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

,) time soon in district ‘court. WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. ———e ESTABLISHED 1873 4 ‘BISMARCK, NORTH: DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN: [ FINAL EDITION } PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE TO. PROBE SOVIET ‘PLOT’ WAR FINANCE CHARLES G. DAWES IS FORMALLY OFFERED REPARATIONS BODY POST WOULD MUSTER OUT BISMARCK GUARD UNIT ’ Instructor Recommends That Famous Organization in Guard be Disbanded QUARTERS ARE LACKING Lawsuit in Court Affecting Armory, Lack of Other Quarters, Causes Action Federal recognition for Company A, North Dakota National Guard, will be withdrawn if the recommendation of Capt. G. A. M. Anderson, U. S. in8tructor of the North Dakota tional Guard, is accepted by head- quarters of the Seventh Corps Area Neb. Capt. Anderson, it] y by Adjutant-Gener- i hes recommended that the Bis! company be drop- ped and withdrawal of government property would follow. The instructor recommended the cdmpany be mustered out because of, lack of an armory in which to drill during the cold months, lack of-pro- per facilities for storage of govern- ent property, lack of interest of tizens of the city and inability to keep up interest in the company while it lacks proper faciities, Company A has been in continous service in the National Guard, ex- cepted when merged into the Army, since 1887, Adjutant-General Fraser Y said, It saw service in the Philip- pines, along the Mexican border, be- came a part of the North Dakota units in the World War, and has acted as guard of honor for many notable visitors to the state capital. The instructor's report pointed out that the company has had as head- quarters the basement of the Baker building, which hardly gave room for four squads to line up. Govern- ment property must be stored to some extent in original boxes be- cause of lack of room, The company has been maintained because of the late winter as it could hold outdoor drills, Aetion Delayed The instructor reported that he had delayed a recommendation that the company be mustered ‘out in the hope that the final disposition of the law suit involving. the’ former Company A armory here or discov- ery of other quarters might permit © company to function properly. The recommendation cannot be long- , however, he is under- ‘stood to have reported, Two suits involvMg the former armory are in the courts. One of them, a suit for recovery of personal property, with E. A. Hughes as de- fendant, will be, tried for the second Anoth- er, involving possession of the arm- ory proper remains to be disposed of. Means Money Loss Company A, at full strength, could bring over $12,000 into the city in one year in the pay-roll and ovher expenses of the unit, according to the Adjutant-Gerneral’s office. Several thousand dollars has been paid out. to present members of the company. Full strength of the company is 93 men, The maximum number of drills allowed, for which pay is given by the War Department, is 60 a year, which would mean a payroll of $7,- 737.00. There is state aid of $600 to the company, and the annual en- campment pay checks—which are given to the men after they return to their home cities—would be over $3,000 for the full company. Some companies hold one drill a week which would mean a payroll of $6,737.40 for a full company, and the minimum number of drills*is 48 a year, which would mean a pay-roll of $6,237.60, according to the Adjutant-General’s office. ee 4 | - The Weather o— For twenty-four hours ending noon today, Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity } Weather Forec: “ ’ For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight und Saturday.’ Not much change in temperature. Weather Conditions A. high pressure area overlies the northwestern states, accompanied by . generally fair weather over the * ‘northern Rocky Mountain region and mostly cloudy weather over the Plains States. Elsewhete light, wide- ly scattered precipitation: occurred, Moderate temperatures. prevail in all sections. . Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. SOPRANO SCORNS PAPER MARKS, ortmund, Dec. 21.—Emmy Leis- ner, a Berlin soprano who was en- d to appear with the Dortmund usic socjety, refused to sing unless she was paid ‘in foreign money or some sort of stable currency. As the management only German paper money the concert had to be can- celled. CASTLE 1S JAIL BUT “LOVE : ASKS ENTRANCE ANYHOW THE “CASTLE” By NEA Service Brownwood, Tex., laughs at. locksmiths! Several enterprising Lotharios just released from the local bastile here have proven it. The jail im which they sarcerated looks very much Dec, 21.