The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE |™ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1924 [FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS U. S. MARINES ARE LANDED IN CHINA NAVAL BATTLE’|T.R.’S DEBT 'T0 | WOULD DEPORT COUNTESS HERE T0 SOVIET LETTER HELD GENUINE BY MACDONALD Premier Declares Letter ad- vocating British Revolu- tion was From Soviet ACCEPTS CHALLENGE Makes Public Date That Let- ter Was Received by Foreign Office Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 27.—-(By the A. P.)—Prime Minister MacDonald, speaking before a political here today, declured that he honestly believed to be genuine the alleged letter from M. Zinovieff to the Brit- ish Communists on which was based on part the protest submitted by the British foreign office on Friday to < the Soviet representative in London. Accepting the challenge to make public the date of receipt of the Zin- ovieff letter made to the government by the press hostile to it, McDonald declared that the letter had been re- ceived by the foreign office October 10, the date of the dissolution of par- liament. Only nine days elapsed be- tween the receipts of the document and the answer, he said. Stressing the fact that the matter had been handled in the briefest possible time, the premier asserted that in “the old days” the foreign of- fice would have taken weeks to deal with the situation, Mr. MacDonald declared unequivo- cally that the British government would not “brook interference from any foreign power.” He said he could not avoid the suspicion that the entire incident was a political plot. meeting Received It Oct. 16 The premier said he had received the Zinovieff letter from the foreign office October 16 and had returned it with the comment that greater care should be taken to discover whether it was authentic, but that if it were authentic it should be published immediately. He had re- ceived the draft of the foreign of- fice protest, which later was submi «ted to the Russian charge’ de ai faires, Christian Rakovsky on Octo- ber 28, had altered it and then re- turned it to the foreign office, ex- pecting that it would be returned to him with proofs of the authenticity of the Zinovieff document. That night, however, the protest to Mr. Rakovsky was published; SERVICE BODY FOR COOLIDGE ” Hand MacNider, ex-National Commander, Active Chicago, Oct. 27,—Col, Hanford Nider, former commander of the American Legion, and now“national chairman of the Republican Service League, conducting campaign acti- vities for the Republican national committee among war veterans, made public today a letter from President Coolidge “to the Service Men and Women of America,” ap- pealing for united opposition against the “current attacks upon the fun- damentals of our institutions.” “I appeal to you who in the past have proved worthy of all reliance to stand united and unyielding inst this menace to our institu- tions,” the president's jetter said in alluding to the proposal of the LaFollette independent group to limit the powers of the Supreme Court. “Although we are living now in peace, yet the very fundamentals of our government, in whose defense you offered your lives, are again under attack. The nation turns to you for the same leadership which you gave to it in war.” The Service League,- officers de- clared, is fully organized in forty \ states, conducting an intensive cam- paign in behalf of the Republican national ticket. o————_- g Weather Report Pe ———) For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation is Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair , tonight and Tuesday, not much * change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Tuesday, not much change in temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low over the Northwest and precipitation has oc- curred over the upper Pacific coast states. A “High” covers the lower Lakes and the Ohio valley. