The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1924, Page 1

SEE RENEWAL ‘ yawill meet to map out a program for, WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast »\tonight Tuesday. % and ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1, 1924 | FINAL*EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS 2 > GUARDS WC WOUNDED IN PRISON BREAK “CONGRESS RENEWS SESSION TODA Yuoeroxrtosaze oor OF STRIFE IN SHORT SESSION Insurgents and Democrats! Will Hold the Balance of Power Until March 4 TO RECEIVE MESSAGE) President Coolidge Expected To Send His Message to Congress Tomorrow Washington, Dec. 1.—The 68th Congress assembled today for its farewell session with little Prospect for the transaction of any important business beyond the passage of appropriation bills. The gavel fell at noon with Senator Cummins of Towa, the president pro-tempore, presiding in the Senate and Speaker Gil- lette in the House. Washington, Dec. 1.—After a six- months rest, the 68th Congress re- assembled today to renew in its last and short mn the turmoil ‘and strife which characterized its first | and prolonged gathering. j Only brief mectings by each house were arranged for today, with the program fixed in this fashion: ‘Prayer. Roll call to develop quorums. Swearing in of new members. Appointment of committees to notify the President that Con- gress is ready to receive com- munications from him. Presentation and adoption of Tesolutions on the death of members in the recess. Adjournment out of respect to dead members. There will be a further marking of time tomorrow, pending receipt of President Coolidge’s annual mes- sage which will be read in each house separately. Thursday the real work of the session will begin, but how much can or will be accomplish- ed before automatic adjournment March 4 remains a question. Chief attention will be given to annual ap- propriation bills. Much general leg- islation still is pending and there is going to be strong pressure for consideration of a number of meas- ures on which there is a wide dif- ference of opinion among the mem- bership. New Sores Developed The recent national political cam- paign has created new sores which apparently have been aggravated by the action of the Senate republi- cans, in reading out of their coun- cils Senator LaFollette of Wiscon- sin and his chief Senate lieutenants, Senator Ladd, Brookhart and Fra- zier. While leaders of the House Repub- licans have no intention now of tak- ing like action with respect to the LaFollette followers at their end of the capital, admittedly the action of the Senate Republicans has had its effect there and has served to widen the breach between the regular and insurgent Republicans so often ap- parent at the last session. After the usual preliminaries of the session in the first half of the week, the house will get to work on the appropriation bills, taking up that first for the interior depart- ment. Meantime the Republican steering committee of ‘the Senate \immediate Senate action which may. or may not find approval with the Democrats and insurgents, which will continue to hold the whip hand. Shoals Bill Up The Senate has a large amount of legislation pending on its calendar, ineluding the deficiency bill, the Muscle Shoals project and railroad and farm legislation. Generally speaking, farm aid is regarded as. the most important of all the sub- jects, but since the President has appointed commission which is engaging in a study on this whole field it is likely that a decision as to the form this legislation is to take will await the report of the commission. With Henry Fofd out of the field and several new bids in had the Muscle Shoals question very likely will be sent back to the Senate agri- culture committee for further con- sideration. NAMED WHIP Washintgon, Dee, 1.-—Senator Wes- ley L. Jones of Washington today was named Republican whip in the Senate. WON'T EXILE _ SEN. WHEELER Washington, Dec, 1.—There is to be ‘no effort at this time to formally read Senator Wheeler out of the Demdcratic ‘party. Senator Robinson, the Democrat- \gic leader, today announced in response to inquiries whether the Senate Democrats. would follow the lead of Senate Repub- ‘‘licans in reading Senator La- Follette-Wheeler ticket, out of State penitentiary gates and free ency. 17, 1921, from Devil a total of 17 yea years for grand robbery. are known as “ba men.” Smith has es: Lake. each—2 pny, poe November 15. Boston, Dec. over New England ed by deep drifts. The New England Telephone and BLIZZARD RAGES Traverse City, Mich. Dec. 1—The first blizzard of the season swung down over this region last night when a 40 mile gale swept out of