The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST 1 Generally fair tonighteand Sun- day. Not so cold Sunday. ESTABLISHED :1873 175 MINERS REPORTED ENTOM FINANCE BODY TARIFF RAISE [#=* MANDAN AND NEW SALEM IN CAGE FINALS Manian Team Puts Bismarck Out of Ruhning With a 19 to 10 Victory ‘~. Ne FINAL GAME TONIGHT New Salem Team Wins Way To the Finals by Defeat- ing Wilton’s Team Mandan 80, Ashley 11. New Salem 17, Linton 15. Wilton 16, Steele 9. Mandan 19, Bismarck 10. New Salem 15, Wilton 11. Mandan-New Salem faa finals tonight. Mandan and New Salem high school basketball teams will meet tonight in Mandan in the third district. tournament final game. Mandan.-won the right to play in the final by defeating Bismarck last night and New Salem by de- feating Wilton this morning. Man- dan is expected tg defeat New Salem. q ‘Mandan upset the dope by trim- \Y ming the Bismarck team 19 to 10 last night in Mandan. Bismarck had defeated the Mandan team twice before this season and was counted on to win, although the teams were well matched. Inability to throw foul goals cost the local team its chance victory last night. Mandan scored seven points by this method to two for Bismarck. Bismarck missed many chances for foul goals. Local fans complained of Referee Hodge, who called an unusually large number of fouls. Mandan led_ Bismarck, 4 to 2 at the end of the first quarter and 10 to 3 at the end of the half. The third quarter wag Mandan 14, Bis- marck 7, and the final 19 to 10. The lineups and summary, showing ©G (field baskets); FT (free throws) and P (personal fouls); Bismarck FG Seroggins f. Robidou f Alfgon c Shepard g iivdahl g . Mandan Burdick f ‘arr f Love ¢ Telson g . Heidt g .. ‘The first game of the tourna- nent was between Mandan and \shley, Mandan winning 30 to 11. New Salem beat Linton in a hot ame, 17 to 15. Wilton beat Steele, ‘6 to 9, in a snappy game last tight. The Wilton teanr showed ice team work. \ This mornihg New Salem beat Wilton, 15 to 11. PLAY AT JAMESTOWN Jamestown, N. D., Mar. 8.—James- own and Valley City will play for the district championship here, to- ight. Valley City defeated Fessen- ‘en 44 to 4 this morning and James- ‘own beat Oakes 24 to, 10. , Qakes had “eaten Sykest (a, 30 to.12.. ¥ FT ot 1 2 % 09 to nO co Wino coe « 3 FARGO WINS Fargo, Mar. 8.—Fargo and Hope ‘igh school basketbaH teams will 1eet here donight.in the final game { the first district high school ‘ace as a result, of Fargo’s win over ‘ower City this morning by a score of 41 to 16, KENMARE WINS ‘Fargo, Mar. 8.—The eighth dis- ‘rict title has been won by Ken- save, The tournament in that dis- ‘rict_ was started Thursday and ompleted last evening when Ken- nare defeated Donnybrook 16 to 3 in the final game. Dickinson, Belfield; Beach and 3entinel Butte are in the running n the fourth precinct. Grand Forks,and Grafton remain ‘n the fifth district play and Dev- ‘lg Lake, Cando and Churches Fer- .y are the strongest teams yet to -e eliminated in the fifth district. MINOT BEATEN Minot, Mar. 8—Berthold and Williston play in finals of the sev- nth district basketball tourna- nent here tonight, Berthold won he right to enter the finals by de- ‘eating Minot, 22 to 14, this morn- ng in second semi-final game. CABINET 0 -GREBGE QUITS Royal Dynasty Survival Splits Nation Athens, Mar. §.—(By the A. P.— The cabinet of Premier Kafandari: has resigned. a 4 \ \ jh The Kafandaris cabinet was form- ed on January 11 last to succeed that ‘of Venizelos, who retired because of Agn health, ! O Tt Has been under fire on the ques- \ tion of proclaiming the downfall of the Glucksburg dynasty, the imme-, diate representatives of which King George/and Queen Elisabeth are in Roumania. THE BIS “END OF THE TRAIL John Farina (upper left), Mor Anthony Pantane (lower left) and Joe Di Morris) were convicted of the bank messenger robbery and murders ot in New York-City PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN N. D. LEFT T0 TWO President Coolidge and Sena- tor Hiram - Johnson to Fight It Out Here STICKER FIGHT MADE They were sen LaFollelte Men Will ,Try To Carry State Ai way With