The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1923, Page 1

Se RS ang SNS RSE WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair tonight Tuesday. and THE BISMARCK TRIBUN ESTABLISHED 1873 _JUROR IN SMALL TRIAL INDI ed AGAINST OIL COMPANY ~ STOCK SALES SCHEME BSI | OF N.D, ACTION med That More Than $213,000 Raised Has Been Spent FOR A_ RECEIVER K Officers of Company Are Re- ined From Acting Pending Decision to order y Minot, show Ay cause why a ld not of the action in which An tempo be re- st appointed ceiver pending tr the dissolve and Oil Com- stale seeks to aut ny American Gas Mohall ring hefore Judge this scheduled f A. G. Bu month, of is he sometime Attor phy of this city, who has attorney-gene: Rugby cording to stant ed handle the matter for the state. The action ist the oil com. pany is brought, aecord™g to Mr. Murphy on the theory that the company is a stock-seling scheme. The stockholders in. the number seve hundred and cording to the last report of a state r mitde a few weeks a 213.9) ed for stock penditures operation aminer n the corporation. for organization as set forth in the report amount to $158, 000, jor part of the stock} in the company is held by North Dakotans, although it also has been sold throughout and other middlewestern states. The hearing on the order of Judge Burr to temporal recei should not be! named or lly was scheduled to} through st tion of parties ine | he held at Cando on March 20 but | volve. in the action vy continuance | was taken. The heating will he} held date convenient to those concerned, Ex. and e During the meantime the officers | of the gas and oil company are strained from doing any corpo jcts and from disposing or conce ing any asset At the time th ny was or- ganized authorization was given it ; to issue $300,000 worth of. capital | stock. re- ite al Capitalized at $300,000 The North American Gas and Oil company was ing stock last August by the state blue sky commission, R. J. Murphy, se y said toda dis: in Murphy tion | ed s of Attorney Fr: at Minot after consid the Attorney-General commission. y, according to vce- in Mr, Murphy's office, isseap- dat $300,000 and officers President and manager, Bryans, Mohall. The company, had startel-a well al Mohall, Mr./Murphy said. MURPHY TAKES | POSTOFFICE; Succeeds Frank Reed, Change Effective April 1 i Henry W. Murphy is new postmaster, effective from April 1 “Having received his appointment, | ¢ qualified with the filing of an oath und bond, Mr, Murphy today was en- gaged in’ taking over the ‘records and responsibitity, of the office from Frand Reed, postmaster for the last nine years here. E. V. QUIMBY, SR. PASSED AWAY Jamestown, N, D., April 2,—E, V. Quimby, Sr., father of E, V. Quimby, business manager of the Jamestown Alert, died Saturday at, Chicago at the age of int years. Bu is to he in Pittsfield, Ill, His wife died about three weeks ago, > ’ Claim Agent of No. Pafific Dies Jamestown, N.D, A D., April 2—J5. S. ylor, assistant general claim agent of the Northern. Pacific rail- road, formerly stationed James- town division dquarters, died Sunday in St, Paul, according to word received here. Recently his headquarters have been in St. Paul. His death, followed an operation for appendicitis and gall stones. He was 62. pare old.and had been with the Ne P, nearly; 40 years, the | company Lowa}! shew “eattse “why aw uuspended from sell- | and action toj{ { and Bismark’s |" FINAL EDITION | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS | e’s most bes inherited Bantry Emerald 1s she ‘recent father. FUNERAL RITES AT ALBERTSON | HOME TUESDAY i | | Will, be Laid to Rest in The Family Lot oe PRETTIEST COLLEEN Ireland presents Miss Clodagh Leigh White, shown utiful maiden. House a She’ll be presented at court this year. 'Vietim of Murderous asia J, SHIELDS iMANY PAY A_ TRIBUTE! | Body Lies in State — Inquest Succumbs During the Night) me Fails to Develop Different i Circumstances i |} Ellen Albertson, victim of _ the | murderous attack of George H. leckey | be laid to rest in the w ly lot at the little village of | northern Burleigh county. ternoon. The body and prothe ve gone, befor The body will be t j tomot row mor ser \home at 1 o’cl of and funeral Bs ices will be held at the family ; ghbors from Bald- places in northern ! Burleigh county came to Bismarek | Sunday afternoon, to pa i victim of the double ay afternoon, ‘The body lay in state at the Webb ch: pel for two- he from 2 