The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1924, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (aaa PRICE FIVE CE WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1924. G.O.P.“OIL DEAL” DENIED BY THOMPSON PREDICTS FARMING CHANGE IN STATE THIS YEAR)#0 1X0 ‘ WHEAT 10 BE STAND BRANDS | [BROODING OVER WIFE’S DEATH | ' REDUCED, SOME TNE Tet ee at | LEADS TO FARM WORKER'S suicibe| STORY FALSE * CROPS TO GAIN PROGRAMHERE, ON RUSS TRIP =» we Pe No al Dm THEIR DAD’S A SENATOR! _ | Himself to Death at Sau Farm 20 Miles About Influence | Southeast of Bismarck 8 | William Hilker, Who Recently Came From Towa, Shoots uty’ Sec. of State of Ohio, Plan for Burleigh County,|Oil Man, in Statement, Says OTHERS TAKE AND . City and Schools Is Laid -That Employment of Him William Hilker, about killed Hilker's wife died he came ture Sees Pronounced Change Bie 7 wae litingelf- atthe reatdenee orl, s. Reed h Dakota to work, first visit- ed i ; Before Gathering | Was Legitimate | "Jing: relatives around McKenzie, He in North Dakota if {about 20 miles southeast of Bismarck alsochid around Steel ses Pass in Rapid Sue- Sahay yesterday afternoon by shooting him-[ jad worked for Mr. Reed 12d ’ OUTLOOK FAVORABLE TO. PREVENT DISEASE] ATTACK: ROOSEVELTS |seit with a shotgun. Despondency | Neighbors said he brooded a. great Ul Af or i vife > a deal and seemed very lonesome. i beat 8 Le over the death of his wife at Pring- | deal and ’ lay har, Iowa, about three weeks ago, is| A new testament was found in a mittee Today La RTS Seedi aa International Health ard| Charges Attempt to Assassin- said by those who knew him to have | Vest pocket, with marks indicating rge Part of Seeding in a | atev@hagacter Ta Maal [Ted Kiinvito seoMmnt eat eide: he had been reading it a great deal REFUSES Eastern Part to be on Land Would Advance $5,000 | u arg S Made | Hilker's body was discovered by | of ee 4 Washington, Mar. (oh 7 7 i By Them |Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Sater, neighbors, | Coroner J. Gobel, who investi-| Chase, son-in-law of Albert B. Ptowed Last Fall Annually for Work : who had gone to the Reed home to| sited the dgath, said” an inquest] Fall; declined to aneweg any | re | Nae NOTES [make arrangements for bringing a} Would not be necessary. He wired] questions by the oil committee March -f:intGnelonbeOeetaehiere in | Proposal that Burleigh county un-| WEENIE oe tiwe | gasoline engine to Bismarck, They) Hilker's parents at Pringhar, Towa,! today on the ground that. any Mar intentions of farmers i dertake a full-time health progeam | ate ton. Mar 24—The Sen~ | pushed open the door and saw Hil-| and arrangements for the funeral] anawers he might make might North Dakota if carried out ‘will ha full-time staf in cooperation! ®¢ today nushed forward an- iors body lying on the floor in a{ Will be made by wire, vate him mean a curtailment of spring wheat | with the Tniterfadlonal Healey Board,; Cther step in the contempt case | iidroom. He hud placed the muzzle} Coroner Gobel da telegram of Cleveland acreage in 1924 and increase in acre- i anch of the Rockefeller Founda.) @##inst Harry F. Leu by vot~ J of the gun atthe pit of his stomach, | today stating Hilker was an honor- had testified that Chase visited nee of the kal Hua ea of n, and the United States govern-| ie G9 Gat to the u. 8. At- |holding the butt of the gun. in the ably discharged soldier and request-| him at his home to ask him to ats and Barley as well as strong in-| | | ment was laid before a group of ¢ffi NUR tin et connection fair, and pushed the trigger with his| ing a military funeral be held. Ser-| way that he hod tonde the famous oan toy ant] ls ee i Is and others here Saturday night} ™ eats rea t AISeSO IEE jthumb. Death probably was instan-} vices Bas al be held tomor ow] — $10,000 loan to Fall cord o a survey ju oS ap NVR RE ‘d | » before the oil ec. WReouk: ety s discovered] in the Webb parlors with Ensign eae BY the U. &, Bureau| of Agricultural | oe Hee Thee speak The vote was 72 to 1, Senator | bout 4 p a Gv eSUNHSancatuerdl| SRIRRINE ct the Salvation Army in Washing Mi Odd Hl Economies, The intentions, however, Fee ERE GALGuaIROETERS State Health| Elkins, Republican, West Vir- | Geni two hours f charge. cndurotstertivangiucasih Tail according to J. G. Diamond, Agnicul- = ‘i Senne OveDo) Spink ja, casting the negative vote. : y 5 i depose “at CER Sea dite Siitiaas Rik GARG SIRT Department. ! is ee] dy separated aspects of its inquiry caral ieee NAL Dakotas! Senatorial investigations aren't worrying these young folks in the! ‘The proposal” was presented xt 0] Washinghon. Man 24.