withdrawal of Senator La- Follette from the North Dakota pre- sidential preference primary, the validity of which was upheld by the supreme court iate yesterday, will aid Senator Hiram Johnson in his bid for the North Dakota vote, H. N. Tucker, ‘ohnson’s campaign manager in the ‘state, declared following the decision, Tucker left here for Jamestown to make arrangements fur Johnson’s speech there next week. “I have had letters from probabl 4 thousand people saying they woul vote for Johnson if LaFollette isi not @ candidate,” said Tucker, “While there will be some vote for LaFollette on stickers I ‘believe that most of. ly a! LaFollette’s friends will realize he had no chance at Cleveland and spoke the truth ia his letter of withdrawal, Personally I hold LaFollette in high esteem, The decision, I think, will have @ beneficial effect,, from our standpoint, on fair-minded people. If # man does not want to be a caudi- date he ought, not to be forced to be one” Senator Johnson is scheduled to apeak in the state next week. i LaFollette Men Busy At the same time the LaFollctte campaign committee was going ahead with its plan to send stickers throughout the state, asking voters to use these-in-casting votes for La- Follette in the primary. They plan to hold LaFollette ‘meetings all over the state. The North Dakota Nonpdr- tisan in its last issue voiced the ap- peal to LaFollette voters to use stickers. > - Coolidge adherents here declared that the jonly difference the fact that LaFollette’s name is not on the bal- lot will make, is to make more ap- parént ,the President’s superior strength over any candidate. The delay caused by the coyrt bat- tle over LaFollette’s name may possi¢ bly prevent ballots from reaching some remote precincts. Printing of ballots cannot be finished before Monday night. necording to Secretary of State Hall, and should a storm de- lay distribution by the sheriffs in various counties it is doubtful if the ballots would reach the precincts. CAMPBELL’S ANSWER James E.. Campbell of Mandan, chairman of the Democratic state central committee under the Valley City meeting which declarcd that Wooledge was ousted, issued « state- ment today in atigwer to Gaius Wool- edge’s anveal'to Democratic voters. ‘Campbell “declares the real contest in the primaty 4s between R. B, Mur- phy ahd H.(H.-Perry for Democratic loutinued on page 8) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924 vis Barlow Diamond (upper right), mond (lower right), (brother tenced to die. FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK| } Washington, Mar, §.-Weather out- look for next week: Region of the Upper Mississippr Valley—Gonerally fair but with pro- bability of local snows Wednesday or Thursday, Cold at beginning, Nor-| mal thereafter. PROBES DEATH OF MERCER C0. YOUTH OF £4 States Attorney Acts Follow ing Report of a Boy’s | Quarrel and Fight, i Mandan, Mar. 8.—States Attorney David Schwartz of Golden Valley, Mercer county, today was conducting a cause of the death of Andrew Ent- zel, 14, son of Philip Entzel, living near Defiance, northern Mercer coun- ty, who died in a Bismarck hospital recently of meningitis, ; The states attorney of Mercer county has evidence which leads him ito believe that the meningitis was in- j duced by a blow on the head stiuck | by Herbert Schneider with a small fence post during a school boy's fight. Dr. I. M. Law of Halliday was call- ed to attend the child following the fight which occurred on a Fri | He pronounced the case mening land sent the child to Bismarck. Phy- | sicians said meningitis might be in- gluced by a blow. The father of the dead boy was quoted by a neighbor aying he did not believe the fight had anything to do with the boy’s death. ’ TWO INJURE INRAIL CRASH Santa Fe Passenger Train Wrecked in Arizona Phoenix, Ariz, Mar, 8—Sante Fe passenger train No, 402 was wrecked ‘last night at Wickinburg, 50 miles {north of here, according to reports ' received here by railroad officials this morning. The engine, baggage car and smok- jer left the rails and rolled dowr a ‘high embankment, turning over. En gineer James Carney and Fireman {Charles Taylor suffered serious | scalds ‘and burns but, no passengers were injured. COOLIDGE GETS GOPHER VOTES St. Paul, Minn., March 8.