The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 3, 1923, Page 1

, WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature, | WALTON BLOCKS VO’ —_ BISMARCK; NOI NORTH RTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1923 _ ‘WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1928 3 , | ISI | = ey Ia Ai Thali OR St HERE eee EERE Rete eg PRICE FIVE CENTS COOLIDGE SENDS EXPERTS T( TS TO NORTHWEST 220101 01 OKLAHOMA’S MILITA RY COURT OF INQUIRY FORMATION OF CO-OP WHEAT POOLS IS PLAN Messrs. Meyer and Mondell of War Finance Corporation Coming to Dakotas U.S. TO FINANCE PLAN War’ Finance Corporation Would Advance Funds to Aid Wheat Pools Washington, Oct, 3—Managing Di-! rector Meyer and Director Mondell! of the War Finance Corporation and a representative of the Department ‘of Agriculture were directed by| President Coolidge to leave today) for the central Northwest to discuss with wheat growers, of that section the forniation of cooperative mar- keting organizations which might avail themselves of government| funds under the new rural credits} act. The War Finance officials and De- +) partment of Agriculture Representa- tives will be chatged with the fo: mation of cooperation —_organi-, ations among wheat growers similar to those which have been! operated successfully among the cot- ton and tobacco growers of the south; the fruit and raisit growers of the Pacific Coast. The plan of the administration contemplates that upon organization! of these cooperative organizations funds which will enable them to} market the present wheat crop in an orderly manner will be/ provided | by the War Finance Corporation un- | der legislation passed by the last! Congress. The itinerary of Mr. Meyer and! his party had not been worked out today but it Was said at the White! House that visits would be made to} Minnesota, the Dakotas and other wheat growing states of that section. It is not desired that- one genérat organization be formed but.thet the associations be representative of the . various -localities, The President, tomorrow. will ineet | with the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation for additional consideration of the} Federation’s préposal that the War! Finance Corporation accept the set- tlements received by wheat growers from foreign purchasers on their products, é ‘ , TR- MAKES RECORD TRIP . Returns From St. Louis Flight, Makes Graceful Landing Lakehurst, N. J., Oct. 3.—Com- pleting a record triy to St. Lou and return the navy dirigible ZR— 1 nosed her way out of a bank of clouds within sight of her home hangar at the naval” aviation field here at 6:08 here this morning. Within 30 minutes the big ship whith: apparently had been traveling at less than 10 miles an hour when sighted gracefully civeled the field and began a slow descent, her re- splendent silver sides tinged. with the gold of the sun of the dawn. The air leviathan’s record-breaking trip! was officially at an end at 6: Ae when’ she landed. DEALERS 10 GATHER HERE Overland and Willys-Knight Dealers Meet. in City : Overland and Willys-Knight deal- ers from western North Dakota/and ‘eastern Montana will. meet ‘Thurs- day in the Lahr building to inspect the new Overland and Willys-Knight models and range for the 1924 contracts. Between 40 and 60 dealers will attend. Most of them have ar- ‘ranged to drive a new model home. A banquet. will be seryed tomorrow evening at the Grand Pacific hotel; Dealers will exchange experiences, selling and merchandising’ methods will be exchange and the-Overland- Willys’ booster spirit “which has meant sq much in the, advancement ‘of| the cars fostered, ASK RECEIVER New York, Oct. 3,—A petition was ‘filed in federal coart today for an equity receiver for, J. Gidding and ‘Company, importers and retail deal- . ers in women’s appatel. Liabflities of ‘the fashionable’ Fifth renee house were, given as $17500,000. * The Leviathan fs anid 'to have. the ee This is Governor Walton’s martial law agancy of investigation into activities of the Ku Klux Klan. the court has examined more than ed witnesses and taken some 6600 pages of testimony. Mrs. L. A. Carey of Mandan Declares Federation Head's. Endorsement 1s Sought For! Almost Everything —Keep- ing Girls in the Home De-; clared One of the Big Tasks; Before the Country Today;' International Relations, Coming to Fore in Club! | : 1 Women’s Discussions. vi (Special to The Tribune.) | Jamestown N. D, Oct. 3.