The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER wElraen FORGETS Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- [ESE NE | Somewhat colder Sunday. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION ——— ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDA » MARCH 10, 1923 PRICE FIVE CEN’ $266,615 MORE CUT FROM BUDGET SCHNEIDER JURY ’ REPORTED fED UNABLE TO AGREE errr JUDGE TO KEEP JURY OUT FEW | HOURS LONGER Foreman of Jury in - Open Court Says That They Ap- pear Unable to Agree | DEBATED ALL NIGHT Jury Has Held Case Since 5 o'clock Yesterday After- noon when Argument Ended © jury which reported to Judge Jansonius at 3 o'clock this afternoon was again sent out by him to continue their delibern- tion, It is thought that they would probably not be dismisse ut least 48 hours. for ‘The jury holding the Kasimir| Schneider case in its hands, ere Judge Jansonius at noon today it! as “hopelessly divided.” \ Judge ‘onius. however, sent the jury k to deliberate a few) hours more in an effort to reach, » “greement he jury got the case about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Last! night requst was sent to Judge! Jansonius to meet the jury, to give; J instructions. The judge informed) the jury he could do this only Inj open court, with the defendant and! s attorney present, and the re-} quest hdrawn. H The jurors remained up arguing most of the night, it is understood. Toward nobn today they decided they could not agree. i No statement was made as 4 how the jury stood. One of the stumbling blocks, in the minds of some persons, was} Schneider is charged with; » murder, by poisoning! who died last June 15,| other degree of murder charged ina poison case. vis up to the jury to give him life imprisonment or freedom. { ‘The defendant wag at the court-| house most of the morning; waiting outside for the verdict while the prs were struggling inside! the jury room. { Rumors Were that the jury about evenly divided. NEW TELLS HOW HE'LLRUN JOBIN U.§. POSTOFFICE no ' { { was Will Make No Promises;! Would Be Judged by Per- formances Only By HARRY HUNT NEA Staff Correspondent Washington, March 10,—Perform nees, not promises, must form the for the public's judgment of dministration of the Postoffice rtment under its new Chief, . New. “I'm not making a promise” said a New he squared away for his new boss of 339,000 postal em s and head of the biggest busi- ness organization in the world. ‘which remains only its formal state } here I have no plans for any cam- paigns, reorganizations or stunts. — “I am going into a job, of which .I havé only a theoretical knowledge, with ouly one idea—to administer the affairs of the Postoffice Deparv ment in a business-like way to the Best of my ability. ( Up to Public “If I make a success of it, the public will 4ind it out. ( “If I make a failure of the public will soon make mé find it out. ‘i “So far as I know, I am takings over the department at a time when it is functioning in good shape.” “How about the recommendation of Postmaster General Work, made in retiring, that postmasters and other appointees be taken from civil service and political patronage and their selection handled directly by the department on a business basis?” asked. “Not a word—not a word!” New answered, apparently sensing a lead to the subject of patronage gener- ally. In political circles it has been cur- rently stated that New’s appoint- ment was a direct move by the president to put into the office a man who would use it to strengthen the ‘administration’s political organ- ization for the hattle of 1924. But on all: appreaches to that ‘subject the ned postmaster general had Be one answer. “Not a word!” \ . POTTERY GIFT. ‘The best example of pottery, work of the Mandan Indians to reach! the North Dakota Historical society has heen loaned by\J. W. Neuens of On Pleasure Bent: This first photo of Mrs. Harding to health of the First 1 wérersnagped as they left W: CLEAR WAY FOR | BIG PACKERS’ MERGER PLAN Final Details as to Value of, Armour Certificates Agreed On « AWAIT CcoURT WON Will Annonce Merger Before; Secretary Wallace’s Com- plaint Is Heard Chicago, Mar. 10. Proposing demur to a complaint of illegal e bination filed by Seeretary of Agri- culture Wallace, Armour and Com- pany and Morris and Com} two of the