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, ° Meteorologist Eighty-seven per cent of all ocean “water is below 40 degrees Fahren- heit, it is estimated, A NEW TIA JUANA! It Wiil, Though, Be a Model Town, Jerome Tells Us By NEA Service Angeles, Oct. Jerome » who describes himself s man, is to build an A. ideal high to be Beautiful buildings, paved and efficient police are asp not. is to be just over the M + from San Diego, fiv miles west of Tia Juana. | The beautiful buildings are to be hotels operated for profits, The mk- ent structures are to be a sivand fecal rea UH eHAVEAITTEHS| vs are to attract those with, money to spend. And the police are to be on Bassity’s payroll, He'll Sell The Liquor But do not associate the tradi- tional wickedness of border towns} ity, as the new town is led. ity warns! nses will be issued for the sale of liquor. Dry? Hardly, All bars are to be operated by Jerome A. Bassity himself. For Bassity’s town is to be a one- man town, Baron Bassity is to fire the police and hire the judges. Bassity was, one of the builders of the present Tia Juana race track. James Coffroth was hired to manage it, Bassity avers. For five ycars now, Bassity says, he has been trying to get it back. For five years Bassity has been su- ing in Mexican courts, For five years he has been on the verge of victory, but Coffroth keeps the track. Track Profits Pay Bills Bassity still hopes to win the Tia Juana track. If he does, he at Aztec City—the race track—is done. If he loses, he will push con- struction at the new track. Bassity exhibits a concession from the Mexican government granting him a 60-yard renewable i the site of his proposed city. The} concession requires that Bassity | erect a number of buildings, con-| struct a highway to Ensenada, 20] miles south, and maintain police and} ; courts, Bassity says the buildings will be in replica of famous buildings in! Mexico City. Costs of the lease and immediate improvements total more than $1,- 000,000, Bassity says. He will spend in the next year $3,500,000, he esti- mates, Profits from the race track will build streets, schools, libraries and a modern sanitation system under Bas- sity’s plan. COOLIDGE AT FUNERAL TODAY President Attends Services For Mr. Wallace Washington, Oct. 27.—All engage- ments of President Coolidge for to- day were cancelled because of the death of Secretary Wallace. After the funeral services for the Secretary this morning in the White House, the hody will be taken late today to Des Moines, Iowa, Among the engagements cancelled by the President was a breakfast ap- pointment with representatives of the advertising business, in addition to the usual list of conferences with various visitors on subjects includ- ing both business and politics. Mr. Coolidge decided not to leave with the body of Mr. Wallace and de- signated Secretary Work of the In- terior Department to act as his per- sonal representative at the last rites. METAL FROCKS London, Oct. 27.—Metal coats and frocks woven with fine threads of gold and silver are among the novel- ties of the winter season, in London. To heighten their effect of gleam- will operate it until the first construction! ing! splendor, the gowns are treated by a new frosting process. | ITCH OF PROPOSEL ns ge ty HALVORSON 70 CONTINUE HHS SPEAKING TOUR Coalition Candidate for Gov- ernor Continues His Ac- tive Campaign OTHERS OUT SPEAKING JER- Halvor Halvorson, coalition candi date for Governox, will continue his speaking tour in the state until elec- tion day. Mr. Halvorson, who has made an active campaign which has reached into many parts of the state, is declared by Independents to have mace remarkable progress, and they assert that interest in the campaign is increasing each day. The coalition candidate is being given support by Governor R. A. Nes- tos, who is now engaged in a speak- ing tour in the eastern part of the state, The issues as crystallized by Ha vorson and Nestos have to do I with extension of the Industri Program. The Nonpartisan .eaxue, ihey assert, has declared for exten- ion of the program which has al- ready burdened the state with debt. Mr. Sorlie’s speech in Bismarck Frid- day night, in which he declared for “opening up” the Bank of North Da- kota, was attatked by Governor Nes- tos Saturday night, who declared this was sufficient evidence of the inten- tion of the Nonpartisans to plunge the state into state industrialism on a vast seale, if the Leaguers are re- turned to power. Attorney-General George is out on a speaking tour. Frazier Out Senator Lynn J. Frazier, after be- ing here part of Sunday, left to con- tinue his speaking tour, Senator Frazier today was to speak at Garri- son and Minot, tomorrow he is at Stanley and Williston, the next day at Towner and Rugby, and on October 30 will be at Harvey and Fessenden. On October 81 he will be at Carring- ton and Valley City, on November 1 at Lisbon and Tower City, and will be at Hillsboro November 3. A, G. Sorlie will speak at New Salem und Napoleon today, at Ash- ley and Ellendale tomorrow, at La- Moure and Forman October 29, at Hankinson and Wahpeton October 30, at Fargo October 31, Mayville and Aneta, November 1,.and on November 3 will close at Grand Forks. Shafer McCUMBER BACK AT DESK AFTER SERIOPS ILLNESS Fargo, N. D., Oct. 2%—Porter J. McCumber, former United States senator from North Dakota, now at Washington, D. C., who has been seriously ill for some time, has re- covered sufficiently so that he has returned to his law office there. Senator McCumber has not been in good health for several years and he underwent a serious operation about two months ago and for a time his life was despaired of. - WOMAN GIVES LIFE’S BLOOD ~ TOSAVE CHILD AFTER crasa San Bernardino, Calif., Oct. 27—] eli 27.