The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 1

ee THE BISMARCK TRIBU WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Wednesday. LAST EDITION NE (Leased Wire of Associated Press) MISS SALISBURY -TS ACQUITTED (By the Associated Press.) Montevideo, Minn., Dee. 12.—-Mis: | Elsie Salisbury was a free woman, |today and enroute to Minneapolis | BI ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1922 JANSONIUS IS = NORTHWEST IN” TO BE NAMED = GRIPOF FIRST. PRICE FIVE CENTS BANDITS, IN DARING DAYLIGHT _ ROBBERY, BIND CASHIER OF MINNESOTA BANK, ESTABLISHED 1873 ' ‘ ict JOHN WANAMAKER FATHER OF LYNCH NEGRO | MODERNDEPARTMENT STORE | AND BURN HOTEL hed 44 (By the Associated Press) > af, 1] |’ Streetman, Texas, Dec. 12---Street-| ‘man was quiet téday after the lyneh- ling of a negro maw and the burning AS NEW JUDGE nn ne ' Veteran Merchant ‘84° Years Of Age Started in Business With Capital of Only $3,- 500-— Was Former Post- master General 0 STORES PRICE “Thinking, trying, Toiling And Trusting Is All My Biography,” He Wrote— Lead in Many Lines of Philanthropic Endeavor Philadelphia, Pa, Dec, 12—John Wanamaker died at his home here at 8 a.m, The world famous merchant and of the only negro hotel yesterday. | |, George Gay, negro, 25, was shot: to jdeath by a mob after he had been accused of an attack on the white! |woman earlier in the day, He was! Fle : JOHN WANAMAKER CHINESE RELEASE ~ ANTON LUNDEEN (By the Associated Press) Peking, Dee. 12—Anton Lundeen taken from the sheriff's party whic! {was trying to get: him to safet: Chained to a tree, his body was rid-; ‘dled with bullets. More than 300} jshots took effect and his body was ;then left chained to the tree. | Circumstantial evidence only con-, ‘nected Gay with the crime, according | as he was never definite- ied’ By the young woman as her assailant. But evidence such ‘identification of rags which w ‘used in stifling the woman's screams iand the fact that the blood hounds | {after being put on the trail went; {directly fo the house where Gay Vhad been captured. pointed to G implication, officers said. CITY DECIDES “ON AGTION IN Wells County Man Will Suc-| ceed Judge W. L. Nuessle On the District Bench \ f GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT 1 Well Qualified, Says ‘Nestos, | Announcing Intention to | Name Wells County Man 14 Fred Jansonius of © Fessenden, county judge of Wells county for} any years, will be appointed judge’ ‘in the Fourth judicial district to suc- ceed Judge W. L. Nuessle, Governor |R. A, Nestos announced today, | Mr. Jansonius will be appointed | January 2, when Judge Nuessle goes ; on the supreme court, bench, and ; will move to Bismarck, where he will) { maintain chambers, The appointee had the endorse- Unofficially SOUTH SUFFERS COLD SPELL Reported as Thirty-one Below at Minot —Winds General ALSO ‘Duluth Reports Blizzard with A 68 Mile Gale Over Lake Superior BISMARCK JOINS. Bismarck joined other North- west cities last night in sub- zero temperatures.. It was 17 below here. Williston reported 22 helow. The coldest point re- ported was Ilavre, Mont., with 34 below. Fargo reported WM. be- low, and St. Paul 6 below. The forecast is for continued cold. (By the Assocjated Press) i with her mother and sister following her acquittal of a murder. charge by a jury here last night. | Miss Salisbury plans) to spend « jfew days in Minneapolis before go- ing to California to: recuperate from the strain of the trial events fol: lowing the shooting of Oscar Erick son here last April 21 with which she was charged. | The jury obtained the case at 4:45 ip. m., yesterday and. returned a | verdict four hours later after tuking five ballots. Arguments. of the state and defense took up most of y terday’s session. The state contended that the shooting was premeditated {to avenge an alleged wrong while ithe defense took the stand that it | was’ accidental through the sudden discharge of a pistol in Miss Salis- bury’s hands, ‘WEBB ELECTED _ PRESIDENT OF ees COORDINATION OF FARMERS’ Farm Bureau Would Put All -Under Central Organiza- | tion in Future | TRADE BOARD ASSAILED ( | Demand Made for Admittance | Of Farmers’ Bodies for | Trading Purposes (By the Ass BODIES URGED MAKE HAUL After Getting Over $3,000 They Escape in Automobile, Driving Toward Stillwater HALT A CUSTOMER Another Daring Daylight Robbery in Chicago Nets Bandits $19,000 (By the Associated Press) Hugo, Minn., Dec, 12.