The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck:and Vicinity: Par ly cloudy tonight and Thursday. TABLISHED 1873 ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [amon | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE | 11, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS PLATFORM FIGHT HALTS CONVENTION PRESIDENT OF FRANCEFORCED OUT OF OFFICE M. Millerand Resigns, Unable to Stem Attack of the Parliameatary Majority MINISTRY WILL RULE Versailles Congress Will Elect Successor to Millerand on Friday Paris, June 11.— President Millerand resigned today. The new parliamentary ma- jority of the left has accom- plished its announced object. of forcing M. Millerand from the Elysee palace. The resig- nation was read before boti houses of parliament this af- ternoon. Until the election of a new chief executive by a joint meeting of the chamber and senate Friday, the execu- tive powers will be wielded by the acting ministry under M. Francois-Marsal. M. Millerand is the sixth of the eleventh presidents of the Republic to leave office by resigning, but in no other cage has the events bringing this about been so brusque. Edouard Herriott, as head of the new majority of the left, emerging from the recent par- liamentary election, refused to ac- cept M, Millerand’s offer of the premiership. The new majority de- manded that the President resign as he was not in sympathy with its aims. When the _ Versailles Friday elects M. or, the Francois will resign. TRIAL DATE OF . Congress Millerand’s sucei Marshal ministry SLAYERS FIXED FOR AUGUST 4 States Attorney Wins First Skirmish for Fixing of an Early Trial Date Chicago, June 11.—-States Attor- ney Crowe today won his first skirmish for an early trial of Na- than Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, millionaires’ sons and confessed kid- napers and slayers of Robert Franks, school boy son of another million- aire, when the trial was set for Au- gust 4. Both boys pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Chief Justice Caverly of the criminal court. Mr. Crowe immediately demanded a speedy trial, and asked that July 15 be fixed as the trial date, At- torneys Clarence Darrow and Benja- min Bacharach of the defense im- mediately objected and Judge Caver- ly then fixed July 21 as a date’ to dispose of preliminary motions and set the trial for August 4. PLEADS GUILTY IN BOOZE CASE Sentenee Is Deferred Until End of Term Philip Miller, charged with violat- ing the liquor laws, entered a plea of guilty in district court before Judge (Jansonius yesterday. Miller assert: ed in court yesterday that he did not \ know of the presence of liquor found at his place. The sentence of: Miller, and others, who have entered pleas of guilty, will be made at the last of the term, the court decided. Recess was taken until 9:30 to- morrow motning after a jury got the case against W. F, Nichols, an aged man, charged with immorality. The case went to the jury about 11 a. m. The jury. in the Nichols case re- turned a verdict of guilty. KANSAS GIRL ESSAY WINNER Omaha, Nebraska, June 11-—Miss Death Rides With Over a 20-foot embankme! cester, Ma while running fr derailment. Three met death cnt SAAR PROTEST. UPTO LEAGUE Declare Presence of | French! Troovs Will Affect 15-Year Plebiscite IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL Geneva, June protested to the League of Nations against the presence of French | troops in the Saar valley, the Ger- | man coal .region, in which France given by the treaty of Ver- sailles the, exclusive right of coal mine exploitation for 15 years. Sir Eric Drummond, general sec- retary of the League, laid the Ger- man note embodying this pretest be- fore the council of the feaptic “at the opening session of that body to- day. Germany complains that the con- tinued presence of French forces will exercise an unfortunate moral influence upon the plebiscite which | will decide the future of the Saar valley at the end of the 15-year period. Germany requests the French oc- cupation be brought to an end and that a local gendarmie be constitu- ted to take the place of the French forces in police duty. The note asks the council to fix at once the date for the withdrawal of the French troops. The council postponed con- ideration of the note until the Au- gust session. NEW CANCER CURE IS TOLD, Physician at Chicago Declares Cures Affected Chicago, June 11.