The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1925, Page 1

a = ee WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 _ NEW HIGHWAY ENGINEER IS ROAD EXPERT Frahm Has Been in Charge of Highway Work in Mi- not District CHOICE NON-POLITICAL Appointee Is Graduate of University of Minne- sota H. C. Frahm, Minot, today was appointed chief engineer of the state highway department. In announcing the appointment Gov. Sorlie said Frahm had not applied for the job and that po- litical considerations were cast aside in selecting the Minot man. A meeting of the state high- way commission, which had ten- tatively been called for today, was abandoned. Frahm, who has been in charge of state highway work in the Minot district, has been connected with the department for seven years. He sur- veyed the first federal-aid road pro- ject in Ward county in 1917, became resident engineer in 1918 and divi- sion engineer in 1922. He from Rochester, Mi engineering at the University of Minnesota from 1901 to 1903 and then engaged in other work for four years, returning to the university in 1907- 1908. Great Northern Engineer Upon leaving college Frahm was employed by the engineering depart ment of the Great Northern railroad at Minot, but luter entered the pri- vate engineering practice in Minot before coming to the ‘highway de- partment. He was county surveyor of Ward county from 1910 to 1922. In a statement today, Frahm said: “My appointment comes to me as a great surprise and was wholly un- hall do my very best ion with credit and to warant the confidence imposed in me. It is too early for me to make any statement other than to. say that there will be no change in the personnel of the state highway de- solicited. Is to fill the p partment because we need all the ex- perienced men we have and I trust we shall not only be able to hold them, but add to them as the exi- gencies show the need therefor.” Frahm succeeds W. G. Black, whose resignation as chief engineer becomes effective tomorrow. ‘Commenting on the appointment of Mr. Frahm, W. G, Black issued the following statement: “I do not know that the Governor could have made a better selection than Mr. Frahm. I shall do every- thing I can to lend any assistance within my power. “T sincerely trust that my successor will also have the same support as was given to me and that the depart- ment will continue to function better than ever.” RIFF TRIBE SURRENDERS French Build Strong Earth- works in Captured Territory Fez, French Morocco, Sept. 14.—() —The French troops have laid aside the rifle for the spade and now are busily turning to account the vast area they won last week from the rebellious tribesmen by a compré- hensive three days’ operation. Strong, impregnable positions are being ‘organized and roads and bridges built to insure absolute con- trol of the whole of the region north of the Ourgha river. Preparations are being made for offensives on other sections of the battle front on the same vast scale as the attack along the Ourgha. Effect Immediate The political effect of the French success immediately became evident. Orders ‘had been given the French troops to continue their advance eastward of Taounai, but Sunday night a deputation of the powerful Senadji tribe arrived and asked to be allowed to offer submission. The negotiations were concluded today for the submission of all the inhabi- tants in the rich upper Ourgha ter- ritory. On the western section of the front, the French have cleared Is- soual of tribesmen and continuing eastward they reached Bab Hoceine. They inflicted heavy losses on the tribesmen and now are installed on the heights of Bab Hoceine. Effect Juncture Two more French columns in the same section effected a junction’ at the village of Rihana, five miles from Ain Bou Aissa. A third col- umn arrived at a point four miles north of Aoudour. All the columns have established themselves in strong positions. The casualty report up to tonight indicates the French oases in all the operations were slight. BRITISH NAVAL SURGEON DIES Gosport, Eng., Sept. 14.