—Harey xa went into the record of the oil sv Of farmerseas luter conditions Par |least. Neither do they object posing for the photographer. They «re | meeting nthe ded by Dr. A. A. Whitte-) pp. Sinclair was formally cited t» | DRESSES FOR committee today while its members @ qatar my eset conaitione ee Bleanore (left), and John King, son and daughter of United States | more, state health officer; A, enate today for contempt | OWN FUNE ARAL were perfecting plans to hail must be regarded therefore, not as| Senator William King, of Utah. Yes, they're twins, ley, retary of the Assoc for his retuenli toe caubilesnte | ey ne pinelites die Rath estimates of acreage for 1924, but as | ~~~ 33 a ii aad cE U i Re ceereg Teac enommeabynthe Tole | ey cehburn eNeDGIME een | felt barturtherl queationinghaeae: pee ee he air aerate eS gister anc . F. Jones o} ie -city,| - committee. | ashburn, } Mar. 24. i ‘ fr ques . 4 pene ills purpose ee orormina WEEKLY PAPERS school board; M. H. Atkinson, eity| THaAGa aE. after Chairman | Mahoney, an aged pioneer of the As if the committeemen had de- ‘farmers in the va: ious sections of the \ ING auditor; F. J. dohnson, county audi-| ddl gubmiltted ithe) comin northern part of the county died termined to push their task of in- country of what is contemplated, so ARE DECLIN H) tor, members of the commission | RIA TE eee, at the home of his son, Dennis vestigation to a quick conclusion that final farm plans may be modi- report making the citation, Sena- \ h f J | ears and re®resentatives of the Red Cross | ‘ aan : a Mahoney, Sunday, at the advan- Tae Meetin ry to be Held| witnesses succeeded each other fied (obo yordnecrlOUblover cian Uigyor)| St, Paul, March 24—Weekly news-|and Social Service Bureau. tee one aes Dies ced age of 84 years. Infirmaties | 8 rapidly at the big committee table * under-planting of particular crops. | : : aCe dl eaieitasee ara neigh, {tor recommende at the of old age was given as the cause Here Friday Night today and most of them were dis- he ahutement tf Bie Uh 6. staue papers of the country are on pe to-; It was - explained that Burleigh! case he certified to the District i 3 . ; SRO Ws dit. Web SAE GE | hoggan slide, according to H.C. Ho-|county, the city and schools now, of Col raurte if d of his death. The morning of the : : missed with only a scant resem- cian continues: | ae WeeNd 1 3 Ie caecum coerce nor tana) aby otisdenthihelaakedihigyson blance of cross-examination. Poe AnelUAlieal stat ‘ i taling, secretary of the Nationa Edi-| spend about 000 annually for! jury proceedings | An open meeting on taxation will ‘ Boe ne ensues vexcene intnel| \torial association, St. Paul. health work, The International] 7" i pon dnessy hin on atnemcletien jhe |ne held Friday’ night, M at Reed EA ILE, case of spring wheat and flax the in- | TAGS ayer elt: | Health Board: arid’ possibly tess a i | was to be buried in, which was | S Aes ee nee S| one of President Coolidge’s cam- tended shifts are not extreme, and in| Pe aeoed LAO et hat iE eal cali our’ eg tonslblyaths wool Washington, Mareh Afte | done for him, ‘That evening he | the Association of Commerce offices. Tiven managers /andiavcloweantenn | ly newspapers have closed, he said. {ar owner administration, would) fusing to testify, Harry F. Sinclair cee ae meeting is called by the Bis- ri 5 = ha fj the ease of spring wheat and flax, | using to testify, Sinciair| died; entering peacefully and B b Meche of the late President Hard! i This is an average of 386 a year. atel ount, giving a yearly | icc BMeRLATHRWhiEh ive iz ped yoa ee s : ate Preside arding. presarulkjoe thempreduciughares is 8 rar Next 0 a or itaythellosssac titecteta ly, newes lataie ard to be employed! i j slumber, The funeral lcrnor Neston, ‘The meeting weil arteg{ 0,88 “oil deal” at the Republican jocated in| North -Central United | es Nex ine on e ; i eae ee i + | were held the following W H national convention of 1 States! , re sts SN ALOS Week) Y MeWepapers. would include a health officer, two the 000 he gave} 5 i an opportunity for all citizens to 8 Stat doa large percentage in ™ r ‘As the cost of doing business ad- ld b a| cs | day. Besides the one son, tiiere | 3 z ah Harold Vivian, a reporter of the North ota. For the North Cen- Boards For Voters ° sual ts Sac {nurses and money would be provided | form: of the Interior the: AmURUEKtE {hear a discussion of tax matters, New York T omnia ota, d P vances, the number of nawspapers } sa is another son and daughter, 4 New York Times, told the commit- tral Uni i } MORNE) MAGS TRS qwspar for administrative expenses. 