—Three robbers entered the First State Bank of Hugo early today, bound F. E. Carpenter, assistant cashier, sand placed him on hig face in a rear room, while*the bank was robbed of $3,869, mostly in cash. The robbers escaped in a closed touring car, which, according to latest information was driven in ; the direction of Stillwater, While ‘the robbers were gather- ment of most of the Wells county! passed ne ; bar and numerous citizens. He was former ‘postmaster general of Newman Grove, Nebraska, a mi Chicago, Dec. 12—Coordination on [198 UP the money, Hugo Gessner, away at his town house, 2032 Wal- nut Street. He had been confined | there since early in November with | ah cold contracted at his coun- try estate, “Lyndenhurst,” -at Jen- kintown, near here. He was 84 years | old. About two weeks ago Mr. Wana- maker's condition became such as to cause anxiety, A week ago, how. } ever, he showed such marked im- provement that his physicians ceas- | ed issuing bulletins. At five o’clock this morning Mr, Wanamaker was seized with a violent coughing spell, hig physicians stated, which result- ed in extreme heart weakness. M: H. Warburton, Mir, notified Wana- at 8 a.m. jor Barelay Wanamaker’s The s maker died peacefully The the one in New York were not open- ed, notice appearing on the doors that the stores would remain closed until further notice. The funeral day will be announced later. Mr. Wanamaker's life was insured for more than $3,000,000; he having been one gf the leaders among the heavily insured men in the country. Mr. Wanamaker was active in his business affairs up to the time he was stricken. He spent much of last winter in Florida, and was in this city all summer hard at work, ‘with the exception of occasional surcease from the duties of his office for a day at the seashore. He was always an early riser and. was usually in his merchantile establishment be- for it was opened. Mr. Wanamaker is survived by his son, Rodman, a resident of New York City, and two daughters, Mary B., Wife'.f Barclay H. Warburton, and Elizabeth, wife of Norman Mac- Leod, both of Philadelphia John Wanamaker led it tion of the department store ’s an institution in American life. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 when he began. business for himself ina humble way in Philadelphia, retail merchandizing in this country was in a disorganized state, and, in the opinion of the farsighted young m@chant, it was suffering a rapid decline through practices that were then general. Aside from his am- bition to make money, “my para- mount purpose”, said Mr. Wanamak- er, “was to help save the mercantile profwssion from lowering its flag befere other professions and oc- cupations”, There were in those days no fixed selling price for yoods. Business then demanded a thirteen-hour day from all its em4 ployes. Customers spent hours price-haggling with salesmen. Wanamaker was impressed with this waste of time and to eliminate province Thursd Wanamaker store here and | the crea- | Mr. | sjonary, who was kidnaped by ban- its in Honan province on Octob: 13, last, has been it announced here to Three other Americans are sti!l being held captive and the diplomat- ie corps here has appointed a com mission which will start for Hans ay to negotiate their released, Wi release, FATEOF THIRD PARTY WILL BE DETERMINED i Radicals in Session at Clev land Refuse: to Recognize | Workers’ Organization (By the Associated Press.) Cleveland, Ohio., Dec, 12. Adop- tion of a platform for future politi cal action, representatives of the resolutions: committee and decision of the credentiais committee as to whether represent. ves of the workers party ‘of America will be seated con- jfronted’delegates at the second day’s session of the conference for | pfogressive politic 1 action, at this morning’s. session. It is understood the question of the formation of a third party will come before the conference with the expected introduction of a resolution favoring such a movement by the farmer-labor party. Secretary Sted- {man of Chicago, said last night