—Minne- sota’s delegation to the Republi¢an national convention will be favorable to the nomination of Calvin Coolidge for president, with a majority of the 27 delegates definitely instructed for him. This was: assured when congres- sional district conventions. selectéd 16 delegates, ae ta « MARCK TRIBUNE | | | NOW AT WORK SAYS OFFICIAL Agricultural Credit Corpora-. tion Already Functioning, | Says M. O. Grangaard MEETING HELD HERE Reopening of Many Closed! Banks Is Predicted by Vice- | President of Body Tho $10,000,000 Agricultural Credit | Corporation is functioning now, M. 0. Grangaard of Minneapolis, vice- president of the corporation and su-| pervising North Dakota activities, de- | clared today, following conference held here yesterday at which + the contemplated activities in North Da- kota were discussed. The office de- tails necessary as a preliminary to actual extension of aid are nearing completion, he said, and within the next week it is expected that appli- cations will be in the hands of banks in North Dakota, Under the plan of operation of the corporation, as explained at the meeting here of the State Banking Board, Guaranty Fund Commission, North Dakota advisory committee of! the corporation, Governor Nestos State Examiner Semingson, Paul Lee- | man, Minneapolis, director of the corporation, and Mr. Grangaard, aid: will be extended to both closed \and; open banks and if possible direct aid! carried to the farmers. The corpora- tion has a borrowing capacity of $100,000,000 through the War Finance} Corporation, according to officiats. Can Make Applications It is planned that banks desiring to avail themselves ‘of the corpota- tion’s md will make applications di- rect to the Minneapolis office, on blanks to be distributed next week. The North Dakota committee and field men will assist the Minneapolis office in distributing the aid. No quota has been assigned for the var- ious Northwest states brought under the scope of the activities of the cor- poration, Mr. Grangaard said, Banks which can get aid through other sources are expected to do so. A plan by which direct aid will be extended to farmers, in purchasing tax! certificates held by county trea- surers in North Dakota, and thus re-| ducing the interest rate on delinquent | taxes from 17 to 6 percent, was dis-| cussed. A tax department will be| created in the Minneapolis office, and efforts made through further con‘er- ences with Tax Commissioner C C.| Converse and county officials to over- come degal obstacles to working out feasible plan, Mr. Granga:td, spokesman for the cenference here, said. | Many banks now cloged will be op- ened, the vice-presideMt said. opti- | mism over the condition in North Da-| kota was expressed by Mr. Gran-| gaard, Governor Nestos and others} present at the conference at which state officials pledged cooperation with the corporation. Definite Plan Made Mr. Grangaard, discussing the ac- tion here, said: “A definite plan of rendering as- sistance to solvent banks who becavse (Continued on page §) CURTIS GOES . BEFORE BODY), 'Kansas Senator Denies That He Is Celebrated “Prin- cipal” Washington, Mar. 8—(By th. A. P.)—Senator Curtis of Kansas, as- sistant Republican leader of the sen- ate, came voluntarily today before the oil’committee to refute the testi- mony of Ira E. Bennett that he was the peyson referred to in the cele- brated (“*principal’”’ telegram. This telegram sent by Bennett on January 29, to his employer, Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Wash- ington Post and/a ogntral figure in} the oil disclosures, said that Bennett had seen the “principal” and added there would be “no rocking of the boat and no resignations” but that a reaction was expected from unwar- ranted political attacks, MORAN'S BODY SPEEDS NORTH Manager of Cincinnati Base- ball Team Dies a ‘ Orlando, Fla., Mar. 8—The body of Pat Moran, pilot of the Cihcinnati Reds, lay in state here today before removal to a