The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly cloudy tonight and Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BROTHER HOPES FO PROBERS WILL INQUIRE INTO LOCAL PAVING Mandan Road Paving and Project East of Bismarck Are Brought Up 2 ON WITNESS STAND Myhre and Gettleman Called —Latter Repeats War Sales Assertion C. A. Myhre, assistant chief en- pineer of the Highway Commission, und W. F. Gettleman, superintendent of the equipment department, were called to the witness stand by the Highway Commission . investigating committee of the Howse today, and questioned concerning various ac- tivities of the department. F. J. Graham, committee counsel, continu- ed to draw out information showing methods of operation of the depart- ments in part the basis for future questioning and conclusions by the committee, in relation to other testi- mony. Mr. Myhre, the first witness, was asked concerning the plans and spec- ifieations for the paving job from ouri River bridge west, for miles, between Bismarck and He produced plans and specifications, which had been sub- poenaed, The paving, he asserted, was a standard spect i Orizinal plans and specifications, he said he believed, were prepared by Black and Griffin of Mandan, On further questioning he said this was before Mr. Black became chief en- gineer of the Highway Commission. $30,000 Appropriation Asked concerning the $30,000 ap- propriation bill to complete payment on this job, Mr. Myhre said the final estimate of the work hud been ap-| proved, but he did not know whether the auditing board had approved it. The $30,000 was to be taken from the bridge fund of the Highway Com- mission,* bitty an opinion ‘of the“At- torney-General held this ‘was ‘not a part of the Missouri river bridge project. The probable life of the paving he estimated at 15 to 20 years, depending on traffic and main- tenance. Intention of the committee to in- quire into the proposed paving pro- ject: from the ‘end of Bismarck’s | THE BIS HUNT “IN Ohio University authorities at Colu teilectual” they believe responsible sules from the school pharmacy. dean, shown in inset, found the student, is shown poin TELLE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1925 MARCK TRIBUN E CTUAL” FIEND umbus, O., ure hunting a “super in » for dispensing strychnine in cap Two students died. Dr. D. Dye, rychnine bottle. Fred 1. Williams. nting to it on the shelf. \COOLIDGE RIDES WOODEN HORSE FOR EXERCISE, UPON ORDERS ‘Epidemic Is Now Controlled Washington, b cretary Work received a report today from yovernor Bone of that the Nome diphtheria epid apparent- ly has abated »nd that ampie anti- toxin is on hand or enroute to meet any “emergency. GIRL, 44,18 FOUND DEAD Stabbed on Way Home From School, Confession Says Main street to the penitentiary and | beyond was shown, when Mr. Gra- hin asked of whom he could get plans and specifications for this pro-» ject. The contract for this has not heen let, he said.* Methods of Work The committee spent much time J§nquiring into various methods of the highway work, Mr. Myhre was asked if he had a Highway Commission automobile, and he satd he used a Buick winter enclosure car. He said the policy was to provide head engineers with rs and an annual report rendered. The Highway gas, oil and repairs, he said. declared the car was used only in Kighway work. He also said he used! his own car for a year and a half and did not charge the Highway Commission for it. Mr, Gettleman was later recalled te ask concerning handling of sur- plus war equipment. He repeated his assertion that government regu- Jutions prohibited sale of. the.,mater- ials, and that sale had been ordered hy Mr, Black, who has asserted there is authority for it. He said Representative Helbing ‘of Morton county, he understood, had a truck trailer on his farm and did not know of any payment being made for it. He was asked again concerning three cars used by T. R. Atkinson of B smarck, a Dodge car, a truck and a @adillac car. Asked concerning the value of the cars he put the Dodge at $200 to $260, the truck $750 and the Cadillac $175. “You know Mr. Atkinson said he would not pay over $500 for them?” hie was asked. “Yes.” “Do you think that is about half the value?” “Not more than half.” The Cadillac car, he said, was de- livered in his absence, presumably on orders of Mr. Black. GOLD STRIKE . ISREPORTED Best in Many Years Claimed By Miners ‘ureka, Calif, Feb. 13.