The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. PETITION FOR SCHOOL GIVEN | TO THE BOARD F pa 256 Signers\Ask for Building On Property Owned on The West Side YO HELP ALL CITY Spokesmen Declare It would Relieve Crowded Condition In 3 Other Buildings school building on the west side was utged upon members ofthe school board last night in petitions signed by 250 persons, and spoken for the petition- Building of a new grade ers. The contention of the petitioners that the and that there must be relief accord-) ed to ail was confirmed by Super- intendent H, O. Saxvik, who detailed conditions in the school. Because of the absence of one member, the board adjourned until Friday evening when final consider- ution may be given the petition. Speaking for the petitioners, Mrs W. Roberts and B. F. Tillotsos. gave their view of the need of the school. A new school building on the pro erty now owned by the board at Ave- nue A and Anderson street, would not benefit merely the west side, but all of the school patrons of the city, by relieving crowded conditions in ocher buildings, Mrs, Roberts said that she had supported the move- ment for the Richholt and Wachter schools, and that she believed the roblem was not one confined to any tion of the city but affecting all rts of the city. schools now are crowded, Walk Long Distance. People living on the west side who} have small children keenly feel the present condition, she said, The children must walk 15 to 18 blocks to school, a distance she said was too great for tots in the lower grades. It was for these that the petitioners especially asked consideration, she said. Mrs. Roberts said she know of several families who desired to live in Bismarck but would not do so be cause of inadequate school facilities, Cost of a new school, she said, which) might be between $50,000 and $60,000 for a modern building, would be spread over a period of 20 years and would not cause a noticeable increase in taxes. While all are desirous of keeping: taxes down, she said, some of the largest taxpayers of the city had joined in the petition for,a new school. She also pointed out that if families are brought to Bismarck by providing adequate school facilities the city would actually benefit finan- cially. It was the idea of the petitioners particularly that a building be pro- vided for the children in the lower grades, but many believe that a building also is needed for the first eight grades. Many Children Served. Mr. Tillotson pointed out that there are 110 blocks west of Fifth street occupied by homes which have no near access to a school, and that in one of these blocks there are 24 children. The petitions were circulated by Mrs. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Tillot- son and Oliver Lundquist. Mr. Saxvik said that the normal rate of increase in the schools vas 10 per cent a year, There are now, he said, 61 pupils in the first grade at the Richholt school, 46 at the Will school and 41 at the North Ward school, while 40 ought to be a maximum. The Wachter school alone is not too crowded, he said. The new Richholt school, which was not expected to be filled for a few years, is now too crowded he said, very available space there is used, including the cafeteria, and every grade is large. In the Will school there are as many as 55 pu- pils in one room. The North Ward school, too, is crowded, he said, though not so badly as the other two named. He said that neither the pupils nor teachers can do creditable work un- der crowded conditions. If there is the normal 10 per cent increase next year, he added. the school officials are at a loss to know where to put ‘the children. FIND GERMANS ARE HOSTILE (By the Associated Press) London, Jan, 10.—A Reuter dis- patch from Cologne this afternoon says the attitude of the Germans in the British area is eenomously snti- French... A large irresponsible sec- tion of the population favors active resistance and the wildest rumors are abroad. Fears ‘are expressed lest the British and American troops ‘should be withdrawn. } _ RISK PRI PREMIUMS iat 8 conference snes held this morning tetween the Workmen’s C nsq- tion Bureau’ and Attorney-General | MILLIONAIRE’S WIDOW A “JEKYLL AND HDYE,” STATE | WILL SEEK TO SHOW IN TEXAS MURDER MYSTERY NEA Service. Hemphill, Tex., | By Jan. 10. Is Mrs. naire lumberman, a counterpart of the famous Dr. and Mr. Hyde of fiction? Did one of two personalities draw her up toward humanitarian work, spending of thousands in the better- | ment of her community, generous gifts to charity, which gained her \the title of “Lady Bountiful” While the other—the evil—person | ality drew her downward to con- spiring against her husband's life and finally to firing the shot from an automatic pistol that caused his death as he lay sleeping. That qustion is on every lip in this little Texas lumbering town while Mrs. Knox, to the astonisn ment of those she has benefited by her lavish gifts, is behind the bars of the Hemphill jail charged with I the murder of her husband, shot to | death Nov. 26, Her Strange Career. | Here is the story of Mrs, Knox's remarkable career as it will be told in court if Mrs. Knox is brought to trial on a murder charge: | Mrs. Knox, known before her | marriage as Lillian Marshall, was | the eldest of five. Shortly after her birth, her mother d Her father | moved to Houston while she was | still a young girl. There the girl wet Knox, head of ja vast lumbering concern and heir (of a fortune estimated at between | $7,000,000 and $10,000,000. They. loved and were wed. That was 10 | years ago. The young wife immediately after her marriage was initiated into the secrets of her husband's widespread business interests. he began to dominate them through him and was known throughout the southwest as the ‘Texas lumber queen.” But Mr.. Knox soon tired of domi- nating her husband’s affairs, though they were.’ She b milli Jeky!l ame in- | ment, She set out to make a beautiful and better the rough region which in those days surrounded the site of the |Knox mills here. She started build- ing a fairyland in a lumber camp. | Her first work was to plan the ‘tittle town that was to grow around jthe mills her husband owned, Then she turned her efforts toward improving the railroad connecting Hemphill with Bronson, 10 miles away. As the result of her en- -jdeavors, the road was changed from) a narrow-gauge to a standard-gauge { line. She brought at theatrical troupes places to offer their « {charge to lumber camp employes jand their families. She built a mansion in which the entertainments she gave made her famous throughout the southwest. She purchased old masters and fur- ther embellished her art collection by importations from Europe. Each Christmas saw the expendi- ture of thousands that the people of the community might not want for gifts, The labor policy of the Knox mills was directed largely by Mrs. Knox, High wages’ were paid and a costly housing program, providing homes for employes on easy install- ments,’ was starte Knox Found Slain. Then. came the sudden death o Hiram, Knox. The multi-millionaire was found in his bed early in the morning by Mrs. Knox and her sis- ter, who said they were awakened by a pistol shot, A bullet had pene trated the lumberman’s head. Testimony was introduced at the inquest to shaw that Knox several times had threatened to commit su cide. Nevertheless the coroner pro- nounced his death a murder. Then camp a lull, ending with the sensa- tion that shook Texas and the south- west—the arrest of Mrs. Knox. The state, according to the prose- cutor, will introduce letters said to have been written to Mrs. Knox by a Texan with whom it will attempt to prove Mrs. Knox was friendly. But Mrs. Knox laughs at the ac- cusations. “Malice and envy are behind this , prosecution,” she says. “I am inno cent. This is a conspiracy against me—and some of those I have be-! lieved friendds are involved, I wil prove the charge ridiculous.” her own expense from distant feminine | vast | 'terested in, charity and civic better-! Lillian Knox, widow of Hiram Knox, | | | 4 MRS. LILLIAN KNOX VAN HOOK MAN SUCCUMBS T0 PNEUMONIA Peter Thompson, Prominent Farmer, Was Ill Since Christmas Pete Thompson of Van Hook, a 41 years, died at a local hospital one o'clock Monday morning as a re- sult of the effects of pneumonia, The deceased has been ill since Christmas and was removed from Van Hook to a Bismarck hospital last Thursday evening for treatment but could survive the dreaded dis- ease but a few Mr. Thompson was one of Van Hook's most prom- linent and well to do farmers and his death comes as a severe shock to a large circle of friends in Van Hook and vicinity. The funeral will be held at Perry's undertaking parlors in this city at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the sermon will be delivered by Rev Munson. Mrs. Chris Ch sister of the deceased arrived in the ty from Lake Mills, lowa, last eve- ning to attend the funeral which will be in charge of the local Sons of Norway. The deceased being a mem- ber of the Van Hook lodge. Mr. Thompson was unmarried and ‘before taxing up the vocation of farming, was employed