—Love were in- like castle So to while away the hours of durance vile the untroubled s placed advertisements in a mat! monial paper stating they were wealthy bachelors, living in acastle by the side of a wide and beautiful river. All that was needed to make their happiness; complete, they stated, was to correspond with young ladies de- LOCAL MAN IS NAMED HEAD OF PROBING BODY Governor Appoints E. J. Tay- lor on School Finance and Administration Commission Governor Nestos today appointea members of a school finance and ad- ministration commission under pro- visions of the concurrent resolution passed at the last session. resolution provided that two mem- bers of the commission of five should be ‘members of the legislature, to in- vestigate school finances and admin- istration and report to the next leg- islature. “The thar resolution provided two members of this commission of | five should be members ef the islature and, as such I have appoin ed two hold-over senators as these would not only have the banct't of the legislative experience of the past but would be sure to be mem- bors of the next Jegislative assembly and therefore in a position to yive them the benefit of the labors of th commission,” satd Governor Nesto: “In selecting the members ct the board I have sought to secure. thyse who have good business judgment, understand the value of education. and have experience in dealing with | legislative matters affecting both schools and taxation.” Those appointed members of the commission are: E.J. Taylor, Bis- marek; Mrs. Mary Flemington Strand, Ellendale; T. Welo, Velva; Sehator A. G. Storstad, Horace; Senator W. D, Lynch, LaMoure. WILTON MAN‘ BADLY INJURED Wilton, N. “D,, Dee Dec. 21,—George Benedict is* suffering froma badly lacerated left arm and injuries on his body as the result of shot gun wounds sustained Sunday afternoon on the Washburn road about five | miles northwest of Wilton. George was driving west to the river and seeing some game in a field nearly stopped his car and jumping; to the ground pulled his gun aftér him. The hammer caught on the door and the gun: Was dis- charged, the greater part of the load penetrating his left forearm, badly lacerating the muscles, he was also shot‘in the body, being struck in the region of the heart but the shot were not deep enough te cause any serious injury. Being unconscious for a time, he finally aroused him- self and succeeded in getting his car started and drove to the Jacob Fetch farm, using his well hand and arm to guide the car. He was then brought to Wilton where Dr. Thompson dressed the in- jured parts. On account of the absence of Mrs. Benedict who is in Wisconsin visit- ing her parents, Nek 2 was taken to. the home of his brother, Paul Wenedict here in Wilton, > TROUNCE WASHBURN Wilton, Dec. 21.—Wiltof Cagers trouneed the town team of Washburn Moriday evening at. the, County seat by a score of 36 to 17, The ITSELF sirous of linking their destinies with gentlemen of the kind mentioned, who lived in a chateau such as the picture accompaning the notice plain- ly showed. In a few days the local postoffice was swamped with replies Sheriff Bob Pugh was compelled to assign a special deputy to fetch and dis- tribute the mail addressed to the jailbirds swains from all parts of the country. The joke ended when the young men completed their sentences and departed with an interesting ex- perience which to them had so in- terestingly served to beguile an otherwise very monotonous. tonfine- ment INSURANCE WAR | BRINGS RUSH OF COMPANIES An unusual rush of applications of fire insurance companies to do bus- iness in the state has. followed a split between the Western, Union and Western Insurance Bureau, two large tions of fire insurance com- ccording to Commissioner of Insurance S. A, Olsness. Nineteen companies have recently made appli- Jeation to do business in the state, chiefly in writing reinsurance, sup- posediy to take care of the surplus jinsurance of “Bureau” companies |which would otherwise have to rein- Isure with “Union” companies. ‘TEACHER CASE BRINGS MANY INTO COURT | Mrs. Mabel Wing, Seeking To Recover From Gibbs Dis- trict For Service More than a score of people from {Gibbs township were in attendance ‘today at the trial of Mrs. Mabel Wing against the®'schaql -board of that ‘township for $550 salary alleged to be due her. The case aroused congiderable dis- cussion in the township. , Mrs. Wing alleged that she finished out the school term and was denied pay for several months teaching. The school board is resisting the claim, and through attorneys this morning endeavored to show that prior to a notice being given to her that her services were dispensed with, tRere had not been a sufficient number of students present each day {to keep the school open under the state law. The school register was produced. There were several erasures on it of marks indicating absence from school. Mrs. Wing denied vigorously that she had made the erasures and declared that others had done this,, but would not say that the members of the school board were responsible. An effort was made late yesterday by the defense to show that Mrs. Wing had charged that’the