The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1922, Page 1

PROSECUTION «| C Last Edition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ORWAR FRAUDS 10 BR PUSHED | ‘House Appropriations Committee | Says Expenses Will Be Well Justitied. MUCH MONEY IS ASKED Speedy Passage of Bill Granting Funds Is Urged Upon j The House i —_—_— Washington, May 13.—The amount! the government will recover from al- leged war-frauds will be “many times the amount granted to defray the ex- t house appropriations committee declared today in reporting a bill car- rying $500,000 for use hy the depart- ‘ment of justice as a special investi- gating committee ahd prosecuting und. R Explaining the need for money and men Attorney-General Daugherty told the committee as revealed ‘by printing hearings made public today that about 275 such cases ranging from several thousand dollars to several million dollars were pending and that the to- tal amount involved aggregated $192,000,000. Urging speedy passage of the bill so that the department of justice might ‘be adequately equipped “for success- ful disposition of the case” the com- mittee declared those who had de- frauded the government during the) war should be prosecuted to the limit| with all the vigor the government could command while those upon} whom unjust suspicion might rest} were entitled to know promptly that: s- -suspicion was not justified. { Hee incident to their prosecution,” |. he Of the women who are. making val- uable contributions to the artistic, so-! cial and professional life of our times, Most of them are mothers. | And we find ourselves wondering’ vyhy people ever used to believe that children and careers were mutually antagonistic, ‘Madam Schumannweink would nev- er have become the artist she is, and BVANGELICAL CONVENTION TO BE AT TUTTLE Annual Convention Will Be Held May 18 to 21, It Is Announced i | is | | The third annual session of the North Dakota conference of the Evan- gelical church will convene near Tut- tle May 16 to 21st.; Bishop G.. Hein- miller, D. D. of Cléveland,:0., presid- ing. About fifty ministers and lay delegates: and many visitors are ex- pected to attend the conference. Revs. Bremer and Strutz of this city will leave Monday for the place of conference, the latter going right on to -Naperville, Ill., after the close of the session to attend the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Northwest- ern College and Evangelical Theolo- gical Seminary..He expects to return about May 27th: Rev. Milton Sippel, a student pastor from Minneapolis, Minn., is expected to occupy the pul- pit on Sunday, May 21st. FLOOD DAMAGE 1S $600,000 ‘Bristol, Va.. May 13.—Damage esti- mated at $600,000 was caused in Bris- tol and vicinity last night by waters from (Beaver creek. which flooded a dozen streets. The flood \was caused | by a cloudburst, FOUR ARE DBAD IN TORNADO ‘Omaha, May 13.—The .number of fatalities caused by the tornado in Nebraska Wednesday was increased to four today when Otto Courkamp, a young man, died of injuries, TWO RESIDENTS OF JAMESTOWN PASSED AWAY) | t Mrs. Anton Steinbach, for more than 49 years a resident of James- town, was found dead at her home here Friday by relatives. She was last seen Wednesday afternoon, O. St. C. henry, aged 61, a resident of Jamestown since 1822, died this} morning. He was senior grand ward- en of the Masonic lodge of North Da-| kota. é ADMINISTRATO IS APPOINTED St. Paul, May 13—George P. Flan- nery, president of the Northwestern Trust Company of St. Paul, was named today ‘y Probate Judge Howard Wheeler as administrator of the $15, 000,000 estate of Mrs. Mary T. Hill, widow of the late James J. Hill, the empire builder. PROVIDE MONEY _. FOR AIR SERVICE FST | washington, May 13.—The house to- day agreed to a senate amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill, pro- viding $1.900,000 for operation of the (New York-Safi Francisco air mai] serv-} | noon, ‘country the weather is ge could never have ‘yrought such happi- ness into the world, had she not been obliged to cultivate her voice to sup-} port her seven children, Lady Astor, the most prominent wo- man in the political world today, 1s, the mother of six children, Her hus-; band says she sees more of her chil-; dren, in spite of her outside duties,! than many society women. And her! reason for entering, politics is that! she may help (bring about the reforma-| tions she ‘believes are necessary for| the happiness of other mothers and children, Even when Ethel Barrymore is on} tour, she is. in,.constant; touch wita! her children by telephone and tele-! graph, Her three children have never; prevented—in fact, they have contrib- | uted to—her popularity and made