The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1924, Page 1

R WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 ~—~—. ONPARTISANS WILL GATHER _-HEREWULY 30 ) Political Pot to be Started Boiling at Conference Called by ‘Committee » FARMER - LABOR ALSO New Party Group Expected to Urge Desertion of the Republican Column FORMAL CALL The formal call for a, Non- partisan League conference here on July 30 will be printed in The North Dakota Nonpar- tisan here today as fellows: “To Nonpartisans. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of Nonpartisans held at Bismarck Wednesday, July 30th at 10 o’cfock a. m. for the purpose of discussing matters in connec- tion with the coming cam- paign, and any other matters which may be presented affect- ing the welfare of the League. “Owing to the scarcity of money at this time, it was de- cided not to call a state-wide convention, but that the State Executive committee would in- vite five representative Non- partisans from each Congres- sional district to attend. “The committee wishes it understood that all Nonparti- sans are welcome to attend and that their presence will be ap- preciated the same as if in- vited. “All League-endorsed candi- dates, whether successful or not, are especially requested and urged to attend. OLE KNUTSON, Chairman State Executive Committee. Nonpartisan League plans for the fall campaign will be discussed at a conference called by the state execu- tive committee for Bismarck on Wed- nesday, July 30. * At the same time, it is understood, there will be.a conference-here of officials of the Farmer-Labor Party formed in North Dakota after the Nonpartisan League convention met last February. While the League ex- ecutive committee announces that the conference will be for the discussion of matters connected with the cam- paign and any other matters of in- terest to the League, many questions will be raised, including: Shall the League candidates suc- cessful in the primary remain in the Republican column? Shall the League present candidates to oppose the successful, Independ- “ents in the primary? Shall the Farmer-Labor Party name a candidate for Governor, in the hope he would poll enough votes to estab- lish the party and gain for it a place on the ballot? Shall the League formally igdorse R. M. LaFollette for the Presidency? Shall the League, by convention or conference, select a candidate for Congress: to oppose Thomas Hall in the Second Distrigt and O. B. Burt- ness in the 'First? To Start Campaign © The conference is.expected to start the political pot boiling for the fall election in the state, and because of the present disturbed condition and the unusual questions presented to various factions, may have an im- portant bearing in straightening out political lines. Immediately after the June 25 pri- mary when A. G. Sorlie, League, was nominated for Governor on the Lea- gue ticket there was sentiment ex- pressed among the Nonpartisans to “let the Republican ticket ride” through the fall election. Another ‘group sprang up to urge that cundi- dates be put in the field against the successful Independents, and after it became apparent that LaFollette would become a candidate for the Presidertcy, to have the Leaguers nominated on the Republican ticket ,resign and all go in the Independent ‘\_ column, where LaFollette’s name will “be found. Another group, which has caused some Leaguers to consider the Situ- ation very carefully, is the Farmer- Labor group, which includes among its leaders several leading Nonparti- ‘sans, This group wants to cut away from the Republican party label, es- blish the Farmer-Labor party in the state and present candidates yn- der that party. label. The group was defeated in the League convention last February. The situation may affect the atti- tude of A. G. Sorlie considerably. In order’to establish the Farmer-Labor Party it is necessary that a candidate professing the principles’ of that par- ty cast a vote equal to five per cent of the total. Should the Farmer- Labor group choo: different candi- date than Sorlie it would add one more to the gubernatoria] race, or he might resign from the Republican ticket and accept the ‘nomination of the Farmer-Labor group, being placed on the ballot by petition. For Congress ’ Several potential candiddtes have sprung up for Congressman from the Second district, the t being D. “GC. Poindexter, state auditor. While . Poindexter declines any comment, > © (Continued on page three.) THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY LEOPOLD, LOEB HEARI A FOREST FIRE AS SEEN BY AIRPLANE This is an airplane view of one =f the many forest fires now raging in California and other Pacific coast