p.m. to! 4 p.m. and many strong men who had known the gi broke down and cried us they view tri tragedy on Corner Gobel was en- pring to locate a brother of Haneckeyk, said to own a line of | sure boats at Tacoma, Wash- to obtain authority for dis- ion ‘of the body With a. coroner's that Haneckeyk reporting girl and s of the victims. The coroner's jury was composed of Norman McDonald of Bismarck, J, E, Kruse of Moffit, and J, W.) Frid: dle of Bismarck, Inquest Held The inquest held Saturday after- | noon developed little new on the tragedy, and was cut short before all witnesses had been examined, the jury being satisfied of the facts. E. L, Albertson, father of the girl, was questioned at length con- cerning the character and actions of Haneckeyk, who also is known to authorities as Hammekan. Gruesome exhibits included photographs of the bodies of |Haneckeyk, taken in the hayloft where it was found, and that of the girl, taken’in the dining room, where it was found on the floor, An engagement ring given, to the girl by. Paul Angstrom, the stove shaker, the guns and other articles were included. ‘There. also was a half-finished let- ter which the gir] was writing to Angstrom?’ In her letter she spoke of several friends being back home for Easter and of an _ anticipated pleasant time with a girl chum, The stove shaker which the mur- derer, used was made by himself (Continued on Page ) { ibe no inquest, was endeavoring to matter. ken to Baldwin | | | i 1 i { | above, as the She’s heiress, too, boys Cork upon the death of her), ' Death Sentence Not Carried Out April a The death sen- | Vi neral | Moscow, [ees inp Butehkaviteh ‘one s not yet been ried out, it was announced at noon | today. BUILDER, FOUND DEAD IN BED | of Heart Disease, Belief | of Physicians LIVED HERE 25 YEARS | Formerly Had Large Holdings: Near Shields, Town Being Named For Him N. J. Shields, 74 years old, con- |tractor and builder of Bismarck, for 125 years, was found dead in bed in| his living room at his shop and of-! ce on Broadway, adjoining the city ‘auditorium, early this morning, He! iprobably had died about midnight, | Coroner J. Gobel said. | The body discovered by car-| {penters employed by Mr. Shields, who coming to work this morning, did! not ‘find him, and got no response | \when they rapped on the door of his ‘living room. They called Chief of Police Martinson and the door was ' forced open. Mr, Shields was found dead in bed. He had. authorities be- | lieve, succumbed from heart failure while he was asleep. Mr. Shields was a pioneer eerident of North Dakota. He formerly had a extensive holdings near the town of Shields in Grant county, the town| > being named after him, A son lived) jthere for many years after Mr._ Shields came to Bismarck. About two years ago Mr. Shields | suffered a sick spell, and was in a! hospital for a considerable period. Recently, he has told friends, he has | felt exceptionally well. Coroner Gobel, stating there would | iget in touch with relatives of the jdeceased, A daughter lives in Seat-| tle, Washington, and other relatives ; live in Wisconsin and Minnesota.~ | Mr, Shields was a prominent mem { ber of the Odd Fellows lodge, be-| longing to various orders of Odd! Fellows, He was secretary of the! subordinate lodge for many yents | and was head of the cantonment for | a time. Odd Fellows will, meet to-| night to make arrangements jn con- nection with the funeral. Mr. Shield: also was a member of the ecarpen- ters’ union. CHILD. BORN DIES WITHOUT A PHYSICIAN An ‘infant ehild\ of My. land. Mr Glenn Baker of near Menoken, born and died within 12 hours with- out the attendance of a physician, according to word reaching Coronor Gobel} today. “Mr. Gobel went to the pater home today in: answer to a call, ‘election “south of Broadway. thall)—East of Fifth and west ; would develop in due time. CITY CAMPAIGN | POLITICS 1S toda: The smallest corner grocer in Boston could undoubted! give him) a big handicap and_ the beat him at the game of getting hin |self ‘sold, as they call it, to tne | publi is not the time of our Jold and respected friend, Theodo | Roos t, who had the faculty of letting folks know what he was do- jing and how fast he was doing President Harding reminds me the man who was made boss of the mills back in the days when I worked my hands, This mill worker man nobody ever noticed. He d_gpgaged in any of the or- disputes about the plant the Inst ; States governor rek at election