The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1922, Page 1

The Weather \ Unsettled THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Last Euition FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922 , PRICE FIVE CENTS TERRORISTS START FIRE IN MEMORIAL DAY PLANS SHAPED BY THE LEGION General Observance of May 30 Is Planned by Bismarck IN STUDENT SLAYING DEBATE GRANT OF PRIVILEGE Proposed to Give / Accountants Of Other'States Right to do - NOACCOUNTANTS FOR GOVERNOR IN LATE COUNT | His Nomination as Republican Candidate for Governor in | CHICAGO PINCHOT GAINS peeks APARTMENT HOUSE BURNED, HUNTING BOMBS Police Connect Fire With Action Organizations ake Business in N. D. j Pennsylvania Predicted of aca ner aig Eeeme Saat fi abor Feu PARADE WILL BE HELD OPPOSED AT MEETING'PEPPER IS RENAMED Parade in Afternoon of May. 30 a ae Se To be Followed. by Exer- Rtlmaryatt Taw, Salt we Seamtet dypoinies ee Lc | Police Assert 0 Bee ee flected in Resolution rose Vacancy Has Big Lead peli apis ais coh a Mess 01 Presented i In the Returns Death Car” Are Known W general observance of Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30, is planned in Bismarck, The’ Memorial Day committee in- vites all military and civic organiza- tions in Bismarck to participate in the parade and exercises to ‘be held on that day. The arrangements are in charge of Lloyd iS$petz‘Post, American Legion, which will have the co-opera- tion of other organizations. In the morning of May 30 the graves of the soldier dead ‘wiii-be decorated in both cemeteries—veterans of the! Civil war, Spanish-American war and the World War.’ Exercises will be} held at the Missouri river to commem-! orate the: valor of the sailor dead of! the nation:i;. |state board of accountancy yesterday by J. A. Cull, of Bishop, Brissman and company, providing that certified ac- countants of other states might prac- tice in North Dakota without being {licensed by ‘the North Dakota board ‘as provided by North Dakota laws. {Khe resolution was opposed by Jo- |seph Coghlan, a member of the board, do business here the other _ states must be grant equal recognition to North Dakota accountants. The board of accountancy discuss-! |ed the matter with the state board of j administration which has supervisory power over the accountancy board. A resolution was introduced in the} who declared any such resolution to; | 7,934 gave ‘Philadelphia, Pa., May 17.—Gifford Finchot “nas apaprently won the Re- publican nomination for Governor on | the face of unofficial returns,” W, Hy Baker, secretary of the state Repub- lican committee declared in @ state- |ment issued this afternoon. ’ “Unless Allegheny county (which includes Pittsburgh) gives a larger {majority than my advices indicate, then thore is no doubt that Pinchot carries the state,” the statement says. Returns from 6,518 districts out of Iter a majority over Pin- chot of 14,2 ALTER LEAD CUT Philadelphia, Pa., ‘May 17.—Returns ‘from 5,698 precincts out of 7,934 pre- Through Women’s Admission POLICE SPREAD NET. Chicago, May 17.—An army of police with orders to kill any sus- picious person who failed to com- Ply promptly with police orders was spread through Chicago to- day to combat. what officials call attempts of convict ‘labor leaders to rule the city htrough murder, fire and terrorism. The city was said by police au- thorities to be in war terms “an occupied area” with every public building and a majority of the buildings under construction un- der guard to prevent carrying out of anonymous threats to burn the In the afternoon there will be a No /action was taken. jeincts in th> state gave Attorney- city in retaliation for the drive of parade at 1:43°p. m., led by the band, This is Mrs. Bertie S. Cobb, 18-year-old widow of Beckham Cobb, stu- The resolution is an aftermath of| General George IE. Alter for the Re- with other organizations in line as;dent at A. and M. college, Stillwater, Okla., with her ba follows, Company “A,” North Dakota|The husband, a former soldier, was shot and killed, poli National terna] and civic organizations. parade will