The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1924, Page 1

# F3 WEATHER FORECAST * For Bismarck and Vicinity: Part- ly cloudy tonight and Friday. ESTABLISHED 1873 FRENCH-ALLIED DEADLOC LEAGUE PLAN ACTIVE DRIVE ‘THROUGHSTATE Conference Here Decides on Campaign for Member- ships on 2-Year Basis INDORSES LAFOLLETTE Demands Candidates Also Support Him—Keep Sorlie in Republican Column ONE EXCEPTION The League state executive committee, in ratifying action taken by the state-wide con- ference here, did not include ratification of the indorsement of Senators LaFollette and Wheeler, Ole Knutson, chair- man of the state executive committee, said this afternoon. This matter, he said, was left as it happened in the confer- ence. RATIFY ACTION The Nonpartisan League State Executive Committee, in session here this morning, formally rati- fied the action of the state-wide conference, it was announced by Ole Knutson, state chairman. The committee discussed plans for the political and member- ship campaigns, he said. The membership campaign is to be supervised by members of the committee, each in his respec- tive district. Mr. Knutson will have charge in the first dis- trict and also will spend some time in this city as campaign headquarters to he maintained. The Nonpartisan League, as a re- sult of its conference held here yes- terday and which broke up finally at an early hou this morning, will en- deavor to build the organization to its former standard of membership and power., The conference, consti- tuting an advisory body to the State Executive Committee, approved a membership campaign to be conduct- ed this fall, to enroll members at $5 for two: years,and,. wherever poss- ible, sell the official paper to the members. For the immediate future, the State Executive Committee called upon lo- cal League units throughout the state to raise funds to wipe out some debts remaining in the treasury and to put the League on a sound financial basis. In the long discussion of finances in the conference: however, the cld question of paying off the some $200,- 000 of accomodation notes given by farmers was not raised. The conference, after its ses- sion, has done these things: Indorsed Senator LaFollette and Wheeler for the presidency and vice-presidency, respectively. Demanded all Nonpartisan Lea- gue-indorsed candidates, support LaFollette and Wheeler. Decided to keep A. G. Sorlie and other candidates for state office sccessful in the June 25 primary in the Republican col- umn in the fall election. Decided to run T. H. H. Thore- wen, W. J. Church and D. C. Poin- dexter, defeated for Attorney- General, Commissioner of Agri- culture and Labor and Auditor, respectively, as independent can- didates in the fall election, in the individual nomination column. They will withdraw from ‘the Nonpartisan League party, in which they were nominated. . ‘Named Gerald Nye of Coopers- town, editor of the Sentinel-Cour- fer, to be independent candidate for Congress in the Second dis- trict against Thomag Hall. In- dorsed Walter Welford, Demo- cratic candidate for Congress in the First district, as candidate against O. B. Burtness. Run Sorlie on Stickers The third party question was not settled with the ending of the con- ference, however. It is certain to rise again. The conference, by a vote of 57 .to 8, decided to continue its can- didates in the Republican column, al- though R. H. “Dad” Walker of Yucea, Senator Ralph Ingerson of Flaxton and others made pleas that the League abandon the Republican column in the fall election, and join the Farmer-Labor Party ranks. The “bitter enders” among the so- called “anti-stradlers” were not satis- fied. D. H. Hamilton, state senator from McHenry county, told the Lea- guers he would. go to the polls and vote for League candidates under the Republisan banner but he “will have to hold my nose to do it.” Hamilton’s attitude was reproved later by Congressman James H. Sin- clair of the Third district, “What we want is to get some change in laws,” said Sinclair, “I don’t care what sort of machinery you use—use any machinery to get in. It is only a means to an end. I didn’t think it was necessary to spend. so much time this afternoon ‘about what kind of political machinery you would For Intensive Organization Sinclair also urged intensive or- ganization. \ “I used to favor as wide democracy as possible,” he said. “But I don’t yw but what it is better to play mmany politics sometimes, if you are going to get anywhere. I'know (Continued on page 6) THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mam] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1924 PRINCIPALS IN MARYLAND TAR-AND-FEATHER PARTY Mrs. Lloyd Shank (left) and M tarred and feathered at Frederick, is Dorothy Grandon, 21, who was Md. Mrs. Shank, wife of a farmer, has been hound over to the grand jury, together with nine men alleged to have assisted her in the tar-and- a her ‘husband clipped her hair so that it would be short bob. ‘She like Miss Grandon’ ather party. Notice Mrs, Shank’s Arikara Indians on Ft. Ber- thold Reservation Perform Ancient Rites of Thanks- giving, Prayer. and Bless- ing For Bounteous Crops For Representative of Mu- seum of the American Indian. An old ceremony of the Arikara Indians, forbidden now by the United States Indiin Bureau except cu permission, has just been held at Armstrong, Fort Berthold reserva- tion, to..preserve the ancient rites for future civilization through the moving picture and the written word. The ceremonies, held in the big Indian community hall southeast of Elbowoods, the Indian agency, were performed ‘for the benefit of Dr. M. R. Gilmore of the Museum of the American Indian, New York, with E. F. Coffin Museum photo- grapher, Dr. H. B. Alexander of the Universit, ebraska, Frank Shoe- maker, scientific photographer of Lincoln, Nebraska, Keene Abbott of Omaha and George F. Will of Bis- marck present for part or all of the ceremonies, which continued tour days. Just as leading agriculturalists throughout the Northwest now are centering attention upon corn rais- ing, the Indians regarded corn as the greatest crop grown in the Mis- souri Valley, and their propitiations to “Mother Corn” occupied a large part of sthe ceremonies. * The ceremonies completed in four days formerly were repeated by the Arikara Indians throughout the growing season, as prayer for good crops and thanksgiving to nature for the blessings bestowed. The Ari- karas, according to Dr. Gilmore, were the leading agriculturalists of | q the Missouri River tribes. They came from farther south along the Mis- souri River. They brought agricul- ture north from the southwest, the harbingers of agricultural develop- tuent over the Great Plains. They ac- climated corn, beans, .. squashes, pumpkins, tobacco—all tropical or sub-tropical crops, originally grown in Mexico. They also brought the sunflower under cultivation. Population Less Many centuries ago, Dr. Gilmore seys, the Arikaras began their northern migration. They were in Nebraska probably 400 to 500 years ago. They moved on _ northward, lived in Nebraska for a time with the Pawnees both tribes springing from the same stock, and made their final migration to North Dakota as they were pushed on by other tribes or conquered by the nomadic spirit. There are now 700 or more Arikaras left—years ago the tribe probably had 10,000 to 20,000people Dr. Gil- more said. The ceremonies of which moving pictures were made were given in fcur stages. The first was the puri- fication or preliminary, ceremony, called in English the sage dance be- cause wild sage figures much in the ceremony. A curious resemb- lance to another ancient rite is seen in this by Dr. Gilmore, since wild sage is ‘used in the same manner as hyssop was used by the ancient He- brews in purification: ceremonies, as related in the Old Testament. - The second ‘stage of the ceremon- ie ig that of the “Moly Cedar Tree,” (Continued on page three.) OLD CEREMONY OF INDIAN TRIBE IS FOR SCIENTISTS PERSIA GIVES “US. ASSURANCE OF PROTECTION Says Also That the Attackers of Major Imbrie Will Be Vigorously Sought Washington, July 31.—The Per- {sian government has assured the state department it will take steps with regard to the Imbrie incident that will “leave no ground what- ever for any anxiety on the part | of the United States government.” Replying to the American com- munication demanding full protec- tion for American citizens in Persia and threatening to break off diplo- matic relations as a result of the killing of Vice-Consul Imbrie and the subsequent attack upon his wi- dow, the Persian government de- ‘clared it would “repair the incident ‘and fulfill the points that are sug- | gested” by the United States. The reply said also that the Im- perial government “is making ex- treme efforts in pursuing and pun- ishing the Persians who caused and perpetrated the killing of Mr. Imbrie and it will not hesitate or make any change of sjgps in that direction.” Concerning the security of Am- erican nationals in Persia and par- ticularly American official repre- sentatives