for governor, and the vote | is expected to exceed 3,000, al- though the absent voters’ ballot not used in city elections, The chief interest centers in the of two city commission the fight centering between John j French and John A. Larson on the, one side and F. W. Murphy and cis 4 Hinckley on the othe W. S. selman is opposing W. C, Cash for palies magistrate. C name alone | lot for city jus- . will be opposed appears on the bi j tice dinary rs, making the race{But the quiet man got the job, and He has supplied |he found out why. He worked at his job. He didn't talk about it. Well, that is President Harding. He work at his job he doesn’t talk en I have sought to point out thee, there is a campaign of 1924 coming and that « little advertising for the administration would not do any harm he has told me he is nota, showman, not a s Fl friends with He D vented! him signatures to go on Hot in the regular way. Where to Vot The precincts, the places where voters will cast their ballots, and the boundary lines of the precincts are as follow 1 Ward one, precinct one—Voting| service to the people. Just between | place, Wm. Moore school; precinet|you and me Pres Harding boundaries, center Fifth street to center of Second and north of the j section nue A for line running between Ave-|' tod: and Rosser. ing “the people. of the| States y, United tomorrow and Ward one, preginct two—(Little’s!100 yes garage)—Precinct’ boundaries, west of center of Second street, north of township line. Ward two, precinct one—( Will school)—Between center of Fiith and center of Second, and south of township line and north of center of Broadway, Yard two, MAIL IN BOLD precinct two—(F. E. dden’s garage)—West of Second and south of. ‘the township lines north of Broadway. Third ward, precinct one—(High school )—E: h and west of | Bighth, Ard) magn al UT Gian ine. Cover Driver and Messenger Third ward, precinct_two—(Rici- holt school)—East of Eighth street of U.S. Mail Truck in and north of the township line. \ 5 ‘ourth ward—(Wachter school)-- St. Li s East of Fifth street and south of cere tneel ‘oadway, — Breitthward—(109 Third _ street, St. Louis. April Baker building)—West of Fifth and| of registered mail w Sixth. ward, a hold-up of mail truck precinct one ue ° Ninth street, and south of township line, and north of Broadway. Sixth ward, précinct two~ (St. Mary's school)—East of Ninth street and south of township line, north of ; Broadway, LAWYER TEARS MASKS FROM MEN DURING SERVICE Pittsburg, Pa. April 2. in the city’s history. The mail for delivery to large business firms, including ks and ief Postoffice Inspector’ Ruten ed a hur check-up showe¢ there were ‘letters in the pouches and indications were t their value would not exceed $2,000. At Fourth and Pine streets, near the sub-station, it was anndunced a dark colored touring car drove | alongside the truck and five men jumped out. They covered — the chauffeur of the truck and a me both of whom . — Rimer { . ter- | cnser, were armed ne Bae lawyer, who eit a({ With ‘shotgtns and compelled the Ton hooded Mon ie he Bellevue! Messenger to get into the touring car. Mehodist Episcopal church, today efused to discuss the incident other than to say he had planned which The chauffeur &f the mail tr then was ordered to drive to alley about four blocks awa ssenger relieved of his key and the safe-door of the truck was opened by the robbers. The rob- bers threw the mail into the tour- Kk n a The Rev. Dr. Urmy, who was in the pulpit at the church in the | midst of Easter Morning services when the men entered, siid he would have nothing to do with the Any action Mr. Kidney may take will be for himself and not for the church. “So far as 1 am concerned,” said Dr. Umry, “the incident is closed.” WOMAN IS NOW CENTRAL FIGURE IN DOROTHY KEENAN MURDER CASE New York, April 2—A woman jnow is the central figure in the po. lice pursuit, of clues to the solu- tion. of the mystery of the murder of Dorothy Keenan, who was ch- loroformed to death a score of days It was learned today that the for some time had been ing the :sweetheart of a man who for several days has been un- der suspicion, chiefly because he has been unable to account for:his actions between ‘midnight on. the night of the murder and 8 pelo next morning, | enger and chauffeur into the cage of the truck, drove off. Av negro passing by utes later released the and chauffeur, yeral min- messenger The woman, they said, was be- ing