The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1925, Page 1

“fun w: ~ tom of the paper was written, ' WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday; mod- erate temperature. - ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, ‘NOVEMBER 20, 1925 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CEN FOLEY CLEARED OF MRS. LANSDOWNE'S CHARGES | CARNIVAL TO ~ BE FINALE OF THE CORN SHOW Auditorium Was Packed Last Night for Final Showing of Pageant JUDGING IS COMPLETED Participants in Tonight's Rev- elry Urged to Don Some Sort of Costume Another packed house greeted the performers at the North Dakot: Corn Show last night. Every the city auditorium was filled long before time for the opening curtain and many stood throughout the en- tire performance, The high school orch ed music ‘during the ¢ sii Bism maki wed the play cighbors." in the same suc- cessful manner in which it was pre- sented the night before musical numbers added to the enjo: ment of the program, the main ture of which was the pa 1 Corn,” again presen of 125 Bismarck peor ra furaish Pageant Repeats ‘the pageant has been one of the biggest entertainment features of the entlre* corn show and the — several thousand people who have witnessed the spectacle are loud in their praise! of the production, both from an edu- cational and an amusement viewpoint. Probably the two most interesting scenes in the pageant w the In- , performed by a number tribal regalia to niliar tom-toms, and the husking bee and square dance. The participants in the satter scene entered into it with all their and the audience was almost laughter during the corn exhibits, with the prize so designat have been open to the public all but no cntertainment prog This evening a val costume dance on the in front of the ~9stoffice building will officially close the state show. — The 1 start at 7:30 p. m., when Armour'’s band will play concerts on the various street intersections and lead parades about the business dis- triet. Urged To Come ty Costume « Participants in tonight’s revelry are urged to come in some sort of a costume, even though it is only over- alis anda flannel shirt or some s lac outfit in keeping with the spirit of the corn show, although comic cos- tumes will add to the gaiety of the There will be torch lights galore about the streets tonight, and fetti_ and noisemakers will be dis- tributed to all. Olson's orchestra will pluy for the dance and the en- tire block of pavement will be rop- cd off so that nothing will interfe with the dancing. The weather to is exceptionally favorable for the ou| door program of tonight and a huge crowd is expected. ‘TWO BOYS SIGN DEATH PACT, SHOOT SELVES} One Dies Almost Instantly— the Other Has, a Chance to Recover Cincinnati, Nov. 20.—@)—William Strauss and James Albert Rosen- berg, 17, Cincinnati high school boys, drove to a quiet spot in Clermont county late yesterday and shot them- selves through the head, after sign- ing a death pact, in which it was de- “life is not worth the effort Strauss died almost in- Rosenberg, it was had a chance to recover. ‘A lengthy preamble and agreement to commit suicide, bearing the signa- tures of both boys, was found in the pocket of Strauss’ coat. he bot- sign- said, ing off,” Relatives were unable to account for the young men's desire to end their lives. , Rosenberg is the son of a depart- ment store proprietor, and Strauss’ father is president of a local mort- gage company. f Weather Report ‘ —_—____—_——_-_"o ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. oe aS Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocity me, (oe tO ae} Weather Forecas For Bismarck and Vicini to-night and Saturday; temperature. For North Dakota:—Fair to-night ‘and Saturday; moderate tempera- ure, é) Weather Conditions The barometric pressure has re- mained high over the middle and southern Rocky Mountain region and southern Plains States while the low pressure area is centered over Sask- atchewan and Manitoba. This pres- ure distribution is, accompanied by cool weather throughout the south- eri states and continudd warm, pleasant weather ‘throughout the North. Precipitation occurred over the extreme north Pacific coast r gion while elsewhere in all sections the weather is generally fair. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official ‘ charge. —Fair moderate Several | pavement t _| neigh HEROINE | i | Josephine _ Strickler, school girl of San Anto: just received medal for heroi saved f anion whil were at Yoakum, tdast bat summer, Texas, | ~~~ OS ‘GRAIN MARKET TERMINAL AT rth Dakota peer Ex-| change and State Mill Ask Recognition Grand Forks,” No’ (A) —Rec- ognition of Grand Forks as a termi- nal grain market is asked in a peti- tion filed today with the state rail- ed commis: ipne by the North Da- kota Terminal exchange and the North Dakota Mill & Elevator com- mission. | Investigation and hearing by the railroad commission concerning in- ra-state gi rates to and from the Grand Forks terminal is requested in the petition which was prepared by a A. Bronson ‘and F. B. Feetham, North: Dakota Mill « Elevator association. The commission is asked to find: That the terminal at Grand Forks in fact a terminal, and should enjoy on intra shipments of grain the same cleaning privileges enjoyed by other terminals, includ- ing those without the state,in regard to shipments destined to milling cen- ters and that switching charges should be fixed at and within the North Dakota terminal. The Jaw passed by the state legis- lature of 1925 declaring the state- owned clevator at Grand Forks to be a terminal grain market is cited in support of the action requested in the petition. ‘ BOARD DENIES APPLICATIONS TO SELL STOCK Bismarck Concern and One From Minneapolis Are Companies Affected Two applications for permission to sell stock totaling $350,000. ‘have been rejected by the state securities commission, it was announced here today. Both applicttions were re- jected on the ground that to grant them would be contrary to sound public policy. ‘The commission denied the upplica- tion ‘of the Northern States Automo- bile and Fire Insurance company of Bismarck to sell $250,000 in common stock. and the application of the Am; erican Farms company, Minneapolis, to sell $100,000 of common _ stock. The Minneapolis firm sought ap- proval of a land selling scheme which was refused. The Glen Ullin Trust, a company organized to protect the- interests of small stockholders in the Spring Valley Products company of Glen Ullin, was given permission to sell} stock,to present holders of the Pro- ducts: company stock. In effect the money ¢ollected for trust stock will be in the nature of an assessment against the shareholders in the old company. The Merchants Trust company of St. Paul was granted a license to deal in stocks | in North Dakota, . UGE SEA‘INHABITANTS |. London.—The largest plant and animal life is found in the sea. No land animals can compare with the whales, but it comes as a surprise to learn that the largest plant in the ‘a gigantic seaweed. It beats ne the giant trees of California for and girth, frequently growing to a height of more than 406 feet, GRAND FORKS»: STATES ROUND OUT FIRST DECADE IN MODERN ROAD WORK fiigkway Officials Open Eleventh Session at troit. Aid Declares F. Rogers an Economic Policy, President Frank . 20,~The de in real 1 clus- dern the conve ssociation of . in their commis s operati between states. status of the present Feder ‘yoad building program. | As to the general effect of [whole Federal Aid road buildin; gram, these officials the fact that it has acted as a stima lus’ to economic endeavor in many uys and that during the decade now ts of untold value to tax- the pro- construction, Increase Ty Rapid On January 1 91 there were highway dep siniaaes in only thirty one states. x e forty- -. including ago im county and townshio of surfacing included 405 miles of improved roads e roads includ- improved miles in 192 facing the mileag period from 40,000 miles on proximate. $1, ent through state h departments in 1915, when t 'was no Federal funds, reached $ | 884,007. The approximate thus spent in 1929, including kedera i funds of $95,749,988 is given at 176,000. The total _milea the United States has 16 miles. The total state road | miles and | tem on which state and Federal gov jernments are working jointly, approx- 200,000 miles. TS igned to carry a y ‘county jin the Any contrac- jtion of this seven per cent system as a means of economy, it is pointed out, will remove the trunk line system that much farther from the people as a whole. A Disturbing Note. "It is a little disturbing,” said Mr. Rogers, in his annual address, “to note that there seems to be, under the guise of reduced taxation, a rather strong propaganda against the contin- uance of Federal Aid in road construe- tion. This brings up the question as to what taxable unit of the govern- ment is best fitted and most able to! carry on the work and bear the cost of road building in a manner that will best serve all the people, con- sidering the complexity, in all ramifications, of the present day uses of the public highways. admit that a system | of interstate highways is desirable, and we must admit it, unless we are to say to the motorists of ai ‘ou shall only use the roads within your borders and have no right to go into