—Beings president of the State Federation of | Women's clubs brings duties not con- fined to club work alone. Mrs. Lyman A. Cary of Mandan,! state president, delivering president’s |, address at the convention here last night, gave the members a peep be-| hing the scenes, “Mail comes in piles each day from every part of the countiy’on every conceivable subject,” said Mrs. Cary. | “Itywould seem that people having any kind 6f a project td launch first ask for ‘the president of the’ federa: tion and then write to ask them for their support “I have been’ asked to serve on every kind of a committee, to lend | my name and aid to every new maga- | zine, health fad, every novelty in the movies besides having thejopportunity vet becoming a founder for $1,000 or a life member for $100 to all the new Foundations and societies which the fertile mind of man or woman can conceive. We are askeq to aid in ob- serving more “weeks” than there are in the year. Someone had a plan for {cial marts is much improve | Company, my ju ( North, Dak steading a new calendar and we will c@rtain- ly need a change if this designating of special weeks continues.” Reviews Club Work. 3 Mrs. Cary reviewed not only the work ,of the federation in the last year but also the accomplishments of the federation since it was or- ganized. Mrs, Cary said in part as follows: “A subject that is interesting club ‘women everywhere is that of our young women and their amusements. We want to keép close to our girls and all their interests to have them fee] that we are desirous of helping them and that we need their help in our organizations. If club women would take more interest in the .Camp Fire girls and the Girl Scouts ang: let them know that we are will- ing to help, it would go a long way toward a better understanding of mothers and daughters. A plan that, has proven most successful: in many | Places is the organization: of Junior clubs of girls fron) fourteen tp twen- ty, letting them have their own ofh- cers and by-laws and yet having them feel that they are a part of the women’s clubs. One club in the state reported at the district meeting a most successful organization of thid kind. The girls met at‘homes ot club women and had theiy own pro- gram. A special committee on-Junior membership has been formed in the General Federation’ with Miss Flor- ence Die] of Pennsylvania as chairman. e will furnish any in- formation’ 6r suggestions to clubs wishing to organize these Junior clubs. She advocates| parties and | dances fot the ‘girls supervised by’ the club women. Her idea is that if ‘ou look after the girls you worry about the boys, they allright and be where the girls are. International Relations. “The subject {of our relations to other nations. is one that is- upp most ip the minds of thinking peo- ple today and we should al] be better informed on all international topics. ‘We all want peace andthe best way to achieve jt seems to be through better understanding between na- tions of the world. One great step forward was made in the World Con- ference on ‘Education in San Fran- cisco last June, called by the Nation- sl Education: association. For the first time in history a world confer- ence of educators was held to discuss the promotion of international peace ad good will throuch the schools. To eoge fom. their official it FEDERATION HEAD REVEALS BIDS FOR SUPPORT:IN PRESIDENT’S TALK | STATE CREDIT IS HELD GOOD BY FINANCIER Much Improved in Financial Market, Says Minneapolis Financier After Purchase North Dakota’s ccedit in the finan- Pres- ident E, P. Wells of the Wells-Dickey Minneapolis, commenting on the purchase by a syndicate of an additional issue of $1,000,000 North Dakota farm loan bonds, said: “This new offering, following so closely upon the heels of a substan} tial offering of the same kind of bonds made idence that te in'the financial markets. much improved and that her securities are rapidly re-estab- lishing themselves among investors the country over, The bonds are be- ing extensively advertised. in the financial markets, both through advertising space. ant through the news coljmis, This pub- licity will bring the yfate much fav- orable attention and ghould help mightily to counteract the unfavor- able reputation which the state earn- ed in recent s through its ill- advised _ politic: experimentation. Fundamental conditions in- North Da- kota are unusually good. It is one jof the leading states in the country | j in fertility of soil, per capital wealth, ALLIES WIN RECOGNITION OF 6 CITIES Ruhr Municipalities Agree to Furnish Quota for Susten- ance of the Armies PREVIOUSLY Had Declared That Occupa- tion was a Violation of the Versailles Treaty Duesseldorf, Oct. 3.