end at the auditorium ;Gordoy shot first. held. It is planned to have a patri-| otic pageant at the auditorium and a Memorial Day address. The graves of the soldier dead will be decorated by the different commit- tees of the Women’s Relief Corps, War mothers and American Legion Auxil- iary, and flowers will be cast upon the — | water for those that died at sea. Jw io” Described as Largest | y { CONTRACT FOR aay in Captivity, Breaks | BRIDGE ROAD.. | | IS FINALLY RECAPTURED! captivity, is reported in a special dis- | patch today as peacefully consuming Plans for Compleiion of Bridge|his fodder at Bellingham, Wash., aft-| * er an afternon, night and morning! Work Are Getting Under of rampage that stretched for 30! Guard, American Legion,|E. Gordon. another government student at the same institution whose pic- Spanish War Veterans, Grand Army of!ture is inset. Gordon is 25. According to the story told by Gordon's attor- the Republic, Red Cross nurses, fra-|ney, Cobb told Gordon he was going to shoot him unless he got out of town, | ihe stat Thejand when Cobb later announced that he was going to carry out his, threat, | artic Mrs. Cobb says Gordon had insulted her on the street and where Memorial day exercises will be|she had'told her husband. Cobb’s parents live in Birmingham, Ala. ELEPHANT ON RAMPAGE SPREADS TERROR THROUGH WIDE SECTION the law suit instituted here when ac- countants for Bishop, Brissman and! company were charged with violating | the state law by not having complied |with its provisions in doing work in y, Beckham Jr. declare by Earl} | North Dakota accountants are op- | posing any effort to permit account- ants of other states to have privileges in North Dakota which the North Da- kota accountants do not enjoy in other| states. The state board of account- ancy was created to license account-; ants to do busincss in the state and| to keep a supervisory power over! them. They hold that any action tend-; ing to grant special privileges to ac- .{countants of other states is a blow at North Dakota accountants, whom they insist should be given preference in doing all public accounting work within the state, if they are qualified under the law. They hold the tax- DAR ee CAMPAIGN FUND LIMIT REMOVED Washington, May 17,—Candidates for the United State Senate may publican nomination for Governor at yesterday's primary a majority of 22,291 over Gifford Pinchot. Figures gave Alter 437,503 votes and Pinchot 405,212 votes. i Returns from 5,010 precincts for the eublican nomination for United ‘States Sonator to fill the unexpired Penrose term gave Senator George} > Wharton Pepper a majority of 100,419 | Top to bottom: Acting Police Lieu- votes over Congressman-at-large J. W. |tenant Terrence Lyons, shot to death Burke. by:a band of Chicago bombers; Pa- ‘The late figures showed a decrease |trolman Albert Mweller, wounded by in the Alter lead, which was large in|the same band, and Patrolman Thomas returns from Philadelphia and Pitts- |Clark, also slain. a DISABLED VETS DELEGATES ARE Pinchot Leads in Country With more than half the state heard from, Attorney General George K. Alter was leading Gifford Pinchot by about 21,000. b Returns from 4,096 out of 7,934 dis- tricts in the state gave Alter 309,- 888 and Pinchot 288,274. payers money should be spent at home. FRENCH SENT U.S.“ FEELER” spend unlimited sums of money in their campaigns for nomination in the primaries and in the final election text November without filing”’state- ments of their campaign receipts and expenditures with the, secretary’ of| state, according to an opinion by At. torney General Daugherty, made pub lic today. The attorney general held; that the decision of the supreme} Pinchot was leading Alter outside of Philadelphia and Allegheny coun- ty, in which Pittsburgh is situated. The vote from 2,593 out of, 5,188 dis- tricts outside of Philadelphia ’ and Allegheny gave Alter, 112,413; Pin- chot, 199,125. All efforts in the campaign cen- tered in efforts to get all the vote yut in the fight between the inde- pendent and state organization fac- ston to Represent Chapter At Forks Convention James .Ritud and Carl E, Knudtaon law authorities against murders, bombing and fires believed to be part of a campaign of some labor leaders against the Landis build- ing trades wage award. A special guard was placed around the county jail when re- ports were received that a deliv- ery of “Big Tim” Murphy, Fred Mader, Con Shea dnd other labor officials held there on murder charges was planned. Chicago, May 17.