The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 2

P. F At ARKANSAS IS QUIET AFTER SUNDAY RIOTS Race Clashes Result in! ;Wounding of One—Many Are Jailed by Police Fort Smith, Ark., Dee. 31.--(Byy @ 4 2.) Quict prevailed today | the colored community, 20 miles | rom this city, where a race yiot | resulted in the wounding fone negro and the arrest of eleven t as the aftermath of the kill | g last Friday of Mrs. Latimer Ten of the negroes arrested were ¢ held in jail at Van Buren, on | of night riding. The elev- | nth prisoner was charged with ha held up a part at the point of a esterday | The two negroes, Sturgeon Ruck id William Bettis, charged wits | ng Mrs. Latimer, were in jail at | Rock | detachment of National Guard | captured the riote: | The negroes were barri « log cabin when the guardsmen reached the scene. They surrender- ed only when the troops turned a iuchine gun on their stronghold. One was shot by a special officer, who said he had refused a command ; to put up his hand: Riots yester- day followed mob d onstrations at » jail here and at Van Buren Sat- urday when several hundred men at- tempted. to lynch Rusk and Bettis, and for more than four hours cap- tured Sheriff Shaw and prominent citizens held this mob in check, pleading with the men to desist. The rowd finally complied with the dings. Mr: timer, who was | years of age, was clubbed about the head and shot in the back with a shotgun, und had lived alone OFFICIALS FIND | FOUR IN ONE {said “ (MAGNUS LOSES TO WALLACE INDUSTRIES INCAPITAL MILKING RACE QW W 1)-NRAR | Washington, Dec. Johnson, the dirt farmer from Minnesota, and Secretary Wal- lace of the Department of Agricul ture attempted late Saturday to settle their feud with a’ milking con- test. But the result was so incon- clusive that Senator Johnson chal- lenged Secretary Wallace to a farth- er contest with a bucksaw. Two of the heaviest milking aristo- crats of the celebrated soldiers’ home herd were selected for the contest. Secretary Wallace took Concordia Dy Kol and ator Johnson took Cora Johanna Frenesta De Kol. neral Bliss Starter celebrated advanced re- gist trons of the Holstein-Fri jan family. Anti-kickers and t holders were barred and the rules called for dry hand milking, two quarts at a time, three-gallon pails between the knees. » 31.—Magnus Both Major General Tasker H. Bliss, re-| tired commandant of the soldier's home, held the watch and when he io” the senator and the secre- tary put the tops of their heads in- to the cows’ flanks and went to work in the old-fashioned w: which be- came extinet with the advent of the modern farm hand and the milking hine. For five minutes there was no sound except that of the st grand chancellor for North Dakots, present The new officers a Paul A. Cook, ©. C. Angelo Holta, V. € Roy Hfftley, Prel. John Musolf, M. of W Samuel 0. LeBarron, K. R. S. M. of F. Wm Wm. Edwar and . Harris. M. of E. . Dohn, Jr., M. at A. J. August Carlson was electea Grand Representative and Geo, 1 Humphreys Trustee. Win. A. Falconer will act as in- stalling officer and there will be work in the first rank. Paul Cook will outline his program for the win. ter months speaking from the topic, “The Rond Ahead.” Farmer Riley of Sterling will express his ideas as to “How to Keep the Boys on the senator | buckets. | streams of milk pouring into the When both cows were re- | ported clean, the time was given as {five minutes And when it was mea- | sured, it was announced that Secre- tary Wallace had won by a half | pint. Senator Johnson protested that his | cow, which was on test with four! | daily milkings, evidently had been | milked just before the contest; that his hand was little off since coming | to the Senafe and that anyway his | wife and children were the real milk- ing experts on his farm in Minneso- ta. Secretary Wallace heard the pro- | test without emotion, but at its con- clusion remarked with a specially se lected emphasis: “Huh! Us dirt farmers.” | Sawing Match Proposed Senator Johnson replied with his | Proposal of a.return match with ,bucksaws and a wood pile. Secretary Wallace took it uader dvisement. Diligent inquiry at the _ soldiers’ home barns failed to disclose any hédy who would take the respon bility for stating how much — mil Senator Johnson or Secretary W lace aétually got in the five min- j