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

” WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and viginitys;Some- what unsettled tonight and’ Wed. ESTABLISHED 1873 STORM TOLL IN 2 STATES REACHES 61 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mon BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924 ' CORN CROP ASSURED | SOUTHWESTERN N. D. LARGER YIELDS, ACREAGE,FOUND IN WIDE AREA Good Weather of Last Week Has Matured Much of Corn Crop, Experts Say FROST HURTS LITTLE Southwestern Part of State Is Declared to Have Best Corn in North Dakota i Southwestern North Dakota, with the best grain crop in will have a corn crop than last year, with a larger acreage, according to George F. man of the North Dakota State Corn Show committee and head of O. H. Will and Company, dealers in seeds. Favorable weather ‘in the last week has greatly enhanced the prospective yield in this section of the state,;{ according to Mr. Will. A light frost in many parts of central and western North Dakota Monday morning, ‘ol- lowed by warm weather, proved of value to the corn crop, Mr. said. The frost itself did no inju to corn, except possibly some of the very late corn, and much of the corn it helped, he said. “Corn ‘has come along fast in the last week,” he said. “Corn that was in bad shape a week ago is far enough along now that it has escap- ed damage from frost,” he said. “Seventy-five percent of the corn in this section is safe from the frost,” Mr. Will added. He express- ed belief that the yield will be bet- ter than last year, although it will be later in being harvested. The acreage in the western part of the state generally is larger than last year, he said, although in Burleigh county, which raised much corn last year, the acreage is about the same. While Mr. Will has seen some frosted corn in trips in this vicinity, years, he said, it is a small percentage, and} most of the corn is safe and will yield well. 0. W.. Roberts, weather observer, also has declared the bulk of the corn crop, especially the Dents, is safe from frost. Old residents in this vicinity count it unusual to have an excellent wheat crop and corn crop the same year. They declare the hopes of every farmer are fulfilled; when the weath- er is cool enough to retard rust growth and yet have sufficient rain to mature the wheat crop, and at the same time to have warm enough weather to mature the corn crop. BALMY WEATHER Bismarck enjoyed balmy weather last night, the lowest mark of the thermometer being 52 above zero, Be- low freezing weather was reported for three of the 17 weather stations, it being 30 at Dunn Center and Jamestown and 31 at Langdon. Dick- inson reported a minimum of 37 above. Bismarck was the warmest spot in the state last night. —__-______--# { Weather Report } For 24 hours ending at noon Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night .. Precipitation Highest wind velocity . : WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and Vicinity: Some- what unsettled tonight and Wednes- day. Cooler Wednesday or Wednes- day night. For North Dakota: Somewhat un-| settled tonight and Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday or Wednesday night. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area has moved slowly eastward and is centered over the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope this morning while the high pressure area covers the Great Lakes region and St. Lawrence Val- ley. This pressure distribution has been accompanied by fair, pleasant weather in all sections except on the north Pacific coast states where shewers occurred. Temperatures are lower in the eastern Great Lakes re- gion while considerably warmer wea- ther prevails in the northern Plains States and middle and northern Rocky Mountain region. Carson Girls Win In Fair Contests Carson, N. D., Sept. 23.—Local dairy men and business houses are raising a fund to pay the expenses of two local girls, Mary Cotner, 12, and Edna Vogel 18, daughters of farmer members of the Grant Coun- ty Holstein Breeders circuit, to the National Dairy show at Milwaukee, Sept. 27 to Oct. 4. The two, com- peting with boys ‘and other girls of many y t, have won half @ dozen priz ate and county fairs in North Dakota during the past few months in livestock judg- ing contests and in demonstration ‘work, probably 7 larger | Will, chair-; 1 =) i 1 The Prince of Wales took a hand news the other day New York Tribune. them rolling out the edition. ‘DAUGHERTY’ PROBERS MAY Brookhart’s Invitation to! Senator Ashurst, However, Meets Tart Reply SUIT AGAINST MEANS Federal