that isocialist delegates favored a third | party. Socialist delegates said they would |watch the progress of the farme:- jlabor resolution and in the effect of its defeat would offer one asking the conference to put a presidential ‘and vice-presidential candidate in ing at a future date for that purpose. Another question 40 be decided lwas the seating of representatives {from various local trade and labor unions. This question came before the convention late yesterday and was referred back to the credentials | committee. | \At a meeting of the credentials jcommittee last night it was under- stood it was unanimously decided ;not to recommend seating of repre- ‘the field in 1924, and to call a, meet-| BLECTRIC CASE Commission in Meeting Votes To Employ C. L. Young to Represent People Not Know if it Is Getting What it Is Paying For | Commissioner Says City Does { | The commission, in last night, decided to employ an at- i |torney to represent the city in the city meeting | Hughes Electric Company rate cas set for hearing Dec. 29 by the state |rnilrond commission. C. L. who has represented the city in other utility matters, was named in the | resolution as the city’s representa- ; tive, The action followed informal dis- cussion by members of the commis- sion after President Lenhart brought up the subject on the reading of the notice of hearing sent the commis- sion bythe railroad: commission. Mr, Lenhart ; talked to:-him and desired the city Ito be represented by counsel other than the city attorney and they wished a thorough trial of the cast ‘rather the commission engaged an jother attorney for the case. During the discussion Commis- sioner Thompson mentioned the sub- liect of quality of gas, declaring that city engineer be instructed to in- vestigate the testing of the gas. Commissioner Henzler moved for the employment of Mr. Young, add- ing that he did this becayse he did |not believe the city attorney ought to appear on one side against the utility while his law partner appear- the past. Commissioner Larson sec- onded the motion on the same basis. Commissioner Thompson voted no, giving as his reason that the city {had a city attorney who could try j; the case as well as any other. Mr. Lenhart said that Mr. Young, jformerly engaged to represent the utility in some matters, was entire- ily free-to accept the case for the jeity. i Wants Meter Tester. ; The discussion shifted to the sub- DISCUSS METER TESTER! Young, | said. some consumers had; it was not good, and moved that the! ed on the other. for the utility as in} | county judge for many years and was jrenominated last June but declined j to acecyt the place so that he could| | work ffr the O’Connor-Nestos: ticket. i Mr, Jansonius was a college, class | | mate of Governor Nestos and ‘has j long been a close friend. In a state- jment explaining his intentions Gov-| ernor Nestos said: |. “Now that the the State Cdnvass- ‘ing Board has issued a certificate off election to Judge W. L. Nuessle as a} | member of the supreme court, and} that therefore on January 2 there {will be a vai | District to be filled by appointment, | lection of a su his affairs before | tie | di nl office. | position. of splendidly. | “My task becomes, making my selection. “When the time for appointment comes I shall name as judge of the Fourth Judicial District, Judge Fred Jansonius of Fessenden. Judge for 12 Years, “Mr. Jansonius has practiced law in the district for more than 18 | years. During the past 12 years he j has been county judge of Wells coun-, ty during the whole of that period, has has increased jurisdiction, he has had the training incident to the trying of some 2,000 court an@ jury cases, wherein the same form of Pleadings have been used, the same rules of evidence applied, and simi- lar instruction,to the jury given as in the district court. During these 12 years as judge, Mr. Jansonius has} presided at some 14 jury terms of j the court besides hearing a very jlarge number of court cases. For} many years he has been recognized | as a man of excellent judgment, fair, | limpartial and just as a judge, and has enjoyed the reputation of being ancy in the District |Judgeship of the Fourth Judicial jit would seem best to make the se- essor to