—()—Sur- geen Captain Evelyn Richard Towns end, R. N., died recently after ae ran ided from the navy. the “Townsend test” for Peediytie the purity of air in submerias with & view to protecting the health of the crew. It was so successful that it has been officially adopted by the navy, |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mom BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1925 PASTOR HITS GAMBLING AND BOOTLEGGING IN CAPITAL CITY _ Rev. C. F. Strutz, Bismarck pastor, called the city police department to account in a sermon yes- terday for failing to curb gambling, bootlegging and lawlessne: city. alleged to be flourishing in the capital There appears to be well-founded evidence that considerable lawlessness exists in Bismarck and it is the more unusual that, while so many citizens claim to know of these conditions, the city authori- ties appear not to be aware of their existence. Rev. Strutz told a large congregation at the Evangelical church. “Some fires we ought to fight, and some fires we ought to light,” was the topic of the pastor 's sermon which urged a cleanup of police conditions in the city. The scrmon, which was given in connection with fire prevention observance, recounted the tremen- dous toll of 15,000 lives and $548,000,000 in property taken by flames in the United States annually. Among fires “we ought to fight” in Bismarck, Rev. Mr. Strutz listed “gambling, moonshine, and cirgarets.” “It is not at all uncommon to see men under the influence of liquor on the streets of the city,” Rev. Strutz told his congregation. ‘Last Friday I met several men on the streets who were intoxicated.” The pastor urged a general campaign to abolish bootlegging and gambling in the city. Among the fires “we ought to light,” Rev. Strutz named: the altar fire of devotion to God; the hearth fire of happy home life; the fire of a new spiritual awakening. _, Dwelling on the influences destructive of home life in the city, Rev. Strutz mentioned “moonshine” liquor, neglect of church duties, and worldliness. HOLDUP YARN IS DENIED BY Denies Reported Confession by Inmate of State Peni- tentiary James Riley, third-term prisoner at the state penitentiary here, to- day denied having confe erous bank, robberies in this and ad- joining states. He was sentenced from Traill county on a third-degree burglary charge in March, 1924, to a} term of from one to five year: sed to num-| ee Pool Has 125,000 Bushels of Wheat Grand Forks, D., Sept. 14.—() More than 500,000 bushels of wheat had been entered in the North Da- i kota Wheat Growers’ pool, a state- N. D, PRISONER: ment by that organization showed on September 9. At the same time! i n 1924 pool receipts were 125,000 bushels, the UNCLAIMED BANK MONEY GROWS YEARLY fatement said. Warden John J. Lee said the Riley] Large Number of Unclaimed to whom the confession was attri- buted is at liberty on bail pending trial in the federal court at Minot on a charge of bank robbery. His companions in the crime for which he is awaiting trial were convicted on testimony given by Riley and have been sentenced. Lee said. ROBBERY STORY Minneapolis, Sept. convict’s confession that he was a member of a bandit gang _ that smashed their way into 29 North | Dakota banks, post offices and gen- eral stores, blew safe doors from their hinges and obtained more than $36,000 in cash and stamps besides an undetermined amount of mer- chandise. tonight centered a nation- wide search for three other members of the band in Minneapolis. The confession, signed by James Riley, a convict in the North Dakota state penitentiary where he is serv- ing a five year sentence for larceny, was given to W. G. Gordon, head of the crimirfal department detective agency in Minneapolis. Long List of Burglaries Twenty-nine burglaries, a half dozen gun battles and escapes from posses were cleared up by the con- fession which told of robberies at Bergen, Hartland, Bedcourt, Rosé- glen, Upham, Foxholm, Tuttle, Car- pio, Coal Harbor, Elbowoods, Halli- day, Fort Yates, Abercrombie, Wol- ford, Loraine,’ McGregor, ‘Appam Golden Valley, Garrison, Mi koti, Simcoe, Sanger, Grem, Mu ich. Riley, according to his confession, started working with the bandit gang in 1922 when they went to Ber- gen, N. D., and drilled their way through the front door of the bank, “blowed in the duster door and found @ small screw (round sate) and then backed away from it” (gave up'the job). ‘Al Lockhatt was the “heavy man” (safe blower) and “Tony the Wop” was an outside lookout man, ac- cording to Riley’s confession. Two weeks later the bank at Wol- ford was broken open and the safe blown, Riley says he was not in that gang but he saw the money. Train Victim Was Minor League Star St. Cloud, Minn., Minn. Sept. 14.—@)— John Opheim, 42, living at Sartell, a village four miles from here, who was instantly killed Sunday evening on a grade crot truck was -hit ern Pacific coast flier, east bound, ball reise and at one tinfe was a member of the Minneapolis American association team, it was learned to- jav. As the train hit the truck, parts of the automobile were thrown un- der the engine, threatening to derail it. The main line of the N. P. was blocked for an hour and a half while the trainmen extricated the ruii Opheim is survived by a wife and three children. New potatoes are harmful if they are eaten when too young. Accounts Are Found by Examiner Banks, like ships, have their ports | of missing men, L. R. Baird, state} bank receiver, has found in his ef- forts to straighten out the affairs 14.