The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1922, Page 3

a eee WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1922 } PORTRAITS OF I'KENZI In the Bismarck Tribune today appears the photographs of the chil- dren of Alexander McKenzie by his second marriage. Although many people in Bismarck were intimate friends of Alexander McKenzie and knew him since he came to this vi- cinity in the pioneer days, none knew anything of the “hidden family” in Yonkers, N. Y. until the contents: of his wil] revealed the existence of the second family. By courtesy of the Minneapolis Tribune the. story of the second marriage and family is being run in the Bismarck Tribune. Mrs. C. B. Foster and Mrs. Henri De Lery Mc- Donald, both of Montreal, daughters of Alexander McKenzie by his first matriage, came to Bismarck té at- tend the funeral of their father which was held in the State Capitol June 23. No relatives except his two daughters in Canada were mentioned at that time, nor had any of McKen- zie’s friends any suspicion that he had any other near relatives, When Judge George T. Flannery of St. Paul, McKenzie’s oldest and most intimate friend, and executor of the estate began to go through his friend’s recent telegrams and let- ters, he found a letter from Jeanette McKenzie, daughter by the second. marriage. The Judge was the first person to know that McKenzie had a second family. The telegram which Alexander Mc-! Kenzie received two days before his death read, “Mother died today. Can you come?—Sandy, Tom and Jean- ette.” . Letters From Jeanette This telegram was followed by two letters from Jeannette, both of opened with the salutation, “Dear father.” The letters furnished the first inkling which McKenzie’s daughters, Mrs, Foster and Mars. MacDonald, received of their father’s second marriage. The rest of the world did not hear of the second marriage until the filing of the will leaving to his second wife—who had died May 23—and three childgen, $50,000 each. “Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs. Foster, daughters of his’ first marriage— were left the residue of the estate, minus several bequests, including one of $25,000 to Judge Flannery, whom McKenzie had named as exe- cutor. The estate amounts to about $900,000. S Story of Marriage The story of Alex McKenzie’s two marriages reads as follows: “In 1877 Alex McKenzie married Mary Ellen Hayes, daughter of Irish immigrants in Brainerd, Minn. They lived in Bismarck. Three children were born to them—Mary (Mrs. Fos- ter), Anne (Mrs. MacDonald), and John Alexander.‘ John “Alexander died of diphtheria in Bismarck in 1883 when he was 8 years old. In 1887 McKenzie and his wife were di- vorced and he bought a home for her and her two daughters at 737 Ashland Ave. St. Paul. She died there in 1897. “In 1890 Alex McKenzie married again. His second wife was Elva A, Stewart, a Bismarck school teacher. He established a home for her in the bast, and there she lived until her death on May 23, just a month before McKenzie died. Three children werd born to them—Jeannette, who is,now 29 years old; Alexander, Jr., and Thomas. This second marriage and the existence of the three chil- dren he kept a secret from his clos- est friends—and even from his daughters by his first marriage.” “Jeannette McKenzie said her mo- ther and her brother Alexander, knew of the first marriage and the other daughters living in Montréal. “About the time of his first mar- riage McKenzie worked as a spiker on the Northern Pacific which was coming into Bismarck. In May 1873, he walked into Bismarck, and two years later, when the sheriff was drowned became sheriff. After their father’s death, Jean- nette and Alexander Jr., came to Bismarck from Yonker to pay tribute to their father’s grave. Jeannette told-the story of the home life of the second family in the following words: “After mother’s marriage she and father went first to Chicago and then to Montreal. In 1893 three years 2 WEANNETT! : MCKENZIE! | after their marriage, and when I was a month old, father established mo- ther in a small'New York apartment. Alexander, Jr., was born the follow- ing year and Thomas the yeay after that. . Home Life “For a time we lived in the Judson hotel, in Washington square. When | Alexander was born we inoved up to Washington Heights, then-a thinly settled, middleclass residentfal dis- trict. “Father by that time had begun the practice he always continued thereafter, of making his home in the west, visiting us at interyals— generally for several weeks at’a time, occasionally for*longer periods, but