The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: settled tonight and Thursda: ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘HE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, ARPIL 22, 1925 POLICE UNCO Suit to Test State Insuran MINOT BOARD | OF EDUCATION | ASKS RULING; Objects to Cancellation of Policies Carried in Old Line Companies FUND IS__ INSOLV Declares Property of Dis- trict Would Be Placed in Jeopardy North Dakota’s fire and tor- nado fund act, passed by the leg'slature in 1919, will be tested in a suit filed today in| the Burleigh county district court by the Minot ‘board of education. The suit asks that the court restrain and prohibit S. A. Olsness, state commissioner ef insurance, from cancelling! fire and tornado insurance carried on the Minot school property in old line companies | and issuing . policies in the state fire and tornado fund on the buildings. Every school district in North Dakota will be affected by the decision in the case. The Minot board, in its com- plaint, declares that the school dis-| trict owns seven school buildings | valucd about $900,000 which are din old line companies 703.450 aga fire and $647, against tornido. The com- hat the insurance is ) companie> license! to do jusiness in-this state. the school} cancel the insurance and fae | If is threatening to canc ns to issue, and s in the state fire Hoard nimsel ame and threa has issued polic and tornado fund. The complaint alleges that the state fire and tornado fund is insolvent and if the Minot board is forced to accept insurance.as pro- vied by the commissioner, the oroperty of the district would be jeopardized in the highest degree. It is stated in te complaint, that the state fire and tornado fund, not having money available if loss should be suffered upon the pro perty insured ‘by the fund, the ulti- mate payment on the loss might depend upon an appropriation by the next legislature, anc! such ap- prcopration might fail by veto of the governor, thus making the school district wait an unreason- ably long time for payment of said lose. BOND ISSUE DEMAND BIG Industrial Commission Meets Today to Scale Down, Sub- scriptions Offered Members of the industrial com- mission and other state officials are meeting today to scale down sub- scriptions offered for a $2,000,000 real estatt series bond issue of the state of North Dakota. Subscriptions to the offering in writing have reach- ed $3,350,000 and verbal offers and offers from bond houses were made for more than $2,000,000 additional bonds, officials declare. The bond issue was offered for subscription to banks of the state. Under an act of the last legislature, banks may carry 25 percent of their legal reserve, after July 1, in gov- ernment or st The subscriptions ranged from a few thousand dollars to $800,000 by ; one bank, it being understood that | Dee MAY BAR HER FROM FLYING permits only mas pealed to the French go BATTLE OVER POLICE JUDGE | WAGES WARIE Chief cf Police Fined For Contempt of Court; Other Arrests. May Come { Charges and counter charge: hurled and the verbal fight ov holds the office of police magistrate for the City of Bismarck waged hot} this morning after Judge W. S. C selman had opened court in pol headquarters, When the vleared away and court had taken a recess until the fall. of the Chris Martineson was under to pay a fine of $100 for c court and ‘to serve 24 hi county juil, the arr C, Cashman was ordered on a charge | of holding court illegally and an in- vestigation was started on what part Officer W. RK. Ebeling had in the re- lease of a prisoner on $10 bond last night. ‘This morning's battle opened when Judge Casselman found that a man) arrested last night on a charge of| being drunk had been released on acash bond of $10. When the}! judge asked who released the man! Officer Ebeling said he releas im} when Judge Cashman of him! turned out on a bond of $10. | Judgé Casselman asked Chief Mar- tineson to give him a copy of the! arrest slip and’ when the chief re-| fused he was declared in contempt} of court. Judge Casselman then said! he would have Judge Cashman taken into custody on a charge of con- ducting court illegally und declared he would conduct 4n investigation to find what part Officer Ebeling had in the rélease of the prisoner. Arguments flew