the communication says: “The Persian government has al- ways considered and will continue to consider this as its positive duty and gives assurance that it will by no means hesitate to fulfill this laty.” PAGE RESIGNS STATE POSITION William R. Page of Hamilton, as- sistant state dairy commissioner, has resigned his position, effective August 1, to accept a place, at higher salary, as agricultural development agent for the’ Great Northern Railroad, it was announced today by Joseph A. Kitchen Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor. George H. Ritter of Flasher, now in thé department, was promoted to Page’s position. Com- missioner Kitchen expressed regret over the departure of Mr. Page. REOPEN FAMOUS ZOO Hamburg, Germany, July 31,—The famous zoo at Stellingen, near Ham- burg, is open for the first time since 1920. It was closed for-financial rea- sons and has been reopened chiefly through the initiative of Henry and Lorenz Hagenback. ‘They are sons of Karl Hagenback, famous showman, who founded the zoo in ‘1907. a eee AMERICANS JAM PARIS Paris, July 31—Thousands of Amer- icans‘are thronging the streets of Paris, Steamers are ‘bringing at least 5,000 Amerie: across . the ocean every week, leaving most of them at Cherbourg. This is the big- gest season for American’ tourists that Paris has seen in 10 years, ELECTRIC RATE REDUCTION IN CITY ORDERED State Railroad Commission Issues Opinion in Hughes Electric Case STEAM HEATING No Change Made in This Rate —Various Points on Long Fought Case Decided SAME GENERAL PROBE ORDERED The state raitroad commips- sion, in publishing a decision reducing rates in Bismarck to- day, announced that it would undertake simultaneously an in- vestigation of the rates and prac- tices of other electric and steam heating utilities in the state, including those at Mandan, Far- go, Grand Forks, and Minot. Chairman Milhollan said the body expected to start investiga- tions immediately. The commission, he said, wae influenced to a general investi- gation because a readjustment of price and icost conditions throughout the country, which made necessary an inquiry as to whether lower rates than those existing in the immediate post- war period, now are justified. The state railroad commission, in a decision handed down today in the Hughes Electric case of this city, ordered in effective on Sept- ember reduced rates to consumers in the city of Bismarck. The chief reduction made in electric jlightisg rates. The com- mission orders effective a rate of nine cents per kilowatt hour for the first 25 kilowatt hours and eight dents for tlte next 75, as compared to the present rate of 11% cents for the first 100 kilowatt hours consumed. A comparison of the rates order- ed effective September 1, and pres- ent rates, follo General _lighting—present _ rate, first 100 KWH, 11% cents; next 100, 10% cents; next 100, 10 cents; next 100 nine cents; next 100 nine cénts} next 100, eight cents; all over 500 seven cents. New rate, first KWH per month 9 cents; next 75 eight cents; next 150 seven cen: next 250, six cents, all over 500, five cents, General power—present rate, first 1,000 KWH, six cents, next 1,000 KWH, five cents, next 5,000. KWH, four cents, next 5,000 3% cents, all over 12,000 KWH, three cents. New rates, first 500 KWH, five cents, next 1,500 KWH, 4% cents, next 3,000 KWH, four cents, next 5,000 KWH, 3% cents; all over 10,000 KWH, three cents, Cooking--Reduced from 3% to 3 cents per KWH per month. Street lighting—Reduced | from seven cents per KWH to 4% cents. (Continued on page three.) A.G. DOLMAN CAPTURED, 10 BE RETURNED Man Who Escaped From State Prison Is Being Held in Glendive, Montana is A. G. Dolman, who disappeared from the state prison farm here on July 3, when he was working in the prison fields, has been captured by Glendive, Montana police, according to J J. Lee, warden. Dolman refuses to return voluntarily and a requisi- tion is being obtained for him, the warden said. On receipt of word that Dolman was held in Glendive, Warden Lee sent Pred Lilly, night cell captain to that city, and today he received word that Lilly had: identified Dol- man. Dolman, who had been in trouble in both Minot and Fargo, was sen- tenced to ‘prison from Fargo for eight years for forgery and had serv- ed but a few months when he es- caped, Prison dogs traced him to the Mi uri river, where the trace was lost. BAND TO GIVE CONCERT HERE FRIDAY NIGHT The Bismarck Juvenile Concert Band will play. an cpen air concert tomorrow night in the court house