brown’s Statement She testified yesterday that she did not call Brown the morning of the murder while Brown had testified she did call him. This morning Mrs. Thompson denied that she had told Ray Davis and a Mrs. Bush that she had called ‘Brown. William Welsh and Al McDonald, members pf the Fargo police force, were called by the state to refute the testimony of Don Storlie, a private detective, that he, Storling, bent a hatpin and used it in picking the lock of a door for ‘Welsh and McDonald between 6 and 7, the evening after the murder. Welsh: and McDonald both stated.-that-they searched the ho:el between one and two in the afternoon and that the only locked door was op- ened wih a key Welsh obtained. at the office. : Given Severe Grilling. Gummer was subjected to a severe grilling by State’s Attorney Green before his cross-examination was com- pleted. yesterday, and the general opinion was that he had injured his own Case by his testimony. Gummer contradicted several state- ments he had made in direct examin- ation last Wednesday. He claimed he had not said under direct gamina- tion that be had told Brown he was in room 30- before he called Fred Lawrence. When the transcript of the direct examination was read to him, dn which he made that statement, Gum- mer said that the statement was un- true as shown by the evidence. He didn’t know why he had made it. Asked by Green as to what he re- membered of the conditions of room 30 when he went in to awaken Marie Wick at 6 o'clock the morning follow- ing the purder, Gummer said that he felt there was something wrong but that he did not see that her hands were tied; didn’t see the bloody rags covering her face; did not see the blood stains on the wall and in fact, did not see anything wrong in the room but “iust felt” that everything wasn’t right. * Can't Explain, “Tf you didn’t sée anything wrong in the room and didn’t see anything to indicate to you that the girl was dead or had been murdered, then why were you afraid to ell Lawrence about it?” “T didn’t want to be the person to, find her in ‘that condition.” i “But, you didn’t know she had been Killed.‘ What do you mean by ‘that condition?’~ - i “Well, I thought something was} (Continued on Page 7) SPEAKERS FOR DAIRY MEETING | ARE SELECTED| Five or six of the speakers who will be present at the convention of the} North Dakota Dairymen’s association at Minot have heen selected and have accepted the invitation to be present and speak. The-convention convenes March 7, and continues until and in-| cluding the 9th. Announcement that| the speakers had agreed to be pres-| iotg ent was made today by Robert Flint,| secretary of the association and also; state dairy commissioner. Among the speakers will be J. G.) Winkjer of the lairy division of the| department of Agriculture, and Roy) C. Potts of the U. S. Bureau of Mar- kets and Crop Estimates, also of: Washington. Prof. C. H. Eckles of the Minnesota Agricultural College, andj Prof. O. A. Barton of the North Da- kota Agricultural College will be pres- ent, as will E. W. Bennett of St. Paul,! the dairy expert of the Northern Pa-; * cific raflroad. A pumber of other speakers are in prospect, but the final word of ac- ceptance has not been received.from them and also from one of 'the de- vartments which is expected to sup- WAR INSURANCE ASE ON THURSDAY — Introduction ‘of testimony in be commenced. INSURANCE CO. WILL INVEST IN NO. DAKOTA North Dakota has been added to the list of states in which one of the largest life Insurance com- panies in the country will make inyestments on homes and on farm property through loans, Representatives oi the company were here today conferring with Commissioner ‘of Insurance S. A. Olsness and with local bankers. Under the proposed plan, loans would be made in five or six .of the larger cities of the state to persons who desire to build homes the loans being repaid on a ten- ~ | year amortization plan. Farm Jeans also would be made by the concern, Commissioner of Insurance Ols- ness expressed the. belief that the company will invest a great amount of. money in North Da- kota, at comparatively low interest rates. Representatives of the company who were here said that they would make the loans on homes provided they received re- quired cooperation from various interests in