The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy tonight and Wed- nesday; warmer Wednesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 SCHNEIDER HAD THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | LAST EDITION’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS TIRED OF HIS WIRE, IS CLAIM. Witness in Murder Trial As-' serts That ‘He Said He | Would Get Rid of Her | DEFENSE’S ANSWER Administrator of Estate of) Deceased Woman’s Father Among Witnesses The most direct evidence duced thus far in the murder trial of Kasimir Schneider in district! court was placed before the jury by the state in the testimony of Clara} Fisher, yesterday afternoon. She! told the jury that Schneider had ask ed her to be his housekeeper and live with him, and that in answer! to a question as to what was the; matter with his wife, he said that | she was sick and would die, and that | le would be glad to get rid of her.; The defense vigorously challenged | intro- the credibility’ ofthe witness on | crogs-examination, » among other | things demanding if she were not m jail for'vagrancy in Bismarck during | November and December, 1918, when | she said she was in Minneapol She denied this, and defense counsel read from a sheriff's ‘record to show she was in Bismarck. She also de nied knowing Chief Martineson, who, | defense attorneys claim, has arrest ed her. Developments of the case thus far | | in the prosecution chain of evi- dence including testimony of expert: that suffidient poisoh was found in | Schneider’s stomach to uae caused her death; the testimony f | Joseph asked him about poisons before his wife’s death, the statements of the Fisher girl, and testimony of |Frank Zander that Schneider remarked on th that “if they find out about this | liniment, maybe this liniment didn’t do any good.” Mrs. Joseph Schwan corroborated statements of her hus- band regarding Schneider's inquir- ies. “Liniment” Tale Frank Zander, who is administra- tor of the estate of Mr. Schutz, fa- ther of Mrs. Schneider, the deceas ed woman, was placed on the stand this morning, and questioned by J. special prosecutor en- him. He said he engaged prosecutor on solicitation . Schneider's relatives. aid he had known Amella Schneider for 23 years and that she had always been a healthy girl. He came to Bismarck on the day of the funeral, he d, and talked to Schneider and others. He said that it was the morning after his wife's that Schneider handed him a glass, offering him a drink, and remarked that if they found out about the liniment, “maybe this lini- ment didn't do any good.” On cross-examination he denied’ that he had suggested employing a eutor, but said he had a it over with relatives. He aid Schneider sat up with them the night after his wife died. Schwan on Again Joseph Schwan, on the stand ain, on cross-examination, said he was not sure whether or not he told Coroner Strolke that Schneider didn't have any lights, and did not remember that he said Schnelder didn’t treat his wife right, Questioned directly) he said wife told him, Schneider kept his house dark, and answering a ques- tion as to whether Schneider did treat his wife right he. said “some- times it looked to me not right.” He told )of an incident at his home (Continued on Page Three) COLOGNE POS SILENT UPO RUHR SITUATION Cologne, March 6.—-The Cologne Post, “official newspaper of the Brit- ish army on the Rhine, published just on the edge of the Ruhr, ‘uses perhaps less news about the occupa- tion than any other daily newspaper in the world, This is perhaps be- cause of the decision of the Britisa government to remain neutral in this Franco-Belgian move. RAIL MERGER HEARING MAR. 19 Paul, Mar. 5—Hearings on the oposed consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington. roads into one larger system will be held in St, Paul the week of, March 19, according to plans. | Word received here today from Washington said: at This will be the first of a series of hearings to be arranged by the Interstate Commerce Commission in which the public will have an op- portunity to participate in discus- sion of the plan to consolidate rail- road systems of the. country into a smaller number of, large system. Producers and others in Wiscon- sin, ‘Minnesota, North and South Dakota, will participate in the St. Paul hearings. It is expected