The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and probably Wed- nesday. Rising temperature. THE BIS ESTABLISHED 1873 BISM. ARC K, NORTH DAKOTA . TUE! SDAY, DE ECEMBER 9. 1924 CK TRIBU | FINAL EDMMON PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITISH DELAY ARMS CONFERENCE “MAY ASK U.S. TAKE OVER | ~ PART OF CITY | Only | \ Martial Law May Be Means of Averting Anar- chy in Jersey City CHARGED JURY Several Police Officers Are! Arrested in Investi: of Booze Running tion ee ie of the Jersey Ci Dee. 9. possible President force front state-wide phe attention of the Hud grand jury by Chief Justic in his ¢ of them their dut the investigation a bootle conspiracy in) Wee- hawkan. “Your inve need requesting or Governor to “e mart law upon our water as only alternative — to called to » SCounty Minturn concerning narehy" wa in ation may lead yo) into channels of corruption so and varied in their ramificat as to enable you to perceive that this heinous conspiracy not confined to this county or this state,” Justice Minturn ch: “hut is co- <estensive with our vutional bound- ‘aries and in’ effect nothing than a portedtious, subterranean bellion against the Constitu The investigation has sulted in the indictment of ice offic nine policemen alleged the ring. PARENT BODY TO BE FORMED Association Will Be Organ- ized in Baldwin to Y is less already two po Is, ross” of A Parent-Teacher Association will organized at Baldwin Wednesday night, with Miss Madge Runey, coun- ty superintendent of schools, ass ing. Burleigh county was one of the counties in the state chosen for the demonstration by the national Par- ent-Teacher organization. There now are three active ociations in the county, and 15 or 20 will be or- ganized before long, Miss Runey said. Tomorrow Fighth grade examina- tions begin in the county schools. Un- der a new plan, the eighth grade ex- aminations will be given twice a year, in December and May. The Burleigh County School letin, issued by the county superin- endent’s office, announces that a third school was recen opened in Richmond district, with Bernice , Speaks of Bismarck teaching. ' NO SMALLPOX NOW IN CITY But One Case Since August 1, Says Dr. Stackhouse Bal- . ‘There is ise of smallpox in Bismarck today, according to Dr. C Stackhouce, health officer, There Yas been but one, case of smallpox in the city since Aligust 1, he added. There were several cases of smallpox in the city last winter and spring, he sajd, but they declined. Dr, Stackhouse, however, said that every person should be vaccinated because there is some smallpox in North Dakota Health conditions in generally ac satisfactory sto Dr, Stackhouse. no this section according Be aware Peis Weather Report For 24 hours ending at noon. ‘Temperature at 7 a.m. ...... Highest yesterday “Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Preci| i eves Highest wind veloci WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicini tonight and probably Rising temperature. For North I and probably temperature, WEATHER CONDITIONS The storm area has moved north- eastward to the Great Lakes region and St. Lawrence Valley and preci- pitation, followed by much colder weather, prevails from the Mississip- pi Valley eastward. High winds and } 4 ————¢ Fair Wednesday. tonight Rising Fair nq “The | the | of | and the | jof her j game just as roud | BY JACK NEA Servic oO FECHAN Writer Vins | Marion ‘true iP the ae | sters about the visit their grand House, Two years and a hall Kling Harding but never once did the sacred at old mans Kinley and Roosevelt Often they asked to But always they were too young. In a iittix when they were olde And so. George Ne his sister, Jeanne, their aireastles, as They would sit lo stretch talking of the have when they went dow ington to see th lived in the White But They Never Saw They would picture dering the butlers ang about in the big din'r shouting commands to the at the doors. They would see thes. the yard plucking the iy House flowers and sompiny with Laddie Boy on the volling lawn. | And what fun it would be to play tag up and down the great wide stair- cases on rainy d the} rooms and the closets to seamper, at will, int . tive offices to sit at t own desk! But their dreams, lilc other childhood dream. fulfilled. Some day, would have been, put- President Warren G. Hardin: only grandfather they ever died when his term of office w a little more than half through, and their grandmother came back to Mar- ion again. i They though, ds reigned while adehildren pie