thick und fast during the entire session of court. Judge Casselman, who was elected police magistrate by a margin of 13 votes at the city election on April 7, and who contends that his term of office began yesterday, again made a demand on Judge Cashman for his! books, keyes and records of office this morning. Judge Cashman, who says that his term does not expire until May 1, refused to turn the records over to Judge Casselman. Judge Cashman has asked City At- torney Young for an opinion in the matter and declares he will abide by that decision. Mr. Young said he will have an opinion ready late many bond houses bid for the issue through bank: The bond, sued for the loan department: of the Bank of, North Dakota, bears 4 1-2 percent in- terest, the lowest rate of sale of any real estate series bond thus far is- sued. A sale was made in December, 1924, on a basis of 4.83 percent in- terest. A. P. RE-ELECTS OLD OFFICERS (By The A: ver York, April 22—The Boardj f Difectors of the Associated Press pene reelected its officers as fol- lowst » President, Frank B, Noyes, Wash- ington Star; First vice president, E.) H. Butler, Buffalo, N.Y. News; sec- ond vice president, C.~O, J. Mooney, Memphis, Tenn., Commepeial Appeal 5 secretary, Melvin E. Stone; treasur- one J. Pi seantts th at ent’ Cooper, the new genera’ manager, suéceeds Frederick Roy! Martin, the retiring general manag: | er ssistant secretary. - ciated Press) farm | today, Judge Cashman, who was defeated for the office by 13 votes, has filed suit in district court for a recount, but Judge Casselman intimated this morning that he would make a de- termined fight for the office even if the courts decided against. him when he declared in police court that the matter may not be finally decid- ed. for a year or more. MAN CONVICTED OF SLAYING PILES APPEAL Martin E, Mattson, who; was sen- tenced to the state penitentiary by the district court in Grand Forks for second degree murder, has filed an appeal in the supreme court. Argu- ments in the appeal will be heard at the May term, Mattson was ‘conviated for per- forming an illegal operation on a gone woman-in Grand Forks who ed. penitentiary. ument for a revision of the i smoke of battle had) Mattson is now at the state|h i ronautic Assoc! 1 pilots. She has ap- w. 4 PAPERS HERE FOR STATE GRAIN EXCHANGE Articles of incorporation for the North Dakota grain exchange at the | state mill) and elevator at Grand | Forks were received here today and will be filed, late this afternoon, Robert Byrne, Secretary of state id today. CHICAGO BOYS FIND BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN Victim, Dead Nearly Year, Crammed Into Catch Basin in Park (By The Associated Press) Chicago, April 22,—A boy hunting for golfballs 4n an outlying links yesterday found the body of a wo- man, leg: arms and head missing, crammed into a catch basin on the edge of the course. It had been: in the water for nearly a year, police said. Strips of leather, which might have been the inside of a fur ‘coat or used to wrap up the body, a piece of cloth with buttons attached, and a silk stocking, were found in the basin, From them the police hoped to learn the identity of the body. ories that it might be a kid- 's victim were among those considered by the police. They ask- ed assis teen year old Anna Chamales, who disappeared last June and never was seen since, despite a wide search and offers of a $1,000 reward. he scene is an out-of-the way section, where several hold-ups and attacks have occurred. Z NEW AIRSHIP TEST ELATES U.S. OFFICIALS = (By The Associated Press) election on April 7, organized for , ensuing two years and made appoint- |per cent of the actual construction tance from the family of fif-}. Washington, April 22.—The airship Los Angeles ‘moored to the tender! Patoka, in the harbor at Hamilton, Bermuda, at 7:16 o'clock this morn- ing. airship left Lakehurst at 2:35 p. ms yesterday and arrived over Bermuda at 2:10 o'clock this morning. i Awatting daylight. the big craft cruised about over the island before attempting to moor. Successful mooring of the ship was received witb. enthusiasm in navy aeronauti- cal circles here, a former trial at Bermuda having been frustrated by unfavorable weather. MANDAN HAS NEW CHAPTER ; OF SISTERHOOD}; (By The Associated Press) Mandan, April 22.