—UP)—A | of state banks now defunct. “For most persons money has a direct appeal and most of us spend much of our time trying to get enough to meet our needs, but it is a curious fact that many persons seem to forget they have money in the bank,” said Baird. “The Bank of England, one of the greatest financial institutions in the world, built the enormous building which’ ‘houses it from unclaimed de- posits, and the English are notably a thrifty race. “Even here in North Dakota, in these small banks with a limited clientele cases arise in which the person who made a deposit or his heirs fail to call for the money over a long period of years and it is placed in the bank's list of unclaim- ed accounts. “One bank in this state has several thousand dollars on its books which probably never will be asked for by anyone and others probably have sums approaching that amount.” ‘Accounts Unclaimed In the case of a closed bank which recently paid its depositors in full, three accounts which were certified as valid claims against the bank still remain on the books. Checks were made payable ‘to the persons who deposited the money, but they had disappeared and may never be found. The total of the three deposits was about $160, “The manner in which these ac- counts happen to be left in banks varies,” said Baird. “In some cases men ‘dissolve partnerships with checks outstanding and leave enough in the bank to meet the checks which fail to appear. They may have been given to transients or other persons who either lost them or accidentally destroyed them or who left the coun- try without cashing them and ne- glected to cash them elsewhere. An- other common occurrence is for a man with a small balance in the bank to move away without with- drawing his deposit. It escapes his mind and the money becomes the property ‘of the bank, although it is alwa: s there if called for. jsually these deposits are small amount, but the aggregate, with compounded interest over a period of ears is considerable. “Sometimes heirs of persons who made deposits ina bank yeurs before appear and claim the money and in cases where their identity is estab- lished and their claim proved they collect it,” Baird said. GREEDY FROG Washington. Agriculture 10,000 insects, including worms, —The Department of uthority for the i statement that a toad frog will eat/ ern Plains Stat PROHIBITION FACES TEST, SAYS REPORT Final Outcome in Doubt Is Conclusion Expressed by Church Council PASSING OF SALOON Sentiment Favors Its Aboli- tion—Drunkenness In- creases Since 1920 | Washington, Sept, 14.-(P)—A be- lief that prohibition in the United {States is facing a supreme test, with ‘the final outcome in doubt was ex- ' pressed tonight in a report compiled after months of investigation by the of the Federal Couneil of Churches, “No one i what the ite outcome of id the report, i anted, nor m' justified ns to depend upon the de’ ion in the ne | An “unfavora | quence | the investigators in statistics gath- ered f but the re- ilable stati data could be accepted as conclusive and pointed out that the wholesome effects of prohibition are registered in inconspicuous ways which cannot | be reduced to statistical tabulation. Many of the claims made by those on both sides of the controversy we! discarded as virtually worth- Publicity material circulated ha view to influencing public opinion was declared to have been based largely on questionable data. “Prohibition publicity has suffered { much,” said the report, om care- less and unwarranted — inferences. Much of the publicity given out by the Prohibition Unit in the Treasury Department has been of this unfor- tunate kind. On the other hand, much unjust and misleading propa- ganda has been put out for the pur- pose of discrediting prohibition.” In the question of public sentiment, the report declared there could be little doubt as to the mood of the country when prohibition was adopt- ed, but that since that time various elements had somewhat complicat- ed the situation. On one subject, however,—the saloon—the evidence appeared more decisive. It was said that “there seems to be not the least doubt that the country hag ac- cepted with satisfaction the passing of the saloon.” Most of the data compiled in the investigation was reserved for fu- ture disclosure, but the section of the report made public tonight con- tained two sets of figures. One summarized the responses to !a questionnaire sent out to mem- | bers of the National Conference of | Social Work, a majority of whom reported that conditions in the homes of the poor had improved in various ways under prohibition, that chil- dren’s delinquency was decreasing, and that liquor was less