Judge Nues-| sle at' this time, and to make the an- jnouncement of the selection so that|and Montana. | the man to be named on January 2j)tion of the region, it was predict- |may have an opportunity to adjust|ed, would be greeted by the cold suming the du-| Wave today. and responsibilities) of his ju-; Apparently the “Fortunately there is a’ strong bar jin the Fourth District, and an ubund- ance of excellent material for the One might name any one ‘out of half a dozen of those whe ‘have been recommended for appoint- ment and rest assured that the du-} ties of the office would be taken care Nierefore, | mgrely that of choosing. the one. of \the splendid candidates, whose train- ing and experience, seems to me to have qualified him especially for the (City Attorney O'Hare said he'd | duties and respoasibilities of the | judgeship. This has been my aim in the first severely cold weather to ‘the states of the mid dlewest today while the northwest {for the second ime this winter was in the grip of sub-zero tempera- tures, forecasters predicted the cold weather in the northwest would spread eastward today, pre- ceded, however, tem- perature. The this winter prevailed in the nor- *{thern part of the rock mountain region. , Temperatures ranged jfrom 12 to 27 below in Wyoming The southern por- by rising center of: the cold’ wave continued to hold in Montana, as Miles City reported |the lowest temperature lag night, reading 27 degrees below zero. ‘Other Montana points were also two or three degrees over that mark. Throughout the cold wave sec- tion reports indicated a high wind which intensified the cold. A dropping thermometer; weath- er forecasters announced, herald- ed the arrival of the-cold wave in ‘Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, giving those states their first real winter. The mercury was expected to reach ten above early today and {continue its downward \progress until near zero tonight. Cold wave warnings have been issued for Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, western and northern New York, western Tennessee and extreme northern Mississippi. Colder weather was predicted also, for Colorado and western Texas, ac- compained by snow. 81 BELOW AT MINOT Minot, D . Dec. 12.—A mini- the unofficial temperature record- ed here last night. At 7 a, m. the temperature had risen one degree. TRAINS DELAYED Fargo, N. D., Dec. 12.—Delayed east bound transcontinetal train service remained today as the only after {which yesterday swept the north- west from the mountains to Fargo and furéher east. went to 16 below zero here. effect of the snowstorm The mercury On the Great Northern railroad Cold wave warnings were! issued for the Ohio and. Mississippi | valleys and coldwest weather recorded | | brought i Well Known Merchant Is | Named to Head New Club ! For the Ensuing Year ‘AKE OTHER ACTION Discuss Various Problems And Plan to Get Work of i ! | fi | Club Under Way ‘ Will H. Webb was elected presi- Gent of the Bismarck Association of ‘Commerce at a metting of the direc- tors held last night, FE. B. Cox was elected first vice-president; Dr. N. 0. Ramstad, secdnd vice-president jand J. L. Bell treasurer. The directors, with all ten pre- sent, held a lengthy discussion, go- ing over all the affairs of the As- sociation of Commerce up to date and discussing plans for the future. The directors hope to obtain a secretary for the club quickly, and ‘to get the program for the ensuing year under way, Several applications ‘for the position of secretary are on hand and it is probable that ‘direc- tors’ will have ‘personal interviews with Bome of the applicants before announcing their decision. A budget committee .composed of ‘5. B. Cox, R. W. Lumry and P. J. Meyer was appointed. A committee to formulate the program from sug- gestions recently advanced was ap- pointed, consisting of J. E. Kaulfus J. J. .M. MacLeod, Dr. R. S. Towne and E. V. Lahr. ‘One of the immediate questions discussed was assisting the Bis- marck-Kidder Holstein circuit, by a committee composed of Judge Christianson, J. L, Bell, Carl Nelson, John French and E. B. Cox. The directors elected 17 new mum of 31 dggrees below zero was! members, bringing the membership to 488. It is hoped soon to put the