The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy tonigho and Satur- day. Warmer tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. E TABLISHED 1873 LAST EDITION Tee, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923 PRICE FIVE CEN DEMOCRATS OPPOSE NO PARTY BILL BLOOD IS AGAIN SHED IN RUHR ZONE ONE KILLED TWO OTHERS AREINJURED French Government Deter-| mined to Operate Rail- roads in Area GERMANS ARE ADAMANT Refuse to Yield in Their Pol- icy of Passive Resistance to Invaders Duesseldorf, Féb. 23.—Blood has again been shed in the Ruhr in the | course of the French “digging in” process, One German civilian was killed and two others seriously wounded at Bochum yesterday when French soldiers fired on a ccowd © wi had gathered to watch occupation of the law courts | building. | Observers said the shooting was i's by poilus, who were obvious- ly ir tated by the jeers of the by- The decision of Premier Poincare! and Theunis to operate the rail-| road through an allied civil admin-! on is seen here as a move| mprove transportation | conditions, although General Pey- otte a ts that the railroad al- ready operating under French and} Belgium supervision are doing’ their work. i The functioning of the allied) customs ring is threatened with| difficulty in consequence of Ber-/ lin’s orders that no taxes be paid| to the occupiers. Such payments, | the federal minister of finance has} decreed, will not be recognized by the German government. German government customs officials have! heen reminded of their responsibi-! lity te the Reich and the govern- ment confidence that they will re-; izure of their offices with as much firmness as has been Pa by_industrial workers. Meanwhile the French maintain that their customs barrier is secur- ed and that the court of Germany life. blood has been diverted. i Germans on their part declared to the French that they are ada- | mant in their determination not) to yield and point out that such penalties as expulsion of Geniian| functionaries only strengthens the | German position. Expulsion of German and Rhine-! land officials already totals 476,! the Germans declare. | DECLARE MARTIAL LAW Berlin, Feb. 23.—Martial law has} been declared in Bocum, says a dis- patch to the Central News, in con-| Sequence to yesterday's disturban-| ces in which French soldiers fired! on a crowd with fatal results, HORSE GUIDES RIDER TO OLD HOME IN BLIZZARD | Selfridge, N. D., Feb. 23.—Wal- td r Smith, farmer, owes his life to- day to the accurate sense of di- rection possessed by his horse. \Rid- ing home from Selfridge, he was ight by the recent snowstorm, and unable to see more than a few feet ahead, lost his way. He dis- ; mounted and tried leading his horse. Failing to reach any house, ; he followed his horse, which took him to a pumphouse on the farm of J. J. Olson, former owner of the animal. Guided by a light, Smith reached | thg house,and was given care. His hands and face were badly frozen but he is recovering. POKER HOLDUP CASEIN COURT Defendants Are Bound Over in Stutsman County Jamestown, N. D., Feb, 23.—Willi- am Bohlig, Kelley Whittaker, and Hamer Jennings, young men held here since Feb. 1, waiting hearing on the charga of being implicated in the holdup of a poker game 4nd the shooting of one of the, partici- pants in the game. George Blake, were arraigned here Wednesday on the charge of first degree robbery. All waived examination and bail was fixed at $5,000, each to await trial in the district court, Bohlig was the only one of the three who had an attorney. His at- torney, John Knauf, asked that bail be reduced in his case but without avail. Bohlig’s parents, well-to-do farm people of the Cleveland district, signed his bond and he was rejeas- ed, ‘The others were unable to obtain bail. Bohlig has awife and year-old child hére in Jamestown while Whit- taker’s ‘matrimonjal status is ‘not just' clear, though he claims to have a family. Jennings, the youngest, is a minor. Blake, though out of the hospital and able.to go about the city. some- what, did not attend the hearing, as did the other holdup victim give—just a grin or two,” ‘for a Danish PRETTY FACE AND SMILE— BANK OF ENGLAND YOURS! WILMA By Roy Gibbons NEA Staff Correspondent Chicago, Feb. 23.—-A pretty fu un attractive smile and a quarter's worth of paint from the corner drug- store and a girl “ean get away with the Bank of England.” So says Wilma McMullin, in jai here on charges of being the lure and “come on” for a dapper sheik band which, preyed upon wealthy: old men. | And the reason why this recipe brings wealth is simply stated by Wilma, as follo “Because all men are boobs.’ Pronouncedly of the flapper typa, Wilma declares that, as far back |she can remember in her 19 years, she has got what she wanted just by , smiling. “That's all the pay a girl has to she says® Split Profits? No! Chance taught her the monctary value of a smile. A dental cream manufacturer told her her smile as an ad for tooth paste should be worth much money. If worth moncy to him, why not | to her, without splitting the pro- fits? This thought got her into the RESCUE CREW OF ABANDONED SHIP Halifax, N. S., Feb; 23.—The steamer Storvich from Baltimore port said word by wireless today that it had rescued the crew of the. Helena Tooline which had been abandened about 20 miles north of the the Bermuda. Rotary Speech t to ) Be Broadcasted Local radio fans may listen in to- night on an addgess by Raymond Havens, president of the Interna- tional’ Rotary clubs today, who will deliver an address at the Kansas City Star broadcasting* station be- tween 7 and 8 p. m. Other Rotari- ans are on the “Rotary program” of the star station, according to word received here, Says Arrested “Sheik Girl” the old ones - that flop hardest. MeMULLIN game, from which she draws these conclusion “It’s the old ones that flop hard- est--you know the kind I mean, with more dough than they know what tolthat the’ Unive: do with. it’s all the same. “The poor guys with a bunch of Single or married, kids are different, though. They’ re] ness, purposefulness, so busy paying bills, they keep away from smiles. They know smiles cost; and they're afraid of them. Easy Prey “But the other fellows, the one’s with their minds full of money and business, they don’t get much amuse- ment, so they grab it when it bumps into ‘em. “You drop. some papers or a handkerchief in front of one of ‘em, he returns it and first thing you know he’s asking to take you out to lunch, “But this bunch of fellows police say were my assistants, say they lacked finish. That's why we're here. They had to pull the rougn stuff on this guy that squealed, or I could have got his dough without a yelp. Women don’t need strong- arm methods and can get better re- ults without. Just a smile or two is enough.” money |FARGO POST IS WINNER Fargo, Feb. 2 bert ©. Graf- ton Post No. 2 of Fargo is the victor over Grand Forks Post No. 6 of rand Forks in the annual member- hip contest. The Fargo Post renew- ed 84% of their last year's member- ship and the Grand Forks Post re- newed eighty percent of their mem- bership. “U”" CLASS TAKES CARNEY SONG HONORS SECOND TIME Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 23.— Last night for the first time in the history of the Carney song contest at’ the University of North Dako- ta, a class succeeded in winning the event twice in succession. The seniors, who as juniors carried off the honors last year, were awarded the prize. No second or third places are announced. Words and music of the songs used by the winners Were written by members| 0’ of the class THIRTEEN BURNED TO DEATH IN TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE; THREE OTHERS ARE MISSING Kansas City, Kansas, Feb. 23.—Thirteen persons were burned to death and three others reported missing in a fire here eayly today which destroyed a two story frame room- ing house. The dead and unaccounted for are: Mrs. Elisha Colston, 27 and children, Violet 5, John Vernon, 2. Lee Brown 32, wife Bessie 28 and children Coeeune 8, -Margurite 6 and Leo Jr. 2.. Alonzon Bardwell, 22, wife Lillian, 20, and infant child. | the signing ot Edgar Munyon 17 and grand mother, Mrs. Munyon 60, Mrs.*Hanna Sargent 48, and grandson, Donald 5. Chester Flayton 19. Twelve bodies had been recovered this morning: Five were adults and persons occupi Several esca; ven children. were those of Mrs. Colston and children. rooms on the second floor of the building. by jumping from windows. The, only bodies identified, Between 30 and 40. ‘70 Attend Banquet at Which \ j | | \ i ithe |founding of the Univer: | white, [a rose z ' score of 2 | jgalaxy of states, is there a state “UY” GRADS IN GATHERING CN _ FOUNDERS DAY History, of State Univer- sity is Reviewed —— | FORM A CLUB TO | Plans for Organzing Bismack- Mandan U. N. D. Club Are Outlined ald | Seventy former students alumni of the University of North } Dakota met in an enthusiast'c | \ banquet and program at the Grand! ; Pacific last evening to celebrate} Fortieth Anniversary of_ the] sity. Table} in charge of Miss! Nielson, ‘were pink and! the university colors, with} . Singing, in! | charge ss Ruth