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a4 ‘WEATHER T. é ‘ urday, Cold wave tonight. ’ ; ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS -MISSOURI THREATENS IOWA CITY! THREE. FIRES CAUSE HEAVY MANDAN LOSS 1 Fredericks Hardware Store Is Burned in an Early Morn- | ing Fire Is UNKNOWN! ernment looking to recognition of the Soviet although the hope was ex- | presed that conditions in Russia would change in a way which would make America’s helpfulness avail; | able to the people of that country. | It is his dominant thought, Mr. | Hughes said, to find a ground for | helpfulness, recuperation and restor- ation of peace in Rus U.S. AIRPLANES | AGAIN HOP OFF San Juan, Porto Ric Rico, Mar. $3.— The six United States army air- looking for a settlement of the reparation question is regarded in French official circles as a maneu- ver with the object of strengthen- ing the German hand, it was said at the French foreign office today. At the same time it was again officially denied that any negotia- tions were in progress on behalf of the French government. The French government has not recéived any information whatso- ever tending: to show that Germany is ready to talk in a way offering prospects for settlement. ~ |FARCO GIRLS WRITE planes which grrived here from San { Antonio, Texas, on Monday took off | on their return trip to the United buried them under five tons of dirt, The men ‘were 30 feet down when the accident occurred and their bodies have not been recovered. KILL IRISH IRREGULAR Dublin, March 22—One Irish ir- regular was killed and one wound- ed and four chptured in a raid by Raney ioaicore Cie saan ars you are the kind of man I have al- ways dreamed about. but never thought existed,” wrote a Love-lorn maiden of: Fargo. “I seldom buy thé papers but tonight I did and the ‘message’ was the first I laid eyes on,” The message carried a warning to Harry, however, for ‘sf writer add- HONEYMOON — THEN JAIL! ; Assails Community Whom He Said Made bnominable Accusations” CHAMBER IS IN UPROAR of the Republican party. “The new scheme is to have a public official cor get signatures on a purely political petition. The assessors are to be asked to carry the petitions and thus | get thousands of signatures from un-; suspecting voters who will think they are signing something for the asses- sor’s records instead of a political pe-| tition circulated in behalf of a group of voters who are not willing to give | the election laws a fair trial and who, apparently, are not willing to go out and get signatures on them in the Open.” . FOR SCHNEIDER: Submit Bond to Court Five friends or relatives of Kasi mir Schneider, in jail awaiting a sec- ond trial for murder,|have come to his rescue with offer of $15,000 bail | for his release. The bonds offered | were signed by . Bernhard Meier, Joseph Wolf, W. M. Hilzendeger, J. S. Schneider and Margaretha Schnei- der, all of the vicinity of Napoleon. On application of the states at- torney the court ordered the bonds- men to appear before him and sub- mit to an examination as to their qualifications. said they would produce the bonds- men, but a date was not fixed. offered the THEY'LL TRY QUIET FARM LIFE WITH LOWEKEELY sets on the farm,” she continued. country life js one thing I have al- ways longed but never had the chance as it seems I am doomed for h ar, 23,— the city.” there is a conspiracy in the sugar The letters will be duly¢torward- trade to raise prices were said at the ed, 8 Lowekeely, but since both the | Department of Justice today to be of Governor's ‘office ‘and the Adjutant- | sufficient gravity to warrant a pre- General’s office rafuse. to conduct a|ilminary inquiry by the Federal gov- matrimonial bureau and turned the} ernment legal officers. A conference Washingtén, Mar, 23.—Charges that PREMIER OF ‘FRANCESTARTS | CHAMBER RIOT ARE OPPOSED —- Five Relatives or Friends| , Schneider's attorneys | LEAGUE PLANS Deputy Fear of Evil Effects on Euro-; i pean Thought May Halt | Its Consideration u. Ss. to’ Would Virtually Take Place: they want particularly to learn of jays in which our people believe the | stem could aid the Northwesteft! istaten” The party will inclifde in addition! o Mr, Mitchell, Curtis L. Mosher of lithe Badaeai' Retervs bank at Minne- japolis, Harry Owen. editor of Farm,| | Stock ‘and Home, and Dan Wallace, editor of the St. Paul Farmer. There | will be an afternoon meeting on Marz} | 27, followed by an open forum dinner | jby the Association of Commerce. ‘COMMUNISTS -PROTESTRUER- —-OOCUPANCY. against Fascism. “DIRT FARMER” MEMBER DIES » Washington, Mar. . 