The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 1

f s THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight. Warme er tonight. Colder Tuesday, PRICE FIVE CENTS LAUNCHED ) ) FX WOULD ENTER DE OWN PRIMARY IN NEW PLAN Creation of Nonpartisan League Party at Last Election Causes Action SSTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY: 28, 1924 N. P. THIRD PARTY PLAN MOVE TO CANCEL NAVAL.OIL LEASES IS MA COOLIDGE ACTS [L___w TO PROSECUTE BRANCH BANK - CASE WON. BY CASES FOR U.S STATE BODIES Supreme Court of United States Gives Missouri the To Take Charge Right to Bar, Them SENATE IN DEBATE ——_______ — oo 'RESCUE PARTY | 14 BELIEVED TO BATTLING 0 | Oe MESS REACH MINERS... Pawtucket, R. I,, Jan, 28.—Four- teen persons are believed to have lost their lives either from asphyxia- Little Group Is Still Entomb- | tion or from an explosion or fire in ed in Mine which Has Claimed 31 Lives a two-family cottage at Cumberland SEVERAL ARE MISSING Hill, Manville, early today. | pee ae | DESERT REPUBLICANS The bodies of Michael Conway and six members of the family of laid Hamel were found in the ruins and seven other persons are j missing oy Senator Ralph Ingerson, Here, Discloses Proposed Change PARTICIPATED = For League MANY $100,000 FIRE ‘RAZES ENTIRE MEDINA BLOCK' Firemen Summoned From Jamestown Save the Thompson Lumber Yards PLAN TO REBUILD si ; f Resoluti 3 ee = : : Held That the Prohibition Consideration Ae esolutions f é te Dae ENS Cen wit on Cancellation To Be = Laws of United States Discussed i Washington, Jan. banks are prohibited by the laws of Missouri from establishing branches, | | the supreme court held today in a case brought by the First Natienal Bank of St. Louis. ‘The opinion stat- ed that the state law does not con- flict with the United States. State Troopers Surround the Mine as Rescue Work Is Proceeding Rapidly Shanktown, Pa. Jan. 28. the A. P.)—Another body was taken out of tI): ruins of the Lancanshire mine today, bring- ing the death toll of Saturday afternoon's explosion to 32. Gen- eral Superintendent Hunter said that four dead men remained in the mine but that they were pro- bably at the working faces where because of rising water it would be impossible to reach them for several days. A third party movement, with the Nonpartisan League of North Dako- aas the third party will be launched before the Nonpartisun League state convention which meets in Bismarck February 6, A straight-out demand that the league desert the Republi- can party column in the primary and take the column of the “Nonpartisan, League party’ will be made, Coupled with this there will be a demand made that the league state convention do not endorse any can- didate for state office, but that the various league candidates fight among themselves for places on the ballot in the November election. There already is a group of mili- tant leaguers in the state backing the idea. They assign two reasons— that a man cannot be a Republican and a Nonpartisan League man at the same time ‘and that the Ist election created the Nonpartisan League par- ty which will have a column on the ballot, thus giving an opportunity for a split league vote if candidates are placed in the Republican column. 28,—Nat’onal (By Washington, Jan, 28—It was indicated today that former In- térior Secretary Fall probably will not be able to testify tomor- row before the senate oil com- mittee. Although it was there had been no definite change in his conditions the phy- sicians regularly attending him called in several others and plans were made for issuance of a statement later regarding his illness. The case twas regarded as the most important before the high court deal- «_, Plames, ice and ibiazing oi! menaced firemen who fought this fire in a Pittsburgh (Pa.) oil refinery. Te led the question: of branch Seven firemen died when a ladder collapsed, throwing them into a tank of burning oil, whilé sub-zero °@!ne. weather caused other dange The ma , y j dines wher: is i e down, carry- In many states, banks have been , —— ing’ Wie fireneliters) tn Ane he Man on the wall is standing where the ladder broke d , carry arin eledatoWeseab Itaniiinnieubratien® Shanktown, Pa, Jan 28—Hindered This is particularly true in Cal- by water and gas areas mine rescue ifornia, where the Canadian system ¢rews which have been working in} is fotlowed of allowing the same Telays without cease since Saturday | bank to operate branches in the same Might were early today battling to | city or other citi . reach a all group of miners still The state of ouri prohibited entombed im the Lancanshire min national banks from doing thi At- “here of the Barnes and Tucker Coal Medina, torney-Generals of many states, in- Company. Little hope was held that ices bu cluding North Dakota, joined with ®2Y Would survive, jovneeee Washington, Jan. 28, (By the A. P.)