states. ‘their way out through the fire and VALUATION OF CITY PROPERTY IS INCREASED Figures of City Board, How- ever, Less Than Left By State Board Last Year SENT TO THE COUNTY Valuation of city property for tax- ation, as submitted to the county board of commissioners, by the city commission today, totals $354,072 more than the total submitted last. year, although less than the final figures fixed after the state board acted. The total valuation. of real and personal property in the city of Kismarck is fixed at $7,209,527 as compared to $6,854,555 last year. This, however, is excepting rail- roads and pyblic utility property and banks, assessed originally by the state. -board, which totalled $634,068" fast year. The value of the various classes of city property, as submitted to the county board by the city board, for the ensuing year is as follows: Lots 2,047,120 Lands sae 67,665 Business structures . 1,164,000 Residences 2,074,955, Personal property .. 1,855,787 The same classes of property last year were reported as follows: Lots $2,088,932 Lands 43,090 Business structures . 1,052,250 Residences 1,554,760 Personal property .. 2,115,523 The figures represent full value, and will be classified under the law, on a 75 per cent basis for the final assessment. The figures may be changed either by the county or state board. The other classes of property, as- sessed by the state board, were last year placed for the city of Bismarck, on a 75 per cent basis, as follows: Railroads, $289,125; telephones, $82,- 512; telegraph $1,444; express $696; sleeping car $1,764; banks $258,526. CHARGED WITH OPERATING CAR INTOXICATED Stanley, N. D., July. 23—A charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor was ed against Dr. L. 0. Kron of Piazi who ‘has been held in the county, jail here since Saturday night when he was taken into custody at Plaza. Kron is due to be arraigned before a jus- tice this afternoon to either. stand or waive preliminary examination. In event he should desire to enter ‘a plea he will be taken to either Mi- not or Williston. The charge against Dr. Kron is the outgrowth of an accident which oc- curred while he was taking Mrs. Al- fred Bellmore, residing near Plaza, to that city for medical treatment occasioned by a delicate condition. The, machine in which they were rid- ing tipped over. Mrs. Bellmore is now in a hospital at Minot. Dr. Kron has been practicing as « physician and surgeon at Plaza for only a few months. He has also prac- ticed at Kenmare and Velva. PROPOSED TOUR IS POSTPONED Minot, N. D,, July 23.—The pro- posed tour of the grand canyon of the Little Missouri in western North Dakota, originally scheduled to leave Minot July 28, has been postporied to Aug. 4, according to information recei ed’ in Minot to- day front: E, E. Fredeen of Ryder, prorfoter. The change was made to accom- modate a delegation of Minneapolis and St. Paul men who desire to make the trip. Promoters. of the tour plan to ask congress to designate the sec- tion that will be visited as a na- tional park. * Mr, Fredeen, who will guide the tour, is a former mail stage driver ana oat it is fis- cal agent of the Parks way. 4 . clouds of smoke, have ‘perished. BISMARCK MAN TELLS HOWGIRIS « Scores, unable to fight The above picture was taken near Santa Barbara. WISHEK RAIL anbe="=—gieipiened Ei The girls in Bismarck who worry through their first great adventure in shingling—their hair—need not think they are doing something new in the history of feminine adorn- ment. For back in 1885 the girls wore their hair shingled—cut just like a hair. Rev. G. B. Newcomb of rck today offered proof of He displayed an old daguerre- otype of five girls who attended the same boarding preparatory school he attended back in Dundee, New York. There is no mistaking the picture. The shingled hair is there. The dresses of these daring young college girls of the day were some- what different from those of today, however. The Mother Hubbard craze was on. The picture shows them with long dresses, flowing from a yoke just below ‘the shoulders. ‘The Mother Hubbards were popular then, Rev, Newcomb says. Women” used to appear on the streets in them. They were popular for afternoon strolls. The five girls shown in the old HORSE'S KICK LEADS T0 DEATH Lisbon Youth, Who Joined; Cireus, Is Victim Fargo, July Loren Forward, 17, of Lisbon, died in a local hospital today of what was said to be septic poisoning, caused directly by injur- ies sustained when he was kicked by a horse while working with’ a cir- cus which he and his chum had joined at Lisbon. According to the boy’s statement before his death, he and his chum, named Waite, joined a circus at Lis- bon during its stay there recently and at the next stand at Edgcley, Forward was kicked seVerely by a horse. When the injury grew worse and the boy became semi-delirious, a doctor was called, who pronounced septic poisoning. ARE LOOTED Citizens of Foxholm Sleep Through It All Minot, N. D., July 23.