her, the most beloved actress of the Amer-| ican stage. | Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, born} a Vanderbilt, is the- devoted mother} of two daughters as well as a sculp-| tress of international fame., She is; one of the most generous patrons of | the struggling artist. t Mary Roberts Rinehart, | | popular | her grownup son, and draws much | of the material gor her stories from: her close contact with the young peo-. ple she has met through her children, | Claire Sheridan, famous sculptress, ; who. is now making her home in: ‘America, has two children, who fig-) ure largely in her writings and her figures. (Each of these w mother because of her greater artist because of omen is a greater art, amd ai her children. ! Mothers Day will be observed ins Bismarck in the churches and in a special service for mothers of former service men to be held at the Coun- try club’ Sunday afternoon. WOULD PROBE GAS INCREASE Washington, May 13,—Senate ih- vestigation o* the recent increase In the price of gasoline is proposed in a resolutfon introduced today by Senator McKellar. Nemocrat, Tenne- ssee, pending investigation whether a similar resolution was pending. —> ——__—_— | Weather R | a —e For twenty-four hours ending at eport For Bismarck and Vicinity: Most- ly cloudy tonight and Sunday; con- tinued cool, : For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday; continued cool. Weather Forecasts. The disturbance over the Dakotas yesterday morning has moved slowly northeastward and is central over ‘Manitoba this morning'and an area of high pressure is moving in from the Northwest, Showers have occurred in Nprth Dakota, eastern Montana, the Great Lakes region and in south cen- tral Canada, Elsewhere over the nerally fair. Cool weather continuzs throughout the west. Stations Temp. Precipi- State High- Low- tation of wea- + ice during the coming fiscal year be- ginning July 1. , t. ther. Amenia .. 42 clr Bismarck 40 clay Bottineau 40, cldy Bowbells 36 eldy Devils Lake. 42 eldy Dickinson... 47 36 eldy Dunn-Center 44 3 eldy |Ellendale. 39 rain Fessenden. 37 cldy Grand Forks. 44 eldy | Jamestown. . 41 eldy | 49 eldy |Lari 42 cldy | Lisbon 47 cldy \‘Minot. 83, eldy /Napoleo: 36 rain’ | Pembina 45, p.c. \ailliston.... 42 a6 i clay M ead... . 56 .C. teh She ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Meteorologi LEFT TO RIGHT: ABOVE. MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK, IHART, BELOW: LADY ASTOR, MRS, OLAIRE SHERIDAN AND MRS. HARIRY PAYNE W1 MOTHERHOOD—It Made Greater Fame of Th ETHEL BARRY) | RECEIVE BIDS: "FOR Bla STATE ISSUES OF BONDS Five Firms Offer to ‘Purchase North Dakota Bonds Offered For Future Sale ese Six ' | i | } | ‘PAR, PREMIUM OFFERED | pn ee iVarious Conditions Attached To Bids For Purchase of Bonds to be Considered | Bids for the issues of state industry {bonds proposed to be ed were j opened this afternoon by the Indus- ; trial Commission in the ofifce of Gov- jerno; ‘Nestos. Bids were presented} | generally as follows, some of the bids altered hy various conditions: Spitzer, Rorick & Co., Toledo, C.— For $137,500 5 percent Bank of North par and accrued inter- ; for $1,100,000 mill and elevator bonds, 5 1-2 percent interest- pay and| | [um and par and accrued interest on $400,000, ‘bonds with $12,600 premium; veal estate series, interest rate’ based jon 5 percent, par and accrued inter- jest. Bonds payable at the, Empire j Trust Co., New York. ! Lang Piper and Jaffray, Minnea- MORE, MARY aROBERTS TNEY RINE- accrued interest, with $60,500 premi-|' HER JUDGE | TO BE NAMED. The supreme court has decided to} recognize the aflidavit of prejudice | filed against District Judge Lembke in| ; the ‘Cahill proceedings case scheduled for hearing in Hettinger today. As a j result the hearing was not held, and | anoti r judge will be designated. NAT | MEMORIAL DAY | \Mr. Barthou, Head of French Participation — in Exercises Is! Ordered By Adjutant Gen- | Delegation, Reiterates Op- eral G. A. Fraser |ANOT FRANCE TO BAN DISCUSSION OF _ SOVIET ARFAIRS ‘French Delegation Will Remain At Genoa But Take No Part In Russ Confabs CRITICAL } | i position to Mixed Body Paris, May 13 (By the A, P.)—The French delegation will. remain at ional Guard are| Genoa to take part in deliberation on ordered to participate in Memorial | other giucstions properly before the eee eer ae ‘ sameyay | COnference although it will have no- a ee 3 by Adjutant, General thine more to do with discussion with » A. Fraser. General Order No. 14,/the Ru ns, it was said at the for- s y : : i jeign office this morning. As far as tho May 30th being Memorial day, ajl| Russian problem is concerned the organizations of the North Dakota Na-|conference is considered ‘by the tional Guard will be paraded. {French govern™ent at an end. “Company commanders will report | SITUATION CRITICAL to the post commanders of the Grand { Army of the Republic ‘and Am Genoa, May 13.