— Mrs, T. H. Kelty of San Bernardino ‘who, while lying injured recently at the bottom of a canyon, slashed her breast and wrists to keep alive with blood her 65-year-old niece, died here last night as’ a result of her injur- ies and exposure. Just a week ago the automobile in which Mr..and Mrs, Kelty and a little niece were riding plunged over a cliff into | into a gulf 300 feet below. Hid- den from view by shrubbery, they could not be seen by passers-by. Kelty died after suffering for 12 hours. The child suffered only a broken arm, but was menaced by starvation and thirst. Despite her injuries Mrs, Kelty gave her clothing and blood to keep the child alive until help came. The girl will recover. ISSTAGED WITH BIG RUM FLEET The Fight of the Rum Run- ners Is Mostly Running One,off New England Coast BOA ARE (TAKEN Eight Prizes and Contraband Liquor Valued at $100,- 000 Captured Boston, Oct. 27.—The rum rows ‘off Cape Cod and Cape Ann were scattered today as a result of their first major engagement with the prohibition enforcement Navy, and eight prizes were tied up at dock here and at Gloucester and New London, Cognecticut, with more than a score of prisoners. The coast guard cutter Tampa brought into Boston Harbor the Newfoundland, two-masted schooner, Marjorie E. Bachman, rum laden, and five Am- erican motorboats. Another motor boat was taken in- to Gloucester and one into New London, Thé eight prizes with their crews and contraband liquor valued at. $100,000 represented a week’s oper- ations of the Tampa, assisted by a squadron of fast rum chasers off. Block Island, Cape Cod, and Cape Anne, Running Fight The captured vessels were taken in a running battle on Friday, in which the Tampa used her three- inch guns and pursued a scattering rum fleet for more than an hour near Stellwagon Banks, 25 miles off the coast, at a point halfway be- tween Cape Cod and Cape Anne. In the fleet of rum ships were more than a dozen vessels, according to Coast Guard officers, several British and French craft. A number of American motorboats plying be- tween the craft and the shore were surprised by the iders. Some of the speedier ve: disregarded warning shots from the Tampa and on these the smaller boats of the enforcement fleet opened fire, with machine guns and rifles. Numerous chases proceeded in the haze of the early morning. None of the rum vessels returned the coast guard fire. Officers said that more of the rum fleet could have been captured had the coast guard force been will- ing to fire directly at their quarry. he Marjorie E. Bachman is a new sel, registered from St. John’s ewfoundland. She carried 860 ca- ses of liquor valued at $30,000, ‘GOLDEN RULE | SUNDAY PLAN Will Be Observed in Bismarck December 7 Organization work to “Golden Rule Sunday,” December 7, was launched in Bismarck over the | weekend by H. N. Hanson, repre- senting the Near East Relief, Min- neapolis. Mrs. W. W. Moyer will be chairman of the committee, Mr. Hansen, said, and heads of all other organizations will act as the com mittee. A proclamation will be is- sued by Governor Nestos. On “Golden Rule Sunday,” it is asked that every family eat an or- phan’s dinner and make a sacrifi offering to the Near East Relief, which is engaged in keeping orphans and refugees alive in the Near East. WILL IMPROVE N. D. GUARD CAMP Devils Lake, Oct. 27.