The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur- so cold tonight. «~w=er-| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1923 .» Better in Every Way: AUTHORITY IN CARSHORTAGE MARDIGRAS MANY PAVES ” Says Mary MANY ATTEND AMNESTY FOR LONG WAITING List OF PEOPLE WHO LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS 115 MEN ENTOMBED IN NEW MEXICO MINE igBVEN BODIES _ BELONG IN FEEBLE MINDED ASYLUM There a long waiting 1 int North Dakota, of people who should be in the institute for the, feeble minded at Grafton, Dr. A.} T. Wylie told the house anpeos| the REHEARSAL WAY FOR PEACE |Hold Final Dress Rehearsal Auditorium Evening at 7:30 I$ ADVOCATED State Railroad Commission | Legislature ‘Thish Free State Seeks to Effect Reconcilation with jactual wa priations committee when he ap- ft | peared before i rls who are on the ing list there are many Beside |more whose guardians or friends tnever make application for them Memorialize Congress Irregulars SITUATION DE VALERA OBSTINATE is |for four years. Hist is about 95 | Refuses to Support Any Form tt hese statemen' But Republican Plan of Government REVIEW™-OF Business Houses Represented by From One To Five Models Tell of Car Shortage in North: Dakota—Criticize the isa has 339 inmate ‘ause they know it would be use- he added. Some have been ing to get into the institution The total waiting The doctor made in explaining hi dormatory. The altogether. The head of the institution had e for a gi jvequested $503,200 and the budget |board had recommended an appro- Hope for a recon | priation of $177,900 to the legis- Action by the national congress | to clearly place wi railroad commissions Fuhowa to ulate the distribution of freight ars is asked by the North Dakota ! iilroad commission, ind Dublin, Feb. 9. From one to five representatives lature. The appropria last biennium was evening at the s club rooms for the first in the Mardi Gras) element was brighter today in con hersal of par » of the developments which \of Trade to ii Tuesday night, (offense to offer a are in arms against the gov on or before Fe d situation of the fall | The report, which was | the legislature, | Re upended a proposed concur-! rent resclution on the situation for } -tion by the state assembly now! aA number | of business firms that | delegates at , Meeting 160 Ronee ‘al informed the | ‘committee that they were prepar-' own representatives or planning an individual stunt. Mrs. Obert Olson, chairman of | the staging committee, announced ‘that final dre: take place at the Auditorium, Mon- day night at 7:30 o’clock prompt-} proclamation s's appeal to oyher Republican leaders to lay down thi DeValera’s chief uty, is owe of the irregulars who has been sentenced to death. A few days ago, however, he sign- ‘ed an agreement for the surrender of arms and men and was then per- explosion which shi The commission declares it is im- } : town business district and practicable for the Interstate Com- | ion to attempt to! pervise the distribution of cars | The pride of the American opera stage, Mary Garden, is shown here with her trusting little hand on the arm of Dr. Coue. Boston and ever sinca she's seen the Nancy savant Mary says she feels ‘better and better. They met in merce Commis: ‘ ‘ re at 10 o'clock this morning. It is ré : EXPLOSION FELT IN TULSA WHEN PLANT BLOWS UP Tulsa, 01 ab.) 9—A_ terrific tered the down- | sidence | urred he trict of the city oc ported to have ovcurred in an oil | town nearby. mitted to issue a communication to several prominent Republicans, in- “] 10,000 OUT OF JOBS IN IRISH CITY 2s tly, at which time all who expected | ‘ipate must be present in ‘full dress not only to reherse their! but to remain for the} ‘throushout the United States and | there should be some govern- mental authority within reasonable | Stack and Liam Lyne PLOT CHARGED Late: it was reported that a nitro ine plant had been blown up near Jenks and one man was killed. ch to which an appeal can be ire equitable distri- | grand finalle which was being plan-| j execution have bee yanks is an oil town about 10 miles! here, Y bution of cars, the puory pro- More than 10,000 peo- | st what will be DeValera’s ra | sponse to the appeal is unknown. was only recently that through ike | medium of a newspaper iS Hee ae reiterated his uncompro tility toward the Free State ee ment and his insistenee on a Repub- | lican government. A number of the local organiza- Rotary, club, i