23.—Milo D. Campbell of Michigan, who recently became a “dirt farmer” member of PAN-AMERICAN 'PROFITS OF MEMPHIS GROCER WHO RODE ON SENSATIONAL RISE OF $10,000 FOR FAGS varian socialist he added, had only ‘been averted by yesterday's arrest. | FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS Paris, Mar 23.—French troops in ithe Ruhr, ill be reinforced with 4.000 men’ within few days. Foreign Minister Iganot announced today. "JONES IS TAKEN FROM JAIL HERE |, C. R. Jones, who pleaded guilty jin federal court here, recently and’ | was sentenced to seve three vears {in prison at Leavenworth, Kan., ; was taken to Fargo bv Chief Den- tutv U. S. Marshal Wattles. and after being held in Fargo fora few days will be taken to Leaven- worth. Jones had been in jail here ; for several days. exchange of radio messages. The most pronounced of these ap- pears to be between Washington and Baltimore. To get a message to this point, less than 40 miles distant, Washington. senders are. using Chi- cago and other comparatively remote. cities as a'relay, The pleasures of radig concert are almost completely lost ‘between the two cities, PIGGLY WIGGLY STOCK IN MILLIONS ; They Are Paper Profits, How- ever, Trader Having Prob- | lem of Disposing of Stock | Which He Bought in the! Open Market, Other Trad- ers Say — Makes Offer for | Lighter Settlement utes of this state, annex a portion, of the territory embraced within the corporate limits of the village ef North Fargo, also a municipal corporation.” Concluding the court said: “It is held that a city cannot annex a| portion of the territory within the limits of an incorporated village, | although a part of the boundaries of the village border upon and ad-} join the boundaries of the city.” MRS. R. MONROE DIES. Wilton, N.D., Mar. 23.—Mrs. Monroe, for the past twenty-three years one of the most respected resi Sunday morning at her late residence “MANY PEOPLE, PROPERTY IN DANGER ZONE } | One Life Already Lost -and Dynamite Is Used to Pre- j vent Devastation |ICE JAM 5 MILES L NG ement of the Baker building, Main nd Third streets, but the hall is not large enough for drills or for stor- age of all equipment. When the com- jpany was formed it was permitted to ‘go ahead with the understanding that jthe quarters were to be temporar ‘and adequate armory facilities would have to be secured eventually: There jWere 51 men in fine last night under | Capt. Brocoop, | The quartermaster detachment of |the National Guard will be inspected today. BANK TELLER dents of this community, passed aways ee: SAYS BANDIT southeast of Wilton. Mrs. Monroe } had been in poor health for a num- ber of years and two years ago sub- mitted to an operation with the hope | that it would benefit her. istence of a radio activity in these spots which so affects certain layers of the atmosphere as to render transmission of radio waves impos- sible. In the case fetweon Washington and Baltimore, ‘ories advanced in other quarters are that the spot may: be caused by the electric. rail- way line between the cities; by the | TOOK $40,000 , i cont If’ sufficient bond is States at 10:15 o'clock this morn-; he wanted ta forsake the bright | “iave spent most of my-time in the | : East St M —Sam- ing, ‘ lights of Broadway for the beauti-| city and would appreciate the quiet sourede: compelled. by the stator E | oF tankfort on on the Maine, Mar rch uel D. Marlen fale ot een: jm moonlight evenings of North Da-|and restfullness of the grent OUt=| Kivormoy allen said tadaye, He said | 22>. communist al The eum 40-MILE RADIO MESSAGE RELAYED jer Illinois National bank, reported 3 KILLED IN ees eae iio rot Guacmany I Pabe letter wee addressed “S.