—Announcement that a new chemical formula had cured 40 percent out of 300 cases of cancer was made today by .Dr. C, Everett Fields of the Radium Institute of New York before the Association for the Study and Cure of Cancer, meeting with the Amer- ican Medical Association conven- tion. : The formula, Dr. Fields said, was based on the theory that cancer is a dis The formula, he said, had been worked out because the X-Ray and ‘radium and other pre- viously known forms of treatment | were inadequate. N.D. TOURIST MEETS DEATH Missoula, Mont., June 11—Melvin Thompson, six, of Devilsi Lake, N. D., met instant death and his mother, Mrs. Albert Thompson suffered a fractured leg when they were struck by an automobile near Drmmond last night: They were members of a party of tourists traveling to Spo- kane. THREE STORES Germany has was Luella Lancaster of Junction City, Kansas, won one of the three Nation- al Prizes in the Citizens Military Training Camp Prize Essay Contest, the subject of which was “Why ‘A Young Man I Know Should Attend a’ Citizens Military Training Camp.” Kansas is one of the States of the Seventh Corps Area including the states of Arkansas, i, nesota, Nebraska, Towa, South Da- ota and North Dakota. : Miss Lancaster won a free trip to ‘Washington, D. C., accompanied by a chaperon, all her expenses paid, and in addition other valuable | prizes, which will be presented by Mrs, Cal- yin Coolidge. “ ARE ROBBED Three stores were burglarized dur- ig last night in Mandan. ~ At the 0. A, Convert grocery, a supply of goods was taken; the Fitzsimmons’ grocery company till yielded. $2, and @ cash register which was badly damaged, while at the Army and Navy store a large quantity of goods was taken. Boys are believed re- SROnMP le; . Chimes from Ohio State University at Columbus will feature the regular program ‘from its. ee sta- tion, WEAO, t weat the m Bo ton to New York, as a result of a | the Twilight Express “Twilight Express” at Wor- « 8 were hurt, ARRY BYRNE HURT IN CRASH N. D, Jane 11.—One ser- veral minor automobile occurred during the week so and the immed i The one serious st wreck Saturday of the car dr en by R, M. McCarthy of Moorhead, Minn., in whieh L. M. Byrne of Napoleon, N. D. former chief of police at Minot and former officer in the world war, suffered a brok- en vertebrae and Mr. McCarthy sus- tained bad!y cut wrist and other severe cuts and bruises The crash occurred between Moor- head and Dilworth, Minn., when the car, in which the two men were driving, skidded as they were about to pass another car, I[t turned over into the ditch and was badly dam- aged. rgo, ious and PEACE POLICY TO RULE JAPS KATO ASSERTS New Cabinet. Head Declares That International Comity Will Bé Sought Tokio, June 11,—Peace and inter- national friendship will form the ba- sic policy of the new Japanese cab- inet, the incoming premier, Viscount Kato, Meclatah tonight in a state- ment to the Associated Press. The ministry formed by the Viscount yesterday will assume office tomor- row. AMBASSADOR CHOSEN Tokio, June 11.—Viscount Kijuhiro ishii, who negotiated the Lansing ~-Ishii agreement, is to succeed Mas- anao Hanihara as ambassador to the United States, it is indicated on re- liable authorit; 'FORESTERS . | SELECT HARVEY Next Meeting Place of Order Is Chosen Mandan, June 11,—Harvey was selected as the 1925 meeting place at the closing session of the North Dakota State Court, Catholic Order of Foresters, today. N. J. Neville of Grand Forks, was elected state chief ranger; E. P. Cosgriff of Fargo was named vice chief ranger, and Thom- as E. Dunn, Fargo, secretary, and John P. Reeder of Wahpeton, treas- urer, were reelected, Trustees named were H. J. Tavis, Mandan; Frank J. Burchard, Devils Lake, and Tony Lynn, Sanborn. CORPORATION TAX RULING B. E. Hitchcoe! charge of the division office of the Bureau of JIn- ternal Revenue here today made pub- lie the following announcement of D. H. Blair, commissioner, Washing- ton: “There appears to be a misunder- standing as to the amount of income tax imposed upon corporations by the Revenue Act of 1924, Your atten- tion is directed to the fact that un- der the provisions of Section 230 of the Act the income tax on corpor- ations is 121-2 per cent, which. is the same rate of tax applicat the taxable year 1923, Corporations, therefore, are not permitted to take as a credit any reduction in.tax for the payment due June 15, or any subsequent installment date. The credit of 25 per cent is limited to individuals, and fiduciaries who are required to file returns on Forms 1040 or 1040A.” Parisian music teachers report more direct business as.a\ result, of broadcasting, concerts . they. Haye been giving. ’ BABIES DAY TO FEATURE GALA TIME IN CITY Many Bits of Entertainment Planned For Market Day To Be Held Here June 21 RST MARKET DAY T aunches Get-Together Move- ment of Local Merchants For Period of Many Months Final arrangements for the ~first Market Day of the season have beén completed by the committee work- ing with Al Sorenson. The first day, to be held Saturday, June 21, will be] known as Babies Day. Invitations| are being sent to every farmer with- in a radius of 25 to 30 miles of Bis- marck to come in on that day, to bring their babies with them and have those under one year old test- ed by the local doctors’ and nurses, Prizes will be given the best. three girl and boy babies, that is the most ysieully perfect, as they are all i102 There will be free shows at both the Capitol and Eltinge theaters for all farmers and their families, the Juvenile Band will give an hours concert on the streets at 1:30 p. m., hesides which there will be a clown band on the streets all during the afternoon to play during the various stuats which will be pulled off at different locations. Amongst these will be a “peanut wrestle,” the boy or girl under 16 who picks up the greatest number of peanuts in a cer- tain length of time to be given: a prize, lolly pops and all day suckers will be distributed to the children ‘as will several hundred rubber balls for the youngsters, a half dozen chick- ens will be released from the roof of some building, those catching them to have them for Sunday dinner, there will be a daring balloon ascen- sion and parachute jump made by a beautiful and charming young lady, who says the boy who rescues her can marry her if he wants to; there will be something doing every minute during the afternoon to give the. townspeople and pur farmer vis- itors a good time. In the evening there will be a pavement dance. Over seventy merchants and busi- ness men have joined in the occas- ion. Other holidays, to be known as Girls’ Day,. Boys’ Day, Mothers’ Day, Father’s Day and Family Da will be held during the season when attractions suitabie for such days will be on the list, To Get Acquainted The Advertising Club is not ranging for these days so much for the purpose of getting business as for the purpose of getting our bus ness men and our farmers better ac- quainted, to sort of wear off the rough edges, so that everyone in this part of the state will always think of Bismarck as being “Our Town.” It has been suggested that the merchants make some little presents out of their stocks for the best ba- bies in addition to the prizes offer- ed by the Advertising Club, noth- ing much, but something the mothers will appreciate for the sake of the childref®, Any such presents should be in the hands of A. C. Sorenson or F. E, Young not later than Friday the 20th. MISS NIELSON FILLS DATE Miss Minnie ‘Nielson, state sup- erintendent, is attending a school officers meeting in Barnes county today, and tonight will deliver a commencement address at Elliott. Thursday Miss Nielson will attend the county graduation exercises in Ransom county, which will include a tour of historical places in the county, and on Friday will attend a school officers meeting at Langdon, at which time a new school will be dedicated, BONUS WORK IS HELD UP Lack of Funds Prevents Cause Request For Opinion Washington, June ~ 11.—Govern- ment plans for distribution of the soldiers bonus upset by the failure of’ congress to appropriate nceded funds, were hung up on_ the legal question whether the war and navy departments and the Veterans Bu- reau may use money appropriated for general purposes. President Coolidge has ‘ ordered Director Lord of the budget. to exert every possible means of carrying out the plans and the director had a dozen conferences yesterday with officials of the three arms of the government which have charge of the work. The discussion apparently left the problem unsolved, although the war department gave notices’ of its in- tention to go ahead, using unex- pended balances from several activi- ties and planning to have these funds replaced’ when congress con-. venes next winter. SAKAKAWEA IS FIGURE IN TRAIL MARKER The figure of Sakakawea, the In- dian girl who guided the Lewis and wrk Exposition, has been made the itral part of an emblem of trail jmarker for the Lewis and Clark Highway, dedicated at Big Falls, Montana, on May 31, according to the Gre alls Leader. The trail marker carries these words: i and Chirk Passed Here~-1805-06." LIABILITY OF BANK BODY IS CUT $1,350,000 Reopening of Closed Banks May Mean Other Deposi- Will Gain Therefrom EW tors ) OPENING: Officials Confident Reopening of Banks Will Continue Through Summer Liability of the Guaranty Fund Commission because of deposits in closed banks has been reduced $1,- 52,000 by the reopening of banks in the last three months, according to a check of the aggregate deposits of these banks as