—According to word received by officials here the biggest strike in gold'mining in Siskiyou county in recent years has been made at Scott's Bar, where $16,000 is said to ha yn taken from a mine in the ls 10 days. The mine is a) placer, the advices said, and is being worked -by George and Harry Noonan of San Francisco. It is one of the;dldest mines in the county, goltt baving been first found in tt in+1852, but. the ‘working had been discontinued for sometime. Commission provided ; He | Coleman, Mic rite, 1+year-old daughter of Mr. Mrs. Martin Todd, living near here, was stabbed to death on her way home from school late yesterday, it was learned today with the arrest of Victor Badgeley, 29. Sheriff Thomas Bailey said Badgely had con- ifessed killing the girl with a pocket ‘changed with the girl's murder. knife. Badgely was taken to the Bay City jail. this morning and formally . Sheriff Bailey and Prosecutors Morris of ‘Midland county, said Badgely confessed that he killed the child after an attempted assault, fearing she would inform her par- ents. They quoted Badgely as shy- ing, he used his pocket-knife, stab- bing the girl three times in the neck, severing an artery. Search for the child was started when she failed to come home at the regular time yesterday afternoon. The body was found half a mile from her home, in a clumb of bushes 75 feet from the road. formed and Badgely was questioned when he said he had seen the girl alone at the corner near his place after school had closed., Later ques- tioning brought out the confession, officers said. Badgely is married but has no children. NEW ENGLAND HAS FLOODS Heavy Thaws ‘Cause Many Streams to Overflow Boston, Feb. 13.—Falling tempera- tures: today held promise of relief from; the flood situation brought about by five days ef record break- ing warmth fdllowed by heavy rains and the sudden melting of the win- ter snows. New England rivers were still rising last night but it appear- ed that a heavy freeze would check the freshets. The greatest damage was in: north- ern New Hampshire where the Con necticut river-and its tributaries re- ceived,the melting of a heavy win- ter snowfall within a few days. Colebrook, N. H., had many anxious hours when two ice jams on the Mo- hawk river, a tributary of the Con- necticut,,dammed the water back un- til veral streets were flooded. Workmen labored all night with dyn- amite to blast-a passage through the ice and yesterday the jams broke and the, obstruction was carried down to the: Connecticut. Considerable damage to railroad tracks were reported from points farther down the Connecticut river, Damage from, flooded cellars Was reported from many places in New ‘Hampshire and Vermont. é ‘ Posses were | Made of Iron and Has no Head or Tail — Congress- man Pokes Fun at Execu- tive’s Innovation | i Washington, Feb. 13.-The House ,Was thrown into an uproar when Rep. Vinson, Democrat of Kentucky, attempted to read a poem entitled “Cal's Hobby Horse” and Rep. Ince, Rep. Mass., sought to have him stop- pad ashe-concluded the first.line. Ince contended > that’it was a breach of house rales for a member “to cust ridicule” at the president. After a hot debate in which a doz- en members participated, Rep. Snell of New York, presiding, overruled Mr. Ince and Mr. Vinson continued his reading. Washington, Feb. 13.— Sides, the sturdy hobby which President Coolidge goes gal- loping three times daily, has taken thé national capital by storm. Incidentally no’ small amount of the storm is “centered in and about the White House as the result of the news leaking out.) Everyone is asking how the dob- bin happened to become the vogue iwith the executive, | Here is how: | While the president enjoyed horse iback riding he suffers somewhat ‘from a nasal affliction which is ag- gravated by the effluvia arising from j the horse's hide.and any dust that | might be kicked up,by a canter along ‘the road. Added to this is the be- {lief of secret service men that horse- ‘hack riding is attended by unneces- sary danger. So the president cast jaround for something similar be ‘cause his doctors recommended this type of exercise. Mentioning his | dilemma one day to a luncheqn guest, |who is said to have been Dwight Morrow, New York financler classmate of the president: at Ain- herst, the guest told of a couple of electrical mechanical pacers which he owned and if the president would permit he would send him one. The horse arrived at the back door of the White House one day and was uncrated by the staff, The president, it is said, enjoined secrecy. Rumors of its existence had never been con- firmed until someone innocently let it out yesterday. The horse is made of iron and ‘has no head or tail, though equipped | with regular army saddle and stir- rups. The buttons are placed in front of the saddle although it is wow, reported there are only two, a pace and canter bit, with three speeds each. -Old Iron horse on NEW ECONOMY METHOD? Washington, Feb. 13.