—A new chapter of the P. E, O. Sisterhood making tife eleventh in North Dakota be} organized on Monday, April 27, at Kenmare by Mrs. Ruth | Peterson, Mandan, state representative of the national sorority. * Mrs. Peterson at the present time is making official: visits/to the var- ious chapters of the state and will’ direct the institution of chapter K at Kenmare on Monday. - The sale of ukuleles in Germany shown a, large increase within recent months, ** a ce Law Filed in Local Court ORGANIZATION (FIST FIGHTS OF COMMISSION IS COMPLETED City Officers Appointed at Meeting Held Last Night in City Hall PLACES LEFT OPEN! Assessor and Superintendent of Streets to Be Named Next Monday Night commission, city Bismarck’s new city elected by the voters at the t ments of city officers at a meeting held last night in the city hall, The commission assignments were made as follows: ks: Commissioner of fire and police— J. B. French. Commissioner ,of water works—J. A. Larson. Commissioner of streets and pub- lic improvements—Charles Wachter. Commissioner of finance and re- venue—G. T. Humphreys, J. B. French was elected vice-pre- sident of the commission. No changes were made in the ap- pointive officers, except that the of- fices of assessor and street superin- tendent were held open until next Monday. Officers were appointed and their salaries fixed as follows: Chief of Police—Chris Martineson, $200 per month. City auditor and manager of water department—M. Atkinson, $150 and $100. Weigher—J. D. Wakeman, $125. Manager of auditorium—E. H. Vesperman, $25. Health officer-—Dr, C. E. house, $50. Poor —_commissioner—Miss el, $75. City enginee: salary of the in resolution introduced by Com- missioner Humphreys at $60 per month, office rent and heat and five Mary R, Atkinson. The F t cost where said construction exceeds $500, providing the engineer pector on all such work. attorney-—C, L. Young, $100. urer—A, J. Arnot, $50. Superintendent of water works— eorge Doorley, $200. Pound master—George P. fees, e Fire chief—Harry Homan, $50. sistant fire chief—Robert Me- c eps| y t Strohl, $: Custodians of fire house and truck drivers—George Haugen and William McCormick, $125. Carl Bredy was offered the posi- tion of street superintendent but he declined to accept the place ut the salary fixed by the commission. The commission decided that no committees will be appointed but that each commissioner will look after his own department and when needing advice he will bring the matters be- fore the commission. It was decided to have the resigna- tions of all appointive officers on file with the city auditor. President A. P. Lenhart asked the commissioners to keep the expenses of their departments down to the lowest possible amount. He urged the strictest economy in the conduc- tion of the city’s business. WOMAN LOCKED UP FOR DEBT 1 J n be P A ative marketing for Husband Calls Police To Get Wife Out of “Hock” al hi Only for the strong arm of the law a Burleigh county farmer's wife would still be in “hook” this morn- ing instead of superintending her household duties around her own home fireside, for the services of the police department were required be- fore a proprietress of a Bismarck rooming house would allow the wom- an and her small son to depart with the husband and father before money she. said the couple owed her was id of the volice y from the house the farmer said his wife, accompan-, ied by the small son, had come to Bismarck for a change and rest from her duties on the farm and had been stopping for several days at the rooming house. x, He said that. when he went to get her yesterday and had paid the board and room bill, house refused to let the wife and child depart until he paid for dam- ages she declared the boy had done in She room they occupied. The hus- band declared he offered to pay a rea. sonable sum but the woman set th lamages too high and he refused to pay. The rooming house proprietress then locked the wife and child in a room and said she would not release them until the bill was settled. The man declared that not only was the woman holding his wife and child but she threatened to do them bodily injury unless the: bill was paid immediatel; ‘Chief Chris Me rtineson telephoned to the woman and told her what the consequences. would be if