-0. S this applied to all except matters |e une World from n Apel a jte. police sete robbed him and Q “© *") punishable by death, jand_ treason }o guards o at the east ap- in | f WELL 6 AVE-IN}: Hardly had’ his appeal goné out| reading the Forum of this evening state. | inet Se ation mot Ae he 7 5 ee in the press until two Fargo girls|I note your advertisement for a life pea according to a resolution adopted! i ei ane The money was being taken to the “tgok their pen in hand” to answer | companion. Ax for Broadway and at the closing session of the ne) eee en iar eee te der | the mystery, reports that @ similar | southern Illinois institution from the bhren | ME. howekeely:: Their letters, werei}its ‘bright Tights, cap say\1 never | |} ternational Communists conference | eee a eennn tse af epote” bee | eee een cia egund between Pitts: | First National bank in St. Louis, Bar-, Snyder, Okla, Ja, Mar. 23.— reg received at the office of the Adjut-| did have the least desire, as reading Jhere. peal aR eA clgee en ta i | a We a Ree Aes ker stated. Ce ee eee ae ine ate [ae eee ber oud oad pues abd abariee let anpueh T he resolution shall include dem-1 United States which form an almost | The most plausible theory now ad- ‘ + when the walls of a we “In answer to the call to arms] for me.” enstrations against the Treaty of! - d ry ry i is z * sinking caved in early today and | mossage in the Forum I will say that| She also added ‘And the nice quiet Versailles, the danger of war, and| impenetrable barrier to the direct | vanced, Dr. Dellinger says, is the ex-| SHEKS NEWS OF STEP-BROTHER Information concerning the ‘where- abouts of H. Hillgenberg, or his sons, who left Niedermunu, Volga govern/ ment, Russia, some years ago to set- tle in the United States in sought. Jacob Muller, a step-brother,.in a letter to Postmaster Frank Reed, says e estown, “T am ela uu have lost| job over to capitol newspapermen, if | was arranged. between Acting Attor- ’ pane poeee en soe acelin ray Ls tee ht lights of pe letters come to thick the writers |ney General Seymour and Secrewaey: the federal reserve board, dropped Dr. J. H. Dellinger, chief of the} numerous high tension enbles and I z . may have to enclése stamps to guar-| Hoover with'n view of planning ac-‘| dead while playing golf at the: Col-| radio division of the Bureau of | conduits between them, or by the/them. Jacob Muller writes from The Free State forcés lost jone man killed. Brondway.” #Can just: tmaging, the lovely sun-} tion, j antee delivery. umbia Country Club, . ee lsat Saline Standards, who is trying to fathom topography, Johannesburg, South Africa, [fs has important information for { Sparks From Roof aeeeea| ‘Most of Members Rise ee ii ‘Warning Sent to Lowlands \ epee es i i ork, Mar, 23—There was ia Another Store—Residence | | Feets and Cheer State- of Monroe Doctrine, Is | | much speculation in Walt street to! While Effort to Break Is Burned Today | | ments of Poincare Vicw Given ' I eetmereearenlanit srt Wigalyl Jam Goes On pe cfliae | a i Stores Inc, and his associates in the ae “Three fires in Mandan, two last! | Premier Peincare,; Suntiago, Mar. 23.—With the ar-| comer of tae Class A stock, which | Sioux City, la, Mar. 25.-Held by t and today, did considerable Communist insinuations | rival of the Uruguayan delegation 1 Nas been perm@nently stricken from | an ice gorge five miles long formed < ige and threatened to do more that he was controlled by Deputy; has become generally known that the listo” the New York stock ex- | at Mrasstield's Island south of here with a stiff gale blowing during that jLeon Debeaut, the royalist leader, | Uruguay is not disposed to pres change nftcr a sensational fluctua-) by spring flood waters of the M time. | started a scene of wild disorder when | on the Pan-American conferen tions Inst Tuesday. ourt river today threatened to s Fire at 2 o'clock this morning com- ! yin open session of the Chamber toduy | ening here Sunday the plan for j Experienced traders estimated h jthrough parts of this. city pfe royed the stock and build- | ‘he called Communist Deputy Andre! league of American nations. | paper profits from $2,500,000 to the jam is broken. nig of the J. B. Fredericks hardware | Kerthon an “abominable scoundrel. It is reported that a sentiment of | 000, j{_ Already the backed-up waters store at 104 Main street. The origin | The Chamber immediately went! a majority of the delegation includ- | Saunders