members of the school board tried to discharge her because she would not teach socialism in the school. The efforts of attorneys to get qi ions and answers oh this subject in the record at the time failed, but it was in- dicated that the effort would be re- newed by them. NORTH DAKOTA YOUTH HONORED Robert Cunningham Jr. ‘of AY Moure, son of Mr. and Mrs, Robert. Cunningham, has been awarded, the Biddle scholarship prize of Prince- ton university, according to word received here. The prize, which is $1,000, .is awarded in the junior year to the student having the highest scholarship in his first two years, Cunningham won over 650 members of his‘class, } EARTHQUAKE NOT CAUSE OF MILD WEATHER But O. W. Roberts, Weather Observer, Speaking of Phe- nomena, Won't Give Cause ALL RECORDS BROKEN é Last Four Months Averages Five Degrees Above Nor- mal, He Tells Engineers Nope, the earthquake in Japan isn’t the cause of the mild fall and winter in North Dakota. At least that’s the belief of O. W. Roberts, weather observer of the Bismarck station. But having ex- pressed that conviction Mr. Roberts is not ready to attempt to say what is the cause of the mild weather. Mr. Roberts was asked to speak before the Bismarck chapter of tha American Association of Engineers, at its dinner meeting at the McKen- zie last night, on the subject, “Has Calfornia Moved to, North Dakota?” Records Broken. “Btatistics are generally dry at best, so I shall quote as few as pos- sible,” said Mr. Roberts “The normal témperature for Bis- marck for the four fall and winter months, September, October, Novem- ber and December, is 38.4 degrees. The mean température during those four months (to date) during 1923 is 43.7 degrees, or more than 5 de- grees above the normal. The aver- age snowfall for Bismarck during those four months is 12.3 inches, yet during the past four months we have had but an inch of snow, “and that disappeared within 72 hours after it fell. “The question naturally arises, “Why this delightful weather?” You would be surprised to learn of the number of people who call up the Weather Bureau office, or stop its employes on the streets and else- where to inquire as to whether or not the earthquake in Japan was the cause of such mild weather M: is very probable that if a vast reat- rangement of the ocean bottom in the vicinity of the Japanese current occurred, it might affect the climate of the Coast States, but I do. not be- lieve that such a rearrangement has taken place. Further, there is nothing in the weather over the Coast States during the past four months to lead one to believe that such a change has taken place. Therefore, the present balmy weather is in my opinion in no manner due to the re- cent catastrophe in Japan. How then to account for present weather conditions? There is no logical explanation, which I can offer, and any attempted explanation would be pure conjecture. In comparing the weather during the present fall and winter with those: during the past fifty years, there has not been, even in the memory of the oldest in- h#itant, and believe me some of those memories are very, very long, that can approach in mildness and deficiency of snowfall, the fall ana winter season of 1923. Not All, He Hopes. Further answering the question assigned him, Mr. Roberts inferred the hope that not all California weather had moved to North Dakota. For instance, Greenland Ranch, |Calfornia, has an annual maximum temperature of over 100 degrees, and it has reached 134 degrees above zero./ During the winter freezing temperatures are common, while dur- ing June, July and August the mer- cury goes up to 100 or above almost every day. “Compare the hourly sunshine in winter in North Dakota with the fog- gy coast weather in California, where day after day work in large office buildings is only accomplished by the use of electric lights throughout the day,” said Mr. Roberts. “Practically all of you have experienced driving a car in the mud and in the fog at night; that is common in California. When we taken into consideration the so-called Indian summer, the short hot period of summer, and the ab- sence of severe storms, they offset toa larga measure the winters’ cold, and taken as a whole our climate is far more conducive to health, long- evity and success than is that of California.” J. N. Roherty president at the engineers’ meeting. L. K. Thomp- son, agent of the Soo line here, spoke upon railroad rates and trans- portation, showing how the costs of operation of the railroads had in- creased remarkably in the last few years, and the necessity for high rates to provide the service demand- ed of them. TOWN SUPRLIES ELECTRICITY FREE Iditarod, Alaska, Dec. 2.—This town, in the heart’ of a gold placer district, finds it unnecessary this year to make a tax levy. The municipality has a reserve of $3,500 in the treasury. Revenues from federal~licenses will amount to more than the expenses of, the town government, It is planned to build a municipal electric plant out of the surplus and to furnish the current free to resi- dents. Iditarod has a winter population of about 22.