late afternoon train to take him northward on his trip home, Moran died late yesterday follow- ing an illness of four days, Funeral services will be held Tues- day at . Fitchburg, Mass., Moran’s birthplace. . Immediately after their chief's death the Reds went into mourning for. 48 hours, Ip BY COOLIDGE .T0 AID STATE President Increases Tariff} © Duty on Wheat to 42 Cents Per, Bushel ALSO ‘FLOUR -TARIFF Mill Feed, However, Was De-| creased—Semolina Af- fected By This Washington, March 8. — Putting into operation for the first time the flexible provisions of the tariff act President Coolidge has ordered increases of 12 cents a bushel in the duty on wheat imports and 26 cents a hundred pounds on wheat flour, advancing these two rates respective- ly to 42 cents and $1.04 cents. At the same time the advalorem rate of mill feeds has been decreased from 15 per cent as fixed in the law to 714 per cent, The new rate established by a proe- lamation ed yesterday by the President on the basis of information gathered at his direction by the tariff commission will become ef- fective 30 da from the date of the date of his action and therefore will be eperative at the beginning of the usual April floog of wheat imports from Canada. The wheat rate at present is 30 cents a bushel and that on flour 78| cents a hundred pounds, but the com- m on found that in Canad: “the | neipal competing country,” cereal wheat could bt grown at a cost of 42 cents a bushel lower than in the United States and that 100 pounds of flour could be produced for $1.04 less, The difference between the cost of producing mill feeds in the two countries, however, amounted to nly 8-10 cents per hundred pounds, The new $1.04 rate applies to semo- lina, cfushed or cracked “wheat and similar products as well as flour. SEES GREAT AID Fargo, Mar. 7.—In raising the tariff on wheat’ and wheat products President Coolidge is doing some- thing substantial for the farmers of North, Dakota, was the way L. B. Hanna, the president's campaign manager for this state, put it, oa be- ing informed of Washington dispatch- es to the effect that the President had ordered the increase. Mr, Hanna ex; pressed his belief that this action by the president will mean at least 12 cents a bushel more for wheat on (Continued on page 3) REVOLUTION FOMENTED BY U.S. OIL MEN? Attorney-General Daugherty’s Connection to be Asked By Committee Washington, Mar. sukpoenaed from the south the senate committee investi Attorney-General Daugherty will he asked about the alleged activities of American oil interests in prompt ing the present Mexican revolution. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon- tana, said today he expected to prove that former Secretary Fall and Doh- eny and Sinclair oil interests parti- cipated in a conspiracy to further the revolt, The witnesses will be asked, Sen- ator Wheeler said, whether these in- terests participated in violation of American neutrality by the shipment of arms and ammunition across the border. He declared former Department of Justice agents would testify that they were ordered from Washington to stop the work of breaking up gun running across the border. 8 —Witnesses t by -—___—__—___+ | Weather Report | Cf e For twenty-four hours ending at noon today. Temperature at 7 A. M. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night -ecipitation Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday. Not so cold Sunday. For North Dakota: tonight and,Sunday. Slightly colder tonight northeast portion. Not so cold Sunday and extreme northwest Generally fair portion tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS The high pressure area, with its at- tendant' cold weather, covers the northern Plains States and northeast- ert Rocky Mountain slope. Temper- atures were below zero at Williston and Sheridan this morning and ccld weather is general over the ‘entire Northwest. Light, scattered precipi- tation occurred throughout the Plains States and Rocky Mountain region ‘while fair weathdr prevails west of the Rockies ORRIS, W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer Washington, March 8.