—Commenting jon President Coolidge’s wooden horse, Representative Howard, Dem- ocrat, Oklahoma, declared on the floor-of the House yesterday he would not be’ surprised to see i “heralded to the people of the Unit- ed States that the President is riding this wooden horse for the purpose j;of cutting down the oat bill at-the “House stables.” ecalling the, executive’s trip to Chicago in an ordinary Pullman coach, the Oklahoma representative remarked that he had since become even “more economical in his means of transportation” and added: “I had an idea that until in the future any program for the benefit of the livestock producers is referred to, the férmers will be advised to + Produce wooden hor: " “I should not be surprised that the next great stroke’ for economy will be the placing of oars on the Mayflower,” he continued, referring to! the presidential. yacht. * | “About ‘one-fifth of’ a crow’s diet consists of noxious insects,” ‘Tin’ view. BANKING PLAN LARGE PART OF N. PS PROGRAM Many Measures Are Intro- duced Designed to Limit The Borrowing Power l | | | XES, | | MORTGAGES, i Proposal Is Made to Put Large Part of Tax Burden on Business Fail to Pass The Stoie Senate this after- noon failed to pass the Sunday Movie Local Option bill. The House killed four bills making appropriations for fairs at Man- dan, Minot,: Fargo and Grand F i | ( ' | | | | | | | | The Senate concurred in House Amendment to the two cigarette bills | and they now will go to the Gover-/ nor. | | With practically all bills to be in-| troduced during the present session | now before the state legislature it is/ possible to make a fairly accurate | urvey of the legislative program, on | which the Nonpartisan League pro- | poses to justify its ‘administration, | either through enactment, or as a} basis of an appeal to the voters of | the state. The measures which have been in- troduced fall into four classes: 1, Measures introduced at the nersonal desire of Governor A. G.| Sorlie, some of which’ have only a very collateral connection with the! general league program. \ 2. Bills designed to regulate banks | and promote the Bank of North Da-| kota, i A set of measures somewhat | akin to those just mentioned design: | ed to cut down the making of mort- | gages, and also to grant additional privileges to farmers whose property is mortgaged. 4. Tax bills designed to throw the burden of taxation on business | property. The Governor's Program The first class has been made fairly familiar to the public through the governor's message. It ineludes his bills to abolish the board of man- agers of the state mill and elevator association, and to make the state mill a terminal market which ha jilready passed the house, and al ithe measures providing for a sta efficiency expert, and for a state ra- dio broadcasting station at the cap-j i are still pending in the lower legislative body. All of the bills pertaining strictly to Governor | Sorlie’s personal program were in- troduced in the house. i Banking Bills i Senator Ralph Ingerson of Burke county has been in general charge! of the banking program bills. | The first two bills to be introduc- | ed along this line were Senate Bill! 2 and 3 put in by Senator Miklethun. | For limiting the rate of inte: which banks might pay on deposi or receive on loans, The former was’! killed and the latter was amended | by the Independent majority in the | senate so as to cut off most rad-| ical provisions 9 per cent being made; the, maximum rate instead of 7 per) cent ag originally demanded by the! bill’s author. i Then came the introduction of. Sen- | ate Bills 71 and 75 by Senator Inger- son. The first of these was so framed as to make it difficult for banks operating under state charter to borrow money and as a conse- quence to lend it. The latter pr vided that owners of bank stock must deposit securities with the state} equal to the holding of their stock. The Independent majority in the sen- ate has forced modification of the more radical prowisions of both of these, and in their amended form they may be passed. Other bills introduced by Senator Ingerson are along the same line which are still pending before the senate are S. B. 91, which makes it! larceny for officers or directors to borrow money from theit own ban! S. B. 198 which places severe re- \strictions around the operations of Savings banks, S. B. 204 making