The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FO Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat- urday, with\possibly rain. Cooler. Feria As anne LSTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 19238 L ==] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [nom PRICE FIVE CENTS APSE REPORT RUHR UHR RESISTANCE IN COL 3 CHILDREN BURNIN BED; ONE SAVED, While Parents Serve Patrons} in Confectionery, Children Caught if Fire DANCERS FIGHT FLAMES| One Girl Falls From Window! of Up-stairts Apartment to Ground to Safety Willow City, N. D., Sept. a1—! Three young children of Mr. and) Mrs Frank J Warner, proprietors of | a combined confectionery and pool hall in. this city wese burned to death in the famiy home above the! establishment while the entire popu- | lation of the city, incruding scores All eyes in Okizhoma City are centered on the State Capitol j law, has assumed command, of dancers from a party across the |the building machine guns have been mounte: , trained on i:.e Capitol. street rushed forwarg to prevent the spread of the flame. One child of | ~ the four who wag sleeping in the! upstairs apartment cseaped with slight burns after staggering through | the smoke-filled room to a window } through which she fell to the ground below. The victims were Annabell, age 10, Freddie, age 6, Donald, age 3. Mary the child who miraculously escaped, was two years older than Annabell. The parents and Ambrose, another son, were in the confection- | ery serving patrons when the fire | was discovered. WOULD CALL CASS COUNTY GRAND JURY - Petitions Out For Grand Jury To Reinvestigate Scandi- * navian-American Bank The second attempt to place the blame for the misconduction of the affairs of the Scandinavian-Ameri- can bank of Fargo was’ started in Fargo yesterday when petitions, bearing the names of Geo. F, Shafer, Attorney General, and H. F. Hor- ner, states attorney for Cass county, were circulated calling for a Cass County Grand Jury to reinvestigate the affairs of the closed park. These petitions are to be presented to Judge Cooley, of Grand Forks, in the near future, no date of presen- tation having been included in the petitions. The int attempt to place the blame for the misconduction ,of the affairs of the Closed bank was dis- missed as faulty by Judge McKenna of Napoleon, after the jury had brought in over thirty indictments against eleven men. The Supreme Court sustained Judge McKenna in his decision, The petition alleges that, over four hundred dollars of money from the Bank of North Dakota was on de posit in the bank at the time it was closéd and that the greater part of this will never be recovered. The petition also + alleges, that money was loaned: to officers in ex- cess of the legal limit; that money was loaned to officers without au- thority of ‘board of directors; that loans were made to insolvent con- cerns in which the officers were in- terested; .that officers of the bank made false repo.%s to ithe bank ex- aminers; that large sums were em- bezzled by employees of the bank witheut ‘ptnjshment; ‘that » deposits. were received by the bank while it was known to be insolvent; that false entries were made by the of- ficers. ‘It is ‘also charged that the bank was reopened, after being declaréd insolvent, by fraudulent reports to the Supreme Court and that the bank received large sums after it ‘was reopened. ‘Legion To Meet Next The American -Legion will begin its winter program with a meeting to be held at the K.P. hall next € Wednesday according to Ferris Cor-| 4; dner. The program for the winter is now being arranged according to Mr, Cordner and will be announced at the meeting: 33 Wednesday te conven- ton will be gi i ro ble Col, on and ‘ible Col. Rice will Sinat i - Fish Block Fjords — In Northern Norway “1 romney ‘Norway, & gd a 21.—The | jords ‘in the extréms north, ‘in the + region of Tans’ Vadsde, h have / been literally blocked into a semi- soliq state by’ ing shoals, The shoals’ often pene! to the nar- \ row heads of the fjords where Boe wedge tight into the jetties of , villages and fi (Several ships rth to take Wednesday |: ‘SAY REICHERT ‘TRIED CONTROL TRUSTEEBOARD Attorney Attempts To Show his by Letters and Blanks *Sent to About 700 CMa ees HEARING CONTINUED Fargo, Sept. 21.