announced at the time of reopening. The reopening of a closed bank is regarded in of- ficial cireles as having a marked effect on the guaranty fund, sin the reduction of the liability may mean an inerease in the amount of money received by depositors. A case now is pending in the su- preme court in which the question of whether the Guaranty Fund Com- mission shall pay depositors pro rata at the time a distribution of funds is made, or shall pay them in the order of the closing of bank: No funds can be paid out until th decision is .rendered, the commis- sion holds. In the event the court should rule that depositors shall be reimbursed pro rata, the reduction of liability through reopening of ‘banks would mean an increase in the amount of money each * depositor would get. Confidence that reopenings of banks will continue, expressed pre- viously by state officials, members, of the Guaranty Fund Commission, and officers of the | Agricultural Sredit Corporation, which has aided in the reopening of some banks, is reiterated by C. B. MeMillan and M. R. Porter, members of the com- mission. It is expected by them that there will be 20 to 30 bank reopen- ings, scattered through the summer and early fall months. At the present time, it is known, there are five banks which are ex- pected to reopen within two weeks, and several other banks expect to reopen later, Applications from boards of directors of many closed banks, for the fixing of require- mgnts which would enable the banks to reopen, have recently been received from several banks. The board, in a special meeting here yesterday and today, fixed re- quirements for the reopening of about twelve banks. 5 FLAG DAY T0 BE OBSERVED Open With a Band Concert Exercises Flag Day will be observed in Bismarck Saturday, June 14, The exercises will open with a band concert in front of the Elks Hall, on Fourth street, at 7:30 p. m. Following the band concert there will -be appropriate exercises in the Elks Hall, the exercises being held in the’ hall because noise of auto- mobiles has disturbed many such outdoor ceremonies. The Elks lodges all over the coun- try each year observe Flag Day. —_--—_______ Weather Report | o———__-______—__¢ For twenty-four hours ending et noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORE! For Bismarck and Vicinity: Partly overcast tonight and Thursday; prob- ably thunderstorms tonight. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly overcast tonight and. Thursday; probably thunderstorms. Not much change in temperature, General Weather Conditions The pressure is low over the nor- thern Rocky Mountain region and showers or thunderstorms occurred at a few places over the northeth Rocky Mountain region, northern Plains States and in the Mississippi Valley. Témperatures have risen slightly throughout the northern states. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. 49 70 46 ‘Norbeck Demands Strong Plank for Agriculture SECOND PLACE CHOICE STILL IS FAR AWAY | Day of Convention Fails To! Settle Drift Teward Vice- Presidential Nominee COOLIDGE President Now Is Keeping Hands Off in Selection of The Vice-President NORTHWESTERN Cleveland, O., June Pres ident Coolidge probably will be asked before night by party lead ers for an expression of view re- garding the Vice-presidential nom- ination. The move by the Northwestern and western states to line up an organized boc behind a vice-pres idential candidate satisfactory to ricultural interests assumed pected proportions during the MOVE aT definite plan was made submit to President Coolidge the name of any man selected by the bloc, but it was declared by leaders of the movement that it had been determined to accept the Pres ident’s verdict only if it seemed practicable. The states already represented in the negotiations are: Iowa, Colorado, | Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, North Da- kota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah and Michigan. Hanford MacNider, a former commander of the American Le- gion, and a delegate-at-large from Iowa, was chosen to head the movement and “he declared the delegations of the states named had been committed irrevocably to the plan by their responsible lead- ers. “We feel’ that tion is given to interests of the country,” Mr. MacNider said, “Republican suc- cess at the election is is danger.” to unless | recogni- the agricultural Cleveland, 0., June 11 (By P.)