square. Two features of the program will be a cornet duet by Joyce Moule and Sidney Rigler, an soprano solo by Miss Lillian Rigler. The pro- gram will continue for about one hour. ‘This will be the band’s second open air concert this summer. CITE CASE OF CROWE TO AID LEOPOLD, LOEB Youthful Murderers Find Pleasure in the Exchanges Between Lawyers DEALS WITH EVIDENCE Attorney Darrow Used De- cision of Crowe to Bolster Up Argument Chicago, IIl., July 31—One of the cases which Robert E. Crowe, now states attorney, heard when he was a judge and Clarence S. Darrow as attorney for the defense, was cited today in the Franks trial, when the state tried to maintain that evidence of d missable in mitigation of punish- ment for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The citation brought a heated ex- change between Messrs. Crowe and! Darrow today, the former main. taining he had not heard such evi dence in mitigation of punishment. “Oh, yes you did,” asserted Mr. “But the defendant was hanged,” Mr. Crowe said. Yes, but you sentenced him,” Darrow retorted. e court room rang with laugh- ter, Leopold and Loeb joining. The demonstration faded quickly away under the frown of Judge Caverly. The state continued piling up citations until the luncheon recess was reached. Its reading of ex- cerpts from decisions from other had taken the entire court yesterday and all of today’s forenoon _ session. Marshall said he would read no more au- thorities but would admit a list of others for the court presentation. Leopold and Loeb sat- quietly through the reading and argument. Once, however, they whispered and smiled when Darrow moved into a chair alongside them and handed a newspaper. clipping to Leopold. Leopold wrote a note.on the mar- gin_and laughed as he handed it to “Loeb. fhey “smiled “again when Dr. White, whose appearance on the stand precipitated the debate, when Mr. Marshall read a decision which mentioned the “seal of medical science” in investigating mental disorder: LAFOLLETTE IS ENDORSED Union Executive Board De- clares For Him Cincinnati, July Senator Rob- ert M. LaFollette and Burton K. Wheeler, independent candidates for the presidency and vice presidency, respectively, were indorsed today by the executive board of the Brother- hood of Railway and Steamship clerks Freight Handlers, Express and Sta- tion Employes. At the same time the board voiced its approval of the “progressive pro- gram” adopted by the Conference for Progressive Politicul Action conven- tion at Cleveland July 4 and 5 and recommended to its members earnest support of the program, eres aa Weather Report | Pend —o For 24 hours ending at noo Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Pretipitation ,.... Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Some what warmer tonight. ’ For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Spmewhat warmer tonight and east portion Friday. ‘ General Weather Conditions A large high pressure area covers the Plains States and upper Mississ- ippi Valley’ while low pressure pre- vails along the western slope of .the Rockies. Precjpitation occurred from the southern*Plains States northeast- ward to the Great Lakes region, and in western §outh Dakota, and Ne- braska. Elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Moderately cool weather is general in all sections, but rising temperatures prevail over the Northwest. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Metéorologist. HARVEY MAN’S SON DROWNED Harvey, N. July 31.—While his mother on shore watched, help- less to aid Victor, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Furstrom of Harvey, drown- ed while attempting to: swim to shore from a boat in Big Wood Lake, near Frederic, Wis. It is believed that he was seized with cramps. Young Furstrom operated a farm neat Frederic. His father rund a farm ngar Harvey. Besides the parents, two sisters and a brother survivd. ny . Thesdetense in the trial of Ni confes-ed slayers of Robert Fr: attorneys are seen going over Gort over their shoulders. Loeb, sittin terested in the court proceedings, left to right, are/Chief Deft Attorney Walter Bach GIVEN SENTENCE ON CHECK DEAL Charles Connolly, about old, who was arrested on of issuing bad checks, was given a $25 fine and costs and 30 days in jail by Justice Beer here. Connolly lived north of Sterling. It was charg ed he gave a check for $10 to Cet Mattson, hotel man at MeKen on a Sterling bank, and that he had no funds in the bank. According to States Attorney Allen, there is also the allegation that he was leaving the state in a mortgaged automobile and that he had mortgaged anothe man’s crop as security for the auto- mobile. 