five leading meat packing concerns, have virtually consum- | mated the proposed packing merger ment to make it legal. The statement, asserted, probably would ed Tuesday or Wednesday. ne one stumbling block that re- mained to be removed, that of Ar- mour and company’s stock values, passed successfully yester Adjudicators of the stock values, | James B. Forgan of the First Na tional Bank of Chicago and Albert Wigean, New York banker, arrived at an.agreement on the valuations after a conference with Nelson Mor- ris, head off the Morris and com- pany, and other officials of the con- cern at Ocean Park, Fla. ' No announcement was forthcom- | ing from Mr. Forgan as to the valuc placed on Armour and company’s certificttes that ure to be eXchanged for Morris and company's stoc The merger of the two concerns represents a combination of capital of upwards of $500,000,000. Attorney-General Daugherty re- cently found no basis against the merger. But the plan for the merger was carried on and then Secretary Wallace filed this complaint of il- legal combination. The packers have denied the allegation and proposed to prove taeir contention when the case is called for hearing. It was said here that the merger probably would be officially announced before the hearing starts ETHER CAUSES 60:10 FAINT INSTREET CAR Passenger was Taking Liquid Home to “Dope” His Cold —lIs Arrested announcements be i ‘ New York, Mar. 10.—Sixty passen- gers, on a Seventh avenue subway train were overcome early today by ether, escaping from -a can carried by Richard Chanorro, a young South Américan;* who told the police -he was taking it home foy a cold. When ‘the train ‘pulled in at. the QBth streeé station practically every passenger in one- car was: fainting away; and some women were’ hysteri- Meant wae thand nee. the Eieite [cel Tw nassenners, were “removed Missouri river, about 15 miles norta te. re Ae Chaporeo War ar: of Medora. is ce | HUGE STOCKS OF WHEAT ON DAKOTA FARMS Approximately 25 Per Cent of keted, Says Report = | THE HAY RE ' Moderate Winter Feeding De- | mands Indicated Excess of Hay Will be Carried Over Approximately 25 percent of: the 1922 wheat crop in North Dakota (still is on the farms of the state, according to estimates of G. iD amond, agricultural statistician U.'S. Department of Agriculture, Grand Forks. Added to the huge total of 28 344.000 bushels of wheat still re- ;maining on farms on March 1, it estimated by Mr. Diamond that there is a March reserve of 27 per cent of corn, 40 percent of the to- white potato crop is a, 6 percent of the oats crop, \percent of the barley crop and 40 ; percent of the hay crop still is since her illness shows the return being held by farmers. Hi ull The res on the farm on March 1 are recorded far above ithe 10-year average, as shown by statistics of the federal bureau. bee oa TS Stocks in Reserve he Weather !| The stocks on farms March eo <6 | bushels, are given as follows: 1, in} For twenty-four hours ending at | Stecks on, Farms March t Bushes noon ior 1, i Temperature at 7 a, m. 23, Wheat Avan Temperature at noon 30 aaaON Highest yesterday a ) Lowest 18 | Potatoes discussion below Lowest 21 “The biggest ingle factor for Precipitation 4 t the larger rese , according to Highest wind velocity 1x the survey, ys the report, “lies WEATHER FOREC! jin the increased production’ last For Bionar-k and vicinity: Part-_Season, while elevator congestion feeding de- grains nd moderate winter mands in the case of coars also have contributed”. cloudy tonight and ider Sund Sunday. Some ‘and a 10 year average of 59,880,- ‘000 bushels, has resulted in a iMarch 1 reserve of 46 percent, imuch above that of previous years. 1922 Crop Yet to be Mar- | ' +) Sexretce UNIQUE PLAN FOR BUDGING AUTO UPKEEP Lahr Motor Sales Company Takes New Step in Car Insurance You can now buy a motor car and know what it will cost you per per year to operate it. The Lahr Motor Sales Company, Willys- Overland distributors, brought out) thjs hitherto unheard of guarantee’ this week, afd in so doing, have shown their extreme confidence in the Willys-Overland car, “Never before has the public had an opportunity to avail themselves ; of such an iron clad service pol-; icy,” said Mr. Lahr today. “We dare to sell our Overland with this ¥: guarantee only because we have % been keeping records of Overland .cars in the hands of owners during the past eighteen months and know, what the Overland will do. “The only string to our upkeep! ! insurance policy is that the owner) must deliver his car to us once every thirty days ,so that we may give it a careful inspection, make all necessary adjustments, and see} that it is properly lubricated. This, monthly inspectfon and adjustment costs the owner nothing in addition to his insurance cost of l5c per day. “We have been. asked if our 15c ‘a day insurance covered grinding, valves, etc.