TO HOLD POWER IN THE CITIES H rs'Senator Baker, Nonpartisan, Leads Fight Against Di- vision Measure, But Loses tions, as_ the | put _on individual | skirts. introductory part to the | program which is a country scene; in which a farmer and his family | and a couple of men from Bis-j marck take part will be taken by Mrs. Anna _ Suber | Cork, at present are unemployed. S. Amendment of Act in such way that the regula-} tory authorities of the states may) ke reasonable orders and regu- conflict with of the Bandon ana bility to move lations not in » been foced to le. Dadian | | Marl Pete rson, 4¢ft for London | Hib visit undertaken in | the company of Hugh K | | government legal adv: to aave considerable political signifi PROTEST SPUD RATEPROMISED, BY U. P, LINES State Railroad Commission | Asks Same Consideration For North Dakota such states to be equitably dis- tributed to shippers desiring the, without regard to whether | are desired for use in ship-| | Derothya Huber; Arthur) Beskevand This will be! fol- | lowed by the Advertising song by the Town Criers. chestra will furnish music. The people who would take part in the Fred Schnecker. McDonald's or-! aieeandatarhes any chance of conflict of the state | commissions to eliminate celebration “bat | \have not been called upon by any of the soliciting committee of the! | Business & Prof make a final \calling Mrs. F. Tickets for the Mardi on sale Saturday | Harris & Woodmansee Eegineine } a surrender contained in Milan. letter to Eamonn DeValera and other | leading irregulars cannot be consid- lered says an official communication | ued by the Republican headquar- | ters staff, on behalf “of the Repub-, lican government” and its army coun- Commission f the transportation ‘County Agent Status Is De- bated Vigorously in the sional Women's | Efforts to make a party all in declining to oe en out of Senator ission to regulate dis- txiution of cars in North Dakota zed in the report. Gardiner’s bill to permit the division of voting dis- {tricts when the number of votes REFUSE TO NEGOTIATE. | . 9—The Irish rebels | haye refused to enter into peace ne- Steps to prevent a special reduced | : FgHT MADE AGAINST BIDS ON PRINTING :: Lobby Opens Driv Drive Against Measure to Compel Com- petitive Bids 3ARS DOWN FOR GRAF T A vigorous-lobby was opened yes- lterday around the state legislature ! against house bill No. 172, whieh | s that county commissioners | 1 award contracts for printing of ballots and similar office , on competitive bids, the | anita | same as for buildings and other FORT LINCOLN iz confess that the attitude|in the district exceeds 300 failed state Commerce Com-jin the state senate late yesterday. eae aes attack on_the bill was led by gotiations, according to a press as- ‘ i e railroad rate being granted potato sociation dispatch from Dublin. shippers of Colorado and Idaho to} mission on the matter is county work. The bill was up for third reading | jin the house yesterday afternoon says the commissions | “We have tried very hard) to follow their logic that the dis- tribution by local cars between shippers at stations -is an intent arnece with interstate B. F. Baker, Kansas City territory unless a simi- | lar decrease is granted for beet of Northwest shippers i taken by the state railroad commis | sion, it was announced today. j and was NOT AVAILABLE ” FOR THESTATE Committee Reports War Department May Re-garrison It FARMERS KEEP’ | HALL WARRANTS | seen by many in the fi j than one-half of the warrants have | | been sold by anos iaan deal made with Twin City Financia | the Industrial co The ‘pill had been passed by the senate several days ago and mess- aged to the house. § i ;amendments were made in it by h| the lower branch and it was then nt back to the senate for auestion of authorities of; 20 percent rede; | Special tion on potato rates from Idaho and | Colorado territory territory, similar to a rate Seva temporarily last fall over the pro-| test of Minnesota and North Dakota Potato Association, roads to make a makes rules for dis-/ tribution of cars as we did, based; upon the law of 1917, those cars only that are ayailable for use within the State, it does) not appear that such jamendments thus came up in the When the measure came up for control of!vote Senator Baker launched his United States war ent to the judiciary com- mittee when question as to the method in which it is drawn was raised. A move to indefinitely po: pone the bill