The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1922, Page 1

4 ye A THE WEATHER ° Sich FAIR ESTABLISHED 1873 ° oom UR 11 ARRESTED IN S GREAT THRONG PAYS TRIBUTE TO ALEX. M'KENZIE, PIONEER: BUILDER OF CITY More Than Two Thousand People Pass Silently Before ‘Body as it Lay in State MANY FROM OUT OF CITY Public Funeral Is Held ‘in State Capitol_Building Here Sunday ‘Afternoon ” Pioneers of North Dakota and sdns and daughters of sturdy men who braved the hardships of a ‘new: coun- try with Alexander McKenzie gath- ered in great. numbers Sunday. after- noon to pay respect to his memory Utmost solemnity marked the funeral rites for a man who began life as an adventurous youth in the great west and rose to leadership in poli- tics and business, The large house of representatives: chamber in the state capitol was filled with people. Many citizens of Bismarck joined in the tribute, mindful of the great in- fluence of Alexander McKenzie in the. removal of the territorial capital to , Bismarck, his' faith in his community and his efforts'to spread the fame ‘of . the great plains state over the entire country. The body of Mr, McKenzie, who died in St. Paul Thursday, ‘arrived in Bismarck at. 11:50 o'clock Sunday morning. Accompanying it were his daughters, Mrs.°-Ann McDonald of Quebec and Mrs, ©. B,' Foster of Mon- treal, and Mr. Foster, Col. C. B. Lit- tle and Capt. I, Pi ;Baker, old-time friends, came from St, Paul on the "funeral train, t As the train rolled into the sta- tion here a large crowd’ gathered Escortcd by uniformed men of Com: pany A, Nationa), Guard, the fun- 7 eral cortege passed ‘slowly from the station to the state capitol, Flags an buildings were at-half-mast asthe cortege passed through the ‘streets. Incoming trains and automobiles brought great’ numbers of people in western North Dakota and sone from other parts of ‘the state to the city. Long Line Passes. f As the body lay in a massiye wal- nut coffin befofe the rostrum of the house of representatives a silent line of men, women and children passed to-view the face of the deceased. “Four uniformed men- stood as guards at the coffin, while others ' scattered about the house chamber directed the lines of people with a wave of the hand. “It was estimated that fully 2,000 people passed by the coffin dur- ing the period and there were more than 1,000 people crowded into the house chamber and gallery during the services. The funeral probably was the largest public funeral trib- ute ever paid in the state. ‘Beside the glass-covered ‘casket “passed with bared heads many whose gray hair and bronzed faces testified to their right to be called pioneess ‘of the state. Here and there was a wizened face of oné wearing shabby clothes, there ‘perhaps to repay by silent prayer dn.act of generosity in time of adversity, “Others, younger, + passed who, perhaps only were curi- ous to gaze upon the face of one of whom they heard their fathers and « mothers. speak with awe.® Former po- litical associates and political foes alike were there. Great bands of peautiful floral offerings surmounted the casket, many of them from friend; outside the state, some little boquets from a poor person who knew the breadth of Mr. McKenzie’s great heart. Offers Silent Prayer. Heads bowed as Tom Welch, a pio- neer of Dakota.and a staunch friend ‘of the deceased, who first came to this country in 1862 with General Sully and Senator Powers of Mon- tana in the Iowa cavalry, approached the casket. He gazed for 2 moment on the face, then knelt and offered a silent prayer, made the sign of the crogs.and walked away with tears trickling down his cheeks. Those old friends who looked upon the face of Mr. McKenzie saw a face full and natural, not drawn by pain of disease Friends who came from St. Paul said that Mr. McKenzie passed away peacefylly:as he slept, that he felt no pain in the final hour Life ebbed out of his giant frame as he had slipped into a state of uncon- ess. 4 Father Hiltner Speaks. Father M. J. Hiltner, pastor of St. : Mary’s pro-cathedral, officiated. AC thé opening of the service a quartette composed of Mrs. R. A, Tracy, Mrs. D. G. Scothorn, Henry Halverson and Roy Indseth sang “Crossing the Bar. Mrs. Arthur Bauer was at the piano. “We are. gathered here to pay our + respects to the memory of one of our peloved' citizens,” said Father Hilt- ner, opening his brief funeral sermon. “We have lost a great man.” The many recipients of his good will and kindness and those of pio- neer days gathered at the funeral tes- tified “to what we all owe him,” Fath- er Hiltner said. An act- of God, he said, brought the assemblage at the | (Continued om Page 2) sciousn . AND TERRITORY TWO FIREMEN INJURED; TEN — GET. “SMOKED” (By, the Associated Press) Minneapolis, Minn., June 26.