—Six cities in the occupied areas have recognized the legality of the Franco-Bélgian occupation of the Ruhr by agreeing to furnish their quota forthe entento for the sustenance of the occupied armies. Hitherto the municipalities | have refused to furnish the money fon the ground that the occupation was contrary to the Vers Dortmund, Whitten, Hoerde and Bochum, Berlin, Oct. afternoon the R still stubbornly deadlocked on the issues raised by the socialists, The latter were in caucus all forenoon and then were adjourned to report the party’s sentiments to the cabinet. The socialists are demanding _ that, Chancellor Stresemann’s. proposed legislation will, not discriminate against the working class with regard to the eight-hour day and are also ting that the central government jst an undiminished political and character of population and pereent-| military authority in Bavaria. age of home ownership. Its agricul- tural products are yell diversified and dairying. is coming to occupy an} important place in the- things. The, state’s nite deposits, too are an asset of untold value which ultimately should place. Notth Dakota in the lead industrially. The state shows an increase of over 100 per cent in population since 1900, and an increase in assessed value of nearly $1,000,000,000 during the same period. Fundamentally conditions are apparently such that North Da- kota can face the future with in- creased confidence. . Investors in her securities at present prices are ob- taining an investment whose attrac- tiveness should increase with the passing of the years.” BRANCH BANKS: PROHIBITED Washington, Opt. + 3.—National banks are forbidden by law from en- geging in the branch banking bus- iness even within the cities in which they are located, Attorney-General Daugherty holds in an opinion de- livered today to the Joint Banking Commission by Comptroller of the Currency Dawen. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon teday. Temperature at 7‘. m. 41. ‘Temperature at’ noon 65. Highest yesterday 69. © ‘Lowest yesterday, 49. Lowest last night 41. Precipitation 0, Highest wind velocity 8. Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature, . For North Dakota: Fair and Thursday. Little temperature. Weather Conditions The pressure is high from th dle and northwestward Throughout this region the weather is generally fair. Lower” pressure, ‘accompanied by. precipitation, pre- vails along the Pacific\ coast and over the southern Plaing States.’ Mo- derate ter Pe teres prevail in an tonight change in mid- GOVERNORS scheme of |, ARE CALLED Washington, Oct. 3.—Invitations were sent from the White House to- day to the Governors of the 48 states for a conference with President Coolidge October 20 to discuss law enforcement particularly as applying| have not been opened, to the prohibition, immigration and anti-narcotic statutes. REFUSED During its four weeks of existence SOLDIER BONUS CLAIMS PAID Fifty soldier bonus aie, total ling $25,000 and bringing the total number paid to number 10,500, have been made by the Adjutant-General’s office. PROSECUTORS PARLEY MAY BE CALLED Attorney - General Considers Action, and Asks Views of Officers Attorney-General George F. Shaf- er has under consideration the call- ing of a state-wide conference of states attorneys. Qpinion of the states attorneys on —-At 2 o'clock this} the chstag parties were] Prosecutors the desirability of such a conference is asked by Mr. Shafer in a letter sent to them today. “It would seem that at least two iles treaty. | 5, fal object: ht be thi = The cities are Duesseldorf;.Bescn, said Thee Heal rie eabtes Ards rote, “first the benefits of mutual Exchange of views and the -study of problems confronting the atate prosecutors; and, second, formation of a permanent State Association, through which the State's Attorneys might cooperate in seeking improvement in the laws affecting the office and functions of the State’s Attorneys.” FOUR BIDS FOR HAGAN HOUSE Sealed Proposals in Hands of Industrial Commission Four sealed bids have been re- céived by the Industrial Commission for the purchase of the John N. Hagan house in Bismarck, built by the state Home Building Associa- tion and turned back by the former Commissioner of Agriculture and La- bor, Secretary of the Commission John Gammons said today. The bids but will be jae at the next meeting of the commission, CAMERA MEN KEEP MAGNUS JOHNSON BUSY ON FIRST VISIT TO CAPITAL Washington, Oct. 6—Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor senator from Minnesota, conferred for 20 minutes today with President Coolidge and ;his visit to the White House caused a stir that has seldom been caused by the visit of ambassadors and even, by princes and potentates. Washington, Oct. 3.