cer- tificates of claim issued by the de- positors guaranty fund commission, | negotiable, interest bearing instru- and others, The climax of the whole program | is reached in Senatg Bills 217 and 227 introduced by Senator Bakken which make the deposit of all public funds in the Bank of North Dakota mandatory, provide for the establish- ment of branches by the Bank of North Dakota, and puts the admin- istration of the depositors’ guarantee, law in the hands of that institution. The former proposal is not favored by Gov, Sorlie. A similar bill was introduced in the house by A. C. Miller the com- munist member from Williams coun- ty. Counterparts of several of the bills mentioned above -have been in-/ troduced in the house, Mortgages Etc. | Closely allied to: the banking bills are a group of measures which take, the credit problem ‘from another angle but with the same general end i { Senate Bill 188'would make. all fa- ime be an American girl.” | crease bill which now is pending as 'to the size and population of the! |may be found in the figures present- | | facta.” SPEED HEARING ON FARM HELP ' LEGISLATION , Both Senate and House Com- mittees Will Soon Reach Conclusions ISEEK LEGISLATIO | Additional Pragram May ‘Be | Submitted to Congress in Next Week a taclpeace | Washington, Feb, 13.--Both the Senate and House agriculture com- nittees aimed to speed up their hearings on farm relief measures to- ;dgy so as to bring them to a conclu sion tomorrow, and decided next jweek on what additional program of HJewislation should be attempted at this Congress. 9 | Charles W. Holman, representing jthe National Board of Farm organi- izations and the National Coopera ‘tive Milk Producers’ Federation, was recalled for further testimony before jthe House committee. Louis J. Taber, a member of the ‘President's agricultural conference, lin continuing his discussion of the conference recommendations before that committee at a session st night, said he believed specific rec laims her father sold her in mar- | giamendations for extension of the riage to George Mitchell, 16, fr | protective tariff benefits to $500 and three “skinny” horses. She ‘firmer should be one of the has run away from her husband of natters taken: up by the conferen two weeks and asks police to “help oy reconvening. i or of this po presented by the confe thu The American farmer, Mr. d, cannot compete with the * or” element in imported ducts, any more than he can sfully sell” his products in eign markets. The conference, he id, believed “a balafced American | Agriculture” could be established and production “kept in step” with ‘the domestic demands without any “disproportionate” charge upon the American consumer. 0. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, |testifying at the night session, en- jdorsed the’ coriferenté recomnienda- | trons. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER Pay the Death Penalty in Iinois Jails abeth Miller, pledo gypsy, have Se T00 MUCH IS BEING SPENT IN CAMPAIGNS Probers, in Report, Says Con-| gress Should Seriously Consider This ne RECOMMEN: TIONS Perfecting of the Corrupt Practices Act Is Urged Upon Congress Washington, Feb. 13.--Congress should give serious consideration to the practice of political organizations in collecting large sums of money in certain states for use in influencing elections in other states, the spec sendte campaign investigating com- mittee says in a report filed by Chairman Borah. Besides this recommendation committee proposes enactment of the corrupt practices act recently ap-) proved by the senate, 79 to 3, as a! rider to the postal pay and rate in- Wheaton, Ill, Feb, 13.—John Kam- merer, 27, was hanged in the coun- ty jail here today for the murder of jan entire family of five at Villa ; Park, June 27, 1 The trap was sprung at 10:41 o'clock and three the| minutes later he was” pronounced dead. Decatur, Ill., Feb. John Stacey of Louisville, Ky., was hanged in the county jail here at noon today for a part of the postal bill recommend-| the murder of Haman Rubenstein. ed by the senate postoffice commit- | Two electrical buttons were pushed tee as a substitute for the house! by Sheriff Underwood and his de- entra! jputy, Ted Hill, one of which sprvag Makes Recommendations | the trap, Moreover, the campaign committee! suggests that in perfecting the cor-| rupt practice laws an effort be made | to accommodate the limit of expendi-¢ ture by candidates for federal offices | ; . DAWES HITS — POLITICIANS e-President Elect Calls for Fearless Action state. It says it is neither wise no: just to fix the