The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 3

2g RDAY, FEBRUARY 25 24 SENATORIAL * VACANCIES OPEN TO COMPETITION Hot Time Looked For In The June Primaries—15 Held By Leaguers LIEDERBACH AMONG THEM Twenty-four places in the North Dakota state senate will be open to competition of candidates in the June primaries. Just what party badge it will be nossible for a candidate te find and retain until the votes are counted seems to be a matter of much :nore doubt. Well informed politicians are beginning to express the opinion, however, that ‘as far as state offices are concerned there will be not more than two tickets in the field, but they refuse to make a guess as to the pus- sibility or probability of party regu- larity during/the early scramble. ‘A glance at the direetory of the last senate shows that the mon whose four years’ term of office ends this ycar were in 15 instances classed as Non- partisan while the political affiliations of*the others were not listed. Of the men retaining their seats in the sen- ate and who will, in the nature of things, be present at the beginning of’ the next session, the directory lists 11 as Nonpartisan. ’ The most notable name of the 24 whose owners must seek re-election or pass from the activities of thesenate is that of A. A. Liederbacl of the 48th district, made up of Mercer, Oliver and Dunn counties. Mr. Liederbach, while for the past several months in California, is the chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the Nonpartisan League ,the organization in charge of \! the activities of the party in the state. ‘The districts in which elections take place, with the names of the men rep- resenting the district in the last legis- lative session, follows: 2 (Part of Ward)—John E. Fleck- ton, Niobe. 4 (Part of Walsh)—P. J. Murphy, Grafton. 6 (Part of .Gra E Whitman, GrandForks. 8 (Traill)—H. H. McNair, Portland. 10 (Part of Cass)—A. G. Storstad, Horace. 12 (Part of Richland)—E. M. Nel- son, Fairmount. 14 (Ransom)—Peter A. Berg, En- glevale. i 16 (Steele and Griggs)—John L. Miklethun, Wimbledon. 18 (Cavalier)—W. K. Porter, Cal- vin. / 20 (Benson)—W. J. Church, York. 22 (Towner)—D. J. Beisel, New- ville. 24 (LaMoure) — E. A. Bowman, Kulm. 26 (Emmons and Kidder) — T. J. Kelsch, Fullerton. 28 (Bottineau) A. M. Hagan, Westhope. 30 (Morton)—F. W. Mees, Glen Ul- lin. 32 (Eddy and Foster)—0. H. Olson, New Rockford. 34 (Part of McHenry)—E. H. Ken- dall, Norwich. 36 (McIntoshand~-Logan)— Jacob Schrenk, Ashley. 38 (Part of Barnes)—C. H. Nolti- mier, Valley City. | 40 (Burke and Divide)—Ralph In- gerson, Flaxton. 42 (Pierce) — Andrew Oksendahl, Tunbridge. 44 (Mountrail) — R. W. Patten, Plaza. . 46 (McLean)—R. I. Fraser, Garri- T son. * 48 (Mercer, Oliver and Dunn)—A. A. Liederbach, Killdeer. Three big Vaudeville acts, big] !!* feature picture and Donald Mc- Donald’s orchestra supreme, at the Auditorium Monday night. |¢ Sooo | B.S. ENGE, D. C. Ph, CG - Chiropractor oa Consultation Free Suite 9. 11—Lucas Block- Ballads , | night. JURY TAKES BUT ONE BAL- LOT IN FINDING HOTEL CLERK GUILTY (Continued from Page 1) Mminary examination, held Gummer responsible. At that time Coroner B. F, Moore said the verdict which was returned July 3, after Gummer was bound over for trial, had been previously reached ‘but it was thought advisable not to make it known until after the hear- ing. Gummer’s preliminary hearine which, according to officials, was to prove that there was probable cause. to believe he had committed the mur- der, ended July 2 without the hotel clerk taking the stand. At the hearing State’s Attorney Green introduced a statement which he alleged Gummer made to him ad- mitting that he had visited the girl's room about 6:30 on the morning of June 7, a half hour before anyone else knew of the crime. Gummer said that Miss Wick had left.a call for 6 o’clock, and that he made his way into her room with a pass key only (after he had failed to receive a re- sponse to repeated telephone calls. Shocked and afraid that he might be ‘accused, of the crime if he made known his discovery, Gummer said he went back to his desk in the hotel lobby and after waiting 15 minutes informed Fred Lawrence, son of the hotel proprietor, that he was unable to get any response from the occu- pant of the room. Lawrence, he said, told him to look over the transom, and he then announced his discov- ery. Fix Time of Crime According to the authorities, the time of the crime was