she con- tinued to hold the’ wife and child. The woman told the chief she would not release the pair and he sent of- ficers to the ho first defied the lowed the wife and child C 3 fi se. French Lawmakers Battle at! HERRIOT \ Painleve Cabinet red on the president's rostrum of noon during the for the presidency of the body. was elected preside ber of Deputies this evening. received 270 votes, without a single! j vote against him. abstained from voting. Deputy Balanant charged that “fif- ty-three deputies voted twice, Socialists broke through the protec- tion offered by the sergeant of arms. There was much wild swinging of arms and one straight arm mixed in making the fight general on the rostrum. stored, and when proceedings were resumed the president proposed that Balanant be censured, Premier Paul Painleve and his gov- ernment a vote to 218) Stack- ¢ opposition as the spot in the armor of what has ; designated the 'Painle ty engineer was fixed laux cabinet. pres: matter of secondar} for those within the chamber an thousands Bourbon, who had come to see Ci laux.+ which cau! Herriot cabinet played only a small part in the debate because M. laux was not ready to propose mea- possible. 1 budget in parliament some time in FORD SUED BY Originator of Co-Operative Ford and the Dearborn Publishing Company, of which he is owner, were States District Court by Arran Sa- liam O. Gallagher, attorney, Sapiro Dearborn Independent. cles, the declaration alleges, charge Sapiro with being one of “a conspir- acy of Jewish bankers who seek to world.” PRISON INMATE O'Connor, inma‘ to go on t John Goings, C er, whose body was found in a corn- at 1 session will be taken up with the woman of the areapon. of a jury. Gardiner, town, N. D., was arraigned here yes- terday on a charge of issuing checks without funds, ut The woman at] A police but later al-]in his sleep, “to depart. “in a- local END SESSION OF DEPUTIES; Election of President of Chamber Is NAMED Is_ Given Vote of Confidence By Deputies ted Press) Fist fights occur- (By The Assoc Paris, April 2 he Chanfber of Deputies this after- second ballotting douard Herriot it of the Cham- He Former premier ‘The opposition When a member of the opposition, two punch ered Balanant whose friends Suspension of the session was ne- y before order could be @ The chamber of deputies gave of confidence, 304} The vote came after 9 hours itter personal debate, in which h Caillaux, new finance min vas the central point of attack. restored to power from pri- nd exile, was considered by the most vulnerable been Briand-Cail- But, staging the im- s comeback in history of the ‘rench political world, he weathered he fierce storm in the chamber, | The ministerial ontext of which previous to M. Painleve’s present jon of it before the house, was a importance both declaration, the} virtually known surrounding the i finance, The dominating idqa of | the d the downfall of Cail- ures. The minister promised to have the 925 budget voted, as promptly as He will introduce the 1926 une. CHICAGO MAN Marketing Asks Damages (By The Associated Press) Detroit, Mich. April 22.—Henry amed defendants in a $1,000,000 li- el suit filed today in the United iro, originator of a ples of cooper- farmers. In the declaration filed by Wil- Heges that articles defamatory to is character, have appeared in the The _arti- ontrol the food markets of the FACES TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE (By The Asso¢tated Pres Wadena, Minn., Apri! 22.- uc! , of Stillwater pi is expected to arrive here today 1 for the murder of ‘arrintgton, N. D., farm- on, ‘The trial is to start p.'m. today and the af ‘ield near he; rnoon he Judge William Parsons of Fergus Falls is pre- siding. JAMESTOWN MAN HELD ON BAD CHECK CHARGE “ (By The Associated Press) Bemidji, Minn., - April 22.