the cities, KNIGHTS HERE \Mr. Shepard, of First National,: CHIEF FIGURE IN BOUNDARY TILT Don Jose M. Orellana, provisional president of Guatemala, is occupying a delicate position due to the bound-| ary dispute between Guatemala and Honduras which threatens at any time to. break out in armed. conflict. Guatemala hag asked the United States to arbitrate the Central Amer- ican dispute. This is the first pic- ture of Orellana to’reach the United States, HAIL WARRANTS "OME IN FAST Handles $400,000 in Day F. E. Shepard of the First National bank of Bismarck handled $400,000. of hail warrants in his firht day’s work as the representative of the Twin Cities companies which are paying 98 for the 1921 paper. Even at that, about $100.000 worth were un-opened letters on his desk waiting his atten- sion. Most of the hail warrants re- ceived the first day were from banks wro haye been awating the announce- ment of the conclusion of the negotia-. ions for the sale, Considerable work is involved for a number of people in the handling of the hail warrants. First of all the; warrants reach Mr. Shepard and,are listed. by him and the drafts writen ARBINSPECTED Banquet Precedes Event Held At Masonic Temple Tancred Commander No. 1, Knights Templar, was inspected last night at the Masonic temple by E. S. Person, f Minot, of the grand commandery. Preceding the inspection there was a banquet. About 50 Knights Tem- nlar were present, including many from Mandan. The Bismarck com- mandery was given a good rating by the inspecting officer. Mr. Person left for Dickinson, where he inspects the commandery tonight, and Wednesday night he inspects the Mandan commandery. It is expected that a’ number of Bismarck Knights Templar will go to Mandan to witness the ‘inspection. DIRECTOR DIES New York, Feb. 21.—Col. R. G. Cholmeley-Jones, formerly director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. died at the Presbyterian hospital early today. He had been ill at the hospital since October 30, last. Col. Cholmeley-Jones. who was 38 years old, was twice rejected for mil- itary service during the war, but the government recognizing} his ability as an organized gave him a captain’s commission in the Adjutant-General’s department and sent him overseas with the war risk section. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 21.—Abducted by unscrupulous Latin-Spaniards into a veritable “hell-hole’ in Panama through ‘promises of stardom as solo- ist in a prominent cafe and romanti- cally rescued ‘by an ensign in the United States navy as she was about to become the victim of a Giant Jamaican, Ruth Baughman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Baughman of Grand Forks, University of North’ Da- alumnae and well known throughout North Dakota as an ama- teur entertainer, startled United States officials with her story of conditions in Panama which has started both American and British governments on an investigation of what is rumored | to be the most gigantic slavery plot ever unearthed. Miss Baughman recently returned to New York, according to dispatches from here and disclosures already made have resulted in charges: That thousands of young British and American girls, aspiring to de- velop their musical talents have been sold to the uncouth natives of Pana- ma and Central America. That agents of a well-organized | scheme have invaded the girl hostel- ties of New York, London and other vly at least one speaker for the con-j ty vention. NORTH DAKOTA GIRL EXPOSES VICE RING IN LATIN-AMERICAN UNDERWORLD, for the persons sending’ in ‘the war- rants, Then five lists, in carbon, giv- ing “numbers, denominations and names, and then the warrants pro- ceed to the state house where the proper officers identify the warrants and sign the proper certificates as ar- ranged for in the contract, recently constructed by the supreme court, The warrants are ‘left in the posses-j sion of the state treasurer. The sign- ed certificates are then returned toj Mr. Shepard, to be forwarded to Min-| neapolis. Upon notice from Minne-! apolis that the receipts have been re-| ceived, he dispatches the drafts to the} sellers. In the course’ of the transaction, at Jeast four men will handle each one of the hail warrants. A little more! than 23,000 different warrants were: written and it is expected that at least two-thirds of them will be pre- sented for sale to the Minneapolis firms for purchase. Thus each of the four men will handle between fifteen and sixteen thousand pieces of paper. SIOUX COUNTY PLANS TO BOND, Ft. Yates, N. D., Feb. 21.