as a miller with the Washburn, Crosby Milling company of Minneapolis. In addition to his sister, Mrs. Christenson, the deceased survived by a father and mother residing in Iowa, and two brothers residing in the state of Washington. Another brother was {killed in France during ite late World war. W’CUE LIBEL CASE APPEALED Had Obtained $7,500 Verdict Against Cooperators’ Herald An appeal for a new trial from the Cass county d’strict court jury de- cision that The Cooperative Publish- ing company of Fargo must pay $7,- 00 libel damaged T. F. McCue, has been filed in the supreme court. The appeal was brought in behaly of the company and A, M. Baker, defen- dants, and will be heard in the Feb- ruary term of the court. In an article, published more than i Fourth Wife Asks Divorce a year ago the Cooperators’ Herald said, it is alleged, that: 1, “With McCue collecting ‘slush fund’ to defeat the candidates of the League there ought to be no question of the r election.” 2. “McCue was formerly attorney general of North Dakota but he was so blind to operation of, blind ‘pigs | that people discarded him at the first opportun 3. An “McHugh or McCue ke your choice—they are a fine pair to ktand for the same proposition: The jury awarded McHue $7,500 damages and when William Lemke and S. L. Nuchols, attorneys for the defendants Judge C. M Cooley denied the peti- tion. It is against this decison of Judge Cooley that the defendants are appealing, The defending attorneys maintain that in the same case the supreme court has held on a former appeal from a demurrer that the first and second statements mentioned were not suscept ble to a libelous interpre- tat'on and that the thitd one was not libelous per se but was susceptible to such construction. Attorneys for the plaintiff were W. S. Lauder of Wahpeton and A. G, Divet of Fargo. ORDER CAUSE OF SENSATION: Officials Say, Howe However, ' 'Hard- ing Action Won't Affect British Policy London, Jan. 10.—News of Presi- dent Harding’s order ‘for withdrawal of the American’ troops from the Rhine furnished something of a sen- sation in d'plomatic and official cir- cles here. While officials were disinclined to comment to any extent in advance of offical not’fication it was s that it was ynlikely the Ameri move would affect Great Britain’ policy, FRENCH REGRET IT Paris, Jan. 10—French offical cir- cles expressed great regret this af- ternoon over the announcement that President Harding has ordered with- drawal of Amer'can forces in Ger- | many, the news of which was given them by the Assoc’ated Press. The foreign office could furnish no ex- pression for the government. as neither the American © government nor Ambassadorm Jusserand had yet | communicated the news to them. The noted lecturer B. B. Haugan will speak at K. of P. Hall, Friday evening, Jan. 12th, at 8 o’clock, under aus- pices of Sons of Norway. asked for a new tr al.| than it produces. IN ENGLAND, (REED DEMANDS | RECALLOF U.S. | ENVOY ABROAD Wants Bayden Brought From Position as Reparations \ Commission Observer ' Washington, Jan. 10—Recall of Roland Boyden, the unofficial Amer- ican representative on the reparg- tions commission, was demanded to- day in the senate by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri. “An unofficial representative is an unofficial meddler,” declared Sen: Reed, who added that such a repre- sentative was capable of doing as much harm as an official spokesman. SRES FAILURE IN CONFERENCE OF STATESMEN No Peacemeal Solution Will Settle World Problems Says Ayres BY LEONARD P., AYRES Formerly Chief Statistical Officer, American Peace Commission New York, Jan. 9.—From reports and rumors that are coming from Europe, it now seems probable that | the premiers will reach a decision at their forth-coming conference, and that this decision will include ‘at least three principal conditions; The first will be that Germahy | ¢iy must raise a forced internal loan in ‘gold through the sale of her foreign investments. The second is that she must sub- mit to the direct supervision of her financial and economic policies by representatives by the allied nations. The third condition will probablv be that she wil] be granted a mora- \torium of perhaps two years with re- spect to money payments on her in- debtedness, but she must continue her payments in coal, wood and other commodities. As we enter 1923 the prospects of any such temporary settlement can- not be viewed with great hopeful- nesa, One thing that seems all too clear is that European conditions in 1923. will he worse than they have been in any other year