—Residents of the small village of Foxholm last night sJept too soundly to hear cracksmen who blew four safes in various places of business and es- caned with loot totalling only about $60. The safe in the postoffice failed to yield to a charge of explosives, thereby . preventing the probable theft of about $100 in currency and $300 in, stamps. URGE SHEEP ON . CASS CO. FARMS fin Fargo, July 23.—Three cars of sheep and possibly as many more will be brought into Cass county this. year as a result of a campsign to Place sheap on farms of the county, in progress under direction of William Guy, Cass county agent, and John Haw, development agent for the Northern. Pacific railway, the office of the county agent an- nounced recently. Plans to secure enough prospec- tive sheep growers in communities of the county,/to handle a carload of the stock were begun when Mr, Guy and Mr. Haw explained the project at a picnic of patrons of the farmers’ elevator at Woods. *William Plath presided at the meeting and other speakers were Judge A. T. Cole, Cass county dis- trict court, John. Van Arnam of Kindred, ahd- J. M. Witherow of Moorhead, : picture, are Nye sisters, Mattie Mor- ris, a Tracy girl and another whose name is not remembered by Rev. Newcomb. They were country girls in New York, along about 20 to 21 years of age, and had come down to the boarding school. They kept house themselves, Rev. Newcomb said, calling their place Locksley hall. He lived a few doors away. The most pronounced shingle is the boy’s hair cut of the day, shing- led, but a little ‘longer than at present. The boys liked a drooping shingle. Some of the girls contin- ued to wear their bangs. The pic- ture shows two of the girls with shingled hair, but pronounced bangs in front. Shingles was quite general among the girls, Rev. Newcomb said, but was not as universal as bobbed hair is now. The fad lasted a few years, he said, and then the girls went back to long hair. When they did go back to long hair, the girls just wadded their hair under a hair net, drew it tight across the forehead and let it droop behind, he added. SHIPMENTS OF * CREAM HEAVY Over $5,400.00 in cream was handled by the Mott branch train in one day, according to Casey Jones, mail carrier on that line of the Northern Pa- cific. He says that 540 tans were handled on Monday of this week, each of the value of $10 or more. The increase in the number of cows and the fine pasture this year is evidenced in the cream shipments. Many farm- ers are receiving over $200 monthly from this source along the Cannon Ball branch this summer, according to residents of that section. M’LAREN PARTY ON ITS WAY Flying to Last Stop in Jap- anese Empire Tokio, July 23.—The McLaren party of British round the world aviators was winging its way northward through the Kuriles today. Forced ‘down a week ago on Urupe Island, near the southern end of the Kuriles chain by fogs, and for a time feared to have perished, the fliers early toddy left Tokotan Bay, on Urupe, for Murakami Bay, on Paramashiru, the most northerly of the larger Kuriles, and their last stop in the Japanese empire. CONFESSED T0 MURDER, CLAIM Nashville, “Tenn. July 23.—Frank Harrell, 22, wanted in connection with the murder of Major Samuel McLeury, near Cheraw, South Caro- lina, on July 2, is in the Nashville police station, accordjng to tle Nash- ville chief of detectives, He has con- fessed, the police sa: CUTTING OF RYEBEGUN Minot, , July 23,—The first Ward county ryé is in shock.” - Persons whd Monday autoed to the northern part of the county re- port having seen @ 40-acre field of rye, ‘north of* Kenmaré, harvested and in’ the shock. oy, 5 So far as is known: this’ is‘ the first rye to be cut in this section of the state. Other rye fields will be ready for the binder the latter ‘part or the forepart of next week, it ie stated. 17s AFTER CRASH Theodore Deggs Fatally In- jured When Gasoline Car Is Wrecked Fatally injured when the gasoline cur he was riding yesterday jumped the track, crushing and injuring him internally, Theodore Deggs of Wis- hek died last night, a few hours after being brought in an unconscious condition to the St. Alexius hospital. The accident occurred near Brad- dock, and he was brought into Bis- marck on the South Soo. Deggs, who was about 35 years old, was a bridge carpenter for the Soo railroad. He was unmarried, and as far as is known had no relatives, though efforts are being made to lo- cate them, No funeral arrangements INSOME PARTS OF MORTON co. Considerable Damage Is Done on’ Several Farms in Hebron Territory Mandan, July 23.