—A resolu-; tion was passed at the last special meeting of the county commissioners | authorizing the issuance of $5,000 of, feed and. seed bonds for the purpose of aiding those Sioux county farme: who could not otherwise put in a crop} this spring. This action was taken by reason of! a petition praying for such a hond issue and signed by the requisite num-| ber of bona fide Sioux county farmers which was presented the commission- ers at this meeting. glittering inducements to promising young entertainers. That, once in Panama, they find themselves shut out from all the world with a mist degraded type of tropically beastial men. That, when they refuse to obey the terms of these men, they are whipped '|Miners’ Head Also Asks For. {coal mine and railway union leaders DEBATE PACT /that “no adjustment or understand-| j of Congress LEWIS PUTS UP HIS PROPOSALS. 10 UNION MEN Outlines “Defensive Alliance” in Which He Asks Rail Men . To Join Miners | CONFERENCE IS , HELD Conference of Mine Owners on Wage Matters Chicago, Feb. 21—“A defense alli- ance” was up for discussion today by who assembled on the invitation of John L, Lewis, president of the United | ‘Mine Workers of America. Fifteen of the sixteen major rail- way unions accépted Lewis’ invitation to participate in the conference. Just to what extent the railway unions’ | representatives will enter into the al-| liance has not been indicated, ‘REQUESTS CONFERENCE Chicago, Feb. 21—President John L, ‘Lewis of the United Mine Workers | of America today asked coal operators. of the central competitive field com- prising the states of Illinois, Ohio and also western Pennsylvania to meet} with union officials at Cleveland on March 2nd for a _ wage conference |} which he said might avert the impend- ing strike. Similar requests have been reject- ed by some operators who said that they wished to discontinue collective bargaining with the miners. { REDUCTION IN BINDER TWINE Minnesota Institution Announ- ces Cuts to be Mad: St. Paul, Feb. -21—Reduction in| the price of binding twiné, which will | save the farmers of the northwest be- | tween $900,000 xed” $2,000,000. were’ announced by the’ state board of con |. trol. Price reductions on different! grades of twine range from 3 1-4'to 4/ cents a pound. Ralph W. Wheelock, a member of the board, said that lower prices of raw materials have | made possible these reductions. The! raw material is being purchased | through brokers and the so-called j twine trust of a few years ago has been broken up, Mr, ‘Wheelock said. | Reductions in the farm machinery manufactured inthe state prison} where twine is also manufactured, | were decreased several weks ago. Mr. | Wheelock estimates that’ the saving: to the farmers of the northwest | through these reductions will be be-| tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. ' ONE KILLED IN "STRIKE: RIOT 1 Pawtucket, . I., Feb. 21.—One ; man was killed, two seriously wound- | ed and six were hurt when the police! used riot guns today on a crowd of 100 persons who were gathering at the plant of the Jenckes Spinning company where a strike is in prog-! ress. The guns were brought into} play when several patrolmen had! been knocked down after the arrest; of three strike sympathizers. IN COMMITTEE Washington, Feb. 21.—A reservation; to the four-power treaty providing ‘ings” reached under its provisions shall be binding without the consent; was debated for two! hours by the senate foreign relations | committee today without action but! with a majority of the members in-; dicating their general approval. WINS CASE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF | the message read in part. ing myself Washington, Feb, 21—A bill by Senator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, providing $5,000,- 000 for government loans to farm- ers to buy seed grain dnd feed for livestock was reported favorably by the senate agricultural com- mittee. ~ It is designed principally to aid farmers of North Dakota and Montana in drouth.stricken re- ions. Of the $5,000,000, one