—Police today searched for unexploded bombs be- lieved to have been placed in a $500,- 000 apartment building in North Chi- cago which was damaged to the ex- tent of $250,000 by fire iast night which police say was started by ter- rorists in connection with the so-call- ed labor war. i Another development on which au- ae thorities concentrated their efforts to- ED R day was ‘the confession said by police 0 have been obtained yesterday from Mrs. Margaret Miller, wife of John Miller, now under arrest as the al- James Rhud and Carl E. Knud-|!eged driver of the “death car” from which shots were fired killing two policemen’ early Wednesday in the labor feuds. Police connect the firing of the building with labor disorders through |a man who warned two women in an Way a miles from Sedro Wooley, Washing-! court in the Newberry case invalidat-! Action T. fe itati tions of the party. Special attention man: to, ington. aa ed this provision of the corrupt prac-| ction Taken ‘Before :Invitation was paid to the women’s vote, which |wcre elected delegates to the State| adjoining building to escape before ‘Another step has been taken in the | yy, Teak, hurled his, keeper, H. H.| tices act so far as concerns senatorial Issued it was realized, might be the deter-|Convention of Disabled, Veterans of | their building caught fire. - One of work of making the Missouri river | trop rien poviect into. the air. Sev- jeandidates. | mining factor in the contest. the World War, which will be held at umes women barely jeacaped assault bridge available for use. Sr Eislo" proceeded ‘through — the | (Washington, May 17.—Frencn| |, | Pepper Leads Burke Grand Forks, on the 26th of May, at| when she attempted to question | the Contracts have been signed by the | streets of set We ‘ IPOUB Ns - We soufces at Genoa, prior to issuance by|_, For the Republican nomination for |the meeting of the local chapter last thee a outing uy 7 tl ith th state highway commission and the th bets surg SW Coley, -Capeare | the economic conference of an invita-| United States senator to fill the un- evening. Oscar Selvig was elected Sadi sae et capeebadiee pet MD e ree automobiles and turning a dance! expired term of the late Senator /as the representative of the local post Lahdis Award,” the wage decision op- Morton county commissioners binding the agreement to put in an earthen | pills, fill on the west side of the river and| Flattened fences and orchards told! build a gravel road to Mandan. pe |the story and reports from excited | Plans and specifications are to be | farmers and loggers along the line of drawn up immediately by the state fight detail. At‘ one logging camp! highway commission. They will be /Tysko uprooted three telephone poles. | forwarded to the United States Bureau /Tooking out of an upper story win-} of Boards, St. Paul office, and: prob- | dow a farmer and his family gazed on| ably from there to Washington. The |the elephant’s mighty back hunched | Morton county board will advertise for jin gn unsuccessful attempt to Overs| into a riot. He then headed for thej pids to be opened at the Morton county courthouse June 15, The state’"emergency commission has, made'‘avallable $25,000 from the | highway commission funds to be used in building the road. The federal government will pay half the cost and Morton ‘county one-sixth. _ The’ plan calls ultimately for a con- 7 ‘Grete road on the west side. * With this contract let and wofk-| men pouring concrete on the bridge ! for’ ‘the roadway it, looks as if the| bridge ‘will be in age ;by the middle | of'the summer, BISMARCKIS. PAID$4,354.40 Warrants have been made out by! State Auditor Poindexter for pay-} ment