another state and wear out the roads which have been built by that state entirely at its own expense,’ we have a right to demand that they be built wholly or at least partially at national ex- pense; and here the courts step in and say we must build for the other states. “The courts have held positively jthat motor vehicles transporting goods | or persons from state to state over public highways are actually engaged in interstate commerce. Therefore, the states cannot place uridue restric- tions on the vehicles thus engaged. This being impossible, it would seem only fair and honest to consider the whole country as a road building unit, and tax all its resources in a just and equitable manner for at least enough to aid in building a system of interstate highways satisfactory to their users and in keeping with what | be reasonably expected from the Tichest nation in the world.” Highway commissioners and engi- neers maintain an attitude of official disinterestedness as to how the people shall finance the construction of their roads and with what speed the vari+ ous projects shall be completed. Th merely report that of the 259, pA miles embraced in total state systems, only 128,347 miles have been surfaced, and in this latter mileage there is approximately 40,000 miles of high cost and road upkeep is reduced to a minimum, leaving about 90,000 miles of stute system roads in the class that rips tires, as proven by tests, from seventeen to fifty-six times as fast as on the approximate 40,000 miles of high type surface. ood Roads an Economy. They also call attention to the fact |that road building is not keeping pace With road use, and that the rela- 'tive dnvestment in motor vehicles ‘and roads stands today at appro: mately $10,000,000,000 more in ve- hicles than in roads. They merely submit the suggestion that in the light of proven tests there is greater economy.in proceeding steadily toward cutting down vehicle costs, through tthe construction of high type roads, where traffic requires such construc- ition. It is simply a question, they isay, as to where the public wishes to pay its road bill—in small amounts at the tax office, or in larger amounts at the filling station and tire dealer's shop. Concerning Federal Aid payments to states, President ‘Rogers said that “it is believed that the peak has been passed as far as payments, out of the Federal! treasury. are concerned, on the present authorizations made by the Federal government. The states have been gradually absorbing | (Continued on page four.) 5,000,000. | ., | Faces Electrocution—Will Be amount | interstate | seat | type surface on which tire wear, fuel | { NEW MEMORIAL TO LONGFELLOW | De-| Michigan — Federal’ ull attention to! A shrine to Henry W of Bayou Teche, near with his gin, FANNIE SOPER FOUND GUILTY Fourth N. Y. Woman to ia Die in Chair (P)—Mrs, Fannie ed of murder in the first degree. for the killing of her third hus- band, Henr: per, was sentenc the electric The date of execution was set for the week be g January 3. Mrs, Soper displayed no emo- tion, The court denied a motion by defense counsel that the verdict be set aside and that a new tri be granted. Elizabethtown, N Fannie Soper a widow at 49, has been Tonvicted of} |the murder of her husband, Henr Soper, a deputy sheriff of ‘Botquet, and faces electrocution. A jury yesterday returned a verdict of murder, rst degree, listened for 10 days to a tria ected wide attention in the | Sentence to death in the ciectric! air is mandatory. Mrs. (Soper is put_to death she| has exacted the ex- Mrs. Roxilla whom the state treme penalty 28, 1887, for the murder of her hu: band. Martha Place, who was co victed in New York county, was ex cuted in Sing Sing prison on March 20, 1899, and Mary Farmer, convieted in Jefferson county, was put to death |in Auburn prison on March 29, 1909. | Circumstantial Evidence Convicts Henry Soper was shot twice in the I hetd as he slept in the kitchen of his \farm house after a hard mornin work in the potato fields. Mrs. maintained that a stranger came the door, asked admittance and wa allowed to enter the room in whic her husband rested. Then, the widow maintained, she heard {wo shots, found her husband dead, and saw the stranger disappear in an automobil The prosecution, busing its case largely on circumstantial evidence, contended that Mrs. Soper did the | shooting. SIX HURTIN i ‘Bus From Duluth to Virginia Goes Off Road and Over | a Bridge Duluth, Minn passengers in a Northland Transpor- tation bus, Virginia bound from Duluth, were injured sbortly before noon today when the bus went off the road over a_ bridge, plunging nose first down a 10-foot embank- ment, according