million would be available for loans for INDIAN SERVICE AIDS APPOINTED Ft. Yates, N. D., Feb. 21—The ap- pointment of two new Indian service employees to act as farmers in charge} of the Kenel and Little Eagle stations | on the Standing Rock, reservation has recently been authorized by the In-} dian office. . Antoine De Rockbraine has been appointed for the Little Eagle dis- trict. The farmer to have charge of the Kenel district has not yet been named. , YOUNG WOMAN TAKRS POISON Leaves Note Addressed to Physi- cian in Duluth Minneapolis, Feb. 21—A young wo- man, well dressed, who regigtered at a hotel under the name of Mss Marie Norman, of Duluth, committed’siicide early today by swallowing poison, She left a note addressed to a Du- luth physician, whose name, was kept secret by W. F. Widon, deputy county coroner, ‘but the motivefor the act was not made plain, “I have never had anyone speak to Me as you did, and I never will again” “Iam tak- t of your life)” | She further directed. in’ the note that the sum of $5, which she left, sisters, Annie and Mary, PIONEER DIES AT AGE OF 82 E. E. Searls, of Napoleon, Suc- cumbs After Long Illness The body of E. E. Searles, retired farmer of Napoleon, who succumbed at a local hospital following a long illness, was sent to Napoleon today for. burial . Mr. Searles, who was 82 years of age, was a pioneer of Logan county} and had been a farmer for many years, but ad retired and had been living ‘n Napoleon. He had been ill in a; hospital for two and a half months, his death being due to a complica- tion of diseases and to senility. Mr. Searles was well knawn and highly respected. ba BRISSMAN CASE IS POSTPONED | Filing of an affidavit of prejudice against District Judge Nuessle halted; the proceedings in the Brissman case, up in district court on an order to Justice of the Peace Thistlethwaite to show cause why further proceedings should not be suspended.’ The affi- davit, was filed by Joseph, Coghlan on behalf of Justice Thistlethwaite, The matter will go to the supreme} court, Judge Nuessle giving ‘his opin-| ion that an affidavit of prejudice did) pot lie in such cases. Proceedings, were postponed until Thursday. | _Today’s Weather I For twenty-four hours ending at; noon, Feb. 21. Temperature at 7 a. m. 15) Highest yesterday 1R) Lowest yesterday [Lowest last night, Precipitation... Highest wind velocity . 15-NE| Weather Forecast GARRISON LAND! The supreme court, in an opinion with blacksnake lashes and otherwise! tortured in public, an “entertain-; ment” for which admission is charged.| Government Steps Taken, t This gigantic wholesalery of Amer-| ican girls into the jaws of such un-j speakable conditions might be con- tinued unending, but for thé interven- tion of the young navy ensign and the stubbornness of the fight put up by! Miss Baughman and a companion, Ann Mason, a New York showgirl, accord- ing to their story. As it is the Panama consulate in New York, -at govern- ment request, is refusing passports to showgirls in alleged theatrical groups; the Panama railroad, operating the principal steamer lines, will refuse nassage unless the girls’ managers are well and favorably known and the Actors’ Equity association @@ England is publishing broadcast warnings against signing contracts with ques- tionable managers ‘who promise fame large cities in search of prey, offering and fortune in’ the alluring tropic handed down today, reserves the d cision of Judge Nuessle of distri court in the case of Nels K. Mogaard; against the city council of Garrison, ; by which Mogaard is permitted to withdraw 40 acres of land from the corporate limits pf the city. H The case was on appeal from an; order dismissing the plaintiff’s ac- tion. The plaintiff had formally re- auested the council to permit with- drawal of 40 acres of land, unim- proved, from the city and the city} council refused on the ground that there was a part of a main sewer system on a portion of the ground. It was the second time the case had been up. In the meantime the legis- lature had made a new enactment covering withdrawal of lands from the city- Town Criers Meet. The.Town Criers club will mect to- tonight and Wednesday; cold wave with temperature five to ten below) | zero Wednesday morning; strong east to north winds. | For North Dakota: and Wednesday: Snow tonight colder, strong east to north winds. . Weather Conditions A high pressure area of great ex- tent covers Canada and the northern states with rapidly decreasing pres- sure towards the southwestern stat where a low pressure storm area is central. This area will move east- ward probably accompanied by gen- eral snowfall over the northern states, and followed by a cold wave. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. JIMTOWN LOSES Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 21—Valley City high school quint easily defeated night at 8 o’clock in room 705;,of the McKenzie hotel. ) Jamestown on the latter’s floor last night, 23 to 12. BILL INTRODUCED TO PROVIDE LOANS TO FARMERS T0 PURCHASE SEED GRAIN, FEED) MAINTENANCE OF should be divided. between her two i ‘seems so prevalent. inot regarded as serious. i For Bismarck and Vicinity: Snow) A. S ORDINANCE | livestock f€eding and the balance for seed grain. The loans would be limited to $300 for each appli- cant and based upon chattels or crop mortgages to secure the loan. Senators McCumber and Ladd, North Dakota, Republicans, and Walsh, Montana, Democrat, ap- peared today before the commit- tee to urge/the relief fund appro- priation. They described the situ- ation in southwestern North Da- kota and eastern Montana as des- perate. ASKS BIDS FOR COUNTY ROADS Commissioners Take Steps Ta! Keep Roads in Condition | ‘During Summer MEASURE OF ECONOMY! Burleigh County Will Not Issue} Seed Bonds During Pres- | ent Year County commissioners of Burleigh county will receive bids on March 8 for the maintenance of three high- ways in the county during the work- ing season, from about April until October. The new policy is taken in’ the be-! lief that the work can be done more economically in this manner, and in) the conviction that it is economy to| maintain roads on whch a great deal of money has been spent in consbruc- tion. The letting of contracts for road maintenance is a new plan in} this section of the state, although ii has been tried in many eastern states. The roads to be maintained are} the Red Trail, the Black trail, from DIVES HUNDREDS OF FEET; MANY PEOPLE ABOARD Giant Roma, Largest Semi-Rigid Dirigible Destroyed Over Hampton Roads FEAR MUCH LOSS OF LIFE Reported To Have Carried Forty To Fifty Passengers On Fatal Trip FEARED MANY ARE DEAD Norfolk, Va. Feb. 21.—One and one-half hours after the ex- plosion of the Roma, it is claim- ed that there are anywhere from six to forty dead of the fifty persons who were aboard: the airship. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21.—The Army dirigible Roma, pur- ichased by the United States gov- ernment from Italy and only re- cently commissioned was de- stroyed by an explosion while operating over the Hampton Roads naval base. The big aircraft believed to be carrying a number of passeng- ers, landed in flames near the naval base. ‘ Soon after she fell four men were taken off a portion of the ship. The heat of the flames was so in- tense that those near where the craft fell were unable to approach. The four men rescued were badly burned. The Roma, which was the largest semi-rigid airship‘in the world, was sailing in a southeasterly direction when, according to obstxvers, she sud- . denly burst into flames and fell. The explosion wrecked the airship. 40 Reported Aboard, Bismarck to Wilton, and the road from Wilton east to the Kidder coun-| y line. Each road is divided into, three sections on which separate con. tracts: will be let. Contractors” will} drag the roads,.fill in chuck-holes, ete. | : The county commissioners will not} issue any seed bonds this year, under; present plans, because they feel the; financial situation of the county does not permit. There is a bond issue of! $100,000 now outstanding, of which| $25,000 is to be paid March 1., The} county is in generally good financial’ condition, according to Auditor John- son, and warrants are issued only! on the road and bridge funds, which| are not being drawn upon to great ex-| tent at this time. It is said there has| not been much demand for issuance of seed bonds. ‘ FUNDING DEBT BODY NOMINATED Washington, Feb. 21—Nomination of Secretary Mellon, Secretary! Hughes, Secretary ‘Hoover, Senator! Smoot and Representative Burton to} be members of the