—Both the executive and legisla- tive branches of the government mov- ed today toward the common end of seeking annulment of the naval oil reserve leases, While President Coolidge was en- deavoring to select two nationally known lawyers to take charge of the Fire Discovered in General Store, which Is Destroy- ed in Blaze Jan, 28, ness block on the west Medina’s main street early es, OVER $400,000 $35,000 MAIL EXPERT SENT. DELINQUENT ON ROBBERY BRINGS Fire destroyed a TO BISMARCK Division of Opinion The bodies of 31 men who died as Side of prosecution of suits, civil and erimi- nal, the whole subject came up for discussion on the floor of the sen- Before the President announced at! ND. FARMLOANS YOUTHS ARREST | j | Butte, Montana, Jan, 28—Robert i LABORATORY the state of Missouri to oppose the branch banking. system. the result of an explosion of gas in j Sunday were removed | juilding the’ mine Saturday morning, the loss of the and stocks of merchandise Nonpartisans who the subjec within the Republic sert they are Republicans. There is division of opinion among have discussed want to remain n party, and as- Som jbecn located. Four others, it is be- ,covered by insurance. i lieved, are yet to be found. | Losses were suffered by William Maintain Patrol jLevenson, dry goods and department ae weer are eee 4 I store J, Redmer, pool hall Teal gaivation AGHY Goat e vad, {| #hd restaurant; Redmer and Preszler, ministering to the stricken families, |barbershop; Ruele’s general store, John Yico, a miner, was on his|Adam Bollinger, hardware store; Me- way to work in the night shift short-/dina cream station, Dr. Todd, Dr. ly before four o'clock Saturday, when 'Simdnson and C. M, Boynton offices; he saw a great volume of smoke burst , Buckwalter hotel, Annex, rooms over from the pit. Without hesitation, pool hall. he ran into the mine and almost im-) Fire was discovered at about 1:30 mediately came upon a broken pick] a, m. Sunday by Dr. Simonson, who and a smashed dinner bucket. Tear-|at a party in the Annex. rooms, ge along for almost a mile, he {smelled smoke and investigating dis- shouted at the mouth of every gal-|covereq fire in the Levenson store. lery, but got no response until he |The entire interior of the store was was near the sixth heading. Here a|ablaze and the Medina fire depart- faint ery answered him, and his|ment could do nothing to save it. search was rewarded by finding nine | The N. P. fire department and fire- men alive, but some of them border-|men from Jamestown arrived in time relief legislation and tell Congress | ing on unconsciousness. to save the Thompson an | just what they want. Led Them to Surface and building from burnin Merchants plan to rebuild. “We believe “the Norris-Sinclair Yico induced them to soak their Ackler, 18, of Butte; R, Heller, 21, of | one Boston, and Bernard Quesnell, 21, of Kalispell, Montana, students of the State Health Board Places | Univer: of Montana at Missou eq With robbing the Missoula post- | office last night of $35,000 curren-j icy. Nine Northwestern Senators Want Matter Discussed in Meetings midnight Saturday the administra: | Bishop, Brissman and Com- Ingerson of tion's determination to act at once pany’s Audit Report Shows ‘ ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, Heaviest on First Loans State Senator Ralph Divide county is the leader of the movement. In Bismarck Surday, where he brought his wife for treat- ment in u hospital, Senator Ingerson outlined his plan and his ideas “Iam organizing the third party movement in the state,” said Senator Ingerson, “I want the Nonpartisan League to bea distinct political par- ty, and to put its candidates in the Nonpartisan League party columr in the primary. We will leave the Re- publican party to the I. V. A’s. “I want the league to have its own primary ele@ion on June 30 and Tam against the endorsement by the con- vention of ‘a single . candidate for state office. Let the different fac- tions and ‘aspiring politicians in the league go into the primary and then we leaguers can support the winners in the fall election. Not A Candidate “For myself, I am not a candidate for Governor and I would not accept any endorsement from the conven- tion. We have the Nonpartisan Lea- Expert in Charge; Adds One Employe ACTIVITIES who has been foremost in pressing the senate oil inquiry had prepared and the investigating committee has | — endorsed in principle a resolution au-| 2 vi thorizing the executive