—Barns on two farms were destroyed, other small buildings: were demolished by wind and a score or more farmers in the vicinity of Hebron, western Morton county, suffered from a 40 per cent to a total loss to crops from hail which swept over a considerable territory about 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The storm, coming from the west, appeared to split insofar as hail fell, part going north and the heav- ier storm swinging south from An- telope. Farmers livihg north ,and northeast of Hebron and northwest of New Salem suffered from a ten to a 40 and in some cases 60 per c&ént crop loss from hail. However, to the south of Ante- lope at least seven farms were de- nuded of crops. The hailstones |were not large but fell in quantity to cover the prairie in places. Prac- tically all of the hail losses were covered in part by insurance. There was no rain at Carson or other points in Grant coufty. PEACE EFFOR HAS FAILED Santos, Brazil, July 23.—The Sao Paulo revolutionists are | reported on reliable authority to have fail- ed in efforts to enter into negoti- ations with the Brazilian govern- ment for an, armistice, President Bernardes having announced that. the rebels must face the penalty of the Brazilian laws. came Lipstick Is Held Essential, Fight the ‘Bob’ Chicago, July 23.—Lipstick is es- sential but the.“bob” is doomed, ac- cording to opinions expressed at the seventh annual convention of beauty shop owners meeting here. Oné stroke of a lipstick of the pro- per'tint. may forestall the spats that sometimes terminate in the divorce courts, Mrs. R..Js Maurer, a delegate, easy enough to win a hus- band, but it takes a good lipstick to held him,” she rts. “The complicated coiffure in vogue years ago. will supplant the bobbed tte: the experts. believe, 23, 1924 THREE NEGROE SOUGHT BY MOB PUTIN PRISON Saved From. Lynching After Authorities Rush Them to State Penitentiary HAD KILLED A - GIRL Slaying Result of Robbery of Small Store—Identifica- tion Had Failed Mound City, IIL, July 23, (By the A. P.)—Following a series of nar- row escapes from mobs which twice threatened their lives, three negroes rested today behind the walls of the Ilinois state prison at Menard, Ill- inois, terrified by their experience. The three negroes were arrested early yesterday as suspects in con- nection with the slaying of Daisy -Wilson, pretty 18-year-old girl of Villa Ridge, were taken to Menard as a last resort measure by Sheriff 1. J. Hudson of Pulaski county, after the jail at Mounds, Illinois, and later at Mound City, where they had been held, were surrounded by threatening mobs. As a result of these demonstra- Governor Len Small of Illi- ordered the immediate mob: zation of Company K, 130th Illinois infantry, to proceed here and aid county authorities in restoring order. Robbed Store The crime for which the negroes were held occurred early Tuesday at Villa Ridge, two negroes called at the home of I. C. Wilson late Monday night stating they wished to make several small purchases at his grocery store. While tm the store Wilson was attacked by the negroes, one of whom held a revolv- er. His daughter, hearing sounds of the struggle rushed to her fath- er’s assistance and was killed by a bullet from the negroes’ revolver. The negroes fled with a few pen- nies contained in the bag but were taken to Villa Ridge for identifica- tion. 5 Indentification Failed Wilson, who had been severely beaten, was unable. then te identify them. Both denied the crime. During'the day the search for sus- pects continued. An inquest failed to solve -the mystery of the shoot- ing and resulted in a verdict of death at the hands of an unidenti- fied negro. A score of negroes were arrested and released with the ex- ception of one negro brought from Cairo, who was held for further questioning. During one demonstration at Mounds, the mob shot out all the lights in the vicinity of the jail. No one was injured during the shooting. _—_______——_-® o—__—_- \ Weather Report | ——————_ * For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperatures at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation . Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts Fer Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Mostly fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. General Weather Conditions The pressure is low over Minne- sota and over Utah and it is high over the Northwest. This pressure distribution has been accompanied by precipitation in Minnesota, parts of North Dakota and_ over the extreme northeastern Rocky Mountain slope. Elsewhere fair eather prev: Temperatures over the eastern half of the coun- try are somewhat above normal. From the Rockies westward to the Pacific Ocean cool weather pre- vails. North Dakota Corn and Wheat Region Summary For the week ending July 22, Generally favorable weather pre- vailed throughout the week. Time- ly showers in all sections afforded considerable relief to grains poorly planted and in those sections where droughty conditions prevailed, and greatly benefited crops generally. Spring wheat. is aped to. excellent with no reports of black stem rust received as yet. The crop is most- ly headed: and some early sown is ripening. Winter rye is ripening rapidly and some has been out. Oats and barley are good to excellent. Corn is somewhat backward but generally clean. Flax conditions continue excellent, also potatoes, pasturesand ranges. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. J. W. DEVINE IMPROVING >—_ Joseph M. Devine, Com*issiones Immigration, is conva! ‘ee cal hospital, followir ‘ tack of pneumoni> slowly regaining Ss said. Mrs. Dev! Must Rewrite Auto Accidents Los Angeles, Calif., July 23. —Sentenced to read every newspaper in this city every day for the next six months and rewrite the traffic stories in them in his own handwrit- ing was the punishment meted out yesterday to J. G. Lobell, 18, who was charged with speeding. As the court providing Lobell would attend his reportorial duties diligently. The youth eagerly accepted the judge's proposal. STBEL SELLING PLAN ORDERED 10 BE CHANGED Federal Trade Commission Holds Pittsburgh-Plus Plan Is Unfair LESSENS COMPETITION Long Controversy Has Raged Over Method of Setting Freight Rate on Steel Washington, July 23.—The federal trade commission ordered the United States Steel corporation to abandon the Pittsburgh-plus system of determining the price of steel, The commission held to be unfair method of competition the system by which the corporation and its subsid- iaries quote price on rolled steel products manufactured by and ship- ped from their plants outside Pitts- burgh at a production base price plus an equivalent to what the freight charges would be from that city. The (practice thus was found to be a violation of the federal trade commission act, and further to con- stitute a means of price discrimin- ation in violation of the Clayton act. The commission held specifically that the system is contrary to the public interest, not based on the law of supply and demand, is a price fix- ing system substitution for the old steel “pools,” “Gary dinners’ and other methods, and that it is made possible by the alleged domination of the steel industry by the United States Steel corporation. Lessons Competition It also held ‘that the Pittsburgh- plus system lessens and eliminates competition, retards business in all steel centers except Pittsburgh, and adds greatly to the cost of steel products. It adds $30,000,000 a year to the cost of steel to farmers in 11 western states, the commission declared. Commissioner Gaskill filed a dis- senting opinion in which he held the commission to be without authority to prohibit the steel corporation, operating its several plants within the law, from maintaining the same price at all its plants. While not specifically disagreeing with the com- mission's findings as to the effect of the Pittsburgh-plus system, he de- clared the “law does not require ab- solute freedom of competition” nor does “the law enjoin the observance of sound economic principles.” Summarizing in the announcement of its order what is believed would be the effect of abandonment of the system, the commission said it would build up all steel producing and consuming sections outside of Pitts- burg; return to the western and southern steel users the natural ad- vantages of the location; decentral- ize the steel industry and industries using steel products; enforce price competition among the steel produc- ers, and eliminate other alleged evils in the industry The commission, in its order, for- bade the United States Steel corpor- ation or its subsidiaries, from quot- ing any steel price without listing separately the price of the steei and the transportation charges. The United States Steel corpora- tion, in the hearings and arguments before the commission, conterded that the Pittsburg-plus system was the result of competition in the steel industry, and that it was created by free operation of the law of supply and demand. The fight over Pittsburg-plus has been one of the most bitter ever waged before the federal trade com- mission. The éntire proceedings was brought on by the commission’s own in vestigations, and hearings were held at virtually all steel producing points. Later the fight was centralized here, with attorneys for the United States Steel corporation lined up against the commission’s attorneys, and at- torneys for 32 associated middlewest- ern states and western steel consum- ers who joined in the move against the system. NEW GRAIN MARK SCORE Chicagé, July 23.