the Northwest, accompanied by heavy snowfall. Early last evening there was more than two Yeet of snow and travel was almost ut a standstill. STILL, FALL HERE Bismarck enjoyed a mild Sunday on the last day of November. Hund- reds of motor cars dotted roads, and gasoline stations were doing a busi- ness that almost approximated some summer days. Although the weather was chilly, hundreds of people found pleasure out of doors. Golfers were seen:on the Bismarck Country Club links, and many hikers were out. The first day of December also dawned bright ang crisp. FEE DEATH IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE NATURAL Investigation Proceeding To This End, Is the Declara- tion Now Made San Bernardino, Calif., Dec. 1.— (By the A, P.)—Scientific investiga- tion of the cause of the death of William R. Fee, San Gabrield and Al- hambra banker, whose body was found last Tuesday, is now pointing to a conclusion of natural death and not homicide, the San Bernardino Sun said today. Sheriff W. A. Shay said the solu- tion of the death apparently was close at hand. He is awaiting a for- mal report on the second autopsy and for the report of a criminologist who has been at work checking up the scientific developments in the case. Unofficially it is understood these reports will point to the natural death theory. Officers admitted they may be faced with necessity of aban- doning as erroneous “statements of seven searchers that the body was not on Sunday or Monday where it CONVICTS LEADING DARING BREAK EGYPT YIELDS ‘ VIOLATION OF TO BRITISH IN. LAWS CHARGED _ ALLRESPECTS TO CONTESTANT, ficially, Understood That Situation Is Cleared Answers Charge Gross Made in Contest LONG CONFERENCE HELPED MARK BALLOTS | | British Will Evacuate Cus- Alleged Contesting Senator toms House as First Step | Aided in the Marking of After Announcement Many Ballots Cairo, 1,--Direct Although Not Announced Of-' Fred Poueens a Independent, | JOSEPH BELL Arthur Smith and Joe Bell lead.the dar but were stopped by a well advanc Bach is serving 17 yeans in prison, having been received November | They w and 5 years ea Smith was born in Tilinois and Bell in North Carolina. ed twice and Bell has mu escape since being incarceré ated here. WINTER DESCENDS IN EAST WHILE ‘BISMARCK BASKS IN SUNSHINE Traffic Is Hampered in New Sea Strikes—First Blizzard of the Year in Michigan 1.—The first serious snow aturday night and Suné telephone communications with Maine and ing many automobile accidents where traffic more than a thousand poles had toppled. Egypt, Dec. 1.— jnot yet officially announced, it is} ‘understood authoritatively that the; |Egyptian government has accepted | all of the British demands, made at the time of the assassination af Major-General Sir Lee Stack. The acceptance came after 1o1 conferences yesterday. Its first im- mediate consequences will be ¢! evacuation by the British of t! Alexandria customs house. Although works have resigned. 4 REPORTED BY ALLENBY London, Dec. 1.—Egypt has: agreed to the outstanding terms previously unaecepted which were laid down after the assassination of the Sirdar, Sir Lee Stack. Messages to this ef- fect, it is learned from authorita- ns attempt to capture the |tive sources, have been received sand fc s last night, |trom Lord Allenby, lord high com- tem for just such an emers- | ihissioner in Egypt. The demands to which the Egypt- jan government at first refused to aecede, that Sgyptian officers und purely Egyptian units of the army be withdrawn from the Sudan; that an increase in irrigation be permitted in the Sudan, and that opposition cease to British wishes concerning protection of foreign in- terests in Egypt. After the Egyptian refusal the British authorities themselves or- dered the Egyptian troops to evacu- ate the Sudan and some of them have left. ‘The situation both in Egypt and ithe Sudan continues quiet, according Ito latest reports from newspaper correspondents, that further trouble in the Sudan, at any rate, is im- probable. themsely ed 6 for ¢ entenced by Judge Buttz for ying concealed weapons ch on two separate charges They one other attempt to Smith was returned to the Big Snowstorm SEAL SALE 10 AID FIGHT Money Goes For Drive Against Tuberculosis, Other Diseases orm of the winter swept virtually cutting off Hampshire and caus- s not entirely suspend- Ww Telegraph Company estimated that BLUEBLOODS The annual Christmas seal sale conducted by the North Dakota Tub erculosis Association and local or- OF STOCK AT 11,000 Head of Stock Are En- | Carrie Haugen, secretary of the tub tered, From Nine Coun- | °?u!osis . association. Under th i - plan adopted, she said, half of th: tries, in