BU i DING or 8& STORIES is NOW, PROPOSED Dee. an 8 r gr Hose Be tidie build York, ervin, have out rank nol Woolworth ding py obtainable in accore to in real es vret aia At it was adm was und though held the architect the project eration being tions the office ted the cons are negot » not been clos he at site “8 GLENN YOUNG so muy never wer Illinois County did not see much of her, for her health was poor, and she was confined to a sanitarium most of. the time. And then the: were saddened by the news of her death. She, like their futher, gone. But even on her deathbed jarding, who used to send them t re clothes and candies from the White House, remembered them, She made a will leaving them the buik, Metropolis, Il, Dee. 9 Young, Williamson county dry indicted by the county rge of assault to mu charged Young, Cef- Frothingham, rles Halen on July 2 p John Towns ats to kill him if till of two men, pistol fight with raid- yon The bill stable John Steyer and Ch with stringing h thr he did not locate later killed in Young und Steyer. EXPLOSION | WRECKS PAPER The a morning by an a loss ¢ Mrs. a Million and Jeanne, wealthy or ion dolla) 1 from y George, find themselves very will share equally in imated at half a mil least--the last beque: grandmother, The thought of all the though, hasn't affected cither children one bit. George still has his paper route. He is starting out in the newspape his father started year ago, delivering the Marion Star, the newspaper his stepgrandfather, with Mrs. Harding’s help, made nationally nous. And while he is delivering his pa- pers, Jeanne is at home helping he} mother with the housework. She i learning? as all girls should, how to manage a home. going to keep on carrying pa-, says George, “while I’m going to school. I haven't quite decided what [shall do after that, but you can be sure I intend finishing high school and college. th money, ! of the wn, wrecked with newspape plosion ¢ ated at $75,000. hed last spring, of local men of 3 affiliations, FINDS $2,000. CASH IN CAN IN MATTRESS, Falls, 3 Minn., Dec. 9.—Mrs. rob sold her residence and furniture here about a week ago and} moved to Minneapolis. The purchas- er, Ole Paulson, moved into the home y Fergus Theresa pers,’ temperature drops of 30 degrees oc- curred in the Great Lakos region. A large high pressure area, accompan| @i by generally fair, cold weather covers the Pla tes and Rocky Mountain States. A low pressure area, attended by rising temperature, has /appeared over the Canadian Northwest. v ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. | “And money isn't going to spoil me, either, I don’t ever intend to take, life easy.” Jeanne, too, is determined to ob- tain all the education she can, And beside what she will qearD in school, | she wants to learn to ‘keep house neatly, cook well and sew well. Haring Very Fond of Them | And their step-father, Roscoe D. Mezger, city salesman for a_ local (Comtinued on page 3) yesterday. In making up the beds, Paulson’s wife discovered a tin box ‘under one of the mattressés conta’ and securities. The box and its contents were turn- ed over to Mrs. Grob’s agent here | to be forwarded to her. The Eskimos never have learned ‘o use the deposits of coal in the. far |north for fuel. IS INDICTED. Out of Dry Raids in Harold , ex. i-| ing between $2000 and $3,000 in cash | GEORG 12, UPPER JEA kK PICTURE SHOWING RESEMBLAN( AND HER UPPER LER’ DE WOLFE {HIS S R, ‘AN EARLY HARDING MARKABLE TWEEN UF CHILDREN DIVISION OF PROFITS PLAN OF COL, FORBES Testifes! in s H. Mortimer to Split Centracts Hospital *LANNED DURING Declares That He Shooting His Wite Witness Found Forbes Craps With | upon is fom the A R. orb during ctor of the Veter pught only high class, re. able and financially respon- sible contractors” for hospital work, he repentediy told Elias A, Mortimer, contractor's agent, the litter tes | fied today in cross-examination the trial of Col, Porbes and others} in conspi rrowing of the Veterans admini: | tion of Forbes Mortimer also ment between jreached in 19) | would divide between | of the profits at firms which representey in negotiations with the| | Weterans Bure Mortimer ‘ond da By b his ns in! out} Bureau stra- of an himself and under which them on told ugre Forbe they} per-} contracts} Mortimer! to stand for his} examination to- chief government witness t Forbes and J. W. Thompson ‘contractor, on trial for conspi defraud the government 1 of hospital contrac mer recounted his meetings ‘orb h, we months | | arte appointed to the! Bure: | Mo us on the cross imer told of his visit to Chi- \ | cago in June 11, 1922, On June 20, the said he y » Chicago o Filan of altar eat esa ta ed a note for $15,000 loan, | it afternoon,” Mortimer said, “I went to his room in the Drake ho- | ‘tel and found Mrs. Mortimer and Col.