The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1922, Page 1

The Weather Unsettled FORTIETH YEAR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Last Edition BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS STATE SEEKS IN MURDER TRIAL TO PROVE INDIANA WOMAN “BLUEBEARD” LAND OFFICES OF NO. DAKOTA CONSOLIDATED Dickinson, Minot and Williston Offices Discontinued; Rec- ords Brought Here LOCAL OFFICE ENLARGED All Land Business in the State Will Be Transacted Through Bismarck Office ‘All United Stateg land offices in North Dakota will be consolidated in the Bismarck office. Official notice of the change was re- ceived at the land office here today in a communication from Land Com- missioner (William Spry, The Dickinson, Mi: offices will be their records: wil ‘Bismarck office, The change probably means the ad- dition of two or three clerks in the jocal office and will bring many visi- tors to the city during the year to ‘transact business, “Under the specific terms of the bill making appropriations for the depart- ment of the interior for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1923, it will be Necessary to discontinue the offices al Dickinson, Minot and Williston and to consolidate the records at Bismarck,” says the letter of Mr. Spry. © Economy Move. The consolidation plan was first in- augurated by the government by com- ibining the offices of receiver and reg- ister into one office in the various land offices, Because of the decrease in business of the ‘North Dakota offices, due to settlement of lands, it has been the policy of the government to re- duce the expense of administration ac- cordingly. The same plan is being used in Montana and other Northwest states. The drastic cuts made by the ‘present Congress in its economy pro- gram, partly as a result of the budget system, has also had its part.in the reduction of the land office forces, Letters have been sent by the land commigsioner to Williston, Dickizison and Minot to furnish a statement -of the records that can be shipped here. The Bismarck office is ordered to re- port. upon available: space for. taking care of the records, An inspector of the land office will come to Bismarck soon to make 4 survey. Federal Building Populated. |, The federal building here is \ow taken up largely with federa: o“ces, since Judge Miller has established fed- eral court chambers here and a divi-) sion‘office of the Internal Revenue de- partment has been created. In addl- tion there are offices of the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Public Health Service. ‘0. E, Anderson, of Bismarck, willl, assume charge of the land office here ‘shipped to the { i Mrs. Clara Carl (above), Robert Waldo C. Ging, Hancock county pros By NEA Service. Greenfield, Ind. March 24.—This whole region is eagerly awaiting the trial of Mrs, Clara Carlon a charge of slaying here early in May, z Prosecutor Waldo C. Ging hopes to Prove at that trial that Mrs. Carl is a modern woman bluebeard. , Ging. will charge that Mrs. Cari kill- ed her husband and father-inlaw with slow poison with the sordid aim of gaining for herself,th¢ir petty fortunes. STRIKE PLANS CONSIDERED BY. UNION LEADERS iIllinois President Declares Ac- tion in Calling a Strike is “Premature” ‘Cleveland, March 21.—Final plans | for the nation-wide strike of bitumi- | Gibson, her finst husband (left), and] ecutor (right). But Mrs, Carl will maintain her in-| nocence. Her attorneys say they will) show her as a loving wife and devoted | dayghter-in-law, the innocent victim of an unusual train of circumstances, Meanwhile Mrs. Carl, 38, attractive! and well-educated, peers from behind! the bars of the Hancock county jail here, following a formal ‘charge ‘of} slaying against. her by a fHanco:k county grand jury, (Continued on Page 7) JUDGE GRACE . NOT CANDIDATE R..H, Grace, chief justice of the supreme, court, gaid today that he would not be a candidate for renom- ination or election. Judge Grace did not care to add to the statement at thig time. NORTH DAKOTA MAN IS NAMED ,{ rent ran 10 to 12'feet deep through the | PROMISES ALIBI FOR TEX RICKARD New York, March 24.—Opening the defense of Tex Rickard, charged with criminally assaulting 15-year-old Sarah Schoenfeld, counsel for the sports pro- miter today told the jury that a per-| fect alibi would be proved for Novem-| 4 KNOWN DEAD AS CLOUDBURST STRIKES TOWN = {rons Damage Estimated at $750,000, ‘Rickara’s counsel denied that the A . | promoter had ever gone motoring with Caused yin Burlington, {Sarah Gasco, corroborating wit-! Kansas, by Flood j ber 12, 1921, the day of the alleged of-; ness for the prosecution. The lawyer said his client knew nothing of the two girls except that Sarah had once come to Madison Square garden to obtain his aid to’ get release of Sarah’s brother held in Milwaukee. 