allied gebt-fund- ing commission will be sent to the senate today, it was announced at) the White House. MANY SUFFER FROM ILLNESS, Bismarck, as well as many other} cities and towns, appears to be in the! grip of grippe just now. Many cases have been diagnosed as | influenza in somewhat milder form! than the epidemic of the winter of! 1918-1919, and one physician has re- | ported a case of recurrence of influ-| enza, the patient having suffered an attack .threa years ago. A large number of employes of the state capitol and of other hus\nete houses have been absent from their work and many now aro ill with in- fluenza, grippe or similar ailments. | A visitor front Baldwin said that | nearly everybody in the town has suf- | fered an attack of the illness which} The number of; contagious diseases in the city, how-| ever, is not as large as in December, | and the present apparent epidemic is | BE ENFORCED, District Judge W. L. Nuessle, in conference with City Attorney H. F. Authorities at Langley field, i home station of the Roma and the point at which she was assembled after being shipped from Italy said that fully 40 men were aboard the big airship but whether there was loss of life had not been ascertained a half hour after she was seen to burst into flames. Reports from Portsmouth, which is near the naval base, said the Roma took a slanting plunge of hundreds of feet, struck the corner of one of the buildings, and exploded. A sheet of flames leaped from the gas bag and the passenger compart- ment slung underneath dropped 20 feet to the ground. ne Leaps in Alr, Other officials at Langley field, said there were 21 men in the official crew of the airship and 30 or 40 passengers and enlisted men aboard. One man was seen by observers at the Standard Oil company’s plant at Sewell’s Point to jump from the ship while she was still several hundred feet in the air. REPORT 35 PERISH. Boston, Feb. 21.—It is reported here at the navy yard by naval wireless from Washington that 35 of the 50 men aboard the Roma perished in the fall. HASTINGS OUT ON $1,600 BOND J. J. Hastings, charged with em- bezzlement in connection with affairs of the Scandinavian-American bahk of Fargo, gave bail in the amount of $1,500 in Fargo yesterday and was re- leased from jail. RIVETING ON BRIDGE COMPLETE Structural work upon the Missouri river bridge between Bismarck and Mandan has been completed. Paint- ers have been instructed to report here about the middle of March to put ‘the finishing touches on the steel and shortly after the gangs who lay the concrete and asphalt flooring will make their appearance. The flooring will take practically fifty days to complete, or practically two months from the time of beginning. SURRATT LEAVES TODAY Grand Forks, 'N. D., Feb. 21—A. J. Surratt, for several years govern- ment statistician for North Dakota, with headquarters. at Grand Forks, left Saturday for Springfield, IIL, ‘e which prohibits admission of \girls under 18 years of age to tho |dance halls. It was suggested , that proprietors be informed they must as- certain the uge of the girl before ad- | mission, | 8 | MARRIED 57 YEARS | Leeds, N. D., Feb. 21—Mr. and Mrs. | A. J. Garry celebrated their 57th wed- ding anniversary by entertaining many friends. NEW CHURCH OPENED Williston, N. D., Feb. 21—The new Trinity Lutheran church here was first used by the public at a dinner ‘and entertainment last week in com- memoration of its completion, It will also be used immediately for religious services, y cold wave ' O'Hare, asked that steps be taken by! where he will hold a similar position | west portion with temperature five or |the city to enforce the dance hall or- | with the government. jten below zero Wednesday morning; | dinanc | SCHOOL SELLS $25,000 BONDS |, Fessenden, N. D., Feb. 21—Reject- |ing all sealed bids, the Oshkosh school district offered and sold at auction 000 of 6 per cent bonds to the Minnesota Loan and Trust company. The purchaser is to pay all expenses connected with the bond issue. ? Runs Away Information has been received here that Esther Nixon, who was sent from the state training school to the Flor- ence Crittenton home in Fargo, ran away from that institution, and is thought to have gone to Wisconsin or to Canada. 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