Income Tax Collector Charges Him With Dodg- ing Payments Camp Perry, 0. Senator Smith W. Brookhart, chairman of the Senate Daugherty investigating committee, today said he had wired Senator H. R. Sehurst of Arizona, the only mem- ber of the committee in Washington, that he might, if he desired, call the committee together to hear addition- al testimony. Senator Brookhart, who is here at- tending the national rifle matches, said he expected to return to Iowa before going to Washington, MEANS CHARGED IN COURT Washington, Sept. 23—Gaston B. Means, investigator and star witness, was charged in district supreme court here today with having repud- iated his income tax. Internal re' enue collector Tate filed a tax lien judgment for a total of $267,614.40, which covers unpaid income tax for the past three years and added pen- alty for non-payment, The tax is | $214,091.52, and the penalty for fail- ing to pay is $53,522.88, ASHURST’S REPLY New York Sept. 23.—Senator H. F. Ashurst of Arizona, a member of the Senate Daugherty investigating com- mittee, today telegraphed Senator Smith W. Brookhart, chairman of the committee, that if the chairman considered it advisable to call a meeting of the committee he would gladly attend. CORSET STAVE CAUSES DEATH Lincoln, Ill, Sept, 23.—Mrs. Mary Linds, 60, was probably fatally in- jured when a corset stave broke and pierced her abdomen when the taxi in which she was riding crashed into a telephone post Kick From Horse Splinters Leg Elgin, N. D., Sept, 23.—Leonard, 14 year old son of John Kreutz, who suffered a badly splintered leg bone when kicked by a horse at his father’s ranch, underwent a radical operation here when the bone was bared, drilled and wired together in hopes of making it knit in. place. If all the meat imported into Lon- don came in the form of live sheep, there would be enough to arrive, one every, two seconds, night ang day, all the year round, PRINCE STARTS THE PRESSES He started the presses Here he is seen push At his side is John Lynch, foreman. BE SUMMONED, ing New York the world’s rolling in the plant of the g the button that started pressroom in gi WISCONSIN SOLON WILL SPEAK HERE Congressman Edward Voigt of Wisconsin and Congressman J. Hy ‘Sinclair of the..Third North Dakota district will speak in Bismarck at 8 o'clock Wednesday in Patterson Hall, opening the LaFollette Wheel- e king campaign in Bismarck. §,0.$, MESSAGE ISRECEIVED FROM VESSEL Two Other Shi Start Search of Shiv off Coast of Spain London, Sept. 28—An S, 0. S. |message from a steamship giving her name as the Cranford and her posi- tion as about 50 miles off the north- west tip of Spain, ‘received last night, caused two British steamers, bound from A to London, to rush to her Tel west cciseteLevadathals thal Cranford was the United States shipping board vessel of that name, which left New Orleans on August ;31 for Bremen, but later it was learned that she had arrived at her destination. The only other steam- er Cranford listed in shipping reg- isters is a British yhip of 1,710 tons gross, whose recent movements have not been recorded. SPEEDER WAR INSTITUTED Three Arrests Made For Vio- lation by Police A new “speeders war” is being in- stituted by the police, Chief of Po- lice Martineson announced today. Because automobile drivers are in- clined to become a little careless at this time of the year, the campaign has been ordered to include all in- fractions of the motor laws. Three alleged speeders,were fined $5 and costs before Police Magistrate Cash- man last night. The appearance of many cars with but one light led the Chief to in- struct men to see that cars had two front headlights: and tail lights. Driving with one front light, espec- ially if it is the right light that is burning, entails danger on the streets and highways, he said, Parking on the wrong side of the street also is to bring arrests. FORMER WU. S. SENATOR DIES Bloux Falls, 8, D., Sept, 23—(By the A, P.)