failed. Tne author of the bill, Rep. Ander- son, of Burleigh, fought against the | plan to kill the bill on technical ground, and declared if there were anything wrong with the manner of {drawing this could be remedied by } the judiciary committee. Judge W. L. Nuessle was quoted | on the floor of the house as being He declared that this bill {was another indication of a deep distribution affects, even remote-|attack. ly, interstate commerce.” The report says the car shortage |laid felt last fall when time | partment intends to re-garrison Fort | sion. | Lincoln some time in the near jture and consequently the property| rants have’ been |eannet be secured for the purpose! the total outstanding is $2,600,000. ' of moving the State Training school| The price during February is 99% was | percent of face value, the warrants | ai bearing 6 percent interes Whether or not the financial hou- | ses purchase the warrants at par by V. E, Smart, traffic expert of the | yi ape | purchased, while | A tell ent yesterd te came to/farmers of the state ip giving the elegram ee Call move the state’s huge grain crop,'towns and cities greater represen- and cet was sought with other) jtation on the county railroads and federal au-|through thorities to prevent the crisis, The’ precinc' shortage, however, came on and,| the way Hon by the North Dakota ,epuiai i that unless the North-} t Northern, and Soo! imilar 20 percent re- ductions that suspension of tariffs | Mangay to that point, chief point reported on sub-ocmmittee of the special reform | ‘ school investigating committée, ten-' the creation of additional 2 roads extend “Such tacties will come home to inst the present plan of allowing ies to be purchased without any } restriction whatever, saying it opens for graft when a certain argued before hiin involv- ing this point. Each of County Case. An echo of the Grant county case, ,| in which @ printing firm which was | awarded the job of printing election | dered to the house Wednesday after- after March 1, under the agreemen ” he declared. Senatcr Gardiner, who had in- troduced the bill arose and declar- ed briefly that the the report says, “the 1922 situa-j tion was made much worse by rea-} son of the coal strike.of the railway shopcrafts.” filed by the Union Pacific be de- i . Smart said. While the U.| . was given authority. to put the | strike and the I. P. Baker, trustee of the prop- i ea that there supplies, put in a bill for $1,900 and after a fight was launched cut the | bill to $600 and refunded the differ- j ence of $1,300. decrease rates has not yet made ailing tariffs with a 1. ¢. (95 erty which was originally deeded toi House of David fort | ‘the government for use as a and which reverts to the original) owners in case the government de- finitely abandons for all time is} As the railroad strike continued, the report says, “ repaired and the power equipment suffered because of the shortage, was any political object to be gain- i passage was i We reminded Senator | Baker that he himself had voted|” Cult Is Sued For | $800,000 Damages’ Rep. Twichell said the bill amend- ed a law of 1921, 1915 and 1905 and | the subject matter in 1905 was dif- fort. project,-informed the commit | tee that he had been advised De-| cember 28, 1922 three weeks befor the removal project was introduced | of skilled mechanics.” ference held in St. Paul, it con- tinues, a representative of Wash- burn, Crosby Milling Company {for the bill at the time of its ori- {ginal passage. Senator Baker |this was true, but declared that_at ane like action. Mr. Smart left last night for Kaf-| sas City in connection with the west-! in which a further Feb. 9,—Any act | Pawpaw, Mich., head of the | ff Benjamin Purnell, Isrealite House of David at Benton ferent from that of the bill, it was unconstitutional. He declared the present method of so that | allowing supp'ies to be purchased j without competitive bids had been ern grain ‘case sacred and right and an members of the cult are taught, according to Mrs. Reed and Mrs. stated that they were repairing, at; their own expense, 25 to 30 per- cent of the cars they received, and that other milling company repre- that time he had not read the In- dependent program election bills and had not realized the sinister purpose which was afoot. in the house, that the fort might | again be used. Baker also advised that he! |had been informed that the Indian ‘department might shortly reduction