—Magnus John- son, farmer-labor. senator from nesota came to Washington yester- day to confer with President Cool- idge and to familiarize himself with what are to be his future surround- ings on “capitol hill.” He wil visit the White House today, and will leave in midafternoon for Chicago, where he is to speak Fri night. Senator Johnson, accompanied by George D, Brewer of Minneapolis, a politics} adviser, slipped quietly into town just before. noon yesterday, coming from New York and: Phila- delphia. jarding a street car he went to the National hotel, on Penn- sylvania avenue, few blocks from the capitol, The senator then set out in search.of Minneapolis and St. newspapers. Apparently unrecogni: edy he walked briskly along Pennsy!- vania avenue for several blocks to. a news wagon near the postoffice de- | rtment. He had a “bite to eat” at a amall 35 seeking his office in the building. Confronted’ there by’a maze of cor- ridors Senator: Johnson: inquired of, a: beat sitendaat ty, to the location oe i — Job son’s room,” exclaimed the attendant, “Yes, I am Senator Johnson,” was the reply. Beammg with pride, the negro in- troduced the senator to attaches sta- tioned nearby and then escorted him to bis office. There the senator found a crowd of newspaper. corre- spondents who hag besieged his office for several hours. : After a chat with the corFespond- ents, Senator Johnson and his ist ant secretary, Mrs. Josephine P. Loftus of, Minneapolis, set out for’ the capitol hut outside photographers barred the way., The senator posed for a number of “snapshots” and ac- cepted’ the invitation of one of the! cameramen to accompany him up: town to have a studio. photograph made, ‘As the senator settled himself in the photographer's battered “flivver,” Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, introduced himséif and the two inators chatted for several minute: A stop. was made at the ‘main en- trance to the capitol, Senator John istep’ to the second floor to obtain his pay check from the senate disbursing office. * Attendants directed him on als way out of the building. ning to: his o: ice half art hi hater. Me. Sohnson found another bat. tery of cameramen for whom he a ed at py big mahogany desk. A fre: feroup of ney i ed-and with, these the senator talked , for half an my Neti ates receiving several fri it night he had supper bitsges former Representative John ‘M. Beer of North iso gather- | OPTIMISM IS | VOICED HERE AT A.C. FORUM Dr. Coulter of Agriculture College and J. M. Devine Tell of State’s Possibilities MANY OUTSIDERS GUESTS {Burleigh G@ounty Business Men and Farmers Talk of _ United Effort in Boosting Messages of confidence in North Dakota’s future were brought to members of the Association of Com- merce and two score farmers and | business men from various parts of | Burleigh county, at the first Forum dinner held in the Grand Pacific | hotel last night. More than 175 men ind women were present, the atten- dance being so large that it was ne- cessary to make additional seating arrongements after the dinner nad; begun. President John Lee Cou.ter of the State Agricultural College and Com-} missioner of Immigration J. M. D. \sine, speaking. Burleigh county nd North Dakota, breathed a whole- some confidence and optimism into the big gathering, and Association members and visitors from other part; of the county met one another anc} discussed informally plans for pre- senting a united front in urging Burleigh county’s resources to the attention of the rest of the ‘nation. J. L. Bell opened the meeting, President Webb being unable te be present because of illness and George Duemeland, manager of the Patter- son Land Company, presided. The! decorations for the occasion consist- ed of stalks of corn at various places about the banquet tab'p, with long, firm ‘sas a silent reminder that Burleigh county is in the corn belt with a vengeance. Found What Would Grow President Coulter, speaking in a happy vein, went to'an exper- ience on the “old home farm” down on the Red River where his parents settled more than 40 years ago. It | Dies Instantly As He Touche High Tension Wire Neche, Oct. 8.—Maurice Morin, 45, member of the pioneer family of this community, met instant death here Wednesday afternoon when he came in contact with a high tension wire while at work near this city. Mr. Morin was standing on the ground when he accidentally touched the fatal wire, 26,000 volts ted hs through Lad body. CONFESSES HE KILLED MAN TO GET INSURANCE California ‘Butcher Declares He Wanted Insurance to Aid Wife Pay Bills THEN. DISAPPEARED Captured as He was Trying to Commit Suicide Leads to Confession of Kels Eureka,. Calif., Oct. 3—Alex A. Kels, wealthy butcher until recently believed to have been murdered on his ranch near Lodi, California, con- fessed early today to Sheriff W. F. Reicks of Stockton that he hired a stranger from an employment agency. September 12, killed “him, burned the body and arranged for it to be iden- tified’ as Kels so that the supposed widow of Kels could