trailed in the hope she might attempt to dispose of some of the jewels or other artigles that were stolen from the model’s West Fifty seventh street apartment. She had already been interviewed by the police, having provided the sus- pected man with an alibi for the hours before and after the murder with the exception of the — eight that still remained unexplain2-1. The suspect is believed to have known the slain model intimate! the authorities: said. ee TRUCK HOLDUP, brokerage ; ‘BEST CROP YIELDS IN WESTERN . NORTH DAKOTA COME WITH LATE SPINGS, WEATHER RECORDS SHOW There is chi in the United phas been accomplished, especially | ‘ States weather bureau records for |in the preparation of the soil for Ke = é seeding. In many finstances much Uses eh Utes uate l ling has been done in’ March, ' spring. and ina few instances in Feb y 1 Records show, according to O. W.) While farmers may be impatient to Roberts, observer here, th begin spring work, statistics show best crop yields in’ western [that the best yields have occurred | City Voters Register Choice} Secretary Davis Declares He’s kota have always occurred dur jwith late springs, and the poorer nae | # periods of late springs, while | yields with early springs. The Lat on Commissioners at i More Concerned About the poorest crops come after brok-|ter is particularly true of — 1910, | en winters. Mr. Roberts said) to- | when one of the poorest crop yields Polls Tuesday day jin the te resulted. ‘The mean snakes he regu corn and wheat re-j temperature for March that y : ion service of the Weather Bur-|was 13 degrees, the highest: in’ the FE OVER 3,000 VOTES! 4 POOR ADVERTISER |¢2" opens each y on Apr climatological history of the State great deal of interest is felt that month. ‘The snow cover: Ss this time of the ye and fing in the State gradually d s Lis 7, di 4 5 soil conditions, nd in reply to fed at the elose of the month m List ce Voting Places and) Davis Says Any Boston Gro | ir iuiry the Weather Bureau Office | tive. inches aa the northwestern Precinct Boundaries Given H Would Beat President ey ie Heuer Fant oat none whatever in the Se | yes 3 i tactically no” spring work on j southwestern part. The snow cov as Vote Guide H at “Selling Himself” Htarms in North Dakota has as yet fering has been ample for winter | been done. Usually at this tin jrye and that crop came through the | WRAP clection, slow oston, Mass, April 2. President |e .year considerable farm work | winter in mndition. in getting under wav, is closing in a, Harding is not “bothering his head | “~.---annnannnnnnns nnn nee Awe flurry of activity, with the likeli-! much about politics of 1 = | | le hood that there will be a good-sized | tary Davis told the Women's Repu -Y peculato ‘vote polled when the voting places! lican club of Boston in a speech ner q sre closed tomorrow night. : ies The President's s tt By MeC umber TEeie aI | Labor after expressing his vie ot olls will be opened at 8 o'clock! wanen'e place in politics discussed Kinkston, Jamaica, April in the morning, giving many people! Mr. Harding’ attitude toward the; iScnaturtcportin, Geo Mecuntenltelt un opportunity to vote before they | ce campaign. orth Dakota in an interview here _ a he President's plans seem to be ‘ridiculed the idea that high sugar fo) yore and alle GILDA ng many of our people Mr. | “prices in America are due to The | F MW Duffs. i that he “I think that every new pharift, | auichilentise! thenrerecunled ked to for the A short crop and the action of the | ‘ehichanrovideditnewshouraivol past month or so has wanted to know, 9 sugar ators are blamed by the ey © | what they are, Well. I'll tell you! se p ruling high prices. ing for municipel elections did nox! voimething about tne President, ° Congressman, Here, Sees Suc aay cates, Gla Fa an emerg: and will not be President Harding is probably the bi ernment and will step ‘into regu- i heer votes polled for Poorest advertiser in’ the United cess of Great Lakes-St. late prices,” said MeCumber Lawrence Project A RURAL CREDITS ane FOR FINANCING TTR BGT RATE ixty-Seventh Congress Had) CUT BYB, OFN. D. Remarkable Agricultural ' Program, He Says aya | Reduced From 6! to 6 Cent Effective Today, it | ell | Firm Per! deep wi belief that the — proy erway from the Great Lake ,to the sea will come within the next expressed by Con- Is Announced | orge M. Young of the} Second North Dakota dist » here} | from Valley City for a day’s vi ON BASI BOND