The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1923, Page 1

were ere pare ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | ESTABLISHED 1873 i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN DEADLOCK BETWEEN ALLIES OVER RHUR | AWARDS CUT SCHNEIDER ON LAST EDITION AY, MARCH 7, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS In Chicago “Heart Cases” STAND DENIES | KILLING WIRE | Claims That He Did Not Poi-) son Wife, and That He |; Loved Her Till Death STATE Pathologist Testifies for State Death Caused by Arsenic Poisoning —- | Kasimir Schneider, local laborer, ged with having caused the ath of his wife last June by ad- ministering poison to her, took the witness stand in his own defense} today, nder guidance of his attor- neys Schneider flatly denied that he poisoned his wife and answered | scores sof questions involving the circumstances of her illness and death with a calm voice A he: f was ‘still wrapped around Schneider's neck to protect him from a cold and he was dressed in an ordinary black suit. A small man, both in height and weight, wearing thick glasses and speaking in good Engli: though of Russian- | extraction, the defendant no nervousness under the kindly questioning of his attorne: His thick gla s proclaimed his neur-sightedne ‘) not been on the stand long Attorney Norton led him di rectly to the testimony offered for the state by Clara Fisher, who said that Schneider had asked her to be} his housekeeper and that he wanted to get rid of his wife. He denied any such direct statements as at- tributed to him by Clara Fisher and scornfully denied that he ted to marry her. Loved Wife, Claim “Did you love you wife up to the died?” he was asked. yre “Did you tell !Clara Fisher that you were looking for her to, get her to marry you before your married your second wife? y time you . sir. “Did you want to marry “T never did.” Were you ever 6, 1 don't care Clara?” fond of he for girls like her. Answering a question put direct ly: “Did you poison your wife? Schneider answered “No.” He told of the time of his wife's death, on the morning of June 15) in their home on the south side here. He claimed he had not slept much all night because of their hy’s illness, his wife’s illness and a storm. He said it was raining, light- ning was flashing and thunder roar- ing, He said he got up about 10 min- utes after five in the morning when he heard the baby crying, looked into the room where his wife was, and he said he heard her taking her last gasp, just before life became extinct. He said he started yelling, but ob- jection stopped further declarations of this sort. He called the neighbors, he said, suggested a doctor be call- ed, and talked with the neighbors. Later, he said, he saw the body at the undertaker’s place and again later in the house. He said he called hi¢ mother-in-law from Sweet Briar, | Morton county, after his wife died. | Pathologist Called Among the witnesses called by the state before it rested yesterday afternoon was Dr. A. Massaglia, pathologist of thé University of North Dakota, who testified that he; believed from his examination of the walls of the stomach of the | dead woman, that her death was caused by arsenic poisoning. The defense’s first witness was William Ode and others included John L. Schneider, brother of Kasi- mir; Matt Senger and Joseph Fet- tig. Dr. Erwin of Mandan, called as an expert witness by the defense, ysaid that the symptoms of M Schneider's illness as described by Dr. Lipp appeared to indicate disease such as) might cause natural death. During the testimony of the defense the $2,000 life insurange policy car- ried on Mrs, Schneider with Kasimir as beneficiary was detailed to the jury. Former Coroner Strolke, , called this morning by the defense, was asked regarding a conversation Jo- seph Schwan had testified to for the state. In answering to a question as to whether Joseph Schwan told him that Kasimir Schneider was / not good to his wife, he said Schwan did not answer exactly that way, and after objection halted further questioning of this kind, he said that he remembered Schwan saying that “he didn’t see what was wrong with Schneider—he never turned on the lights at night.” The theory of the defense was Above, Mathilde Benkhardt; and Ethel Jay French (right), Flotida Executive to Cor- rect Conditions, Is Interpre- tation of Executive on Senate Action licity for Florida. prisoner-contract of flogging, Governor R. today said in a letter to Hardee of Florida “I am satisfied it was not intended by those who are responsible for sponsoring and pass- ing the resolution. “I feel,” Governor Nestos con tinued, “that their only thought was to aid you and others who are ar xious to have this unfortunate