{ | Forbes ‘shooting craps’ on the bed. «| “It cost me $226 to pay for his fun} that afternoon,” Mortimer said, over} the objection of the defense coun- here followed a protracted wran- gle over Mortimer’s interpretation in the testimony, “He was there in hi working hard,” the witn question as to whi Grunge] adic ina ance an erate | nasil that afternoon, He referred to | Forbes, he Did Col. Forbes -get the Mortimer was asked, “L gave it to her, but the ‘close I doubt if he got it, | mer replied, his face flushing. |. The defense again vigorously ob- | hirt sleeves, | id, in Morti- jected to the nature of Mortimer’s answers. Storm Warning Is Displayed Chicago, Dee. 9- afin has issued thé following, Storm arnings are displayed on all the | Great Lakes stations except Chicago. | | ~The weather bur- { ment | which had yh ‘must i served | usually 1| high reeard for | court ! recognition by | gether. FORMER HIGH COURT JUSTICE DIES AT HOME Muahion Pitney Forced to Re- sign When Tl Health Fol- lowed Hard Work INTERESTING Former Justice Rose to Poli- tical Triumphs Before Getting on Bench Wash ti Mah Court die th here oveutred immediatly Pitney was. j and retired trom the benc th on December 31, Mahlon Titney to retire from upreme court f his usefulness. En- dd tireless in devotion to “drew upon his a seemingly titution w eume the thus d heighth astic he ul reserve strength sound and vigorous undermined, and the col without warning to hts upon the heneh or the public general- | ty The s iting Mh Justice ‘T the Supre tion of Hall whe first sien formed in b ical atienda turn to nuret thro) f detives flict buting enun trouble, the Hope thet h resiored durin him to whtu the fell while he delphia to join with Chief nd other members of Court in the rededic room in Independence court had held — its There hlood-clot in, but prompt me- enabled bim to re etul beneh the term, ‘ondition, A er his tendance attai- and thick bronchial atalysis of was vis he nder real Wosu bis nistes fliciently the tecess to permit his judicial duties reconvened in Ve’ pated by a second stroke ‘Then his family was nding physicians that Justice, widely admired , sition, ed retin He i the ineyita gnation to He vu bs nial for his was doon reluctantly ind tendered his Feet December succeded k Authorized Congre: retirement the she vy it under ake the bench if Retirement promptly authorized his Al he had served Supreme bench nearly 1h net eligible for retire the regulation be cause only 64 years of age, the law contemplating act rvice until the age of <eventy. Medical certificates submitted to congressional committees in connec- tion with the special retirement act diseloseq that ¢ shortly after he went upon the Supreme Bench in March 19 he had been under treat- for chronic Bright's disease, lowly progressed, his con- dition becomin rious two years before the public warning, His second stroke rendered him totally ineapable not for further ser- vice upon the but alse for th management of own te i rs. To what extent the heavy burdens he had imposed upon himself con- tributed in hastening total incapacity remain de ble, but his friends were of the opinion that he had worked himself to 1 complete He had offices at the Cap- Justice h, hi ' | itol, where the Supreme Court cham- located, and there he re- mained nearly every night until ten o'clock or later, having. his dinner there, denying himself uot only recreation but also exercise. He reached his offices ithe morning, putting in two or more hours work before going on the bench at noon, He was particularly punctiliong in attending thesourt, al ways remaining throughout its fou hour sessions, and establishing the number of opin- ions he wrote. No member of the wus more prompt than he in preparing and rendering the court’s decisions, and he earned for himself his colleagues upon bench und by the bar of the ourt generally in all matters aris- ing under equity laws famed By ‘Taft It was Mr. Taft, who ax-President, appointed Justice Pitney to the high- est court later they sat to- ud met at a dinner given by the Governor of New Jer- sey, where they oc joini seats. “The future a: was a good story teller, humorous and keen, und Mr, Taft found in him ® man after his own