23° years charge DAVIS ASSERTS HE AGREES T0 BRYAN VIEWS Candidate For — President Agrees With Criticism of National Defense Day New York, July 31—John W. Davis, presidential candidate, announced to- day after his return from Maine that he was in entire accord with his run- ning mate, Governor braska, regarding National Defense Day. While passing through Maine last night Mr. Davis delivered two ad- dresses but with only passing refer- ence to politics. He told an audience at Rockland that both Democrats and Republicans were seeking an honest, upright and just government and that the only difference was that they approached the same goal by different methods. At Bath he declared that when the campaign had ended and the choice of the people had fallen on “some of the candidates, shoulder to shoulder as Americans, we shall join and march forward again for the welfare of our great common coun- try.” . Mr. Davis declared that the view expressed by Governor Br: that there was no necessity at this time for encouraging civilians to leave their occupations “for the purpose of engaging in what would be only a military demonstration without any practical educational effect is entirely sound.” Bryan of Ne- FLIERS AWAIT GOOD WEATHER , Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, July 31, (By the A. P.)—The United States Army World Fliers, who ar- rived here yesterday from Brough, England, have postponed their de- parture for Iceland until tomorrow, because of adverse weather conditions reported from patrol boats. A telescope weighing more than 1000 pounds has been made by a British firm for the Russian govern- ment. K BROKEN Oe DEFENSE STRIKES BACK an FP. nks, Chic effort to break down the testimony of cross - examining Detective Sergeant Counsel Clarence F. th and Attorney Benjamin Bachrach, Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, Z0 schoolboy, made its first ate’s witnesses when it began James J. Gortlund. Here the tland’s notes, with Leopold looking ® back of them, appears more in- Sitting with heads together, from Darrow, Leopold, BANDIT KILLED | AS MAIL CLERK RETURNS FIRE | Lone Clerk Engaged in Pistol | Duel With Two Would-be | Mail Robbers | t Orange, » July 31, -One bandit was killed, one escaped and a mail clerk was wounded twice when he frustrated an attempted mail robbery at the Lackawanna railroud station at 5 o'clock this morning. Eugene Stack, mail clerk em- at the local postoffice, is in a hospital with bullet wounds in the right thumb and the right leg as the result of his repulse of the bandits, who, it is believed, tried to steal a mail pouch carrying Federal Reserve packages. The escaped bandit got away. in a taxi, which was believed to have been driven by a confederate. | Stack went to the station to meet the j4:58 train and had taken off six | pouches, cluding, the. Kedera! Te- serve packages, when two men got joff the train and limped toward him, Jy . x They started firing without warn- ing and Stack returned fire. One fell dead and the other fled to a street, where Stack suw him enter a taxi, > 9 SENTENCED FOR MURDER One to Hang For Killing Girl Defending Parent Mound City, IIL, July 13—Nine | days after Miss Daisy Wilson, pretty 118 old girl, was slain, while at- itempting to protect her father from Jan attack by two negroes, who had lentered the Wilson store at Villa Ridge with the professed attempt to rob, Chess ‘Conne: 22, and Fred | Hale, 19, Cairo negroes, pleaded guil- | ty to first degree murder and rob- bery and were sentenced, the former to hang, and the latter to serve 99 years in the state prison at hard labor. The decisions were returned last night by Judge TT. Hartwell. mners, whose date of execution, was ‘set for October 17, had previous- ly confessed to firing the shot which killed Mi: Wilson while Hale con- fessed complicity in the robbery. Ford Dodged ‘Birthday Stuff’ Detroit, Mich. July 31.—In an “effort to get away from all that birthday stuff,” Henry Ford disappeared from Detroit yester- day on the occasion of his 61st birthday. It was. said he had driven to an unannounced desti- nation to avoid birthday call- ers. Mr. Ford is reported to have undergone a physical examin- ation recently, when he was pro- nounced in excellent health. IRISH BOUNDARY QUESTION BECOMES SERIOUS, AND LONDON PAPERS SEE EARLY SUCCESS OF IRISH REPUBLIC London July 31. (By the A. P.)