‘ In summer, during the}. mining season, geveral hundred ai here. iby the Minneapolis Agricultural Loan Jtion have been repaid, € iy answer to that question is “No.” Tt \her hair, it was said, and dressed in LOANS SHOWN WELL REPAID Secretary Says More Than Half $47,000,000 Loaned in Northwest Repaid CORN AREAS THE BEST Repayments Heaviest Where Corn Is Raised and Hogs Fed Out, Is Claim ‘ wy i New York, Dec. 21.—More than half of the 47 million dollar loans in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, agency of the War Finance corpora- T berg, secret annovneed toda Nearly one million dollars was pa in November and more than $500,000 already had been paid in this month, he said, leaving outstanding loans of a little more than $22,000,000. Abdut two-thirds of the repay- ments are estimated from data col- lected in a survey of all banks which took loans from the agency to have come from “new money” in the area and the remainder is judged to have come from a rearrangement of credit, particularly from a rearrangement. of mortgaged and high state bodies. Most liquidation is coming from the ‘corn growing and hog raising area. About $19,700,000 was loaned in North Dakota. Loans outstanding in North Dakota amount to about $10,- 500,000 - REBELS MAKE PLANS, T0 END MEX, CONFLICT Rebellion Enters Less Bellig- erent Phase, Various Dis- patches Indicate a Indications that the Mexico has entered a less belligerent rebellion in phase are given in news dispatch from Vera Cruz, where the rebels; maintain their headquarters. General G. Chanchez, chief mili- tary supporter of Adglpno De La Huerta is reported to have gone to Esperanza in the fighting zone to confer with the other rebel leaders in Puebla and Oaxaca on a plan for terminating the conflict. He was ac- companied by a civilgn representa- tive of De La Hue The milit situation Temains stationary with no troop movements of importance. Presi- dent Obregon isgreported to have or- dered suspensida of recuriting on behalf of the federals, deeming the government forces sufficient to cope | with the upt MAY IS WED TO DECEMBER: | Second @eremony Is “To Make Union More Lasting” apparently Carthage, N. G., Dee. 21.—The sec- ond marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bur- ton S, Tucker of Trenton, N. J. at) present honeymooning .in souther#f! climes, was the chief topic of dis- gussion in Carthage today. Tucker, 17 year old Trenton youth, and Mr: Joseph Simpson, wealthy widow, were remarried by Squire J. Frye here today. The Squire quoted the couple as saying the marriage was “to make the union more certain.” Tucker gave his age as 17 and that of his wife as 48, it was said, thus reducing by a few years previous ac- counts of her age. She had bobbed the latest styles, looking half her age. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Tucker were first married in Union Hill, N. J. in Oct- ober, JURY RETURNS $300 VERDICT A jury in district court at noon today returned a verdict for $300 in favor of O. J. Obowa, living north of the city, against Archie Johnson, growing out of an automdbile colli- sion at Thayer street and Custer ‘Park last summer. Se f Send Programs | | In Early scarcely ii The Tribune desires to. print the special Christmas programs of the various churches. To he printed, the programs should he delivered to The Tribune early Saturday morning. }this year. Commission Asks American to Head Body Named To Examine Into State of German Finances— Dawes Silent on Proffer, Paris, Dec, 21.—-(By the A. P.) The reparation commission this morning decided to offer to Charles G. Dawes of the United States the presidency of the committee which is to examine German finances. General Dawes is regarded by his friends as singularly well equipped for the proposed duties both through his financial experience and zeal as a public servant, He is the foupder of and long has been head of one of Chicago’s large banking institutions. In 1917 to 1919 he served in France most of the time as chairman of the general purchasing board which han- dled the supplies for the American forces He was the first director of the budget under President Harding, bi ing appointed in June, 1921, and s ing the fiscal year for which a sav- ing to the government of between $250,000,000 and — $300,000,000 was credited to the operation of the bud- get bureau under his guidance An American thus will head the principal expert committee to be named for the investigation of G many’s resources and financial ation. The reparation comm found it necessary to postpone u- sion is- suing its invitations to the other delegates on the committees aside from the Americans, but in view of the need of gaining time to permit the representatives from the United States to arrive without delay the names of General Dawes and Owen D. Young of New York were approv- ed and instructions given that formal invitations be sent to them It was the unanimous decision of the reparation commission that the presidency of the leading expert committee ought to be offered to General Dawes. Certain formalities connected with the selection of the delegates of the other countries remained to be com- plied with ‘and the invitations to these delegates will be sent as soon as tHfs is done DAWES LENT Chicayro, Dec, 21.