Rowley, and! (college yells, led by M. Marion! | Avery, added ‘to the enthusiasm of | decerations, Fazel the meeting. At the commence-| {ment of the program announce- ment was made of the vietory of, the Un basketball team over they Itural College by a 21 yesterday afternoon, which was the oceasion for a real | eld-time demonstration Professor EF. Chandler, for years head of the Department of 1 Engineering, acted as toast-| master, and his memories of some | of the incidents in the school life: jof most of those on the program! gave added enjoyment to the pro- gram of toasts rst toast was by Governor | s s of 1904, sized the fact that the had always been a SeEOvINE influence in the life of the State, and brought out the fact! * 's had always} worked toward bringing into its} students the most admirable qual-| ities of Washington—serene calms and untiring work toward a great end. i Tells of Early Days | The Governor was followed by | E. T. Burke, who gave an inter- esting picture of a day on the | campus of the University thirty- five years ago, when he was a stu- dent. He pointed out the present position and standing of many of those of the decade of the University’s existence. Next on the program was P. D. Nortcn, of Mandan, Mr. Norton paid a glowing tribute to the life of the man who was President of the University when he was a stu- dent, the late President Webster Merrifield, and advanced the pro- position that “nowhere in this which has a larger percentage of graduates who have won, marked distinction, than here in or own state.” Following the tribute paid President Merrifield, announce- ment was made by the toastmaster that Mrs. Merrifield had establish-| ed a Ten Thousand Dollar Student Loan Fund at the University as a memorial to the late Dr. Merrificld. The next decade of the Univer-} sity’s life was represented by M.| Scott Cameron, who pictured the life cf the University in his de- cade, and called attention to the! list of those from that decadej which had won. distinction. The last decade was represent-| ed by Miss Dorothy Blanding of | last year’s graduating class. As a fitting conclusion to the program) of memories, Miss Blanding point- ed out the rapid development of the University in the past few years, showed that it had more than doubled its enrollment in the past five years, and gave a_pic-| ture of the great University of to-} day as compared with that of the previous decades. Greetings Sent Telegraphic greetings from the 250 Alumni who met in Grand Bors yesterday in commemoration the event were read by the Toastmaster, A letter of greetings from Presi-} dent Kane of the University, in which he commended the Universi- | ty to the unceasing loyalty of the Alumni was read by Justice H. A. Bronson. R, E. Wenzel, President of the Alumni ‘Association of the Uni- versity of North Dakota, presented| an inspirational talk on the value} and necessity of the Alunfni organ- ization R. J. Murphy then took charge of the meeting, and the prelimin- ary steps were taken toward the} organization ret a Bismarck-Man-| dan U.N. D. Club. Resolutions aa neste ‘and telegrams of greeting an preciation were sent to Mrs. Webster Merrifield, and to the President and Faculty to 4 worked outs of the University. The’ evening jwas concluded by Plat far the banquet. bed b lans for the banquet een out by E Ernest Budge and who were congratu- lated for the suceess of Be affair. {TOWER ILL” Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Feb. 23,—Char- lemagne Tower; ‘former ‘ambassador to Russia, ill in a hospital from: pneumonia, is in a critical condition. } close ; KILL ‘ADMINISTRATION BILLS T0 BE PUSHED AHEADINLEGISLATURE KING GEORGE DEAD TO AVOID RUSH OF LAST DAYS ‘ WARRANT OUT FOR [ CHIEF OF POLICE Minneapolis, Fe 3.—A warrant for the argest of A. 0. Jensen, sup- erintendent of police, based on four indictments recently returned — by the Grand Jury was issued today and placed in the hands of Sheriff Brown for service. Chief Jensen, who is charged with | wilf@ll neglect of duty in failing ih up gambling and disorde houses has been relieved of duty t his own request pending disposi- tion of the charges, A. C. Jensen, superintendent of | police who was arrested today fel- lowing his indictment on charges of “wilful neglect of duty” plead cd not guilty. when arranged in county district, court, and trial was set for Feb. 28. "Jenson wa: released on his own recognizance. BARNINGS TAX BILL OPPOSED | IN COMMITTEE Judiciary Committee Would | Stick to Present Methods of Taxing Phone Co.’s. BISMARCK — BILL Senate State