The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST «Cloudy somewhat cooler to- night. With ptobably rain. ==] THE BIS BISMARCK, BAND ee TWO REGULARS } MAY BE LOST *~. TO YANKEES Wally Pipp and Bob Meusel Both Have Injured Ankles on Eve of the Series RUTH TO PLAY FIRST? Yankee Grandstand Is Sold Out For Opening Game To- morrow at the Stadium New York, Oct. 9—Official an- nouncement of the batting order for tomorrow’s opening session of the third successive all-New York World series is expected late today. The probable announcement will fol- low the final “polishing up” practice sessions this afternoon at the Yan- kee stadium and the Polo Grounds. To these work-outs Managers Mc- Graw and Huggins have summoned both the well or injured or sick members of their squads and the lat- ter will be called to go through their paces under the watchful eyes of the rival managers and club physicians to establish their fitness or unfit- ness to play, : The majority was present at yes- terday’s practice when the Giants tested out the Yankee stadium while the Yankees scampered about, the Polo Grounds but, several of their number, notably ‘Wally Pipp, the Yankee first-sacker, Bob Meusel, the Yankee out-fielder, both of whom have injured ankles; Pep Young, the Giant outfielder, and Jack Scott, the Giant pitcher, who have been suffer- ing from heavy colds took things much easier than will be possible one day hence. Should Wally te unable to play Probably quickly. Hete’s how! Coolidge and the “boys' associations that reach the entire country. Magnus Johnson, new Minnesota senator, ‘has & |FLOOD HAZARD. INGR EASES IN LEAGUERS ARE GATHERING FOR’ CONVENTION Senator Frazier, Among the! Early Arrivals, Sees Har- mony Resulting Businessmen and — Farmers Organize Golden Valley, N. D., Oct. 9— Farmers of the district and busi- nessmen of the village have organ- ized a Farmers Credit company with its main purpose the financing of farmers in entry into the dairy bus-- iness. The organization will function under the terms of the Federal In- | termediate Credit law passed by the 1y23 congress. ‘LEGION PARTY eral Miles North of City; Roads Are Torn Out The vanguard of Nonpartisans be- gan,arriving here today for the state delegate convention Which is to be held in Bismarck tomorrw. Others are expected to come in tonight and tomorrow morning many more are expécted, Muddy roads, particularly west of the Missouri river, ay cut today as another _ rise havoc in the lowlands. NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, ou've wondered how news of what’s going on at the White House gets around the couniry 60) just finished talking with President ” of the press are plying him with questions. Those few young men write for news. SOUTHERN CITY Another Rise Reported Sev- Oklahoma City, Oct. 9—Oklahoma City’s flood hazard hourly increased ; reported several miles north of here swept down to augment the swollen stream which for three days has wrecked families have been driven from their. EN Je SRE RE ER SO Seaman /GRAND DRAGON | OF KU KLUX IN | WALTON'S NET Arrested on Charge of Parti- cipation in Flogging: More Than a Year Ago FIRST OF OFFICIALS Members of Legislature Pre- , paring to Put Impeach- ment Charges Ahead Oklahoma City, Oct. 9.—Grand Dragon M, J, Jewett, the highest of- ficer of the Ku *Klux Klan in Okta- homa, will be argigned in justice court today on a preliminary hear- ing on a charge of rioting in con- nection with-a flogging-a year ago in which he is alleged to have par- ticipated, He is the first officer of the secret organization. to fall into the net spread by Gov. J. C. those regponsible for mob violence and masked depredations. in. the state. Grang Dragon Jewett was arrest- ed September 2) onthe b: of evi- conveneq by Governor Walton, pin, a local dentist, which was made public by Governor Walton impli- cated Jewett as the leader of a band of men who abducted R. M. Merri- his alleged relations with a married woman, member of the Klan at the time, re- signeg from the organization when he learned it” was responsible: for the outrage, according to the testi- mony. Scores of 1928 Walton for| dence adduced by ‘a military court, Testimony given by Dr. A. A. Mau- | man here on the night of March 7, , 1922, and lashed him severely for | Dr. Maupin, who said he was a parse KIWANIS CLUB Club Is Formally Launched in Bismarck in Presence of Noe 200 at Banquet MANY Messages from Other Clubs Throughout the State are Received by Local Or- ganization 1 