that other consolidations relating to the Northwest also will be presented for public consideration, This will in- elude the Northwestern-Omaha- Union . Pacific hearing and the placement of the St. Paul road and | the range roads, F, Sullivan, gaged by | President H Schwan that Schneider had | morning after her death when | hibiting a glass filled with liquid | his! President Harding will leave soo Florida points. Picture shows memb Lett to right (above) Mrs, George secretary Mrs. Harding, Charles Mrs. Sawycr. Below, Secretary of rding and Secretary ( RAISE FUNDS ~—INMEDIATELY ‘o Perfect Organization Plans , Within 90 Days, Says ' Chairman Nelson i Organization of the Independent ; Voters Association for the purpose of carrying, on its work or meeting a recall of referendum campaign |will be completed within 90 days: Theodore G.* Nelson, chairman of the 1. V. ed here re- cent! returning vo Fargo. “The Independents re a referendum or recall ¢ forced, it is up to them to carry the truth to the people once more and they are preparing to do /it,” ne said. “At the organization meeting held here a week ugo plans were laid for the building of a state-wide organization that will be developed to full capacity in every precinct and legislative district, in the ninety di “The temporary exceutive commit- tee ordered the completing of the ! organization immediately and provid- ed for the raising of $5,000 at once to cover the cost of building and maintaing the temporary organiza- tion. With this done, the Independ- ents will be in fine shape to jump into a battle royal at dy time they | were forced to. The mohey to ve | raised will not be consumed by debts of the old organization, because there are none. Noticce.of the por- | tion of the temporary organization fund has been allotted to cach leg- islative district will be mailed from state headquarters to the temporary committee members this week. 1 understand several hundred dollars to apply on this preliminary fund jwas raised here last week.” Mr. Nelson asserted that, “those | who are trying to foment a referea- jdum and recall election know that the Nestos administrs- j tion has kept faith with the people jand that so many members: of the | Nonpartisan league have lost confi- dence in Lemke and his lieutenants, that there is no hope of their win- ning in either a referendum or a r jeall election. They merely want a | fight so that they can raise another Lemke fund.” WILL INSPECT | NEW COMPANY | OF N. D. GUARD i oe A headquarters company of the second batallion, North Dakota National Guard, organized at Can- do, will receive state inspection Medniadey night by Major B. C Boyd of Grand Forks, it was an- inounced at the Adjutant-General’s ‘office, THere are two officers and 45 men ‘in the company. | Lieut. Col. Thomas Rogers, U \S. A., instractor of the Minnesota National Guard, yesterday began his tour of the state inspecting na- tional guard units, and will be en gaged on this work most of ‘the month. “Maj. Manville Sprague jwill accompany him, making the state inspection. apt. G. A. M. Anderson, U. S. A., instructor of North Dakota \National Guard units, is at, Willis- ‘ton and Minot this week for pur- poses of instruction and _inspec- tion. me Fires in Government ° Printing Office . Do Much Damage ; Washington, Mar. 5—City detec- tives were detailed to investigate a fire which today did damage estim- ated at several thousand dollars in an anfex to the government print- ing office.” ; (5 Firemen reported that they found separate ‘fires ‘burning simultanc- ously gn separate floors, and were unable to discover the cause, ON PRESIDENT’S VACATION TOUR campaign | n for a four weeks’ rest at various pers of the president’s official party. | B. Christian Jr. wife of Harding Sawyer, president’s physician; ar John W. Weeks, M “hristian, LV.A.PLANTO SNOWBOUND IN RECENT BLIZZARD LOSES BOTH HANDS: Wapheton, N. D. March 6.