accessible than formerly to minors, but that drinking among young people had increased as compared to pre-prohi bition times and general respect for law had decreased. “The other tabulation related to in temperence as a factor in dependenc and was summarized in the report although there was “a sharp dro, in such cases about 1920, there has been “very decided and fairly consistent increases since that date,” although “there is an encour- aging number of cities that report decreases in 1924.” The report, other sections of which are to be made public daily over the coming week, was prepared under the direction of the Rev. F. Ernest John- son, head of the Federal Council's Research and Education Department. In a foreword, he declared the study had been undertaken in order to give a “fair appraisal", unbaised by per- sonal opinion, and uninfluenced by the great mass of current literature which had emanated from biased sources. | eye BIRTHDAYS EASILY REMEMBERED Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 12— (®)—Mr, and Mrs. Charles Dougla Johnson of this city have no diff culty in remembering the birthd of their three children. Bern Marian, the eldest, was born May 6, 1920, and three years later Elizabeth Julia made her appearance on the same date. Little Olive Nona kept up the family regularity as to birth- days by arriving on May 6 this year. a | | Weather Report | Temperatpre at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly overcast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Tuesday; not = muc' change in temperature. For North Dakot: Partly over- cast and somewhat unsettled ‘tonight and Tuesday; warmer in north por- tion tonight. Genera] Weather Conditions A low pressure area is centered over the northern Rocky Mountain region while high pressure prevails from the Great Lakes region east- ward to the New England State: Precipi ern Rocky Mountain region while slugs, mosquitoes, crickets, fbugs,| elsewhere skies are mostly overcast. plant lice and other more or less de-| Seasonable temperatures prevail in EA peste dn less, Shan, jthree months. all sections and no frost has been reported this morning, THEY SLEEP WITH NATION’S ive ceremonies the bodies of several victims of the pes of Arlington National Ceme » picture shows the flag-draped caskets + Sheppard and Lieut. J. BL Lawrence » beautiful wooded sh Unknown soldier. Louis Hancock, Research and Education Department | ~ CAILLAUX COMES TO AMERICA WITH COMPLETE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE DEBT SETTLEMENT American Debt Commission Expr That Settlement Will Have No dum wh bring w the convers: shington with full ity to negotiate fund settlement for French debt to the United States] with Chas. rede By mmission with con- announcement tructions only om _ Premier Bait propose to amorti the most Hb he thought that are extremely gratified here without There would be no use in ia without the full authority ernment has given him. W: free to talk this problem with us. W them to know that we expect a s tization rate wa The Paris reports gav tion of the general ide tlement which M. ¢ to have laid before the They described, however, « memoran P Devi Devils Lake | anes Plane Cra D., Sept. 14.— Devils Lake, N. (®)—The first airplane-automo- bile collision in the history of county occurred here yesterday when an airplane pi- loted by Chet Jacobson, Minot. crashed into a new sedan owned wing of the plane was demolish- ed and the front of the car was badly damaged. No one was hurt as the occupants of the automo- bile leaped from when they saw a crash was un- fhe collision occurred on the A girl driving the Engean car started across landing field just as the plane was descending. down-coming plane “she became excited and stalled the motor of her machine. Olsness Attends. : Insurance Session Insurance Commissioner S, A. OL ness has joined the throng of state officials who have headed ttionward in re last week for San Antonio, Texas, to state insurance commissioners there. At Des Moines, Iowa, he boarded a special car carrying insurance com- missioners from’ other northern and midwestern states who also were en route to the convention. Announce Flasher Harvest Festival The town ;of Flasher, situated the most prosperous and fertile ea of Morton county and the home | of the Flasher Holstein breeders’ ciation is preparing for a eeeeasy) h| harvest festival on October 2 and 3. A complete display of agricultural products of the Slope country i Business men are arrang- Ing a number of free attractions, in- cluding free movies, for both days. Mandan Doctor Comes to Capital Dr. L: G. Smith, Mandan, is now connected with Doctors Stackhquse with offices and Smyth, Little Building. Dr. Smith has practiced in Mandan|among the