—Robert Jackson Gamble, former United States Senator from South Dakota, died at his home here after a long illness, =—— PLAN DEFENSE FOR ELECTORS IN HIGH COURT Several Lawyers to be Retain-| ed by Roy Frazier in the Case, He Says START PETITIONS LaFollette Electors Plan to Have New Set if Decision In Case Is Adverse Machinery was set in motion today by Roy Frazier, chairman of the Re-| publican State’ Committee as con- trolled by the Nonpartisan League, for a defense of the four electoral candidates on the Republican ticket who are favorable to Robert M. La- Follette. Mr. Frazier announced he had retained C. L. Crum of Bismarck as Chief Counsel, and other attorneys yet to be announced will be associat- ed with him, “I have retained Mr. Crum to rep- resent me in the interest of the Re- publican State Committee and to pro- tect the Republican candidates,” said Frazier. “He will appear in that ca- pacity for the four republican elec- tors named defendants in this suit, as I want to preserve the entire re- publican ticket.” The announcement of Frazier fore- cast a strong fight in the supreme court on September 29 to keep the! four republican electors declared favorable to LaFollette in their! places in the Republican column bracketed with the name of President! Coolidge. The suit brought yester- day, on the relation of the Attorney- General, by Coolidge forces, sought to force removal of the four electors| from the Coolidge column, alleging | that they are not republicans and/ will take advantage of the Coolidge| name in the election and then vote for LuFollette in the electoral col- | i lege. 5 Asked if F. A. Vogel, LaFollette{ campaign manager in the state, would participate in the suit, Mr.| Frazier said he was not informed but added that “I understand that Vogel| is having petitions circulated to put’ LaFollette electors in his own col- umn,” “Would there then be two sets of electoral candidates, the Independent “aFollette Electoral Candidates and the five regular Republican candi- dates, four of whom are declared fav- orable to LuFollette?” Frazier was asked. “Yes,” he replied. Mr. Crum said that he had not yet read the voluminous papers filed in the supreme court yesterday but thas} he intended to make a study of them today. While he said he understood the four electors named defendants would not be required to make an- swer until next Monday, he indicat- ed that an announcement of his course might be made after he has completed his study of the papers. Secretary of State Thomas Hall, named defendant in a second suit filed by the Coolidge forces, said today that he had retained W. H. Stutsman of Mandan,to represent his office. DAWES BRINGS (.0.P. CAMPAIGN TO NORTHWEST Candidate for Vice-President To Strike at LaFollette in Minnesota Chicago, Sept. 23.—Arrangements for the invasion of Minnesota this week by Charles G. Dawes, Repub- lican candidate for vicepresident, as announced last night by the Repub- lican national committee, provide for nearly a dozen rear platform ad- dresses in addition to principal speeches at Minneapolis Thursday evening and at St. Cloud Friday eye- ning. The trip will be the most exten- sive so far as speaking is concerned of any that Mr. Dawes yet has made. The rear platform schedule pro- vides for ten minute talks at Ro- chester, Zumbrota, Red Wing, Ano- ka, Wab&sha, and Winona, all in Minnesota, and LaCrosse, Sparta, New Lisbon, Portage and probably Madison, Janesville and Beloit, Wis. Mr. Dawes, in discussing his Min- nesota tour, announced that he ex- pected to devote his attention large- ly to the LaFollette independent can- didacy and to the farm question. Thursday noon, the Republican nominee will be the guest of honor and make an address at a luncheon given by Republican leaders at a downtown St. Paul hotel, The Min- neapolis speech will be made in the armory there, and Mr. Dawes will spend Friday afternoon in Minneas polis, leaving about noon for St. Cloud. |to pay their debts. } to four years. GEN. SAWYER, HARDING AID, DIES SUDDENLY Marion, 0O., Sept. 23.— Brigadier-General Charles E. Sawyer, personal physician to; the late President Harding, dropped dead of heart disease at White Oaks Farm, near here, today. CLOSED BANKS TO YIELD MORE THAN EXPECTED Good Crops and “Live and Let Live” Policy Will Show Worth, Baird Believes COLLECTIONS ARE GOOD Many People Will Pay Debts To Closed Banks and De- positors Will Benefit A “live and let live” policy in deal- ing with creditors of closed banks in North Dakota has proved to be the right policy, in the face of much criticism, in the opinion of L. R. Baird, general receiver of closed banks in North Dakota, The proba- bility is, with good crops in the state, that closed banks will yield a far greater amount of money to be tributed to depositors than was an- ticipated, and more than could have been obtained had the usual practice of liquidating an institution in as little time as possible been followed. The disposition of debtors of the closed banks in the state generally, Mr. Baird finds, is that they desire “Farmers that re owing notes to these banks seem to want to pay them, as quickly as their finances will permit, whether they expect to do business with the institution again or not,” Mr. Baird