utes of effort. | One herdsman, bolder than the jrest, said he thought it was about dy! a quart. | the Outside.” Angelo Holta will | speak and Judge Nuessle’s subject {will be “Honor Bright.” Former County Harvey Smith, ‘who lived at Sibley | Butte, north of Sterling, for many years and aws one of the best known farmers in the county, recently was highly honored at Waterloo, Iowa, according to information to C. R. | Kositaky. Mr. Smith was honorable veteran's jewel at the an- nual homecoming and reunion of Black Hawk Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, at Waterloo. Mr. Smith, who has been absent |from the county for several years, is now a justice of the peace at West Farmer Honored) given a 50-year) HALF MILLION | Interest on Bonds to be Paid January 1, Is Charged To Industries The state of North’ Dakota will have due on January 1 a total of | $492,740.33 interest on the bonds is- | sued for the Bank of North Dakota jand the state mill and elevator asso- | ciation, and examination of the bond | discloses. Under the law establishing the state industries the | interest on the bonds is met by the| state through taxation unless paid| by profits from the industries, and the interest is charged against the industries. , |The Bank of North Dakota, on | | January 1, will owe $100,000 interest | of $2,000,000 capital stock bonds un- | iAH REAM 7 | | | are | dates included or deducted in } total. W paid for the year 1920, and $150,000 | unpaid for the last 18 months. | The mill and elevator association, | which operates the Grand Forks terminal mill and elevator, will owe | State Treasurer John Steen on Jan-! uary 1, $242,740.33 bond interest. | The interest on the mill and ele- vator bonds is on the following is- sues: $3,000,000 bonds to contract led between $1,400,000 | 6 percen' n 5 1-2 percent bonds, a total due of $23: 152.07, being interest due on July 1 from July 1 to Jan, 1, 1924; $570,000 milling bonds, bearing 5 3-4 ent interest, issued October 1923, und $430,000 milling bonds sued Dee, 15, 1928, bearing 5 3-4 percent interest. In addition there; small interest charges for other | the | % This Winter keep efficient take, SCOTTS EMULSION NI TT TTT i i} OEE MANA ALA «it Greetings . TE” Once more we pass another milestone in the history of: the world! Once more another year of progress in civilization! And once more we stand on the threshold of anothér year! What 1924 will bring forth none of us can foretell. Such vision is not within our ‘province. But every indication points to the fact that the work of reconstruction will pro- ceed—go onward with a determination, known only to America. We face the next 366 days with an optimism that is certain to bring us to tne coveted goal—an optimism that will eventually make America a better and happier nation. Let us remember that our goal can only be reached through co-operation, a unity of purpose and a feeling of brotherly love. To you—our friends—we extend the greetings of the season! wl TT” TT === Re HILAL j FAMILY INSANE Girl Was Being Kept in Barn, Scantily Clad in Only A Skirt Farm.” J. L. Sullivan will teli Newton, Iowa, and despite _ his 81 “How the Order Looked to Me from years of age is very active. HUANG Re Off With The Old-- On With The New! 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ULHRA Ty Huu bi a Rast Grand Forks, Dee, 31—Dis- cqvery that Dorothy Mekulecky, age 24 and insane, was being kept in a barn on the Mekulecky farm in zero weather, led to the further investi- gation by the Polk County author- ities which resulted in four more members of the family who are be- hie to be insane being taken into custody. Dorothy Mekulecky was found Sat- urday confined in the hay mow of the barn. She was clad only in a skirt and was violently insan was committed to the State A: rgus Falls Saturday nigh family had placed her in the barn, it when it became difficult > of her in the house. tle county officials again sited the farm and took into cus- giay. Mrs. Anna Mekulecky, 58, another daughter, Anna, 25, and two sans, Frank, age 18, and Harvey, age 25, The mother and the daughter Apna, are said to have been confin- e& in an asylum several years ago, but released. Only the father, Frank Mekulecky, now remains on the farm, along’ with eight cats. 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