—Mrs. | John Wolfd, who was snowboun:l | for 12 hours during the recent bliz- | has undergone amputation of | both of her hands, as a result of | cold and exposure, She is at the ‘rancis hospital Breckenridge, | | Minnesota. It is not certain whether or not, there will be any amputation , of her fect or limbs, in HUGHES CO. TAKES APPEAL Case Involving. Validity of | Utilities Act Goes Up Appeal to the supreme court has | ibeen taken\ by the Hughes Electric | company of Bismarck, in the suit brought in di; the laws granting the railroad | commission control over public | ‘utilities declared ynconstitutional. | law: Jansonious ‘held the Briefs have not ye valid. filed. The railroad commission was} prevented from holding its hearing | on the rates of the company by the} | \ raining order issued in dis- + court, and no action has been The rates, which the jannounced showed on the face of \the company’s reports, were , continue in effect. | REID FAMILY ” OPPOSEPLAN OF MEMORIAL ic jtaken since. | Kenosha, Wis., Mar. 6. —Launch: ing for the mother and other rela- tives of Wallace Reid a campaign ‘against the plan of erecting a “dope sanitarium” to be named af-} tre the screen actor, who is said/ ‘to have died fighting the drug ‘habit, Jolm Westbrook, of Kenosha, jtoday made public letters received | {from ‘his relatives in which they \bitterly denounced the action of | Dorothy Daveiport Reid, wife ot | ithe actor, in lending her support; to the ventu Letters to the Ke-| noshan are from Miss Maude West- | brook and Mrs. Virginia Westbrook ; Backus, sisters of Mrs, Bertha; Westbrook Reid ,the mother of the | dead actor, and they ;support to) present the attitude of the Reid! family regarding the proposal. ri —_—_____—_ | The Weather !, —_—_—_— at For twenty-four hours ending noon today: Temperature at 7 a, m. + Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarclg and vicinity: Partiy | cloudy tonigh( and Wednesday, | warmer Wednesday, For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday and extreme west por- tion tonight. a | 1 Weather Conditions The pressure is low over the mid-4l dle Mississippi Valley and precipi- tation has occurred ‘from the south- ern Plains States northeastward to the Great Lakes region. High press- ure, accompanied by generally fair, cool . weather prevails from ie Southwest to the northern Plains States. Another Low gccompanied by warmer weather and precipitation is JO ‘find attorne; jof Allen H. Wi ling, charged with | MANY PLEAS OF GUILTY IN ‘Judge Miller Assesses Some | Stiff Fines Against Vol- stead Law Violators TRIAL HELD UP Absence of Attorneys Cause; Case of Bismarck Man to Go Over a Day Trinl of C. R. Jones of Bismarck, former assistant cashier of tae C National bank here, charged wita embezzlement did not begin in fed- eral court today when the March term opened with Judge Andrew Mil- ler presiding. Continuance was ask- cd by P. D. Norton, attorney for Jones, because Norton is engaged in a trial in district court, and George A. Bangs of Grand Forks, also a torney for Jones, is engaged in court | at Fargo. District Attorney M. A. Hildreth | objected to continuance until next Monday, because many witnesses | have come from a considerable dis- tance, and tne case may be ordered to trial within the next two days. Judge Miller called the court cal-| endar, consisting of 13 civil cases | and numerous criminal cases, did not ready for trial tod: cases, and received mai pleas of guilty in criminal cases. Heavier fines were assessed on, vleas of guilty in liquor cases by | Judge Miller than when he first held | court here. At that time ae notified | numerous defendants from the Slope | country that it should be understood | that while their pleas for leniency | because of unfamiliarity with tae} law were given weight, everyone in | the western part of the state should | understand that offenders would be | dealt with severely in the future. Some Stiff Fines, | Fred Stricker, Stark county far- | mer, pleaded guilty and was fined} . George Fix of McIntosh county was fined $100, Joe Snudera of Gol-|{ den Valley county tae same, and} Earle Miller of McKenzie county was | | fined $300, all on violations of the; on any civil Volstead act. | Attorn William Langer made a} plea for ricter, who, the district.) attorney said, had nine gallons of} moonshine on hand and other in-| gredients. Langer said Stricker | was a farmer living near Lefor, and | that he nad read two years ago in| a Bismarck German paper a letter} from Supreme Court Judge Robin-| son stating that any man had a righty to make liquor for his own use. Langer said the man had nine chil- dren, Judge Miller refused to be- lieve tne liquor was for his own use, “That's enough to give sleepin kness to