The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1923, Page 1

aa WEATHER FORECAST. Party cloudy tonight and Wed- nesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BANK CASE TO. [ JURY; INVOLVES OVER $42,000 Defense Relies on Declaration. 3. of N. D. Financed Fargo Bank, Added Stock RECORD ITS LOCATED Reserve Sheet Found, Letters Still Missing—McAnaney Denies Note Agreement Relying on evidence of Adolph Le! Buse, president, and H, D. Ellis, cash- | ier of the Peoples State Bank of C selton late in 1920 that the Casselton bank merely acted as a go-between, for the Bank of North Dakota, in upplying $42,000 to finance added cupital stock for the now defunct andinavian-American bank of Far- A. G. Divet, attorney for the Peo- | State bank, laid his case before | jury in district court here toda im of the Bank of North Da- - $78,000 against the Cassel- lid with respect to serted, and the notes farmers for the purchase of pital stock in the Scandinavi- an bank belong to the North Dakota for which bank the People State bank took them and money in the form of re- received deposit Theodore Koffel, attorney for the Bank of North Dakota, was to close the argument, early this afternoon. In| a brief opening argument he held that the money had been advanced to the | Casselton bank without an agreement | to take the capital stock notes and ‘asselton bank is liable for Mr. Divet in his speech charged Mr, Koffel with appealing to the prejudice of the jury in declaring that $42,000 of the taxpayers money in the Bank of North Dakota was at stake, Refore the case went to argument it was reported that the missing re- ccount sheet of Bank of North | serve Dakota, showing the account of the, People’s State bank at that time, had! iden sovated. The missing correspon- dence which the defense demanded on? the theory it would prove their con-; tention of the deals testified to by} Mr. Le Buse and Mr. Ellis during that pe not located and the case went to the jury without their | veing these letters, missing from the files of the Bank of North Dakota. | | Le Buse’s Version | Adolph LeBuse, who was presi- lent of the People’s State Bank ot; Casselton at’ the time, corroborated the testimony of H. D. Ellis, cashier | of the bank, in,district court here, | to the effect that money from the } Bank of North Dakota furnished ad- | ditional capitalization for the now) defunct Scandinavian- American | | Bank of Fargo late 1920, and that s State whs the medium the Peopl ch the deal was pand- through \wh led. i The case, in which the Bank of | North Dakota seeks to collect | over $78,000 from the Peoples rhe | \ | Bank, declaring that is due on the redeposit account of the bank, pro- y will reach the jury during the ay. The defense of the Casselton bank is that over $40,000 of the money was placed in the bank to| take up Scandinavian-American Bank stock notes for the Bank of North Dakota, that the notes belong to the Bank of North Dakota, and the ac- count offover $40,000 against the Casselton bank should be cancell- ; The subject of the use of money | from the Bank of North Dakota to) finance or bolster up league enter- ises has long been a subject of | The house investigation ; of 1921 skirted the | details of the | Casselton bank transaction, but the testimony of the officers of the | bank, which they said was a “lea- | gue bank” is the first direct testi- mony that money from the Bank of North Dakota was used to finance the Fargo “league bank,” according to observers here. Mr. LeBuse said he came to Bis- marck late in 1920, met P. L. Arr- hus, formerly active in the manage- ment of the Nonpartisan league, and was introduced to L. P. Me- Ananey, credits department manager of the Bank of North Dakota, in the bai ink. (Continued on Page Three) STATE HEALTH COUNCIL NAMED Mrs. Fannie Dunn Quain of; Bismarck Appointed , Member Appointment. of three members of ; a State Health Conneil provided ‘for in the act of the recent legislature, was announced today by Governor | Nestos. He named Mrs, Fannie Dunn; Quain, of Bismarck, well known and; active in all women’s activities and in addition a physician; Dr. Arne Oftendal of Fargo, formerly of Bis- bee, N. D., a well known physician, and Dr. F, L. Householder, a Minot dentist, who has taken a great deal of interest in oral hygiene and all matters of public health. The law of the legislature provided