—In an attempt to show that there was an agreement between C. W. Reichert, president of the Equity Co-opes:tive Packing. Co. and Barnett and Richardson, at- torneys for numerous holders of certificates of indebtedness, V. L. Lovell, counsel for tre First Na. tional bank at Cavalier at this morn- ing’s session at the creditor meet- ing before Referee Emerson cross- examined Reichext as to letters and blank forms of power of attorney which he mailed to some 700 people. «Attorney Lovell declared he ins tended to prove that there was a concerted move on the part of the officials of the company to control trustees’ elections, The hearing was cobmieay until later this afternoon. PUBLISHERS ACCEPT PLAN SUBMITTED Presses of New York City Pa- pers Would be Manned by International New. York, Sept. 21.—Members’ of the publishers association consider- ing the proposal submitted yester- day by the International Pressmen and assistants union. whereby the international would tndertake to man: the presses of leading local newspapers deserted Monday night by members of the local union to- day, agreed*to the provisions of the proposal. as to. working days and hours, if was learned. Lack of Be Bond _ Leads to Closing Of Grain Elevators | | A number of grain elevators have been closed within the last few days by “John Hagan, supervisor of eras Weights, and measures, ‘ be- use the managers had failed to coaeida sufficient bond to protect the farmers who were storing grain in them, Mr. Hagan said that he would con- tinue closing elevators. until, bonds al jurity funds has been present- to his office and received his ap- proval. as a guarantee to farmers of their wheat’s -value. He said that the elevators which had failed to submit bonds ‘should do sd. immedi- ly, in order to continue in opera- ti China’s Post '-- Office Returns ~' To Increase Shanghai, Sept. 21.— Disturbed conditiny in various parts of Chifie’ re reflected in the. country’s post office report. for 1922, which records general decreases in the quantity of postal matter handled. The financial Feravas for the year show a reven of Mex. $17,100,719.88.: penses were Mex. . Huge gains in all phases ‘of the ac- tivities of. the post office wit be re- corded hurd “since all foreign pot- tal agencies closed on December 3) ell | Inst ee Burdén ‘of the work ii Die te ‘the . Caleaas Spirit 893 Barrels Of Spirits From St. Louis uis Distillery, St. Louis, Sept. 21 ept. 21.—T exact amount of whiskey ansieiveae away from the local bonded warehouse of the Jack Daniels distillery was 893 barrels, federal officials announced today. It was said to be one of the big- gest whiskey robberies since the en- actment of the prohibition law. CHARGE HUBBY KEPT QUIET STH CENTURY}; “Asks Divorce From Mate Af- ter Twenty Years of* Wedded Life ..40:,. CHILDREN Spokane, Yash. Sept, 21.—Be- cause her husband had been on “vio- lent ‘strike” for the past 20 years, Mrs, Nettie F. Hammerly, city.asked a divorce Hammerly in an action filed here. Mr. and Mrs. Hammerly were mar- ried at Luverne, Minn., in 1899 and had ten children, Mrs, Hammerly avers that her husband has refused to talk to her for a fifth of a cen- tury except in cases of necessity and that they have carried on their con- versation through the children. EIGHTEEN )HAVE building. refusing io perm!t special legislative gatherings. GRANVILLE of this) from Henry: nolds will go to Power Lake where The military, under martial Across the street from FARMERS FORM ASSOCIATION: Cow Testing Circuit To Be, Formed at Power Lake’ Also; Reynolds Assists* DAIRY DAY AT RUGBY State Dairy Commissioner W. F. Reynolds will, next week, go to Granville where he will assist in the organizing of a Bull Associgtion.| ‘his association is being organized! through the efforts of the Dairy Commission and the, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Granville. Farm- ers from this vicinity recently made a trip around the New Salem Dairy Circuit under the supervision of the Dairy Commission, The Granville Bull Association will be organized on Sept, 27. On Oct. 3, Mr. Reynolds will go to lamined by attorneys for | stockholders, who- were [oklahoma anitat Where Solos Plan To Hota Senion | CREDITORS OF PACKING PLANT MEET IN FARGO Small wake: of hited ‘With Claims Attend Meeting of Creditors of Compimy ARE CHECKING UP First’ Check Up on Books Takes Place Yesterday; Will Complete Them Today Fargo, Sept. 21.