The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1922, Page 1

For and Bigmarck Fair tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. ee ed vicinity: ESTABLISHED 1873 HARDING URGES CIVIC DRI Arrest Reveals Marriage CONMERCECLUB| DRIVEREACHES DESIRED GOAL Full Quota of 400 Members And 7 to Spare Are Signed Up By Team Workers WILL GO AFTER MORE Inspired by Success Club Wants to Make Campaign Giseer Than Hoped For TODAY’S REPORTS Division “A”—Major Grady. Tcam No. 1—Capt. French 5, $50.00. Team No. 2—Capt. Dunn 4, $15.59. ‘Team No. 3—Capt. Olson 8, $50.00. io. 4—Capt. Gussner 1, ional |, ‘total—18 $140.50. collected. ivision’ “B”—Major Graham j—Capt. Boise 8, $71.00. ‘Team No. 6—Capt. Moule, 7, $125. Team No. 7—Capt. Rosen 5, $62.50. Division total — 20 members; $258.50 collected. Division “C”—Major Murphy. members; Team No. 9—Capt. Duemeland 2, $50.00. Team No. 11—Capt. MacLeod 4, $50.00. Team No. 12—Capt. Dobler 9, $70.00. Divisional total=13 members; $170.00 collected. j Division “D’—Major Thompson. ‘Team No, 18—Capt. B. V. Lahr 6, “Team No. 14—Capt. Craswell 8, $112.50. w «Team No. 15—Capt. Corwin 6, $73.00. Team No. 16—Capt. Ward 3, $12.59. sei ional = Total—23 members; 225.00 collected. ees individual team bringing in the most memberships was No. 12 under Capt.’ Dobler. and the team making the- largest amount of col- cetions on dues’ was No.6 under | Capt. Moule. j The silk flag presented by the Ex- ceutive Committee to the division re- porting the largest number of sign- ed. membership. applications.. was again won by the workers on Divi- sion D under Major Thompson. Division B under Major Graham} brought in the largest amount of cash and checks and carried off the box of Havanas. Yesterday the Executive Commit- tce presented Division D with a bouquet of carnations for having the best attendance percentage, but to- day the prize took the form of fancy paper hats ‘of variegated colors. The ‘Bismarck Commercial Club re-organization campaign has gone over the top with a rush, The full quota, and seven to spare, or, a total,of 407 had ‘sighed’ up to | noon today. , (Continued on Page Three) GRANDJURORS AREDRAWNFOR DEC, 5 SESSION’ Eighteen Names, Including, One of Petitioners for Jury, Are on the List i The grand jury called to convene here December 5 was drawn late this HE BISMARC TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESD NOVEMBER 21, 1922 - “when the New York police errestea i Fardicand | Eggena’ ‘on the charge | mittee has adopted a resolution op- |” lef. passing a worthless check in“Albany, it was revealed for the first tima | posing the restoration of saloons ‘in {that he was the husband of Minna Gombel, prominent stage beauty. {Eggena_said they were married in Atlanta,: the con you live. city. better. FARMER’S SON IS THROWN BY HORSE, KILLED Dunn Center, N, D., Nov. 21.—Ger- ald, 18, son of John Betts, farmer near here was instantly killed whea thrown from a horse and rolled b neath the animal. Young Betts w rounding up some cattle on hig fa- {ther’s ranch and put his mount over a wire fence. The herse stumbled after the jump and falling, rolling over its rider. A broken neck and WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF BISMARCK? Are you thinking about the essay you're going to/ write in The Tribune’s essay, contest on the sub- ject, “Bismarck and the Future?” Inquiries which have followed the publication of st plan’ and the offer°of prizes has indi- cated -widespread interest in the contest. offers not enly a chance to win one of the prizes, but to do so something worth while for the city,, that may prove of far-reaching benefit. It is a part of the big civic campaign now going on, and all citizens, young and old, are urged to get into the contest just as they are getting behind all | activities in the interest of the city. The rules are simple. About the only limited one is that the essays be within 500 words, be in the hands of the Contest Editor not later than December 2, and that they be practical. write on one side of the paper only, but the essays need nct be typewritten. The prizes are $15 for the best, $10 for the second best and $5 for the third prize, with honorable mention for five more. Let’s see what you know about Bismarck in the future, what can be done to better the city. in which The time is short but you’ve all thought many a time about what the eT will be like 10 years from row, and what you and I jas, Several weeks ago. For it Contestants should ‘ean do to make the Contest Editor. ‘SHIP OWNER ARRESTED POR’ 80 Lives Lost When Craft Hel Owned Sinks in California WETS START: “DRIVEON - VOLSTRAD ACT Louis to Consider Campaign y, SEEK EARLY REPEAL Would continue Fight Until 18th Amendment Is Revoked | ener (By the Associated Press) | St: Louis, Mo., Nov. 21.