—Roy giving his home as James- Gardiner pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Thayer C. Bailey, to serve thirty days in the Beltrami County j CHAMP SLEEP WALKER Melbourne, tralia, April 22. man here tly walked 15 miles according to a report Paper. LEADS GERMAN REPUBLICANS Chancellor William Marx is the Republican the German election to be held soon. backed by the Monarchist group. Marshal Von Hindenburg, PEPKE NAMED FIRE MARSHAL BY GOVERNOR Governor A. G. Sorlie announced the appointment this morning of E. J. Pepke of Minot as state fire ma shal and Sanders Peterson of Pet- ersburg as assistant. Mr. Pepke suc- ceeds Henry L. Rea Bismarck. STATE GRAIN | EXCHANGE 10 OPEN MAY 4 Plans For Operating N. Market Continues ‘as Papers Are Filed With the filing of incorporation; Papers for the North Dakota terminal, exchange to be located at the state! mill and elevator here today, plans/ are going ahead for the opening of the exchange on May 1, despite the} fact that the terminal market law | will not go into effect until July 1. While the bill carries an emergency clause, investigation by the secretary of state’s office reveals that the emergency clause lost. Measures en- acted by the legislature, which do not bear the emergency clause, be- come ‘effective July Governor Sorlie said yesterday that the ter- minal market law was not needed in the formation of a grain exchange, and that the powers granted in the! act would not be invoked for many weeks, "A number of measures listed as emergency measures, but — which| failed to carry the necessary vote and do not become effective until July 1 are given by the secretary of state’s office, Gre with the vote, as follows: House Bill No. 47. appropriating! $75,000 to aid in building a bridge at Fargo, Vote 27 to 21 in senate; 94' to 5 in house. House Bill 155, regulating motor- bus operations; 57 to 62 in house, 48 to 1 in senate. Senate Bill 8, appropriating $1615 to meet deficit for stenographic help, | supreme court; 70 to 37 in house, 33{ to 10 in senate, Sgnate Bill 9, appropriating $19,450 to meet deficit in depositors guaran- ty fund, 57 to 54 in house, 30 to 18} in senate. Senate Bill 48, appropriating $600 to pay’ Miss Leila Diesem for ser- vices on 1919 Blue Book, 69 to 39 in house, 36 to 4 in senate. Two-thirds of those present and voting is necessary to add the emer- gency clause to a bill. QUEBEC'S SHIELD BACK Hastings, Eng. April 28—The Hastings city council has decided to send back to Quebec the shield which was taken from the gates of that city when it was ci red by the British in”17 The shield was | of wheat. ae nted by Hastings to General lurray who was with General Wolfe when he fell during the battle. Its return recently was asked by Quebec es a courtesy. jidate for president at His foremost’ opponent is Field | Plans, pieced together by ; four months, } maker. | soon enough. SHIP UNABLE T0 SAVE MEN OF JAP CREW Forced to Stand By Whi'e Steamer Lists and Goes To Bottom (By The Associated Press) w York, April 2: The White Star liner Homeric was steaming to- ward New York today with details of the death of forty-eight Japanese seamen lost when the freighter Raifuku Maru foundered in huge seas 180 miles southeast of Halifax as _seven ships raced to the rescue. The Homeric e capsized : y se: however, made it possible for the liner to launch her life boats, a had been s) . ficers and passengers were forced to look on helplessly as the Atlantic engulfed the freighter's crew. The Raifuku Maru left Boston April 18 for Hamburg with a cargo Monday a storm arose and her cargo shifted, causing a bad list. She began to leak yesterday morning and the first S. 0. 8, was sent out. As the Homeric came within sight of the sinking hip the Japanese climbed out over the rail she list- ed far over. Then she sank, leaving no trace of life on the water. The Homeric turned toward this port, sending a brief ‘message that it had been impossible to effect sa rescue. Tha Tuscania also arrived too late to help, but in time to see the tragic end of the race. ALL NATIONAL PARKS SOON - TOBEOPEN It will not be long before all our national parks are open and avai able for outdoor recreation, accord- ing to information received by the National Parks Highway Associa- tion from the Department of the In- terior today. Some of the National Parks—Yose- mite (California), Grand Canyon (Arizona), Hot Springs (Arkansas), Rocky Mountain (Colorado), Lafay- ette (Maine), Platt (Oklahoma), and far-off Hawaii National Park,! in the Territory of Hawaii—are open all year. Colorful Zion National Park, in southwestern Utah, will open May 15, as will the Mesa Ver- de, Colorado, with its interesting cliff dwellings. Sequoia and Gen- eral Grant National Parks, in Cali- fornia, will open May 24, Sullys Hill (North