heart, They swapped anecdotes and reminiscences, and Mr. Taft carried with him from the dinner « profound impression of Mr, Pitney’s engaging personality and ability. Golf was Justice Pit- ney’s only source of exercise, which he enjoyed only during vacation per- iods, He was engaged at the game when called from the links to receive 4 telephone message from Mrs. Pit- ney notifying him that President Taft hag tendered him a place upon the Supreme Bench. (Continued on page 3) [CHRISTMAS GIVER WHO DOESN'T MAIL EARLY THIS YEAR IS OUT OF LUCK; | — ce Department Will Deliver Little Mail Christmas Day. and Advice Is Given To All to Begin Ma Their Christmas Packages Immediately fing: nats ay giver be out curly shopper A by who doesn of Juck this department nods of per- ¢ the early yalume oider his been issued have effect. no deli hy record oat but the must begin number of pointers were local officials today, incl Don't put Christmas stumps or stickers, other thar postotice stamps. on the of a package or letter, hot seal any package or ters or written sure to have the on the parcel. Do not addres Mail early of year usu Lbs0 ome Tiere will hie y Che'stmes cuploye stort aries fler Hi hy side Ho ne tructed ier retarn addvess coording to word sendquist Assistant Larson alway and with pencil. department last year tnployes should be per-| to enjoy Christmas dinner at! und is instructions for de-{ liveries to m. The order year ant ditional designed to! insure the the {privilege of with in postot- it will be ‘impossible to delive fit Christ Day. The only sateru P Christmas packag carly. The po-toMice in Bismarek, of the postoftice. ck better her goud mail Christina tues ce; pre irnetions postoft their and bu | Chri friends embers families, CANE F ITTED GIFT 0 BASE, SAYS WEATHER MAN director tor in his fist gold-heud- Haynes, nu ‘Relief From Mild « Winter} Blasts Holding the North- west Is Predicted Francisco, De ition included as gift Roy t has been Rut ue to bundle Washingte the director, bat ound unfit. had pur Mrs. Rutter it for ship. wheu she mish ring or container w center, family con not send ment diseore be unscrew: ed a cireular ped of the The Rutters he! clave und decided the MORE SAILORS MAY BE LOST i 4 i i i te sha. boll OF SNOW IN) SO. DAKOTA e / Schools Suspended in Siow City Because of Several Feet Snow weath wh N of St. Paral y frem the winter has been} pping the west fer the past ltwo d th = Ws Were predicted todas th i ry boreau « rising Several Fail to Show up After “¢ # atnres by Wedu | Railrond and was interfered w uty Dakota, Sti eo} North Dake ind below The swung Ay In were * celled. drifts lls, Benver Shore Leaves Pedro: than lost. their the water terday w: val officers unexplained absence naughts Ww Menic ‘Tennes of 16 enlisted om whose shore leaves expired last night. Mor than hu or the Ities | in the water taxi fire and explosion! were among men and officers of these! two battleships but fleet officers nevertheless predicted that most, pro- bably all of the 16 still unaccounted for would prove to he “ordinary ab- sentees.” MINERS ARE vor UPON San Calit,, Dee. 9, more two sailors may lives in the taxi Le Mo: heing itlvesti connection fr burning of here ve. uted by na- with the the 1 the stor Wiseo worst part of wand inte ne a South Dakots unt blocked and several t Automobiles were and one train, bound for stuck in the snow Creek, Minnesota. ca was lowa was particularly hard hit } the storm, th pnd within a week. Sioux City advic ld of publics hool ssions being cancelled for, } the day because of deep snow, Street car and train service was humpered.| | Irwin, Defiance and Manning, Low ‘were ull without electric tight -and{ power service, after nearly 160 poles, twere blown down i | SOUTH DAKOTA 5 joux Falls, D., Dee, The outh Dakota countryside was snow President ound last night. With 12 inches of | members| snow falling over the week end adi | rkers of’ ed to nime inches of last week sroads are blockaded and, outs he cities and towns, » ally all} motor car fic hay ceased e mailed in here for cal-| Though buses made an effort t headquarters. iterday to penetrate the drifts MERCURY GOES [i lies! Tacos” BELOW ZERO, jwith searcely a letup for two day continued intermittently until yes Nerday afternoon, ed out be in Bismarck last burenxu reporting The snow upparently extensive in the central minimum temperature of By 7 a. m. the mer- n parts of the sts ted. With roads imp Seen Us aca end motorists There ix prospect of a little milder weather, the st being for ris ing tempe: tonight NOWBOUND International) and district officers ‘om down were voted today by of the United Mine W America. 