—Offi- cials. are investigating today. to de- termine the'cause of the fire which early yesterday caused the serious injury of two firemen, drove fifty guests of the Unique Hotel into the streets and caused .a loss of $150,000 when’ it wrecked the Bergsing Cafe and the adjoining Glynn’s Market. Ten firemen were overcome by smoke. The fire is believed to have originated in the basement of the Bergsing ,establishment. FARM BLOC IS FOR WCUMBER UNANIMOUSLY Members Say His Defeat Would Be Blow in Tariff Fight: * ¢ DECLARE ISSUE VITAL ‘Senator Capper Signs Appeal For His Re-elec- tion Fargo, N. D., June 27.+The entire farm, bloc of the.U, S. senate in a atatement issued Inst night endorsed Senator McCumber. for re-election, according. to ‘word to McCumber’s headquarters. He < _ All members’.of the farm: bloc feat i his defeat, would:mean the defeat of the agrigulttral schedule of the. tar- iff bill. i The’statement signed by senators is as follows: “To the voters \of North Dakots—the senators from the western states Wiile Abita ae! the valuable service rendered in the past by Senator~ Porter J. McCumber in behalf of the people of the entire west also recognize that, in the posi- tion as chairman. of, the senate fi- nance committee recently attained by him he is now in a position to ren- der if possible still greater service }in the future to the people of the west stop we therefore feel that the voters of North Dakota would be fur- thering not only the interest of thei: own state but also of the entire west. by returning him to the United States senate and for this reason wy earnestly hope for his re-election. (Signed), Charles, Curtis, Kansas; Arthur Capper, Kansas; Thomas Sterling, South Dakota; Samuel M. Shortridge, Calif.; I. L. Lenroot, Wi consin; H. 0. Bursum, New Mexico; Tasker L. Oddie, Nevada; Frank L. Gooding, Idaho; Chas. L. McNary, Oregon; Reed Smoot, Utah; J. W. Harreld, Oklahoma; Lawrence C. Phills, Colorado; Samuel D. Nichol- sbn, Colorado. ‘ WISEHAUPT 10 BEGIN TALKS HERE TONIGHT peter Business Week” : Opens Under. Auspices of Town Criers Club Howard J. Wisehaupt, “the Billy i Sunday of -Business,” delivers his first message’ in Better Business Week tonight at 8 o’clock at the .Ri- alto theater. Mr. Wisehaupt comes to Bismarck under. the auspices of the Town Criers club, as = messen- ger of better business methods: with practical examples of what has been accomplished in other. cities. He will give a lecture each night this week at the Rialto, His sub- jects are: Monday night—“The Human Ele- {ment in Business. Tuesday night—“Personality; How to Develop It.” ui Wednesday night —“ Characterol- ogy; Types, of People.’ Thursday night—“Mental Analyses, The Mental Law of Sale.” Friday nigit—“The New Salesman- ship.” Mr. Wisehaupt has been most suc- cessful in his work and the quality of his lectures \which are practical and inspirational, is voiced by the hundreds of ‘thousands of people who have heard him during the past two years. He will discuss commun- ity sales, cooperation in business, how to increase personal efficiency and interest certain types of people in business. 3 The largest gold nugget ever ‘found weighed 2217 ounces, and was sold for. $52,500. DER C \ BOWUS CLAIINS SALE 1S MADE _ BY OFFICIALS Members of Industrial Com- mission Sign Agreement For Disposition TO WORK OUT DETAILS Plan Proposes urchase of $6,500,000 of Bonus Cer- tificates at 82 Sale of all’ soldiers, bonus certi- ficates of the ‘state was virtually completed’ today when all mémbers. of the Industrial Commission had signed the.agreement with, Twin City financial houses which proposed to purchase ‘them. Only the © sig- nature of Adjutant-General Fra- ser, who was out of the~city, was needed to, complete the deal, it’ was said. General Fraser is expected here today to work out de- tails of the