—With a view toward permanently improving Camp Grafton, the War department plans on spending about $130,000 on the camp site during the next five years. The coming year, the War Depart- ment will spend $24,500 to install a water system and electric light plant on the military grounds. This decision was reached last week after the camp site had been inspected by Col. Edward Davis of Washington, D. C., representing the Militia bureau, Major R. W. Chase of Omaha, representing the Seventh Corps area, and General G. A. Fra- ser of Fargo, adjutant general of the state. |? DONT FORGET | TO VOTE | further | NORTH DAKOTA TOLD IN TALK Commissioner of Agriculture Kitchen Discusses Him in College Speech REGAINED HIS HEALTH Roosevelt Publicity Acknowl- edged Debt to State, Says Mr. Kitchen North Dakota made a real con- tribution to the life of Theodore Roosevelt in helping him build a strong, virile character, Joseph A. Kitchen, Commissioner of Agricul- ture and Labor, declared this morn- ing before the students of James- town College, observing “Roosevelt Day” in the state. “His experience in the Badlands gave him a thorough comprehension of pioneer life in the west which stood) him so well throughout his life,” said Mr. Kitchen. “Roosevelt never forgot what he really obtained in North Dakota and which was so essential to happiness —his health. He publicly acknow!- edged this in one of his trips to North Dakota, after he became President, when he said: “Had it not been for my experiences in North Dakota I never would have become President.’ “Twice during his presidency, and while I was county superintendent of schools in Billings county, Roose- velt passed through Medora, the country that gave him health, and the country that inspired James W. Foley to write his wonderful poetry, including ‘A Letter Home.’ I rem- ember on these two occasions Roose- velt felt. overjoyed in greeting for the brief time the companions ot by-gone ranch days, among them Joe and Sylvane Ferris, Orrin Kend- ly, Norman Lebo, Merrifield, Rob- erts and many others. His sym- pathy in meeting these old cattle- day friends stamped ‘him jas being a great personality.” Mr. Kitchen, in his address told of Roosevelt's life, including his eurly days in the New York legis- lature, as Governor of New York, ond.-President, “Twenty years ago last January 1 I was ushered into the reception room at the White House to meet ‘the President of the United States, whose life and works and deeds typifies the true spirit of American {ism,” said Mr. Kitchen. » “He greet- ‘ed me with ‘A Happy New Year ‘Comrade.’ Although I had served |in Cuba during the Spanish-Ameri- 1 can War, this was the first oppor- tunity of meeting the Rough Rider, who, for gallantry in action, and in their charge up San Juan Hill near Santiago, Cuba, had been pro- moted to be Colonel. His regiment, the First United! States Volunteer Cavalry, was popularly known as | the Rough Riders.” A.B, HOUGHTON ENDS VISIT to Reported Have Met With Fine | Reception Ambassador Houghton, United States Amb: dor to Germany, con- cluded his visit of several days in North Dakota, with a meeting in St. Anthony Sunday afternoon during which he discussed the situation in Germany and told citizens of German descent what the Dawes plan had ac- complished there. Following Mr. Houghton’s appear- ance, former Senator Lynn J. Fra- zier appeared at the meeting, and took the platform to address the cit- izens. He attacked the arguments made by Mr. Houghton. It is reported that many citiens of German descent, after hearing Mr. Houghton, declared their intention of voting for President Coolidge and General Dawes. Mr. Houghton was at Dickinson Saturday. Car Strikes Another; Local Man Injured J. H. Allerdings was injured Satur- day night when the car he was driv- ing struck another car parked along the Bismarck-Mandan road near the underpass west of the city. The parked car had been temporarily abandoned for lack of gas and was at the side of the road but with part of it on the pavement, according to police reports. Mr. Allerdings was pinned under the car, but was re- leased by two women. He was not seriously injured. The license num- ber of the car which he struck was issued to Andrew Erickson. A Mr. Hart was driving it, police reports said. Alanson B. BOY TRAFFIC COPS Berkeley, Calif., had installed auto stop signals near its/ schools and hi tablished a corps of boy traf- fie police to direct traffic while the children go to and from their schools. . who lead the famous Rough Kiders | LECTURE AS BOLSHEVIK SPOKESMAN IN POLITICS es In polities Viscountess Curzon} who has entered the present poli- tical fight in England and is cam- paigning for a seat in Parliament. 