fixed at about 4 o'clock on the morning of June 7, through testimony of a chambermaid at the preliminary hearing. The maid, who had a room directly above that occupied by Miss Wick, said that she was awakened at that hour by sounds which she likened to ‘blows. from a baseball bat.” She said that ‘she was unable to locate the sounds but declared she heard movements in the room below. Soon afterward, she said, she heard someone leave the room. Guests at the hotel who occupied Tooms next to the death chamber de- clared that they heard nothing to disturb them at any time during the In addition to the bloodsoaked bed clothing presented at the preliminary hearing, the state also introduced the fire hose nozzle with which it con- tended the crime was committed and VAUDEVILL BURNS AND KLEIN a pair of bloody trousers, found in ‘the basement of the Prescott Hotel about a week after the crime, after that part of the basement had been previously searched thoroughly. Gum- mer denied that the trousers belonged to him and their ownership was not established. Nozzle is Used The nozzle had -been taken from a fire hose in the corridor and after ‘being used to beat Miss Wick about the head, was washed and replaced. Bits of haif and skin still clung to the nozzle when it was brought into the court room, but no finger prints could be obtained from it. . ‘| A hatpin, bent in such a manner} that it could be slipped through the| key hole and used to manipulate the| key in the lock from: the outside, also! was introduced. Investigation had | room was locked from the inside and | that the key was still- in the lock when her body was found. MINUTES THE BOARD. OF -CITY COMMI SIONERS Monday evening, Februar: The Board City Comm @ OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF | \ | ¢ aI Thompson a The minutes of the me ved that the Commissioner motion, The of, Commis: A the Board of City Com missioners adjourned to mee in Mon- evening, March 6th, 1922, at eight o'clock, P.M. is Attest: M. H. ATKINSON, City Auditor. Hot Water Bottles. Seamless. | \Guaranteed. Special.98c. Bres-) lows. ~ —in— _ Comedy ‘Chatter, Interpreted with Sensational and Comedy Songs. " “THE SPENDERS ” - By Harry Leon Wilson. Feature Photo play revealed that the door to Miss Wick’s | § THE INDUSTRIAL AUDIT 1S NOW ABOUT. FINISHED Few Audits Have Been More Thorough Than The One In Present Case. 5 DEPARTMENTS AUDITED Auditors, working upon the records of the Bank of North Dakota and the various industries under the control of the Industrial Commission expect- ed to complete their work by tonight and return to Minneapolis where the vast amount of material gathered wii! be reduced into the eonfines of a final report, ‘The audit has been exhaustive, and when the report is finally made, state officials expect to have not only an exact statement of the conditions~of the bank and the industries but to have the benefit of the deductions of the accountants as to methods of re- ducing Icsses or of making earnings larger. ‘ew, audits have been more thor- pugh than the one made in the: pres- ent case. No effort has been too greai vv truce each transaction through all ‘of its\details. Analysis was made of ail paris of the industries including the cost of operation, the relations of salaries to costs, of travel to costs and so on through the long list of details. , The audits were divided into the following: The Bank of North Dakota. The Farm Loan Assocfation. The Home Builders’ Association.”~ The Mill and Elevator Association. The Werner Creamery. It is conceded that the audit of the bank will show, little change from the statements of conditions given out by Mr. Greene since he ‘thas been in charge. That the analysis of the de- posits and loans made and the inter- est paid may lead to predictions as to whether the bank may be a con- tinual liability or a possible later as set is also predicted, ..This depart- ment of the report has beén the task of a former federal bank examiner, now in the employ of the auditing company. . t ie Some interest is also manifested in .the completed audit of the Werner Creamery. Books and records of this institution were in such sliape it was n sary to call for the records of the companies with which they did business to straighten out the tan- gle. Only some good luck in the final days of the hunt enabled the auditors to find some of the items. Another item of interest is the showing the present company will ff the Drake mill TAS TIME TONIGHT | DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS “The Three Musketeers’ THE BISMARCK.TRIBUNE for the few months it has been un- der. the direction of the present. ad- ministration with a better business management in charge of its sales policy. COUNTY AGENT OUT T0 OBTAIN ‘HAY FOR STATE George H. Ilse, of Mandan, Goes to Northern Minnesota to Make Purchase Fargo, N. D., Feb. 25.