membership over the 500 mark. It already is one of the largest mem- berships in any city of this size in the United States. The assured in. come of the club, was reported, at $12,050.00 annually. Fighty-nine per cent of members have paid some portion of their dues, a remarkable ported by the American City Bureau. These include some out-of-town Isubseribers who are dependent for action on the home office, and several local record in:the campaign, it was re- | a national b: | s under the leadership jof the American Farm Bureau Fed- j eration of all cooperative marketing | organizations now numbering several |thousand in this country, was ap- jproved by the adoption of a resolu- tion today at the fourth annual meet- jing of the Farm Bureau Federation. AVANTS NEW LAW Chicago, Dee. 12.—Legislation to compel grain exchanges to take into | their organizations lawful producer- owned companies was urged by E. H. Cunningham, president of the U. |S. Grain Growers Inc. in an address [before the American Farm Bureau | Federation, here today. He pointed to the recent refusal of the Chicago Board of Trade to accept a membership application of the U. S. Grain Growers Inc, asa concrete example of the need of such {legislation, declaring that the local board broke its pledge to the farm ers that “if you abide by the rules, we will welcome you in,” when it refused the farmers’ organization a seat on the board. RENEW HUNT FOR AVIATORS 10ST 5 DAYS | | | Mexican Officials in the Search (By the Associated Press) Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 12.— cooperation of Mexican officials as- sured and additional airplanes ex- pected to arrive in Arizona during the day, army officers stationed at different points in the south of the state early this morning were pre- | pared to redouble their efforts in the search for Colonel Frances C, Marsh- all and Lieutenant C. L. Webber, army aviators, who disappeared while enroute from San Diego, Cali- fornia to Tucson, Arizona last Thursday. Although five days have elapsed since the aviators left San Diego, a systematic search of the desert country of western Arizona has fail- ed to bring to light a single definite clue to the whereabouts and the \search from this time on will he di- Cooperation Obtained Fromt| explanation of his bill to widen the a customer, entered the bank. He Was covered by pistols in the hands jot the robbers adn bound and placed heside Carpenter, The robbers were in the ‘bank ! only about five minutes, according to Carpenter. GET $19,000 Chicago, Dec. 12—Four bandits held up a messenger for the Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank and robbed him of $19,000 today in the busy Logan Square busin district in the northwest section of the city, i SENATE BODY INFORMED ON CREDIT BILLS Takes of Consideration of Various Measures Pro- posed for Farmer Relief (By the Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 12.—Proponents of various farm credit bills appear- ed today before the senate banking committee at the opening of hear- ings on credit legislation. Senator Capper, Republican, Kan- sas, chairman of the senate farm bloc, opened the hearing with an credit facilities of live stock grow- ers authorizing cooperative livestock loan associations. He was followed by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wis- consin, a member of the joint con- gressional agricultural commission, With the] who outlined to the committee the bill by Lenroot-Anderson provisions indorsed tion officials. ; Among those present at the hear- ing were Eugene Meyer, director of the War Finance Corpoartion, and members of the Federal Farm Loan board. ’ Senator Capper said his live stock loan bill would meet the néeds of both large and small live stock grow- ers;“but did not deal with the credit requirements of the general farmer. The bill provides for cooperative as- sociations with $250,000 capital, whose paper would have discount privileges with federal reserve banks. The small live stock growers, he said could obtain loans through such ciations, and he did not belie containing administra- firms, who under a governing policy of yearly budget- ing, cannot subscribe until January 1, 1923. Total collections to date amount to $6,064.39, or 53 percent of the, total year's income. ! rected to points farther south and east. Four airplanes yesterday penetrat- ed’ 80 miles into Mexico but discov- ered no trace of the missing men., | sentatives of the workers party. The first business before this of fad “;morning’s session of the conference; of the beginnings of many merean- fo. rogressive political action was | tile reforms which today are so; h f the ittee i generally fallowed that the present |the report of the committee on cre- dentials which decided that “since one of the best county judges in the State of North Dakota, For this reason I fel that the Fourth Judicial District will be fortunate in having as a judge a man with the qualifica- that the bulk of capital of the a: ciations would come from the indus- try but from banking and business interests of the community. Senator Kendrick, Democrat, Wyo- ct of meters, Commissioner Thomp-} jNumber 2 due at 11:20 last night | (Continued on Page 6) | Was to arrive at 3 p, m., today While No. 4, due yesterday after- {noon was to come along at 10 or 11 Jo’clock :today. On the Northern} it he became-a pioneer in fixing a selling price for goods. It was one generation can scarcely find any- where a trace of the old practices. Capital of $3,500. Mr. Wanamaker was 24 years old when he entered upon his ‘career, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Nathan Brown, on a joint critical! capital of $3500, in a clothing busi- ness at Philadelphia, He had been born in that city, July 11, 1838, His father and father’s father had been brick-makers, and John Wanamaker’s first work was “turning bricks.” He the oldest of seven children and carly in his boyhood he was obliged to give up schooling and earn his own way. His first wages were $ 2 week as an errand boy in a Phil- adelphia book store, and then as » young man he was employed for a time at Tower Hall, a fgmous old ithe workers’ party of America was not in harmony with the principles ‘of the conference their representa- \tive be not seated.” | The report was adopted. The mat- ter had been referrdll back to the credentials committee late yesterday ifor further consideration, ‘TAKE NARCOTICS VAULED $50,000 (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 12—Narcotics valued at $50,000 and the names and hddresses of about 1,000 persons said by the police to be selling agents and addicts were seized here PLAN RAID OF _ MOONSHINE STRONG HOLDS Covington, Ky., Dee. 12.—Prepara- jtions to mass 500 prohibition agents, ‘equipped with bombing planes and jmachine guns for an onslaught on | the mountain stronghold of “Bob” Ballard’s band of Menifee county | moonshiners, are being made by fed- jeral authorities, according to three | officials who returned to Covington |from Mount Sterling yesterday. They ‘had been part of the possee of |fifty prohibition agents who wer: |tions of Mr. Jansonius.” { Born in Iowa, | Mr. Jansonius was born of German 21, 1877. He received his education | 1in the public schools at Ackley, |the Graves Academy, the Springs, Iowa | then graduated from the law depa | ment of the University of North Da-| |kota in June, 1904, \ | M. Jansonius is a married man, land when appointed will move to | Bismarck with his wife and two | children, \ | 'GOLVALADIES | ARE WINNERS over the istrong winds more intense. Pacific railroad No. 2, due’at 2:55 a. m., was six hours late. Oone branch line train on the Cas- | parentage at Achley, Iowa, December selton or Marion branch was stalled | last night dt Kathryn and it was at} necessary to send a snow vlow out} Nora! from Dilworth, Minn., to clear the} Seminary, and also} Jine. | took a business course at the Hith-' of the Northern Pacific were delayed | | land Park College, Des Moines, and | but were expected to'be back 9n nor-| -| mal Trains on other branche lines time today. SUB-ZERO AT ST..PAUL St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 12.—Below ;zero temperatures were general northwest today with making the cold Williston, 'N . D. was the coldest ‘spot in the northwest, according to available reports this morning, ! {with 18 below recorded. Snow in It was, reported that the per capita cost of the membership cam- conducted American able record, WOMAN HELD BY POLICE NOT MRS. PHILLIPS { (By the Associated Press) Casper, Wyo., Dec. 12.