99,000 SHEEP TOBEPLACED | IN 4 STATES: <a i Last Deliveries Will Be Made; This Week From Ranches in Montana Minneapolis, Oct. The last few deliveries of 29,000 sheep from Mon- tana ranches to Northwest farms will be made this week, M. O. Gran; | gaard, vice-president of the Agri- cultural Credit Corporation, said to: day. The transplanting of these western ewes by the corporation as an aid tothe greater farm diversi- fication is virtually completed, he said. Of the total 23,000 are to be de-! livered to North Dakota farms; 3,000 to farms in eastern Montana; 2,000 to Minnesota and 1,000 to South Da- kota. The corporation will continue in its work of buying cows in the older districts of Minnesota and Wisconsin and selling them to North Dakota farmers until snow and cold weather comes, it was said, SALES SLIP PROVES LEAD TO STOLEN CAR Devils Lake, Ook -A cale clip from Manns’ store resulted in the recovery of a Péige automobile| stolen last week from the private garage of E. T. Moen on Seventh street, this city. F. P. Mann, Sr., received a letter from Chief of Police H. F. Holt of Perham, Minn., stating that the sale slip was found in a car which had been deserted near that city when it became stuck in the mud, and the chief asked if E. T. Moen, whose name was on the slip, lived in Devils Lake. The letter was turned over to Sheriff Rutten, who left for Per- ham to bring the car back. Chief of Police Holt explained that the drivers of the Paige had stolen a Ford car in Perham to pull the Paige out ef the mud, but when the Ford also became stuck in the mud, both cars were deserted. The thieves made their get-away. EVERYBODY VOTES BUT THE SHIRKER Election day is November 4. and local officials are to be elected. Every good citizen will cast their ballot in the election. If unable to do absence from the city, he er’s ballot. The shirker won’t vote care much about what kind of officials conduct his government, who isn’t interested enough in the ; Hungarian ; went to the pier to welcome her, | guarded as the most valuable ally the | her beauty and ‘North Dakota President of Security League Assails Countess Karoyli, Landing in the United States For a “Lecture Tour New York, Oct (By the A. P.) Efforts are being made by S. Stan- wood Menken, presidert of the Na- tional Security League, to have the intess Cother- the former | who arrived! d 1 hip George} Washington fo res. He thinks! that she is a Bolshevik and a menace to American institutions. | The Counte: t vermitted to! land last night b nly citizens were allowed to go ashore when the| George Washington docked. Fifty! private guards and policemen had been stationed at the dock to protect her, at the request of the state de-! partment because of threatening let- ters received by her. Among women whose names ap- peared on the reception committee for the Countess are Mrs. James Adams, Mrs. James Harriman, Mrs. | Gifford Pinchot, Mrs, F. D. Roo | velt, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mrs. |J. W. Gerald, and Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson. Five hundred residents of New York ine Kurolyi President of Hun Mr. Menken said that according to reports which he received in Buda- summer the Countess is re- Bolsheviki have in central Europe be- cause of her charming personality, ability and her pre- sentation to fashionable audiences. Bela Kun’s Ally “I was further informed,” Menken said, “that when Bela Kun was taken from jail, it was the Countess who was his escort on that oceasior When made by Mr. informed of the charges} Mr. Menken the Countess some of Admiral Horth anda, which is spread all over and no doubt has been broad- this country in advance of my visit.” The Countess who is still| in her twenties, is the descendant of | one of the oldest aristocratic fami- lies of Europe. Her inysband’s es- tate in Hungary, valued at ,000,- 000, was seized by the Horthy gov- ernment, STEUBEN BODY IS ORGANIZED Branch of Society Established A North Dakota branch Steuben Societ of the America, compos- ed of citizens of German descent, has been organived. Frank L. Brandt of Bis has been nam- ed president, Herman Hardt of Napoleon, ry, Jacob Roth- schiller of Bismarck, field secretary and the executive committee is com- posed of Willim Langer of Bis- marck, Jacob Rotischiller, Rev. C. F. Strutz of Bismsrek and Herman rek Hardt. The purpos> of the organization, ncenrding to Mr, Brandt, is to band together American citizens of Ger- man descent for social purposes and to preserve ideals snd customs com- mon to all. The society he said, as an organization is not active in North Dakota in the present politi- cal campaign. THREE BONDS ARE FORFEITED Three bonds were forfeited in the court of R. H. Crane, justice of the peace. L. D. McElvain and C. A} Speery of Denhoff, who had put up $35 cash bonds aftér being arrested October 11 on charges of driving an automobile while under the influenc of liquor, failed to appear Saturday night and Justice Crane declared the bonds forfeited. Frank McGovern, a transient, who put up a $15 bond after being ar- rested for being drunk, failed to ap-j pear. John Gorman, transient, was fined $5 and costs for being drunk Saturday night. National, state so personally, because of may use the absent vot- . The citizen who doesn’t DISPATCHED T0 PEKING; REPORT DEVELOPMENTS News of Situation in Chinese Capital Lacking as Marines Go SEE COUNTER REVOLT Wu_~SsOPei-P'u Reported Marching Capital With His Army Is on Tientsin, China, Oct. 27.