Affairs Commit- | tee Recommends Light Bill to be Killed The house judiciary committee was to report in for indéfinite post- ponement this afternoon the senate bill providing a gross earnings tax on telephone companies instead of the present property tax. Chairman Starke said the committee sentiment was that the gross earnings tax, be- cause of low telephone earnings of the last few years less than the 000 now paid by taxes by telephone com- panies, although it a few years the gross earnings tax might produce more than the pres- ent property tax. committee divided sed constitutional amendment permitting issuance of bonds to build dormitories at state educational institutions, the majori- ty being to kill the resolution. The committee agreed to recom- mend for passage the bill providing five-sixths of a jury may return a verdict in civil cases after being | out 12 hour: » The state affairs committee voted to recommend for passage the sen- ate bill restoring the inspection of weights and measures to sheriffs. Bank Committee Action The banking committee voted fav- orably on the bond bill providing a constitutional amendment for a bond issue to pay depositors of closed banks, senate bill No, 366 giving the | state examiner power to order an as- | sessment of a weak bank under the stockholders’ double liability act; and S, B. 267 to aid the guaranty fund commission in clearing up af- fairs of insolvent banks, giving the supreme: court original jurisdiction in liquidation proceedings. Members of the Workmen’s Com- pensation Bureau appeared before {the insurance committee to protest the senate resolution calling on the bureau to cut its rates in half. The committee deferred action. Increase Borrowing Power Two bills for financing the state mil land elevator at Grand Forks were voted for recommendation for passage by the senate committee on state affairs today. The bills are amended by the com- mittee, however, so as to raise the limit of the bond issue for which they provide from one million to two million dollars and also to permit the mill and elevator to borrow through regular commercial chan- nels over and over the bond issue. Rep. Jackson’s bill to repeal’ the measure passed at the last session of the legislature for a state-owned electric plant at Bismarck will be recommended foy indefinite jpost- ponement. N. D, EDUCATOR RECOGNIZED Velva, N. D., Feb. 23.—J. H. Bradley, until recently superinten- dent df schools at Velva, and ac- tive in North Dakota educational circles, has been elected’ superin- tendent of the public Lindsay, Cal., at a salary of $4,000 annually, according to word re- ceived here. Mr. Bradley remov- ed to California last si er where he fook work toward his-di ogres of doctor of iiloeophy at Berkeley. He receive degree from the University of North Dakota in 1918. Before coming to Velva, he served as ape fitencent at Berth- old, Qickinson and Steele. would produce : or $180,000 | s realized in| schools at} had Home Building Repeal and Other Measures Are Sent to Calendar in the House ASTE LITTLE | TIME Income Tax Bill Also Goes in; Committee to Report Out | Measures Promptiy The house of representatives sent {many important measures to third j reading late yesterday while acting jon committee reports or sitting in committee of whole, the action mak- jing possible final disposition of the i measures before the final legislative rush begins, Speaker Roy Johnson announced to the house that there were 205 senate bills to be disposed fot in the next seven working days. The administration bill for liqui- dation of the Home Building Asso- {conten sent to the calendar on | committee report with a f atter- ing “noes” on a viva voice vote jsenate bill No, 356 providing for ‘constitutional amendment re-enac ing the $10,000000 limit on bo: issues for state industries and pro viding no bonds shall be issued un- jless can annual tax is levied to pay ithe interest also went on the calen- |dar in the same manner, the ma- ljority report of the committee on tax ‘and tax laws favoring senate bill No, 21, the income tax bill, minor amendments was ac | the majority report favoring the 7 k polls closing law was. accept- ie but the bill later withdrawn the committee for minor amend- | ments. The house, how fused to |put senate bill No. 375, validating the fifty percent settlement of bank ‘taxes for the yeurs 1919, 1920 and |1921 and authorizing county commis- |sioners to compromise unpaid taxee ‘upon the same basis of settiement jupon which’ nearly all the banks of |the state have paid taxes for such years” on