Kiwanis formally began building in Bismarck last night, with the presentation of its charter by A. E. Pickard, district Governor, who came from Minneapolis to make the presentation, give a bit of advice and felicitate the local Kiwanians upon entering into the community of spirit existing among the 82,000 Ki- wanians in the country. Present to speed the Bismarck Kiwanis club on its way were more than 100 Mandan, Fargo, Valley City and Carrington Kiwaniane. jot informality at the banquet table, with a dozen speakers interspersing j something of a serious nature with witticisms, jokes and pleasantries. {There came in addition to the per- sonal word of greeting from the representatives of other clubs pre- sent messages from international of- ficers and other clubs. The visitors {brought with them a smile and a willingness to join in the program, interspersing interesting features. District Governor ‘Pickard, in’ his address and charter presentation, held before the Kiwaniane: presented the motto of the organisation, which CHARTER GIVEN} BY GOVERNOR} VISITORS HERE The presentation of the charter) was a bit of formality in an evening | K FARM BLOC ESCAPE WITH $9,000 WHILE ~ BULLETS FLY Four or Five Armed Bandits Break Open Outside Deor, Escape With Cash \ PEOPLE ARE AROUSED Burglar Alarm Wakens Town and Bank Officials and Townspeople Fire . —N. E, A. Service. Senator Lynn J, Frazier, snapped Fargo, Oct, 9.—Four or five arm- ed bandits at 3 o'clock this mornin, broke the outside door of the Ri glen, North Dakota, State- Bank, blew the safe and escaped with ap- protimately $2,000 in cash and cur- rency amid a fusillade of bullets of bank officials and awakened villag- ers, according to Sheriff Maxwell of McLean county, in a telephone m age to the Associated Press here. No one was injured, so far as is known, Sheriff Maxwell said. The safe was virtually wrecked, Sheriff Maxwell id, and some of the inter- ior of the bank demolished by the force of the explosion. The bank was forced to close its doors for the day hecause of the damage done. How long it will be closed he could not state, as he emerged from the . White House after a conference on farm problems with President Coolidge. He is expected to.take a prominent part in legislative matters affecting the country’s growers this year, WOMAN SHOT BY EMPLOYE ON HER FARM Is in Hospital in Critical Con- ae general BAS, giv. dition While Would-be |{> iY outede bergier alarm, the sheriff said, and in a short time several townspeople were out, armed with revolvers and other guns. A lively exchange of bullets was held, although no one was injured. Several bullets ‘came dangerously near the bandita.who escaped in a large tour- ing car going riorth, Sheriff Maxwell said. -Whether any of the yeggs iwere injured he declared he did not Murderer Slays Self RESULT OF QUARRELS Barn Burned Before Shgoting, and Farm Hand Is Declared Babe Ruth will draw the first base job and according to Manager Hug- gins. Harvey Hendrick, not Elmer Smith, will begin in right field. Hen- drick has been hitting with consid- erable regularity in of late whereas Smith has suffered a slump. In the event Meusel is unable to start Hin- key Haines, the former Penn State A football star, is said to be the choice of the Yankeé mMatiager. Already the Yank Stadium grandstand has been sold out, Ed Parrow, business manager of the American League club, announced and as the three games slated for this week fall respectively on the opening day on Sunday and on Col- umbus Day the Yankee official is confident that the 30,000 rush seats will not ‘lack for occupants. URGE BODIES OF SOLDIERS -— BERELOCATED down the attendance. is “We Build.” He let -eyeryone. in on the -secret of the selection of the name. Kiwanis; .It was: chosen, ‘he said, by a linguist familiar with In- dian dialects, and among. the :mean- ings ascribed to the wotd “Kiwains” in a brodd sense is We .Build.” The organization, he said, was founded 7, then with indicating a Since his arrest Jewett has been at liberty on a $1,000 bond. He plead- ed not guilty. , Solens Gathering. Members of the state legislatu meanwhile aré completi final Tangements - for a ‘spec sion Thursday which will bring to a cli- ex. Governor Walton's War: on ‘the Ku ‘Klux Klan. Vested in his at- €empt to prevent the legislators from eting to consider impeachement chatges in connection with 5 ficial. conduct the executive ord the:special session Thursday just a week aheag of the date the law-mak- ers On their own initiative had called an assembly. 