—State sec- | retaries of the Association opposed jto the prohibition. amendment today | perfected plans for an effort to modi-| fy the dry enforcement law and! j, | eventually repeal of the 18th amend-' {ment at the. closing session here of !a two day conference. ; Resolutions providing for the! | working out of ‘a plan for dispensing | alcoholic beverages under the regu- *! lation of states and others directing | the presentation to congress of bills jfor legislation favorable to the wets laeare ‘prepared for submission: (pithé conference. | Although the association was i formed for the special purpose of | obtaining the repeal of the prohibi- | tion amendment, its executive com- [the event of the manufacture: and |sale of light -wines and beer being - | permitted. | Ways and means of caring for the |tistribution of liquors which former- ily was the business of saloons as to ‘be studied by a committee appointed | by the: association. |W. H. Stayton, general director of | the association said that Congress- |man Hill of Maryland and Senator- ‘elect Edwards; of New dgrsey would, {be spokesmen for the association in’ 'the house and the senate. |. He aserted the body has 457,000 | members and is in good condition | financially. He said no contributions were ac- | ' cepted from interests formerly inter- tested in the liquor trade. CLEMENCEAU ~TOGIVE FIRST — SPEECH TODAY. ‘Former Premier Speaks to New York Audience This | | Evening | New York, Nov. 21.—Grerges | Clemeneau France’s was time pre-j | mier will deliver his first address to |the American people tonight, He ‘will ‘talk extemporaneously, al- ithough he has spent much of his| |time since arriving in ‘the United States gathering material for use| in the speech. i Clemenceau was exhausted last | night when he retired after a stren- uous day which began at 5 a. and ended shortly before 8 p. m.| He leaned heavily on the rail as he} to his third of | Charles Dana Gibson and he did not |ioin the Gibson’s at dinner but had | ja light meal sent to his room, Arising early today he: seemed re- | | of evening and the first of the mess- | ages he crossed’ the Atlantic ocean} ‘ASK A REFUND |ing of the Hughes Electrie Company |for consumers of Bismarek. tailroad commission has ordered in-/ ; ruled in railroad cases that it is un- Leent return, The petitions assert ex- | to the commission as follows: Receipts _ Expenses June, 1921 4 13,611.26 $ 10,625.35] July 13,676.22 12,112.93 August 14,611.70 10.865.53 September 16,391.25 12,107.44 October ..... 18,692.25 12,281.39 November 23,351.32 12,615.49 December ... 25,173.92 16,382.42 ' January, 1922 26,795.21 11,614.17 February .... 25,990.06 28,371.28 | March . 20,289.83 11,751.82 April 17,280.42 10,728.19 i May . 14,905.64 14,850.48 FOR USERS OF. ELECTRICITY Railroads Commission to De- cide Question of a Refund Of Extortionate Charges RATES MAKE BIG YIELD! $ i Hughes Electric Compauy Re- ceived $36,000 More Profit Than Commission Allowed The question of wheter the state railroad commission: can order. re- funds to éonsumers for excessive | returns to a public utility wil, be| raised for the first time in the heaz- case soon, it was said today. Demand for the rebate of approxi mately $40,000 alleged to have bee earned beyond the, railroad commis- sion’s limit of profits will be asked The creases and decreases in utility rates retrozetive for a period and the In- terstate Commerce Commission has lawful to collect an excessive race and refunds may be ordered by the courts, but the commission has not’ yet ordered refunds. The state