SALE! LOpposition ‘te this project, bringin persia aay i j the Northwest se to ocean beaten eral hundred miles | transportation, down, Mr. Young ; closer Collection Department to Re be Asked concerning probable legisla- Established as Result | 1 tonionthin subject, Mr. Young said that the sections of President } i of Recent Law | nig’s message with respect to ing funds to provide for the ¢ Lakes-St. Lawrence deep water\ are before the hou: committee 0} ; ways and means, of which Mr. Young ,is a member. ni | | adjournment i real ation devoting considerable time deration of for the project. nt a bill to the house when it nvene: cember proposing definite jof financing the ‘project. majority of House of Rep- j resentatives | waterway,” {was demonstrated when a motion to nd the bill to the committee on irivers and harbors, known to be hos- |, ; tile to killed. Instead the | ‘bill was e vote to the} ,committee on Interstate Commerc known to be friendly to the project. Reduction of the of interest j jcharged on farm loans made through the farm loan department the Bank of North Dakota, authorized by } the Industrial effective today, it was announced by R. Green, manager of the bank. The decrease from 6% to 6 per next De-{cent a methods | "a of Commission, became to con: | mean to pre s made r figuring rates provided i |the new farm loan law enacted the legislature s recent i jthe law becoming effective on April | 1 by virtue of the bond issue pro- | ons being made effective on thet | te, While the rate as a whole is re-! duced one-half per cent the ac} reduction in the interest rate is fig- ured at one per cent a year. There Difficulty in Canada. an increase of one-half per cent al “Some delay at this time is‘caused | Year permitted under the law to pro-| iby Canada, where the McKenzie! Vide for the administration cost and) King government has 1 ity of {surplus of the department to ta only one. According to the Canadi-| care of 1 » it was stated. Und an tem the government m’ law while there _ isign if it fails to retain a mi levying and adminis |in'the house of commoi Montreal | tration charge there was no author just ubborn and selfish as}ity for the state treasurer to pay |New York in regard to the deep| oUt, consequently there was no le {waterway to the Great Lakes and as | bal for meeting the operating ex-j i Montreal has six members of parlia- Under the new law the ad- iment who support j charge is retained py | Kenzie King go but who, the department. | will not support King upon the sub The maximum interest rate thats jject of the deep waterway, he could be charged by the bank under | | powerless to proceed. That, how-|the law at the present time is 1 Vever, is looked upon as only a tem-|per cent annually, it was stated, it !porary obstacle. The selfishnes being provided that the interest rate Montreal not long be permitted| shall be based on the last sale of to stand in the way of progress, | bonds and one per cent annually Asked concerning the effect may be added for operations and the agricultural s legis surplus. The last sale of bonds was | of the recent congress, Mr. Young, declared that “There’s never been a session of Congress credited with as much agricultural legislation as the Sixty-Seventh.” “When Congress adjourned Marci fi the rate of 5%2 per cent interest. | Under the new law, loans made inj the future will be based upon a 28-/ ar amortization period instead of | ear amortization period, the! 28-vear period being the maximum under the law. No longer period of an be made until the s changed, according to een. The amortization charge r cent of the loan each year,| re principal being amortized s acted with Ae exception of the gua anteed price of wheat. The farmers were not united on that subject. More than one-half the farmers of, the country were opposed to it. call came chiefly from the weit but was opposed by the ec: south and southwest. Under the new law it is made the blish a collection department, duty being transferred from the ate treasurer. Accountants now! are engaged in laying out the system] to be used in the collection depart: | ment. The farm loan department of the! bank completed its biggest month! Saturday, it being announced that $600,000 ‘of mortgages were delive ed to the state treasurer during the! month. Applications aré now to de} handled as rapidly as possible, it is| stated, with the hope of cleaning up all pending applications before new appraisals of lands