— The Irish boundary problem has suddenly become acute again in consequence of the unanimous de- cision of the Privy council j jab ecmmittee 'to the effect that the oply way to constitute the boundary com- mission provided for in the Anglo- Irish Treaty is‘to amend the treaty by new legislation in the tmperial ment binding both the north- d southern fish governments. The British cabinet was summoned to a special meeting.Jast evening to ccnsider the proposal, which is said to be causing the ministers consid- erable ansioty, i The general belief is that the gov- \ erament “will be reluctant to in- troduce the new legislation this late in the parliamentary session but several of the ministers are urging that unless an amending bill is brought in immediately and a settle- ment made, the Republican move- ment in southern Ireland will force the Free State out of existence and bring about the establishment of a Republic. The morning Post, which is’ ultra conservative pictures the situation in darkest color and predicts the collapse of the Free State govern- ment and predicts triumph of the Republica by autumn or early win- ter. PRICE FIVE CENTS FRENCH AGREE T0- EVACUATE GERMAN RUHR Will Leave it by 1926 Provid- ing German Reich Fulfills the Dawes Plan DIFFICULTIES Delegates Declare That Great- est Problem of Allied Con- ference Is Settled OVER? London, July 31.—(By the A. P.)—The members of the cxperts’ committee of the inter - allied conference, after examining the proposal sub- mitted by the French experts yesterday as a compromise plan to end the conference deadlock over security to the Dawes plan German loan, de- clared their belief today that the French proposal, with mi- nor alterations, _ probably would be acceptable to the conference. The French proposal was accept- ed unanimously by committee num- ber one of the conference, while an amendment put forward by the British members this morning was withdrawn, both the French and British delegates congratulating each other on the happy turn of events. One delegate said: : “The great difficulty of the con- ference .is now ‘over.”” London, July 30.—The French compromise proposal for breaking the deadlock in the inter-allied con- ference provides for the evacuation of Hagen in the Ruhr by the French and Belgian troops after the flotation of the Dawes plan. German loan of $200,000,000, ac- cording to the Havas News agency. After the issue of each of the three sections of the 2,000,000,000 gold marks of German industrial railro#d bonds, the French and Belgians would evacuate success- ively Dortmund, Bochum and Es- sen. If the markets of the world are unable to absorb the issue of rail- road bonds troops would never- theless definitely leave the Ruhr on Aug. 15, 1926, on condition that the: German reich had by that time fulfilled the obligations imposed by the Dawes plan. An arbitration formula was also drafted to apply to disagreements of the reparations commission on questions of default, non-execution of German industrial contracts and appeals from decisions of the trans- fers committee of the reparations commission. BUTTERFLIES LIKE BOOZE Males Delight in It, Females Shun it For Water London, July 31. (By the A. P.) —Male butterflies Jike to get drunk while female ones shun liquor and are perfectly content with water as a beverage is the discovery of the zcologist Sutt, after experimenting aiong these lines. _ He kept all sorts of butterflies ir his wired sereen garden and ex- Fosed several bowls, containing either pure water or whiskey of different brands. The males invar- iably took to the liquor bowls and sipped so long that they fell off the brim and rolled on the ground. The females, however, without ex- ception shunned the alcohol, AWAIT ACTION OF LABOR BODY ON LAFOLLETTE * Washington, July 31.—Gampaign activities in behalf of the -LaFollette -Wheeler presidential tieket ‘were temporarily at low ebb. today, with the interest of leadefs turned chiefs ly toward the meeting at Atlantic City of the national executive com- mittee of the American Federation of Labor. A number of Labor Union executives attending the — meeting were pledged to support a move to throw the federation support to the LaFollette ticket as a whele, which would be a sharp departure from “its previous political policy, At an early date, campaign work- ers said today a program will be worked out to guide the efforts of the candidates themselves. Neither however, is expected to take the road for stump speaking much be- fore September 11." 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