—John PF. Was a 00d b: ender 20 ago and now he come in- ard—to shine in the Sen- tigating committe: rines with a reflected light, nerhaps—the reflection of his hoss, Edward B. McLean, the millionaire newspaper owner who made | $100,000 loan to the then secretar of the interior, Albert B. Fall, and then got his check back uncashed, stirring up the most intense curi- osity. But it’s a pretty bright reflected light, for all that. McLean got to now } the” bar celebrated in prohibition day: The young ne per man liked the genial dispen of drinks and one day he offered him a job, at a big advance in y $ ington Post. jumped right over the bar cept. From that day to this Major has been, McLean's right-hand = man, not exactly in a newspaper capac- ity, ‘but confidential guide, lor and sometimes, guard, too, strong: guy his Vists. So when, the oil investigation McLean wanted to go to Palm th and yet wanted to keep e—ut least by proxy —on the inquiry as well, who but Major Ww ed to stay on the job in Washington and let the boss know all that it behooved him to know concerning the progress of events! Major it was who had a hand in all those telegrams to Palm Beacn in the funny code, about “Ap and “Apple” and “Prattler” and “Duck” and all the rest. 4 CONTRACTS ARE; HELD BINDING So-called Gunderson Law Can- not Abridge Them across s saloon, ashington in pre- coun i for Should ‘effort be made to initi the so-called Gunderson law provid- ing a flat cut in tax levies and the levies not be sufficient to meet saiar- ies of teachers already under the contract, the school districts would| still be liable on the contracts, At-/ torney-General George Shafer has held, in answering a request for an opinion from Jamestown school, of- ficials, The Attorney-General was asked whether passage of a law would rul- lify comtracts. He said: “L would advise, that assuming that such contracts may lawfully be made before such levies are mAde, or are entered into subsequent to the levy, whiJe the present»law is in force and effect, I\am of the opinion that, in such @ case, the holders of such con- tracts could enforce the payment. thereof against a school district, not- withstanding the passage and tak- ing ‘effect of a law subsequent there- to, reducing the tax levy limitation of the district. The legislature, or the voters, may not, in my opinion, de: feat the rights of persons holding E’S FIRST STORY ON OIL LEASE CODE WRITER ‘| SMITHERS -| HOUSE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. | morning. {victim of a plot by Clyde K. Byfield valid contracts against the district, by adopting laws restricting the pow, ers of officers subsequent to the mak- ing of such contracts.” . McADOO, DIDN'T $ PICTURE WHAT THE IN OF ANT TO TAKEN, CAMERA E. W. SMITHERS SENT MA: JOR'S, CODE MESSAGES TO LEAN YER EDWARD McLE PRIVATE WIRE FROM W. INGTON TO PALM BE. + 1S ALSO WHITE FRAME-UP IS CHARGE MADE Candler Answers Complaint For $100,000 Damages Decatur, Ga 8,—Arguments in the trial of the suit for $100,000 s brought by Mrs, Sarah By- against Walter T. Candler of unta as ‘the result of an alleged tack by him on Mrs, Byfield on a ot the ursday in the concluding ph tfial which began here The case was expected to be given to the jury th’s Mr. Candler yester- day was intended to show he was the from him, usserted he had gone yfigld’s stateroom late at night following “a party” to inquire pout her condition, her ‘husband having taken her to her room when she appeared to be under the 1nflu- ence of champagne. He had just en- tered the Byfield stateroom, he said, hen Byfield made x dramatic en- tr: to exort money last ha! I've caught you at : six suspecting this for mouths—you've get to pay me,’” In less than three minutes, Candler said, Byfield produced a check for $25,000 and o:dered him to sign it ‘threatening to blow my brains out” he did, not so, Candler said he signed it ‘to avoid embarassment. I've been Airplanes Aid Tax Collectors Bagdad, March 8.