The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Wed- not so cold. TABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE DECEMBER 29. 19: | FINAL EDITION 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS | | BOWMAN MAN MURDERED, BODY HID IN TRUNK “porate into an amendment to the ad- | COOLIDGE IS | INTERESTED IN [OWA MEETING Officials of Des Monies Con- ference Receive Telegram From White ‘House WILL, CLARIFY REPORTS Object of Meeting Is to Show! Varmers All Industries Are Back of Them Des Moines, Dec, 29.—)—Presi- dent Coolidge is interested in the all Iowa” farm marketing confer- ence which opens here today. A lengthy telegram has been received by officials of the conference from the White House, it was learned late last night. It is expected that the telegram is intended to be read be. fore the conference, which will be! attended by farm organization leau-| y agents, bankers, business professional men throughout state and the Iowa cangre al pation. Ats original purpose set for the} hearin Ames, Towa,| 5 another, more compre: e conference, embracing simi- I states of the belt. The president's telegram probably ch} corn Nt elarif. appe conflicting reports whi red recently as to the ex- of the administration on ericultural qnarkeling. proulem, the conference leaders think. Purpose of Conference o show the farmers of the state} 1 nation that all industries and) interests are b of them,” is the} neipal object. of the conference} today, Frank Warner, secretary of! the bankers’ associa declared. | gonerarate an Gi Haugen | was to the cre to mark and tion of a federal agricultural commodities ommend tariff adjustment to farmers. Mr. Haugen was one the authors of, the, MeNary-Hrugen export corporation bill, which was | defeated by cangress last season. RAM CLARIFIES ! ENT’S ATTITUDE } Moines, Ia, Dee, 29.—(P)— President Coolidge looks to the farm rketing conference here today to aid in “working out a sound econo- mie policy (for holding crop sur- pluses) on which there will be sub-| stantial agreement among farm in- jegram from the White House with these words, was re- 5 4 ference leaders and) nance Is Passed t Cyrus Cole, m clarify-! | The city commissioners met last night in regular weekly session to ation as expresied. in, his te-lopen bids on the construction of a hicago speech, was the chief|sewer on Mandan’ avenue between opie discussion as the conference as-| Avenue B and C. No bids were on sembled It was as follows: “In order that you may be able to} clarify certain conflicting reports) being made concerning my attitude! on the agricultural marketing pro-| blem, in case the questi s at! your’ conference December 29 mito my recent Chicago spe fer whore hmong athae things’ E aatd et course, 1 should be willing to ap- prove uny plan that can be devise nee with sound economic principles.’ 1 recognize that it is aj problem of economic importance not ly to agriculture, but to the na- tion und T believe that sound ways ean be found for coping with It. As I have stated Iam opposed to ernment price fixing whether or indirect and to government buying and selling farm products either di- rectly or indirectly. I have not ap- proved any specific plan, 1 believe,; however, that discussion of the sur-{ plus problem is bringing different! rests together on the principles! of a sound plan to handle it and I) hope further conferences and dis- cussions will result in the working| out of a sound economic plan on! which there will be substantial | agreement among farm interests. I) trust your conference may contrib- ute to this en in | TOO MUCH EMPHASIS aeacep ON PART OF THE MESSA( Washington, Dee. dent Coolidge was represented at the White House today as feeling that confusion has arisen over his present agricultural policy because of a fail- ure in some quarters to take a com- prehensive view of hid expressed po- sition. In this connection it was asserted | w: that the president still stands on his recent message to congress and address on agricultural delivered in Chicago. There is a tendency, it was added, to place more ‘emphasis on one point of his message and the ad- dress than on others, instead of tak- ing into consideration all of his ar- guments. i CUMMINS GIVES PLAN FOR FEDERAL EXPORT CORPORATION | Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 20.