10 INCHES) WATER FELL BISMARCK WILL MEET EGELAND IN FIRST GAME Drawings Held in Basketball Tournament at Fargo This Morning Water at Crest Runs 10 to 12! Feet Through Streets of Town Burlington, Kan. March 24,—With one man and sthree women, known | dead and property damage estimated at $750,000 Burlington today was re- covering from;a cloudburst which last night. flooded Rock Creek and| swooped down jon the city without warning. ; Ten inches of: water fell last night between 5 o’clock and midnight, send- ing torrents thr@ugh the streets in the business sectioniand automobiles were carried along. At the crest of the tor-! STRONG TEAMS FAVORED business section. About 25 homes were swept away. Much damage was done also to stock and crops in this district. Streets were piled high with debris, 3 | Burlington, the county seat of Cot-! fey. county, hag a population of about | follow: Fargo vs. Kenmare, 2 p. m. OF ONE FAMILY | | { | | | (Special to The Tribune) Fargo, N. D., March 24—Bismarck high school’s first opponent in the| state interscholastic basketball tourn- ament will be Egeland. They will} meet in the closing program of the first day of the o'clock tonight. The drawings, made early today, tournament at 9 pm Semi-finals will be played Satur-| day morning, the winners of the af- ternoon games playing and winners of the evening games meeting. Should Bismarck win from Egeland, as ex- pected, and Valley City win from Mi- not, as expected, Bismarck will be} pitted against the Valley City team Saturday morning in the semi-finals. Fargo is doped to win over Kenmare Three Murders Also Reported as _ Killings Continue in Belfast ———— fand will play either Dickinson or SEVEN DEATHS TODAY {Grand Forks Saturday morning. Belfast, March 24.—(By the As- | Fargo, Valley City and Bismarck sociated Press)—Seven deaths from violence occurred in Belfast today. ‘A youth also was shot In the abdomen. and. was In a critical were fortunate in their drawings to- day, according to sports dopesters. Dickinson has a tough opponent in Grand Forks. Grand Forks has been r beaten by Fargo, and should the condition. Forks taam beat Dickinson Fargo te . ‘ : is favorea“to” wih” over Grand” Forks Belfast, March 24—(By The Asso-!and thus get into the finals Saturday ciated Press)—-A band of men forced | night. Dopesters look ‘to either Bis- their way-into the home of Owen Mac- marek or Valley City to get in the Mahon, a saloon, keeper, early this | {mal game. morning and shot seven members of} A loving cup is offered to the win- ” ning teain and a banner to the run- the family. News of the raid has|nerup. In addition each member of stirred the city. the winning team will receive a gold McMahon and three of his sons|Watch fob, The cup and fobs are on were killed outright, another son died ‘/8Play at the Hagen-Newton Jewelry of wounds and two others are near, Company. Following the final game death. The crime is thought to be in| Saturday night the visiting players reprisal for the shooting of a number|2"4 coaches will be guests of the of spectal constables in May street Fargo Commercial club at an inform- LENGED FROM i LOANS TO BE Blanks Will Be in Hands of LIMITATIONS PLACED /dled-in-substantially.the-same-manner. as last year, C..M. Warburton, of the United States Department of Agricul- ture, in Bismarck today, said. ed is $1,500,000. to one person is $300, fixed in the bill, and department of agricultural regula- tions fix $1.50 per acre as the maxi- | mum load. stricken regions. that the line followed last yéar in North Dakota probably would be fol- today has been taken up b It is hoped to wind up th decide ali questions, accordi J. C. Miller. a new executive committee. preme on all questions. In spite of th HANDLED SAME AS LAST YEAR County Agents or County Auditors Next Week Government Seed loans will be han- The amount of the fund to be loan- The maximum loan Loans may ibe made in drought- Mr. Warburton said of the state executive committee. tilts between delegates, and the leader. ‘FLOOR REFERENCE TO “LITTLE SOVIET” IN LEAGUE BRINGS ATTACK ON FLOOR; CONVENTION SUPREME, SAYS MILLER Liederbach Faction of Executive Committee in Strong Position and Wins One of Preliminary Battles in the Nonpartisan State Convention, But Chairman is Vigorously Assailed Dur- ing the Reading of His Report of Committee Activities, NO NOMINATIONS IN PROSPECT Fargo, March 24.—Prospects for nomination of a state ticket seemed still far away this afternoon in the state convention of the N. P., league. Most of the time y the reading of the report This was marked by e convention early tomorrow. Fargo, March 24.—The present league convention while it is in session is the final court of appeal and can ing to a ruling of Chairman The question came up over the question of electing Asked to decide which had authority over certain classes of questions, Mr. Miller held that during the time of the convention it was su- Fargo, March 24.