—A small army of lawyers with ‘claims against the Equity Cocperative Packing Com- pany attended the first meeting of the creditors of the concern which opened yesterday morning before Emerson H. Smith, referee ‘in bank- ruptey. The meeting, which con- tinues today, is being held in the court room of the local federal build- ing. Only a few of the 17,000 stock- holders were present. Yesterday’s session completed the first checkup of claims and these were accepted subject to the objec- tions which may be made by attor- neys representing various creditors after the investigation which will be begun this morning. Officers of the bankrupt company will be ex- creditors with a view of determining the sta- tus of the firm's affairs, it was an- nounced. Hearing Starts Today Various books and records were ordered by the referee yesterday to be produced at the hearing today. It was intimated that President C. W. Reichert will be the first one called to the stand this morning. Other of- ficials were notified yesterday af- ternoon to be on hand today. Among the attorneys presenting claims and representing various present at the hearing yesterday were former Governor John: Burke, V. R. Lovell, J. E. Hendrickson, Judge W. H. Barnett, A. G. Divet, Colonel M. Hildreth, John Pollock, and C. Dosland of Moorhead. Harry Lash- kowitz represented the petitioners in bankruptey. Several hundred claims by holders of certificates of indebtednes Rugby where he will speak at a Dairy Day celebration. From Rugby Dairy Commissioner Reynolds will go to Edgemore where will speak at the Edgemore Dairy Day on Oct. 4. Following these two days Mr. Rey-| he is to assist in the organizing of | to a dairy circuit. Mr, Reynolds expects to be at Power Lake about a week starting on Oct. 5. cee Saas ee, The Weather _ -| — ° For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly cloudy tonight and Saturday, with possible rain. Cooler. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy, tonight andSaturday; possible rain 1 PETITION FOR CITIZENSHIP Naturalization 1 Hearings to be Held in Bismarck Sep- tember 26 Eighteen petitions for Naturaliza- tion at the September term of Dis- trictycourt, to be held at Bismarck on: Sept, 26, before Judge Jansonius havd® been filed with the County Clerk of Court’s office. Applica- tions have been filed by the follow- ing: Edward Aasen, Driscoll, Johan Shafer, Bismarck, Jacob- Walburn, McKenzie, Edurd Schmidt, Bis- marck, John J. Hausauer, Alta, Gebree Lennick, McKenzie, George James Vervilas,| Bismarck, Kasper Kosson, Bismarck, John Bortell, Bis- marck, William Karnatz, Bismarck, |Mathilda F. Kebsgard, Bismarck, John Hummel, Bismarck, Peter Klein, Bismarck, Adolph Kiein, Bis- marck, Andreas Ath Karonis, Bis- ‘marck, Miacrael Goetz, Bismarck, Carl. Jensen, Wilton, and Drago Samardzich, Bismarck. . ERECT LARGE WHITE “W”_. AT WESTERN Gunnison, Col, Sept Sept. 21—A huge white’ “W,”. gleaming from the heights of Tenderfoot mountain, will ‘greet, students returning to Western State collége here for the fall semes- The letter, said to be the larg- in the world, was of the last ‘spring term. 850 feet high, with pread at the widest point of 400 feet. The lines are 16 feet wide. Student engineers drew. the dia- gram on the face of: the mountain, and filled it with stones. Lime. was carried up in buckets from the foot of the mountain and the letter white- v sd. “Western ‘State claimd ko ‘be the highest educational instiution in the poy ba regards’ altitude. It is nderfoot’ pifearartiphewly ane ie bed ‘[outakirts -of* the qral thousand north and ,west portions. Cooler aturday and north and west por- tions tonight. General Weather Conditions The low pressure area centered over Iowa yesterday morning has moved to the lower Great Lakes re- gion and showers occurred in the upper Mississippi Valley and Great} Lakes region. Another low pressure, area is centered over Montana this| morning and precipitation has oc- curred at many places in the ex- treme Northwest, Fair weather pre-j vails over the Plains States, Tem- peratures have risen somewhat over the northern Plains States and no freezing temperatures. have been re- ported this morning in the United States. Road Conditions The roads throughout the State are mostly in good condition but the main trails ate getting rough in places. North Dakota Corn and wheat Statio Amenia ... BISMARCK Bottin Bowbells Devils Lake Dickinson .... Dunn Center . Ellendale Fessenden Grand Forks Jamestown Langdon . Larimore Lisbon . Minot . Napoleon ... Pembina ..... Williston... Moorheas C, clear; cloudy. High Low Preci. 