—Hundreds of cattle met their death from starvation ‘duning the past week in Morton. coun- ty, while a similar condition prevails throughout the southern part of the (Missouri Slope country, was the dec- laration made here today County Agent George H. Ilse of Mandan, who \is enroute to northern Minnesota in search of hay for farmers of his county, “We have shipped in 75 cafloads of hay this’ month and have about 60 's on the way,” said Mr. Ilse. “We will-need from ‘a hundred to two hundred more cars to pull through. The reduction in freight ra and feed offered by the this district has helped the si and is saving, the farmer: dollars per ton, the h from $16 to $19 delivered there. “The blizzard of the last few days had made the situation more serious, as the branch lines;are not running and it ig impossible to deliver what little hay has been received for the farmers on these lines, Several far- mers who were unable to get money ‘at the banks to. purchase feed drove their cattle into town and turned the herds over to the bankers, declaring that they would have to feed them. Cattle are eating bark off the trees, and I saw one farmer grinding willow twigs for cattle feed. “It is a significant fact that here and there are farmers who are not worrying about the. feed situation. Invariably ‘there are individuals who have gotten away from the one crop idea, and who raised a considerable amount of corn, sweet clover, millet or other feed crops last year.” Dance every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday evenings at 8:30 at The Coliseum, formerly Baker’s Hall, newly‘redecorated. 10c per dance. Call 34—33—for Brown & Jones. Children under 12 years can see Vaudeville shows at Auditor- ium for Ten Cents in the gallery. Special Matinee Coming Monday David Belasco’s Famous Stage Play ‘“THE HEART OF MARYLAND” Admission, Adults 30e. Children, 10c. Tuesday at 4:15 On Account of Only Three Acts Being on the Program The Admission Wi \ APITO THEATRE L E--AUDITORIUM One Performance Only, Starting at Eight O’clock Sharp “SONGS AND SCENES” A BIG FEATURE ACT WITH 5 PEOPLE Special Scenery and Beautiful Costumes. 28c. Children 10c. ll Be As Follows: Low PAGE THREE TOWNLEY GIVES CHANGED PLAN Tells Nebraska Leaguers That Politicians Should be Allowed To Have Offices “GREEN TIMBER” FAILS Lincoln; Neb., Feb. 25.—In a speech which occupied three hours, A. C. Townley, national president, told, the Nebraska Nonpartisan league state convention here that the tactics now ypursued by the league make impos- sible any lasting or substantial vic- tory, and that until the fight can be shifted from the league itself nothing can be won, He said the thing to do. is to play practical politics, -He said he was forced to this conclusion by the fact that in , the first place, the league cannot win the offices; secondly, if they do win them they cannot hold them, and that lost~ ly “too many rascals and incompe- tents were put into office by the league.” : He said the league began its exist- ence by. saying it would have no deal- ings with the politicians, “Tt went out in the woods and got some mighty green timber, some of which afterwards proved pretty rot- )| ten, and tried to train it to play poli- tics against professionals,” he ob- served, Let Poltticians Have Oifices, “I bave come to this conclusion,” said Townley, “that the thing the politicians want most—the offices— is the cheapest things we can give them, The power of our program is not possession ‘of the offices, but in the minds of the people. So far as I am. concerned, the men we brought from the woods as green timber can go back. The league found itself ‘worse off ‘when, it got its own men ‘nto office because they were utterly untrained, and some of us were un- able to, train them, because we did not ourselves know practical politics or statecraft.” The speech of Mr. Tdéwnley was the Meature of the convention. The in- novations ‘he proposed occasioned lively comment by delegates follow- ing his departure for North Dakota. Ata late hour tonight the