— (By the A. P.)—One hundred American Marines were land- ed from the American cruiser Huron at Taku this morning, and left immediately for Pe- king. Rumors of developments at the capital are circulating everywhere, but reliable news cannot be obtained. LEAVES FOR CAPITAL Tientsin, Oct, 27.—Wu_ Pei-Fu, the deposed marshal of the Peking gov- ernment armi marching on the capital with he forces to drive out his former subordinate, Feng Yu-Hsiang, who seized the city last Thursday and forced from office President Tsao Kun after compelling the executive to sign a mandate or- dering cessation of hostilities with Manchuria, General Wu, reaching Tientsin recently from the Manchurian bor- der, where part of his army still is holding the front against the inva- sion of Chang Tso-Lin, left imme- diately for Langfang, half way be- tween Tientsin and Peking. He was preceded and followed by his troop \ trains. Strong reinforcements are believed to join him. Shensi province troops who came down from Peking to Langfang Saturday, withdrew to- ward Peking on the arrival of Chihli soldiers under Wu. Japanese Rudely Treated Wu looked well and unruffled and expected to make a fight between Peking and Tientsin. He had left Chinwangtao, on the Manchurian border, and he arrived in Tientsin in a train of 38 cars packed with troops. When the train stopped, it immediately was sur rounded by soldiers. Guards kept Japanese away and treated him rudely, but showed no hostility to British and Americans. After a short halt, the train proceeded in the direction of Langfang. Foreigners who talked to the oust- ed field marshal said he received calmly the news of Feng Yu-Hsiang’s coup and remarked that it merely was what he had expected and would mean more work. Recently Wu sent a telegram to the Dutch minister to Peking, de- nouncing Feng, who is known as the “Christian general.” Feng Is Denounced Wu objected to Feng’s “abuse of authority” and charged that Feng frequently had betrayed his trust, notably when he participated in ousting Li Yuan-Hung from the presidency 16 months ago. Wu added “I have this day at Chinwangtao received special in- sivuctions trom che president giving me full power and authority to take whatever steps I consider necessary to cope with the situation and I am going direct to Tientsin with a big army to re-establish peace and or- der.” He promised that he soon would have 100,000 men available “to rid the country of this ingrate.” He gave assurance that every protection would be afforded foreigners when he arrives in Peking. Wu left Chang Fu-Lai, the tuchun of Honan province in charge of the Manchurian front. Two companies of Japanese troops landed at Chinwangtao and two Jap- anese destroyers Yeached Tientsin. 144,158 VISIT YELLOWSTONE St. Paul, Minn. Oct. 27.—More people visited Yellowstone National Park in the 1924 season than ‘ever before, according to A. B. Smith, passenger traffic manager, North- ern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, the jtotal being 144,158 visitors. “This figure is ull the more re- markable,” Mr. Smith said, “when the several favors adverse to a sea- son of record-breaking travel are taken into consideration, including cool rainy weather and uncertain business conditions in the eastern and middle western states during most of the summer.” welfare of his country to go to the polls, will not vote. Recent disclosures have shown the seriousness of the situation. Presidents now are elected by minority vote in a government of, by and for the people. A truly Democratic or representative gov- ernment cannot exist if it is ruled by less than a majority of the people. Vote November 4. « Everybody will vote — but the shirker. REGISTER TOMORROW oO Election officials will be at all polling places in, the city tomorrow for registra- tion. Every voter who is not registered is urged to go to his voting place between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. and register.