Competition proceeds of the seal sale remain in local communities to carry ot aes health work, and half is turned over Chicago, Dec. 1—Blue bloods of | 46 ‘the state tuberculosis associatio! the American livestock kingdom pass-]¢9 further its work. ed before the judges’ stand in the} The seals will help provide for initial day’s competition in the 26th}an open air school, lectures, dem- annual international livestock ex- | onstrations, Modern Health Crusade position, the world’s greatest stock| exhibits at meetings, fairs; issuance fair, Award in all grand divisions | of “The Pennant” were on the program in the cattle} nutrition surveys, public health sur- stable in the Shorthorn, Hereford | veys, nursing service and the travel- and Aberdeen-Angus classes, in the|ing health clinte, she said. The morning, and running through the] tuberculosis association, she said, is hog stalls,- horse ‘stables and sheep} endeavoring to control tuberculo: houses to the Suffolk wethers, which|and other preventable diseases. This will be judged tonight. is the 15th annual Christmas seal More than 11,000 head of stock are sute in thes states entered from nine countries. silver jubilee show is regarded by stock men as exhibiting the most valuable collection of high-grade livestock ever assembled. A part of the show is the international grain and hay exhibit, in which moré than 5,000 feed and grain samples are en-| Temperature at 7 a. m. tered. Highest yesterday A five-man team from the Univer-| Lowest yesterday . sity of Nebraska won high honors | Lowest last night, . yesterday in the inter-collegiate| Precipitation livestock judging contest, finishing] Highest wind velocity . their inspection of all classes of ‘THER FO! AST — Weather Report | es For 24 hours ending at noon. mE }ent, himself ministers of education and publie) health literature { Mandan, Dee. charges i that 0, C. Gross, defeated League j candidate for the state senate in the |Grant county district and who has brought an election contest against Fred Pathman, his victorious oppon- grossly violated the North Dakota election laws, are set forth in the answer filed late Satur- day in behalf of Pathman by his at- H torneys. In the answer of Pathman all of the general allegations are denied, ,] the question is raised as to the legal. ity as to the form of gontest, and the answer then sets forth that in- stead of Pathman having violated elec- tion laws, Gross himself “smashed the statutes to smithereens” by him- self assisting voters to mark the bal-} lot or having his wife assist voters. While Senator Gross was in the ‘senate at the last legislative assem- bly, a statute was passed limiting those who could assist marking 2 ballot, this being limited to father, mother, brother and daugh- ter. It is charged Senator and Gross made their headquarters in the polling place in their home pre t and both Senator and = Mrs. Gross entered the polling place. $1,000,000 T0 RUNN. D. MILL | IS ADVOCATED Commissioner of Agriculture Kitchen Would Put Big Fund in Sorlie’s Hands Suggestion that the state legisla- ture, which meets here in January, nake available $1,000,000 for A. G. Sorlie, Governor-elect, to use in onducting the state-owned mill and ‘levator at Grand Forks, and that if his is lost the experiment be count- -d at an end, was advanced today xy Joseph A. Kitchen, Commissioner f Agriculture and Labor and a aember of the state industrial com- aission, Mr. Kitchen, declaring his willing ess to cooperate with Mr, Sorlie and © see everything reasonable done o allow the incoming Governor to ry his hand at the mill, suggested hat the legislature ought to provide mple finances for the operation of he mill, independent of other agen- ies. “I am willing to recommend that he legislature make up to $1,000,000 vailable for Mr. Sorlie, by appro- riation or otherwise, to be used as apital in operating the state mill,” aid Mr. Kitchen. “This would be n addition to the amount of over 33,000,000 invested in the enterprise ind the $2,000,000 operating bonds tuthorized by the last legislature, me million of which have been is- sued to date. I am willing to see a million dollars made available for the experiment, but that’s all. That ought to be sufficient to give Mr. Sorlie every opportunity to make the mill a success. “1 do feel that the present indus- trial commission has done every- thing possible to this end, and the mill has been liberally financed.” Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, has more telephones than the entire republic of China. voters in} Mrs.