4 he result of the international election will not be known until the vote culation ft mil was and rep more south- in- The thermometer ¥ j low the zero mark inj night, the weather an offic two below zere. eury ha di ‘: { 1 week | along | le, many stalled Sioux F lis f difficulty in As no sleet telephone and not naged. however, had difficulty up their schedules though «i running, FIVE INCHE OF SNOW FALLS Albert inches and last telegraph wire with ice. W ‘wind raises the damage country roads report many have found the drifts. the snow, lines were attempting; LINDEN, SOON TO BE RIED FOR S. D. ROBBERY Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. ¥-~Fred “Whitey” Cline and John Linden, alias “De Lake Red,” who con fessed committing a string of rob- beries in North Dakot Saturday {were taken from the jail here where they had been held about a month for safekeeping, to McIntosh, S. D., by Carson county officials. They [face trial on rges of robbing the bank at Mo: town, S. D., of about 6,000 last Novembe Iceland” ponies are fed mainly fish-heads during the winter. ch Le: ow night. Minn., fell All are De here y -Five erday { telephone and/ heavily coated! that if the ill be heavy. BREAKFAST CONFERENCES AGAIN ARE HELD; HOUSE MEMBERS ARE GUESTS ed the round-the breakfast table | gathering with the House members with a view to obtaining their opin- ion on legislation and not with any idea of an agreement on a program on Washington, Dee, 9.--Infornial dis+ cussion of the legislative situation in the House was the purpose of anoth- er White House breakfast today, with nearly « score of Republican leaders | for the session. and committee chairmen of that body} \ Last week, at similar meetings, Re- invited. President Coolidge arrang-} publican Senators were guests. |TO COME until r | shat! , Britich j Pacitic | Calif,, | speceh he | comm j Japanese mini PROTOCOL FOR PEACE ALSO T0 | BE POSTPONED se hh =Representative De- clares That Objection Is Only Matter of Delay UP IN MARCH Two Important League of Na~ tions Projects go Over Under Objections ne, Dec. The Nations de. oday to and Ror League jvate sess u's pe eration 0 col and the Heouneil Council sof the ed at a pri- ccede to Eng- postpone consid- Peace proto- conference of the the ai Marc Chamberlain, British Sec- Fo ‘ouncit that the Briti reievelt gues y neil a ssurance and declaring in ion author- way prejudice accept nis the not thut does protocol OPPOSITION T0 SOVIET TREATY TOLD BY KING Government Cannot Sanction Them But Is For Normal Intercourse. He Says London, Dec. (By the A. Pj King George opened parliament in state with a speech from the throne full of nouncements on foreign and de Th unable consid mment was wrlamentary soviet treaties “normal inter countries He said to proceed ot Singapore. aration that gn powers ng pointed Es mpted Great. r redress follow= of hostility ho intereste iw Sudan, cuiminating in the Sirdur LISTEN IN TO COAST BROADCASTS By NEA S¢ the thar the povernment with the Nava Beginuing with n out that Britis od the i 9.—Getting usting stations _ the time in the orient Checuy on the test br te pa vcent internations) n KGO, at Oakland, mplete two-hour ully heard int But act they terny the Japanese » unuble to report back the ne, the musie played. inst time a completa been sent from Amers shows st Nae mie braode: Dan being “Amerie ans W Th the . an time, radiophone from KGO began to heard loudly and distinctly and inued for two hours,” says @ from Kitaro Yokoyama, minister of communicgs surprised at iness of the phone ot believe their speech, easy American ic were the clearest unexpe they The ectro-Technical experiment station ab successfully picked up the international test with @ heterodyne iver. Hiraiso M} miles northeast of Tokyo, and ands the Pacitie Ocean, thusiast this success, the ry of communications ting other broudcasts of the rec is re type UPPLY BILL IS PASSED Washington. Dec. %--The Interior Department appropriation bill, first of the aunual supply measures, waa passed. today by the House. Tumulty’s Wife Is Under Knife Rochester. Minn. Dec, 9.—Josephi P. Tumulty, private secretary to the late President Wilson, accompanied by his wife who was recently opere ated on at the Mayo clinic here, left last night for Washington, D. C. Mra, Tumulty's condition was reported ag. “fine.” 9, The rock of Gibraltar is about 1437 feet high.