to word received here. The accident occurred on the Miller trunk highway about 30 miles from Duluth, about a mile from Cot- ton, Minn. Details of the accident could not be learned but it is understood the steering wheel of the bus broke. The bus was driven by Leo Styzer. “Dhe bus plunged through the rail- ing of a small bridge. A plank of the bridge crashed through the wind- shield near the driver but did not strike any of the passengers or the driver. The two rear springs re- mained on the bridge, preventing it from tipping. Sixteen passengers were badly shaken up and many slightly injured, while six were more severely hurt. ‘The six seriousiy in- jured were taken in private cars to an Eyveleth hospital. The others were taken by bus to Virginia and one man was brought to Duluth. He was only slightly scratched. The driver escaped injury, dsworth Longfellow Martinville, La. where iwo best-loved characters- cted in the middle of a 30-acre par New Orleans sculptor, at work on the model of the OF HOMICIDE i i | | will be the fourth of her sex frome Druse ! wor was hanged in Herkimer, February | Be | BUS ACCIDENT: | PRESIDENT ADVOCATES CONTINUED ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT WORK UNDER FIRE p there Must Be a Better Un-! derstanding Between the" Government and the Com- mercial World, Coolidge Says at Chamber of Com: merce Banquet preting the New Vo meree, appeaied !more sy the government = {worlds probl is being built on the banks a Statue of the po and Gabriel will be. shows Arthur ©. Mor- work, Evangeline Photo ILLINOIS MEN DECLARED CHAMPION CORN HUSKERS Burs , Nov, 20,4?) The corn belt’s best corn huskers came from Hlinois Elmer Williams, Stark county, and) Walt of Knox county, won first Toulon, Olson and test pions and Minnesota. Williams, using an old-fashion- nd working barchanded, 04.3 pounds and Oison 2412.6 pounds in an hour and minutes. J. Sud Nebraska, was third. ’ "height of five feet one-half inches handi- d him in reaching some of 12-foot On his 3 in Toulop, he said, 100 bushelé ad sota’s contestant was verson, Fergus Falls. HANGING IS | ALMOST T0 BE PREFERRED, Joe Milo, seals Life Sen- tence, Declares, However, He Will Not Hang acre home from Bottin- Judge Berry nsient, is not Joe Milo, sentenced u county in 1914 by the murder of ed by the ruling of ' Judge in the CL nee Orton case in aturday, that the re- tal pe t law pris- fo al_months Milo stood ‘in y_ of the gallows until in isliture changed the law, capital punishment illegal. imprisoned man is quoted in iew by his attorney, William making The it is almost as s to be confined be there is a living ed of thousands well be hung here for life; erties that the these walls takes as course. Auto rides, ho even the pleasure of taking when one wishes, and the every-day little humane instances that part of a man’s very existen impossible to do he “The various wardens under whom | have served have been human and treated me as well bat when one is insid ill ever get out will be as a corpse, then one knows he might as well be dead and have it over with, not going to hang. assured However, | My attorney me that my final and that it can not viewed. So you can tell ople in North Dakota, who been planning to take a d-ses me hang that they going to have a long time to t.” , Pugh’s Decision Affects Every County in State Mandan, N. Ds Nov. _20.—@)- Judge Thomas H. Pugh of the sixth judicial district . court here yes- jay handed down an opinion’ re- g.to grant a peremptory wyit of mandamus sought by S. A. Olsness, state insurance commissioner, to re- quire the county auditor of Golden Valfey county to include delinquent hail indemnity taxes in the general delinquent tax sale advertisements. The decision affects every county in the state. STATE BANK AT SANGER CLOSES Voluntary closing of thhe Farmers Exchange State Bank of Sanger be- cause of depleted ‘reserve was an- nounced here yesterday by the state banking department, men of ‘the travaganee 4 ing the power te tors, likewise closes. the portun.ty and results in monopoly During his speech the Pre reiterated his belief that there be continued effort tows ment economy and ef | resulting tax reduction Captain dame hent stabil: Mer judge ad nees and tito the ed with. Signed 1 definite ef the & debts owed by various nations «broad jto the United tes, fa new American adhe World Court protecel he expressed jon 1 One Disadvantage ing that the American s were wise in making W political center of the New York to develop | LETTERS ARE Mr. Cool-| ment, how: | resulted ino one important “the possibility that ise business and) government might have had a better understand ing of each other and been less like- ly to develop mutual misapprehen- ! sions and suspicions. 