that the health council should con- sist of one woman member, one phy- sician and one dentist, who, together with the state superintendent and the president of the North Dakota Tuber- culosis association, shall constitute the council, direct health activities in the state and select a doctor to act as state health officer, who must live in Bismarck and give his whole time to the work, ( |of North Dakota. | time. HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BI RCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1923 ‘ Boston Society Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames (above), leading exclusive Boston’s society Curtis Fearing. Jr. Fights Prohibition j \ prominent in Back Bay society war on prohibition along with Mrs. uild, wife of the late Bay State governor, and Mys. George R. FORUM DINNER | GOULD ILLNESS CITY WELCOME TO VISITORS More Than 300 Attend Even- ing Function of Banker- Farmer Conference MR. MITCHELL SPEAKS Member of Federal Reserve Board of Washington, D. &@., Addresses Gathering The community of interest of farmer, business man and banker was stressed last night at the open A forum dinner at the sociation of Commerce at the Me zie hotel, in compliment to John R. Mitchel] of the Federal Reserve Board, Wash- ington, D. C. and the party of visit- ing bankers and farm busin: leaders. It was one of the largest dinners ever held by the A. of C., pple being present. a more than 300 p: Guests included = many farmers, bankers and business men from the Missouri Slope. The Federal Reserve Party, con- cluding the work of its conference { here at the dinner, left at 11 o'clock | last night for Billings, Montana, where the fifth and last conference in the Northwest will be held. Throughout the meeting last night there was stressed by speakers the recognition of Agriculture as the chief industry of the Northwest and as the basic industry of the entire nation, and the i prosperity of agriculture for good of the country at large. Af- ter the opening of, the meeting by! President W. H. Webb of the A. of :. Edward B. Cox assumed’ the pos- ition of toastmaster for the even- ing. The first speaker was Mr. Mit- chell. Mr Mitchell Speaks *Mr, Mitchel] called attention to the law governing the Federal Re- serve Board and also to the recent agricultural credit legislation en- acted by Congress, which he said “is a big undertaking as the act is quite complex and only experience in its operation will iron out its weak spots.” E, C, Hillweg, assistant to the publisher of the Minneapolis Tri- bune, declared that the business in- | terests of the Twin Cities were just jas interested and just as dependent on farm prosperity as the interests He said that Frederick Murphy, publisher of the Tribune, had been forced because of ill health to seek an’ open life some years ago and conditions required im to earn his living at the same He bought a farm in the Red River Valley. He found it difficult to make any money as a wheat farm- ier with the soi] worn down by con- nued wheat production. Some of his neighbors who diversified were | prospering, he noticed, and adopted | that system. His health ’ improved he returned to Minneapolis, and as a result of his experience at once began to advocate wide diversifica- tion of iarming. _We are interested because we know that if agriculture in the Northwest does pot succeed we can- not succeed,” Mr. Hillweg said. Capt, Murry Guthrie spoke on the “Bat More Wheat” campaign and enlisted everyone present in the campaign. : Is Optimistic Judge W. L. Nuessle, speaking, he said, as a practical dirt farmer, de- clared that after viewing all condi- tions he was optimistic. “It is only a question of the time until we get tight,” he said, “We can't get right through legislation.” Judge Nuessle said he had expér- ienced all the trials of farming, that he had fed the insatiable maw of the mortgage and finally seen it foreclosure’. The Northwest, he said, is equipped for wheat farming (Continued on Page Three) . :illness of George J LEADS TO PACT TO END STRIFE Mar, 28.The serious ould in France has caused his go-heirs to the mil- lions of the late Gould to sign a pact yesterday which ended the long drawn out litigation involving the administration of the Gould estate. New York, The litigation, involving nearly $80,000,000 left by Jay Gould, had jreached a point where it was con- sidered