in grain rates from points, in North Dakota and other. western! states to terminal markets is asked. The conference of | from railzoad commissions Gladys E. Hubel of | representativ: Detroit, plaintiffs in an $800,000 dam- found better—that under an old law bids were provided and printing firms would put in technical bids, whereby | they could defraud the counties. Sperry Denies It “The charge that the cities are trying to obtain undue representa- tion in the county conventions is absurd” ‘said | Senator Burleigh county. county for example the population of the city of Bismarck/is ab equal to that of the rest of the age suit against Purnell. men seek to recover property they al leged was turned over to the House | of David colonies by their parents. | Among other charges agdinst mem- | bers of the cult is that of moral | ¢9, | the Indian school at Bismarck an as that land too reverted to the ori-} ginal owner of the property in case | of abandonment, that property might j be available for training school use. | The fort has 800 acres, the Indian school 160, the committee was ad- northwestern states will also discuss: return transportation for shippers! of livestock in one-carlots, and oth- er objects, he said. LIGNITE MINE. Method. of Distribution * Regarding the method of distri- buting cars between elevators in North Dakota yin the fall of 1922, | “In Burleigh plains, the report says: “Briefly stated, cars The fesolution for Rep. Miller of Bottineau moved that the bill be indefinitely postpon- Wants It Referred, Rep. Anderson asked that it be re- rred to the judiciary committee. It had been in the committee on coun- ties. He declared the bill had merit be distributed according to investigation ability of the elevator to load and jcounty, but in the county conven- tion, the city has only 10 votes o—_—___—_—______,» PEOPLE’S FORUM {|" of the availability of Fort Lincoln | was introduted by Rep. J. C. Miller, OUTPUT JUMPS | ind deserved careful consideration. He referred to the Grant county 6 | case, where the work was ‘let with- For twenty-four hours ending at { out contract, and where after a figat ship promptly. As compared to 47 for the rest of the elevators at a station became Bottineau, about the time sugges- tions, were being advanced that to | printers rebated $1,300. When the roll was called on the} Lignite coal mines in North Da-) blocRed, each elevator was given a relieve conditions in the Mandan | school the girls be transferred to Mai ieratire at 7 a. m. car in turn, irrespective of the fact| final passage of the vote was 35| kota have shipped almost as much} “That's a condition you have in ‘112 | North Dakota,” he said, “where con- Highest yesterday during the mining season. of Lowest yesterday that normally, one elevator com- 1922-23 as they did all of lgst year, pany might ship 85 percent of the ; tracts are not Eight Bills Passed school, and that institution discon- let by competitive — | bid’. There is a widespread demand Lowest last night . graik at that station. As a result of filbustering tactics| according to figures of the tinue as a normal school. This week for this law.” Precipitation “Feeling that the Highest wind the Northwest we railroad commission, jong ‘wrangles The mines shipped 784,861 tons of senate passed only eight bills dur- farmers of;and several were being discrim- the special investigating committee reported in*favor of this plan. He then quoted Judge Nuessle as 101 remarking in s ease in wnich the “question was raised as to whether WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Not quite so cold tonight. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Not quite so cold. tonight west and north por- coal from August 5 to January 20, slightly less' than six months, while 0 ending October 31, 1922, they had’ shipped 862,846 tons. Heavy shipments still North Dakota Several of these were measures introduced at the request of the Childrens’ Code commission. After over a half hour of debate the senate killed the regular bien- nial attempt to repeal th wide bod-sled law. A majority of the state affairs committee had re- commended the bill for passage, but after'a long argument, conducted along part: tity report for the alling of easure was accepted. “The committee on highways re- turned the concurrent reelection for a constitutional amendment to |t create a state highway cojomissicn demanded by the foreral government as. a pre-re- (Continued