* It is difficult for the; public to realize that they can own! an automobile that will cost them only 15c a day to operate. ‘The same is true of barley. The} (1922 crop was estimated at 2 704,000, which was above that ot "1921 but slightly below the 10. year average. The reserve on) Mareh 1 was estimated at 34 per- cent. Wheat Reserves | Regarding wheat, and hay and potatoes 4 the report says. WHEAT—The 1922 crop at 125,- 234,000 bushels was fully 50 per cent above that of 1921, which in- ‘crease combined with those in the ‘region west and north helped pro- duce at the beginning of the cur- rent marketing season, one of the worst car shortages in recent years. The’ market movement con- sequently has been prolonged. The distribution of the increased pro- {duction in 1922 corresponds close- | ly with the farm reserve averages which in general are higher in the s iwestern third and northeast quar- | ter of the state. The March 1,; farm holdings are indicated at 23) percent or pared with 15, 342, 000 bushels a year ago and the 10- -year average of 18,929,000. An unusually high} quality was shown for the 1922) crop by our survey last November which placed 92.8 percent of last} years spring wheat within grades} , 2 and 3 compared with 65.9 per (Continned on aside Three.) BISONS BEAT FLICKERTAILS; SCORE, 28 T0 16 | Fargo, Mar. “10—Bison tossers of! | the North Dakota. Agricultural col-| 28,344,000 bushels com-! ON TRIAL | Mrs. Mary E. Wells, girl known as “Billy \# Wells,” will go on trial March 12} charged with the murder of Cap-j 1in James S. Pettit, former owner | of the Massapequa’ Inn, Long Is- | Flovetara| i land. Captain Pettit was shot to} death at Mineola, Long Island, | Jan. H INDICTMENTS — TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION pected Judge McKenna <’ Will Take Three Weeks in Bank Case BRIEFS ARE ORDERED}: Questionable Whether Attor-, ney General and Assistants Sia poh ara oe clouds "Tt is especially noted that slight. Can Appear Before Jury treme east portion tonight; some- ly more than one-third of the last” { : : ar’s hay crop is still in reserve,i Fargo, Mar. 10. Possibly thre which will make it possible for | weeks will clapse before decision in| The pressure is low and te mera hee anmen Be aRoaty there teeard to the validity of indictments tures have risen some in abl the |e Chortage dueti lreturned in the defuset Scandi northennmbordenastaleen exci ptaMine (oc ree mone, INERECoUaHON. A Bank Nersavall ol SEAM ALS ed s Sche oy The production of corn, the re-|an-American bank ease here wi hes OWLS WReDgAUDE SD ES saUee ee oe ys, has been increasing | handed down by Judge. McKenna. Sete homer op. jetea during the past five years,! Arguments on the motion ito_au hi freezing in Montana and the | acreage having jumped from 432,-) the indictment aguine’ H. Be oy dian Neethw High pressure (000 acres. in 1919 to 680,000 acres! of Seattle, one of the dete Nish as abere MinscleL valley oe lin 1922, This increase has been} were completed late yesterday. over ; Missouri! Valley! Ham alighbly in advance of farm necda,| fhe court ‘ordered that briefs on He hy Y ¢ 27 percent erve being esti-: part of the defendants must be filed. over n. Vee Basen o°- nated ‘on March 1, The 1922 corn! He said the state may have a Like | curred in the Grent Lakes region, th !crop was about a mifion bushels| time to file b after which th middie Mississippi Valley “and at Jorger than its predecessor. aula taken Ungeeennyiee:| seattered places throughout the’ “Phe outs production, placed at| ment for a short time, | West. ORR ORERES 78,804,000 for 1922 as compared Charges of misconduct on the part | BAS peas etic! o|yiittl 48,792,000 the previous year, of employes in| Meteorolog