2 ‘ Indications are that the legisla- ture. first will d with an im- peachment investigation despite the ®overnor’s call for a session which specified that an exhaustive inquiry into the Ku Klu Klan be instituted. jhomes by the water which standa| 10 to 15 feet in some .places; rail- road service southwest has. been, seriously hampered, street car tracks and paving have been. swept away and the most direct artery of com- munication with Packingtown, the, packing. center in the southern ‘sec- tion of the city, has been severed, | In the low Jands ‘on ‘the avi |side more than 100 buildings “have been submerged. So far as can be know. IS GREETED Lemke and Col. John Bloom also | 250 Minnesota atid South Da- SF aokal ‘or Frazier kota Legionnaires Enter- tained in Bismarck Today . Responsible Neigaby SAG U Calls were received early today by county and city officials of the rob- bery at Roseglen. The information said that. the bandits started south ‘Jin two automobiles, Sheriff Hi strom and‘a deputy wert ‘out in a car to watch: the roads and: other officials north of-here were notified. Chief of Police Martineson received a later call which said the bandits had turned north toward Minot. Information was to the effect that © between 40. and 50 shots were ex- changed between the bandits and the townspeople but that no one was in- jured in the exchange. The robbers, it was said, got $2,000 or more in their haul: CHILDREN DENIED HIM, TAKES LIFE Rev. John William, Jones Kills Larimore, N. D. Oct..9.—Mrs. Rosa May was shot and seriously injured at‘ her farm home a few miles from her city early today by Herman Brandt, -who later shot, and, killed | himself. - The shopting is believed to have been the result of differences between the two which’ existed ‘for some time. Mrs. May was brought to a Grand-Forks hospital in a criti- cal condition. . Brandt entered the farm home of the woman while she was getting breakfast and shot her she ran out of the hous bullet. struck her right arm, glanc- ing into her body and is believed to have lodged in her iung. She was conscious when she r ed the hos- pital at. Grand Forks but refused to give further details of the affai Some weeks ago Brandt was sued by Mrs. Rosa May on a slander charge and it is believed this was the ‘catise for the shooting. Brandt formerly worked for Mrs. May as a farm hand. Last night the barn on the May farm was destroyed by fire and of: ficials are of the opinion that Brandt was responsible. said that he ity for a few lief that har- re might remain in the : days. He. expressed mony smong the various factions of Prien the Nonpartisan League would be} The Gopher i SPecial "the’ finial putcome of the convention. | visited aes today, saree Ser. J. L, Miklethun, leader of the]. Two hundred and fifty men and in th eleague, arrived |women en route to the Ameriacn Le-| determined there has been no loss of iconvention at San Francisco| tite. Recent “heavy rains ere re- insurgents” served notice Taerhiehiateth ere ie eae ay es several months ago of a war upon| Minneapolis yesterday. At Fargo ichaeaee es A ag tak the state committee and some other| picked up a number of North Dakot: leading men in the league, including | Legionnaires and at Jamestown som A. C. Townley. and William Lemke,|South Daketans. NO GLOOM IS the motto’ “We ‘Tra foundation .of reciprocity’ and mu- tuality, but asthe vision: of the club broadened and they began to formu- late a program of service to the en? tire community the more fitting mot- to, “We Build,” came into being. For, he-emphasized, the Kiwanis club’ is primarily a service club. Concerned With Present Mr. Pickard declare that KiwaQis, filling its niche in the order of thirigs, was not so cohcerned with the past or with the future as such, but :with the present. Its. founda- tion, he said, was the Golden Rule of fellowship and its tenets to make things a little more pleasant and the members a little more useful in the Present order of things. The club, he said, was informal in its life. It has as an aim the lifting of the shell that holds one aloof and learning to know one another, B marck, he said, was the eighth Ki- wanis club in the state, and they entering the convention but with the|one hour late. Governor Nestos was reservation that they will bolt if they believe they do not receive a square deal. Grand Forks, Courier-News. The “insurgents” fisleccuned into, Bismarck at 2:10 p. m.,! on the train, having ridden from! Fargo here en route home from! HEARING POSTPONED. Oklahoma City, Oct. 9.