Eskimos. She was re- for the past five years as an eye,|turning to her post after a short ear, nose and throat specialist, ry near W Satisfaction at New rings Attached to It h him to the n us representing the concrete result of ions which Jules Jusser. French amb: ador to ates. had in aud, forme the United Mellon, n and See! Will Bring 1 of state The gist of the memorandum was | reported to be that should United States by one per t of the prin nually rears, the debt commission would. ¢ B of interest. While treasury willing to discus morandum, under § the debt commission secretary the only half of the one per amortization rate ntioned — must Is were un- seraud gne- have referred to the initial payment made by several of the foreign pow- ers.under the 62 year plan. He called attention th first year the annual y gradually larger. so that the amor ery much greater in the latter f the fundins period. Sine ce should pay only one half of one per cent a yea on the debt it would require vears or more to retira the oblig tion, the belief prevailed here that M. Caillaux had been misunderstood n regard to the memorandum, after the yments grew {7DIEIN | ACCIDENTS OVER WEEK Automobile oS Fatalities for if Week-end Period Num- ber Six Chicago, Sept. 14.) venteen persons met death throughout the country over the week-end in acci~ dents or by violence, automobile mishap fatalities leading the c: ty toll with six. Three person death under mysterious stances, while other death from the following cau: airplan 2; drowning 2; i Deaths from automobile idents alone for the entire week in nine midwestern states totaled 85, dis- tributed as follows Ilino’ Ohio. ae Indi: ; Minneso Mi ue Missouri 5; Kansas 2 Oklahoma 1, lowa escaped without a single fatality during the week. St. Paul, Sept. 14.—(?)—Automo- | i bile and drowning accidents in Min-| 'nesota took tool of 18 lives for the past week ending at midnight day, 9 persons being killed or ly injured and four succumbing to ithe waters. This is an increase of five deaths over the previous week's figures, when two were killed in machine accidents and six drowned. |The season's low record was estab- lished for automobile fatalities for the week ending Sept. 6th. | Travels 500 Miles To Find Dentist Regina, Sask., Sept. 14.—)—For six days ‘Sister Carrier of the Order of the Grey Nuns recently travelled 500 miles by canoe and train to Re- | gina, primarily to see a dentist. She comes from that inland mis- sion in the cold hinterland of North- ern Saskatchewan, Notre Dame of the Sacred Heart, Beauval mission, five miles west of Lac la Plange. This is her first view of civilization in arrier declared that she liked her mission so much that she would not like to be transferred to in the] another, unless she was commission- ed to go farther north, to work holiday with relatives here. HEROIC DEAD pnamidoath disaster containing the bodies of Lieut ~ ig Re mao A ARARARADAS BANDIT SLAYS BRAKEMAN IN DEPOT HOLDUP — k | Masked, Two-gun Thug Gets 247.50 at Mankato h the finance minister will} eotiations | January | Hughes, the secretary! k Northwestern Rail-| Ulm shortly niteey ra dot to the | halt of was slain when he migve Coward <n HHO Gun iniLNeteles ral spirit the question | a working in the Tom \W rents| ‘ator, and other members of the crew left 1 nearby mill to switch box cars. wards earlier in the evening had a shotgun to the “Stick ‘em Up" The switch engine had been gone s but a few min- reen was torn off Wright obeyed while cording to the sta ve toward his shotgun’ in the corner of the room, died twenty-five Demands Cash the Nendit went arnding to the door of the tele confronted by the ban- 1 pistol in each hand. “Come across was the command and Ww ight shut tion the opera- rtally wounded, us about five feet sev- weighing about Tondecciat tied Commerce _— Visite gape City Pith Gace tars haelae with a view to mee of prosperity mers of the northwest year and toward legisla- anent farm relief E, aimed at peri . field agent of the na- umber of commerce stated Christiansen came q confer with H. P. Goddard, secretary The field agent who northwest states cond ion of the pluins country are sat- TENNYSON LOVERS VISIT HOME 14.—)—The big- gest gathering of Tennysonians ever|tention of Col. Mitchell that the held in this country, met at Aldworth | “dilpidated” condition of their rac- recently to visit the poet’s old home| ing planes caused the death of two i ils. This is built on faslemere and is now oc-|air races last October, Admiral Mof- cupied by the Gaekwar of Baroda, at| fett whose invitation the members of the|high ranking army aviator who Ww: Society journeyed to the] present” at the racin; poet's cottage. ions in every classed the seven liberal arts asjand he canno! it by trying to grammar, dialetics, rhetoric, music,) shift the to the sys- arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. tem,” the jared. ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS | Ee ae CHIEF ATTACKS MITCHELL _ GOV. SORLIE PICKS FRAHM FOR HIGHWAY POST HURLS VERBAL BROADSIDE AT ATR COLONEL Admiral Moffett Replies to Specific Charges by Mitchell IMS CHARGES FALS Coolidge Orders Investigation Into Question of Air Policy Washingotn, — Sept. 14—(P)—A court inquiry to investigate the nandoah disaster with Rear Ad al Hilary P, Jones, chief of the havy’s general board, as its preside Was appointed today by Secret | Wilbur. At the time Mr. Wilbur was an- |nouncing the personnel of the Shen- were buried on {andoah board, the war. department made plans to have Col. William Mit- on chief figure in the whole con- troversy, available as an expert w ness for the Presid when that body begins its inqui The work of this board will supple- ment that of the special board of 9 men appointed | ident Coolidge to delve thorou broad ec controversy since” the. Shenandoah disaster, Announce Personnel The announcement of the person- nel of the board to investig the Shenandoah crash came on the heels of 2 denouncement of navy erities by r Admiral Moffett, ¢ These who will serve with Admiral Jones in conducting the inquiry are Captain Frank H. Clark, aid to the assistant secretary; Captain Lewis B. McBride of the Navy construction corps; Commander John H. Towe | Lieutenant Commander Ral Captain Paul F ; and Lieutenant Com- mander M. R. Pierce. Will Summon Mitchell Captain Foley will be judge advo cate of the court and Lieut. Com der Pierce will be his advisor. It was explained at the war department that neither disciplinary proceedings which have been initiated against Col. Mitchell nor his official duties as chief of uir service in the eighth corps area would be permitted to in- terfere with his appearance before ‘the special board. The war department will make it clear to the board that it does not wish to restrict in way the testi- mony Col. Mitchell may be asked to give and that the board itself will he the only body with power to control the scope of its inquiry into the charges Col. Mitchell has made. Washington — The Shenandoah hoard will sit at Lakehurst, N. 3 but no date has been set for its con- vening. Although he had previously an- nounced that he saw no reason why the hearing should not be open to the public, Secretary Wilbur had not reached a decision today on this poin Washington, ept. 14.—() the board question of the s air defense organization to be turn- ed over to a special board of inquiry, the specifie charges made by Col. William Mitchell, former a: a Army air chief, against the Navy air administration have drawn a ver- bal broadside from Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, the Navy Air Chief. Replying categorically to the charging of Col, Mitchell respecting the Shenandoah and the flight of the PN-9, Number 1, which he quoted without mentioning the author's name, and of other critics of the navy administration, Rear Admiral Moffett denied them with such em- phatic characterizations as “unqual- ifiedly false,” “absolutel. false,” rupulous self-seekers,’ and The most charitable way to re- gard these charges is that their au- thor is of unsound mind and is suf- fering from delusions of grandeur,” Admiral Moffett declared. The Navy Air Chief's statement following on the heels of the action of President Coolidge in turning over to a special commission the broad question of air policy is tak- en to indicate that the Admiral re- gards Col. Mitchell's specific charges against the navy air administration as still to be dealt with. Then that these charges as well as those against the army air ad- ministration will be considered as further matters to be dealt with by the commission which will meet. with the president at the White House next Thursday is regarded by most officers as unlikely. What course the administration does take with regard to them may not be definitely disclosed, however, before that time. Asserting proponents of a unified air service were using the “revol utionary methods of the commun- ists,” Admiral Moffett declared in his statement that charges from that quarter “have done more to retard aviation und hamper national de- fense than could have been accom- plished by any other means.” He warned that the example ct military officers “making a political appeal over the heads of congress to the people” might be the “opening wedge for military directorship in the United States.” Taking cognizance also of the con- army officers entered in the Dayton erted it was the duty of “a meet to pre- vent use of the-planes if they were unfit. “Responsibilt with this man