railroad commission, when it fixed rates for the Hughes Electric company for a period of one year from July 1, 1921, stated that to provide an 8 percent return on the company’s investment it should have a balance of $29,638.72. The re- ports of the company to the com- mission shgw that the balance for that period was $66,571.63. On the basis of the company's figures it col- lected $36,9321 more than the rail- toad commission said was an 8 per- ‘pénses: wrongfully charged increase this amount. The railroad commission estimated that for the year beginning June 1, 1921, on the basis of rates fixed, the company’s receipts would, be $199,- 413.49, The reports w the receipts to be $230,778.08. The commission es- timated thé expenses at $169,954.03, and. the reports show the expenses were $164,206.45. The commission had estimated the receipts too-low and the expenses too high. Receipts, Expenses Shown The receipts and disbursements of the company for the year for whith rates were fixed by the state\railroad commission, from June 1, 1921, to May 30, 1922, are shown in the Hughes Electric company’s reports TOTAL ...$230,773.08 $164,206. 3] The one month in which # deficit was shown all taxes for the year andj other expenses were included. | Agree on Value The case against the Hughes Electric cumpany will differ séme- what from other cases in that the value of the property was agrevd to by the attorneys for both the com- pany and the petitioners in the last {three powers have (Leased Wire of Associated of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS WHO'S SENATOR? | SENATOR W. H, FELTON, ABOVE. AND W. F. GEORGE. Who's going to represent Georgia in the U. S. Senate? Mrs. W. H. Felton, 87-year-old appointee of Gov-| ernor Hardwick, to fill the unex- nired term of the late Senator Tom Watson, says she will. Judge W. &- George; elécted t6' the Senate at a special election November 7, says he will, Both are in Washington for the special session of Congress. It will be up to the Senate to select the victor, TURKS MAY REDUCE TERMS ATLAUSANNE | Evident That They Will Not; Make as Many Demands On Allies * Lausanne, Nov, 21.—Delegaies to the Lausanne conference, with the preliminary oratory concerning the close relations of Great Britain, France and Italy behind them, faced this morning the real test of strength of the ties which spokesmen fcr the insisted existed among them. The conference meets in private session today for purposes of organ- ization and to start the actual work of making peage with the Turks. For centuries Turkey has been able to protect herself by getting European nations to quarrel among themselves over Near Eastern questions. The rivalry of France, Italy and Great INSTITUTE. PLANS LAID Department of Agriculture; LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS S SHIP SUBSIDY VE GOES OVER THE TOP WOULD RELIEVE TREASURY. FROM “STAGGERING LOSSES” OF SHIPPING BANK CASES TO RANSOM CO. (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., Nov. 21.—Trial of all the 12 n indicted on charges of irregularities in connection with the failure of the Scandinavian American Bank here was transferred to Ran- som county by Judge M. J. Englert in Cass county district court today. The cases will be tried at the Janu- jary term of the court before Judge George McKenna at Lisben. The} transfer followed filing of affidavits of prejudice by the defendants. POLICE WORK ‘ON CHICAGO POISON CASE Indictments Returned Against Mrs. Klimek and Mrs. Koulik (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Nov. 21.—Detectives vestigating the series of deaths in| the families, and among friends of Mrs. Tillie Klimek and Mrs, Nellie Sturmer-Koulik, worked along a new angle today, possibility that the two against, whom true bills charging murder have been voted, were. influ- | enced to perpetrate the wholesale: poisonings of which they are ac- cused by studying the lives of He in- BOARD, HE SAYS Chief Executive Wants Pri- vately Owned. Merchant Marine to Serve Nation in Peace and in War WOULD HELP NATION Building of Merchant Marine Important Aid to American Business in World, Pres- ident Says BILL REPORTED OUT Washington, Nov. 21—The administration merchané marine bill with amendments ‘agreed to yesterday by Republican mem- bers was formally reported out’ by the house merchant marine committee today without a re- cord yote. bene Washington, D, C., Nov. 21.