necessary for Geo. J. Gould to come here to testify Gould was a trustee and executor of the vast, estate of his father until 1919, when at the instance of bis, brothers and sisters, he was ordered removed by the courts. | COMPLAINT OF CRUELTY UPTO’ STATE BOARD of! ‘Judicial Notice Taken Newspaper. Communica- tion by Board | The state board of administration | ill take “judicial notice” of a news- | ‘paper communication of Ed, Steib of |Cleveland, a farmer employe of the | |state hospital for the insane at} | Jamestown, to the effect that cruelty ; lis practiced in dealing with insane patients, Chairman R. B. Murphy of | {the state board said today. It is the} policy of the board, he said, to take; notice of any complaints registered | jeoncerning the conduct in any of the ate institutions, to ascertain wheth- ler or not there is any merit in them. | The board will take the matter up Jat a meeting to be held at Jamestown | iat which other business is scheduled, | jin the near future the chairman of \the board said. ‘The problem of handling the insane is one of the most difficult in state institutions, officials generally say. There are times when violence can only be met by force, but whether there’ are instances in which there have been excesses officials do not profess to know at this time. Reports generally of the Jamestown institu- tion, it is said, have been commend- atory. ‘ i | ' THE WEATHER |: ——_________+ For twenty-four hours ending at noon. j Temperature at 7 a, m 14} Temperature at noon . 36 Highest yesterday 245 Lowest yesterday : 12! Lowest last night . 13; Precipitation . o Highest wind velocity . 20 WEATHER FORECAST. i ‘For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Warm-| er tonight; colder Thursday. ! For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Warmer to- night; colder west'and centtal por-;eyil is gaining a hold on high tions Thursday, WEATHER CONDITIONS, The pressure is high over. the up- per Mississi Valley and temperatures are low from the northern Plain States to.the Great Lakes region. Low pressure over the northern Rocky Mountain region is accompa- nied by somewhat warmer weather over the Northwest. Light precipi- tation ocburred in the eastern Great Lakes region, but elsewhere the; wenther is generally fair. i ORRIS W. ROBERTS, i Meteorologist. | Diamonds -of | first) quality are perfectly white, with flashes of red, green and blue. | \ DAUGHERTY. TOO QUICK IN COMMUISTS IN | BLAC ANNOUNCEMENT U.S.ISCHARGE Harding Said to Regard H Statement on Candidacy As Inopportune WILL MEET TODAY Attorney - General to Confer With Chief Executive in Florida Fla., Mat. 28 President 1 » it has become known, does not consider nec sary the recent statement by At- St. Augu torncy General Daugherty predict: | . that the executive would be a candidate for re-nomination or that the statement was opportune or in good form. It is presumed the president will discuss the subject with the at- torney general who will arrive ca ly today from Miami, where he has been recuperating from a re- cent_ illnes: The president and Mr. Daugherty have nct met since the latter issued his statement and there naturally was the keenest curiosity whether there will be fur- ther developments before the /pres- | ident returns to Washington. The attorney-general arrived on an early morning train and went later to a room reserved for him at the Hotel Ponce de Leon where the } presidential party is stopping. He spent the morning resting from an all-night train ride which it was said he stood very well. The Presi- dent t out to the St. Augustine links about 9 o'cl for a round of gold and the possibility of a con-| ference between them was removed until afternoon. POINCARE SEES HOPE OF RUHR RESULTS SOON | Lays Before Deputies Report of Conditions There at This Time ‘ Paris, March 28.