main problem, according | continue to rise while eff were of the fire is unknown, wild while deputies hammered their, ing that of ehe United States is op- to these men, will be to find r-| being made to break up ihe go The fire started in’the central part {desks and the-ushers ran about try- | posed to considering the plan at this | | ket for the 200 shares he bought in| bv dynamiting has caused one of the store and had made so much ; Ling to restore order, The presiding , conference. The view is said to have ; the open market, ‘ | death, ay when it was discovered that vainly rang his bell for|ajbeen informally communicated to { Profeasor-James\ Pe ened ot! EK. W. Bradford, New York rep Sev 1 other persons were report- ; impossible to check it. The rter of iin hour to get) a: heatle | Uruguay. | SUAIEAUR GATING re meas) Seneative of Sauny said a large [ed drowned and hundreds af head loss is from $18,000 to $25,000, partly plivGalnCHeTchaTIber does There seems to he general agree- | 1ogical department, is famous aa MUMPEH of shorts had come to him] af livestock, implements and build- covered by insurance. That man,” shouted M. Poinca@®, | ment that the proposal could not be having Ween the’ inbtractor Or Her:| before 3p. m. yesterday to make a} ings were carried away, 3 from the Frederick's store ntitg at Deputy Berthon, “dargs | disposed of without consider'ns the ! hort Ffoover and as an inveterate| ‘ctlement at the stipulated price} The property damage was esti- fire set fire to the roof of the A. he had against me and mii onroe Doctrine ang it is pointed | cle GLE ena! Se new oe of $150 a shar There is still a} mated in excess of $100,000, sen grocery store, but the blaze | : abominable evidence which I feat-/ out that its adoption would virtun Thi eet net, by ie eee On) large short interest outstanding, and As men attempted to break the vas extinguished with little difficulty ed would he published. ‘ly make the doctrine a Pan-American | 8 Tetirement, — students have} he insisted that the price of | water barrier warnings were sent and small loss, He lied when he said that, the pre- | pronouncement. fan $10,000 which as a special! set by Mr, Saunders in his ultima-| out to all residents south of the vi 10° o'clock ‘this meriing| marriage at | mier angrily ejaculated and the de-| The opinjon that nothing wi'l | which to buy’ she! tum from Memphis as the price af-| gorge to abandon their homes, Many practically destroyed the residence of | Cleve ‘Hen Jessie Steinmetz most of him who had not {transpire at the Pan-Amer con- |” ter 3 p.m. would be demanded, Mr. | had already departed. J. H. Rosen, eoal operator, living at| (above), William Riley (inset) wae heard Berthon's) (aeclauti@nel ference’ whieWUBuropellcan justly in. |= Bradforq said no settlement had| Should the gorge give way those 311 Twelfth avenue, northwest, Man- | arrested for spceding. Julge sen- | jumped to their fect, all of them jterpret as signifying a desire upoa | heen made less than the prise men-/ directing the dynamiting said the A defective chimney flue is be-! tenced him to seven da in jail with the exception of the Commun- | the part of the American nations to tioned, but there were reports of | tremendous head of waters would . d responsible for the fire. but allowed him to take is honey- ists and a few of the radicals cheer- j isolate themselves was ene ne sales of outlots at prices ranging | destroy property along the lowlands ly all of the household moon before beginning to sery ing Poincare madly , the correspondents today by Aug fro 100 to $145 a share by indi-| south of Brassfield’s Island. Hope removed, but due to the CRO eee eee | ltine Edward president of the AS - viduals anxious to make Sane out | was held ut for a period of mild that the residence is located a con | sembly of the League of Nations. mit of the squeezing of the horts. Lat-| weather which meterologists — said thle distance from a fire sean | | EPARE PL ANS: Senor Edwards, who is head of the | er Mr, Saunder made publie the fol-| would probably cause an early los- slow connections were made and the: Chilean delegation, will preside at | lowing telegram to the New York | ening of the dam. fire got a strong start. The