to act and di |STATEMENT ON recting him to employ special coun- sel to take charze ofthe investiga- tion. This resolution is similar to one introduced Saturday by Rep. Gar- rett, Democratic leader in the House, which will be called upon to act on the Walsh resolution if it is adopted, by the senate, Mr. Garrett and oth- er leaders anticipated little or no oyposition to the resolution. ~ The investigating committee pended its inquiry for the d: cause of the senate discussion. ‘rank money had been consigned Spokane to the Missoula Trust | BANK 0 | Compa *| ‘The three students confessed, ac- Farm Loan and Bank of North) cording to postoffice officials, and Dakota Status Is Given declared they had concealed the money under a bridge. The money | By the Auditors EXPAND {eer Health’ Advisory Council Plans Unification and Amplification of Work was later recovered. The robbery was accomplished fearly today by holding up of mail clerks by the youths. | ‘ | Unificiation ‘and amplification of {health conservation and prevention work in North Dakota is provided in the program outlined by the St: Health Advisory Council in meeting here, which reviewed the first six] months progress of the new depart-| ment as reorganized by the last lez islature, A new director for the branch laborate maintained at Bismarck under legislative appropriation was | selected, who also will be able to give one-thirl of his time to the state Delinquent interest and principal on farm loans made by the Bank of | ‘North Dakota amounted to § 607.27 on November 7, 1923, accord- ling to the audit report of Bishop, Brissman and Company, submitted to} the state board of auditors here t Be day. Of this amount $77,889.48 is Fall Said Il ee bored Albtrt B. Fall, who as Secretary | seuuguens, Frimeipal and SHS Mat) rare’ dnterion, signed the leases to) "he, principal paymonts, aro shown Gee eae ney} to total $111,182.85, while the total man of his ranch at Three Rivers,|¢: mterest payments is not, shown Washington, Jan, 28.—Farmers of the Northwest were called upon in a message sent them yesterday by group of nine senators—Republicans, Democrats and Farmer-Laborers—to get together on the question of farm HAIL ZONING PLAN OPPOSED s- e- bill will meet the situation, help thé | handkerchiefs in water and tie them farmers and reduce the cost of liv- |! about thtir acts He quickly found ing,” the message. “We want|an air passage €nd leading the weak ing, your opinion,” and staggering men along its entire New Mexico, meanwhile here are here for examination by the senate committee with reference to variqus financial transactions mentioncd inj the testimony’ last week of Dohuey, Archie Roosevelt, D. G. Wahlberg, | | Sinclair's former secretary, and J. , his personal counse]. Some felt whether Fall would to which include the loans made by the bank when it was under the Non- partisan League management. delinquency of interest and _princi- pal by bond issues is shown as fol- exist lows: Seri on the Series “A” bonds, The es “A” bonds, total $2,517,000, delihquent interest, principal, $270,- 255.79. Ps | H | Williams County Leaguers Go on Record as Against Change in Rate Basis | WOULD KILL: THE LAW? BY CONVENTION, health department in sanitary engi-| neering work, which includes emer-| igency instruction and aid in time of |epidemic, in investigation and prever- | Fo M. Knight, a Connecticut man recommended by the International | Health Board, will assume the direc- torship of the Bismarck laboratory, and Edwin M. Stanton, who has been , alone in the laboratory, will be his, “Congress wants to know what the farmers really want., Will you tell them? “We urge that meetings be held by farmers in each precinct not later than Saturday, February 9. If you are interested get together, adopt resolutions, sign petitions and send them to Washington as soon as pos- sible. Let us hear from you?” length he finally came to a point where he knew the earth had fallen in from above. He then helped them one by one to climb to the surface and safety. Three other men who were not killed by the force of the explosion managed to make their way to an- pther air passage and later in the! night gained their freedom. A fourth IS LARGER 1923 Sales. Exceed Those of 1922, Report of Tubercu- gue party in this state—Tom Hall told me so this morning—and there will be leaguers in that column whether the convention decides to go into the Republican column or not.” Ingerson broached the matter at the last league state convention not because it was a “harmony conven- tion” there was little discussion, he said. At that time+it was pointed Series “B” bonds, total $3,015,650, delinquent