—-Premier Poineage, ring before the chamber of dep- uties to give an account of the situ- ution in the Ruhr, said he had great hope that Germany would yield “by apped the end of May The premier had with him fig- ures giving the amount of coal and coke shipped from the occupied dis- tricts, but demanded from the dep- uties a formal engagement not to 4 vulge such figures as he would an- nounce. The Socialist deputy, Berth- on, whom Poincare recently termed ‘an abominable scoundrel,” during a heated debate in the chamber, refus- ed to pledge himself to secrecy, so the premier withheld the figures. An official account of the premier’s appearance before the finance com- mittee says that M, Poincare did not conceal that to date the economic re- sults from the viewpoint of realiza- ‘tion of guarantees has been of slight sta- ng importance; only prolonged and ble occupation would permit, o to the ill will of the German gov ment, realization of the program for the operation of the occupied districts {so as to regulate the problem of rep-| arations. LEGION ENTERS “DOPE” FIGHT Americanism Director Says One in 73 an Addict Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 28—One person in every 73 in the United States is a confirmed addict, ac- |eording to reports of narcotic in- | spectors made to the treasury de- partment, Garland W. Powell, na- ional director of the Americanism commission of the American Le- gion declared in an address at the annual Fathers and Sons associa- tion banquet here. ‘ Medical estimates\ have been made, he added, that each addict fastens the drug. habit on three normal persons ‘during his exist- ence. Powell announced that the American Legion through its Americanism commission is ‘organ- izing a national campaign against the evil. j According to reports from many cities including New York, Mem- phis and Louisville, the narcotic school children, he said. He advo- cated the death penalty for a drug pedir selling. his wares to chil- ren. JURY OBTAINED IN MURDER CASE San Diego, Calif., Mar. 28.—Eleven men and one woman on the jury ob- tained in the case of Dr. Louis L. Jacobs, the public health service phy- sician at Camp Kearney, whois on trial on a charge of having killed Fritzi Mann, a dancer, was ready to begin to hear the testimony today. The jury was obtained late yesterday as also were two alternates, both men. | MOSCOW RULED [NAME OF MAN WHO ATTEMPTED — KMAIL ON ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S SON IN HANDS OF DIS. ATTORNEY Convention was Postponed on Orders from Russia, State Claims in Trial DEFEN CASE E (Charles Ruthenberg, Execu- tive Secretary, Is Chief Witness for Defense ! STATE'S RI Joseph, Mich., right of states attorney office to direct the | prosecution of William Z. Fos- | ter, cnarged with criminal syn- dicalism, Was sustained by Judge | Charles Whit nk P. Walsh | counsel for Fos objected to | 0. L. Smith, assitant —attorne general of Michigan, taking ov | the | re-cross examination Charles E. Ruthenberg. Char- les Gore, prosecutor of Berrien county, had conducted the cross |} examination supplanting = Mr. Smith, who was in charge of carlicr phases of the trial. Mr. Wal maintained Mr. Gore was required to finish with the win- tess but the court held the mat- ter was within the discretion of the judge and he ruled Mr. Smith could take the prosecu- tor’s place. It was said today Mr. Smith would ‘have charge of the rest of the case. St. Joseph, Mieh., Mar, 28—With ‘the defense’s future plans unan- |nounced Charles E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the Work- 's’ party, a legal branch of the \iNegal Communist party, today ; faced the final period of the direct examination by Frank P. Walsh, chief counsel for William 7%. F ter of Chicago, charged wi \lating the Michigan syndicalism The | general's of | | | act. While indications were that. Ru- {thenberg would remain on the wit- {ness stand only a short time today Attorney Walsh declined to say in }advance whether Foster would be the next witness for the defense jor divulge the names of other wit- nesses who would be called. The state during cross-exami tion of Ruthenberg yesterday troduced minutes of an {committee meeting of the Com- munist party held July 26 and 27, 1922, to show that Moscow's in- fluence over the Communi America brought about a p ment of the party convention near her blegr ing be delayed until the repre: tive of the Communists Internationale should arrive. Minutes Produced The state produced the minute of a meeting of the executive com- tpone- { It offered in evidence a ca- m directing that the gather- enta- tack Ruthenberg’s testimony qn direct examination that the ques tion of having Foster at the con- vention had not been passed on ham, Mich., about August 17. The minutes of the July meeting showed that “Ballister,” the alias of Robert or, of New York, had moved that “instructions to attend the convention be given to