loss was! | ithe opening session of the Congress Stock Exchange: : Airplanes yesterday bombed the ff] arourilesacdgg! Hl 4 Serene rs! lnext (Sindaye aaidiithore iwey (acm! “To avoid law suits with various! gorge but without result. ‘The bombs iets ai | RIGHTING SHIP ‘STEEL OFFICIALS |taken belief among the peoples of} anna oe I propose for full] dropped from a height of 700 feet ; Europe that Pan-American confe: | settlement of all ac tore craters 200 feet wide, but these i} INDIAN Kil I ED | Hentabh Wate cevaluniveaattra (avtKe | A common stock, filled \with soft ice. | Dynamite { | gonistic to everything European. He e Yoal| Stores! Inc. that Twill charges set off by crews working on 5 IN FIGHT WITH ithe average American nations ares Miners in Ruhr tional Bank of Commerce of Unless the ice gorge is broken by RD be truthfully interpreted in the ! Apri York and on payment of $100 ®| morning flood stage will be reached Towa, Which Was in Battle of eae c ; welfare of Pan-America it was ul- ae = | 3 Washington, Mar, 22—A blanke: | thorizes Keith and Kurke jitimately that ef ‘ths whole word, MAKE HUGE LOANS FARGO LOSES The Bismarck weather bureau hes Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2 Manilla. Bay,’ fs. Sent ‘denial of the complain of the Fed- | To Go Ahead * si * aoe nee ived no_reports of breaking up or e early here inh) hipeaiae Down leral trade commission against the} ‘ R R P : ——— ‘ ee Ry in tt Lara a any o the effee a skirmish hetween a 2 3ethlehe! Essen, March 23.-~A credit of 400,- point north of Bismarek, and las! ihe nondeataiPtuterandia antes aoeial = Male, eee oe SU rhea boa vatoobeniinin letra conical hanes oe cael IN PLAN FOR reports were that the “river was near Wash Comb, southern U 1 On Board’ Maryland, ‘ te , Hla meeting attended by F. W. Keith,! Peat a weil eine a AES frozen in Montana, it was said. , : ‘Amid. strains , Companies was filed with the com-, 2 1% Haun ecu reunaiee thera fr Indian was killed and five bucks and} aio) day by the Bethlehem! 2ut jorized Keith and Kurke of 3 There is no indication of an early f ‘of the Star Span ed Banner and the mission today by 4 Berl ati i hel i ‘ . four mau ave were captured. {firing Or BAUS utes the old bat. and Midvale company. | go, state architects, to proveed , Berlin government to aid in the | break-up at Bismarck. Reports cir- eariaes | leship fpr toe ies tase The wanna company filed; | with preparation of plans and spe- | } continuance of passive resistance | rel today ¢! the Heart river VAtter anal y the super-dread- no answer but a’ letter from stay genous HOP renee of the in the Ruhr according to a French Hany aie 4 para eeee ea suid jmaught Mississippi's 14-inch rifle ys informed the commission | 1 00rty eee eso ne announcement today. | aie sks ocnanca cet ‘the battered hulk tumed slowly ove: jit was dissolved last October and | DeUC gam h Brounds: which is x- | Additional. credit’ running into} Cannot Annex North Fargo ‘on its side and slid bencath the ways. 2 longer had any corporate ex-! P& EASEY CTA PE LA LE Ce | ' 100,000,000,000's has 1 anwedil a i | | Secretary Denby, members of the i ‘The Bethlehem and Mid-iPAartments. | i Lona aaabuies arranged | in Manner Tried, Supreme (acne siocmibehe caaval occien Gl mies denied flatly that) he Work will be continued aS) President of A. of Ca; Says, '% the central government for the Court Holds ‘and ig ‘ship company off s would eliminate competi-| Baers Pos! siete a re Spproy ore 6 PAYS) Ruhr industrialists generally, it is ourt Holds - EGS ' stood.in silent tribute to the once gal-| tion. “Peet Ree areeper danas ue Reserve Board Member asserted, Thesé credits made to ED BY American Secretary of State tant ship which won fame in the de- | ——————— E. y becomes effective on July | ; Ruhr coal mines and tories by . stra cHlontddGetare!s teeta Manitl be G. Wanner, secretary of the; Here to Learn ‘the government to keep the men 1LERT REVERSED Again Declines Any ("With this dramatic climax the w A L ' Seve said today. The finishing | employed at work of some sort and Recognition |ter’s maneuvers of the U.S. fleet en-! Aa Ka Le | work includes floors, stairs, finish-| Attendance of representative busi-| © Prevent unrest tered. The Iowa sunk 70 minutes | eh ce Sone and installation; o3< men and farmers of the entira{ A general strike for one month | The village of North Fargo: eee lafter the super-dreadnaught opened Le aca ‘ {Slope country at the meeting here! beginning April 1 against the Ruhr |Won. its suit to prevent annexa- Washington, March 22.