interest, principal, $110, | 491.77. = Series “C' delinquent 833.20. Series “D’* bonds, total $884,700, delinquent interest, principal, $189.08. be able to appear tomorrow as plen- ned, since his physicians said it would be practically impossible for him to go before the committee today. He has been confined to the home of Zevely here since his ‘arrival from New Orleans last week. The Walsh substitute for the Car- raway resolution which was made! public last night charges that the] Sinclair Teapot Dome lease was ex cuted without authority “under cix- cumstances indicating fraud and cor- ruption.” Senate action would be confined to the Teapot Dome trans- action at this time, it was expiain- ed, because of the conditional offer by Dohney through his counsel to reconvey to the government the lease awarded to his company on the Cali-} fornia reserve. losis Association The 1923 sale of Christmas Seals now totals $13,388.62, with reports yet to me made from seven counties, dnd indications are that the total will exceed 1922, Miss Carrie Haugen secretary, reported at the annual meeting of fie North Dakota Tuber- culosis association. The money be used in furthering the associa- tion's battle against the “white plague,” in aiding undernourished The message was signed by Sena- tors Ladd, North Dakota; Brookhart, Iowa; LaFollette, Wisconsin, and Nowell, Nebraska, Republicans; Wheeler, Montana, and Dill, Wash- ington, Democrats, and Johnson and Shipstead, Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. miner dashed along the main en- trance, but was overcome by gas and perished. out that William Lemke ran against Governor Nestos in the election 0 1922 in the individual column, st: ing his principles as those of t Nonpartisan League. He rec more than five percent of the tot: votes cast. The Nonpartisan Leagu party thus was created under th laws, in the opinion of some leaguers.- Ingerson said the Burke county convention of Nonpartisans endorsed this plan and that the Williams coun- children, oral hygiene, and aiding | ty convention substantially suppurt- tuberculer families. ed it. Dr. J. Grassick, Grand Forks, was | y elected president and other officers were ‘re-elected as follows: Vice president, Fannie Dunn Quain, Bis- marck; secretary, Carrie Haugen, Bismarck; treasurer, Oluf Hagen, Lawton.” ; Dr. Grassick, in his annual state- ment, declared the association had made great progyess during the year. Zoning of the state with different hail insurance rates in the various sections, as proposed by Commission- er of Insurance S. A. Olsness and| |the hail insurance department, is op- \posed by the Nonpartisan -League | convention of Williams county, ‘in 5B 0 ‘ resolutions adopted. Under the zon- Scries “E” bonds, $2,679,150, de-|jrso HEHE REGRH linquent interest, principal? $6, et ou eee ee Which is deglaved to eeiet for tat |corporated in an initiated measure wie Des ated gia, Gxist for the | which the state hail insurance depart- 7, 1923. b: fhe aaa ars ;ment planned to have presented to "The ‘report on the far: loan de- {tHe people for a vote. It has been partment, which is the first complete jaesided ingen bye, Olenegs to sabe audit of this branch of the bank Mit the proposed changes in the hail, made public under its present armin- | istrance law to the Nonpartisan istration, showed loans had been | Leakue state convention here on Feb- made totalling $11,083,800.11 and the | T#t¥ 6 in the belief that a repre- average amount of the loans per acre | 8°Mtative body of farmers would ac- is $12.52. The farm loan department | U*#tely index the attitude of the is complimented for the manner in| People throughout the state on the which it has kept its complicated |Preposed changes. + records. ¥ The resolutions, as affecting the hail insurance department given in tho Williams County Farmers Pre: he employment of Dr. Knight} was made possible through advarte- | ment of $1,600 annually by the In-| ternational Health Board, decision of the State Board to participate in the e3 vhich revenue for the lab-| ded to the regular leg- | ive api priation and that of! \the city of Bismarck. | A step toward unifying health ef- forts in the state was taken in adop- jtion of a resolution requiring all jcommunity nurses to operate under j the direct supervision of local {health officers and report to them, ‘who in tufn report to the State Health authorities and. Dr, A. A. Whittemore, state health officer. A resolution also was adopted re- quiring embalmers, undertakers and dealers in coffins to, make reports once each month to the state health department as to whether or not death certificates had been issued. This was in keeping‘ with efforts sz,] made by Dr. Whittemore to secure a| “'1100 percent registration of all births * bonds, total $2,000,300, —— intertst, principal, $41,- DTaGREMGUR NING Johnson Gity, Ill, Jan, 28.