presenting the case before the Cass i county grand jury were made by wit- yy ycontinuing the Forestry State Nor I oetas toricheidefense! luis ames) NO) 12 NING iat school, formerly ed the | ed point whether or not the attor- School of Forestry. It may seeta | ney»general of the state or his as-! somewh, strange for me to take stants ma: before the grand, French Manufacturers Have| this vie id) so a word or two of jury except in certain ca nd | explanation, The welfare and devel- ‘the defense put great stress on th point. i ‘PIPE LEAK CAUSES FIRE IN DISTRICT: |One Man Burned to Death: and Heavy Property Loss. Near Los Angeles Los Angeles, Gal., Mar, 10.-—An un-; ! jdentified man believed to have been | burned to death is missing and a} number of houses and a dairy were | destroyed by a fire which was sweep: | {ing an area of more than a quarter} or a mile in length and nearly 100 yards wide following a break in an! Bree dseucianet Ghani ehwayl neat | Artesia, 18 miles southwest of here,} {according to telephone reports re- ceived early this morning. Residents of the district left their homes soon after the blaze started / jand none are thought to be, injured. | A. stranger in an automobile failed | | while attempting to pass over th: ! flame-swept road despite protests of | {a number of persons. Cries for help | were heard soon after he disappear- led. Rescue ‘parties located the au- itomobile which was destroyer, but no trace of its occupant could be: found. ‘The fire was prougbts under con- trol soon after shutting off the vil supply. but because of the saturated | { Our | lege advanced a step toward second | condition of the ground it is expect- service insurance policy includes| place in the North Central Confer-| ed to burn for sometime. ‘ { every bit of mechanical work on. the car, as well as new parts’— necessary, with the exception of tires, ‘battery, and speedometer, Which are guaranteed by their re- spective manufacturers, and also, with the exception of damage from wrecks. “We furnish a service insurance policy ‘ with each: car ‘bought on this plan and it means just what it gays. Of course, this plan is op- tional with the purchaser.” ence by defeating the North Dakota! university basketball team here last night, 28 to 16, The game was hard- fought, with much unnecessary rougn play. The Wictors outclassed the Grand Forks team in every, particu, lar. The guard play of Flem and Arnold was exceptional and Blakeley out- classed Busdicker, veteran university center. * The two teams will play again to- night, DRY OFFICER RESIGNS Bottingiu, N. D., March 10.—L. P. Sandstrom, until recently in charge of ‘federal prohibition en- forcement work in Minot, has re- signed, and left for Des Moines, Iowa, where he has accepted a po- sition with the Joint Stock and Land bank. He takes a position ‘in the bank where F. C, Uptom, until recently of Minot, is now employ: ed DEAD IN AUTO ON LONELY ROAD, |financier’s death that first BEN: AVENTE BANKER FOUND | Automatic Pistol Nearby With One Shell Gone— ' Suicide Suspected ! i $61,000 IN CHECKS! , Institution of Fred Popp Un-! der Examination—F cier Was Despondent Chicago, Mar, 10.With the death} vv % of Fred Popp, president of the Lo-; Jacinto Benavente, the gr gan Square Trust and Savings bank, Spanish dramatist and winner of made the subject of one investiga-|the Nobel prize, is shown here as A UaGE REPT FShevitel GTeetissre | eu ean nla Ow) Moric He ia ‘ mquiry was ordered Mt about to tour America, lecturing to the accounts of his bank by state in the leading universities. examiners working behind closed | ~ AAA 'PRESIDENT OF ors. The bank president's body was dis covered early yesterday morning in a small coupe on a lonely road near here, a bullet hole in its head and! an automatic pistol, with one shell j exploded nearby. | Bank directors in an emergeney | meeting last night attended by state bank examiners and officials of two banking associations, said the in tution was solvent and an offic statement suspending operations the bank was issued. Discovery of $61,000 of | chee the dead clothes, all inade p: Kopp, son of the president, was on of the details in connection with the of Head of Bottineau School Tells Nestos He Did Right in Using Veto HIS me 0 | GIVES REASON bank examin that Popp