—Smashing \\of high-price records. began in in the wheat market to- after several days pause. “he new soaring of values panied by advices that from: Minneapol et is menacing the crop band, ~ _ FINALEDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS NG IS OPENED FIGHT STARTED 10 SAVE BOYS FROM GALLOWS States Attorney Crowe Begins Presentation of Case in Chicago Court Room COLD MURDER, HE SAYS Tells of Planning of the Kid- naping For Ransom and The Slaying Chicago, July 23.—Mrs. Jacob Franks, mother of young Robert, victim of Leopold and Loeb took the witness stand late this afternoon. Clad in modish attire of black with simple white trimmings, white gloves and small black turban hat, the grieved mother told in a broken voice of her it day at home, the cir- cumstances of his disappearance and of the feverish, almost dis- tracted effort of herself and husband to regain the custody of their boy. ‘ Chicago, July 23.—Calmly, but with eyes moistened by tears, Ja- cob Franks, wealthy father of the 14-year-old victim of iNwathan Leo- pold Jr. and Richard Loeb, recited on the witness stand toddy the story of his boy’s disappearance. Called by the state as its second witness, after States Attorney Rob- ert E. Crowe, in his opening state- ment had demanded again the death penalty for the two brilliant, 19-year-old ‘ tollege students, Franks answered in a firm voice the queries of the prosecutor and identified the small remnants of clothing and other personal -pos- sessions found on or near the body. His testimony was unfinished when the court recessed for luncheon. The morning session was occu- pied principally ~by the opening statement of States Attorney Rob- ett Crowe, whose denunciation of the murderers, drew sharp objec- tion from Clarence Datrow, attor- ney for the defense. It was the most cruel, cowardly, dastardly murder ever committed in the history of American juris- prudence!” exclaimed Mr. Crowe. “That is a ridiculous exagger- ation,” rejoined Mr. Darrow. The defendants sat apparently unmoved throughout the States Attorney’s oration and left the room almost jauntily as the court recessed. They laughed audibly as they started back to their cells. Chicago, July 23.—The kidnaping of 14-year-old Robert Franks by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb was a_ strictly commercial prosecution, the abductors wrote in their first letter to the father of their victim. The letter, read today in the opening of the hearing before Chief Justice John R. Caverly to deter- mine the penalty the two college youths shall pay for the death of young Franks, to which for the second time they affirmed their lawyer's plea of guilty. . States Attorney Robert E. Crowe, in a formal opening state- ment, recited the boys’ planning for the “little fellow’s murder” from what he said was the incep- tion of a plot in the minds of the two brilliant sons of prominent |families here fast. fall. Every detail of the panning. preparation, unforseen y the young conspiratcrs, was reviewed by the prosecutor. Tells of Crime He told of perfection of details for the plot on May 21 of this year and of a:careful deliberation after- wards on the question of who should be their victims. The sons of numerous wealthy families were considered, before young « Franks was agreed upon. The. defendants were. styled “cold, calculating murderers.” of the details of the boys’ death with apparent equanimity of spirit, the two defendants sat calmly. in their chairs behind their counsel. Frequently one would whisper to the other as various details of their crime was heralded to the court. Leopold frequently sat virtually :| motionless for periods of 10°to 15 minutes during the recital. Leopold Motionless: Loeh, however, frequently ad- justed his stylish bow tie, moisten- ed his lips with his tongue and picked at specs on his sleeve. daccb Franks, father of the slain boy, ‘sat quietly beside his attorney —chewing gum with apparent de- termination. but. wholly without show of feeling. ] Nathan “Leopoid~Sr., father of |}one-of the 19-year-old intellectuals whose fate is.at stake, sat within a few feet of his son and -qmother son. His brow was with deep lines for evidence of a par- ent’s bowed spirit and heavy heart. radio ‘broadcasting Spain has no stations. ~ Mt. Etna ‘has been active as: 8 voleano since’600 B. C. Listening to the state’s recital |