—A pro- clamation issued today by Mayor W. H..Grant of this city sets aside for public observance the date of Janu- ary 28 in homage to those miners who lost their lives in the catastro- phe which o¢curred in the east side colliery of the Crerar-Clingh Coal Company ‘mine when an explosion caused the death of 32 miners and the severe injury of cight others Friday of last week. Officials working in the interesi of the Illinois Mine Workers today com- pleted their first day’s investigations into. the cauge of the explosion, Furffier investigations will be made today. RADIO CHARGED Federal Trade Sights Monopoly in Business For La Follette Senator Ingerson also referred to the national situation, He was in Washington a few weeks ago as a witness before a congressional agri- gulture committee. He is for La- Follette. He believe Coolidge is reactionary. Regarding the presidential primary, he said, he favored Senator La Fol- lette if the latter ran on the Republi- can ticket. If there-is a national third party movement created with Commission President's Statement When it- was announced Saturday night that President Coolidge would j seek counsel frbm both the Demo- cratic and Republican parties for possible criminal prosecutions, the Washington, Jan, 28—Principal corporations engaged in the manu- facture and distribution of radio eyuipment and the rendering of radio service were charged in a Federal INFANT CHILD DIES Wilton, N. Dy Jan. 28.—Harry, the five months old son of Mr. and Mrs. In Ireland, where the people have a very exclusive taste in tea, few Entire Deficit Given. The entire deficit of the Punk of evening White House made the following foymal announcement: x “It is not for the president to de- termine criminal gyilt or render judgment in several causes. That is the function of the courts. It is not for him to prejudge. I shall do nei- ther. But when’ facts are revealed to me that require action for the purpose of insuring the. enforcement of either civil or criminal liability, such ‘action will be taken. That is the province of the executive. “Acting under my direction, the de- partment of justice has been obser- ving the,coutse of the evidence which has been revealed at the hear- ings conducted by the senatorial committee investigating certain, oil leases made on nagal reserves, which I believe warrants action for the purpose of enforcing the law and protecting the rights of the: public. , This is confirmed by reports made to me from the committee, Will Prosecute “If there has_been any crime it must be, prosecited. If there has been any property of the palted States illegally transferred or lease it must be recovered. “I feel the public is ace ‘to gh 4). “+ (Continued on Pi Hace North Dakota, existing at the the audit was clos $133,998.35. a loss of $36,397.70 for the period from December 13, 1921 to December 31, 1922, a profit for the subsequent period ending November 7, 1923, of $214,820.65, much of_it frdm premi- ums on sale of bond for the period of $178,422.95, , is placed at The audit report shows r a net profit The audit reports analyzes the profit and loss account, as ‘adjusted, for the period December 13, 1921, to November 7, 1923, as follows: (Continued on Page 4) DAUGHTER OF RESERVE HEAD IS SUICIDE Boston, Jan. 28—A’ finding of sui- ‘cide was reported by acting Medical Bxamtics William J, Brickley in the case of /Mi ing, daughter of -W. G. P. Harding, Governor ‘of the Bank. of Boston. at the Harding home last Saturday. iss Margaret! Elliott Hard- Federal . Reserve Miss Harding died Mil health was the probable cause of suicide, Dr.“Brickley said. follow: Whereas the Insurance Commis- sioner of North Dakota has pro- posed a change in the Hail Insurance law of this state, which provides for four hail insurance zones in the state fixing the rates.in accordance with losses during the past five years that the-law has been in operation. Now therefore be it resolved that we condemn the proposed change in the law for the reason that the zon- ing idea is contgary to the original purpose and intent of the law a: passed by the League, legislators; that the office of commissioner of insurance is an administrative and not a legislative office and it is not within’ the province of the insurance department to attempt ‘to provide ‘amendments to the laws which they adinipister; that the proposed change ig based upon the operation of the law, within the past five years and we believe that