agreement, which he had approved on the floor of the Ameri- can Legion convention. With Gen- eral Fraser’s approval only that of the bond attorneys will be necessary to. insure completion. Under the contract the financial houses would purchase all soldiers’ bonus certificates offered, estimat- ed at several million dollars and! payment would be made as quickly LAST EDITION BISMARCK, TRIB 26, 1922 » (Leased Wire of Associated Press) HA: EARCH’ MEMBERS OF SECRET ORDER ARESUSPECTED Known as “Council” Un- der Suspicion SEEKING A SUCCESSOR Selection of Man to Fill: Post Of Dr. Rathenau Di ficult Task SUPPORTED AGREEMENT. (By the Associated Préss\~ Paris, June, 26.—Dr. . Walter Rathenau the assassinated: Ger- man foreign minister, fore consenting to enter the Wirth cabinet, demanded’ and reeeived’ a..written declaration from government that it would the London reparations ‘agree- ment’ of May 5, 1921, Chatles)H. Sherill told :the AssociatedPress © today. ‘ (By the Associated Press) i Berlin, June 26—Eleven persons alleged to be members of a Davar- ian secret organization known as the “Council” were arrested here yesterday, it was announced by the police today.‘ The police~ expressed the opinion ! that. this organization as the machinery of organization could be set up. A representative of the financial houses—The Minnesota Loan and curities company and’ Lane, Piper and Jaffray, Inc.—is in Bismarck to complete arrangements. * Attorney- General Johnson went over with him the legal phases of the contract. Governor Nestos, it was said, signed it in’ Minot Saturday night. Legion Named Committee Maj. J. M, Hanley, chairman of the special committee named by the Am- erican Legion convention at Devils Lake, said that committee membera approved the proposition, which had ‘beeh’ approved’. in general: at the convention, Ot! members of - the special committee. were R.C. McDon- ald, Valley lin, Bismarck and Adjutant-General Fraser. The proposition is not com- pulsory. ¢ Discount Fixed The certificates would be purchas- ed at 18 percent discount. This ba- sis, according to Major Hanley, is a’ par. basis with interest at 6 pereent for three years deducted, it being es- timated that the average time re- maining certificates would be paid is three years from this summer, There are probably 22,000 claims yet to be paid, 6,500 having been’ paid out of the soldiers bonus tax of ‘the state. Payment by the tax probably. would be completed in six years, The agre¢ment provides: The financial houses agree to pur- chase all’ soldiers’ certificates or their heirs:up to the amount of $6,- 500,000 “which is estimated to be ap- proximately the amount of such cer- . ; tificates “now outstanding or here- after’ tobe issued.” f A cash price of 82 percent of face value of each certificate -will be paid, “the moneys to be paid there- for to be received from the parties of thé third part (the | financial houses) in exchange for the notes of the party of the first part. How Paid A cash price of 82 percent of face value of ‘each certificate will be paid. The money would be paid first by the financial Houses to:the: Ini dustrial’ Commispion for notes \is~ sued’ by thé Commission in exchang for the payment, and the Adjutant. General shall furnish, and also the state! treasurer, a certified state- mene of ante certificates, . je Adjutant-Gene: - |fy a list and’ description af’ aff tf ithe legally issued and outstanding {soldier éertificates, issued from time jto time which - certified statement i Shall show that such soldiers certi- |ficates are valid obligations of the ee a a8 defense exists or Will be interposed to th , the certificates, % ae * | The Industrial Commission agrees upon purchase of the certificates from time to time, and upon the de- | posit thereof, to issue and deliver to {the financial houses its negotiable {coupon notes upon the payment to j the commission of the purehase price’ kof the notes, which it is agreed shall i be 97 percent of the aggregate prin- leipal sum of the notes, plus accrued funtercet from date of delivery. The notes must all be tendered before November 15, 1922, and the trans- action must be approved by a bond attorney satisfactory to the finan- cial houses. | Dated July, 1 ; Each of the ‘notes shall be date july 1, 1922, shall be in the principal sum of $1,000 or a multiple of that amovwnt, shall bear interest at the | Fate! of 6 percent. per annum, pay- ; able semi-annually, and shall be pay- able at the office of the Empire 'Trust Company in’ New York City, and shall mature in the order issued as follows: First $400,000 in principal amount the first day of January, 1923, and $250,000 in principal amount the first day of each April, May, December and January thereafter, ‘ All certificates which shall be so purchased shall be deposited with j the treasurer of North Dakota who. ! (Ceztinued on page 2) Trust company, the Northland Se-' ‘City; Rheinhart Kamp- | '¢| for tomorrow. which”. was. suspected of playing’ a prominent part in’ the murder. ot Former Minister of Finance Erz- berger, was also implicated “in the’ murder of Foreign, Minister Rath- enau last week. Selection of a’man vo, fill the pore of foreign minister, made vacant by the: assassination of Dr. Rathenau, {presents difficulties of some” mag- tude to Chancellor Wirth. -Zhis ts only because of the dearth of’ available.men but also for Inner’ po- litical reasons, the question ‘of We re-alignment of ‘the coatitiony:{» one of the possibilities growing. out ie the presént es ; y “Parligment rcles believe | ! chancellor Wirth @ill-uirece the fon) eign office untjl\a man jis found who {cannot only meet the exacting de. : mands of the post, but who will at- | so, have the approval of the ¢oalition parties. e Dr. Wiedfeldt Suggestea The friends of Dr. Otto: Ludwig Wiedfeldt, ambassador to the Unitet | States, have already ‘suggested hin as an available candidate. In addition to’ these arrests > prominent monarchist, Colonel Xy:- ander, was reported to have veen =-- rested in Munich, General Maecker, a former Reichswher commander, who has been frequently denounced in the radical. press as a reaction- ary, was arrested in Dresden, but was subsequently | released) Collision between’ workmen andj monarchists from Loschwitz, Neurmberg, anc Frieburg, but without serious cas- ualties. The political’ situation throughout Germany continues remarxably catm despite the vehemence of press comn- iments concerning the assassihation of Dr. Rathenau. Procléim Strike Organized labor’s, initial contrib-| ution \in support of the governme in its Republican campaign will con sist of a 24 hour nation-wide strike, which was proclaimed by. the Fed- eration of Trades Unions in session |’ at Leipzic. This will involve chief- ly industrial. workers, atthough it is planned to include state and muni- cipal’ ‘tFatisportation lines and other public utilities. The strike is called Dr. Rathenau will be given a state funeral tomorrow afternoon. JAP SAILORS VISIT MINOT Are on Way to Camden, New Jersey, From West ‘(By the Associated Press) Minot, N. D.; June 26.—Seven of- ficers and 156 men of the Japanese navy, enroute from’ Seattle to Cam- den, New Jersey, where they will mana vessel being built for the Japanese navyj passed through Mi- not’ this morning about six o'clock, on a special Great Northern train. The train which is perhaps making almost a record-breaking time trip across the United Stqtes left Scat- tle at noon Saturday and is sche- duled to arrive in Camden at 10:30 a.m. June 29, Accompanying the Japanese offi- cials was W. R. Dale, general agent of the Great Northern, of Victoria, British Columbia,’ The train stopped for about 80 minutes at , Glasier Park, Mr. Dale is keeping in touch with the Japaneses officers through an interpreter. MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE. Kenosha, Wis., June 26.—Crazed by jealousy, Alexander Lewandoski Sun- day night ,shot and killed Miss\Jo- sephine Kordazewski, when she re- fused to marry him and then com- mitted suicide, were repprted today |, LOC OR ASSASSIN White Spots on Mars Turn Green * Professor Washington, D, ll, astronomer at the U. 8. Naval Observatory’ near , takes a peep at Mars through the gigantic telescope. He says the only, recent change th the planet is that white spots previ ously seei have turned green. SOLEMN FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR DFy IN ILLINOIS MINE MASSACRE; éTECTIVES SEEK MEN RESPONSIBLE [LOYD GEORGE FOR GERMANY Refilying to Question in House Of Commons Premier Says He'd ‘Approve It DISCUSS IRISH PROBLEM Winston. ‘Churchill Declares Factions ; of | Republican Army Cause ‘Horrors (By the Associated Press) London, June 26.