half the community Judge -Miller remarked. Plea for continuance in the ¢ former postmas- ter at Harmon, charged with em| zlement, was made, it being said by his attorney, William. Langer, toat he as ill with “flu” in Minneapolis Mrs. Katherine Miller of Wingy} Burleigh county, pleaded not guilty | to taking government property and | retaining articles found in a mail sack on the road. She claimed she offered to pay for them... Mr. Faber was named ner attorney. B, F. Piesik and Ernest A. Wiet- participation in a postal fraud at Beach, pleaded not guilty. Thomas J. Smith, also al- leged to be implicated, is still in jail in Beach, it was charged. Case Dismissed. The case against Jalmer C, Logan, | charged w. getting ‘ merchandise fraudulently, was dismissed because of his youth, the district attorney | aid. | Richard A. Schuette of Napoleon, | harged with making a false stat ment to take an examination to en- ter the postal service, was deferred | until tomorrow for ‘aim to plead. | John Wiseman and Charles Root, | charged with shipping liquor into! Indian country, pleaded, not guilty. | Three other cases were dismisse two against the same man, J, Howard ; Caldwell, formerly a government | employe at the Standing Rock Indian j Agency, tae district attorney stat- | ing he believed the charges were the } result of spite work, H McLean county, growing out of | {mineral rights re: MURDERED Entries in the diary of Frederick | Schneider (above), wealthy Bronx ; «N. Y.) contractor, may disclose the} identity of ths mysterious woman | who is believed to have shot and killed him because of jealousy. POLICE SEEK TOSTAMP OUT TENDERLOIN Chicago Chief of Police to Put | Guard at Front and. Back Doors Chicago, Mar. -6.—Stamping commercial vice under, what was to have been the most drastic polic order e drawn in Chicago m claim the entire attention of 3,000 of the city’s available 4,575 patrol- men, Charles Fitzmorris, chief of policé, last night directed Police Captains, to place uniformed patrol- men at the front,and back doors of known disorderly house — in £0. Chief Fitzmorris refused to com- ment on the order other than to say “it speaks for itself.” The chief's order came within four hours after Chief Justi McKinley of the criminal court had indicated the March grand jury would be re- quired to renew the investigation into alleged vice conditions. MAY CONTEST - MINERAL TAX Reported Railroads Will Fight Out Act in Courts Railroads owning large mineral r in North Dakota will test the validity of the act of the legis- lature placing a 3-cent an acre tax on coal, oil and similar re- serves, according to information Tax Commis- by State es The North Conve ern - Pacific road, owns large reser posed of railroa in lands with the rved. The 75 percent valuation will be effective th year, Mr. Canverse said, although assessors list property before the law be comes effective on July 1. It is provided that the assessors shall list property at true ca: value, and the county auditors shall de duct 25 percent after the stat {board of equalization meets, which will be in-August, after the law effective, it was explained. Th new tax exemption law also is ef- fective this year. MEMORIAL DAY EVENT WILL BE RUN AS USUAL Indianapolis, Mar. ‘6.—The inter- national 500-mile automobile race, the premier event of its kind the world, will be held here Me- morial Day as usual, as the rgsult our! particular, | es, having dis: | law} GOVERNOR T0 -| USE PRUNING KNIFE AGAIN More Slashes from Appropri- ation Bills Are Expected To Be Made Children’s Code and Educa- tional Investigation Meas- ures Are Signed \ Governor R. A. Nestos is going to use the pruning knife again. Vetoes of appropriation Saturday were but a starter. The rno has announced his intention of duqing appropriations wherever lit seems possible, and it is general- ily expected here that before he is finished there may be a quarter of Go [a million dollars more cut from the approp the 18th tive assembly. ions of legisla exe pro- Some appropriations the axe only because the | vides that the Governor down items, but must either appre may law \ known that the Governor believes it i would be possible to reazce some ‘items but he is unable to do it. | A careful survey is being made of all appropriations, and the Governor also is seeking more detailed