said. “Their spirit in this regard is excellent and it is to the benefit of the depositors of the closed banks.” Threshing is just well under way in the Mr, Baird from district banks in various parts of the state. men of At the end of this week threshing will be half completed south of the main line of the Northern Pacific Railway, he said, while it is just fair- ly started in the immense territory north of the railroad. For the last several months, Mr. Baird said, the policy of his office had been to avoid foreclosure where- ever possible. This “live and let live” policy was adopted not only to permit persons owing the banks to to remain on their farms or in their businesses, but also because by al- lowing them to go ahead with their operations and make money, they would be in « better shape to pay their debts to the closed banks, Had foreclosures been forced and the banks liquidated just as fast as pos- sible, the depositors would have ob- tained scarcely anything in many instances, but now with the prospects improving in the state generally there is likely to be realized this fall a considerable amount of money for depositors. Reports for the month of August, he said, showed very good collections, although August is known us a poor month for collect- ing. It will be two or three months,! before threshing operations are com- pleted and money is rolling in rapid- ly, he said. This situation is not true of every bank, as some have been in process of liquidation for periods from two | Mrs. Sweetin Tells of Poison-' The general receiver has been ready to make some distribution of funds in a few banks, but had dif- ficulty in getting depositors to file their claims. With collections now expected to come in quickly, the mat- ter of dividends will be postponed a short time, and larger dividends made when the work of collection has been pretty well completed. Newlyweds Apply For Rooms at Poorfarm Carrington, Sept. 23.—John A. Sorenson, superintendent of the Ward county poor farm, was inter- rupted from his work by a well dressed young couple who drove up to the home in a ‘new coupe, asking if they could get board and room. They said that they were from Minnesota and had, just been married. They were looking for a nice quiet place in which to spend their honeymoon and someone had told them there was a big summer home that kept boarders four miles south of Minot, with running water, cheap board and modern in every way. A secret ink for printing adver- tisements on bread without affecting its edibility has been invented in Italy. yn & | WOMAN ADMITS SHE JOINED IN KILLING PLOT, ing Husband While Min- ister Killed Wife PLANNED TO MARRY| Woman Breaks Down After; Long Questioning and De- scribes Murder Plans MOB VIOLENCE THREATENED Mount Vernon, Ill, Sept. 23.— Rev. Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs. Wilford Sweetin, confessed poi- soners of their spouses, today were removed from the county jail here because of reported mutterings of mob action at Mason, a small town near Ina. | The minister was taken to Salem and Mrs, Sweetin to Belleville, Illinois. | Mount Vernon, Ill., Sept. 23—(By the A. P.)—After an all night vigil, Mrs. Elsie Sweetin confessed this morning that she was implicated with the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight of Ina in the plot to poison her hus- band and Mrs. Hight in order that she and the minister could be mar- ried, thus confirming the confession | made yesterday by Rev. Hight. { Arrested yesterday evening at her home at Ina, 12 miles south of here, Mrs. Sweetin steAdfastly denied any | part in the alleged poison plot, as} had been admitted .by the minister, but broke down this morning after | being closeted in the same cell with the minister with States Attorney Thompson and newspaper men lis- tening at the door of the cell. The text of the confession made and signed by Mrs. Sweetin as made public by the officials follows: “The first time that I noticed) Lawrence M. Hight had any feeling of affection for me-was in April, 1924. My husband for sometime had treated me without affection. Continued Advances “Rev, Hight continued his ad- vances and I finally discovered that I returned his affection. About three months ago he suggested that he give me some poison to give to my husband and he would do the same to his wife. “At first I was horrified, but he talked so plausibly and I had such confidence in him that it seemed to me to be right to do it. We then finally agreed that I was to admin- ister poison to my husband, Wilford Sweetin, and he was to administer poison to hia wife, Anna