—‘Let’s Go,” the battle cry of the Amer- ican doughboy was heard here as the impatient delegates to the North Dakota Nonpartisan league convention started their sec- ond day’s work. delegates a motion to cut debate failed and another to allow but one hour for the report of the executive committee was voted down almost unanimously. e impatience manifested by the Chairman A, A. Liederbach com- menced the yeading of the minutes of \the meetings of the executive commit- tee, beginning with March 13, 1921. This retold the troubles of the ex- ecutive committee in running the Cour- ier-News through the period while George Totten, Jr., was an employe and constituted what Chairman Lieder- bach termed “the little soviet.” Asked from the floor to tell who constituted tho “‘little soviet,” Mr. Liederbach named George Totten, Jr. and William Tanner, who is listed in the records of the league ag “Billican.” Pressed as to whom he considered wag back of the “little soviet” Mr. Liederbach named William ‘Lemke and the minority members of the ex- ecutive committee, Challenged From the Floor. Challenged from the floor by Walter Maddock to name the minority mem- bens of the executive committee as be- ing members or supporters of the “lit- tle soviet” Mr. Liederbach declined to use the names. For the information of the delegates Mr. Liederbach produced the carbon copies of letters addressed to William Lemke and wtih the initials of Mr. Totten on them in which the position iof publisher of the Courier-News is asked by the writer, alleging that the paper suffered in comparison with other papers because of a lack of cen- tralized authority. When challenged by a woman dele- gate to produce proof that George BY CO-OP BODY ‘oars. {nous and anthracite miners on ‘April | yesterday. al affair to be staged in the Commer- | lowed—all territory west of a line Totten, Jr., was the author of the let- The 1920 statement of the land office showed that 81,044 acres of land are un- appropriated and unreserved, open for settlement. AMENDMENTS T0 4-POWER PACTS | ARE REJECTED Senate Proceeds Rapidly Toward, Ratification of the Four- Power Pact (Washington, March 24.—A long suc- cession of proposed ‘amendments and reservations to the four-power treaty | were voted down one after another by the senate as it approached a final roil-call for ratification. ; The first qualifying declaration ‘o} be voted down was an amendment by Sena‘or Robinson, Democrat, Arkan: sas, which would haye pledged th treaty signatories against “any - se- eret treaty arrangements or under- | standings with another power or pow- | ers during the life of the treaty.” | Those who voted against article 1 included Senator LaFollette. Senator Robinson then offered andj the senate rejected an amendment to article 2 pledging the signatories! against aggression. { DEMOCRAT OUT FOR SENATOR Grand Forks, N. arch 24.—Ar-| thur C. McLane of Larimore, N. D.. a farmer announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator from North Dakota. COMMERCE CLUB CAMPAIGN ON Teams representing the Commercial club assembled at the club rooms at 9 o'clock this morning and began the an- nual campaign for memberships for the organization. It was expected that the main part of the drive for funds would be completed during the day ‘by the various teams, although some of them might not be able to see all of the men on their lists. 1 were considered today by the gen-| eral policy committee of the United | Mine Workers of America with indi- | cations at the opening of the meet- ing that union workers would presznt am united front despite any factional troubles. Frank Farrington, president of the | Illinois miners and opponent of In- ternational President, John L. Lewis, | declared before the meeting that he, would abide. by committee decisions adding: “That Ilinois miners would | strike and stay out until some of the fellows who ar? so keen for a strike holler to quit.” Mr. Lewis was prepared to ask the committee to approve his action in calling a strike, which action Mr. Far- | rington said was premature.” i pad Seno i TWO TO SERVE OUT SUSPENSIONS ‘New Orleans, March 23.-—“Babe"'! uth and Bob Mcusel, outfielders of the New York American League club,' must serve out the suspensions placed on them last fall by Judge K. M. Lan-| is for disobeying the, rules of base-! 1 all. f Judge Landis gathered visiting newspaper men around him today dur-} ing a game between New York and| the New Orleans club, and in the! presence of Colonel Jacob Ruppert of the New York club, said: “There is, nothing more to add.” “Does the suspension of last fall stand as it is” he was asked. | “Nothing more to add,” gaid the judge as he turned to watch the game. | NORTH DAKOTA ° NINTH STATE IN AUTO OWNERSHIP ‘North Dakota js the ninth state in the union in the number of au- tomobiles owned in proportion to her population, according to com- Pilations of the Automotive Indus- tries, received here. While the state is 33rd in the number of cars, the. compilation shows that there is one car for seven persons in the state. North Dakota is outranked in per capita ownership of automobiles only by six states—lowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, California, Kansas, Col- orado, Oregon and Nevada, der named. “There ate 92,644 automobiles in the state, on the basis of the 1921 registration, |Hans Gorgeson is Director of U.S. Grain Growers Inc, at Chicago ‘Chicago, March 24.