—The Vice-Presidential nomina- tion was still an unsolved problem early today for delegates to the Re- publican national convention. Conference after conference and talk upon talk had served to elim- inate some names and to bring others to positions of prominence, but actual agreement seems almost (Continued on page 2) FOUNDER OF FORUM DIES Horatio Clark Plumley Suc- cumbs in St. Paul the A. Fargo, June 11,--Horatio Clark, Plumley, 68, founder and former ed- itor and publisher of fhe Fargo Forum and__ inspector-general for North Dakota of the Supremg Coun- cil of Scottish Rite Masonry of the southern jugisdiction since 1907, died in St. Paul early today. He was also grand prior of the supreme couneil. The body will be brought to Far- go and a Scottish Rite funeral is Seing arranged. : TO CONTINUE McKENZIE CASE Hearing inthe case’ Involving North Dakota’s claim to inheritance tax on the estate of the late Alex- ander McKenzie will be continued on June 18, according to County Judge j out the committee to fo ‘NECESSITY OF | before C. Davies. LOCAL SHOWERS REPORTED, MORE AHEAD; ROADS STILL PASSABLE The heaviest of several local show- ers which fell in the state last night was at Bismarck. The weather bureaus precipita- tion report today showed: Bismarck Jamestown .15; Fessenden .04; Lisbon 06; Napoleon .05; Moorhead, Minnesota, ..06. No rain was report- ed at the other 11 weather stations in the state, w: The forecast is for thunderstorms again tonight. +The shower last night extended about 15 miles north of Bismarck. The Soo line reported the shower was between Moffit on the south, and Baldwin on the north, no rain fall: ing at those two telegraph stattons. Roads continue passable, weather’ bureau and other reports A Minot bus made a round trip yester-} day with chains. Roads east. and south are said passable, and the rain NORTH DAKOTA NOTIFICATION BODY MEMBER 11, Although NM not be nom- the conven- have picked ally notify The committee, of the conven- | Rachae, Minn Stern, North Dakota selection June hursday, alre Cleveland, President © inated until tion manager! of its action, subject. to. approval tion, includes J. J sota, and William kota. The South has not been made. him PARTY RULES HELD EVIDENT Mondell, Permanent Chairman | of Convention, Cites Con- gress Difficulties DEMOCRATS ASSAILS Declares Party Has no Fixed Policy and Depends Upon Denunciation Cleveland, Ohio, ident Coolidge has that ‘ vice June 11, justified spired” his nom-| president at Chi- ter confidence re- posed in him since taking up the} duties of chief executive is the “out- standing in the political sit- Mondell declared in his address permanent chytaman of the Reptbl{can \Na- tional convention. Mr. Mondell added an appeal for} Republican majorities in Congress} “in name and principle,” saying that every serious fault of recent legis-| lation would have been avoided had} the president that strength in house and senate. The chairman. assailed the Dem- ocrats for their “utter lack of fixed! and definite principle or policy, save that of muckracking and obstruc-| tion,” Referring to the situation in the last congress, when insurgents Joined with Democrats to control legislation Mondell said that never had the necessity for de- pendable party majority and defin- ite party responsibility been so slearly demonstrated. Text of Address The text of Mr. Mondell’s follows Ladies and Gentlemen of the Con- vention: “We are met the representa- tives of a great political purty that has never failed nor faltered in its service or loyalty to the Republic that has never proposed or advo-; cated an unwise or unsound national | policy, and it is our privilege on! behalf of this party to place in nom- ination for the highest offices in the gift of the American people candi- dates who shall measure up to the finest standards of y leadership and who shall be entitled to and, we confidently believe, will receive | the support of a large majority of the American voters at the polls in Novembe “We meet profoundly of wise, patriotie and inspiring par- ty leadership in the past, and carn- estly thankful that the kindly prov- idence and the great good fortune which gave our party and the nation Lincoln, McKinley, Roosevelt and Harding has vouchsafed us as the worthy successor of these distin- guished patriots the confidence-in- spiring character of Calvin Coolidge. “The American people placed the stamp of their approval on the can- didates of the last Republican na- tional convention by a majority of more than five and a half million. Tim id events have abundantly justified that unparalleled endorse- ment. He who was chosen as the (Continued on page 3) Pres- the} confidence ination for cago, and the gre addr appre e of the last two days was lighter west of here. The continuation of rain during the morning here, however, made it hard going on roads near Bismarck. The weather bureau’s weekly crop report