1 “If a contest could be held to di termine much those who really prominent in our government | life ‘know about much those who life know about nzinued the president, r rm conviction th: would be awarded to tho are in government life. Th it ought to be, for those who have} the gr authority ought to hav BELIEVED TO HAVE WEIGHT at Trial Are Awaiting a Climax Today er, hi vd pectators Rhinelander TO MONDAY White P 2 —A)—The Rhi r ment trial, stheded sumption this 1 the greater “But it is tion that the try could be through a bett of those par problems with deal.” journed until counsel for L lander, the p ity to make necessary contents of 6 letters tha convic coun: | advanced by both multifold has to much knowledg es of the whieh each Each a Sovereign yeaterd Emphasizing the “desirability of the largest possible independence be- | tween government and busines. cutive expressed the ch ough [own sphere.” When government comes Hindul, under the influence of busi- ness, he added, the tendency is to de- yelop — an | administration | which joses the door of opportunity; be- [or narrow and selfish in its’ out- look, and results in an oligarchy.” With « declaration that real and solid progress has been made in the erican business lation with th ent said th White Plain Spectators were climax today in the p Rhinelander, to f yenr for a Leonard secret qua suit of annul his with a Adjournment came when counsel lice Jones showed the wealthy young p letter. It was the second mysterious letter shown to Rhinelander but not read into the record. The first. made its appearance ‘Thursday. Introduetion r identification of the first letter was preceded by the question “Do you the trial?” Intro- letter w concerni passer the Presi: © was need for further improvement in transportation facilities by de development of inland waterwa need for railroad consolidations; need for improvement lroad terminals for more economical dis- tribution of commodities in congest- ed centers; need for Il greater ex- tension of electrification; need for reorganization of government, and need for further effort against “all categories of waste which the Di | partment of Commerce has enume: ated and so active tacked.” The American policy toward busi- ness, Mr. Coolidge asserted, has been to cherish the general structure of business while holding its avenues open to the widest competition so its opportunities and benefits might be given the broadest possible par- ticipation. “While it is true that the govern- ment ought not to be and is not com- mitted to certain methods of acquisi- tion which, while partaking of th nature of unfair practices try to. mas- querade under the guise of busi- Jones family w ness,” he added, “the government is: in posing for pictures. and ought to be thoroughly com-| paved gresycatere ot ROBBERS GET $500 LOOT AT duction of preceded the plaintif with Alice read this {his wife, * rece question pre-marital relations “TL want him to said counsel for then V'll ask for a Not Withdrawn During the cess, counsel] for both sides conferred with the court and the sudden adjournment followed. Court room gossip to the effect that the contents of these letters were so sensational that Rhinel er’s a rneys would consent to dismissal und settlement. crystal- d until Isaac N. Mills, his’ ch e felt it nece e counsel would say nothing 1 smiles in- ” he contended, when use; that are not productiv like the maintenance of great mili- are ft titled to be designs ness. Those who are x stead of regarding the government as their opponent und enemy, ought WING STORE to regard it as their vigilant sup- porter and friend.” Sheriff Albin Hedstrom and Deputy Should Not Loan Money To Further | Sheriff M, Ka returned last Militarism night from In his discussion of the foreign) culled yesterd debt problem, the President reaf- | Tobber, he cantile com- firmed his conviction that loans, ) the night previous. should not be made by the United | check-up of missing _ States or by American bankers when} dise revealed that about the money advanced is used for|of loot had been t ken by the rob- maintenance of great urmies and) bers, of which it is believed there | were two. The stolen proper: j {eludes coats, shoes, overshoe: ells, “Entrance to the’ bj g was gained by. breaking a win- tary establishments or to meet mu-| dow. nicipal expenditures which should}. Clu the ¢ either be eliminated by government) it is believed by the o economy or supplied by taxation, do|the theft was committed by persons not appear to serve a useful purpose} ¥ho have been employed in that and ought to be discouraged. vieinity