1B. Fall in Liberty bonds was jand to participate in the discussion ; i ral United States (west of the Mis- NIRA Code atid eee d ae is wi a H scussion.| tee he had received confirmation avetant fohaing Fivoh the Bey eter aon mrows, lesa am The purpose of the organization| gested by Fall on the eve of depart- | In angouncing the meeting, J vary ji i sissippi) which includes most of the NEST TATEATR Js] les)” he said. “Perhaps it is a-good ldabBltes oreventidize SKECuME |S 2 icene ! 0 Fi mies from the New York office of Will spring wheat and some of the carn] INDEPENDEN PLANS! only the fittest survive. dhus | Would be to prevent disease, through! ing for Russia as the oil man’s coun- | Bell, chairman of the commissio H. Hays that Hays would testify belt states, intended decrease in| [enero one sat eay subeNe: tid and education. Dr. Covington] sei and $10,000 was paid Fall by the fur hat many citizens be present! to a stock transaction by which wheat acreage has in mind moderate- re ea Sou nisy same bette, owepaers."lisaid that half the deaths in the cours) Russian oil interests. j id gi€e expression.» Representativ Sinclair helped wipe out the Re- ly larger atreages of corn, oats, bar-} Expected That Steps Will Be = | ty resulted from disease which cculd] Sinclair struck back savagely at WGtee thepentate eta commissioners’| publican national committee defi- ley @nd tame hay. For North Dakota i * yeave been prevented. He estimated,’ Theodore and Archie Boo: evelt, jofice and others will be invited to] cit after the 1920 c: mpaign. Vivian intentions are much more pronounced] ‘Taken Soon For the Call- ‘Bort ap economic ‘ srcnna Gt i framing” his former| attend, The meeting is to aid the| said such a story was told to him aac s ian : : 3 ef as th $1,700 annually bi der | commission in formulat ecom- ’ ; y ici as regards a shift from spring wheat each life was wor Iberg, in orde ‘ on in fe lating recom-} by Joseph O'Neill, H publicity itanothen erancs ing of Convention | to the community, If but one pei Sinclair's character. Sin-| Predicted That They Will Win) "*M#tions which my have a beaving| director, but O'Neill in a telemeany More Pronounced Here a cent of the deaths could be avoided said Archie proved to have no ~ . Jon the future course of taxation] read to the committee denied it. For the United States as-a whole, A meeting of the Independent through this activity, he said, the) ability, though he raised his salary Out in Honduras legislation. The next witness, Martin J. Pow- the U.S. Department of Agriculture| Voters Association executive county would gain financially, from $5,000 gradually to $15,000. Bismarck members ofthe Capitol] ers of Philadelphia, denied a stor’ in a report issued last Tuesday, inter-| committee to consider the ques- The city, county and schools would| Sinclair, in his voluntary statement, | as {commission are Mr. Bell, W. E.) that he was interested in any way preted the outlooks as indicating that] tion of holding a convention to pool the money now spent on health} said that: Washington, Mar. 24.-ei2arly col- Breen, H. J. Duemeland, °Alfred| in Teapot Dome and then proceed- farmers were undertaking a normal nominate an anti-league state work, to be spent under the proposed] Archie and Colonel Theodore! lapse of the de facto government! Zuger, Geo, ay and J. L. Beal ed to brand as “ignominious libel” production program, and that Agri-| ticket may be held in Fargo next pc ean arrangement, the total amount to re-| Rgosevelt and attempted to “assas-|in Honduras and ultin : --——-- various other stories he said culture this year will still be attend-| Saturday, L. L, Twichell, chair- | Rant main about the same. It is proposed! sinate my character.” of the revolutionary forees headed | heen circulated about him. ed by the