—Asked by Lord Robert Cecil'in the house ‘of commons this afternoon whether he could state the gov- ernment’s attitude toward the ad- mission of Germany to member- ship in the League or Nailons, , Prime Minister Lloyd George replied that Great Britain would be ‘willing to support a proposal » for Germany’s admission. In answer to ord Robert’s, question, ‘the prime minister, said: “This is not a question which , concerns Great Britain aione; it primarily ‘concerns Getmany herself. So far as His Majesty’s government is concerned we would support a proposal to ad- mit Germany to the league.” | DISCUSS IRELAND. _ London, June 26.—Winston Church, ill, secretary for the colonies, tis- ing to make his promised statement on Irish affairs in thé house of com- mong this afternoon, said the gov- ernment desired the freest and full- est debate and one that could be ter- minated by a division. Mr. Churehill declared he did not hesitate, to say that all the horrors that had occurred: in Belfast were due to the organization in that ter- ritory of two divisions of ‘the Irish Republican army and the continuous efforts of particais of the South to break down the Ulster government and force Ulster against her will to come under the rule of Dublin. “The Imperial Government,” said Mr. Churchill, “fezls that after the election, which clearly showed what were the wishes of the Irish people, we cannot continue to tolerate the grave lapses of the spirit of the treaty and the improprieties and ir- regularities in its execution, which we have put up with or acquiesced in during the last six moriths.” MAY. BRING RESIGNATION. Several of the London evening pa- pers, before the opening of today’s Irish debate in the house of com mons. expressed the view that the resignation of Home Secretary Shorty might be the sequel to the debate, in which answers to four searching questions were to! be demanded. The Evening News asserts that the crisis confronting the government is one of the most serious of its career. GIVE ; 50,000 TROOPS {The colonial secretary said the imperial government _ had supplied the Northern Irish govdéenment with 50,000 troops for its defense. He added that the Northern government would be supported effectively and (Continued on page 3) \ Not a Single “Arrest. Made “Since Massacre | on’ Last, Thursday and Coliiity: Offi- cials Appear to Make no Effort to Fix Blame ee ‘(By the Associated Press) Herrin,. Il, June’ 26.—Williamson county buried ‘the dead’ in“ her’ latest mine war yesterday,’*conducted an inquest. to, determine the cause of their death, and’ today faced the ‘re- sponsibility’ of Bringing the guilty to justice. : With not’. a single arrest made since the massacre of last Thurs- day, when at least ‘19 men were killed. after strike sympgthizers stormed the Lester mine, afd witn county oficials making no visible effort to place the blame, the inves~ tigating is being done by state ana federal agents. Representatives of the department of justice, department of labor, the state’s attorney general’s office and the, adjutant gencral are quietly delving into the cloak of secrecy which so far has surrounded tna identity . of the 5,000 men who marched from Herrin in broad day- light, took morg than fifty unarmed men prisoners, marched them back down the road int6 a wood’ and there killed 19 and wounded nearly’ as many gmore, ’ Men Impaneled Yésterday six men of Williamson county--three miners, a merchant, an; eléttrician and the™ superintend- ent; of, the Herrin waterworks—wero solemnly impaneled, listened to the evidence f witnesses called by Cor. oner WiJliam. McCowen and. return- ed their verdict. : They found, ,and.so recorded, thay C.K.’ McDoweJl, murdered spperin- tendent of, the Lester, mine, kilieg a union miner.on Wednesday, the day before the massacre. Of the, other dead, 19 in all, including two other. strikers, they found they came to their death by gunshot wounds in- flicted’ by unknown persons, Yesterday ‘morning sixteen un- known dead, all non-union workers and guards at the Lester mine, were buried by the county .in Potters’ Field. ¢ Sixteen Were Buried On a bleak hillside, beneath a broiling sun, union miners, led by State Senator William J. Sneed, dug sixteen shallow graves—four rows of four each. The bodies of the massacre vic- tims in plain black caskets, were| - placed side by side on the parched grass. Four Protestant ministers of Herrin, a Methodist, a Baptist, o Presbyterian and Christian (Dis- ciple of Christ) conducted the brief burial service, while a hundred over- all clad miners and a dozen news- paper correspondents looked on. On a distant hillside, their women In starched summer dresses, furnisa- ed the .only touch of color. The ministerial quartet sang “Nearer My *God to Thee,” read a psalm, delivered a prayer and in an abbreviated form of burial service committed the bodies to the earth. No mention of the dead, nor the manner. of their death was male at the graveside, No Flowers on These Graves The brief service over, the min- isters hurried’ away to thelr wait- ing flocks. The overall clad miners shoveled the red clay over the rong boxes. No flowers graced the graves, but at the head of each tne urer- taken stuck a little metal pin with a glass covered card. On each cara was a number and the date of june 22, 1922, For each numbered card the undertaker preserved a descrip- (Gontinyed on page 2) | KASIMIR SCHNEIDER ARRESTED AFTER CHEMISTS FIND POISON INSTOMACHOF BODY OF LATE WIFE Woman Died Two Weeks Ago Here and Coroner Ordered Stomach Sent to State Laboratory ‘for Examination — Wife Carried $2,000 Life Insurance Payable to Husband, Authorities Say—Schneider in Jail Denies Charge PRICE FIVE CENTS street South, on June 15. TO END COAL STRIKE G0 ON e John L. Lewis, President of Mine Workers, Calls on Sec. Davis TO GO: TO Issues Will Be Put Clearly. Re: id nt in Effort HARDING gi ieyne ‘Associated Prong), ashington, June 26.—Guyernmaat attempts toni @ inathe. bitumint ous co alstrike were carried forward today when Secretary of Labor Da- vis called John L.’ Lewis, president of the United States Mine Workers to Washington for a series of con: ference, preliminary to taking the is- sues directly before President Hard- ing. An impressiom was created in ad- vance of the meeting between the president and Mr. Lewis that the government might call a national conference of operators’ and union leaders in the industry to consider a settlement. MINERS MARCH HALTED. Fairmont, W. Va., June 26.—A march of striking miners and their sympathizers from Monoga, a min- ing village near here to Fairmont was prevented today by C. Frank Keeney, district president of the United Mine Workers of America, ac- cording to reports to authorities. Early in the day reports spread that the miners and their supporters were gathering at Mononga, with the announced purpose of marching to Fairmont and. releasing from the county jpiJ, 91 men who were ar- rested last Friday in connection with a demonstration by strikers. All city police and county deputy sheriffs were summoned to duty to prevent any untoward invident should , the) marchers come in. ; Mr. Keeney. was advised of the re- ported march and/he left immediate- ly from Mononga where he pursuaded the men to go home. WOMAN HELD AFTER PARTY Mrs. Hirsch Charged With Shooting Husband By the Associated Press) Freeport, N. Y., June 26.—Mrs. Os- ing her husband after a party at the home of Riene Davies, motion picture actress, was today held for a fur- ther examination when she was ar- raigned before Police Judge John- gon. Bail of $25,000 was continued. George M. Levy, her counsel, mov- ed to dismiss ‘the charge of the ground of insufficient evidence, but the motion was denied. ‘Elvin N. Edwards, assistant dis- treit attorney, told the judge: “I will be able to show that this is a clear case of assault in the first de- gree.” Conviction for assault in the first degree may carry a sentence of from five to ten years in prison. During the hearing Mrs. Hirsch held a handkerchief over “her right eye which was cut. Magistrate Bernard J. Douras, fa- ‘ther of Reine and Marion Davies in a worn statement said that Hirsch exclaimed: “I’m shot. She did it, I'm bleedjng to death.” Magistrate Douras further stated that Mrs. Hirsch threw herself on the ground and cried: “Oh isn’t this awful. I didn’t do it. He forced me to do it” car A. Hirsch, charged with shoot-/ birth of her baby. MAN Kasimir Schneider, 88, laborer, was placed under ar- rest today by authorities charged with the