are made. It has been announced the Indus- trial Commission will sell $2,000,000{ of real-estate bonds by the middie of May. Blames Speculators Mr. Young asserted his belief that the tariff law of the Sixty-Seventh Congress was not responsible for the rise in price of sugar, “I don't believe the tariff had anything to do with the present price of sugar,” he suid, “Sugar went down immediately after the new tariff law went into effect, The robbing speculators would, of course, have the public believe the sharp advance in prices was cauged by th etariff or anything else whic will divert suspicion from them- selve N. P. APPLIES FOR NEW EXTENSION Washington, April 2.—Application for authority to construct a branch line of 30 miles in Rosebud county. Montana. to open up the Rosebud DIPLOMAT IS_ SHOT IN ITALY London, April 2.—Robert E. Goldie British vice-cbnsul at Naples, died per today of injuries inflicted by a man coal: fields, was filed with the Inter-|who attacked the official while he state Commerce Commission today by | w: Siniting. grotto near the city in the Northern Pacific railroad. No|company with wife, according to a CTED 8 TRUE BILLS | with conspir ; containing 14 counts. |tods ay to numerous persons and |firms who have signified their in- tention to seck certificate for the operation of inter-city motor trans« {portation line in North Dakota un der the law of the recent legislature which put regulation of such busi- jness in the hands of the state rail | road commission it was said to by Commissioner Harding, ch rge of t ions for’ ens ‘orcement of law. A meeting aa bly will be held within a week | Herr | gal profe: ae IN GOVERNOR'S CASERETURNED Indictments of Grand Jury Followed Charges of T pering With Jur CONSPIRACY CHARGE rteen Counts Included in Charges Made Against Indicted Men Waukegan, IIL, J. B. Fields, a juror in the trial and acquittal of Gover- )nor Len Small last year, Ed- ward Kaufman and Edward Courtney, both of Chicago, were named in indictments re- turned today as a result of the grand jury investigation of charges of mga: with the Small jury All three men were charged y in a true bill Seven of these counts charge viola- tion of state statutes and the other seven violations of the common law. | APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED O AUTO BUS LINES Application b! April 2.— janks were forwarded to pass upon applications, he added. DIRECTORS OF KRUPP WORKS DENY CHARGES Declare They Were Not Re- sponsible for Trouble in, ARRESTED Inciting Plant BY FRENCH | 2—Herr Shafer, director of” ae Krupp p asserts thet the four directors rested ing Ne in no responsible for the trou ble. French allege that the blowing of the sirens at the works } which incited the men could have | been stopped by the officials, even if they had not ordered the signal. Shafer said that it is custom- aty for the men to blow the siren a fire signal or when there sign of danger of any kind. Herrin Hartwig, Gesterlin, Ritter, and Bruhn, the directors held, were arrested at’ their homes e mornin; The Krupp plant to to closed at le until Wednesday so th; the excitement occasioned py the events of the week-end may com- pletely die down. Throng Churches For Services Bismarck churches were throng- ed Sunday for Easter services. The bright sunshine of the early morning brought out hundreds of people for the morning — services, al musical programs giv- s night also attracted large numbers. nual Easter service of the ‘emplar also was well a‘ tended, it being held in the Masonic temple Sun ternoo Fixed Date for Easter Advocated in England London, April 2-—An effort being made by a number of English- men led by: Lord Deshorough to ob- tain a genera] agreement on the question of a fixed date for Se Lord Desborough recently 8! that a motion to this effect will We offered at the next meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce on the ground that the variance uf Easter is inconventent; not only to | business people, but also to the le-’ jion and to schools and universities. He will leave next month for Rome to ask the Pope to consider the matter. It is understood that the hedds of the Church of England have. already been approsched on the subject, -but answered that they had not’ the power to change the present ‘aystem. It hes been suggested that We second Sunday in’ April, esc os fixed as the Immovable jate, 1 estimate of cost was filed. Central” ‘News dispatch from _Mapies,