—As the result of Legion post with their comman y|the meeting of the economic confer- escort and will furnish the necessary | €nce’s sub-commission on ‘Russian af- firing squads and such other detaij as| fairs today the situation became 90 may be required, critical that it seemed doubtful whe- “At all company stations, the na-|ther the Briti-™ and French positions ‘All units of the Nz coutd be reconciled. > | polis, for all or any part of $500,00 of | tional flag will ibe displayed at half} jmill and elevator bonds issued prior to | staff from sunrise until midfiay, and | WEAR ONE, FOR MOTHER urity. scribe the'q casion. f Nowers, this blossom signi any other {qualities and meaning so de. litiés of the ideal mother, it seemed the most apptopriate flower to symbolize the oc iJuly 1, 1922, :par and accrued interest jwith $42 per thousand premium, or ' $104.20. i JR. Grant &Co., New York, Cin- | cinnati-$1,300,000 Mill and Elevator | bonds, $103.06 and accrued interest for {5 1-2 percent bonds, If any’ change ‘of administration which' in the opin- jion of the bidder wound affect the; |sale value of the bonds the right is | {reserved to withdraw the bid. $137,500 | {Bank of North Dakota bonds, par and jaccrued interest. Real estate bonds {and Mill and Elevator bonds together, | {par and accrued interest for real es ‘tate bonds at 5 1-4 percent and pre- ‘mium of $7,000. | Provident Savings Bank and Trust! ;Company, Cincinnati—$500,000 mill ;and elevator bonds, $103.39 and ac- {crued interest. $137,500 Bank of North} | Dakota 5 percent bonds, $102; mill andj | ctevator 5 1-2. percent bonds ready for {delivery in 90 days, par. Offer to buy | ivemainder of mill and elevator bonds! at $102.37; offer to buy $4,500,000 real estate bonds at par and accrped in- terest and $500 premium. If there is any increase in the hond market & retains its freshness REKO RESIGNS NEW POSITION ‘Reko, of Mandan, has resign- immediately before noon, the band or field music will play some appropriate air, “At the conclusion of the memori tribute at noon, the flag will be hoi ed to the top of the staff and will re- main there until sunset, When hoi: ed to the top of the staff, the flag will | be saluted by playing one or more ap- | propriate patriotic airs, “In this way, fitting testimonial of respect for the heroic dead and 2onor | to their patriotic devotion will be. ap- propriateiy, rendered. A report of exercises held in com- pliance with the foregoing instructions will be forwarded to the adjutant gen- | eral with the monthly report for May. “SHOOT TO KILL” ORDER RESULTS | jal ;Were assembling today, to novelist and playwright, is the pal of; y; ] T0 BE MADE ed ‘ii sition ad collector and sales ; agent for the prispn twine plant. Mr, } i Reko was named to the position a few North. Dakota’ Represented. At! days ago by the board of administra- os ; | tion, but*says he ‘finds he will not be Conference ‘ |able’ to devote time to the position, ea a | which is for a period of about two Kansas City, Mo., May 13—Pians | months, ub for handling the coming grain harvest! in the middle west will be made at ay me¢ting here today of tne national farm labor exchange, Claude Connol | Oklahoma state Jabor commission. | er, president, said an attempt would} be made to arrive at a standard wage | SEWER LEVIES for harvest workers, as they go from} — Ss one state to another, North Dakota; , i, : will be among the state’s represented,| Suit. on Matter: Is-Heard in District Court according to Connolly. | PLEADS GUILTY, Investigation to find the true ag2 | of a storm sewer In sewer improve- cf Albert Schneider, who pleaded guil- ; ment distri No. 4. ty before Judge Nuessle yesterday af- The city commission adopted a res- | Judge Nuessl today heard the suit lof the Bisuarck Homebuilders Com- | pany, of which Frank Allen is presi- dent, against the City of Bismarck to sot aside special assessments on con- jtcrnoon to a charge of stealing some | !elothts in Bisamrck, will be made be- !fore sentence ig passed on Monday. Schneider, whose home is in Wishek, ;gave his age as 19, The court was in- formed that when. he was sent to the ‘reform school four years ago he gave | \his age ag 18. If ‘Schneider can substantiate his statement that he is under age he can- not. be sent to the penitentiary. olution for the construction of the sewer cn July 3, 1916. The cost of the sewer was $55,353. Plaintiffs maintain their property was not bene- fitted and cannot rightfully be includ- ed in the sewer district assessment, HARRY CLOUGH OUT FOR POST ‘Harry Clough, of Bismarck, today the state will be given the benefit. The bids were taken under consid- eration, 1,000 DRIVEN FROM HOMES Fear of Disease Expressed By Refugees New Orleans, May 13.