on Page Three) inated against, the’report says, the North Dakota eombilesien contin- ued its fight for an equitable dis. tribution of grain cars. was carried to the floor of*the con- vention’ of The National Associa- tion of Railway Commissions, re- cently held in Detroit. sult a national committee, consist- ing-of nine members, selected from various parts of the United States, appointed to confer with Washington authorities and insti- tute an investigation for the pur- pose of placing before the Proper authorities all of the information possible, and with a sortey view of preventing a resurren Milhollan, chairman of tl Dakota Commission, as aERolnt: (Contionss on Page T! ing the session. TRACKS IN SNOW, . CLUE TO ROBBERS AT PINGREE Pingree, N. D., Feb. 9.—Tell tale tracks left in snow brought by the very stom upon which they probably relied to cever their operations, may result in the tracing and arrest of} members of a suspected community gang blamed for robbing the William Shaw general store here last night of about $500 worth of merchandise, according % Stutsman county offi- for the year MAKE CLEAN-UR Fargo, Feb. -9.—City, county and federa] authorities, headed by State's Weather Conditions The pressure has decreased con- siderably over the northern Rocky Mountain region but changes over the West have been slight. Temperatures have dropped somewhat from the eastward due to the eastward move- ment of the high presi Snow fell generally over the Mountain region, ORRIS W, ROBERTS, Meteorologist. ‘on Front street in t “cleanup raid” in less than a week and arrested Mike Warwyk, proprie- tor of the Arcadia poolhall and room- Maude Sshaefer, who occupied a room there; Arthur LaPlant, a patron, and Roy Soward, said to be in Warwyk’s employ.‘ Plains States Search warrants have been sent from Jamestown by the state’s at- torney to C. sheriff, who believes he has traced the thieves und hopes to recover the printing of election supplies were covered in the existing law, as say- ing that “tae bars are let down for graft.” Rep. Stark rose to becond the mo- tion of Mr. Andérson. He declared he could not see anything in Rep. Twichell’s argument that the bill was invalid. There is no limitation on legislative enactment except consti- tutionalJlimitation, he said. He sug- gested the bill go to the committee on judiciary where all of the lawyers of the'‘house are and they could work over, There were a few “noes” to the motion. An effort had been made to .kill the bill the previous day, but it failed, « TAKEN FROM MINE SHAFT Explosion of Such Force That Walls of Interior Rooms The counties their care, the fact that while insane persons institution at nestown, feeble minded persons tien needs is a “boy-tight” > truck garden ( teal the produce, RESCUERS ORGANIZED Work of Penetrating Wreck- age Difficult Due to Pres- sure of Gas ago dug a scep- tic tank for the institution and the f Grafton was permitted to and institution and the question was as to wheth- r the state should help the city uo E API ‘NEGRO ADMITS 8 MURDERS IN CONFESSION | Two Already Convicted For ying of Two Mentioned In Statement yesterday in mine ‘No. 1 here of Phelps Dodge e out alive toda: the mouth of the mine they met a rescue par- The men were + tier of the property when the terrific blast came. They imme- put out the their lamps with the intention of using them to get out. This y saved their life, eliminated the chance for an ex- plosion in their vicinity. ‘The two mien remained in the mine all night afraid to wander from the pier where they were standing. Today they decided to risk the gas and walked out. The escape of the two rei ed hope that other miners in UPON WOM Texas Authorities Solve Ser-j ies of Crimes That Baf- fled Police As the miners escaped from the workings of the property a cheer rang out from the group of watchers at the mine mouth. mano ee Cae year were staraill the alleged confession of | ‘0, who has commit- | . 9.—Seven bod- ies of miners entombed in Goal Mine iN Phillips-Dodge Corporation, re by an explosion y ernoon have been rei pany has announced that there is y little hope of rescue alive of who were in the Dawson. N. M., | Roy Mitehelle ted eigat murde a vr and a number of attack ccording to Sher- and County Attor- | ¢ According to the | “ s mbade to the sheriff and.