during the fall and who have “Our” bankers,” he -continued,| ROW departed for parts unknown. “have a great deal of responsibility in relation to the soundness of these Bowman Editor loans wrhen they underiake to in- vest the savings of our country} Lad Mould regret very muce| ‘Lakes Nye’s Place to see our possession of resources which are available to. mect needs on the Nonpartisan in other countries be the cause of! a any sentiment of envy or unfriend- 5.) B. French, editor of ithe Bow- liness toward us.” j man Leader, has succeeded to the ed- Favors World Court Membership | itorship of the North Dakota Non- ‘Near the end of his prepared ad-| partisan, taking the place made va- dress the President touched on the| cant by the resignation of Gerald P. World Court issue with this state-} Nye following his appointment to ment: the senate to succeed the late Sena- “With our already enormous} tor KE. F. Ladd, Mr. French took up and constantly increasing interests|his duties here today, He is an ar- ‘abroad, there are constantly accu-| dent advocate of the policies spon- mulating reasons why we should] sored by the Nonpartisan League. signify our adherence to the Per- Evite a; manent Court of International Jus- tice. Mindful of our determination (Continued on page four.) More than 3,000,000 fowls were in- spected for tuberculosis in the United States during the last spring. IS NOT GUILTY OF SEEKING T0 INFLUENCE HER Freed of Charge That He Sought to Have Her Offer False Testimony 1S RELEASED FOLEY Naval Court of ‘aquiey Gives Former Judge Advo a “Clean Bill” te Washing tain Paul the inquiry 20.) -Cap- y was exonerated to- day Shenandoah naval court of of Mrs. M t Lansdowne's charge that to sway he by Ross he sought testimony. held that Captain Foley, judge advocate, guilty cither of seeking to ci false testimony to be offered betore court, or of ing by “improp s to influence” the widew of the andouh's commander. The cou its former was. ute t's De ead by Rear Admi president of the ppeari after a careful consideration of all evidence adduced and of record in that con- nection that the defendant, Captai Paul Foley, United States navy, | the judge advocate of this court, not guilty of secking and endeavor- false testimony to be ed before this court and is not guilty of seeking and endeavoring y improper means to influence a ness about to testify before this court, f a of judicial notice of this court tha it was an oblige a preliminary nesses to be examined court, and it further this court upon aforesaid that the said Cap no wise been guilty unethical conduct as such Ivocute, and all of the evi- known to the ec havin dduced before it and made a of its record: hereby adjdged the said defenda United of before appearing consideration dence been hereby 8. and released from. further attendance upon this court.” KLINGSHRIN JURY 1$ STILL DELIBERATING Murder Case Was Given to Jurors Yesterday — Still Out at Noon Today Ashley, N. .—(P) After deliberating 19 eee the jury which heard evidence in the of Hen Klingshrin, Burkettsville, Ohio, har- vest hand who is charged with mur- der, had reached no result: ca at and that an evening reported to reach at noon they ‘had agreement Klingshrin ng his Frid y been unable was accused of friend, Jack Page, De- it, Mich., in the village church at Lee and early last August. The de- ntention was that two armed id up the pair, killed Page and ped in an automobile. QUEEN MOTHER ALEXANDRA DIES TODAY Preparations Were Being Made to Celebrate Her 81st Birthday Dec. mur- England, Nov. 20-— )—Queen Mother Alexandra, wid- ow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V, died late this af- ternoon at Sandrihgham house. The Prin f Wales and the Duke of York were ane to arrive at Wol - erton, near Sandringham, at Uy ck, but the train was 16 minutes late. The king’s sons were esco:ted to the royal waiting room of the Wolferton station, where the station master broke the news of their grandmother's death, ; A bulletin aera by the attend- ing physiciaks, F. J. Williams and Sir Thom Weeder, said: “Her majesty, Queen Alexandra, passed away at 5:25 o'clock. The king, queen and members of the royal family were present.” POLICE CHIEF RETURNS Chief of Police Chris Martineson returned last night from Ashley where he has been during the trial of Henry Klingshirn, who was charg- ed with the murder of Jack Page in the Zeeland church last August. The Sandringham, case was given to the jury last mght but at noon today no decision hed ) been reached, Chief Martineson was called to Zecland at the time of the murder to investigate the case and was at Ashley to aid the prosecution during the progress of the trial.