of $37,463.08’ to fire departments of cities in the state, the money be- ing realized from the 2 percent gross} premium tax paid by foreign fire in-| surance companies. The payment to| be made soon,is for the year 1922,/ and is apportioned on the basis of f: insurance written in the various ties having recognized fire depart-! ments. The largest amounts go to the following cities: Fargo, $6,278.97; | Grand Forks, $2,002.52; Bismarck, $1,- 354.40; Minot, $1,888.32; Devils Lake $1,068.50; Mandan, $640.94; Dickin-j son, $590.48; Jamestown, $1,171.53. | spent the night in the woods, taking | ithe Rockies. Cool weather prevails turn the entire structure. A barh! proved less staunch and after break-| ing in “Tusko” ate his fill and then proceeded onward. i +At Dart the several hundred pur- suers were forced to halt and all) p the trail at daybreak yesterday. Later sauntering up to other ele-| phants that had been included among} his pursuers “Tusko” meekly permit-| ted his recapture. \ ¢—____—. > | Weather Report i | + —? | hours ending at For twenty-four 8 a. m. Temperature at 7 A. M. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday .. Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity 5 Weather Forecasts. For Bismarck and vicnity: Unset- tled this afternoon and tonight, cold- er tonight. Thursday generally fair and continued cool. General Weather Conditions Low pressure central over Manitoba this morning has caused gencral sho- wers throughout North Dakota and scattered showers from the Great Lakes region to the eastern slope of in the southern Plains States and west of the Rocky Mountains, but elsewhere seasonal temperatures pre- to school districts of the state within! a | the next few days, being the pur-! chase price of bonds of the districts| ipurchased by the state board of uni- | tion to the United States to partici pate in the Hague meeting sent a DI “feeler” to develop the American at- titud toward such participation, it was pa Seale learned today. | is The American reply, it was explain: More Than $215,000 to be Pait!! oa, was sympathetic in character but Out This Week | wag not an acccptance although appar- ently construed at Genoa as forecast- . cbeele te More than $125,000 will be paid out; | ing participation by the United States. 1 versity and school lands. The bond, . purchases will enable a number of districts to build schools this summer. | ; Payments were made yesterday as} follows: Oberon, Nelson county, $18,-} 000; Reeder, Adams county, $20,000; Paris, May 18, (By the A. P.)—The Hebron, Morton county, $10,000. Pay. |French government has informed the | ments to be made this week include:;American war debt funding commis- | New England special district No. 9,|sion that it is ready to send a special | $20,000; Foxholm special district No.| mission to the United States to confer | 155, Ward county, $16,000; Rockport! regarding the payment of the French | special district: No. 4, Eddy county, |debt. i $2,000; Stanton district No. 22, Mer- cer county, 56,0005: Conway distri! HUNTINGTON IS ' No. 64, Walsh county, $10,000; C S00 PRESIDENT| ner district No. 50, McLean county,, $18,000; Baker district No. 45, Kidder! eer county,’ $1,500; Isabelle district No.; Minneapolis, May 17.—Charles R.! 23, Benson county, $9,000; Wemduskaj Huntington, vice-president and gen- district, Nelson county, $7,000. eral manager of the Minneapolis, St. In some districts the funds are used | Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railway, was to fund existing debts. ‘elected president of the system to, SEEK T0 H ALT 'Suceeed Edmund Pennington who was| {elected chairman of the company, a imewly created) position. G. W. Web- |ster, secretary, was elected vice-pre- cd Huntington. Washington, May 17.