con- dition corrected and to have your legislative body enact laws that would make such a thing largely im- possible for the future.” “I sincerely hope that be accomplished by since it has been adopted, and that camp as this will was in answer to a communication received by Governor Nestos yes- terday expressing resentment at the tone of the resolution as it was pass- ed by the North Dakota State Sen- ate, Governor, Nestos had not seen the resolution, he said, since it was to be sent to Florida by the Secre- tary of State rather than by the Governor. z Received: Too Late Governor Hardee, in his letter, which was received two days after the legislative session closed, said that unfavorable publicity for the state of Florida would result from the passage of the resolution, by adding: “The senate of the- North Dakota legislature, however, it seems has been. good enough to absgive the state from responsibility by vir- tue of the following provision con- tained in the ‘said resolution, to- wit: “The state of Florida is in no manner party to the great wrong and thatsas represented its own legisla- ture will feel the same sense of in- dignation as is felt by North Dakota. represented by its legislature.” Governor Hardee continued: “The considerate language used by the senate in the closing paragraph of the resolution and abgve quoted is appreciated, However, that does not eure the harm and injury that the passage of such resolution does the state of Florida, We have more than outlined by P. D. Norton in- his statement to the jury before presen- tation of the defense’s case began. Details History He detailed Schneider's life hist- ory. Schneider, he said, was born in Russia about 40 years ago; married in Russia to Magdalena Jazel, who . died ‘in this country; came to the United States’ in 1907; first settled burg in Emmons county, where he was engaged in farming, and lived there until he came to Bierce to be employed by the Wachter Transfer Company and the Northern. Pacific railroad. Schneid- (Continued on page 8.) 1,500. convicts incarcerated in ou: prisons. There. will occurr occasional instances where the authorities in charge might be accused of impro- per .treatment of the convicts. I assume that’ similar situations will occur in every state of the Union. Perhaps it has occurred in North Dakota. It is the duty of the state not to retain in its service any man who would treat the convicts inhu- manly and Florida does not retain them, My ‘objection to the resolu- tion of your legislature is that a single instance has been seized upon as a.basis for..a resolution. which (Continued on Page Three.) the resolution | mo other consequences may flow therefrom.” The letter to Governor Hardee , North Dakota | —Hardee Fears Bad Pub- ead of Russia to the other last Hy Women who have figured in Chicago “lov below, Mr: Legislature Sought to new | BELIEVE EPIDEMIC Bo OE OE Nps | COUR: FLORIDA GOVERNOR PEEVED AT N. D. SOLONS ACTION; NESTOS SAYS NO HARM MEANT BUT ACTION WANTED °"" sro. xisse OF TYPHUS ENDED Samara, March: 7 courged the Volga V: ed thousands of vi Typhus, whi leyjand claim- img from one ar appeared this winter on and, unless the une: occurs, medical authorities ted Prana sider the danger of epidemics on Expressing regret if injury should {vast scigaerenaeao result to the Stute of Florida) phere are. sev Meaecin’ the through publ from passage of | Volga Vall d the Ukraine whe a resolution by the North Dakota! i). p99 eee dared. poorly ure deploring the jdeath of and in these famine already is rag- Martin Tabert, Cavalier county boy ling again, Nothing like the terrible alleged to have died in a Florida | UpemIntecack conditions of the gt 1921-192 exist, however, ~and though eight million persons are listed as needing complete or par- tial support by charity, even the most pessimistic observers do not! expect that the horrors will be re- pe: ted in the proportions of last $400, 000 ON LOSSES PAID State Treasurer Completes 17) Counties on Hail Warrants Payment of $400,000 1922 hail war- rants in 17 counties of the state has been made by the state treasurer's ofice. The alphabetical order is re- versed in this year’s payments, the ; 17 counties beginning with Williams and including Pierce. The clean-up of this many counties was made possible by the purchase by “the Twin City financial houses of many warrants in the counties. Payments: on hail warrants are considerably ahead of the same date last year,-as payment of 1920 war- rants was not completed and pay- ment of 1921 warrants not begun, until April of last year. Payment of additional 1922 warrants may be slowed up somewhat by the fact that ‘$600,000 is due the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company from last year’s purchases, on April 1. Admiral Prindle Dies From Illness i | BY COURTSIN LOVE SUITS Juries Now Appraise Delayed Wedding Bells at $1 to $25 BUT KISS VALUE RISES Nurse Is Granted seep For Five She Doctor Stole NEA Staff Correspondent. Chicago, March 6,-—-Kisses up; , Hearts down! Thus rdns the current price trend! on Chicago.’ love market. From a series of court decisions, } just handed down here, it has be-{ come evident the attitude of janie! toward blasted affections, which ¢ along to be mended with gold i breach of promise actions, is under- F a radical change. hwarted darts of worth but from $1 ture, judicial price creed. But when it comes to “she who gets kissed” will, the brotherhood of 12 good men Cupid are 26 a pune- have de- a case of {and tre seems Johnny on the’ spot) telena area, For proof, run following instance ‘our eyes over the just ground from {the heart mill: BROKEN HEARTS: breach of promis asking dam- ages totaling close to $200,000, have | al-} been settled quietly out of court. ‘ONE-THIRD OF PROPERTY IN N.D, EXEMPTED Estimates Place Total E+ empted Property at Over $600,000,000 under existing laws amounts to the | huge total of $605,000,000, accony ing to a rough estimate given Lyman ‘A. Baker, deputy state commissioner. The figures are b: Received in War Washington, Mar. 7.—Rear-Admiral Franklin .C. Prindle, United States Nacy, retired, died fn the naval hos- pital here yesterday from uremic noisoning. which physicians said was brought about by disabilities incur- red during the Civil War. He was 81 years old. At the outbreak of the Civil Wa Admiral Prindle entered the navy and participated jn many engage- ments? He retired in 1901. PARIS GREEN ON CABBAGE FATAL TO McLEAN WOMAN Underwood, N. D., March 7.—Mrs. M. E. Akkerman died here“of poison- ing a few day# ago after eating some cabbage which contained a small amount of Paris Green which had been used to ‘treat-the vegetable for parasites, in part upon census ond other ports and in part upon alone, and follow: Public charitable, religious, lodge, hospital, ete. property— the census report; tain classes $80,000,000; money and credits—} $250,000,000, The total equals more than one-} third of the total assessed valuation | of the state, which is $1,308,000,000, The legislature at the session just cloed removed homes’ and some} classes of personal property aggre-! gating $80,000 from the list of pro- perty exempted. CHICAGO POLICE CONTINUE DRIVE ON UNDERWORLD Chieago, Mar, 7.—With a special) detail of 145 men on duty, Chief of Police Fitzmorris’ order to stamp out commercialize§ ‘vice in Chicago went into effect in several police dia tricts. Although the commanding officer's in the districts had Peauelted spe- cial details aggresating almost 600 police, Chief Fitzmorris said without comment cut down their requests’ to the detail of 145 men. . With the putting into effect of, the Order some inyestigators said many disorderly houses ‘voluntarily closed their doors. against herj Property exempted from taxation! ed: re- estimates | property — $50,008,000;; ; $25,000,000; farm im-! provements $200,000,000 as given in! the women’s reformatory at the Kan- homes and cer-| of personal property-- "MANDAN PLANS NEW HOME FOR MASONIC LODGE Mandan, Mar, 7 ) Members of Man- dan lodge No, 8, A. F nd A the other Masonic bodies concurring, last night authori a building’ committee, August , wan; chairman, to proceed immedi- ately with the selection of plans and devising of means for financing the erection here this summer of a new Ma Rec temple to vost approximate- » $100,000. “The building will be three stories’ in height and about 70 feet by 14! feet in size. “BISHOP BURNS WILL LECTURE © ATM.E CHURCH: Bishop of Helena Area to Discuss “Living Christ in Modern World” Is | BANQUET HELD: Bishop Charles Wesley Burns of | the Methodist Episcopal church will deliver a le eg renke the damage with unlin | ture-sermon tonight at the McCabe | fo one of the grand juro | Methodist Episcopal church here on | ‘the subject, “The Living Christ in! jthe Modern World.” The sermon ‘will be preceded by a brief song | ‘e at 7:30 p. m., a devotional | Rev. Bovard spoke of the new “World Service of the Methodist , Episcopal Church.” and impressed ; upon those present that this move- | ment ‘successor to the Centenary’ ; Movement offered great possibili- tes ie service. | conference program for this \eteetnoa included: | Side of the World,” by Missionary | 1G. W. Gates of Africa; “The Future jot China in the World Service Pro- |gram,” by Dr. Perry Hansno; jround table lacie with Dr. as lea ingdom De-| belay Soclety am Christian Stew- 4 ardship,” jing the discussion. There will be a dinner Grand