same amount for candidate in a state with a popula-’ tion of 1,000,000 as in a state with! a population of 7,000,000 or more, Besides these recommendations for legislation, the report contairis de- tailed accounts of receipts, expendi-; Chicago, Feb. 13—In_ his tures and contributions as given by; public address since his elec the national committee of the three| Vice-President, Brigadier-General major political parties for the last: Charles G, Dawes, paying tribute to campaign, The report says the in-| the memory of Abraham Lincoln, last vestigation conducted by the com-j night declared the trouble with the mittee in Washington and Chicago} country today is not with American in the closing days of the 1924 cam-| people hut with ' “pussy _ footing, paign showed that. | straddling, cowardly politicians.” The Republican national committee, Gesturing with his well known collected $4,360,478 and expended| pipe, the Vice-Pregident elect said: $4,270,409. | “Imagine Lincoln, when confronted The Democratic national commit-| with an issue, pussy-footing around tee collected $821,037 and expended, and straddling the question, and you $908,908. an imagine him’ getting on all sides The progressive or independent na-;of the matter as many of our c& a al first ; tional committee collected $221,837, wardly politicians of today face an land expended $221,977. j issue?” __ Believes Reports Trye “There is nothing wrong with the While making no‘ reference to the! American people today, but the lead- LaFolfette charges of the collectton! ership is not what it should be at of, a huge Republican “slush fund” times. However, we can look back to control. the election, the reportion the leadership of Lincoln with says that, although some inaccuracies | unadulterated pride.’ ve the report ly | FORT TOTTEN ROAD TO BE BUILT SOON Lake, N. ed, “it belie One of the allegations by Senator| LaFollette was that the Republican | organization was collecting large, sumg-in eastern states for use in the; northwestern states in an effort to} controlthe election -there.. With respect, to: the practice of Dev jeated by the Civie and Commerce using funds ‘from one state in fer which a continuous effort has been “This may well. become the sub-|made to provide for its building, i fect of abuse and lead to evil and|going to be built early this yea corrupt practices and results. The |Contracts have been let, work has committee calls this feature of cam-/| been planned, surveys completed and paign. collections and expenditures |every preliminary arrangement made partitularly to. the consideration of |but actual work has been withheld congress and believes that in- the |owing to the fact that matter‘of future-legislation it should4 ing: the necessary appropriation had: ve, a@xioun, conaideyation.” jnot been. passed by congress. the | Only general views | saul farm HEROES They Toiled Free Floyd Collins Johnnie pneumonia tempts to Geralds, ‘top, is ill with itracted from his at- Floyd Collins from Sand C: City. Ky: Collins, ¢ 's father, pléad- ed for persons throughout the coun- try to pray his release. Norman Parker, below, was the last to talk to Collins. He was in the cave when the pa e tv Col- lins was blocked the second time. FEELING HIGH AFTER ARREST Minn, Feb. 13 Feeling running high in following the rearrest of L. H. Nelson, former cashier of the closed ‘mers State Bank here, precipitated an attempted assault on A. H. Hendrickson, an official of the bank, last night. LEGISLATURE NEARS ACTION ON MEASURES Several Closely €ontested Bills to be Disposed of in Few Days is scue for son's Little Sauk, the A. P:) this vicinity (By FAIR BILLS ARE -UP House to Decide This Question —Senate Has Movies, ‘ Mill Program The state legislature, after paus- ing on Lincoln’s birthday, had a big program before it for disposal with- in the next few days. The fate of many important or interesting meas- ures will be decided within the next two or three days, it is expected. Among them Forks, Mandan and Minot, which are before the House. A determined ef- fort is being made to kill the ap- propriations. s The Senate has before it the Sun- day movie local option bill. The Senate accepted a teport recom- mending passage by a majority. of one vote, and a clgse final decision is anticipated. : The Senate still has important banking’ measures before it for dis- posal, having. postponed action for a few days, . Feb, 13.