—Steps are be- ing taken by the government to fore- stall tendencies of rising prices of bituminous coal at_the time it was said at the White House today. S retary of Commerce Hoover has the Bismarck Thursday night of Penrose, George ‘Wharton Pepper of |of the State Executive Committee and Philadelphia, present senator by ap-|as such member will be entitled to a pointment of the Soperner, is leading | vote at the state convention. by a substantial majority over Con-} ‘Ray V. Stair and Theodore Martell gressman-at-Large William J. Burke | were elected as alternates to the state of Pittsburgh. convention, ‘Earl ‘MicElvain and C. David A. Reed of Pittsburgh, Re-|Earl Jodell were elected as members publican, was nominated for the un-|of the executive committee of the lo- expired term of the late Senator }cal chapter, the other members be- Knox and also the full term begin-|ing president Philip Elliot, Vice- ning next March. President Ray V. Stair, and Secretary- HEAD OF ADVERTISING CLUBS OF THE |; WORLD TO BRING MESSAGE HERE Charles Henry Mackintosh, president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, will bring a message to No Democratic Opposition James A. McSparran had no op- position for the Democratic nomina- tion for governor, Samuel E. Shull had no opposition for the Democratic | nomination for the .unexpired Knox; senatorial term, and for the full term beginning next March, Fred B, Kerr also had no opposition for the Demo- cratic nomination for the unexpired Penrose senatorial term. RUSSIA AGREES TO CONFERENCE Genoa, May 17.—(By the A. P.)— Russia has accepted the proposal Oo; the powers for the meeting at Tho ‘Hague to discuss the Russian situa-| tion, it was announced this afternoon. | In accepting the Russians propose certain modifications in the plan which will be discussed at meetings during the afternoon. The atmosphere was apparently more harmonious than that of yesterday. irnportance and interest to Treasurer Carl E. Knudtson. The chapter decided to put on a) ing funds to send the delegates to the state convention. - Mr, Jodell, who has leased the American Legion hall, of-; fered to donate the hall for one eve- | ning, and a committee consisting of; Messrs. | Jodell, ‘Martell and Arnold! were elected to arrange for the dance. The chapter received an offer from | the War Department of a moving pic- | ture film of actual scenes of fighting | in France. This moving picture was} Posed by the labor leaders in the feud. That the fire was set has been | proved beyond, doubt, police say. Po- ‘lice are said to have received a threat that “unless all labor men in custody were released by last Saturday fire | would be started all over the city.” | The other flames failed to develop. Say Mrs. Miller Confesses ;} The questioning of Mrs. Miller, po- lice say, brought a full confession rom her in which the names of other occupants of the “death car” were benefit dance for the purpose of rais-! given and it is substantiated by a pre- vious confession ‘said. te have been obtained from her: husband. Police said Mrs. Miller admitted caring for the occupants of the bandit car who were supposed to have been wounded by shots from the policemen’s pistols. Mrs. Miller also admitted sitting in conference with labor leaders in which bombing and attacks were discussed, police said, and admitted knowing that explosives were kept in her home to one of a number of movies made by the \War Department at great hazard | to the photographers in order to pre-| servd for history a true record of the} warfare of the World War and of some ; of the engagements of the different! combat divisions of the A..B. F. It is} the plan of the local chapter to ob- | tain this great war film and+make ar- rangementd with on# of the local theaters for its presentation. A committee was appointed to co- operate with the American Legion and other organ ns of the city in ob- servancs of worial Day, EXPECT 1,000 AT CELEBRATION Fargo, May 17.