Pacific hotel at ‘SEARCH FOR ~ TEN WOMEN WHO ESCAPE Kansas City, Mv., Mar. {here we searching today for ten j women who last night escaped from at the p.m isas City municipal reformatory at Leeds, Mo. The women are believed to have climbed to freedom through ia dormitory window, the bars of {which had been sawed. (MINE EXPLODES © IN IRELAND KILLING ONE Dublin, Mar. ‘exploded at the door of the income tax office in Beresford Place today, {killing Detective Putrick Kelley and wrecking the office. Adjoining prop- erty, including the offices*of the na: tional railway men’s union, was damaged. Kelley came to the door when the raiders knocked ahd was blown to pieces. DEFENCE CLAIMS VICTORY. Marion, Ill., Mar. 7.—Attorneys for the defence in the second Herrin riot trial claimed a victory today in a ruling by Judge D. T. Hartwell regarding’ testimony directed against Bert Grace, one of the defendants charged with the murder of Antonio Mulcovitz, It was said that the rul- ing’ ‘practically eliminated Grace from the case. { ! | i with Bishop Burns lead- | 7.—Police; 7—A land mine wa»; GRAND JURORS | TESTIFY IN BANK CASES jorn Johnson Is Attacked By Defendants ! jEXAMINE PROF. HARD | , thor TURKS WON'T ACCEPT TREATY CONTINUE PARLEY Mar, 7.—Advices that the Turkish has decided that, Constantinople, from Angora state national assembly special! Testimony Given by Sveinb- the Lausanne treaty is unacceptable. Timmer: | The government, however, was au- to continue negotiations on ndition that questions be settled in conformity with the complete in- dependence of the Turkish nation and all occupied territory be e ed immediately after the signature of | police. ' Judge McKenna Will Rule on} Admissability of Testi- , mony Later j Fargo, March 7.—Attempts on! Bae i of the defense in the trial . Hagen, one of the defend- a in the Scandinavian-Ameri- can bank failure case before Judge George E. McKenna of to show by testimony of jurors that conduct and testintony en the part of Sveinbjorn Johnson Attorney-General before the Cass county grand jury, which re- turned the indictment, was impro- sper’ failed today when Judge Me-! Kenna sustained an objectibn! made by Special Assistant Attor-/ ney-General George A. Bangs Gian Forks. The question came up during the examination of H. A. Hard of Far- Judge Lauder of counsel for de fense sought to bring out from the} witness what Mr. Johnson’s @leg- testimony was when Bangs ob- | jected. as inot early enactment, says an asso-| ‘ciation bulletin. \ The Association seems to consider} |that it is under obligation more than ever to its membership and the |publie generally that the proposed ‘highway legislation be provided, | Correspondence and reports com- are said to substantiate the early assertion that the adverse Hou | action by no means represented the! |sentiment of the people at least as! (a as hte road question is concern- e | Plans are rapidly being made by | the organization to increase its al-| {ready large and growing member-| | ship. An early general meeting of | the members is being planned to zo; into the matter fully and determine |the proper future course to pursue \'The rumor is persisteht that a one-| ar whirlwind campaign should pe | {waged to enact the proposed legis-| lation at the Presidential primaries | in March, 1924. It has not yet determined whe- ther the general meeting soon to be! j held will take place in Bismartk or iValley City but it is more than! probable that Valley City will ve! chosen. i COURT AWARDS ALIMONY TO AGED MAN Los Angeles, Mar. 7.—Frederick Moon, 70 years old, sued for divorce | by Lou Ethel Moon, 40, on the ground | of cruelty today was awarded ali-! mony of $15 month by the superior court. Moon described himself as! “once a poet next a farmer and now just a week, old man.” H ““Mirs Moon is strong and able to; work,” the court said, “while it is evident Moon-is unable to work. She| married him for eetter or worse; she must stick to her bargain.” Charges Republicans of Minnesota Spent Million St. Paul, Mar. 7.—Charees of Sen- ator James A. Carley of Wabash» county that the Republican state cen- tval committee speat one million dol- lars in 1920 to further their political campaign in this state today were characterized as “prepostcriousiy false” by C. R. Adams, chairman ot ‘the ‘Republican state central commit- tee, j Schools for those‘who work by | cans jeitizens the elements of citizenship. ‘date WILL BE MAJOR ' PLANK IN YANKS CAMPAIGN Vetera Will Turn) Whole Attention to Problem of Foreign-Born pOWSLEY DIVULGES PLANS Says ish Ex-Fighters Will Abol- “European Settle- ments” Here BY NORRIS QUINN. NEA Staff Writer. upolis, Legion How 1 embark} soon Wi Miss Ethel Jay French vs. John! message by Rev, F. W. Kedtke and/, The testimony of grand jurors i on sweeping Americanization pro-{ | Wood Brooks-Ladd he asked $50,000. ' an illustrated lecture on the orient |) going forward today in the case,! gram that will do away forever with Jury gave her $1. Court said it was by Perry Hanson. but Judge McKenna has reserved) segregated foreign settlements i Bishop Burns arrived last night ‘his decision as to. the admissibili-| American cities was detailed for thej Mrs. Nettie Lasser vs, Abe Bender,| to attend the annual conference of |!