Hight, and when a week or two later my hus- band was hurt in the mine, Law- rence Hight gave me a paper pack-| age which he told me contained poi- son and he told me to give some of it to Wilford in anything. “Wilford was hurt in the mine on the night of July 16 and the follow- ing day we went to Benton and went to a drug store and got some ice} cream and soda water and on the} way home I gave Wilford, my hus- band, some chocolate candy in which | # I had mixed some poison. He be- came very ill but later seemed to grow better and on Tuesday I gave him more poison in oatmeal, Mr. Hight having given me more poison in the meantime. Poisoned Again “With medical attention Wilford seemed to grow better again aitd after Dr. S. A, Thompson had wait- ed on him Friday, July 25, I ad- ministered the final dose of poison and he grew worse and died July 28, the final dose having been mixed in tomato soup. “Every time Mr. Hight came to the house during Wilford’s illness he gave me a note of encouragement | to give Wilford more poison. I did not know and he did not tell me| when he poisoned his wife but when she became ill and died I supposed he had poisoned her. Until I be- came infatuated with Mr. Hight I had led a blameless life and had al- ways been a true wife and mother and: it ig true, so help me God.” Taken to Breakfast | After signing the confession, Mrs.! Sweetin accompanied by the states attorney and the clergyman, had breakfast. Immediately after break- fast she was taken before a justice of peace, waived a preliminary hear- ing and the case was turned over to the grand jury. It was said she would be among those indicted on October 23, together with the min- ister. Mrs. Sweetin appeared worn and haggard, due to the 12-hour grind of grilling she underwent when con- fronted with the clergyman. After the hearing before the justice of the peace she was taken to a cell ad- joining the one occupied by the min- ister. Tn an interview with an Associat- ed Press correspondent this morn- ing, after leaving Mrs. Sweetin, Rev. Hight gave a brief sketch of his life and told how a premonition that something would happen had warned of the Navajo tribe, still is spry enough to do a little celebrating at ‘this year’s inter-tribal Indian’ cere- monial at Gallup, N. M. The affair ORDINANCE T0 \papers and magazines may be sold jof not less than $1.00 or more than OLDEST CHIEF Hasha-Yasha, 106, oldest war chief s Sept. 10. The war bonnet the ef is wearing is the only one s kind still in existence in so far as other tribal veterans know. CURB SUNDAY SALES PASSED City Commission Would Greatly Restrict Activities On the Sabbath The city commission in meeting last night passed an ordinance de- signed to curb business activities on Sunday. The provisions of the or-! dinance follow j Section One: All manner of pub- lic selling, or offering or exposing for sale publicly, within the limits of the city of Bismarck, North Da- kota, of any commodity, upon the first day of the week commonly known as the Sabbath day, is un- lawful and i hereby prohibited; provided however, that foods may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold and drugs, medicines, surgical appliances, candy and con- fectionery, tobacco and cigars, news- at any time of day. Provided fur- ther that none of said articles or !commodities shall be sold in any billiard hall, pool hall, bowling alley, temperance saloon, or any place where gaming of any kind is con- ducted, unless said gaming is dis- continued from twelve o'clock mid- night on Saturday night, until six o'clock a. m. on Monday. Provided further that the said first day of the week shall be deemed, under the provisions of this ordinance to in- clude all of the time from twelve o'clock midnight on Sunday night. Section Two: Every person guilty of violating the provisions of this ordinance is punishable by a fine $50.00, or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not exceed- ing twenty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, The commission renamed inspec- tors at the last election for the general election in November as fol- few t ward, Ralph Penner and L. F. Crawford; second ward, H. L. ; Reade and W. J. Noggle, L. M. Par- PRICE FIVE CENTS WIDE AREAS IN RUINS, DAMAGE IS SAID GREAT More Deaths May Be Report- ed as Wire Communica- tion Is Restored REMARKABLE ESCAPES Several Near Miraculous Es- capes From Tornadoes Are Reported TWO MORE DEAD St. Paul, Sept. 23.