collect insurance approximating $100,000, “I don’t know who it was I killed,” he said. “He was a, perfect stranger to me. I got him ih Lodi for the purpose.” The confession came. as ‘the de- nouement of a sensational. murder hoax nearly two after ‘elabor- fe funeral services had been held .at Lodi supposedly for Kels and 24 hours after Kels’ at Eureka as the climax of a mar hunt; of nearly a week throughout the, vee for the murderer, Kels. was arrested ina box car Monday night as he was attempting was popularly supposed that only wheat and other grains would grow there, he said. His father, howeve: planted a few potatoes each year. Then one year some Congressman sent a lot of free seeds. The chil- dren played with them. There hap- pened to be a little patch of unu ground at the end of the potato field. His mother suggested they scatter the seeds around there hua to sée if they'd grow.” grow. The result was an amazing and frolific variety of vegetables and flowers, Dr. Coulter said. They learned that almost anything will grow in North Dakota. But today, even in spite ofthe fact that freight rates are high and the coet is great, North Dakota is im- porting canned goods which can be produced on the farm, he said. Dr. Coulter said he went to a Bis- marek grecery story. First he asked that all things sold in the store that could not be grown in North Dakota be set out. The clerk set out ba- They did. to commit suicide by diseharging rifle with his toes. He’ r diy ad- mitted his identity but pe: 1d a denial that he had slain &i panion and burned his body until he broke down under, last night's grill- ing. Kels asked what wotld happen to his wife if he confessed. He said she soon would give birth to a baby and would like to have the news kept from her. He. was’ promised that everything would be done to protect his wife. Always Came Clean now,” he commenced, Reicks said. “You fellows have got it all fig- ured out pretty well. I was heavily insured and I thought that was the best way to clean up. I figured my wife would get the insyrance and I would never see her again. I figured she woufd get over the shock, be comfortably fixed and I planned to go to Mexico. “The man I killed was ‘a perfect stranger to me. I got him in Lodi nanas, grape fruit, oranges an@ lem- ons, Then Dr, Coulter asked for the things that can be grown in North Dakota. Before he got through one basket was not enough, he said. There was in the basket celery, cabbage, corn, head lettuce—some of the finest head lettuce in the world is grown in North Dakota, he said—cauliflower, watermelon, par- snip, turnip, pumpkin, Rocky | Ford canteloupe, egg plants and peppers, fonions and potatoes, tomatoes, car- rots, sweet potatoes, beans, apples— 8 score of other vegetables and fruits. Finest Soil In Werld soil is the finest in th world,” Dr. Coulter said. “I have nm soil in northern Italy and. sunny France that has been farmed 2,000 years. ‘You can’t tell me this soil of ours has worn but. We are not treating it right. We do not give it a chance to produce one thing one year and snother thing another, year.” Dr. Coulter aa that until 50 years ago North -Dakota literally jteemed with wild life. There was {the finest grass in the world for the buffalo to feed on. The Indians raised corn. Prairie ehickens abounded. “There were no fences,” Coulter. here. all the world it was the finest place. “We are all plungers—we've been lunging, The people who want to use the natural resources of North Dakota must study the possibilities and make use of them.” Dr. Couler suggested diversifica- tion, and a committee of business men_in the cities and onthe farms to study the best results of crops, marketing, expansion of growing and, similar conditions. Such a commit- te¢’ with a good level-headed young ;Sounty agent to organize pig clubs,| coi, corn clubs, ete. could be- of great jvalue, he 8: “Mr, Devine indirectly ‘mabega’ plea ter diversification, taking a’ humor-' (Continued on ed at “Our said Dr. “They didn’t have to stay But they did stay because in|: for that purpose. I took him over to my ranch and made a pretext that the windmill was out of order and got him out of the car. Then I shot him in the back with a 32-calibre revolver. “He groaned but didn’t fall and I shot him again. Figuring that he might still be alive I got a heavy iron bar and hit him over the head a couple of time: All the time Kels was driving with the body hardly yet cold he kept it in the automobile under thé lap-robe, he said. When the gasoline tank of his car was filled at a little village the body was lying in the back seat of theccar under the robe. “Then I went back to the ranch,” Kels continued, “and after dark I dre to a point about 15 miles