infor- | mation before acting on some bills, which .must be acted upon days from their passage. Idea On Bridge The underlying idea of the Gov Jernor in acting upon appropriation bills is understood to be in accord with his previously announced posi- tion that while nothing should be done to cripple necessary institu- tions and departments, every econo- my possible should be exercised 1 the next two years. This is the rei son for the veto of the Williston bridge appropriation. This appropri- ation, which it was anticipated be- cause of statements made in the leg- islature, would have to be increased by subsequent legislatures and the cost of the bridge eventually be perhaps as much as $20 for cach man, woman and child in McKenzie county. The Governor has stated that two years from now, if there lure good crops and times are more prosperous, that such an appropria- tion may not be objectionable, but felt it would be an unwise burden for all the people of the county at this time. The veto of the appropriation’ for the Bottineau Normal school both on the ground that the school was to, be a school of forestry and this purpose had been subverted, and in line with recommendations 0! the Nonpartisan board of adminis- tration two years ago and education- al experts that duplication in edu cational institutions was both expen sive and unwis Code Bills Signed Among the bills signed yesterday jwere four of the Children’s Code Commission bills, including the new mothers’ pension bill, and bills a fecting cripple children and making |more severe penalties for wife and | child desertion. The Trubshaw resolution cal for a non-paid’ educational commi sion to investigate the increas cost of education and report to the next legislature also was signed, as | were the meusure repealing the “cow bill,” bringing election laws, the jbill making it unlawful to hold pub- jlie dances on Sunday, and the bill abolishing the board of experts. W. E. Parsons, who was chi of the senate, and A. D. McKinnon, assistant chief clerk, today were | working on the corrections for the | permanent journal, while H. L. Hold- jren and J, P. Tucker were doing the {same on the house juurnal. “HUMAN FLY’ FAL was lerk : FROM BUILDING, The case against George Ranum of } of Governor McCray vetoing a3} KILLED INSTANTLY whether he had autaority to trans- | fer.a $100 bond in his case, was dis- | missed. >Theo. Brenner of Linton, | charged with violation of the Vol-| stead act by aaving four gallons of | (Continued on Page Three.) | H unconstitutional a bill passed by both houses of the Indiana legisla- ture which would prohibit the race, The action of the Governor, which | came a few minutes before ad- journment of the general assembly, ended one of the bitterest factional ; fights in that body in recent. years. New York, Mar, 6.—Not more than 00.00 and, according to one story, only $50, was the fee Harry Y. Young, a “human fly,” contracted to receive for the effort which yes- terday resulted in his spectacular TESTIMONY IN A last-minute attempt to pase the; death when he fell when three floors | bill over the Governor’s veto was | up the hotel Martinque to-the pave- KUKLUX CASE READY FOR JURY! Bastrop, La., Mar. 6.—With the Organization of the Morehouse grand jury completed yesterday’ Attorney- General A. V. Coco was expected lo} appear before that body today to begin the presentation of testimony obtained at the state's open hearing here last January in connection with | the kidnaping and other activities of ) masked bands, which hte state char-| ges culminated in the death of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of Mer Rouge dast August. The Attorney- General has charged that these hood- | ed bands were composed of members of the Ku Klux Klan, | The Attorney-Genergl planned first to present the record of. the open hearing and it was expected he would call many witnesses at its conclusion. He was expected to ask made in the senate, but this failed fby a 30 to 5 vote, and the measure dicd. The measure, which was sponsored by the state department of the American ‘Legion and which resulted in a split in that ciiport lization, was intended, its support ers declared, was to prevent the commercialization of Memorial Day ‘by holding sporting events at which an admission fee was charged. \OLSON’S PARTNER GOES ON TRIAL - _ INNEWBURGH Newburgh, Indiana, Mar. 6.