t {tional industrial organize! questionnaire filled out by Foster when he and already introduced in evidence stated that he was the national industrial organizer. | The minutes also showed that, iJay Lovestone, secretary of the executive committee and one of the {defendants here, read at the July 126 session a cablegram from Mos cow ordering the postponement of the convention. Moscow Dictated Policies How the commu i jale in Moscow passed on the poli icies and plans of the party in this icountry was developed when the {state produced from the papers jseized at the convention an out- jthe C. P. of A. to which was at- {tached a certificate written in Ger- |man, and signed by Rakon, secre- tary of the executive committee of the communist internationale, giv- ing a correct copy of the minutes of a meeting of the committee held in Moscow November 19, 1921, at twhich the American plans were \ discussed. | The! outline directed the Amer- | |ican communists, by order of Mos- ‘cow, to create a legal political par- t- ity, which .could work in the open jand “which will act as an instru- j ment of the illegal communist par- ty for participation in legal ac- tivities such as electoral cam- paigns.” The outline closed with a per- isonal letter, addressed American communists by Bukha- rin, Radek, and Kusinen, the ex- ecutive committee of the commun- ‘ist internationale directing the {members in this country to unite “not for the liquidation of either the legal or the illegal revolution- \ary activity but for the liquida- jtion of the really damaging liquid- ation tendencies of the labor move- ; ment.” {BULLET JUST MISSES BRAIN Dodge, D., Mar. 28—John, young son of Peter Hendrickson, |farmer near here Giga ea death by jan inch. A .22 rifle with which he was playing was discharged the bullet going through the cheek and out at the ear, just missing the brain, The boy will recover, of the executive committee | mittee held July 26 and 27 to at-! until the committee met at_Brig- | reached the convention ; line “concerning the next tasks of : ‘to the | “BABY” SOLON John C. Schafter, former Mil- tkee railway engineer, will take his seat in the House of Repre- ;sentatives at Washington in De- cember as the youngest member of, Congress. He's 29. And unmar- ried, girls! TOWNLEY AND LEAGUE BREAK INNEBRASKA i: Injunction Against Removal of Automobiles and Money Is Obtained BY MANAGER | Head of Nebraska League Takes Step While Townley Is in The State ASKED ‘Lincoln, Neb., Mar. 28—The Ne braska Nonpartisan league yeste day broke with A. C. Townley and the national o: ation and ob- | ran prevent the removal from Neb \kas of the league automobil the money in the bank and check iand money in the state headqu: |ters safe. The injunction wi rved on Einer Johnson as ‘he drawing |the money from a local bank, ac- jcording to the attorney employed by Harry M. Lux, state manager of ithe Nonpartisan league in Neb: ka, who brought the injunction. | This suit was brought to halt the action of Townley in taking the {funds raised in Nebraska and using | them to further his new ‘Producers’ | ‘allience in the Northwest, “Lux said, estimating the amount of | money tied up by the court order | at $5,000. / According to Lux there was’ col- ; lected $26,000 from members in |Nebraska this year, the gre | part of which was spent away. SUIT BROUGHT, Lincoln, Neb., March 28.—Action was brought in district court here | yesterday against A. C. Townley, for- jmer national head of the Nonp: san League, by the executive commit- itee of the Nebraska branch of the | organization, and Harry M. Lux, state ‘manager, to prevent Townley from removing property or diverting funds of the organization from the state. Townley is alleged to be interested in the organization of the National Producers Alliance an organization ‘© control prices of farm products in the interest of farmers, with head- quarters at Minne: » Minn., and is said to have attempted to divert ‘Nonpartisan League property to that | organization. There are four members of ‘the ex- ecutive committe, of which Andrew |Dahlstein is chairman. Mr. Lux, was jbrought here by Townley and put in charge of the ‘state Nonpartisan ‘League work. ter | LAST EDITION Daugherty to Information tion Into Affairs Slain in New York Apa ment — Reporters Foiled at Stotesbury Home in Phila- delphia. " PRY ir, 28.