—Police au- torities have established the identity of the woman held in jail there as | Beatrice Craig, of Kirby, Wyo., Po- lice Captain Clayton said today. He declared that reports given tu newspaper correspondents had part- ly as their basis a wish of members in the City Bureau, a remark- paign was the fifth or sixth lowest | history of the | GOV. RUSSELL “WINS $100,000 DAMAGE CASE (By the Associated Press) Oxford, Miss., Dee. 12—C, M. Mc- Neil of Counsel for Miss Frances C. |Birkhead who yesterday lost her suit for $100,000 damages against i jtoday that an appeal would be taken. | Miss Birkhead had asked for $100,- |000 damages—50,000 each on two counts—one charging seduction and ming, endorsed the Capper bill, tell- ing the committee it would have ed millions of dollars if in operation during the recent slump in the live [Governor Lee M. Russell, indicated | Attorney - General’s stock industry. ASK RECALL OF GRAND JURY BE ORDERED HERE Office Files Petition with Supreme Court today. jrepulsed after R. E, Duff and Davi of the f " es spa-! i i ealth as Among the seized letters and cards| Treadway, prohibition agents, had{ ‘force to “hoax” the newspa-'the other impairment of health a per men. He said the woman would the result of an alleged operation. Philadelphia clothing hofise, where some sections was being piled up | his personality and business ability Beach, N. D., Dee. 12.—The Beach t i ;by the wind and train service, es- | were developed for his venture in business for himself. The Brown & Wanamaker store began business with a first day’s sale account of $24, and ended its first year with a rec- ord of $24,000 business.. Mr, Wana- maker and his brother-in-law. were during their first few months of bus- iness unable to afford a horse and wagon for delivery, and Mr. Wana- maker himself pushed .2 two-wheel cart to deliver his goods. His part- ners health failng, most of the de- _ tails Of the business developed upon Mr. Wanamaker. é Aside from establishing his one- price policy and making a shorter business day, Mr. Wanamaker estab- lished in the new store two systems, one of sales and'the other of or- ganization. He learned it was cheap- er to manuacture some classes of goods than to buy from manufactur- ers and he/ became one of the first retailers to do this. H¢ found it diffi- cult to get employes who wete prop- erly instructed in their duties and (Continued on Page 6) Deputy Commissioner Simon was one from a well known motion picture actor of Hollywood, Califor- nia, indicating that the doctor had acted as a selling agent. California authorities were notified of the se’ ure and requested to make an inves- tigation. William Williams, in whose apart- ment the drugs were found, was ar- rested. HOGUE RESIGNS STATE PLACE George M. Hogue, secretary of the North Dakota Fish and Game Com- mission, has taken a position in the U. S. Internal Revenue Service with headquarters in Minneapolis, and has resigned his position here. Mr. Hogue has been secretary of the state commission for seven years, living in Steele, Kidder county, and having his oeffic there. His govern- ment position is that of inspector of drug stores, said | been shot and killed in a three days | |seige, of the moonshiners, near Siate | Creek, {James Weed and W. Huddleston, said |the war department would be appeal- jed to for two bobing planes, and a |number of machine guns, pointing {out that only by bombing the entire | mountain, would it be possible to drive the moonshiners from the caves and natural barricades afford: ed in the wild section of the state. |Belief that moonshiners from other districts were constantly reinforcing those entrenched in the Slate Creek | section, was expressed- by Correll. | EDITOR ACQUITTED } (By the Associated Press) | Durango, Colo., Dec. 11.