—)—! Sehator A. B. Cummins, Towa’s sen- ior senator, before the farm confer-: ence this afternoon outlined his plan| for a federal export corporatiow to buy up the surplus of agricultural products and sell it on foreign mar- kets at a logs to the latter to be met by an excess tax on dealers. This proposal the senator plans to incor- ministration’s farm relief bill now before congres: $8 Wheat Would Compare te to Rubber Washington, “Dee. 20,—V#)—The best method for the United States to follow in combating high rubber prices is to use as little as possib! and to build up independent sources of supply, Secretary Hoover decl: ed today. He aia if this country were to sell wheat and cotton in exchange for rubber, based on the ratio of pro- duetion cost of rubher, wheat ‘would sell for $8 a bushel and cotton 6 “ug{ that Daddy should ha: jfile, however, and Man Killed in Ten-story Drop 29.) 1 und Rap- ids, Mich. believed to be a uni- versity of Michigan student, fell 10 stories to his death late last night. Vogt fell down a hotel el- evator shaft while scuffling with a companion, bell bo: hotel informed police, Witnesses said the victim was thrown against an elevator door | with such force that he broke a hinge on the door and plunged down the shaft NYE HERE FOR LITTLE VISIT WITH SORLIE Says Daughter Is Much Dis- turbed Because He Hasn't | “a Seat” Senator! Cheerful Desigi the offi and smiling, Sorlie F; Bt ing him a “little friend the senator-designate cular politicg! importance attaches, to his visit here. He will return to his home at Cooperstown to spend! New Year's day and will leave that} j night for Washington where he e pects to arrive Sunday. In conversation with friends Nye} said the most disturbed person in his family as the result of the con-| visit” and aid no parti-| \troversy over his right to sit in the | senate is his eight-year-old daugh-! ter. “Everything she has read on the} subject has had as its theme the question of whether or not I will get | the seat,” } said. “She is very! agitated and thinks it is terrible] to stand up all the time he is down in Washing-| ton.” NO BIDS ON | SEWER WORK : | Matter Deferred Until Later ' Date—Fire Limits Ordi- therefore, deferred until a date. The ordi defining the fire limits of the city of Bismarek, which was given its first reading a week ago, was given final reading and passed last nighty without any changes. ‘The new ‘ordinance adds about 12 blocks of the city’s business district. to the fire limits and_pro- its the construction of frame | buildings within that area. A_ notice from the board of rail- road commissioners was read, set-| ting February 4 at 10 a. m., us the date and hour of the hearing con- cerning railway —crossin, in’ and near Bismarck. The hearing will be held in the senate chamber at the state capitol and the city of Bis-/ marck, county of Burleigh, North- ern Pacific and Soo Railway com- panies are expected to have repre- sentatives in attendance. 1 A report from the fiencral Inspec- | tion Bureau of Minneapolis regard-| ing the recent fire inspection made in this city was read to the commis- sioners. The report is given in de- in today’s issue of] Allowed FEE tail elsewhere The Tribune. Bill: joners allowed the Johnson Co., supplies..$ 7.82 Hismarck Motor Co., supplies. 189.28 Lahr Motor Sales plies .. ; Goetz, iabor’ x J. Hummel, labor 21.00 H. Christopher, labor . 17.50 | J. Burton, labor :... 19.60 Waterworks Dept., water .... 796.00 1, S Fredericks, killing dogs. Poul Pecht, salary. 'm. Ebelin salary Wm. Franklin, salary 33.00| Richmond’s Bootery, supplies. 16.00 Mrs. Anna Schubert, laundry. 1.85| Bismarck Motor Co., supplies. 3.00 | Aug. Helle, labor 2.00 John Ehli, labor . 2.00: Waterworks Dept., cash 1,72 Doyle, Clethe, Carlis ham Co., supplies 19.03 Quanrud, Brink Reibo! supplies J. Klein, labor W. Koenig, labor Standard Oil Co., distillate M. H. Atkinson, post office 25. 635.91 Oil Companies Fight B icetigis| Greenwood, Mi Dec. 29.—()— Attorneys for the Standard Oil com- pany and the Texas Company appear- ed before Chancellor Lomax here to- day to show cause why the injunc- tion refusing the companies to sell gasoline throughout Mississippi at the price for which they distribute in Tunica county, 16 cents per gallon, should not be made permanent. ‘The injunction was sued out tem- porarily two weeks ago by Attorney General Russ Knox, who declared that the companies named were vio- lating the state anti-trust «law in that uniformity of price did not pre- cents a pound, vail throughout the state. in Washington || | joint | ments were planned, it was gene EAST T0 HAVE ‘HOPE REVIVED FOR ENDING OF | COAL STRIKE Both Groups Hold Informal Conferences Today Pre- ceding Joint Session SESSIONS ARE ‘RET Discuss ion of Operators? Re- cent Offer Expected Early in Meeting Northern Northern Pacific’s New Rotary, Most Powerful in United States Orlando comber BODY FOUND Murderer’s Guilt’ Established This is the ifie's new) snowfall again visite North. | with TE feet 2 12 inches, the size al New ¥ (A) Hope for} snow plow, the most ful and} weet, thas bene an Afthe wheel on the new plow. the early resumption of mining in the| largest capa plow ever; keeping the North t)width of the snow ordinarily eat a anthracite coal fields of pnssi-/ built, for op scountrs.