¥ of such evidence until all such! frst time here by Colonel Alvin She asked $25,000. cary gave her $f. the Bismarck district of — the | testimony offered has been put in |Owstey, national commander of th Court held the amount sufficient. | church, too late for the banquet, {'0 evidence. — legion Mrs. Anna Mareus vs. Hymann! but in time to speak generally to: | The World War veterans’ program, Wittenbery he asked $50,000, Jury the delegates and others at the | {Owsley said, will aim her Judge refused new, Service which followed in the audi. | | To ‘restrict. immigration for at ‘torium at which Rey. Anthony of: jleast five years by Congre al en Beach spoke. ' Rene Miss Mathilde Benkhardt, nurse, TWO hundred and_ fifty people! T0 PEOPLE'S | To lithit: immigration ther . Dr. Justin L. Mitchell, She ask-| Were served at the banquet given | jSto such aliens as we ean assim | ed $25,000 Tor five kisses she said the | HSt Right in the basement of the | To reform. conditions at | physician had imprinted on her) Church, which recently had! been js land to the end that treatment ot) ms face, neck and shoulders.”| remus fa penne aay |ineoming aliens. will not be such as ither party loved the other. But} Sy jarge’ was the attendance. thal render them antagonistic to ‘ So large was the attendance that | , a jury gave iss Kenkhardt $20,000, | ene 2 000l'a las, Neriict uphel Meee eee ene ee en To launch a nat\on-wide campaign on A piss....Verdiet: uphe “the second table.” The banquet | Meeting of Genetal Member-' : ompaly: Judge David, sitting in the local, was made a jolly affair with Rev. fot education in waich’ every Ameri- Superior Court, hay officially pro-|g. >. Haltyard, pastor of th ship Will Take Action on; #”_Will be asked eo join in Ameri- | nounced the law has no right to set! church, as toastmaster. Toas Peary hi canizing unassimilated aliens. Bysce Lon ilove: were responded to by Geo. M. Reg- Subject Soon Four Platform Planks. pec: He made this fact known when| ister. Rev. H. Styles Harriss, dis- “Our present program is fourfold Stas aside a i poo verdicy prnich triet superintendent; Dr. Perry! The circumstances attending the; the legion commander said. “We ta “too f panel” had granted Mrs.| Hanson and Dr. Jones, both m 5 oa § fi ,i Working for hospitalization of vet- Beatrice A, Killeen ih # bresch of alonarios in Ghinn, and ©. L, Bove| cece Of the highway bills: in the) (os thote rehabilitation, a bonus promise case. “lard, secretary of the centenary; Lower House app to have em! and Americanization Which perhaps is one of the rea-; movement of the Helena area. Mrs, :Phasized, to the State Good Roads; “Before long the first three planks ons why, during the past threejJohn A. Larson sang a solo, with | Association which sponsored them,; automatically will be earried out. {weeks, more thi impending| Miss Ruth Rawley as accompanist. |the necessity of their ultimate if;We then shall turn our undivided attention to Ame: aization “First of all we shall gtrive to jwipe out every ‘little Italy, ‘little ‘Poland,’ ‘little Greece’ and every other kind of segrexated foreign set- tlement. “This we shall carry out through | education of aliens., Already hun- “The Other|ing to the office of the secretary jdreds of members of the American| Legion in all parts ow the country jvoluntarily are acting as teachers jof English and civil government. “We shall establish free night] day work and day schools for those w by night living in. distr adjoining | those where foreignérs live to bri ‘America to the aliens. “We shall use our influence the establishment of playgrounds and civic centers where the foreign-born will be asked to | come and to bring their children. ‘urther, we shall ask the fea- eral’ government to set aside funds to be used in teaching prospec for: 3 “Already we have initiated a legis- lative program in every state which forbids instruction in any foreign ‘tongue before a pupils has passed from the eighth yrade and which makes a course in civil government, state and national, compulsory in lementary schools. “While this process of assimila- ion is going on, we shall ask’ the ‘overnment to bar further immigra- jon—for at least five years. Ask Restriction. “Then we should like to see the } government work out a system of limitation of immigration which ‘would admit onty those foreigners whom w Americans.” Owsley declared definitely that as “assimilible immigrants” he meant those from the noveh of Europe and added as an afterthought, “and such of those from southern and middle Europe as are willing to accommo- Hhemseies to American insti- tutions.” “Restriction,” the comminder said, “should be based ‘got on sentiment but on| common sense. easily can make into HOG BURIED IN SNOW 13 DAYS, ALIVE YET Sheldon, N. D., March 7.