—(By the A. P.) Brigadier-General Charles @Q. Dawes refused to comment early to- day when informed by the Associated Press\at his home in Evanston, North Shore suburb, that he had been de- cided on by the reparations commis- sfon to head the committee to exam- ine German finances. 3 APPOINTMENTS ARE ANNOUNCED, Mrs. M, Beatrice Johnstone, coun- | ty superintendent of Grand Forks county, has been reappointed a trus- tee of the Teachers Insurance and Retirement Fund, for a term ending July 1, 1926, by Gov. Nestos. The | Governor has named Mrs. L. N. Cary of Mandan and Mrs. Grace Grimes of Fargo delegates tq the National IIli- teracy Conferen: held in Washington, D. FORD CLUB TO KEEP GOING South Dakota Head Says: Statement Won’t Stop Him Pierre, S. D., Dec. 21.—The South | Dakota Ford-For-President ment will go steadily on in the ab- sence of a direct refusal from Mr. | Ford himself to qualify if nominated and elected, James F. Houlihan of Watertown, chairman of the South | Dakota branch of the National Ford- | for-President club declared in a statement to the Associated Press to- | day. “Careful perusal of the full state-! ment attributed to Mr. Ford that he | would never for a moment think of | move wrunning against Coolidge for pres the fact that he refers only to present situations and his at- titude toward the candidacy of Presi- dent Coolidge,” the statement \d. : Mr. Houlihan said that the South! Dakota movement had maintained close touch with Mr. Ford’s office.! The last word received was a letter dated December 14 when in answer to an inquiry whether Mr. Ford would qualify in South Dakota E. G. Liebold, Mr. Ford’s secretary said, “this matter would be submitted to Mr. Ford at the first opportunity. a wee | ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IS | i BEING SPREAD; Hong Kong, Dec, 21—(By the As| sociated Press)—Advices from Can- ton state that numerous placards are appearing on the streets of the southern capital urging an anti- American and anti-British boycct as a result of the attitude of the for-| eign powers in the present customs! surplus imbroglio. Some of the placards appeal to the people to unite to attain the Kwang- tung customs surplus in order to “save the Chinese nation.” NOTED EDITOR DIES AT HOME New York, Dec, 21.—Frank R. Cobb, chief editorial writer of the New York World, died at his home after a long illness ‘today. dent revea| ! way: | gre: DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT MELLON TAX CUT PLAN Senator Simmons, Ranking Member of Finance Com- mittee, Announces Op- position HOUSE BODY GRINDING ° Think That the Administra- tive Features Can’t Be Finished in Two Weeks Washington, Dec, 21.—The house and means committee is mak- ing substantial progress in its con- sideration of the admi trative pro- visions of the treasury’s tax bill but in the opinion of members it cannot complete its work on these features during the two weeks recess of Con- ss over the holidays. Experts are being consulted to de- termine the probable effects of the ‘proposed changes and to explain them from the treasury standpoint. Whether the committee will take ‘up the tax reduction suggestions of ecretary Mellon after completing its study of the administrative fea- tures or will sidetrack the measure for consideration of a soldier’s bonu: bill wil) be determined by a confer ence of house Republicans after the recess. The Secretary's recommendations were criticized in the senate yester jday by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, the ranking Democrat of the finance committee who declared the minority members of the commit tee would vote to reduce taxes “bu not in the way Mr. Mellon and th millionaires and the profiteers want |to take them off.” THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS TO CONVENE IN INDIANA Indianapolis, Dec. Students !from approximately one thousand theological seminaries and colleges throughout the United States and | Canada will be here this month-end for the biennial convention of the Student Volunteer Movement. The meetings will begin Dec. 28, and con- tinue daily until Jan, 1. Arrange- ments have been made to care for more than 6,000 visitors, it was stht. ed, among them several hundred col ored students. DESTROY INSANITARY MEAT Washington, Dec. 20.