five years is entirely too short a time in which to judge’ the benefits or defects in such law; that the ideas of the’insuraynce commis- signer are far fetched and the farm- ers should’ be consulted upon said. change before it is made. We believe that if the commissioner's plan is (Continued on Page 4): and deaths in the state. Dr. Whitte- more reported that a campaign to obtain accurate and complete regis- tration of births and death has re- sulted in an improvement of 50 to 75 percent. Members of the State Health Ad- visory Council present were Dr. Fannie Dunn Quin, Bismarck, pres- ident; Dr. Arne Oftedahl, Fargo; Dr, Householder, Minot; Dr. J. Grass- ick, Grand Forks, and, State Super- intendent Miss/Minnie Nfelson. NO REPUBLICAN GOPHER PRIMARY St. Paul, Jan. 28.—The ileeialatare of Minnesota has provided no legal machinery for the holding. of-a pres- idential primary, declared Charles R. Adams, chairman of the Republican state central committee,.in a, tele- gram sent late Saturday to Senator Hiram Johnson of California, now at Washington, ie BES The telegram was in reply. to one received from Senator Johnson de- Trade commission complaint issued with creating and maintaining a monopoly in radio apparatus and communication. The companies nam- ed are the Radio Corporation of America, General Electric, American Telegraph & ‘Telephone company, Westinghouse, Western Electric, In- ternational Radio, United Fruit and Wireless Specialty. Thy were cited to answer within 80 days to the further charge of “vio- lating.the law against unfair com- petition in trade to the prejudice of. the public.” MOVIE “TRUST JS CHARGED New York, Jan. 28.—Sidney K. Samuelson, proprietor of a theater at Newton, N. J., today filed in fed- eral court suit for $450,000 under the Sherman act, naming Will H. manding that his candidacy’ for the presidency be submitted to a primary election in Minnesota. Hays and a number of the largest motion picture producers and distrib- utors in the United States as de- fendants. , Harry Dilly, died Sunday shopkeepers will buy tea which has from convulsions, following measles, been blended by machinery. CALLS HOME 1,200 MILES AWAY: ONLY TO FIND HIS HOUSE BURNING To call his home 1,200 miles away by telephone, hear fafnt voices, then be informed by central his wife can- not answer because his house is burning and to wait until the call is answered from next door—th!s was the harrowing experience of James R. Williams, Detroit, Mich., who travels for the Larned, Carter and Co., overall makers, Saturday night. Williams says he lived a life time in the brief period while awaiting to find out if his wife and baby were safe and he didn’t sleep the rest of the night. {t was about 12:30 a. m. when Williams put in his regular weekly call to his wife from tle Grand Pa- cific. Central announced connection was made. Williams heard voices but could not distinguish them. “Try again,” said central. He did but no answi. “Just ,a moment,” said central in Detroit,“‘the place you are calling is on fire—the call will be answered from next door.” His wife answered. “What's this” about the house burning?” inquired Williams. “Yes, I had an awful time getting vut with the baby,” replied the wife, but added that all were safe and for him not to come home. Sunday Williams got a telbgram informing him “the. entige downstairs was burned out. He left for De- troit. Bad luck follows the Williams. On September 8 his wife’s father was in- stantly killed by an automobile. His wife was traveling with him at the time, they being in Fargo. They did not learn of the father’s death until they reached Valley City, after the funeral. LaFollette as the head he would fav- or it. He expects that Senator La Follette’s name will go before the Republican National Convention with the Wisconsin delegation supporting him, but said it was the opinion. of progressives in Washington that Sen- ator LaFollette would not make a fight for delegates in the various states and did not desire to take any action which might handicap him if he wished to join a third party movement, . A Chief Justice H. A. Bronson of the North Dakota supreme court will not be a candidate for reelection, he has announced. He expects to return to the practice of law in Grand Forks. His term expires next January, the only vacancy on the court.to be fill- ed by election in the fall, The Williams county league con- vention adopted a “sehedule” of rates for county office candidates, ‘The resolution said: Be it hereby resolved, by the dele- gates of the Nonpartisan county con- vention that part of the campaign funds for this year be raised‘in ‘the (Continued on Page 4)-