difficulties arising from| ™an, said here today. Mr. 7’ Cross-Examination Apparent-] to try out this plan in two or three] fJe paid a million dollars to Fred| bY Gene mye predicted He was succeeded on the witness higher wages and other costs, less| Chell said that plans for the con- ly Makes This Basi counties in the state, Burleigh being} G, Bonfils, of Denver, for invalidated | today in d ispatches received by the} stand by Michael C, Circelli, also » ifaemuworkets, and ie general dis-| Vention, or other action, were in- y Makes This Basis of. the first to which Dr. Covington his) claims to Teapot Dome, because his] Navy department. — nas i of Philadelphia, who in turn de- arity bebweon pricta of form and| . definite at this time, His Defense come. ; ‘ lawyers so advised. He stated if) Commander Causey, in charge} nied some of the testimony of eebannpecductee SNR nec ciaitanlion Mr. Twichell discussed the mat- | At the conclusion of the meeting @] there was “any, fraudulent represen-|f the American Na ichment, Powers, was described as showing some im-| ter with several state officials Elise i committee composed of G. F. Regis-|tation of blackmail,” proper redress|S¢Mt to protect American lives and| g provement with the market continu-| 94 others here — informally. Grand Forks, Mar. 24.—Testi-| ter, representing the city school! would be sought in the courts, rene ty in 1 eguc the Hon- Ee Sea iee Washington, Ma i A. ing somewhat more favorable for Many here favor a convention mony ag to the means adopted by | board; F, Dullam, representing the| He did not enter into negotiations cena capital, certain Al : q s Thompson of Cleveland, manager of ; producers of spring wheat than win-| ate about April 20. the Scandinavian - American Bank| public health committee of the A‘‘o-|with Fall for the lease of Teapot | Victory os the nists, | Almost Three Times as Much] president. Coolidge's campaign in ts wheat - of Fargo to finance an issue of | ciation of Commerce, and J.P. Freach| Dome as early as March, 1921, the eh nder also for-| To Date as Last Year Ohio, was called as the first witness In the North Dakota survey 630| , North Dakota, having emerged| $100,000 additional stock by sell-{ representing the city commission, was month Fall took office, | ered ie fe ene Grup aby, . F ingthe oil inqu: Y farms representing practicaliy all from one election, will begin to pre-|ing notes given by subscribers to] named to confer with the board of “During my negotiations with} rough the Milw aukee ‘wu- xamination of the witness \ : 4 pare for another. The state primary banks at Prosper and Casselton county commissioners at their nxt ed iby AS80-) They're getting their motor cars| the committee turned again to stories counties of the state were quite uni- former Secretary Fall in relation to n i 3 ceiving’ ai ‘ a ers representatives which early (i NY ; inoeee Cc e i of t ; = Sinclair. “I had become impressed by aM a rag. | Beceipts Mari in the state 0 ate ment eae ate Hates several independent eandidates are in the introduction by the defense of his knowledge of international law, permit ¢ to the forwarded. from "Teg motor ‘vehicle registration buresu| Meantime preparations were comple: : a neral: Mmaication eran intended the field for vatious offices and the| evidence tending to show that H. jand by his acquaintance with the Bat hoy D j reached $307,965.70 as compared to| ted to leave to the courts the refusal mencucre anti-league forces will now begin! J. Hagen was not actively interest- world oil situation, so when this Rus- the Nave depts | $110,765.65 up to the same day last|of Harry F. Sinclair to testify fur- strong increase in flax, It is a ques- tion us to just how far farmers will patches issued by the } rt- avy dep ed in the management of the Fargo bank at the timehe is charged ther. Before the questioning of Thomp- preparations for the impending bat- tle. year, A total of 46,206 cars h, registered, of which 17,103 were ¢ d been ian matter was submitted to me dur- ment said it was the general opin- i ing the latter part of April or the]; 1 ep Say cee sauressed intentions with | In addition to nominating candi-| with accepting deposits when the NEW SCHOOL Ade part of May, 1923; I considered SRG eee ose pct EOVernmIEnY ed as “non-Fords. son began there was a brief excur- factor being the