—Johin C.. Effinger, former cashier of New- burgh banks, indicted with Jourgen Olson, Minot, N.D., and A."H. Hal- vorson, Olson’s nephew, on charges of gonspiracy to commit larceny and from 380 to 50 indictments, ranging from assault and battery to mutder: moving eastward from the north Pa- cific coast. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, jeteorologist. It is expected it will be a week or|here yesterday, afternoon. tigation are known. * embezzlement in connéction with the failure of the bank, went on trial Neither ed with warrants. tag ‘ ment and died. The money was noi j Paid in advance. Newspaper photographers and re porters in the big throng who saw the man fall to his death in the noon {rush hour/in one of the most con-- gested districts in the world nid today that all the “human flies” they have seen work Young worked ithe fastest. Though the walls _were slippery because of the moisture-laden ar Young was creeping briskly up the | wall at a pace faster than a hod car- {rier employs going up ‘a ladder, Young had nothing but ‘three inch spaces into which he stuck his toes and fingers. Comments of observers j bore out reports that he felt some- thing was going to happen to him {beforé he started. Young apparently jumped at the chance to risk his life for a small son and for his young widow, a 20- year-old bride of a few mont whose home was at Wilkesbarre, Pa. When seen she said he had not worked all winter, So much did he need money that he wa: she id. tight-rope walking, Falls. not scale or veto one item in its entirety. It 1s) withi> “perfecting an unheard of stunt, upside odwn,] way of A He | on, accoun! more before the result of the inves-| Olson nor_Helvoreon had been serv- | planned to introduce it over Niagara |thickly wooded section endangering HUNT “DEAD” MAN’ of an New Haven, unusual mystery they began search for De LaFayette | Flint, school principal, reported | dead in New York hospital. Hos pital failed to verify report but no} [trace of Flint could be found, Police faced Conn. when | ‘$50,000 THEFT THWARTED IN CHICAGO STORE Shoppers Join Owner of Store | Pursuit of Bandits in Chicago, Mar, 6 George MeKeen, , . formerly of Milwaukee, Wis., and j Jerome, his brother, and five other men were arrested here early today | by police in connection with the | theft of about $50,000 in jew from | 1a downtown jewelry store Louis. Shlief, arrested yesterday afternoon | immediately after the robbery, also | is in jail. He was captured by shop- | pers who, attracted by the cries of | Mrs. Beatrice Massover, owner of the shop, pursued him. A companion escaped. | Jerome McKeen was arrested first by police. Later two men who gave their names as Sam Sherman and | Jack Davis were arrested at the Sormer's apartment i George McKeen was arrested there | eurly today and pol id they found rings valued at $20,090 in his possession. Arrest of othet rubbers preceded that of George. From rev- elations made by those under ar- rest police said they expected to re- cover the rest of the precious stones today. HOME PRICE IS INCREASED Judge Pugh Substantially | Affirms Home Building | Case Findings Judge Thomas Pugh of Dickin- son, deciding the Wallace-Home Building Association case upon the | taking of additional testimony ar directed by the supreme court, substantially reaffirms his former decision. i The contract price of the Bis-; marck house build for George ' | Wallace, former state tax commis- sioner, now living in New York, i: | placed at $6,220 instead of $5,820 | the judgment being correct in th respect. | Judge Pugh found that the fig-! ure originally given Mr. Wallace} by Supt. Baker of the state Home Building Association, was $4,750 for a standard plan house, includ-| ing a $500 lot. The price given! for the construction of a sun par | lor and garage was $50 additional. The changes and Xtras were as- certained to be $520, making a to ! tal of $6,220. The figure is ‘ess than that claimed by the. state, which was over $11,000, and higher than hc figure-urged by Mr. Wallace’s at- torneys, who stood on the origina verbal estimate. ie Whether the case will go to the} supreme court again is to be d termined later. All cases involving the price o | homes built by the Home Buildi' ; Association will be tried, Attor-| ney-General