h attention of state ae aces said een despondent for sometime be-| | £ ‘ cause of his wife's ill he School Does Not Serve Need found it nec tot . Kier a : and Lacks Local Support, Banks said last night the Log: bank had always been considere ae He Says of the strong outlying banks Hi | === were at a loss to explain Mr. Popp's| The action of Governor Nestos in The Institution was credited causing Afaeontinuance of the Bat- {with resdurées of $2,760 |tineau normal school on July 1 5 | through executive veto is commended |by President VL. Mangun of that nstitution, gun, saying he has Ree ne fia oe anateaian Ca) | that it represents his “ment and | he holds nevertheless that it is lfor the good of the state that the [institution be discontinued. The institution, contrary to state- ments of Bott u residents, does not fulfill local needs nor command .., |solid support from Bottineau coun- ; German Workers, Industrial- ty, the institution president says ists and French Represent- | ls, letter to Governor Nestos fol- ed as of One View 'My dear Governor Nestos I desire to ‘send you word of | commendation on your action in d ITS CLOSING: | trialists on the | tired of the Suffered Through Impair- ment of Shipments 10—-Although offer- | | ing no ve e evidence to sup- | port their statement some of tae! ; British correspondents in the Ruhr j | assert there is a tendency toward | peace and both sides would welcome | a settlement, ending the strain of | the last few weeks. Bota the workers and the indus- German side are | struggle, the corres-/ pondents say, the former seeing no | hope of winning while at the same- time their sufferings are augmented daily. | Tne industria . with the ex- ception of one or two of the most | influential, are feeling increasingly \ the pinch in lost trade and are} fearing for the future. The French on their part are rep-! resented as suffering scarcely less. | They have not got what they wen industries are being seriously af-| | fected by the curtailment of the} | coal supply. The suggestion in these despatch- | jes is that it will be impossible for| Present conditions to continue much | ficultie longer. With regard to the customs bar- rier around the Rhineland it is as- eited that other trade interests be- ides those of Great Britain are restricted. opment of this institution | my | now, | basis. | could be done. ; high respect in this part of the has been meat d drink for five years high- and hedges to secure students. I have strengthened the faculty and put the work upon a respectable According to the State Board Regents at the time I came here chool had been somewhat of an sore to the bourd and they de- sired me to come here and see wh of this The work here has been held in state for several years and yet we do not | command the enrollment even of this county. branch from Rugby, nor Barton, no Wilton City, nor even from Omemee | We can draw students ‘Jand territory and a pu jdents residing in the few !north on this branch of the Great Northern, But the students from Lansford in this county do not come here. It cannot be said therefore | into the Ruhr to obtain, and French | then that this institution is even an institution for Bottineau county. Lack of Support. Another serious objection to main- taining a te normal school in thi communi involved in using the town schogls for practice teaching, For two years I acted as city superin- tendent and had a contract for the third year which was broken by the} new school board after two months | (Continued on Page Three) LADY. ASTOR SCORES SUCCESS WITH BRITISH PROHIBITION BILL London, March 10.—Even though Lady Astor's prohibition bill is not expected to become law despite the fact that it passed its secnd read- ing in the House of Commons yes- terday by a vote of 338 to 56, it is admitted on alt sides that she achieved a remarkable parliamen- tary success and enhanced her reputation as a member of the British legislature, Most of the newspapcrs give Lady Astor front page space this morning. With scarcely any exception they } admit that discussion of the ill,! which would prohibit the sale of intoxicants to youths under 18 for consumption on the premises on which it is sold, was on a high; plane and that the Lady showed praiseworthy restraint in her ais- cussion. It also