—The|managers of the state mill and ele-junder fal Fort Totten road, @ project advo-|vator is another measure before the | yesterday by The Independent members;a association several. years ago, upon |of thg legislature have proposed to'the man who appeated at Haddam provide |and claim is |that the power of the Governor shall} entombed . cave ze the | ~ Clarke said that he gave “Collins” oard |$50 cash for the exclusive privilege Senate change the House bill and be substituted for the power of Indystrial Commission and a b of manager: Sales of artificial gas-in the Unit- the bill carry-jed States last year totaled 405,344,- 000,000 . Shoat 80 billion cable and Prayed to! e the bills provid- | ing appropriations for fairs.at Grand | The measure providing for the re- ; [ FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CE R COLLINS’ RESCUE FIND CHANNEL LEADING INTO ‘CAVERN REGION Homer Collins, After Going To Bottom of Shaft, Expresses Hope |WORK IS PUSHED pectators Barred as Force Believes It Is Nearing HOPE LESSENS Goal e City, Feb. 13.—Carmic- hael in charge of operations and other officials who went down into the shaft being dug toward Sani Cave where Floyd Collins is imprisoned announced this terncon that the hope of rescu- ing Collins through a tunnel discovered in the shaft fifty feet down will have to be abandoned. The tunnel exploration failed to disclose a passage way. Digging was resumed from the bottom of the shaft itself and Mr. Carmichael thought it would probably take two or three days to reach the seventy foot level + whore they plan to begin lateral tunnels in an effort to strike vand cave, Hopes of the rescue of Collins by noon today through the new tunnel attracted several hundreds of, people to the cave. For a time the crowd was kept away from the operations but when the crevice failed to de- velop into anything passable all were allowed to approach the whaft. The failure of the high hope of rescue by not finding this tunnel was noticeable and discouraged the officials of the party. The drill holes in the shaft have gone to seventy feet with- out penetrating the limestone roof but another cavern may be discovered that can be penetrat- Lee | e City, Ky., Feb, 13,—(By the tunnel which the rescuers hope may lead to the cavern behind Floyd Collins was discovered on the left, or north, side of the Sand Cave | rescue shaft early today. Timber- | ing was rushed on the fifteenth sec- ‘tion and preparations made to drive the piling into the side wall, around and above the tunnel hole, so a res- cue party could enter it with safety. The hole was unmistakably a pass age way leading down into a lime- stone cave, and miners brought out pieces of cavernous rock to exhibit to H. 7. nichael, the medical staff and other officials who were hur- riedly awaiting word. While the miners felt that it might be several hours before a rescue par- ty would be pern{tted to explore this tunnel there already was keen | competition among the diggers for the honor of going down on the next shift. The down draft in the shaft | Was so strong that the miners’ lamps {were blown out when they looked | down the new tunnel. | Carmichael explored the mouth of ithe new tunnel at daybreak and |said he hoped they would have Col- jlins by noon. j Brother Has Hope | Homer Collins, young brother of the imprisoned’ man, came out of 'the rescue shaft at 10:45 a. m. and said, “I have great hopes.” | At that time no one had been in the newly discovered tunnel. Carmichael and two mifers at 10 o’clock this morning began explora- tion of the tunnel. All spectators and newspaper men’ were ordered {away from the mouth of the shaft to the top of the hill, 100 feet or more distant. | Dr. William Hazlett of Chicage, who is in charge of the medical preparations for ‘attending Floyd Collins, if he is found with even a jfaint spark of life, at 10 o'clock had completed every possible prep- aration. Dr. Hazlett is to be sent down into ‘the tunnel as soon as Collins is lo- catdd, to determine whether he is ‘dead or alive, before any attempt is made to remove him. “FLOYD COLLINS” ARRESTED | Haddam, Kans., Feb. 13.—The ‘man who sent a telegram to Cave City, {Ky., saying that he was Floyd Col- jlins, was held here yesterday on a {charge of vagrithcy until more can jbe learned of him. He does not re- ! semble phot pl of the man {whom miners are striving to rescue |from a rocky crevice near Cave City. He seemed confused by question- ing yesterday. He said he was 25 years old. Collins is said to be old- er. WARRANT SWORN OUT Washington, Kansas, Feb. 13.—A. {warrant charging obtaining _ mone; prete! ‘was sworn out Sam Clarke, editor of weekly newspaper here, against ed to be Floyd Collins, the of hi feature 7 the snabese Rid. Soule ~ senideett oy