away. It was at the latter place that the body wear peas were burned. in Hays Kels told how te Placed the body in the car, against a hay-stack and in. the darkness piled hay all-around it. He told how-he used a catidle to time’ himself #0 that.he #ould have ample time to get away before the filam: started. After arranging. the hay. around the machine and the body of the’ strangér he told of hiding the candle in such a ved that, when ft burned out it woul t the hay afire. Then he set out afoot and walked to Sac- ramento. His story at this point'in the ner- rative recounted his wanderings since the murder, told of his triy to Texas and back to San Francisco before he came here. Kels maintained that he never expected to collect any of\the insurance money himself but wanted. IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM Overwhelming Majority Is Given to Referendum Pro- posal Favoring Legislature GETS INJUNCTION Governor Immediately Blocks Certification of the Returns By Election Board pee NS Oklahoma City, Oct. 3—A tem- porary restraining board pre- venting the state election board from certifying the returns from yesterday’s special was issued in district court today for Gover- nor J. C. Walton. Oklahoma City, Oct. 8—The state itol was again under guard of state troops today. Frank Carter, chairman of the state corporation commission, dectared it was his un- derstinding that the guard was un- der orders to prevent certification of the returns from yesterday's state election terday’s No expjanation of the guard's re- turn could be obtained frem the Ad- jutant-General’s office. Later acting Adjutant General C. F. Barrett declared that the guard had merely been transferred to the capitol from the local armory as a precautionary measure and that no: significance in their The order was granted immediately after the executive's petition was filed before Judge Chambers. It en- joins W., C, McAlistes, secretary, John P. Logan “deposed” chairman, Ira Mitchell, newly appointed chair- man, and Claude Baker, member, from certifying the returns of the “pretended election” to the Secretary of State. At the'same time it was announced by. Campbell Russell, former chair- man of the corporation, and a lead- er in the opposition to Governor Wal- ton.tMat he would file immediateiy-« petition for a grand jury in district court to investigate official acts of the executive. The petition, iit Rus- sell said, would seek an inve: ion of allegéd misuse of public funds by Gov. Walton and also the Governor's action in cothmissioning thousands of state police. A former grand jury called upon by the petition circu- lated by Mr. Russell to investigate use of public funds was stopped by the milifary turning a gun on the grand jury room. Oklahoma City, Okta., Oct. 3.—Op- ponents of Governor J: C. Walton scored a sweeping victory yesterday in the most spectacular election ever held in Oklahoma, By a decisive majority a constitu- tional amendment was passed em- powering the state legislature to meet on its own call to consider im- peachment charges against the gov- ernor. Despite the executive's procla- mation postponing the election and his threat to block it by armed force resistance was negligible and the bal. loting proceeded peacefully except for minor instances throughout the state. Indications early today were that the heaviest vote for a referendum election in the history of the state had been polled. It was estimated that if the retio is continued more than 300,000 votes will have been cast, Complete returns from 1,393 out of 2,837 precincts in the state as tabulated by four newspapers showed the count for the legislative pro- posal: For, 147,269; against, 37,404. The overwhelming success of the measure, however, believed to have been responsible in part forthe it of five other constitutional measures, including a soldier bonus, In only three counties, according to reports, was the election wholly pre- vented. These were Cimarron and Harper where the non-arrival of 'P- plies made balloting impossible and Delaware, where the civil authori- ties barred the election in compliance with Governor Walton’s order. In other counties the election pro- ceeded smoothly under the watchful eye of hundreds of deputies sworn in to preserve p onder HEA\ VY MAJORITY Oklahoma City, Oct. 3,—Returns from 1,445 precincts out of 2,887 in the state for the constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to meet without the call of the Gov- rnor gave: Yes—161,977; No—39,- Scandinavian Bank Case May Be Taken Before e Grand Jury is wife to get it to pay his business} ; obligations. ee was kept under guard during | the night. : IND WORTH $50,906" pai hgoble brandy- (FIND colored a aia ayne ws