the calendar and instead put it in general orders for dis ! cussion, d because but the house | No bills were pass |terday was a holic put in a busy fiv of other business, and today will put in a full day, Married Women Bill Dies The house ended excitement among the stenographers at the’ capitol when it indefinitely postponed sen- late bill No. 390, which would pr !hibit employment of married wo- men in public offices in the state if they were supported by “able-bodied husbands able to earn a_ living | wage.” There was no record vote, but there were many “noes” when the vote was put. A minority com- mittee report, in fun, suggested an jalso prohibiting — married women from being members of the le lake Mes, Minnie Craig, the married woman of the house, res |ponded by the jest by suggesting jthe bill go into general orders so that she, also, could suggest some ; amendments, The house killed the Ettestad sen- only late bill No, 229, restoring the lower |rate obtaining prior to 1917 for printing delinquent tax notices in 52 official newspapers, by a vote of jto 39, without debate, The minority of the banking com- mittee sought to amend the bill va lidating the 50 percent on bank stock taxes for the three years when, through omi: settlement last the legislature failed to tax the banks. They desired to strike out the words “compromise” respecting (Continued on Page Three) with | epted and! hours disposing | SAILOR WHO HIT oie 3. Steven Dever- 87, who was dead today at his hon at Lindmond suburb, used to tell of how he once knocked | down King George of England. De verill was then a aman in the | eitien navy and the King was a ‘stripling prince. According to tne aged man’s account of the incident he hit the youthful scion of royally | when the latter made a slighting re- | mark about something close to Deverill’s heart during a cruise in which the Prince was participating “And he was a better man for it,” the sailer concluded. SEE END OF SHIP SUBSIDY; TRUCE CALLED Leaders See Finish of Admin- istration as Result of Filibuster EXECUTIVE Demorats and Republicans Join in War on Bill that Blocks Senate Business SESSION Washington, Feb. of the senate shipping bill ‘appeared near at hand today through an agreement made be- hind closed doors for a temporary 3.--An end fight In executive agreed to adjourn tonight at 6 o’clock, take up minor bil!s for two hows tomorrow and then proceed | ‘with the shipping bill, but with the possibility of a vote in the mean- time on a motion for recommittal. After the agreement administra- tion leaders conceded that the ship bill was “as good as de: Not | later than tomorrow tonight, it, was _said, the vote on recommital would come, and the bill would ‘‘in- teged with proper obsequies.” The chief burden of the was carried on yesterday by Sen- ator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- ne , who held the floor for five and a half hours, being relieved during the night ion, by Sena- tor Brockhart, Republican, Iowa, who spoke for nearly four hours. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS IN FORD BOOM Presidential E Endorsement | May Be Made Before Adjournment Detroit, Mich., bilities the 7 endor: tial candidate in 1924” overshadow- d all other business before Mich- | igan Democrats when they met in} conventicn here today to adopt aj platform and nominate candidates | for minor state offices to be filled, at the state elections. Some of the party leaders) promptly expressed the: fear the! proposed Ford endorsement might | cause a split and turn the conven- tion from a jollifieation over the party’s success last fall into a Maiyided camp. Possi- night be SAVE HIS FAMILY Wahpeton, N. D., Feb. 2: A victim of the recent blizzard, John C. Wolfe, Richland county farmer, aged 31, was buried at Hankinson today,while at a hospital today here his widow, who was with him in the storm, underwent amputa- tion of both hands and a foot. For 32 hours Wolfe, his wife and their two children, a boy of 7 and a girl of two, were out in a raging blizzard, their only protection the rough side of a wagon box and the few coverings that farm |. people usually have with them. Story of Death The story of Wolfe’s death was told here today—the story of a father’s heroism in the face of overwhelming odds. The family been visiting relatives and at 8 c'clock, Tuesday morning set for home. Five minutes later the scorn broke with the suddenness of a tornado. “We must go back, “Wolfe shouted, and he turned his\ horses around on the road they had come, about the distance of two city blocks. As he