was admitted that the] commons enjoyed one of the best humored debates ever held without! losing sight of the seriousng side of the question. It is unusual for a private member's bill to get such ba overwhelming endorsement. I have worked without stint. | I have gone out and beat the wa: They will not -come up the! the very serious dif-| OR EE TOTAL VETOES ARE BROUGHT 10 $570,465 ‘Items Cut From Many Insti- tutions and Departments of State by Executive ARE HELD NECESSARY Governor in Comment Says by Proper Economies In- stitutions Can Get Along vernor R. stos toda’ ed $266,615 more from the ap- propriations of the eighteenth gen- eral assembly, bringing the total amount of his vetoes to $570,465.00. With announcement of vetoes to- day, the Governor completed his ac- tion upon appropriation bills of the general mbly Jledving the total 25, below 21 for the biennial period 1} The total of appropriations of yithe a SETI: for the biennial per- | iod, . stood after the vetoe 8 compared to | $9,008, 58 as fixed by the legi 11.83 ag fixed hi The appropr legislature before were $181 approp nd $9,189, tions of the 195 vetoes were applied, 5 below the 1921 tions, Governor Ne ment, “Unfortunately ,the executive is limited in his vetoes by the re- quirements that each item must either be disallowed in full or per- mitted to stand, even though con- sidcred excessive. This situation makes it doubly difficult to make the reductions | without injury to the institutions affected. “IT have sought, however, as far ible to make the ellmina- os, in a brief state~ ally all of the ins tutional fee collections can be made available for replacements under this subdivision. “While I regret that conditions t that make it necessary to cur- s and to cut appropri- am confident,, however, that by proper economies in each institution and the use of the instl- tutional fees and collections to pre- | ance ag practi ‘si all essential work that the | cut in appropriations made will cause no injury to the essential | service of each of these institu- tions. Aggregate Amount Th aggregate amount of the items disallowed in the 2 of each institution is as follow j University ..... o§ Agricultural college oa Medan Training School Capitol budget : Dickinson norma! . Hospital for the insane, jamestown Be State penitentiary . Valley City normal. | Wahpeton. School of Sc ence Mayville normal . moe School for Deaf and Dumb, Devils Lake... Minot normal : School for Feeble Mind- ed, Grafton AG Dunseith Tuberculosis sanitarium lendale norma Industrial ..... School for Blind, Bath- | ‘a 2,400.00 42,840.00 43,325.00 000.00 21,000.00 24,500.00 15,000.00 16,500.00 11,500.00 11,400.00 10,850.00 10,000.00 300.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 E 6,000.00 $266,615.00 previously ve- Amount toed Total amount vetoed. $570, 465.00 The appropriation for the com- pletion of the Dickinson Normal school building was allowed to stand. It was stated that the Governor, after careful considera- tion with the board of administra- | tion, had decided that since the ad- | dition was not a large one and was needed badly for the institutions, and since architects said delay in completing it would cost $25,000 additional, concluded ito let the item stand, and instead decreased the other appropriations for the in- stitution by $24,500 with the assent | of President May. Girls Cottage Out Included in the Vetoes was $30,- 000 for a girls’ cottage at the Man- dan state training school, the cut being made ,it was said, on ap- proval of the head of the institu- tion, on the ground that other building appropriations will re- lieve conditions there. Decreases made for the University of North Dakota and Agricultura! College | generally were items which can be made up from institutional fees. and do not involve abandoning any line of work now under way. Members of the board of admin- istration regard the decreases as very material in view of the in- crease in attendance and ‘popula- | tion of the institutions, but believe economical handling of appropria- tions will obviate any harm. WEATHER OUTLOOK, Washington, Mar, 10. — Weather sonore for the week beginning. Mon- lay Upper Mississippi Valley—Falt greater part, although. rain or snow is probable middle of the week; tem. perature normal or above.