—Secretary ;up at a range of approximately: nine | for the woncontract will be made on March 27 with John R. Mitchell 9ccupation has been called in the|tion by the city of Fargo, in the | Has Done Well Under Adverse Hughes flatly’ rejected an appeal to | mile for the completion of the Dickin-| tr ge Federal Reserve Board andi Hagen region just outside the oc- | Supreme court today. : recognize the Russian Soviet gov- | pinsonaa jcon jormal fara balding unde others, was urged today by W. It. | ‘upied territory. A ee court, in a decision written | Conditions, Inspecting ames ade to Daghenresen ae Say Public Officials to be |icgisiatare’ sauording ta Mr Wane | Wath president of the Association of | npuaters penouncing oe an by a paee peonnecnaane ieiened iby | Officers Say recognition of Russia and, in a for- | | Used to Get Signatures "er, A_ provisional contract was | “Not oniy ought we feel u respon-,-the industrialist and half by the | District “Judge Englert, holding! ‘ ma] statement declared the “salva jmade last year with T. E. Powers | ,; jlity in greetin® these high of-! £overnment. that he crred in sustaining the de-| Company A, 164th*regiment, North ~ tion of Russia ‘cannot be contriv i hoceanid jof Fargo, contractor on the madel ticials of the Federal Reserve System —— murrer of the city of Fargo to the |Dakota National Guard. inspected outside and injected.” rging trickery is to be resorted | building, for the work if an ap-land leaders in agricultural thought MINISTER SPEAKS complaint of North Dakota. jlast night by Col. Rogers, U. S. A., The statement, which was made to} leo, in an effort to get signatures for; propriation were provided, Mr.| but representative business men and| London, March 23.—The Prussian} The court said the methods pro-! assisted by Major Manville Sprague. the delegation in reply to arguments | ‘the election law referendum, the I. V. Wanner gaid. It is expected the | farmers ought to be present to give, Minister of the interior Herr Fever- | vided by the statute were not fol-|N. D. N. G., has done very well co it advanced, touched Russian gov-; jA. headquarters issued a statement | work will be completed by thelthe views of this section of the state! ine told the Prussian diet today ac-|lowed in the annexation case and sidering the handicap of the company nment, trade, finance, economics | "today as follows: opening of the of the fall’ schod school term. jand to inform them of its needs,” said, ©oTding to a Central news dispatch | continued. in having no good .place to drill or andleaciauataplicierinauacentadiey | “Having failed to get the petitions \Mr. Webb. “The Federal Reserve sys-( {tom Berlin that Lieut. Ross-Batch.| “No question is raised as to the ‘place sufficient to keep its equipment, the Soviet affecting international re-; , {for a referendum on the election laws Idem vitally. affects ithe busi recently arrested in Berlin planned | procedure or the details of the at-|the officers informed Adjutant Gen- lations. Mareh 2B: te ireulated on township election day F . tee ie tte the aad a revolution which t to break | tempted annexation,” the decision eral Fraser. Mf. Hughes’ dis these | a en taken by this week, Mr. R. W. Frazier is now iene GHintet ere AH COMGEE cueiMarch Silatithe) latest “ |. The inspection last night was he 3s 2 cusion o| ported as having been taken by|cnon. oj. teu, sie } from this state the officials would be | at the latest. said. “The only question is wheth: P. night was held subjects did not reveal any probabil- | Ph. Germans on behalf of Germany | unningly trying to get signatures on igiad to learn of it, and f am sure! A combination of the German peo-|er the city of Fargo, a municipal “in the high school gymnasium. ‘The ity pf action by the Washington gov- | them behind another screen than that | ples and Liberal parties and the Ba-| corporation, may, under the stat-,Company + headquarters are in the