—Most of 21 lodges! in North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota asked to join the Fargo i t | | | | be used by labor men in their fight against ‘the Landis award. ‘A new attempt will be made today to obtain the release of the “big three.” {7TH OF MAY IS OBSERVED HERE Norwegian Independerice day is be- ing observed today in many cities in the state. A celebration will be held here tonight at the Trinity Lutheran church, under the auspices of the Young People’s Society. Judge A. M. Christianson will deliver an address. The program includes musical num- bers, a talk by Commissioner of In- surance S. A. Olsness and will close with singing of “America” by the audience, vail. - matter of investigation and action in Kringen lodge, Sons of Norway, in| Sa. FARGO AVIATOR i Stations _ Temp. Precipi- Slate | his charge, it is said. i every business man. celebrating Norwegian independence| STREL MAGNATES | ce iets mee U.S AND FRANCE Mr. Mackintosh will speak at 8 p. m. at the Legion hall |), 1 09"cre expected ant b- =| ARE SUMMONED ‘Amenia ... 66 50 12 — eldy| =" e under auspices of the Town Criers club, which is affiliated |) 4 nderson, Madison, Wis.. former U. s| : SzaCH TS TED Biswarck .. 68 52 18 cldy) NEAR AGREEMENT]| with the A. A. C. of W. ; { minister to Denmark, will speak. Washington, May 17.—Invitations noehiea Ke 88 is “04 ae a Serer = ray es The topic of Mr. Mackintosh will be “More Retail Sales.” ————— have been leeued or a dango mumDe pee SE ae AS | Geneva, May 17.—(B . Pj) : . * 5 ent stce anufact rs of Fargo, N. D, May 17-—Ba Axberg,|Devils Lake.68 50 08: eld¥ |The United States and France are It is a message expressly for’ retailers and of interest to GEO. McCLELLAN rat connie: teeiese itm etedidaat former Fargo aviator, defendant in a|Dickinson..67 46 09 cldy about to reach an agreement on the all business men, as Mr. Mackintosh will speak from the IS CANDIDATE ‘Harding tomorrow night at a dinner $15,009 damage suit, was favored in a| Dunn Center A ._|French mandate for Syria, according experience of having visited 100 cities in the United States conference, it was said today at the verdict returned ae Classcoun yeas: piendale of BSc cigs cldy |e SO aS TaOBe secretar- |) in the last year. Any person could make money during the FOR CONGRESS | waite House. ri urt jury. Jacob Mo t ‘3 Bt -— 7 ei . . % . i i aoapnng Ceara —_—_—_—_ 3 Lotiiaiens broaeht ae pen the Grand Forks 72 54.21 eldy|derstood the American government war on a rising market, Mr. Mackintosh says. The problem George McClellan, of Beach, will - Co EN een tleeiee that he [Jamestown .6) 51-75 ely approval is subject to certain condi-|f now is to readjust business to meet post-war conditions. |] pe ‘a candidate for the Republican COMMITTEE TO if vas responsible for the deaths of Alice | Langdon .. ey 50 ely tions which apparently will be met. He will tell of some methods which have been used by busi- {nomination for Congress, according BE APPOINTED { Moe and Clifford Lomsdalen, who were|Eanmore «72 Ft aay | NEM BANIC STARTED ness men in solving post-war problems. to information, reaching the | state qasicvia killed when a wagon tipped over a8} Minot NEES: OF 42 01 cl’r! Artiiles of : incorporation have Because of the importance of the message the Town tolehene, nen tion that friends London, May 27.<-(By. the: a.iP.)—— Axberg was making a landing follow-|Napoleon . 67 40 —.05 eldy| been filed for the Security State Bank Criers club has invited every; business man in the city and were urging him to run. Space was The oe ae nae ecided to ae v ise Of} ing an exhibition flight. 1A verdict of guilty was returned in the case of the State of Minnesota against Knut Holt, charged with be- ing the father of an illegitimate child, Pembina .. 72 52, 20 pc Williston .. 68 50 01 eldy Moorhead eldy - 70 54 .06 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, , of Robinson, Kidder county. Capital stock is $15,000; incorporators are Ed- |, ward S. Lee, - Minneapolis; | Verne Wells, Bowden; John K. Borg, Cas- * Meteorologist in neighboring towns to be present, and urges all business men of the city to invite their employes to be present. The meeting is for men and women. by. Loe e eee ee rrEnn nn EIRIINSEREESEE IRE resident of Fargo. sought in the publicity pamphlet but the application was made too late. Mr. McClellen is engaged in the real es- tate business and formerly was. a Commons and appoint a committee to inquire into the educational program on which the government was defeated by a narrow majority last night,