—Delegates composing the anti-administration faction in the first annual convention of the U. S. Grain Growers in session {here discussed their next move today against President H. C. Gustafson and hig followers. Defeat in the conven- tion yesterday and the’ election late} last night of the entire list of new directors approved by’ President Gus-| tafson did not end the efforts of the anti-administration delegates. ‘Threats of non-cooperation made by leaders of Illinois grain producers and by delegates prominent in North Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma organiz- | ations made previous to lest night’s| sessions were softened by these lead- ers but they still insisted that dras- tic action might result. | The new board of directors elected last night includes Hans Gorgeson, Niagara, N. D. iDR. J. L. COULTER TO WASHINGTON, Fargo, March 24.—Dr. John L. Coulter, president of “the North ,Da- kota Agricultural college, has been called to Washington, D. C., by Sec- retary of Agriculture Wallace to con- fer on proposals for a revision of federal grades for spring wheat. Since the recent decision of the U. S. su- preme court holding North Dakota’s grain inspection laws unconstitu- tional, efforts have been renewed in the spring wheat area to revige fed- eral grades so that they. will better) fit the needs of the growers and deal- ers in thig section. , Last summer Dr. Coulter headed a committee sent by the department of agriculture to North Dakota and ad- joining ections to investigate’ the working of the federal grades. In the report of the committee recommenda- tions were made for alterations to fit the particular needs of the growers of the northwest. DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP Wilton, N. D., March 24.—A. W. Fa- gerlund and E. M. Moe who have been joint owners of the Wellworth store and the pool and billiard room in the Kilian building have dissolved part- nership Mr. Fagerlund will take over and operate the Wellworth store, and Mr. Moe will have charge of the poolroom, being the operator and proprietor, The raiders, who are reported to have worn uniforms, smashed, the where the occupants of the house were sleeping. They took the male members of the family downstairs, lined them up against the living room wall and riddled them. Three murders were reported from the Fermanagh-Tyrone border. The! victims were Frank Kelly, Edward McLoughlin and William Cassiby. All! were shot to death. It is believed the| murders were in reprisal for the’ re- cent terrorism at Trillick. City Official Shot Belfast, March 24.—(By the A. P.)— Joseph Campbell, a Belfast city of- ficial was shot and killed by a sniper this afternoon. BONUS BILL 10 G0 0 SENATE Washington, March 24.—Passed by the house late yesterday by a vote of 333 to 70, the soldiers’ bonus bill was made ready today for the senate. Confidence that the house bill would ‘meet with the general ap- proval of former service men was expressed today hy Hanford Mac- Nider, national commander of the American Legion. He declared that the measure had been passed twice by the house and was now “inevitable legislation.” 4 CANDIDATES IN WILTON RACE) Wilton, N. D., March 24.—The fol- lowing candidates have announced themselves, subject to the annual city election on April 3: G. W. Stewart, mayor; E. C. Stocker, A. C. Wilde, Dr. LE Nugent, aldermen. Their joint platform is announced as: “For a ocntinued | business administration, a clean city, economic expenditure of public finances’ and a city govern- ment run for the best interests of the entire community.” All are secking re-election. i Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Unset- tled weather tonight and Sat., prob- ably snow; not much change in tem- perature. For North Dakota: Unsettled weath- er tonight and Saturday, probably snow; not much change in tempera- ture, 5; é cial club rooms. The Agricultural college band will play at both evening door of the-home and mushed upstairs | Contests tonight and tomorrow. BOND MEN TO VISIT CITIES i | ' { | i Will Make Thorough Inspection of N. D. Possibilities Five representatives of New York bond houses, who conferred today with | state officials, will spend ten days in| the state and may visit several cities, | investigating general conditions upon which to make a general report upon ‘North Dakota to their institutions as/ a field for investment. Voluminous statistics were present- ed to the bond men by Governor Nes- tos and other state officials to show} ‘that North Dakota is one of the sound- est places for investment in the entire county. A representative of Chicago and Cincinnati bond houses also is ex- pected to visit the statehouse on the} same mission. Loans also will be made in eastern and northern Montana and a few loans law until last Monday. were prepared for printing immediate- ly. Mr. Warburton expects them to ki reach Grand Forks, the chief distribu-|Prtisan committee and one of the let- tion office by Monday, March 27. to county agents, there is no agent the blanks probably will be forwarded to the county audi- tors or a: special representative. leigh county blanks probably will be sent to the