frequently for only a few hours when he would be passing through New York on business. “We children were always con-; scious of an air of mystery about father. He would never permit us to have company when he was with us. He did not meet, to my knowledge, a dozen of mother’s friends in all the ' times we lived in New York and later in Yonkers. We children con- sidered it a great privilege when we were allowed to bring in our friends and introduce them to the huge, sil- ent man who came to us at inter- vals. MAY TAKE VOTE ON SEPARATE | AGREEMENT (Continued fzom page 1.) Although B. M. Jewell, chief strike leader , and his associates were guarded in their statements and de- clined to comment on prospects as the meeting convened, Mr. Jewell seid the union chiefs “hoped to get | scmewhere” yesterday, when their’ inter- meeting was “unfortunately rupted.” The interruption was made by 2% janitor, who singlehanded, broke up| the’meeting of shop craft leadem'at a critical stage of the proceedings. The janitor told the railroad men they would have to “clear out” so he could clean up for a night meet- ing. Appeals for a few minutes grace were stubbornly resisted by the jani- tor and the railroad men “cleared out” to return again today. With rumors afloat for more than a week of impending settlements on as many as sixty roads favoring the plan, Mr. Jewell and his associates persistenly declined to comment on the reports. The same reticence was maintained by strike leaders during the early stages of the mectings. of. the executive council and the policy committee. “Hold Strike in Abeyance Assurance was given the execu- tive counci] by R. J. Tallon, head of the Canadian Shop men, that work- ers on Canadian railways would hold’ their strike call abeyance pending 1 E'S CHILDREN BY SEC ! dacth of his little | utmost tendernes ‘both Judge Flannety and V thought, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE RET MARRIAGE REVEALED ONLY MPS ALEX MEKENZIE II THE SE i= Me i 5 DAU ee AND ELDEST CHILD By SECOND. MARRIAGE. “Probably. because we grew up in the routine, we never thought very much, in our later years, about the peculiarity of our father’s conduct. It never struck us as very odd that he did not make a home for us in St. Paul, or in Bismarck, “Frequently when father was away, on holidays, she would have friends in to a big dinner. When the conversation turned on politics, she always seemed to have a better grasp of the facts than even the men. bi thought at the time it was because she read, but I understand now how much she learned from father. McKenzie apparently never fully recovered from the sorrow over the n, John Alexan- der, Mrs. Foster says. “He always spoke of our baby brother with the When he died he would rather be buried‘ there by the baby than anywhere else in the world.” J In speaking of her ‘father, ‘’WO—MeKenzie storyE Foster said: “The thing for which we all loved father, I think, was his exquisitely sympathetic nature—his delicacy of perception. He never would hurtjany- body himself, if he could help’ it— Mrs. mittee here. A report of, the wage grievances-and the strike vote of Canadian shopmen was submitted to Mr. Jewell by Mr. Tallon, Taking up the injunction proceed- ings where they Iéft off yesterday, | government attorneys resumed pre- sentations of their mass of evidencé dubmitted in support of charges of sabotafe and violence in connection with the strike. Suggests Agreement “Judge Wilkerson suggested op- posing attorneys to try to reach an agreement over. the introduction of evidence to expedite the proceed- ings. Blackburn Esterline, assistant to the solicitor general, who yéster- day read nearly 200 affidavits of assaults, said he would read into the record reports of disorders in every state in the nation unless an agree- ment was reached to shorten pre- sentation of the government’s case. Arguments on the motion of Don- ald R. Richberg and Frank Mulhol- land, counsel for B. M. Jewell and John Scott, chicf executive and sec- retary of the shop crafts organi tion, ofr modification of the restrain- ing order was deferred by Judge Wilkerson pending the introduction of evidence. Judge Wilkerson ruled that the contention Attorney General Daugh- erty and his aides that an alleged conspiracy, for the destruction of interstate traffic exists would be a vita] factor in determining whether the unions were entitled to modifi- cation of the order. Mr. Jewell declixed to say whether the questions already decided had to do with settlement of the st WIFE WHO HE KEDT HIDDEN IN \ NEW YORK N MEKENZIE'S _, URANDSON-SON ALEXANDER. Jie. } I were both youngsters, .we before how youngsters sometimes talk. “Well, after the woman had gone, father said reproachfully, ‘that was unkind of you girls. You knew she was-Irish, You shouldn’t have hurt her like that.’ The attitude of Mrs. Foster and j her sister toward their father’s sec- ond marriage can perhaps best be summed up in’ this comment from Mrs. Foster: fh “I don’t know why father kept it from us. But that doesn’t matter anyway. If he’d had a dozen wives, jit wouldn’t make any difference to ‘me. He .was the best father a girl jever had, and the memory picture I ‘carry of him is one of the sweetest j and he wouldn’t allow us to do so. things in life to me.” aaa said it was only a decision in part and that the remainder of the pro- posals before the committee would be discussed at the ‘afternoon ses- sion, | ~ SEE WALKOUT END Washington, Sept. 13.—Confi- touch with the rail-strike situation that action would be taken soon at he Shicago meeing’ of strike lead- ers which would go far toward ending the walkout of shopmen ; which became effective ‘July 1. |. High administration officials are |watching the meetng in Chicago of | the shop crafts general policy com- mittee and by these: officials the belie? was expressed that action was a matter of ‘hours. Although most officials were r¢- !luctant to discuss the nature of the action expected to be taken by the ‘policy committee it was learned Ithey have been advised that pro- posals for separate settlements with between’50 and 55 roads, in- cluding some of the larger systems, are under consideration by mem- bers of the policy committee. The proposals as understood here to follow along lines of an agreement drafted by B, M. Jewell, head of ithe striking shopmen, and Daniel Willard, President of the Baltimore and Ohio ralroad. You can do much to improve the | beauty of your eyes if you take care of the lashes and brows. Brush ‘them each night with an eyebrow brush and, if they are thin, use a . He} suggestion of vaseline ‘or’ olive oil. I remember once when my sister and made some scornful remark about the Irish an Irish woman friend of our family. Little business we had to be making fun of the Irish, at that—be- jing Irish ourselves—but you know dence was expressed today in close \\ Au EXAN! if AS HE LOOKED THE FEW YEARS. BEFORE "ASK U.S. HELP | 2 IN FINANCING WHEAT CROP At Conference of Gover- nor in Fargo, ASK... FOREIGN HELP Conference Would Aid Euro- pean Imaporters of Amer- can Wheat (By. the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., Sept. 13.—Sixty rep- resentative citizens of North Dakota responded to the call of Governor R. A. Nestos by meetng here this morning to attempt to find some solu- tion of thé wheat marketing prob- lems faced by the farmers of the state this fall, Two immediate steps were decided upon at the morning session. First, that a committee should be named to consider the financing problem in- volved, ‘and if necessary, to visit Minneapolis to confer with Federal Reserve<Bank officials and officials of the War Finance Corporation to se- cure financial aid. “Second that a conimittee should go to Washington to take up with federal officials there some plan of assisting foreign nations in ‘financ- ing their importe-s to the end that more wheat may be sold at export. The conference recognized two main problems, the immediate cris facing the wheat grower because of the low market prices and the neces- city of perfecting 2 system of mar- keting for future years to insure a just return or the wheat crop, i Following addresses outlining the DER MeKENZIE LAST. HIS OATH. WHEN WILL WAS READATST. PAUL FOLLOWING HIS SUDDEN DEATH; “TWOOF CHPLDREN RECENTLY PAID VISIT HERETO SER GRAVE OF THEDEC PAGE THREE sete THOMAS O.MEKENZIE —SON BY MSKENZIE'S SI ED situation by Governor Nestes, Dr. John L..Coulter, president of state agricultural college; Curtis L. Mosh- cr of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and George EB, Duis, president of the North Dakota Wheat Growers association; former Gover- nor L. B. Hanna was made chairman of the'meeting a. 1° Walter R. Reed of Armenia, secretary. Mowing the naming of, commit , the meeting fternoon, {adjourned until thi FORMER SENATOR DIES Devils Lake, N. D. Sept. 13.