since the armistice. Moreover, these bad’ con- ditions are general and not restrict- ed to any two or three nations. The fact is that almost every tion}in Europe ‘is spending more than its©income, and is consuming more The nations that have so guided their financial conditions as to avoid great depreciation of the currency are experiencing severe economic difficulties. Among such nations are England, Switzerland, and Czecho- slovakia. Among the nations which are ex- periencing less difficulty in an in- ‘dustrial way are those where financ- ial problems are: the most pressing. Among such nations are German, France and Italy. -| Bismarck Rotary club at the McKen- IAG TAGTAN TOTO GTN DAG TAG TAQ TANT IG TAN TAG TAG TAG TING TU To Spring Styles in Suits Tailoring. Hart Schaffner & Marx finest spring suits are here. EATURING the new cinnamon browns in a won- derful selection of pure unfinished Worstéds, real velours and firm finished cassimeres, also blue, other browns, Glenn overplaids in club checks, pencil stripes and hairline stripes; sport styles for young men. S. E. Bergeson & JSon} Men’s Dry Cleaning. litical quit much as economic, but the statemen of the old world increase and most especially did juv- and‘of the new must grapple with |enile delinquency show more cases these problems and crowd them for today than in years past. solution before many more months He declured that heredity was to have gone by, or face as an alterna- blame to a great extent and care a culmination of a widespread ‘should be taken in‘ throwing safe- hy faster that everyone must dread!guards about marriage regulations. tej contemplate. Next in order, he said, the home was IS DISCUSSED BEFOREROTARY plored the tendancy of the mothers and fathers in secking to shift the Judge Nucssle Outlines Obli- . gations of Community and burden of discipline and juvenile re- striction to schools or to some other \ Home to Problem public agency. Judge Nuessle spoke to emphasize the need of continuing the boy wel- fare work initiated by the Rotary, club under J. J. MacLeod. Mr. Ma Leod had as his guest, one of h boys, Sidney Rigler. Representatives of “organized” la- jbor were guests of the Rotary club Obligations of a community to juv-| today. The club is making it a prac-{ other felonies, he said, were on theltice of entertaining officials of var- ious civic and fraternal bodies in or- der to create a better spirit and ex- tend good fellowship in the commun- ity. Those entertained were: K, Arness, F. S. Morey, M. T. O’Conn Julius Ladehoff, Charles J. Anderson, Frank Milhollan and George Munger. Other visitors were Sidney C. C. Wattam, Fargo and William Elmer, Jamestown. Chairman Leonard Bell announced that the Rotary club was planning on a closer cooperation with the school authorities and plans would be an- nouced at an early date. The life story of R. R. Fields who celebrates a birthday this week was exposed by Phil Meyer generally ' suspected of being the editor of the Buffalo Horn, the weekly organ of the Bismarck Rotary club. A sim- ilarity in style in Phil’s discourse was detected by several members enile welfare was stressed by Judge Nuessle at the noon lwacheon of the zie hotel today. He: made an earnest, plea for a better study of the ef- fects of heredity, of invironment and of thé school’ system. Referring to crime statistics, he declared that there had been 2 Jamentable increase in all kinds of erimes. Murders, he said in 1921 number 9,500; 1920, 9,000; and 1919, 8,000. Burglafy, arson, forgery and. The fact is that no piecemeal solu- | tion will cure the rapidly growing economic, financial, and political problems of Europe. The problems are too intimately related and tire id | industrial life of each nation is too fundamentally dependent on the wel- fare of the neighboring nations to make possible at this late date any gemmine betterment through a mere temporary set of concessions relat- ing’ to Germany alone. -Europe needs a general settlement participated in by all the important nations of the western portion of the continent, and embracing mutual agreements as to the stabilization of currencies, the remission of interna- tional indebtedness, the mitigation of customé barriers as well as the prob- {lems centering around Germany's re- paration obligations. Such a general settlement will in- volve looking the existing situation frankly i nthe face, and restoring the gold standard for ? currencies through the distasteful methods of changing the par yalues of most cur- rencies of Europe. 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