7 430 C 78 55 0 PC 82 46 0 C 85 41 0 C 54 0 PC 60 0 PC 410 C 44 51 43, eoocosc eos ocococccoe . 48 PC, partly’ cloudy; Byrne Appoint. - Court ae ee T. M. Byrne, of Logan County, has Hays appointed’ court’ stenographer for the Third Judicial District, ac- cording to the Secretary of States office where Mr. Byrne’s oath of of- fice wag filed Rel ‘Mr. will succeded C..H. Olsen. Solid headed pins into genera¥ use‘un the | American nemed- presented, Attorney Lovell represented the First National Bank of Cavalier, declared in course of the hearing yesterday that he wotld object to these claims in due time. but said he first wanted to examine he officers of the packing company find out if the presentation of ‘these claims’ was a concerted action instigated by interested parties for the purpose of controlling the elec- tion of a trustee. It transpired during the hearing, upon the admission of Attorney Lashkowitz for the company, th: all certificates of deposit were se- cured claims for which $200,000 in notes held by the company had been pledged as security by the board of directors. These notes are now with a Minneapolis firm for collection. Gov. Burke Objects Governor Burke objected to the election of a trustee yesterday be- fore the officers of the company had been examined, saying that they are not yet ready to admit that this company is bankrupt, “We want to investigate this matter first and if it-is found: that the company is in- solvent then we can proceed with the ‘election of a trustee”, said he. The motion by Mr. Lovell that the officers be questioned and books and records of the firm examined was allowed by the referee, There was no objection on the part of counsel for the company. SET DATEFOR GAS MEETING All Attorneys General to Meet in Chicago Middle of * October ‘Lincoln, Neb., Sept.:21.—It wag an- nounced at the office of the attorney General of Nebraska that Atty. G ‘C/O. S. Stillman would call a n conference of all attorney generals gasoline situatio: conference results from action taken Suicide of High Rushvillé, Ind, Sept. 21.—Couffty authoriti jew Salem today conducted investi-. tions into the hazing of Burton 11-year old high school stu- dent of that place, who committed suicide as a resvit, his parents as- sert of “brooding “over thé” treat- He. would not|J receivéd jAng far his hotel from the state de- |- variant. it, they. said, when he s torn’ one A.|him to permit the session as they School Student and school. officials of]. LEGISLATORS CONTINUE PLAN FOR SESSION Governor’ Sends Out Plea To Lovers ef Constitutional Government for Funds FIGHTS BACK TO WALL Legislators Have No Fear of Oklahoma’s Executive Jail- ing Them for Meeting Tulsa, Sept. 21—Preparations ! were being made by opponents of Gov. Walton to launch court pro- ceeding to remove the military over-! seers from the office of Sheriff! Sanford. It was expected suit would! be filed late today or Saturday morning, it was said by Rep. Disney, a house leader who is directing the move. Oklahoma City, Sept. 21—Legisla- tors seeking the official head of Gov. J. C. Walton marched on today in their plans for impeachment while the executive gathered sttength for a final drive on the klan which he blames for tle storm arou: “The invisible empire shall not pass in this state,” was the defin- ance hurled by the governor as he turned with his back to wall. The lower house of the legislature will convene at noon Wednesday to con- sider charges of interfering with the constitutional government and it} the governor interferes “he acts’'’ at his peril. This‘was the pro- nouncement of legislators who will ek impeachment of the governor. Walton’s attitude toward the house session was expected to be developed during the day but his legislative enemies were confident that he would not carry out his threats to jail the house members if they attempted to assemble, Since voicing his threat some of the gov- ernor’s legal advisors have urged said it would be illegal and without effect. However the final word re- mains- and the threat has not been withdrawn. Admitting the fight was weighing heavy on his shoulders the governer, sént, out an appeal for funds, asking those who believe in a representative form of government to send contributions to “Mrs. Al- drich Blake, Oklahoma City, wife of the executive counsel.” Mr. Blake now is absent from the state on @ mission for the governor. Governor Walton said: “I have crossed the Rubicon and it is a fight to the finish.” 