—More than a thousand persons driven from their homes jin Concordia and Catahoula paristies by the Mississippi river floods and now congregating at Big Island and Holloway in Rapides parish are facing disaster unless afforded im- mediate relief, Dr. C. M. Abbott, direc- tor of the Rapides health administra- tion, stated here today. Dr. Abbott said that refugees were living in corn cribs, barns, tents and honse boats and crude shacks under pitiful condi- tions and that many of them were sick. Cattle and hogs dying of starvation are adding to the menace of disease, he said. SPECIAL REPORT IS REFERRED ‘Washington, “May 13.—The report of the special committee which made an inventory of the stock of the Bu- reau, of Engraving and Printing has been referred by Secretary Mellon IN TWO DEATHS Crack of Pistols and Boom of! Shotguns Heard in Various Parts of Chicago Chicago, May 18—While the police were rusing their legal activities to- day against labor leaders charged with placing Chicago “in a state of warfare” through crime activities the crack of pistols and ‘boom of shot- guns broke out again today in various sectinns of thy city and at noon four persons were dead and three injured as a result of two assassinations and two street fights between policemen and bandits. After the adiournment of the meet- ing which was take at 1:15 p. m. until 5 o’clock the. British delegation announced’ tifat ‘“sefious though (friendly” discussion hjad occurred.” M. Barthou, head of the French dele- “| gation, declared at the meeting of the sub-commission'that the French would “never consent to having mixed com- missions on which the Russians serv- ed give consideration to Russian cre- eit, debts and the treatment of for- eign property nationalized in Russia. tion commission later but considers that it would be better to exclude them for the present, says a French statement issued as the delegates discuss Russia’s' reply to the allied memor- andum, The Russians, the statement de- clared, already have driven wedges between the powers and might do the same thing on the proposed commis- sion. Prime Minister Lloyd George in opening the discussion said the Rus- sian reply was most provoking and unsatisfagtory, cl¥aracteiizing’ it as typical of Soviet diplomacy which, he Said, always introduced such argu- ments at a time when people were really trying to do business. ARMORY SUIT IS SUBMITTED Judge Nuessle Takes' Matter Under Consideration The Armory suit today is held un- der advisement by Judge W. L. Nues- Obeying ‘Chief of Police Fitzmorris’ order to shoot to kill on the slightest | provocation two of his patrolmen| early ‘-day killed two bandits, wound-' ed a third and ‘accidentally wounded | a bystander. One ‘policeman was} wounded in the fight while the other! two deaths came when unknown as-/| sassins entered an Italian barber shop and without warning opened fire with; shotguns, killing two men, one of} whom was being shaved at the time. sle, the case having been completed yesterday afternoon fn district court. A decision is not expected for some- time because of the voluminous rec- ord to be gone over in the case. Défense witnesses were on the stand yesterday afternoon. E. A. Hughes was called to detail the steps leading up to the purchase of the armory, The defense holds that plaintiff, Company A, National Guard Training School, is barred from redress because No complaint was registered when im- | provements were made on the build- ing. TWO ARE SHOT QNE KILLED IN TRAIN SMASHUP Batavia, N. Y., May 13.—One person was killed and 25 injured today when BY UNKNOWNS the Lehigh Valley’s east-bound Black Diamond Express ran into an auto- GRAND JURY IN FARGO RETURNS | announced he would be a candidate for the post of county auditor. Mr. Clough is well known in: Bismarck and has bagk to the committee to Director Hil!) mobile at grade crossing and was de- of the Bureau, and Cutodian of the! railed. ‘Three cars lof ithe express ‘paper Collins for joint consideration | overturned after leaving the rails and of the differences disclosed, it wa*] were badly smashed. The man killed INDICTMENT, Fargo, May 13.—Indictment of James | Riley, otherwise known ag James Gol-| den, in connection with an alleged robbery of a store at Kindred, N. D.,; by the Cass county grand jury was | announced today Other indictments | on minor offenses were also announced —the first to be given out by this grand jury. No action has been taken reported on the Scandinavian-Ameri- ; can bank case. NFORMATION ON MERGER IS AGAIN ASKED. Washington, May 13.