character uf the| dates for state offices, including one| bank was insolvent featured this it important that we should have! prosenre mud hetgen tt west-| ., 4 Special effort was made by Motor] sion into the matter of Sinclair's factor being the character o: “| place on the supreme bench, county | morning's session of Hagen’s trial. y 3 ae Vehicle Register John Tucker to get| contribution to the Republican na- with us on our contemplated trip to Ruasia, a man of the ability and ex- perience of the former secretary. spring, season, whether favorable or + g unfavorable for an early seeding. To a somewhat less extent the character ern area of the country and all the north coast was said to ‘be in the {hands of the revolutioni Direct examination of N. J, Brevig, former assistant cashier of and legislative elections will be held. licens There is a possibility that the yot- tional committee to help make up the deficit resulting from the 1920 out early this year, the work Contract Let For Building in 8 starting promptly on the first day of baie ts and a i t of the planting season will also af-| °'S of the state also may east ballots completed by the state and nis] Dickingon to Cost $85,000 Defends Right to Employ Fall final attack on the capital by Fer- Te Ts en ae reeeiea orencen ot Saat encer, Republican, Mis fect intentions with respect to the] 0M Vitious measures. Petitions are | Te 0 inination tended to show Complete _ That was about three months after) rera was expected at any time, | three less than at the same time last sounipremarked! that i eGHeuER Gt eed other crops. how beinglelreulated for a tax redue- | Grose examination tended to, show Mr. Fall had retired from President) Daily fights in the suburbs of the| Y¢#” the work of handling the great that a’ subposna wae cue Coreen Progress Of Farm Work prollainerauee proposed bysthe, North) ore aiam ihe vanklatterDeccicl : Harding's cabinet. As he was then aj capital are taking place. uel nme: OF malliis upptan dates alr. |e Upham the aRetabticant sense A summary of the general factors| Dakota Tax Payers Association, un-) TOY giom te vee is activity |: Dickinson, N. D., Mar. 24.—Bids for) private citizen and ready to resume! Due to inability of the de factoj Tucker said. Those applications that cae p ationa entering into the outlook in North|@er which levies would be cut 25| sro. ‘iad’ ween largely connected | the 12 room Parochial school build-| the practise of his profession, I saw| government to maintan order on|Are held up are retained chiefly for Rawiask thatiweeuntcesunen Dakota this spring follows: percent with provision that 15 pereent | th the collection of notes in} ing to be erected during the coming! no reason why I should not employ|March 18, the dispatches said, the| #dditional information. : chairman and aséretary Sethe Doue Normally spring work in North Da.| p,ihe cut could be removed by vote.) wich he was interested. season by St. Joseph's church of| hig as legal counsel in connect:on| city was in a state of anarchy. result of the big volume of | chairm Meanal Soeniteae Teed kota should be in general progress | Petitions must be filed by March 27, South Dickinson, were formally und| with negotiations we were about to|Murder, looting and genera] dis. Mes Docker (plang. to:(acnd eae aa aene ME ay Fy ite by the second week in April, although | *°? finally awarded at a meeting of the/ undertake, with representatives ofjorder ‘prevailed everywhere. It| out state inbpestera: jearion: tan |e Fate a76,0cotsitne pete 5 present indications unless offset by The first day for filing nominating ANDERSO NN T church building board held last nirht./ the Russian government. According-|was this situation that caused usual to round up those still disp cee Been Sees ee a unfavorable weather in the latter| Petitions with the Secretary of State A. J. Weinberger, Beach contractor) ly T set about securing his services| Minister Frank Morales to call for] ing 1923 license tags. receidg Shae one Centetel oes + part of March or in early April are ie See pda grlesthe, last was awarded the general contract for} and as we were to sail from New| detachment of sailors from the —— 000 trom kia Since ae ae els favorable for a somewhat earlier | (3¥ ‘08 Tiling-petitions for state can- $49,910. The contract for the plumb-| York on May 26, 