| transcontinental trims au time every [1 feet for the new plow aysuinst 1 vaiile wae rely It will be assigned to North Dakota} month of the ye: inele ree} feet for the plows. With widen = nnyes oF sine) territory but will be mo Las es has been on the yer the new retary ea make al cut > 3 : ered for their first m Since | plained, to whatever. te itis hern P Tuain Hine in the | Et feet 1 inches. wide, Bowman, N.D.. D the deadlock at Atlantic City last past (wo winters | Christopher Co Anders, veteran en mystery summer, pho operat The yng | gineer of & i po divisio: wasn 2 : . y . plow, operati | ain any . are vesterd y parate informal conferences of | will he canal tharye of the plow when it lac end here yesterday when two groups will precede the ue: | ily r edoon exhitition for the first pubbe 1 parley between the negotiators, | f its track of snow in case inspeet Union Depot St fepm: in the penitentiar scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Union League Club. Alvan Mar chairman of the joint negotiation, committee, who culled the meeting, was designated to preside over the session. Major William Inglis, chairman of th ite operato headed the delegation, John L, ernational president of the e Workers’ Union, head ed the miners’ group. , No Statements Issued Although all sessions were closed to the public and no formal sate conceded that the operators would |bring up for early discussion their offer last Saturday to the 148,000 striking miners to return to work at nce under the wage scale in the ontract that expired ust The miners are d to pro- pose settlement with Governor Pin- chot's plan as a basis, a plan which the operators are known to oppose, chiefly because of its check-up fea- ture and its suggestion of an inquir to decide whether wages can b } raised. INGLIS BELIEVES AN AGREEMENT WILL BE REACHED New York, Dec. 29.—(@)-—-W. W. Inglis, spokesman of the anthracite operators’ conference and chairman of its negotiating committee, said tod: that tl operators were will- ing to open their books for public in- spection. Separate conferences were held by nu so-called hard winter with he vy INSPECTION PUTS CITY IN CLASS FOUR One-half Class Better Rating Than Before—Many Ree- ommendations Made The city = Bismarck is now grad- | class 4, from the standpoint of, eral ‘Inspection Buteeu “ot polis, which fixes fire insur- a rates for Min South Dakota, wh vious grading was cl information is contained in a letter just received by City Auditor M. H Atkinson from the Inspection Bur- eau, following the inspection made here during October. nd up to an efficiency cor with the water department can be passed to the next c the letter states. “We would suggest,! however, that all the | recommenda- sponding town he operators’ and the miners’ re| entatives today, preparatory to the joint session scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Nir, Inglis ficulties between would be settle tions in this city. Secret Conferences Held id he thought the dif- the two groups during the negotia- tions made should be ried out soon as possible, in order to give thi General Summary wu's inspection here reads as fol- He revealed that since thi Unde i _ He “ r the standard — grading tations were broken off a hedule, the waterworks of Biss City he had held three s con- | murck grades Sth cl the fire de ferences with John L. Lewis, presi-! partment grades 9th el i dent of the United Mine Workers of xth cluss, building. law ‘ . {dinances 8th class, and — structural was held.in New York | condi ns Sth class, the town as on October 1, Mr. inglis said, the sec-! whole falling into 7th class ¢ ond at Harrisbur Sponding to ith class in the form 25, and the third” u imethod of grading. December 5. He said the operators me to New York in a hopeful spirit, being’! neither optimistic nor pessimistic. When Mr. Lewis arrived shortly before noon, he declined to discuss! the impending negotiations. general attitude of the miners’ rep- resentatives was that of “neither op-| m." SLOW RISE IN TEMPERATURE : Reaction to Warmer Weather, Takes Place in Several - Mid-west States Washington, Dec, 29.