—Draper son of the At al or the United ppeared at District Atterney Pecora’s office today and was questioned at length concerning any — information { he might have fogarding a | blackmail plot in which Doro | thy Keenan, slain model, fig | ured as a decoy New York, Mar, 29—The name of the man alleged by Major Dra- per Daugherty, only son of the ‘attorney general of the United | States ,to have attempted te black mail him because of his acquaint unceship with Miss Doroth an, slain model, was understood to in possession of Assistant Dig- trict Attorney Pecora today. 4 morning newspaper published the announcement that he had fur- nished it to Mr. Pecora. From Mr. Daugherty himself the assistant district attorney hoped |to learn the identity of the man tand the details of his attempted { intimidation. Mr. Pecora believed | information might link with that 'he had of the projected $100,000 {blackmail attemped on John j Kearsley Mitchell, son-in-law of FE. B. Stotesbury, who was “the | Mr. Marshall” of the case. | “Ido not say Major Daugherty |information v ; « f the murderer of Dorothy | Keenan, aid Mr. Pecora, “but 1 do say it is of greatest importance and 1 want to compliment Major Daugherty in coming forward with frankness than most wit- | WATCH $3 Philadelphi | per _reporte: outside the city | Stotesbury nearly all night in the | hope of obtaining a statement from |him of his son-in-law, John Kear ley Mitchell, in the Dorothy Keen- an murder case, had all their trou- ible for nothing. When they were jrelieved hy ether reporters today OTESBURY HOME Mar. 28—Newspa- who have camped idence of E. P. | |two men had spent the night there jor at Mr, Stotesbui home at Whitemarsh. country est The | announcement was made on behalf } of neral Daugherty on {his arrival here today to join Presi- jdent Harding's vacation party thet {he would have no statement of ary kind to make in connection with the injection of the name of his son, Major Draper M. Daugherty, into {the Keenan murder mystery of New York. ‘QUEEN SENDS ~~ CONDOLENCE i se Letters and Telegrams Con- | tinue at Bernhardt Home Paris, Mar. 28.—Letters and tele- of condolence continued to ve at Sarah Bernhardt's home. Among the latest, s Figaro, is the following message er Alexandria of England to the ac- tresses’ son, Maurice: “My heart goes out to you and to your family in the cruel loss you ha suffered in the death of your |dear and revered mother. I send you my sincere condolence for the great ss which those in mourning, not only yourself but the French nation, jand the numerous admirers of Madame {Sarah Bernhardt’s had in England, 25 have sustained. Another telegram came from the Latin Press Bureau, representing eight newspapers in the old and new world. “EAT MORE WHEAT” CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED AT MEETINGS IN CITY “Eat More Wheat.” One slice more bread a meal for each person in the country would ‘take up all the surplus wheat in the ; country, boost prices and make everybody happier. This was the injunction of Capt. {Murry Guthrie of the Washburn- | Crosby Company here with the Fed- , eral Reserve Bank trade party. Capt. | Guthrie delivered his message to | three audiences—-the afternoon con- | ference, at the international Har- j vester Dealers banquet and the A. ! of C. Open Forum, and declared that the campaign would envelop the whole country. | Recognizing the situation brought about by a production of wheat | greater than the market will con- ‘sume at a profit to the growers, Mr. \ Guthrie asked, “What could be bet- {ter than to eat our way out of the ' situation? There is a surplus of ap- proximately 171,000,000 bushels. One | extra slice of bread eaten each meal jek every person in the country will eliminate that surplus.” The speaker presented several forceful arguments to emphasize his contention that the movement is sound, practical and effective. He maintains that it is a duty, that it means better health and that bread is the cheapest food available. He pointed out tnat the use of bread and other wheat products means the use of other farm commodities pro- duced in this ection of the country, such as butter, cheese, meat, m- caroni, etc. It is his contention that if other sections of the country have been able to increase the con- sumption of their products such as raisins, this country can increas the use of its main product, wheat. , During the war, he