| stock with a total of 4,886 points out of a possible total of 5,000. Dorsey, Barnes, Loretta, Nebraska, a member of the Cornhusker team, won high individual honors for all class competition with 909 out of a possible 1,000 points. From intercollegiate judging, the competition turned today, to class and type awards in the four principal grand divisions. Award and official announcement from the judges’ stand will be radio. cast during the week from station WLS, Chicago, on 345 meters. Government insurance for school children has been established in Switzerland. was fouund.. The searchers, however, continued to insist their original statements ‘were correct/ A new folding comb has two sec- tions, one of fine teeth and the other of coarse. For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly overcast tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in. temperature.’ -For North Dakota: Partly overcast tonight and Tuesday. Warmer south- cast portion tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS A large thigh pressure area, ac- companied by cold weather, prevails over the Mississippi Vatley and Great Lakes region while another High covers the western Plateau States. A low pressure area is cen- tered over the northwestern Rocky Mountain slope and temperatures ere considerably above the normal over the northern Plains States and northern Rocky Mountain Region. Fair weather is general in all sec~ tions. ORRIS W. ROBER!S, ‘Meteorologist. ' Paralysis Is Fatal to Child Dickinson, » Dee, tack of ebaanile Cael: ‘ed by bronchial pneumonia, c: the death of Walter Peter aged seven, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Gehrt, residing ‘three miles from Fayette, in this city on Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the lecal Lutheran church on Thanksgiv- ing being conducted by Rev. John Ziegler, Lutheran minister at Killdeer, and interment was made in the Dickinson cemeter, Mr. and Mrs, Gehrt are prominent farmers of the north country. Two other children died when quite small in 1913 and 1916. 10-YEAR PLAN FOR ARMY HELD TO BE DESIRED Secretary Weeks Declares GATES AND AMMUNITION VAULT AT STATE PRISON *© BEATEN Theodore Hanson and Frank Carr, Guards, Wounded as Arthur Smith and Joseph Bell, Convicts Serving 17-Year Terms, Make Dash for Liberty While Prisoners Are Being Transferred From Dining Room to Cells—Deputy Warden HaltsfAttempted Prison Delivery with Shotgun As Prisoners Near Success in Their Effort A searching court of inquiry was opened today by War- den John J. Lee of the North Dakota penitentiary to deter- mine the number of convicts involved in the most daring attempt at a wholesale delivery in the history of the prison, made Sunday night as prisoners were going from the dining room to their cells. But for precautions which had been taken against such a break, the warden said, Arthur Smith and Joe Bell, the ring-leaders, probably would have got in the vault containing two score shotguns, rifles and ammuni- tion and taken control of the Smith and Bell were being prison. held in close confinement, and the warden clamped down the bars hard today, issuing or- ders prohibiting all prisoners from talking during cell hours or in the dining room, shutting off the movie entertainments and placing extra guards in the prison gate room. Warden Lee is certain that several of the most hardened Continuing Policy Is Necessary MANY DEFICIENCIES 1 | hington, Dec. 1.- {Weeks advised President Coolidge in his annual report le public ‘that conditions in the United States lArmy now have reached the e where “2 sound and continuing policy with regard to its necessities must be seriously considered by the legislative department of our gov- | ernment In this connection the War S {tary declared the Arm require- ments had been studied with care and fitted into a ten-year program | which should be put into effect by Congress “in a manner that will con- jform not only to the military needs of the military service but also to the financial condition of the gov- ernment. In another section of the report the statement was made that “the pressure for necessary progress and aay aera is éven greater” than! ressure for Economy”. The Secretary Sheree recited in detail the re- trenchments made by the Army in! the last years in order to affect ‘economies and keep within appropri- ! ations made by Congress and added “With the funds allowed during | the past fiscal year, however, it has not been -posible either to carry out ithe full mission of the defense jforces or to practice true econom {he statement to Congress jade | by President Coolidge in his first | message, pointing out that reduc- tions in the Army’s commissioned and enlisted strength had reduced its! power to the “danger point” and as- ; serting that “further reductions | should not be made,” was referred to by the Secretary who declared the Chief Executive's words now com- posed “an understatement of the necessities of the case.” The Secretary advanced the opin- ion that the time had come when the country should look further into the future when considering Army prob- lems and the year-to-year method of treating such questions should give way to a continuing policy of relief and increased provision for the three components of the mili- tary service, the Regular Army, the !National Guard and the Organized Reserves. WILLISTON PER CAPITA SCHOOL COSTS DROP Williston, N. D., Dec. 1.