—Prelimi- nary hearing for N. C. Jewett, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, charged with riot set for today in justice court was postponed on unanimous Fequest of counsel, until tomorrow. following the sale of the Fargo| The spegial train'on the N. P.j . State Superintendent De- clares Excellent Spirit Is Being Displayed “Change Necessary in Belleau| Wood by Removal of 1,500 Bodies, Say Officers stitutes in’ North Dakota. i possibilities of North Dakota is fel 3 ei 1 Paris, Oct. 9—Brigadier General on all sides, Miss Minnie J. Sornelius Vanderbilt and Martin W. “Littleton, who have conducting an investigation into the conditions at the Belleau Wood cemetery, where many American soldiers are buried, . BE Portland, Ore., Oct, 9.—The Ameri- can Federation of- Labor, in conven- tion here, revoked the credentials of | William F. Dunne, of Butte, Mont. reports from the first wee! |tutes. There is no gloom at teachers in- Instead an ‘air of optimism pervades, and a new appreciation of the beauties and son, state superintendent of .public in- struction, said here after receiving) ingti- STATE BANKS it Reverse Decision in Case ~ MAY CHARGE Supreme Court, Refuses To) now are to be found over the entire country. The banquet table at the McKen- zie hotel, where upwards of 200 Ki- wanians and their ladies gathered, was decorated in fall colors. Among the decorations was a beautiful b: ket of roses sent by the Bismarck Rotary club. ; After the singing of “Americi and the invocation by Dr. Ryerson, and the singing of songs under the Himself in Hotel Room in Kansas City The body, of the dead man was found in the door way between the living room. and dining room of the house where the shooting occurred. After the shooting Mrs. May ran a quarter of a mile to a railroad pump house and phoned for help. Dr. Thompson of Larimore arrived and gave first aid, rushing her to Grand Forks. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 9.—An un- requited. desire to maintain a home for his five children ranging in age from 12 to 19 was believed by the police today to have been the prin- cipal motive behind the suicide yes- terday of the Rev. John William Jones, 47 years old, a prominent ff Central Labor Council, as a delegate There also is po desire manifest in a spirited session during which Dunne -was characterized by speak- ers as a “traitor to organized labor”, on account of his alleged activities as a communist. The vote was angounced as 27,838 yes, and 130 no. Complaints by United Mine Work- ers officials’ against Dunne’s utter- last night made public their findings. “We found,” said their statement, “that due to the remova} within the past few months of 1,600 bodies, it became necessary to femove and concentrate the location of those re- maining. This necessitated laying out the cemetery on entirely differ- ent lines, Which was done with great, haste, byt the required work of re- President of Railroad Dies New York, Oct, 9.—Ralph Peters, Episcopal clergyman. His body was found last night in a hotel room where he apparently d shot himself with a shot gun several hours, before. In a letter addressed to his wife, a theatrical woman of New York, Rev. Jones said: “We have never seemed to have got- leadership of Spencer Boise, Judge P L. E, Birdzell, district trustee, open- court. yesterday declined to review a!ed the speaking program with a brief decision: in the case brought by the| review of the Kiwanis life and in- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monc| troducing Attorney-General George roe, N.:C., and others, against thei F, Shafer, who was the toastmaster federal reserve bank of Richmond,’ of" the evening. William C. Green Va. in which it held that states. of Fargo, lieutenant-governor for the might authorize rtate banks to district, unable to be present charge for services in the collection! cause of a court case which held Washington, Oct. 9—The supreme and continue throughout the day. whistle-blowing greeted the visitors. welcomed them with.open arms, and through the residence. section and, the convention with their husbands., Three workers from the American Governor Nestos mounted a truck at! CREDENTIALS the station platform and after in-} added a few words explaining to them ‘the» immense resgurces of over the new Missouri river bridge. The special was scheduled to re State. Commander Frank Streeter| Child Health Association are aiding of