—John Kelly, 59, state sendtor from Towner j county in 1907-9, died here yester- day. He was born in Montreal, Canada, ‘being the, youngest of five children. ; When 19 years old he came to Bart- lett, Ramsey county, the trip to that point by rail, and going by stage to Devils Lake, settled on a homestead near Garske, Ramsey county in March, 1883¢-:Three brothers also lo- cated in that section. He moved to Towner county in 1888, Increasing his land holdings, he eventually operated a farm of 2,000 acres in Towner county, besides land owned in Ramsey and Rolette coun- ties. Mr. Kelly moved to Devils Lake from Bisbee in 1919. He was vice- president of the First National bank of. Bisbee and vice-president of the Northern Investment company of De- vils Lake. , ‘RAILROAD BODY DECIDES CASES The weekly bulletin of the state railroad commission announced the ollowing: Cases Decided. \Section 14 filing of change in rates by Kathryn Te%phone Co. C closed, rates having gone automati- cally into effect, N. P. Railway Cu, vs. Grass Lake Telephone Co. Complaint of inter- ference. Case closed, cause of coms plaint/ having ben removed. Application of wtter T: val of speci il Power ations of on line from Hankinson ell and Cogswell approved. rates filed by Mariov Electric Light & Power Co. under Section 14, Chapter 192, Laws of 1919, suspended by the commission for 120 days pending investigation into same. “License 1261 issued to the Van Hogk Grain Co, ov Van Hook, N. D., ndelled by reason of default in du- ties as public warehouseman. License 1104 issued to J. H. Cook o Willow City, N. D., cancelled be- cause of default in duties as a pub- Jie warchouseman. Cases Docketed. McHenry Telephone Company and the Griggs County Telephone Co. Cooperstown, N. D. Petition to buy and-sell. property for the McHenry Telephone -Co. AND BANK THE SAVINGS EVERY DAY? CORWIN MOTOR CO. ; stfation agent will be no more ~ COUNTY AGENT WORK JOINED IN NEW PLAN Fargo, N. D., Sept. 13.—After Jan- uary 1, 1923 the county agricultural.” agent, club agent and home demon- in North Dakota, and their places will be taken by the “county extension agent,” whose duties will include all three branches of agricultural ex- tension work, according to an an- nouncement made today by Gordon W. Randlett, director of the North Dakota Extension division. “We are putting into operation a new plan of organization,” explained Mr. Randlett. “Hitherto agricultural extension work has been split into’ three classes, for men, women and juniors, and carried on by three dif- ferent types of field agents the county agricultural agent, club agent and home demonstration agent, whose efforts have been directed by three state, leaders. Some counties have employed on of these types of agents, some two, and others three. The result is that in some counties extension work has been carried on for men only, in others for juniors . only, and in some, for just the wo- men, ‘ “Under the new plan, the county extension agent will carry on all three types of work in proportion to the demand from the residents of his cotnty. In most counties we bave had a demand for all three types of work, but as a rule the county com- missioners have felt that they could not afford to hire all three types of agents. We believe the new plan of organization will give a much-better balanced program of agricultural extension work in each county where ‘an agent is employed. Counties with large areas or dense populations may employ assistants to the county ex- tension agent, and it is anticipated that a number will do so. “The personnel in the state office will remain thé same, but changes have been, made in the duties of the various individuals, principally the | elimination of the offices of state county agent. leader, state club lead- er and state home demonstration. leader. The corps of specialists who help the county extension agents will be known as state extension agents, They include two agents: in farm management, two in clothing, two in human nutrition, and one each in agronomy, dairying, poultry, home management, pathology, — animal health, livestock and marketing. “The work of supervising field agents will be divided into two class- es, business administration and: pro- ject work. John W. Haw, former state county agent leader, will be the state leader in business administra- tion, He will be assisted by N. D. Gorman, former assistant county ag- ent leader. The state supervisor, of projects for men’s work will be E. A. Willson, former Cass county agri- cultural agent. Mrs. Myrtle G. Cole, former state home demonstration leader, will’ be state supervisor of women's work and Henry E. Rilling, former state club leader, will have superv.sion of the junior work.” Ermine is being used extensively ag trimming, particularly on black satin and crepe frocks. On white satin sable fur is most luxurious. i