—(#)—A grad- ual rise in temperature tomorrow in the eastern part of the country was promised today by the weather bur- eau, but frost was predicted us pro- bable tonight as far south as central 00 | Florida, It was predicted there would be little relief tonight from the cold wave in the lower lake region and the middle and north Atlantic states. There has been a reaction to some- what warmer weather in eastern Montana and Wyoming, the western Dakotas, the southern plain states,| Missouri and the southern states ex- cept Florida, but the weather still is abnormally cold over most sec- tions east of the Rockies. Reports this morning disclosed that the temperature is below freez- ing along the gulf and south Atian- tic coast except in southern Florida, WOE TONG sess as sess «4 -1,50| while killing frost prevails in North- National Municipal “League, {ern Florida and light frost as far eupplies . i : -50| south as Fort Myer. . J. 0. Fredericks, ~ room “ 30.00: Quick Print, ‘ine 215i Troops Called to ‘Maintain Order in Tepic, Mexico Nogales, Ariz, Dec. 29—#)— Troops have been called out in Tepic, Nayarit, Mex.,-to keep order, say special dispatches received here. It is stated that the retiring leg- islature has refused to accept ‘the new regime in that state and trouble befmeen the two political factions \is reared. PARK YOUR HORSES Lincoln, Neb.—An ordinance has been passed here setting aside a block in the downtown district where only teams cah be parked. Motor cars are not allowed in the block, and a big sign advises motorists: “This space reserved for horses. The hy ital of North a varying population, several good sized hotels and a nunv- ber of public building: Water sup- ply is good from Missouri river modern filter and pumping — pla ing been put in service recently. e department is on “call basis with one paid driver on duty for the one auto hose truck, Equipment and manning of fire department are very inadequate. Laws und ordinances * are in need of revision and codi- fication. Streets are fairly level and mostly 80 feet wide, paved in _ After dese! ing in detail the city industries, s, structural fighting facilities fire department, fire alarm system and ordinances, the Inspection Bur- eau makes the following recommen- dations: Waterworks Department Additional feeders from Avenue C conditions, fire to Main, so as to connect mercantile P district with large mains on Rosser and Avenue C, Provide gates in branch connec tions to all hydrants on large afer. ial_ mains. Complete _ connections _ through from Avenue C to Main with not less than 6-inch eon First Street, Mandan Avenue and Washington Avenue. Complete connection bctween 6- inch and 8-inch mains at Main and Ninth. Connect up dead, ends. Electric supply should be provid- ed at pump station to operate all motors, Fire Department Provide fire department with com- bination pumper’and hose truck and with motorized ladder truck in addi- tion to present truck. (A proper equipment would be two pumpers and an aerial ladder truck, keeping the present hose truck loaded in re- serve). Provide paid firemen on full time sufficient to take out apparatus on first. alarm, (Full complement. of men for two pumpers and aerial lad- der would be 18 men days and 24 “If the fire department is brought! i | | town a better standing, even though! it should still be in the next better} ¢ Sor 3 1 | The general summary of the bur-! ago Has 781 Auto Deaths in 1925 Chicago, mobiles ade nst s yesterda the total 781 for OST for last. y ‘WHEELER WINS FIGHT TO QUASH District of Columbia jupreme Court Upholds Senator's Contentions (P)~ of Montan Washington, De tor Burton K, Wheele today won his long fight to have the building of a large financial I charges brought inst him by the government wiped off the book: The District of Columbia supreme court upheld the contentions of aie tor, wha had already qu contained returned : indict nent here should be quashed, A demurrer to the wld. indictment up! attempted wa de the Wheeler counsel expects de ary no | ALL CHARGES; put cembiny uch: trans; nul MERGER OFT “GOTHAM BANKS. IS RUMORED Sentence was imposed by left in custody of Gunder | state penitenti to serv prison where he al ceny. Would Give America a sini Rumors State That Rivaling London’s Gigantic Possible Bride Is I: Financial Concern Found for Prince; New York, Dee. (P)—What | London, ta British so-| y become the ¢ gest | ciety is bppeculuting 8 ate bank, .an institution Pine whether a possible bride has final- gigantic financial institution of | WY pen found tae tae ee onden, began to take vague shape | announcement that. P1 ss