Dakota), Wind Cave (South Dakota), and Lassen Volcanic (Cali- fornia), on Juné 1, Glacier (Mon- tana), and Mount Rainier (Wash- ington), on June 15, Yellowstone (Wyoming), on June 18, and Crater Lake (Oregon), and) Mount McKin- ley (Alaska), on July 1, “I never heard of him an objection b: Plans are being made to take care of the largest attendance yet on record. ee a eR The patent office isspes an aver- age of a dozen patenth a week on radio inventions. as TRIBUNE [imam PRICE FIVE CENTS VER BIG ROBBERY PLOT ARREST HALTS DARING RAID ON BIG BANK Bandit Held in Jail Planned Daylight Holdup of Great Chicago Institution TEN MEN IN PLOT Expected to Use Ammonia Tanks and Smoke Bombs in Robbery (By The Associated Press) Chicago, April 22—Seizure of a small arsenal of weapons, dynamite, ammonia gas and smoke bombs in the cellar of a rooming house oc- cupied by Henry J. Fernekes, al- leged robber arrested Saturday, has revealed an extensive plan tor a bold daylight holdup of one of Chi- cago’s largest downtown banks, ac- cording to William Schoemaker, de- tective chief. Mrs. Anna H. Beaucamp, 49, who operated the house, is beng held for questioning. Although she protests her innocence, detectives who tapped her telephone and rented rooms in the house disguised as laborers, say she is one of the instigators of the alleged robbery plot. Information obtained from tele- phone conversations to which de- tectives listened, led to the arrest of Fernekes in a downtown library, where he was g¢onsulting books on the manufacture of bombs. Details of the alleged robbery five opera- tives who worked on the case for ; were summarized by captain Schoemaker. , Ten men, he said, were included in the plot and had been drilled in their parts by Fernekes who is under indictment for two killings in Rock- land County, New York, bank rob- bery, The men were to drive to the bank in two automobiles loaded with guns, ammonia, gas tanks, smoke bombs and gas masks. They planned to enter the bank and close all the doors, said Schoe- The men carrying the am- monia tanks were to unloose the tanks and set the poison fumes into cae air. ei omens clerks and of- icials would drop instantly, sibly die, if they did not ae nep “The bandits, secure behind their gas masks, would then loot vaults comparatively at their leisure.” The smoke bombs he said were to be used to prevent police pursuit. HASTE DENIES WHEELER SENT OIL MESSAGE Former Secretary to Senator Gives Testimony at Trial in Great Falls (By The Associated Press) Great Falls, Mont., April 22.— Richard Haste, former secretary to Senator Burton K. Wheel , testi- fied today at the Montana _, ener trial here that he did not believe that a telegram signed by Wheeler and sent to Gordon Campbell, Mon- tana oil operator on March 14, 192: was sent by his employér. The telegram read: Have already discussed. permit with solicitor”. (Edwin S. Booth of the Interior Department.) The Senator is charged with ap- pearing. illegally before the Depart- ment to prosecute Campbell's. oil Prospecting permits. Haste said he took up the matter, which has nothing to do with the permit originally granted to N. E. Lincoln, with Booth himself on the same day. The Lincoln permit is one of those involved in the indict- pane under which Wheeler is being ried, . Senator Burton K. Wheeler took the stand in his own defense this afternoon. “I never met George P. Hayes in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York,” he said in a positive tone. until he ap- peared before the Daugherty inves- tigating committee. He was attor- nay ifor, a bootlegger by the name of pfrecy His statement was interrupted by the government which was sustained. Hayes, who was the government’s star witness testified that he met Senator Wheeler in New York in March 1923, and that Wheel- er asked him to appear before the Interior Department in his case. MISSING MAYOR OF WESTBROOK IS HOME AGAIN (By The Westbrook, Krueger, who Associated Press) Minn., April 22,—Kurt former mayor of Westbrook, ppeas from his home on is home again. Al- were 31 though he could give no definite res- ; son for his sudden departure, K: ger said that his mind Weerers dazed” and he doesn’ ‘reuger, who was in business, said he worked in a etalon Wisconsin. ie former ‘mayor Westbrook e a car ‘imothy and. >