—Presence of| more than a half dozen independent} steel companies mentjoned in connec- tion with the reported projected mer- ger were called upon today by the federal trades commission “for full, specific information as to the pro- posed merger before the plan is con- summated or actual transfers “made.” Arnouncement was made in con- nection with the request that the com- mission had: its attent3on formally’ called to the projected merger last December 22 and since that time it has had the matter under investigation. FAIR WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, May 13.—Weather out- look for week beginning Monday: Re- ;gion of the Upper Mississippi and p.c. | Lower Missouri Valleys and Plateau region—generally fair and moderate beon active in many civic and political affairs. stated today at the treasury. TRAVELS 50,000 MILES, VISITS OVER 200 CITIES, STUDI BUSINESS CONDITIONS AND REPORTS HE FINDS TRAD ‘HOW IS BUSINESS. How is business? Charles H. Mackintosh, president of the As- sociated Advertising Clubs of the World. and one of the progres sive leaders in the business world, has made a tour of 50,000 miles through the United States and Canada. Mr. Mackintosh is still on tour, and will visit Bismarck Thursday, May 18, when he will speak at the Amercan Legion hall under auszices of the Town Criers club, which invites businessmen of Bismarck and other towns to be present. Mr. Mackintesh is. visit- ing every club which is affiliated with the Associated Advertising Clubs during ‘his term in office. Pausing in Chicago, Mr. Mack- intosh, after visiting 200 cities in the United States and Canada, Mr, Mackintosh wrote the following article for the NEA service: BY CHARLES M. MACKINTOSH. Chicago, May 13.-—National business begins to ]0ok better. This is true despite the coal situation, which of course is retarding the return of pros perity, particularly in the iron and steel and allied industries. In Pennsylvania IT found that many} steel mills are reluctant to blow in CHARLES M. MACKINTOSH mand for steel, because of the danger of fuel shortage. temperature, plast furnaces in spite of a good de-} In Michigan, Ilinois and Wisconsin was the driver of the automobile. ES | EBETTER I found the same situation reflected in| the difficulty of getting material and; Parts. S It is unfortunate that it has not} not been demonstrated to Jabor that} the slight reduction in wages to which ! fo many odject so desperately as a! al threat against their war-found pros-| perity, is not in reality a reduction at all—since the average purchasing pow- | er of the dollar has come up approx-{ imately 131-3 per cent more than the! average reductién in wages, In terms of rea] prosperity, then— since that is measured in merchandise, not in money—the worker getting a greater power to purchase the things he needs and wants than he had at the highest peak of his war prosperity. { For example, if he still wants silk shirts, he can buy three of them to-; day for the price of one in 1919. The small but welcome advance in the price of agricultural products has | given a decided impetus to business. There has been improvement in both manufacturing and retai) business in| many lines and in all parts of the} country. | But there is still much unsettlement in merchandising methods. Bargain sales and fictitious values based on war-price comparisons are stil] much! (Continued on Page 3) Chicago, May 13.—Vito Giorgo and James Cascio, both of New Orleans, La., were shot to death in an Italian barber shop today by two unknown as- sassins, who entered the shop and suddenly started firing with shotguns without warning, ANNOUNCES SELF FOR AUDITOR H, A. Thomas, Jr., of Driscoll, for- merly a deputy bank examiner and employed in a bank at Driscoll, has announced his candidacy for the po- sition of county auditor of Burleigh county. Mr. Thomas is an ex-service man. SELECT TICKET FOR PRIMARY Linton, N. D., May 13.—The inde- pendent ticket for Kidder and Em- mons county is composed of Elmer Anderson of Linton, Peter Borr of Strasburg, Lars Langedahl of Tullte, Kidder county, anl John Sleight of Tappen, Kidder county. They are opposed by the following four league candidates: Roy Yeater of !Hlazelton, Pete Weisbeck of Hague, Herbert Swett of Tuttle, O, E. Erick- son of Tappen. Mr. Yeater is the only old member. He defeated Elmer An- derson two years ago by a couple hun- dred votes, although Mr. Anderson de- feated him in this county by about four hundred. Winnipeg, Canada, is the greatest cash grain market in the world. Nicholas the last of the Russian czars, abdicated on a Friday.