—Two more names were added today to the list of fatalities growing out of the storm Sunday in central and northern Wisconsin, two _chil- dren of Louis Zanders died in a hospital at Medford, Wisconsin, bringing the total death list in that state to 56. Junior, three years ol!, and Louisa, 9 years old, were the two Zanders chil- dren who suffered fatal injuries when the storm struck their home at Lake Isadore. St. Paul, Sept. 23-—(By the A. P.) ~-Wisconsin and Minnesota today continued the grim task of search- ing its storm-swept ruins for the bodies of their dead. Over wide areas where the fury of the storm was wreaked, wire com- munication still was down but out of the confusion it was possible to ascertain that 54 persons are known to be dead, with five confirmed deaths in Minnesota. As crews worked laboriously to re- establish communication with the devastated area fear was felt that a further loss of life will be disclosed when the full story of the tragedy is told. Relief Rushed Meanwhile from cities, towns and county sides relief is being rushed to the scores left homeless, bereaved and crippled in the wake of the tor- nado. Definite plans for systematic aid, provisions for temporary shelter, food, bedding and medicine are ex- pected to be made today as soon as a close estimate of the twister’s devastation can be attempted, The vicinity about Thorp and Owen in Wisconsin today was still smothered beneath a tangled mess of debris and efforts were made to get into the heart of that section which suffered the greatest destruction of all the sections affected. Telephone poles, trees and debris are strewn on the highways, while washouts are found here and there. It was possible today to ascertain that at least 30 persons wer injur- ed, but it was evident that the toll would be greatly increased when more details of the storm could be obtained. As refugees pour into the towns and cities, for shelter and aid, stories of miraculous escapes from death are being reported. Charles Namberg, living near Withre, Wis- consin, escaped to a cistern with his wife, when he perceived tne threat- ening cloud approach. The top with which he covered the cistern when he entered was pulled away by the storm as it passed over head and the pair was pelted with stones, branches and mud. Beyond supere ficial bruises, however, neither was badly injured. Loss Not Estimated The loss to property was beyond estimate today. Much of the terri- tory devastated had not been com- municated with. Reports which dribbled in today indicated that var- ious other sections throughoyt Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, northern Iowa and Michigan were af- fected by the storm. G. 0. P. OFFICES ESTABLISHED Fargo, N. D., Sept. 23.—Republican headquarters for North Dakota were formally opened in Fargo today, with Harrison Garnett of St. Thomas, Re- sons and Carl Kositzky, fourth ward, John Sundquist; fifth ward, Rudy Patzman; sixth ward, John Parkinson and Richard Penwarden. MANY SEEK CITIZENSHIP Naturalization Hearings To Be Held by Judge Jansonius Judge Jansonius will hold four na- turalization hearings in his district, beginning at Steele Wednesday. Dur- ing the four sittings of the court for this purpose, more than 100 applica- tions of foreign-born persons who desire to become citizens of the United States will be considered. The hearings are scheduled as fol- lows: Wednesday, at Steele; Thurs- day, at Bismarck; Friday, at Wash- burn; Saturday, at McClusky. There are 22° applicants to appear in Bismarck. A Berlin magistrate suggests that all drivers of public vehicles submit him to stay away from Ina and how (Continued on page 2) to a severe medical examination be- fore receiving lice! { publi@in national committeeman, in charge. Mr. Garnett came to Fargo Satur- day evening, and announced today that the headquarters will be main- tained in quarters in the Gardner hotel formerly occupied by the M. Le Lasson tailor shop, Mr. Garnett expects to spend prac- tically all of the time here until the campaign, and Mrs. Garnett will come from St. Thomas to reside here with him during that period. BARBERRY TO BE SHOWN AT FAIR Killdeer, Sept. 23.—One of the in- terseting exhibits at the Fair this year will be an rtment of bar- berry bushes. The exhibit will be in charge of representatives from. the State Agricultural College. There are only a few bus! in Dunn county, one being found last year in the center of the Killdeer ceme- tery. It will be of interest to every- one to see just how these bushes people believe that they have little if anything, to do with wheat. rast. | This is the time to hear the argu- ments of the fellows who fins the other way. sr TS OST NT EE EFOT EE OTA UT RN PRIOR TST YREERIENT