—Rod S. \Day, editor of the Durango Demo- jerat, was found no guilty of the | charge of murder for which he was tried in connection with the death of | Wm. L. Wood, city editor of the Du- rango Herald, last April] The ver- dict was returned this morning after 2 ballots had been taken, The three officers, Elmer Correll, | Town Criers went to Golva, spelled the ladies of Golva and surrounding | Pecially transcontinental traffic Vcountry—or tried to—and came through the Dakota’s, was hamp- ‘home ingloriously defeated, leaving ; ered. |Mrs. 0. J. Cripps the lone victor of {the strenuous mental gymnastics be- |tween town and country. Dr. Foster | tried gallantly to save the day for ; Beach, but couldn’t spell asparagus jand retired leaving the lady to be | cheered to the echo by the big crowd present, and to be carried around jthe hall by her admiring compat- | ri ‘iots. RED CROSS ROLL CALL Washburn, N. D., Dec. 12—Mrs. James T. McCulloch secretary of the ;McLean County Red Cross Chapter reports that up-to.date 388 people have enrolled as members for the coming year. This is only the first report that has been obtained and it is hoped that many more will en- | | roll before the year is up. The \money from the membership goes to ipay the salary of the County Red | Cross Nurse, so those who have paid their dollar have given it to a! worthy cause, Duluth reported a blizzard and ;zero temperatures with a 68 mile {an hour gale blowing on Lake Su- | perior. : MRS. NORTHROP PASSED AWAY (By the Associated Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 12. — The widow of the late Cyrus Northrop, president-emeritus of the Univers- ity of Minnesota, died at her home here today. The board of regents passed a resolution of sorrow and ordered | flowers. sent with their sympathy |to the bereaved. Death wag due to pneumonia which she contracted recently, it was announced. servcies will be held Mrs. Northrop was 87 Funeral Thursday. pos old. \to her sanity. \ NOT MRS. PHILLIPS, Casper, Wyo., Dec. 12.—Belief that Casper police had succeeded in ap- jprehending Clara Phillips, convicted slayer of Mrs. Alberta Meadows who leseaped from the Los Angeles jail ‘on December 6, is thought to have been eploded this morning when a suspect arrested last night declared she was Beatrice Craig of Kirby, Wyo. The woman said she had been liv. lice authorities have not accepted her explanation and are continuing | their investigations. | Valvetta, Malta, Dec. |Mitchell of New York, American con- jsul on the island of Malta, was shot jand wounded today near Baracca, Hi limmediately taken up, Mr. Mitchell was taken to a physician for treat- pment be held pending. an investigation in- | ing in Casper about three weeks. Po- | assailant escaped but pursuit was| The verdict for the defendant was ipresented just 28 minutes after the !conclusion of arguments and a charge given the jury by presiding Judge E. R. Holmes. McNeil would make no statements jas to further action in addition to j indicating an appeal would be taken. | POST ELECTS OFFICERS Washburn, N. D., Dee. 12.—The Victer B. Wallin Post No, 12, Ameri- can Legion elected their officers for the coming year at their meeting |Monday night. The new commander who takes the place of the retiring jcommender, Archie Fahlgren, is M. (Tellefson. The rest of the new ificers who were elected are: Vi Commander, Hugh H. McCulloch; !Adjutant Harris Robinson; Finance Officer, Dan Schulz, Jr., Chaplain, \L. R. Burgum; Historian, Ed, Buf- |fington; and Sargeant at Arms, Olaf iLee, | After the business meeting the ;Post entertained the Women’s Auxi- liary with an oyster supper at the joel: A petition was presented to the supreme court this afternoon by the attorney-general’s office asking that the supreme court exercise supervisory powers and recall the grand jury discharged here in Bur- leigh county a few days ago. The petition was drawn and pre- sented by the attorney-general's of- fice, which originally drew the or- der for the calling of the grand jury, which order was held illegal. It is alleged in the order that the court erred in dismissing the grand jury, The supreme court has super- visory powers over the various dis- trict courts, and it is on this ground that action is asked by the attorney- general’s office. PASSES SUPPLY BILL Washington, Dec. 12—Another r cord in speeding appropriation bills in the present session of congress was made today when the senate nessed. after a short debate, the $115,000,000 treasury appropriation measure, the first of the annual supply bills, which passed the house only last Saturday.