Linton and Dr. W. E. Cole of this|in~ the conduct of the institutes. troduction by Major Frank S. Henry| American Federation of Labor: North Dakota, and its possibilities here a half hour, but it was nearly city boarded the special here. They are Miss Grace Schermerhorn, Garden City today. Mr. Peters had been. president of the railroad for 18 years and was to have retired ances through the Butte Bulletin, of which ‘he is editor, figured in during the debate and occu- pied most¥ of the convention’s two session: x Fol construction, road building and drainage, while remaining unfini ed, makes the cemetery only partial- ly accessible and in its torn up con- dition, it presents a disagreeable as- peot.” ‘The in igators say. the! work of reconstruction was let to sub-con- tractors without time limit, and con- sequently there is no means of say- ing when the work will be completed. The convention is scheduled to op-| As the train pulled in shouts of en at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning} local Legionnaires and prolonged welcomed the visitors to the Capital) City of the state. Governor Nestos, in agfew, words, | told the Legion party that Bismarck Local Legion men agd others Gives Butte Man a Slap « |zutomobiles ready to take the visit- / ors on a trip about the city. They yisited the state capitol, rode an h ft 1 when it d,to “let down” in the conduct of the nak a after arrival anpen tec Eplle schools, Miss Nielson said. Parents The special brought many women,| everywhere insist upon high stan- some nurses and othera:en route to dards, she added. formerly “home mother” in the New ASKS PLA CES York’ schools; H. “. ‘ Shanks, who Also Have Flues Prepared for Winter Use, Says Fire who gives his health message ii humorous talks. Institutes were held last week i Cass, Ransom, LaMoure,, Barne Mountrail .and: Divide counties an this week Sargent, McKensi er, Rolette and Cavalier cognties. Miss Hazel Pangburn, formerly ‘ing the unseating of Dunne, onvention rejected three reso- Tntions proposing that unions be consolideted along lines of indus tries instead of crafts—the one big union idea. The-report charged that those who favor arhalgamation aim at Concerning the collection of money | the destruction of organized lab6r. ‘ pervisor of penmanship in the B gti the cemetery gate for the “Bel’ Dunne. was: the futhor of one of chit : marck schools, is giving lessons i is au. Wood memorial association,’ atton* resolutions. SEER CA. penmanship at the institutes. the reports say 200,000 francs have been» collected “and deposited with the Bankers’ Trust company. -Visi- tors to the cemetery are’not impor- tuned to. contribute, there being merely a sign above the register to the effect that “contributions are accepted.” * | Nothing reprehensible or wrong has oceurred in connection with the method of collectién, and the mo- ‘tives of all those engaged in the en- terprise, are characterized ay. lofty Give a thought to fire prevention week, said Chief of the Fire Depart- ment Robert Jager today. “Now is the time of the year to prevent fires in the winter,” he said today.. “Most Winter fires come from ‘defective fla The surest way to prevent this is to have th flues cleaned tight now, before the furnace fires begin roaring. Evety- body should do it.” Chief Jager, 4s a part of the ob- servance of Fire Prevention Week, Delegat Pf A Si n of Seattle; said that the Seattle central labor coufcil had been a pioneer in propaganda for amalgamation. He said, however, that his. organization was not endeavoring to disrupt the American ‘Federation of “Labor. The executive council’s report de- nouncing “usurpation of government by the Ku Klux Klan was. unani- mously, approved in a resolution adopted, ‘called upon trades’ un- fonists.to beware of the - organisa-. Boy Saves Man tion of Frank Horlacher, 12, pro! ftem being. killed by bull in a stall. Hearing Krens! screams, the lad leaned from and deserving of praise, but the re-|tion as a “menace to American gov-|this week, planned to. make an in-|the bull with » pitchfork, allowing |/a distance south of Ketchin- port concludes: ae teas ernment.” A. copy of. the report on| ®pection of the city for fire hasards.|the victim to get away. Krensler kan, according te S. 0. S; calls heard “Receipt of money by an official of | the.