Astrid, tod: vuc of the multitude of | niece of the King of Sweden, who is rumors in Wall street pointing to ; popular with King George the merger of several ex ting | and Queen Mary, is to be a guest at banks and trust companies of New| Buckingham palace as soon as the York city. | period of court mourning for Dow- en impetus by a $30. rise in| Queen Alexandra ends. 2 ok » Me tea” Gi strid, who is 20, is one of the Metalt Banke the re ee rane ties prettiest’ younger members of Euro-| ns hi eek Ity. She has an attractive consolidation of that institution with the Chase National Bank imminent as a preliminary step p splendid dancer in ughter of Prince Charles is She is a d structure. and Princess Ingeborg, beine a grand Five other institutions are men-! niece on her mother’s side of the tioned as being involved in. the | late Dawager Queen Alexandra. banking venture. ‘Their total re- sources —when and if combined— would be in excess of $1,300,000,000, The other institutions mentioned The Chatham and Phoenix, National Park, the Chemical the Central Union Trust WORKER GETS 97 PER CENT the : | National, Senator’ company. Whe all charges unless) [tis believed that the banks will the, g0y hould succeed im first be paired, and then after a OAM RG a fhe’ high’ period of readjustment be further | Rising costs. of banking | es pae toppage of | re said to be! Increase Based on ‘Purchasing Power, Not on Dollars needless competition i the chie? motives behind the move- sts r ment. ; 1 defen The proposed bank would excel! a they d to defraud jn size the National City, now the| and Cents F government by obtaining large country’s largest, with total re-! nunaber of as and oil permits to Siurees af $1,200,000 Dev prospect on the public domain, and, indy in its argument, the government as re for the andes Campbell higher “real, wages a violation “therefore bad.” He asserted the land does not limit the number cf permits federal act to be ued to any one prospector at the secretary of the interior cannot, by his resolutions, go beyor the statute and deny the applicants rights given them by the law. is one point, the court declared, was sufficient to throw out the in- dictments, and it was unnec ry to pass on the legal points raised by counsel for Wheeler, or on the di murrer filed by William A, Les special government counsel, to the plea of former acquittal interposed | hy Wheeler Wheeler's Statement After announcement of th ision today, Senator Wheeler issued a statement in which he sai am delighted to learn of the de- nin my favor and I hope that this will end these persecutions and that I will now be permitted to de- vote some of my time and attentio to constructive measures in the Unit- ed States senate.” J eae rg 4 Weather Report | $$ Temperature at 7 Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velo Weather Fo For Bismarck and ly fair to-night and W Sat not so_cold, For North Dakota: Mostly fair m. nights.) Heavy stream apparatus such as turret nozzle, deluge set, cellar pipes, ete, should be provided as well as 1 1-8 and 1 1-4 inch nozzles for single lines. A modern telegraph fire alarm system should be provided with box- es so distributed that every build- ing in the mercantile district will be-within 500 feet of a box. The proposed building law should be passed with provison for enfore- ing same, as well as electrical or- dinance, Hazards, such as storage of line, carbide, films and dry cleat shops should be regulated by ordin- ance, f Matches which can be dipped in water without spoiling have’ been produced by putting rubber latex into the tip material. to-night and Wednesday; not so cold to-night and in west portion Wednes- day. Weather Conditions The extreme high pressure that prevailed yesterday from Sask- atchewan and Manitoba southward to Texas has diminished slightly and is moving, slowly eastward, Tem- peratures have fallen over Western Dakotas and the Unper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys. Tem- peratures have risen slightly at most stations in the Northern Rocky Mountain region and the Pacific Coast States. 