—It cost | $77,792 to run the . Williston city | schools during the last school year, ior an average of $57.83 for the 1,345 pupils enrolled, as compared with a cost of $60,404 in 1010, or an aver- age of $75.18 for the 666 pupils then enrolled, compilations show. CROSSES OCEAN IN VAIN SEARCH FOR HIS RELATIVE Lidgerwood, N. D., Dec, 1—Dr. Harry Stahllman of Leipsic, Ger- many, who had crossed the ocean on- ly a few days previously, spent sov- eral days here in vain scarch for in- formation as to the whereabouts of a relative, August Stahllman, from whom he had not heard since July, 1922, He was forced to return home without obtaining any clues, IRRIGATION TEST IN WESTERN PART OF STATE URGED BY N. D. OFFICIAL Suggestion that a cooperative fed- cral-state irrigation project be launched for the purpose of making a demonstration of the feasibility of gmall irrigation projects in the western part of the state was for- warded to A. L. Fellows, senior ir- rigation engineer, Reclamation Ser- vice, United States Department of Agriculture, at Denver, today by Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Joseph A. Kitchen, Mr. Fellows recently, with George ‘H. McMahon, completed investiga- tion of a mumber of proposed pro- jects in the state. “The site most feasible for the test is believed by engineers of the state engineer's staff and himself to be one-half mile southeast of Beulah, Mr. Kitchen said. Under the proposal the gov- ernment would advance funds, per- haps with state aid, to dam_ the Knife river, and conduct a test plot of 160 acres for a period of four or five years. Irrigated land, Mr. Kit- chen said, would be used for inten- sive farming, probably sugar beets. The state highway commission, he paid, has on hand some pumps, ob- tained as surplus war material, which could be used for this pur- Pose. convicts in the prison were involved in the plot with Smith and Bell to take control of the NORTH DAKOTA YOUTH TIES IN BIG CONTEST Chicago, Dec. 1.—Lawrence Fergu- son, 18, senior at Park River, N. D. high school, tied for first place with Aubrey Hammer, a junior in the Al- bany, Mo. high school, in the horse judging contest of the twenty-fifth International Livestock Exposition Saturday. Both youths had scores of 148 out of a possible 150 points. SHIP POLICY DECLARATION IS REQUESTED, ‘Shipping Board Requests Congress to Aid Program By Affirmative Action Washington, Dec. 1.—A reaffirmation” by Congress that the United States is determined to main- tain permanently a merchant marine ‘commensurate with the needs of the country from the standpoint of com-| merce and national defense”, was re-! jeommended in the annual report of the Shipping Board. Such a declaration of police was! declared by the board to be desir- able despite improvements in the American shipping situation brought about during the past year by route! consolidations, stabilization of rates,} , and other measures. The Board also recommended that! a joint committee be created, com- posed of representatives of the Board and the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, to coordinate rail and water transportation; prohibition by law of preferential arrangements between American railroads and foreign ship- ping lines; and exemption from taxa- tion of all earnings from American shipping in foreign trade. The re- port did not go into detail, however, regarding any of these recommenda- tions. Discussing the accomplishments of the year, the Board declared that re- cently effected consolidations of gen- eral occan trade routes, involving de- creases in the number of government freight and passenger ships and in the number of operating agents, were snid in the rep6rt to have reduced overlapping and duplicate services and to have cut expense possible at the same time to obtain a greater flexibility with the ton- nage in service. An examination of 1,021 freight and passenger tariffs filed during the year led to a conclusion by the board that there has been a “general stabilization in the rates, fares und charges of common