murder of his wife, ‘Amelia Schneider, who died at their home, 423 Twelfth The arrest. was made following the report of chemists of the public health laboratory of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, that sufficient. arsenic was found in the stomach of Mrs. Schneider to cause death. ' The fiyst degree murder charge was preferred by Cor- oner H. J. Strolke and States Attorney F. E. McCurdy, joint- ly. Schneider was arrested and is held in jail He stoutly maintains his innocence. Mrs. Amelia Schneider was the second wife of Kasimir Schneider, and they had been married but about:six months. His first wife died in a hospital here when her baby was born about July 15, a year ago. U.S.EFFORTS | without bail. Mrs. Schneider, according to\auth- orities, died with all the symptoms of arsenic poisoning, as described by Schneider himself. She had been ailing and was in bed, but got up Tuesday, June 13, for a short time. She later went to bed again and died Thursday morning. There was no physician in attendance during this time although.a physician had been at the house several weeks be- fore, it was said jy State’s Attor- ney McCurdy. N¢body was in the house the last \few days except Schneider and neighbors, he said. No Physician Present Schneider said that his’ wife hal suffered heart-trouble and this un. y caused her death. Because it was in -attendance ied Coroner Strolke con- nv inquest. An autopsy was Sby him, being performed by B.and ‘Larson. The stomach @°dead woman was sent to, the ‘umiversity at Grand: Forks for exam- ination\by chemists. The report of the chemists was recejyed yesterday and ‘authorities decid lace. the charge of murder agai ‘im. * Schneider talked freely to officers, relating the circumstances of the death. It was from. his. story, they suid, that, they based. th2ir conclu- sion ‘that his, wife died with all the symptoms of enic poisoning, i , _ Formal Complaint The formal complaint says: “That at Bismarck, in Burleigh county, North Dakota, on or about the 15th day of June 1922, that said Kasimir Schneider did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and felon- iously, without authority of law, and with a premeditated design ta effect the death of Amelia Schneid- er administer to her, the said Amelia Schneider, a deadly poison, ‘namely arsenic, in sufficient quantity to cause, and ‘which did cause, the death of her, the said Amelia Schneider.” i Carried Insurance The $2,000 life insurance policyy carried on the life of Mrs. Schneider was:payable to Mr. Schneider on: her death, authorities said. Mrs. Schneider formerly was Amelia Schutz, daughter of Matc Schutz, who ‘is dead. \ Her mother lives in‘Oliver county . on a farm. Records show that she was born in south Russia, but had. lived in this country for 23 years, being brought here when a baby. Considerable comment was occase ioned in the Schneider neighborhood, it was said, when Schneider was married the second time, after. his first wife was dead but a few months. The death of two wives ot- curring within a year also causea comment. Authorities say, however, that no suspicious circumstances can attach to the death of his first wife, she dying in a local hospitar under physician’s-care after the NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW WANT N.D. FARMERS THERE (By the Assoclated Press) Fargo, N. D., June 26.—Initial plans for taking 5,000 North Dakota farmers to the national dairy show at St. Paul October 7-14, were an- nounced today. County committees will have the aid of a central com- mittee in arranging for transporta- tion and housing of the delegates at St. Paul. A booster and publicity campaign will begin at once, accord- ing to plans which'were formulated by the North Dakota Dairy Develop- ment Association, Announcement of the plans fol- lows two large and enthusiastic dairy meetings in the state during the last week, ‘ Vay aR FORDNEY NOT UP FOR ; REELECTION (By the Associated Press) Saginaw, Mich., June 26.—Congress- man W. Fordney, chairman of the house way and means committee and author of the Fordney tariff bill, an- nounced ‘today in a telegram to the Saginaw News Courier that he will not be a candidate for re-election. He plans'to retire at the end of the pres- ent term after 24 years of continuous service in congress, 5