-Ku Klux Klan was ordered sent|He urges ‘people to:clean up rubbish | sustained a broken collar*bone, loss | by the Seattle harbor department the ‘government te be administered _by a voluntary association, is to misconstruction ead eriticiom, and and ‘allother fire’ hazards around their ‘premises, 50 as o avoid the ne- cessity of an ord inig. issued by. the fire department or the ‘state fire of several teeth and ¥ about the head and shoulders. . —EE \ DRILLERS-STRIKE-COAL Golden Valley, N. D, Oct. 9. to each local /organization in-the fed- , The convention adopted a resolu- tion denouncing the Fascisti _move- ment and éndorsed’ the. executive council's regert flaying that inove- ment. 0%) * Ye ij United Hass tapered Co out ° wera of eters ‘atid: other ‘art ob- show be discontinued,” €& SPEAKS AT FESTIVAL Commissioner of Immigration J. -M, Devine: is at Grand’ Forks today. to speak at the gb ae ohare i the L. E. Drevesk: here; went, through’ a, of high quality lignite 18 the surface, Teste of the tes Senate. eee i AF ae ae coal: wil : L Sener cmon tor Pro oct! y and men's clubs th topics, and “Prof. Happy,’ e being ‘held in “Dickey, Williams, : Fown- From Mad ‘Bull Tappen, N. D., Oct. 9=-Quick ac- . ler, farm hand, sbly'saved J. G. Krensler, are nak, joiring stall ang beat and jabbed s badly cut Drillers attempting to find water on cht’. farm nest the water ‘hole aban- of checks drawn upon them. The federal reserve board consid. in contention that reserv. inj the right which no state could ‘im- pair to.insist.upon all banks, includ. ing those not members of the feder- banks for collection. TWO STEAMERS « the Kennecott — Rennes, en route to Se: en foot vein; feet below |'near, ereg the case vital in establishing its | Mi: banks had ~ ARE AGROUND S. 0. S. Call Is Sent Out by, Seattle, Oct. 9—The mother ship ttle. from Daett via Alaska, was aground | th radio at. 18:45. o'clock thismorning. Ships .in the vicinity are rushing to F ‘assistance, the harbor depart- him at home, sent instead « tele- jgram of greeting, and Dr, De Mot of responded to ‘the welcome of Kiwanis to the visitors. pts Charter ie President Scott Cameron of the lo- -eal club, in accepting’ the charter al teservé: system, to cath at par all nted by . District OV checks drawn upon them. which -had. Seer ered: 655 rad ge been placed. with » federal (reserve, Ejhért - jubbard, who ‘declared that '| “te know ‘a; ‘man :is ta like : him.” | Much mistrust and dislike is - oc-’ casioned’ among people~ because’ they } dé. not: know ‘each other, he said, add- ig that it was a purpose of Kiwanis th throw off the cloak and see that other. of the local Kiwa to become a part of an international many achievements to its tully dard that had been ie dan Kiwanian in the festiviti two cities and or join two organization: the one is also good for the other. Mrs, “B.. John A.. Tracy » referred to the sayings of; each one ‘got acquainted with the expressed the pleasure ns at being able organization which already had s0) credit, and told its purpose to endeavor to measure up to the high stan- Mr. Cameron especially thanked ing and said that the should accomplish much by common | effort for, he said, what is good for Mrs. John A. Graham charmingly sang for the assembled guests, with accompanist. ick of Carrington sang two ten anywhere on the divorce question nor have. we succeeded in making @ go. The -kids need a home. For nearly. six ye now I ‘have been unable to do the right thing by you and them: ~‘Let’s ‘call it quits and nay God ‘take cate of you. T am well in body and’ mind -but sick in heart and soul aun have ‘decided to go ‘be- y the “vale.” Noy. 19, He w. Several days believed to e ‘oe at 6 a. m., his usual |hour, but. almost immedi- ately..was atric! HATHER REPOR’ wenty-four hours *Fenipetatare:at,7 ‘Temperature. at 7 >a: m. 59. Temperature at | * Highest “yesterday ‘$7. Lowest yesterday 54. Lowest last-night 54. Precipitation .16. Highest wind velocity 10. Weather Forecast Mary TupperJones or Mary Tupper. She is said also to have written for magazines Mr. Jones himself was the author of two books, “Music of God” and “The Value of the Bible,” ‘ For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudv and somewhat cooler tonight, with probably rain. Wednesday fair. For North Dako! Brobably. rain east and’ south por- ons; somewhat cogler south-central portion, Wednesday generally falr.| Whe. was the ts et Weather Conditions the plaintsf vstee = An. area of lew pressure exte be from the middle Rocky gion northea: tain region and Plateau pene Else- where the weather is generally fair. Temperat above : Wireless transmi saiv. | ing sets have. been med rp Atlanti¢ ‘liners,