said, Ame cans were exhorted to eat less -wheat bread and similar staple articles and cultivated a taste for “food frills.” Actua] investigation, he says, shows Americans are eating less wheat products now than before the the result of the war effort to the staple products for troops in the field. The pre-war level of consump- tion must be brought back, and in- creased, he said. “We're going to eat our way out of this difficulty,” said Capt. Guth rie, it ve Additional Examina- of Model rt- N lead to the disz+ rom Queen Moth-! - | mother's PRICE FIVE CENTS WILL, CHANGE ~ SUGAR TARIFE IF NECESSARY ident Harding Orders Tariff Commission to Make Inquiry Pre TO LOWER Flexible Prov of New Law Enables President to Meet Conditions ions Washington, March 28— Although the machinery of the tariff! com- inission already had been set in mo- r up one feature of the much debated sugar question it was indicated that at least six months would elapse before results of the inquiry could be made, In a telegram last night from St. Augustine, Fla, President. Harding | directed that the commission estab- | lish whether the new tariff law fs helping to keep up the price of sugar to consume Under the flexible provisions of the act the President is empowered to lower the import duty if condi- tions warrant it and he prmiseq to do so, if conditions warrant. St, Augustine, Fla, Mareh 28.—In- vestigation by the United States tar- | iff commission into the relation of the tariff rates on sugar to the pres- ent increased sugar prices was or- dered by President Harding. The presidential order, it was ex- plained, will result in enlisting an- other official agency in the gover: ment’s endeavors to ascertain respons ty for the general increase in sugar prices starting early in Febru- ary when sugar was selling at six cents pound retail as compared with present quotations running as high as 12 cents. The department of commerce several weeks has been s sugar situation and sev Acting Attorney General nounced in ¥ sib’ a for udying the 1 days ago Seymour an hington that the -le- partment of justice was making an inquiry which would continue until |responsibility was fixed. | Washington, An extra session of congress to enact laws to {prevent gambling in sugar and other staple products should the attorney jgeneral find present statutes ins ficient, was proposed today by Repre- sentative Cole, Republican, own, s ae ‘a temporary injunction to;they had’ not ‘fearned "whether * REPORT “KING” ~ OF COLONY TO GO ON STAND of Expectancy Marks Trial in Cult Case at Grand Rapids and Rapids, Mar. 28—An air cf expectancy prevailed in the fed- eral court chamber here as hear- ing in the $50,000 suit of John W. i Hansell aginst the Ibraelite House of David was resumed. Its basis was a report circulated over jnight that Benjamin Purnell, “‘king” of the Benton Harbor col- ony, might appear personally as the final witness for the defense to refute charges that immoral prac- tices were indulged in at the house of Shiloh. The reports concerning Purnell’s possible appearance was. esterday when his failed to occupy her seat at the side of the cult’s at- torney, H. P. Dewhirst. One ru- mor said she was ill at a hospital here while another was that she had joined Purnell,at the colony’s branch on High Island in Lake Michigan to induce him to take the witness stand. HILL HEIRS MAY CONTEST Decline to Discuss Reports of Legal Action Paul, Minn., Mar. 28—At- for the seven Hill heirs opposing Louis W. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern railway, de- iclined to discuss reports that they were planning to bring legal ac- tion soon against Louis W. Hill to , Set aside his ownership of North Oaks Farm, historic country estate near here established by the late |James J. Hill. « It also was rumored that the iseven heirs to the Mrs. James J. Hill estate opposing L. W. Hill Iso will seek to invalidate his i ift to him of $750,000 in | bond: and to force his payment of additional inheritance taxes. |. It will be contended, according to the reports, that because of her \illness in January, 1920, Mra. J. J. ir | ve | Hill was not competent to pose of her proneee and that 1a gifts of the farm and bonds to Louis W. Hill were invalid. The seven op- | posing heirs will seek, it is ‘said, | (0 have this property returned to. the estate and divided equally among the nine children, te