—Digging into a drift from, wich he noticed steam arising, Earl Clayton found purebred Chester White hog which had been missing 18 days. Gaunt but still alive, the animal, which had been buried by a snowstorm, quickly recovered bc is now as lively as ever. Another. riches repoyts finding a turkey still alive after several ayy imprigonment in a snowbank, the! We shall call upon Ameri-| community , ‘GERMANY 10 STAND PATON | RUHR POLICY No Compromise Is Keynote of Speech by Chancellor Cuno LITTLE PROGRESS MADE | ‘Calls Attention to Fact that ance Has Gained Nothing Berlin, Mar, 7.—-Chancellor Cuno’s declaration that Germany would hold out in the Ruhr and his intimation that no overtures will be made “so |Jong as the occupation migkn [renders it impossihte for us to esti- | mate our own capacity” rang through as the atements | the nation tod praised the s the Reichstag. Asserting that France h jed nothing in all the week jcupation Herr Cun | Negotiations so long j remains as it is “We will agree to no settlement j severing iNegally occupied territory \from Germany,” he said, “or any | tereement that dass not restore to freadom Germany wrongfully pun- | ished, | “I do not even now appeal to for- ign countries. I nerely note that fter seven weeks of fighting for our hts and for the peace of the world Ml stand alone people addressed to 1 obtain of o0- it talk of the situation yx IN HOPELESS DEADLOCK London, March 7.—-Reuters Col- ogne corre stenueny learns on the ighest authority that French and representatives are still cmpletely deadlocked over the question of moving French troops © through the British zone. General Sir Godley, command- jing British troops at Cologne, and jen. Payot, French chief of trans- portation in the upied region, ‘held two conferences on Monday. At these, the correspondent savs, Gen. Godley (flatly refused | the French demafid, ‘whereupon Gen. | Payot said he would appeal to London. ‘The French ask the right to run | trains between Bonn and Nauss, which would involve a’ 15-minute shunting operation on the part of train in the Cologne ones al The British contend, spondent asserts, this oul ously hamper traffic and would lead to a strike of the German staff, making the British position untenable. The correspondent understands that the German railway men it: the British zone are not only un- der orders to strike in case the French take over the railroad but to inaugurate widespread sabo- tage. NIP COUP D'ETAT Berlin, Mar, 7 A coup d'etat planned to occur about the middle lof the month has been nipped in ithe bud by the arrest of about 15 ‘persons at Munich, according to : authorities, | ABANDON TRIP Paris, Mar. 7.—-Charles M. Sch wab has been compelled by the |state of his health to abandon hi trip to the Ruhr and unoccupied ;Germany and will sail for home jon the steamship Acquitania from Cher! bourg Saturday. NO POLICE PROTECTION | Essen, Mar. 7.—In consequence iof absence of a Police force shops ‘and houses are entered by marau- ders ‘and residents of the city arc help up and robbed. The fire br-‘gade have taken over duties of jthe police. The French will not permit them to carry arms so they have équipped— themselves with rubber hose, loaded with lead, and wooden revolvers. This armament has proved ridiculous. The firemen are very active in their new duties and find eager as- stants in the communists, who seem anxious to show that they are not connected with the disord- ers. TWO KILLED IN-RAID ON “MOONSHINERS’ New Orleans, Mar. 7.--The ‘bodies of WesleyCrain and Wiley Pierce, deputy sheriffs, missing since last Friday when they left Franklinton to make a raid on a moonshine still in the swamps dveween that place and Bogalusa have been located, ac cording to a telephgne message from Franklinton to the Times-Picayune siortly before 4 o'clock this morn- ing. 5 ASK RATIFICATION, Paris, Mar. 7—The Paris govern: ment will ask the ehamber of depu-, ties to vote ratification of the trenty signed at the Washington armament conference, Minister Bertardi told, the chamber this morning when | Admiral Guecratti asked the status of the Wasbinetin E eae: eh 4