—Federal in- spection laws have been in opera tion for 17 yeas. During this tim: more than 3,500,000 whole carcasse: and moré than 12,000,000 parts of carcasses have been condemned and made unfit for food purposes throu; the vigilance of federal meat inspectors. CHRISTMAS BUSINESS HEAVIER Christmas business at the Bis. marck postoffice shows a jump over last year, according to estimates to- day of 0, Lundquist, assistant post- master. < * “We cannot make yan accurate check yet, but it looks as if there is more business this year,” he said today. However, they didn’t mail early Instead, people are mail- ing later, Mr Lundquist said.. Yes- terday the postoffice was swamped and earlyitoday the rush was contin- uing. AT THE BISMARCK POSTOFFICE ‘ The absence of snow is believed to hhave been one reason for late buying There will be no rural free deli ery service on Christmas day, it was announced at the postoffice, on in- structions from the postmaster-gen- eral. Heretofore this has been the big day of the aad for rural car- riers. Alson. city poetics employes wilk not work later than noon. ‘Carriers usually have put in eight hours on Christmas: day. The postoffice will be open until noon Tuesday and an effort will be made to make ene city delivery before ‘noon. HUGHESCHARGE IS QUESTIONED BY 2 SENATORS Borah and Norris to Ask Full Discussion of Activities of “Propagandists HUGHES STANDS PAT State department Expected to Be Ready to Present a Full Statement Washington, Dec. 21.—With a sweeping study of the Russian ques- tion by the senate foreign relations committee in prospect after the hol- idays further disclosures are expect- ed to be made shortly in support of the state department's charges of re- volutionary Soviet propaganda in the United States. The contention in some quarters favoring recognition of the Russian government by the United States that the propaganda for a proletarian revolution in America emanates from the communist internationale and not from the Soviet government is re- garded as merely a quibble by the state department which holds that it is impossible to draw a ling of distinction between the two. A resolution by Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, urging the president to extend cooperation to the Soviet government will provide the basis of the senate inquiry. Senator Borah and Senator Norris, Republicans, of Idaho and Nebraska, charged yesterday that there was no proof of the alleged activities on the part of the Russian authorities but Secretary Wughes is said to have collected evidence with the aid of the Department of Justice which he regards as establishing definitely the responsibility of Moscow for a movement to undermine the Ameri- can government. Moscow, Dec, 21.—(By the A. P.) Foreign Minister Tchitcherin is- sued a statement today denying that the Russian Soviet government had ever sent any documents to the American Workers Party or had ever — had any connection with it whatso- ever. “If such documents exist,” ‘the statement declared, they are forger- es, the authenticity of which Russia would like to submit to arbitration.” EXHUME BODY OF T.R. AID “Rattlesnake Jack’s” Body to Be Examined Camden, N. J., Dec. 21.—The body of “Rattlesnake Jack”, a full-blooded Sioux who was one of Rovscvelt’s ough riders, has been exhumed be- ause of.a woman's subpicions that be met death through foul play. He died suddenly on November 25 om a farm-near here where he lived n an outbuilding with his trained ponies and dogs. He was 72 years old and traveled with carnivals, giv- ing exhibitions with his animals. He also was known as John Ross. The investigation was brought :Bout by Effie White, who was inter- ested with him in the trained ani mal act. Coroner Schrader said Ross died from pneumonia. Prosecutor Westcott had requested county physician Stem to perform an autopsy although a preliminary examination at the morgue yesters day showed no signs of violence, ODD FELLOWS’ OFFICER DIES Don McDonald, Prontinent in Fraternal Circles, Passes Don McDonald of Grand Forks, secretary of the grand lodge of In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows in North Dakota, and widely known in fraternal ahd political circles, died at Grand. Forks at noon today, dc- cording to a telegram received here by C. R. Green, former head of the todge in this state. Mr McDonald, who was about 74 years old, has been an Odd Fellow nearly 50 years, had been secretary of the lpdge for nearly~30 years, and held many. political offices in Grand Forks county, including that of coun- ty treasurer an dregister of deeds. He leaves a widow and two sons, Dr. | Archie McDonald of Duluth, and poe B. McDonald of Maxbass, N. D. ONE .ARRESTED. Duncan, Okla., Dec. 21.—Marvin Kinecannon, ’ 20, sought in connection with the killing last Monday night of A. L. Berch, hotel Last ee and Robert Journegan, a negro ter, surreridered last night to Pant Sullivan, Steffens ‘county attorney « here. Kincannon was charged with | murder and committed te jail. “He . made no statement,