conven- tion was still in session without hav- ing completed its program, most of the evening meeting being taken up by speeches by party leaders. “All history is a continuous strug- gle of the ruling classes to maintain the dominance and keep the slave class in subjection. You, the farmers and workers, are the slaves of today. You are ruled by organized wealth,” he said. g Experience in North Dakota, “It is going to be a big job to put TONIGHT ONLY WM. DUNCAN in the ‘best Western story, ever produced “WHERE MEN ARE MEN” MUTT & JEFF COMEDY. MONDAY 3 MARY MILES MINTER —in— “TILLIE” Rial Theatre DONALD McDONALD’S MONDAY == NIGHT, these ruling classes out of business and.transform the slave class into a ruling class, That never has been done, so far as I know, except in North Dakota, and I’m not so sure it is going to stick there. Our setback there was the result of inexperienced men in the offi that had been oper- ated by politicians, coupled with the fact that 95 per cent of the influences were against us “If 85 per cent of the people would become educated to the program of the Nonpartisan league and to the need of its program, its success would be assured,” Mr. Townley said. “Ninety-five per cent of the people want to do what we want to do; they want to equalize the distribution of wealth and to assure a more equita- ble return to the farmers and factory workers for the products of their toil.” JUDGE OF HIGH COURT (Continued from Page 1) & That “hereafter during all times that the respondent occupies the bench ithat this court have present during any and all times when it may be in session the sheriff of Burleigh | county or one of ‘his duly appointed deputies and that the said sheriff anc those acting for him, through him, un- der him or by him authority be or- dered and directed to maintain prop- er order and decorum in this court; and that the said sheriff and‘his dep- uties be padticularly ordered, directed and instructed by this court to’ com- [" pel and exact from the respondent courteous, gentlemanly treatment to his associated judges and the counsel und litigants appearing before this court; and that upon the non-observ- ance cf this order by this respondent that the court order that the respond- ent be forcibly ejected from the court room and restrained from again en- tering same until such time as he shall have made proper apologies to the court and counsel whom he may have insulted, intimidated, annoyed or abused; all of which the plaintiffs themselves, the people of the state of North Dakota.and all persons haying business before this court” The Petitioners The petitioners are J. A. Manley, of New Rockford; R. Phelp, of Steele; J. A. Jorgenson, of Jamestown; Theo. Koffel, of Bismarck, and Oscar J. Seil- er, of Jamestown, secretary jof the Fourth District Bar association. 2 The petitioners filed as individuals and as represenfatives of the Bar As- sociation of the Fourth Judicial Dis- trict. There are 68 lawyers in the Fourth District Association. Dance every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday evenings at 8:30 at The Coliseum, formerly. Baker’s Hall, newly redecorated. 10c per dance. FOR RENT—Modern furnished room. Hot and cold water in room. 510 Fourth St. 2-25-1t FOR RENT—Small room for rent in modern house. Hot water heat. $6.00 per month. 402. Fifth St. Phone 768-M. 2-25-38 Take an inventory of your ward- robe and have your Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Needs 4 eared for by CITY CLEANERS & DYERS. We call for and deliver. ———ooOooo Farmers, Trappers—Attention LET US TAN YOUR HIDES AND FURS into useful articles, such a8 robes, coats, rugs, mittens, caps, fur sets or any kind of leather, If you prefer selling, send your fur to us for full market value. WRITE TODAY for FREE fur price list, tanning price. list and shipping tags. ‘The Bismarck Hide & Fur Ce. Bismarck, N, D. —————————— Bowery Dance This Evening—Legion Hall -In Connection with American Legion Circus. COME FOR A GOOD TIME in “I DID THEY LAUGH? We'll*Say They Did. THEY ROARED. You'll do the same when you see HAROLD LLOYD Also Showing BETTY COMPSON in...“THE LAW AND THE WOMAN” DO” LAST TIME TONIGHT ALVIN AND ALVIN EQUILIBRISTIC FEATS A Feature Novelty Act. Orchestra Supreme SEATS NOW ON SALE | ALL SEATS EXCEPT GALLERY RESERVED er Floor and First Balcony 55c. Balance Balcony 35c. Gallery, Adults MONDAY and TUESDAY — It baffled two continents. FEB. 27 “The Great Impersonation” Bg t