| county prdsecutor) Last 1h ting and signed by mes said to have been confessed the other 115 men” mine at the time of the accident. The explosion was of siW¥mJorce ‘that it crumpled walls forming the exterior of the mine rooms and hurl- ‘ed large timbers 50 to 100 feet. Homer Turk i nine miles east of Waco, brought a group of anuxious wives, relutives and others to the pit-aeads. ‘The women, some hatless despite the winter breezes, others tightly wrap- ped in shawls, some tight-lipped and yed, otaers were yster eal watted rrel Bolton, May 25, 1 irady Skipworta, Nov, 20, .E, Holt, and Mrs. Ethel Denne- sobbing and for some sign to Two negroes were tried and con- | » slaying of Mr. | would berbeouglt teomiereentign! The news spread quickly that the s aad small chance to escape which Mitchell has now confes Cooper John- | aah penalty and | imprisonment. Buried in Debris. this morning the body of |.A, J. English was found almost com- ‘pletely buried in the debris. Further on the searchers expected hen Harrel Bol- | to find his son, Alfred English, Jr, |foreman of tae mining shift. With the arrival of the mine res- (identified by the girl and a negro |cue car sent by the Colorado Fuel shot by the girl’s father, and his|and Mine company from Trinidad, &Colo., early day rescue work was | pushed with redoubled energy. Members of the rescue crew hava [been working from 10 to 12 hours | witeeut rest. Brennan, general manager los ie ‘mine, was one of the most energetic workers in‘ the rescue par- [ty from the time of the explosion juntil 3 o'clock this morning when exhaustion forced him to seek rest. Fumes Severe. Tae work of entering the mine and lexcavating, through the caved-in Would Abolish Federal Aid , tunnels is a task which presents no | little risk to the rescue parties. |fumes in the mine still are severe idespite the use of the large mine ' son, was given killed to which 3 chell_is said to | eon was killed ais girl companion A negro later was | body burned by a mob. ROAD BILLS VOTEDOUTOF COMMITTEE Road Work in North During last night and early today | four members of the rescue crew | were overcome by the fumes and had to be carried out of tae mine by All were resuscitat- The majority of the house com- mittee on highways and bridges to-| day voted to report out for passage | t | ay | ea ould | their comrades. ed, however. Many of the rescuers, however, have been struck by“falling rock. The walls and ceilings of the tun- nels are delapidated and the excayat- ing parties frequently are obliged to retrace their steps to clear tae tun- nels of debris which has fallen. The advance guard with oxygen tunnels. abolish federal aid road work after completion of present highway con- tracts and virtually abolish work of state highway commission after this ral bills pending for state aid for bridges, which also contemplates securing federal aid manner as the Missouri River bridge at Bismarck, were held up by com- mittee until it finds out what dis- position will be of H. B, 233, since as it passes the bridge bills also will TWENTY-EIGHT PERISH. Shortly: before daybreak this morning 28 miners were known to have perished in- the Canadian ‘col- leries on Vancouver Island near here after an explosion of fire damp at 8 o’clock last aight, and that many |.bodies had been brought out at 4:30 Little hope was held for the 20 or more oth#rs who remain en- The senate state affairs commit- tee was to present a divided report on party lines, on S. B. 275, for te peal of the Home Building Associa- issue! A divided report also was coming out Baird’s,bill to restorg capital pun- Fifty-one miners when fire damp exploded in the sec- ond level of mine No. 4 of the Brie: 11 bodies. had lost their lives Farm Institutes Are Progressing institutes have progressed favorably during: the last week in spite of stormy weather over the state according to R. G. Catron, as- sistant commissioner of agriculture and labor. As many as 125 persons have attended meetings on several of the worst days, he adds. Meetings will. be held_in the fol- lowing ‘towns! during the ‘coming week: Alexander, Charbonneau, Gre- ish colleries, mine officials after been brought ‘to the surface. ° rescue crews worked in the mine all night, About two miles from mouth of the tunnel the oa came to the bodies of six men ed in attitudes indicating they had fallen from ‘fatigue. Beyond was found ‘a mule still alive. The body of the foreman, Norman ‘Huby, was then discovered. < 5 cite Shien ta tes she he thrown 8, Ludden, Oakes, Penn, Thomp- tion but. son, Hamilton and Necht, nce ie