—The British air still being used to aid n the collection of taxes, according to the Daily Express correspondent. Recently some tribal .chiefs refused to, ply and ah army force, aided by airplanes, was sent against them. The chiefs paid sup after receiving severe punishment, fo FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS BED BLAST CLOSES ENTRANCE INTO MINE IN UTAH The Explosion Believed Caus- ed by Accumulation of Coal Dust RESCUE WORKERS GO ine Car Sent There Immedi- ately to Try and Effect Rescue of Men Castle Gate, Utah, Mar. 8. —(By the A .P.)—One hun- dred and seventy-five men employed in the day shift of the Utah Fuel Company Mine No. 2 were entombed by’ an explosion at 9 o’clock this morning. t The explosion’ is believed to have been caused by ‘an ac- cumulation of dust. Details of the explosion are lacking at the company of- fices here, according to Jos- eph C. Carnley, chief clerk to the superintendent of the company’s property. It is not known whether there were any survivors. Rescue teams now are endeavoring to enter the mine. NO BODIES REMOVED At noon it was announced that no bodies had been taken from the min and that none of the entombed min ers had been rescued. The explosion in the mine was fo! lowed by a series of smaller blast:, according to company officials, TI force f the first explosion was s great that the entrance to the pro perty, which is a slope mine, way blocked by debris. Seven rescue teams, composed of six men each, now are endeavoring to get into the mine. At noon smoke and dust was issuing from the mouth of the mine but officials Were unable to say whether fire had broken out. Probably Dead Officials declared that — rescue teams had been unable to find any indication that any of the 175 en- tombed men were dead or alive al- though it was considered probable that few if any escaped death from the explosion. The mine entrance is on the level and the mine runs back approximate- ly a mile and a half, the working shaft following the drift of the coal vein. Because of the obstruéted entrance to the mine, rescue workers have been unable to determine even approxi- mately where the first blast occur- red. : The explosion today is the first that has ocurred in mine No. 2 al- though in 1900 to hundred men lost their lives in an explosion and sub- sequent fire in the Winter Quarters mine of the Utah Fuel Company at Scofield, Utah, near here Castle Gate is a mining community 6f approximately 1,700 persons. The force employed in the mine today is the normal full-time production force, according to the company offi- rials. "4 AID RUSHED Butte, Mont., Mar. 8.—United States mine rescue car No. 9 will leave here at noon for Castle Gate, Utah, to aid in rescue work at the Utah Fuel Company’s mine there, where an explosion oceurred this morning. Government messages received here gave no details of the accident. The extent of the explosion is not known. Three distinct explosions are reported. Officers of the company and others left this city on a special train at 11 o’clock for the scene of the disaster. Fire equipment from the othe+ camps of the Utah” Fuel Company is being rushed to the scene. « In addition to the fire-fighting ap- paratus oxygen tanks are being rush- ed to the mine, Expert miners from Clear Creek, Sunnyside and Spring on are en route to the mine to aid in the rescue work. Federal and state mine inspectors made an inspection of the mine on February 13 and declared the ventila- tion and sprinkling operation was in good shape. C. H. Hotchkiss, assistant general manager of the Utah Fuel Company will take personal charge of the re cue work. ‘REPORTED ON FIRE Salt ‘Lake City, Mar. 8—Apprexi mately 175 coal miners are reported entombed as a result of an explosio in number 2 tee of the Utah Fuci Company at Castile Rock Gate, Ut. Reports to this effect reached there at 10:45 o’clock this morning. Another report is to the that the mine. is, on fire. effect: $20,000 DAMAGE CASE FALLS Devils Lake, N. D,, Mar. 8.—Ver- dict for the defendant was returned in district. court here in the case of James Fitzgerald ‘inst Dr. Clinton Smith, The plaintiff sued for alleged malpractice, alleging that Dr. Smith failed to properly diagnoge and treat his broken leg.