69 Sign Petition. Oklahoma City, Sept. 2: ssion of the lower hot Oklahoma legislature tu hear that Governor J. C, Waxton hi ridden_the constitution and laws of the state in his martial law regime is aséured, it was announced ag Ww. C. McBee, house representative in charge of the fight on Walton. Sixty-nine legislators have attach- ed their names to the call for tl convening of the house at noon Wed- nesday, McBee said. Fifty-four con- stitutes a majority. That Governor Walton will not use troops. to prevent the assembly, de- i js earlier threats to the con- the prediction: of McBee and his associates, . Declares Session Illegal. In a statement, Murray F. Gibbons, speaker of the house and a Walton supporter, declared that the session [would be illegal. He appealed to members of the house to consider well before they took any precipitate actiol Denial was made by Gibbons that he and Governor Walton had planned to jue a call for a meeting of the house, Armed guardsmen still stodd be- fore the doors of the nouse and gen- ate chambers at the capitol last night, despite word of non-lateeter- ence, The Sadezaly distal sourt wil] Be appealed to the event that Gov- ‘ernor Walton attempts to disperse the session, it was stateq by McBee. Plans for bringing an action in the state supreme court were abandoned, the legislators taking the stand that the legislature is superior to the highest court of thi ate. A Plan New Air Mail Route Up pant ngs Mears Mississippi St. Louis, Sept. 21—Indications are the next logical air mail route will be from Minneapolis to New Orleans. through Chicago, St Louis and Memphis, according to officials of the aeronautical chamber of commerce who arrived. from New York yester- day in connection with the intern: tional:air races to be held here Octo- ber 1, 2 and 38. Requests for airmail service have been Feceived from 1 munie i- es it-was said. Z adver RATED HIGH. Sherwood, N. D., Sept, 21.—The proprietor of the Sherwood hotel, P. J Hester, has just received the rat: -A special of the it. The grade ie 95, the high- irame plot to overthrow the them and the Communists. FROM PEORIA | 1 Here is Representative William E. | Hull of Peoria, Ill, who succeeds Clifford Ireland in the next or 68th | Congress. NIP PLOT TO SET UP SOVIET IN BULGARIA Arrest 2,000 in Two Days — Place Revolutionists In Jail IMPLICATE RUSSIANS Martial Law Is Being Applied Strictly in Sophia—Com- munications Halted Vienna, Sept. 21—While reports of a revolution in Bulgaria are un- true, says the Sophia Correspondent ‘of the Taggeblatt, there really was a government and to proclaim a Soviet republic. However the government heard of the movement and stopped it. and sent to join the Sambolistic tal in the Soviet jail. Among this number were ten Rus- sian. The subversive plot ‘was to have been sprung Thursday. while the Macadonia regular bands were to have started operation on the Jugoslav frontier but apparent- ly there was no connections between Apparent calm reigns in Bul- garia says the correspondent. Mar- tial law is being ‘strictly applied in Sophia and no communication by tel- ephone allowed. SAY RADICALS MISLEAD MANY ABOUT RATES High Freight Rates Not Seat of Farmers Troubles, Says Dillion Fort Dodge, Ia., Sept. 21.—Radical politicians have lead farmers to be- lieve freight rates are the chief cause of their trouble declared Chas. Dillion, assistant to the chairman of the Western railway committee on public relations in an address prepared for delivery today before the Fort Dodge chamber of com- merce. “Politicians”, he asserted, “are misleading farmers in certain sections to support forces and legis- lative measures are certain, if suc- cessful, to do them and the country untold harm to cure temporary con- ditions. “i “Leading farmers orga tions are opposed to government owner- ship of railws Mr. Dillon said. ‘They had some -experience during the war. O. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration says they demand transpor- tation that will move the products of the farm when they should be moved. Pres, Bradforte is absolute- ly right. Would Sign | Sign Up Potato Acreage In Minnesota Crookston, Sept. 21.—Every busi- ness place in Crookston closed today while business men launched the campaign among potato growers to secure in a day 50 per cent of the county’s accredited potato acreage signed up in the purposed. co-operge| tive. marketing of Minnesots’ pota- toes. Every township in ‘the county wih be canvassed oy a pair of-mer- chants. | Report 500 Tokio, ue ae ‘By the batlaing the Ws ens aoe “st tis gene: {France an early, jing: in the fartliae G.B, TELLS OF BENEFITS OF REAL PEACE France Will Allow Mine Work- ers of Ruhr to Return But Not Officials MUST STAND TRIAL German Government Is Re- ported to Offer French an . Early. Cash Payment London, Sept. 21.—Report of im- pending collapse of passive resist- ance in the Ruhr continued to be given much prominence in the Lon- don Press. The importance of such a turn in the situation as it would affect France-British co-operation is emphasized, although widely differ- ent opinions are printed as to exact- ly what the immediate results will produce, Referring to Germany's reported regulars to cease passive resistance if expelled civilians are allowed to return, the political writer of the Daily ‘Telegraph recalls that ‘the French have stateq that while they are willing to allow the return of mine employees they will not con- sent to amnesty for the officials who organized the resistance and sabo- tage and will only aiow them to re- turn with their consent to appear before a French court martial. Semlofficiay Report. London, Sept. 21,—A Central News Dispatch ays ngthy semiofficial announcement was made public in Berlin stating ‘that Germany is ready to negotiate on reparations, but conditionally on the discharge of all persons imprisoned by the French and the return of those ban- ished from the occupied areas. The wording of the statement is vague, says the correspondent, but it interpreteg for: ending ive resistance. ‘ Must Restore Ruhr, Berlin, Sept, 21—A_ semi-official statement referring to reports cur- rent in Paris of possible Franco- German , negotiations makes it quite clear that ‘no practical’ results can be obtained without the restoration of normal economic activity in the Ruhr, ‘3 ‘@xinesty and permission to those expelled to return, and that the administration must be placed in the hands of German offi- cials and freedom of traffic betwe cecypied and unoccupied Germany restored. The statement declares that such conditions would’ permit teparation payments, commencing’ with the evacuation of the Ruhr but that Germany can never agree to recog- nize in any torm the legality of, the occupation of the Ruhr. That Belgium is attempting to mediate in the Ruhr conflict is admitted at the foreign office, where it is stated, the Belgian minister has been a frequent caller of late and had candidly discussed the sit- uation with Chancellor Stresemann in what is considered to be some thing more than a merely informal manner, The German government also is reported as being prepared to offer if not immediate, cash payment in the event of its plan of hypothecating German pri- vate properties is accepted as a basis for new reparations. lation Opposed, Now that reparations and the Ruhr are again topics of formal conversations between Great Britain and France, and a decisive turn in the Ruhr deadlock is likely to occur, the Berlin editors are. indulg- ecriminations of the pi respecting c: d SERIOUSLY. INJURED IN ACCIDENTS . Telephone Man Falls on Head From Slippery Pole—Is Semi-conscious Fargo, Sept. 21—H. C. Broten, manager of the Bell Telephone com- pany at Davenport. and ¥red Severt- son, age 8, of Barvesville, are in a Fargo hospital today suffering from injuries received in ‘an accidenv Thursday. Both had a fractured skull. * The Severtson boy was cut and bruised when he was struck by an oil truck while running across the bar street in Barnesville, roten sustained his injury. when he’ fell; from a slippery pol iidtting- on. his ead. He was semi-conscious: over might, but ap- peared rational this: arternoon. —— es