—“En- actment of the administration mer- chant marine bill was urged upo congress today by President Hardin as necessary to relieve the govern ment of present “staggering losses in operation of the war-built mer- jchant fleet and to establish a pro- gram of assured shipping to serve the nation in war and give a guar- anty of commercial importance in time of peace. Sees Saving by Marine ue Pergonally addressing the joint session of the house and senate, the executive declared an actual mone- tary saving to the government would result from the proposed’ law. Hu challenge! every insinuation of fav- |man Billik and Johann Hoch, noto ored interests and the enriching of ous Chicago poisoners, and Hensi the special few at the expense of Landru France, At the same time it became known recently _ guillotined {that a report from the Chicago psych- opathic laboratory indicated both wo-/ men are of the intelligence of 4 1l+year-old child. In the numerous Billik and Hoca poisonings the same poison was used in the cases in which Mrs. Klimek jn and Mrs. Koulik have been accused. ! Hoch, hanged here, pursued his! course of marrying widows, obtaii ing their funds and then poisoning them throughout the country. An authenticated list of 12 of Hoch’s wives was compiled, police claimed to have identified 15, and students of his career claimed 39 were found. Billik was accused of infatuating | Mrs. Martin Vzral, then poisoning her husband, four children and fin- ally Mrs. Vzral. In three true bills voted yesterday the two women were named jointly for conspiracy to commit murder of for murder. The state’s attorney’s office has; indicated a quick trial will be asked and the death penalty for both sought, Traces of the poison have been found half a dozen bodies of husbands and relatives disinterted. Working on Them in! the lease that was before the commis- being |freshed and eager for the comin€/ 39.999 different from that of the sion, this valuation commission, The first case against th about e utility tans in sme" be,eeth whether it will also be of | Britain for supremacy in-the Levant has been thggprotection of weak sul- afast and it remains to! The plans for the winter’s work: of the Farmer's Institute of the State | iDepartment of Agriculture and La- bor are taking shape rapidly. Many | ublic treasury. The legislation ‘he dsserted, automatically guarded against enrichment ‘or perpetual be- stowal. “If success attend, as. we hope it ' will,” he added, “the government out- lay is. returned, the inspi#ation ¢* opportunity to earn remains, and American transportation by sea is maintained.” “The President xiid concern about the American merchant marine p-ii- yey was not limited, “to our own “domain,” adding that the’ maritime nations of the world “were in com. | plete a¢cord with the opposition here to the pending measure.” He de. jelared those nations had a perfzct right to such an attitude, but that he wished to stress the erican | viewpoint, which he said should be the viewpdint “from which one seea American carriers at sea, -the de- pendence of American commerce, and American vessels for American reli- ance in the event of war.” President’s Plea , “Mr. Harding declared it would he | most discouraging if a measure of j“such transcending national impsrt- | ance” must hove its fate depenc in | gaographicell, occupational, profes- jsional of, partisan objection. A com- mercial @minence on the seas and ample agencies for the promotion in | carrying of American commerce, he j asserted, were of no-less, importance _ 'to'the people ofthe’ Mississippi and ithe Missouri valley, the great nortli- west and the Rocky Mountain states than to the seaboard states and in- dustrial communities inland. “Jm is a common cause, with its benefit commanly shared,” he said. “If government aid is a fair term j to apply ‘to authorizations aggregat- ing $75,000,000 to promote good {roads for market highways, the pre- | sident added, it