turned he lost his bearing in the blinding wind, dust and snow. FATHER’S HEROISM IN BLIZZARD TO DISCLOSED IN DEATH OF RICHLAND COUNTY FARMER Back at the farm house the rela- tives, aged parents of Mrs. Wolfe, and a brother and sister, became frantic. The brother, 20 years old, started out to find the family but he could make no headway in the storm and was forced to come back, Out All Night It was late the next day before the storm abated and the search could be resumed. Out in the field a hundred feet or so from the road the sled was found. The horses had been un- hitched but had not moved. One was dead and the other was nearly frozen by the cold. Nearly smothered between the ice-crusted blankets with’ the snew heaped up on them _ the it | mother and children were huddled together, The. father was stand- ing upright, turned toward the Northwest, his body rigid, his arms outstretched to better pro- tect the ones he loved. Although both his arms and legs ad been frozen solid and his face was seared, Wolfe lived several “Fhe children are living and well. gees, [EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OPPOSES PLAN All But Joe Doyle Against I. V. A. Election Measure {FAVOR REFERENDUM Unalterably Opposed to Cur- tailing Party Action in State Affairs Fargo, Feb, Inasmuch as th next state-wide election is stil it is not believ in Democratic circles that peti many months away ed tions for a referendum on the non- party election law passed last Tucs- day by the state legislature will oe circulated at present. Eventually, however, circulation of petitions 1s to be the next move in the Demo- cratic party plan to erase the law from the statute books. Petitions favoring a referendum s initiated here late yesterday aft- ernoon at a conference of the exe- cutive committee of the party. At this meeting a resolution was adopt- ed which declared that “we are un- alterably opposed to any law which attempts to curtail party action as proposed in measures recently en- acted by our state legislature and ye pledge ourselves to do everything in our power to have such measure referred to a vote of the people 3 the earliest opportunity.” All members of the committe voted for this resolution ept < J. Doyle of Fargo, an dition: member asked to sit in. , Under the referendum ‘law of th state the acts may be referred ¢ the voters upon petition of abou 7,000. signers who are legal voter of the state. At the recall electio in 1921 voters defeated initiate bills providing for no-party ballot in state elections by more than 10 000 majority. NELSON COMMENTS ON BIL Theodore Nelson, secretary , the Independent Voters Associ: tion, asked to comment on the re ported action of the Democrat committee in Fargo in opposin the no-party election law said th: he believed the members of ti committee were not well inform: he provisions of the thr: | majer election bills in the legisl: | ture and that if they were well i: ' formed they would not take su action as they,are reported to ha’ taken, RUMOR THAT DEVALERA HAS BEEN TAKEN Irregular Leaders Deny That Chief Has Been Arreste! —“Free Staters” Kidnaped London, Feb. 23.—A centr: news dispatch from Dublin repor* a rumor that the Free State go ernment has arrested Sammv DeValera and Lyam Lynch. 1. tectives of the Irish criminal i lresigation department, the di= patch adds, made several impor: ant captures today. The men ta ren included five of the princips! leaders. The authorities were ¢ tremely reticent as to the result the operations but is it rumor: that DeValera and Lynch we among those taken. It is understood, the correcpoii dent asserts, that the irregul: army council was surprised in se: sion in a house at Drum counci A dispatch to the Evening Stan dard from Dublin shortly after noon said that the. secretary | x William Cosgrave, head of state government, denied that ih Valera had been captured. Be Capture of De Valera Beffast, Feb, 23.—A Dublin dispatch describing the capture of Sean Fitzpatrick says the men tak en with him were his adjutant ani three officers. The criminal investigation d«- partment men, the account states. suddenly appeared at a door of th: room of a house on Royce road where the five men were Seated at a table which was strewn with ):- pers. * The official raiders shoved out revolvers and shouted “hands up.” The five men surrendered The Free State authorities the denies reports that 20 IRREGULARS TAKEN, Dublin, . Feb, Mare ‘than sit Irish irregulars ‘captured raids in Dublin td night and thie : morning, it was stated this after- noon. Additional raids. ere in prow