county auditor, sometime next week when blanks are on hand. Notice of their re ‘be given in the various loc Loans will not ibe made later than May SUBMIT BRIEFS Judge J. A. Coffey in the cases of the} IREICHERT NOT TO RUN Carrington, N. D., March 24.3C. W. Reichert, representative from this district in the last legislature, stated while in the city that he would not be-a candidate fior the position this year. He stated that his time would be occupied with affairs as head of the Equity Packing plant and that he did not want any political matters to interfere with his work there. A caravan of newspaper pub- lishers wil visit} Medora next July 11 and will erect a tablet or momento to the memory of Theo- dore Roosevelt, according to infor- mation received by the North Da- kota Good Roads Magazine, from H. C. Hotaling, executive field secretary of the National Editorial association, W.E.Holbeen an- nounced today. ‘Several hundred publishers are expected to make the’trip, by automobile or train to Missoula, ‘Mont., for the annual convention of the organization. Their program calls for arrival in Medora at 11 a. m., July 11. Mr. Holbein has been in touch Workmen's Compensation Bureau against the: Beulah Coal Mining com- pany and the Bismarck Gas company, in which the bureau seeks to enforce Payment of premiums. Electric company. tion of the power of the bureau to re- quirement payment of premiums in the manner in which they have collected them is to be tested. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS WILL VISIT MEDORA, PLAN SHRINE TO ROOSEVELT drawn through Rolette, Sheridan, Kid- der counties and including Emmons, but not McIntosh or Logan’ counties., It is possible that part of western Stutsman county may be included. in Washington and Oregon. The bill did not actually become a Regulations Application blanks will be forwarded In counties where Bur- No appligations can be made until ipt will! ities. IN RISK CASES) ‘Briefs will be submitted to District | A third case 3 being submitted, against the Hughes The entire ques- with the Medora Commercial club and C. B. Olsen, owner of Peace- ful Valley ranch, who have al- ready begun arrangements to show the visitors a real sample of western hospitality. An effort be made to have the party visit the petrified forest and the Roosevelt ranch north of the for- est, while they are at Medora. “This seems tio be a splendid op- portunity for the advocates of the proposed Roosevelt National Park in the Bad Lands to make some medicine, as the National Editori- ters Mr. Liederbach answered that the initials in the corner coupled with those of the stenographer were tho only indication of the writer's inden- tity. Mrs. Wood Active. The minutes read by the chairman covered the period in which the ex- ecutive committee was attempting to gain control of the Courler-News from the committee of the National Non- ters introduced the fact that for some- time the control of the editorial policy was directed from dutside the state. It also covered the period of Mr. Tot- ten’s connection with the paper. The long drawn out reading of the minutes was listened to attentively by the delegates. Mrs. Howard Wood, for- mer president of the Woman's Nonpar- tisan league clubs of the state and a former representative’ of the league women as an ex-officio member of the state committee, led the attack from the floor on the statements in the min- utes. Both Mrs, Wood and Liederbach scored at times as their remarks caught the fancy of the delegates, Delay in getting to the actual set- tlement of questions is wearing upon the nerves of the delegates and every effort will be made to conclude the* business of the session by tonight or at least by an hour that will allow the delegates to leave here by the 6 o’clock trains Saturday morning. Fail- ure to adjourn at this time will mean that many of the delegates will have to wait over until Monday. The league convention opened at {2 o’clock yesterday afternoon with the snging of Amcrica, followed by pray- er by Rev. J. D. Runsvold, pf the First Lutheran church, after Chairman A. A; Liederbach of the stat2 executive committee had called the meeting to order. Nominations for temporary chair- man were in order. State Senator Ralph Ingerson and J. C. Miller, of Bottineau, formerly representative in the house, were nominated. Miiler was chosen, 124 to 100. Miller was regarded as unbiased in the fight be- tween the two league factions, Later Miller was named permanent chair- man, Mrs. George Brastrup, of Griggs. county was named secretary, and a credentials committes consisting of C. F. Baker, of Renville, Ingerson and F. A. Vogel, of McLean, named. The number of delegates entitled to vote was increased over the num- ber set by the Liederbach state com- mittee, when a motion carried that representation from each county he al association is composed of some jof the more prominent news- paper men of the United States,” said Mr, Holbein, based on the vote cast at the recall election last fall and not on the vote for Governor Frazier in the preced- (Continued on Page 8)