carriers by wa- ter in interstate commere Williston Is Given $2,000 For r Playground The Williston, No North board has received notice from the Harmon Foundation of New York that the city has been awarded one of the $2,000 gifts for public play- ground purposes. The money will be applied on the purchase of a 10- acre track adjoining the city as an athletic field for Williston schools. Bismarck was one of two cities in the state whose applications for the $2,000 gift was favorably considered by a field representative of the Har- mon Foundation. George M.,Regis- ter, member of the school board, said today that no word had been received concerning Bismarck’s ap- plication, but that information was expected any day. The fact that one North Dakota city already has been made one of the gifts does not nec- essarily mean that Bismarck’s appli- cation will be disapproved, he said. Dakota, park “strong! making it| prison and escape. Theodore Hanson, guard, clubbed on the arm, and Frank Carr, guard, slashed across the fingers with a knife by the convicts, were recovering today from effects of their injuries. Break After Supper The break for liberty came about 6:15 Sunday night, and the convicts truck at the weakest spot in the pri- ‘on—the gate room. But for the fact hat the weakness had been recog- {nized by the warden and extra guards placed on duty, the coup would have been successful, e convicts had keys to the outer gate and ¢ prison vault and were ready to themselves and fellow convicts Deputy Warden Ben Bailey, hiding in the visitor's room, dis- charged his shotgun. The convicts rushed back into the prison interior, and the plot was broken. | Smith and Bell had been preparing for the break. One had contrived a blackjack made out of a piece of rub- ber hose with lead in the end, The other had obtained a twine plant knife. Bell, a high-grade “mechanic, had made a wooden pistol and stained it so that it was almost a perfect imitiation of a .38 calibre automatic pistol, He had even cut notches im the sides and put on the “safety.” As Smith and Bell were walking from the dining room they made their break. Theodore Hanson, a ‘guard off duty, was in the hallway near where they made their. dash, Smith lunged at him with the black- jack, and Hanson warded off a blow {aimed at his head but caught it on (Ge arm and was disabled. The con- dashed on and Bell slashed at Rent Carr, another guard, who hap- pened to be in the waiting room, with his knife. He slashed Carr across the fingers. Grab The Keys Reaching the outer gates, Smith held up Mack Tellinger, prison farm- er, and shoved the imitation pistol . against him saying “hands up, I mean business.” The other grabbed the prison keys from Henry McLear, out- er gate keeper. “Come on, boys,” “I've got the keys,” gne of the convicts shouted. McLear, Warden Lee said, had been ordered to give up the keys without a struggle, if attacked, as other pre- parations were made for such an emergency, Deputy Watden Bailey i Keeper G. K. Osjord was in the hall way beyond the outer gate, hiding under the stairway, with a gun. War- den Lee was in his office, a few feet away, with an automatic shotgun. At the time the prisoners go from the dining room to their cells, the |“trusties” who make up the prison | farm crew are taken by the prisoner farmer through the outer gate to do | the night chores around the prison. Smith and Bell took advantage of this situation to make their thrust toward liberty. Other convicts were in the gate room, waiting to be permitted to go to their work, They made no effort to help Smith and Bell and one or two told the warden they were ready to battle Smith and Bell when Bailey fired his shot. Warden Lee express- ed belief that practically every farm prisoner would have helpeqg the ; guards in preventing a wholesale on deliv A bloody battle might have resulted had Smith and Bell succeeded in opening the ame munition vault, the warden said. Officers Ready Every prison officer was close by, . ready for emergency the warden said. According to Warden Lee the outer gate room, a fart of the prison built in territorial days, is recogniz- ed as the weakest spot in the prison. For the last two months, the Warden has kept extra guards on duty dur- ing the early evening until the pri- soners are locked up. A tower man also has been kept on duty for a long period by the warden to prevent breaks over the prison walls.. A shortage of prison guards, due to lack of funds, has caused the officers to put in extra hours, since Warden Lee started in to break up. the escapes from the prison. But one prisoner, ‘ regarded as a harmigse trusty, is now at large. . (Continued on page '8)