says the week was favorable for small grain but too cool for cotn and flax. Some replanting of corn due to rot and cutworms has been re- ported. ‘The early planted corn is mostly up to good stand and color, Flax seeding’ has been mostly com- pleted and it has been frosted in a few limited areas, Rain and pastur- es have been greatly benefitted by recent rains, the report said.” A later report to The Tribune said there was a tremendous rain. Rain ‘in “Oliver Word. received by The Tribyne was to the effect that there was a “tremendous” rain in northern Oli- ver county last evening. . jah IKLAN ATTITUDE ALSO CAUSING SOME TROUBLE Platform Builders Inability to Report Causes Adjourn- ment of Convention MEET AGAIN TONIGHT To Receive Platform Commit- tee’s Report, and Perhaps May Name Coolidge ADOPT COURT PLANK Cleveland, 0,, June 11—After a heated and prolonged discus- cussion the resolutions commit- tee today adopted the World Court plank as presented by the sub-committee, on assurance that it had been written person- ally by President Coolidge. Cleveland, 0., June 11, (By the A. )—The Republican convention at other brief session today, perfect- ed its permanent organization, cheer- ed President Coolidge and party regu- larity and then recessed until 8 o’- clock tonight, when it will receive and adopt its platform. While the session was in progress the platform committee was holding ted meeting, in a council room near by, but when the time for re- ceiving its report arrived Charles D, | Hilles of New York announced that it was not ready and moved for a recess until 8 p. m. A large proportion of the delegates did not want to recess and there were loud cries ef “No” when the question was put. Chairman Mon- dell, however, declared with a loud bang of the gavel that “the ayes have it” and the band took the pro- ceedings in hand at that point and the delegates filed out. Vote Women Equality Among other things in ite short session, the convention in adopting its rules, approved a new arrangement by which wo- men will have equal representa- tion with men on the national committee. The platform draft, it was said, is about 6,000 words in length. Prohibition, it is understood, ia not specifically mentioned, although law enforcement forms the basis of one blank. The only plank which might be interpreted as referring to the Ku Klux Klan is described as a declaration reaffirming the party devotion to the constitution and its guarantees of religious, civil and political liberties. The oil inquiry is dewlt with under the head of “orderly government”? and men “of both parties” are assail- ed “for dishonesty and corruption” the existence of which the party con- demns and deplores. On Agriculture. On agriculture, which was one of the most troublesome ques- tions in the sub-committee ses- sions, it was agreed to pledge aa effort to restore and equitable balance between agricultural prices and industrial commodity levels. There is no reference to the McNary-Haugen bill, spon- sored in the recent session of Congress by Secretary Wallace and the insurgent group. The plank also expressed strong ap- proval of the flexible tariff pro- vision of the present law and another embodied a plea for party regularity . in . Congress, and the state legislature. The immigration policy define: the new quota law is strongly recom- mended but no mention is made of Japanese exclusion, . One plank is devoted to praise of President Coolidge und in another tax reduction is demanded, and a tax revision commission to formulate a scientific policy. No reference is made to rates or further reductions or how they should be brought about. A declaration of Philippine inde- pendence sets forth that to relin- quish American control of the island would be against both the welfare of the territory and the nation, No mention was made of the soldier's bonus. The orderly government” plank takes up about 30 words. It mikes no specific reference to the oil or recent congressional investigations. This plank apparently had been practically agreed upon before the sub-committee went into session for no loud discussion followed, its pre- sentation, Klan Plank Debated Such was not the case, however, when the Klan and _ agricultural plank were reached. Shouts and ar- guments which could be plainly heard outside the committee rooms ensued, Senator Norbeck of South Dakota .did not mince words in dis- cussing the condition of the farm- er and the possible effect it might have on the Republican party if a strong agricultural plank were not written. Although not a member of the sub-committee, he was called in and came armed with charts. and (Continues on page 8)