George Shafer said | regardless of the passage of a \ by the legislature winding up th Home Building Association and providing a method of arbitration | in squabbles over the price o | homes. The law does not become} effective until July 1. | Six Army Planes at Montgomery | En Route to Indies Montgomery, Ala, Mar, 6—Final inspection of the six. DeHaviland army airplanes en route to the West Indies was announced for today, just preceding their hop-off for Jacksonville, Flu, on the third leg of the journey which. began at San Antonio last Friday. « The fliers arriving in Montgomery Sunday afternoon had to remain here until today fox repuirs to their machines. | sistant attorney genera | Lofthus and VALIDITY OF INDICTMENTS ARE ASSAILED Defendants in Scandinavian Bank Scandal Fight Grand Jury Bills BEFORE JUDGE McKENN“ First Move Is to Quash Charges Containing Thir- ty-Three Counts Fargo, Mar. 6.—The validity 0} indictments returned last May in Cass county district court against 11 defendants in connection with the failure of the Scandinavian American Bank of this city was at- tacked today when the first of the ses brought against H. J. Hagen of Seattle came up before Jude George McKenna of Napoleon, called in to hear the case. ‘The first move made by the de- fense was to quash he indiitments containing 33 counts aganist Hage: on the ground that there w ir regularities in the proceedings + the grand jury investigation, Argument on the motion | quash the indictment probably wi take up the coort’s attention ont Saturday. Prior to the motion, Bangs of Grand Forks George A question of the court's jurisdictio to hear Ransom county cases in Ca county, but this question was se tled when the court asked the pa ties to stipulate for jurisdiction, asmuch as he had been called | Fargo to hear the case: ' Hagen and William emke we the only defendants in the cou room. A. C. Townley, ‘F. W. Cathr L. P. McAneney dock, O. rman, ¢o-d. endants, are out of the ¢ GOLF IS CHIEF ISSUE BEFORE HARDING PARTY On Board Pres.dent Harding Train, near Syvannah, Ga., Mar, 6. The vision of rest and freedom fro wearing official duties which Pre dent Harding has had for mont {today became real. ne chief executive, with M Harding and more than a half-doz friends awoke morning ne the border of Florida, where month he will endeavor to find luxation after a year of steady tention to international and dome tic oblems of the nation, Jences that the President w looking forward eagerly to a vac tion have been apparent to tho of his party ever since ais depar for ure yesterday at noon from Was ington. As the special drew ne » Ormond, the first stopping place « the trip, his eagerness grew. Preparations for making the mc of the vacation began early toda Golf clubs were brought forwa and the conversation turned to t relative merits of the golf courses a dozen so Florida East Coast r sorts where the Presidential par will stop. ARRIVES AT ST. ‘AUGUSTINE St. Augustine, Fla., Mar. -Th Presidential © sp conveying = M and Mrs, Harding and party to O: mond stopped here at 10 o'clock Lo day to leave retary and = Mr: Weeks in the city, and to alloy Charles G. Dawes to board the train Mrs, Harding appeared on the rea platform for the first time during the trip and ‘was greeted by genuint Florida sunshine and the genial hv- mor of Ex-Senator Chauncey Depew. Secretary ‘and Mrs. Weeks will re- main in the city until the return « the Presidential party to St. Augus tine on March 18 to 20. AGED GROOM DIES TWENTY MINUTES AFTER WEDDING Chicago, Mar. 6.—Twenty minut after he had married a girl: of Herman A. Swanson, aged 62, retir: capitalist, died of heart disease y terday. : Thorpe Assits _ Prosecutor in Court Tria! Assistant Attorney Gene George Thorpe will assist sta attorney John Sad of Griggs coun- ty in the trial of George Jacobson president of the Farmers St:\ Bank of Walum, scheduled to st: today at Valley City. Mr. Jacobsen is charged with embezzlement, it being alleg: that she fraudulently obtain: about $3,000 by embezzling {hc proceeds of mortgaged notes plac ed_in his Poeerien for sale, tie proceéds of which were to be uscd in payment of ; dther mortgaged notes. ‘ Se Attorney General George Shafer The routing from Mpntgomery by adia, Fla., was abandoned of the bad stretch the’ results of any forced landings.