1923, which date | Milwaukee. AGED INDIAN into theme! jualters we susht terete start than usual, Present activities | Tidacies, while county petitions may ing and heating went to J. W. Molloy | was then close at hand, I instructed] A neutral zone has been agreed both wideg are largely confined to those of re- pairing farm machinery and equip- ment and cleaging of seed together with some late hauling of last year’s crops. For these operations weather and road conditions have been quite favorable. As affecting spring work athe amount of plowing accomplished last fall will be a favorable factor over the eastern third of the state where the bulk of spring seeding ges in on this Village practice. 55 per cent of all farm-lands were esti- | mated to have been plowed last fall compared with 41 per cent in the fall of 1922 and 60. per cent in the fall of 1921, NAIL REMOVED FROM HER LUNG Hebron, N, D., Mar. 24.—All Hebron will be pleased to hear of a succeas-, ful operation for the removal of a nail from the lung of the Henry Neidhardt child at Rochester, Minn. Some time ago the tittle daughter Henry Neidhardt, ‘who lives a few les from Hebron on a farm, swal- lowed a six penny nail while playing with it, The rmil lodged in the lungs and it was found that n operation would be necessary to remove the |, sale ee Wigs ; be filed after May 16, It is expected that the Independent Voters Association, Democratic and Republican committees, will get to- gether on the plan of naming the In- (Continued on page 3) WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending et noon today. Temperature at 7 a, m. ... Highest yesterday ., Lowest yesterday Lowest last night .. Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST Bismarck and vicinity: Not 27 47 30 27 Fair much For tonight and Tuesday. change in temperature. For North Dakota: tonight and Tuesday. change in temperature, WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low over the South- west and scattered precipitatior. oc- curred from the Rocky Mountain re- gion westward to the Pacific Coast. Heaby snowfall occurred in parts of Utah. High pressure, accompanied by generally fair, pleasant wexther, prevails over the Plains States and sissippi Valley. ‘Temperatures are moderate in all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. Probably fair Not much |New York, récently convicted on ~ 0} 15 SERVE TERM New York, Mar, 24.—William H. Anderson, resigned, state superinten- dent of the Anti-Saloon League of a charge of first degree forgery, must go to Sing Sing prison for a term of from one to two years, Supreme Court Justice Wagner ruled today in denying the former dry leader's ap- peal for a certificate of reasonable doubt. + WILL EXHUME BODY TUESDAY The exhuming of the body of Freda Nadler Holta for \» post-mortem ex- amination in connection with the in- ° vi vestigation into the cause of her death, for which Dr. W. R. Short- ridge of Flasher is under arrest, probably will take place tomorrow, according to States Attorney L. H. Connolly, Mr, Connolly held a con: ference yesterday with Chief of Po. lice Martineson of Bismarck and steps were-taken to have the body exhumed and examined. The preliminary hearing of Dr. Shortridge, originally, fixed for April L has been continued. until April P) o1 f Dickinson for $15,226, Plans for the new building whi will occupy lots south of the church and across the street from the St. Anthony hall, were drafted by J Rosatti, Fargo architect, has spent considerable time in Dick- inson during the past few weeks g0- ing over the plans with: members of the board and with Rev. Fr, Aberle, pastor of, the church. Mr. Ros: The building will be of firepro construction, modern throughout and equipped with the latest heating and entilating- syatems, Hebron fac brick and Dickinson tiling will be used exclusively in construction werk. The building finished wilt cost a roximately $85,000. ecupied by the school. DIES IN FLORIDA Hazen, N. D., March/ 24.