is equally fit to be applied to the establishment and maintenance of American market highways on the “salted seas.” -Jéhn Ozmun, Wilson township; Her- afternoon, 18 men drawn for the} hed skull caused © instantanc- ‘ull . A Mustapha Kemal Pasha AFC B Ht jury on order of Judge James: C. [ous ‘death Gulf ee erccaae Americes a him to, 2708 May &, 1019, on the filin at abe cant esenee: |apotiations oe dooce ey ne Fifty Million Loss . pore camel | Friends have warned him mplaint by users of steam andelec- . in the office from all parts o} di one RAT speak no longer than an hour but he! compel OY i""Temet Pasha and his associates of | att’ the indications, are that the| “AS to Present government opera. No women were drawn on the jury | The name of Mrs. F. C. Voight was | one of those drawn in the first 18 but was laid aside. The drawing was made from a list of 155 names, with County Clerk Fisher, County Treas- urer Flow, County Auditor Johnson and Sheriff Welch supervising the drawing as required by Jaw. States Attorney MeCurdy and a number of others were present. Among the names drawn for the grand jury was that’ of Howard Bonny, one of the three who verified and petit ons for the grand jury One or two others drawn were men who had signed the petition for the y. Another served on an The names of the W. H. Bromwell, Wild Rose town- ship; Martie Pollock, Wing; F. W. Murphy, Bismarck; G. A. Hughes, McKenzie; G. C. Beithon, Bismarck; man Ode, Bismarck; Geo. Anderson, Wing; Walter Sellens, Hay Creek; G. FY Sapp, Thelma; C. J. Cole, Can- field; Chris Jodsaas, Arena; Newt Paulson, Clear Lake; Howard Bonny, Bismarck; J. M. Lash, ‘Bismarck; Philip Webb, Bismarck; Jacob Kal- lio, Wing; 0. H. Benson, city. Following the drawing of the grand jury the jury commissioners drew the-names for the petit jury panel. V LOST FOR 17 YEARS FINDS WAY BACK Saskatoon, Sask., Nov. 21.—Lost among the Indians of the north country for 17 years, Archie Bright-| . has found his tion, it was on, now 33 ye way back to ¢i learned today. According to Brighton's story he left’ for the Yukon witha number of miners in 7905 was taken north by them and finally abandoned among the Indiars. From that time until ‘he reached Battleford, he s had never seen a newspaper; knew neither where he was nor of the pas- sage of time, and lived the life of the Aborigines REJECT POOR FARM Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 21—Het- tinger county voters rejected the proposal to establish a poor farm in the county by a smashing majori- ty. , he; ‘}rites were joe Libreau, owner, and Captain} Mexicali, Lower California, Nov. 21. Gomez, master of the steamer Topol-| obampo capsized Sunday at! LaBomba, on the gulf of California,| 60 miles south of Mexigali, with a| loss of life estimated at 80, were to} be arraigned here today on charges of negligence. Last renorts said 21 bodies had] been recovered and that search «was! being made along the cast on both sides of the ‘gulf for.others Burials followed ‘closely the recovery of the bodies. Soldiers dug a long trench! above the béach line and the only m ry. It wa by officials that Captain Gomez was making his first voyage. into the upper reaches of the gulf and had not sufficiently familiarized himself with the problems of naviga- tion. which JUDGE McKENNA AGA IN MINNEAPOLIS HOSPITAL Napoleon, N. D., Nov. 20.—Judge McKenna, who went Monday to Ash- ley to conduct a term of district court for that county, on ‘Tuesday mprning adjourned the'term and parted at once for Minneapolis, where he is again receiving treat- ent. j= has given no indication that he in-| tends to follow this injunction. | Speaking without notes, as he| will Clemenceau may talk for two} hours if he finds an interested | audience and is able to make him- self understood in the great audi- torium of the Metropolitan Opcra House. } Nothing else was planned for the Tiger today. He. was expected to remain at the Gibson home resting and working on tonight's address. British Columbia Votes to Bar Entry of Asiatics Victoria, B. C., Nov. 21.—A motion made by the provincial government calling upon the dominion govern- ment to prohibit the immigration of Asiatics into Canada was unanimous. | ly adopted by the British Columbia | legislature last night. , | ARRANGE BOUT. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 21.—Arrange-| ments were completed last nigit for the’ meeting here De¢ember 1 of “Sailor Boy” Benson of Fargo, andj Chuck Lamber of St. Paul, middle- weight fighters, | ANNUAL SERVICE tricity. A hearing was hgid July 16, 1919. On April 5, 1920;“no decision | having been rendered, the compa filed a schedule of rates coveri-s power and géoking. On May 19, 1920, (Contfnued on Page ‘Three) _MEN’S DINNE DATE IS FI The old army cry “When Do We Eat?” is answered. Its , Thursday night, at 6:30 o'clock, in the American Legion hall. Real food, toma regular. honest-ta-goodness turkey supper with all the trimmings. And just as free as corn beef in the army but a lot more appetizing. | Its the annual turkey dinner given to the cx-service men and women of Burleigh county by the American War Mothers and the Legion Auxiliary. The memories the Turkish delegation to the con- ference appear less confident’ than when they arrived and the feeling is growing that they will reduce their program materially in the hope of restoring peace und re-establishing trade relations with the cutside world. It is becoming evident that they are beginning to realize that it was Greece and not the great pow- D | crs of Europe which they defeated in canipaign ej their recent successful about Smyrna. MANY RECEIVE | CONSTABLE VOTES | Twelve or fifteen men received lvotes for constable in the recent \ election, the official canvassing, board figures show. Those elected are W. |D. Perkins, Max Long, S. J. King. and William Noggle. WHITE WINS OUT Dickinson, N. , Nov. 21.—The JUDGE of the big feed last year insure @ great crowd at the dinner, and so that those preparing it may know the exact number all who will attend are asked to register at the American Legion hall be- fore Wednesday evening. 1 ne ES flopping of a precinct always con- sidered a league stronghold turned the tide in favor of Judge Fred White in the Slope county judgeship race last week and enabled him to win out by a margin of about 14 votes over his league endorsed op- ponent, J. F, Wier. . demandgfor Farmer's Institutes is greater this year than ever before. The first institute will be held in Hettinger county’ beginning Decem- ber 4 and one corps of speakers will | be kept on the road continually from that time until the holidays after! which another corp of speakers will be started out. The speakers who will commence | the work in, the Slope county are| Mr. Dan E. Willard, Mrs. Gordon W. Randlett and W. F. Reynolds. These} speakers were on the Farmers’ Insti- tute staff the entire season last year} and the result of their work was so ratifying that they are secured for work again’ Shupey this year. Bandit it Army Lays, ' Waste 6 Miles Swath (By the Associated Press) Shanghai, Nov. 21.—The bandit ar- my of Honan Province 30,000 strong, which kidnaped a number of foreign missionaries recently is laying waste a path six miles wide across the province, burning every city town and farm house in its line of march and leaving its trails strewa with bodies, according to a letter received here from H. E. Ledgare, an English missionary who escaped. tion. of the shipping board fleet, Mr Harding said there was the unavoid- able task of wiping out a fifty mil- lion dollar annual loss, and losses | aggregating “many hundreds of mi! jlions” in worn out, sacrificed ¢ scrapped shipping. He called atte j tion that the government ships we ! being worn out without any pro | sion for replacement, and that {program $f surrehder and sacri |and thé liquidation, which, he (Continued on Page 2) ga ee The Weather | + For twenty-four hours ending < noon today. Temperature, at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday: . Lowest vesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity « WEATHER FORECAST. pee Fas For Bismarck and vicinity: tonight and Wednesday not; muc change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonigh and Wednesday; not much ‘change i temperature. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, i \ Meterologist.