—Mrs. Al- bert Letzring, 65, pioneer resident of | the Mercer county, died recently’ in Pal-| which was metto, Fla., according to information against the expenses of his trip’ to. received here today. The ven- tilating system will be installed by the Grand Forks Tin Shop for $i,418. Mike Mack was awarded the contract for painting, his bid being $2,049. The contract for electric wiring and fix- tures was awarded to D. A. Cutnaw for $1,540. Gecrge Contracts call for the completion of the structure by September 1, 1924, when it will be Mr. Zevely, one of my attorneys, to endeavor to have Mr. Fall sail with iest possible moment. “Mr. Zevely'dater advised me that if Mr. Fall was to leave on such short notiée for an extended European trip it would be necessary for him to have a sum of money approximately $25,000 to meet certain obligations. It was more convenient at the mo- ment for me to let him have secari- ties rather than cash amounting to 25,000, so I instructed Mr, Zevely in case Mr. Fall should make the trip to get the amount in Liberty Bonds from my private secreta: “No Secrecy,” Says Sinclair “I left for Europe before the mat- ter was arranged but was of course informed about it. “I wish to state, however, that there was not the slightest secrecy connected with this transaction. The bonds were sent by express to the bank designated by Mr, Fall and a letter was written by Mr. Zevely re- questing the bank to place the bends to Mr. Fall's credit. “It is obvious that no need was felt to practise concealment or subterfuge. Testimony has been offered before committee regarding $10,000 advanced to Mr. Fall ch E. ti of ed p= (Continued on page 3) us or follow us to Europe at the earl- | upon by de facto and revolutionary leaders to afford safety for foreign ers. It is patrolled by the Amer- ican sailors. e ——— | LAMOURE BARN, 73 HEAD, ‘OF STOCK, ARE BURNED LaMoure, D., March 24.— recently destroyed Ed Gen’ barn near LaMoure, together horses, 13 cows, 46 sheep, harness, tools and 700 bushels of feed. The loss is placed at $6, 000 with $2,500 insurance. Business men along the route of the National Parks Highway North Dakota will be urged to “sell” North Dakota to visitors who travel the route in automobiles this coming season. | A, F. Bradley, secretary of the As- sociation of Commerce and North Da- kota director of the National Parks Highway, plans to leave here Friday on a few days trip to towns between here and Fargo to introduce the idea. in | It is proposed that in addition to providing the ordinary services for PAID $1,800 Fort Yates, March 24.—One aged Indian will not need worry about his apportionment allowance from the government henceforth. James Takes- the-Shield, Sr., whose son was kill- ed in the Argonne in. France has received a check for $1,800 back pay from the S. Veterans bureau and will receive $28.75 per month from s son's $5,000 war risk insurance SYSTEMATIC “SELLING” OF STATE. TO TOURISTS IS PLAN FOR 1924 —____ tourists, garage owners, hotel men and others cooperate in a systematic manner to lay before the tourists the advantages of North Dakota, to add. a personal touch which will make the tourist feel there is unusual hospi- tality in this state, The idea is to send the tourist back home a booster not only for the Na- tional. Parks Highway—to tell his |neighbors of the unusual service in hotels, garages and tourist camps— but to correct false impressions of North Dakota and to point out the economic possibilities of the state. ‘ Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, suggested that the Republican funds had been investigated only so far as they were involved in the oit leasor and Senator Dill, Democrat, Wash- ington, said the Republican adminis- tration had been elected and this made the inquiry into Republican funds pertinent. Defer Decision At the suggestion of Senator Walsh the committee deferred a decision and began the questioning of Thomp- son, who was at the Chicago conven- tion as a Harding supporter, The witness said he did not hear Jake Hamon, oil operator, and Republican national committeeman for Oklahoma “make ‘a proposition of any kind to Senator Harding or his associates for the delivery of the Oklahoma dele- gation. He certainly made no such Proposiiton to me,” he added. Reading from a prepared statement Thompson said: “T have been called before you to tell about a statement which one Tissin Gilmore (deputy secretary of state of Ohio) testified before’ you that. I was alleged to have made to him eoncerning political deals and other matters at the Republican nd: tional convention held in Chicago. “If Mr. Gilmore was quoted cor- rectly in the newspapers he Ace that (Continued on page 3) —