0. W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. Tt would take a_tr: as long as from Washington, D. C., to New Ha- ven, Conn,, to haul one average day’s output of the bituminous coal mines of this country. production, than he did 30 years ago. This statement was made yester- day by Pau] H. Douglas, professor of economics of the University of Chi- , WILL RETIRE efo: the meeting of An onomic Association, the utistical Associatio nd the Ame. ica n Association for wbor Le; lation “The 1 wage” i i _ upon purchasing power, Was Laughed at 31 Years the increase in dollars’ and cents. | Teacher Has Largest Increase Ago When He Announced | of all increases in “real w cI . | that of the teacher has been gre ‘ Such an Intention id. His wages now purchase per cent more than they did < Boston, Dee The cleric worker, years apprentice suffered an actual de- n “real wages” will bey for his pre Iochanie in the Dewpew, New York shops of the New York Central rail- road told a little group of grease-| tha smeared companions that when he), “The real made a million dollars he would re-| ing to last le tire. They laughed and told him) been due to that with his 10 cents un hour sal-/ Of ericultural products” and the ary he need never te worry over his, flux of population Ao the cities is) million—or retirement. | ta to force rise in the price of farm produc CANTON HAS But on New Year's day that prentice mechanic will retire. He i Joseph S. Donovan, president and! treasurer of the Donovan Motor Car| company of Boston, an automobile | distributing agency. ‘He has made! his million and intends to fulfill his The promise was prompted by the sight of an old man feebly making his way to an office where he hop- ed to amass more millions. He al- ready had one million and Donovan, $100,000 FIRE Beginning work at the age of 11, Donovan was, in turn, a drug 4 2 Furnace clerk, railroad car tinker, automo- | bile ‘mechanic, second hand motor; car dealer, and sub-agency head. In! Explosion Causes Blaze—$66,000 Worth of Autos Destroyed 1912 he assumed control of the agency which today bears his name! ; —_—_—_— and from which he drew his mil-| Canton, S. D., Dee. 29.—(#)—Dam- lion. (a estimated at $100,000 resulted ‘today from a fire which followed a furnace explosion in the building of | the Charnock Motor Sales company. 600 Arrested in Raids on Detroit —Siiainrs’ secu worth ot ‘stored H automobiles; $4,000 worth of new Gambling Resorts) er7703' $3.00 worth of second hand Detroit, Dec, 29.—(4)—Police head- | cars. The explosion occurred while an quarters was filled to overflowing | employe was putting fuel in the fur- last night when more than 600 men| nace and is attributed to the forma- were taken into custody by police] tion of gas. following raids by the vice squad on| The building is believed to have five gambling resorts here. been covered by insurance and the In one place, on the eighth floor| equipment in the garage was also IN TRUNK ON CHRISTMAS did not kill of a building, ‘solice found only 12! protected, No insurance was held men. A search of the building re-lon the firm's cars and it is. not vealed a secret room on the third, known how many of the stored ma- floor where 371 men were arrested. | chines were insured. HAROLD KNIFFEL, IFFEL, CONFESSED KILLER GETS LIFE SENTENCE IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY the Victim — Murder Was Committed on De- 20 Foilowing a Quarrel Over —Man Was Net Missed for Several Days a Crap Game by Gunder Osjord, Finger Print Exvert at the Penitentiary — Kniffel Has Already Served Prison Term for Larceny ).—The most sensational murder ease in the history of Bowman county came to an Harold the murder of Orlando Lee, 24, and was sentenced to a life 23, Kniffel, confessed to The case, which dev Joped with the finding of Lee’s body jammed into a trunk in Kniffel’s shack on the afternoon of Christmas day, culminated with Kniffel’s confession in dis- triet court that he had slain Lee with a machini. Judge Osjord, finger print expert of the the remainder of h ady has served one term for grand lar- ’s hammer. Lembke and Kniffel M. F. life in the According to Kniffel’s statement Lee was slain on the afternoon of December The kill- ing occurred, he claimed, during a fight which followed Lee's loss” of $160 in a crap game with Kniffel at the latter's shack. attempted to hit him with a poker, Kniffel cl ed, and he used the hammer in s defense. Story Is Doubted State's Attorney Mark Amundson and other officials discount Kniffel’s story, however, and point to the fact that the blow which evidently caused Lee's death was inflicted on the back of his head. Lee's folks thought he had gone to Dickinson to visit his brother, Amundson said, and 1 no com: ment when he failed to return home on the night of December 20. Christmas day, however, it by known that his’ brother knew no of his whereabouts suspicion turned toward Kniffel, who lived in a shack near the village. In company with the sheriff, Lee's older brother visited the Knitel ck and there found the younger at on a bed. rank Reveals Body When further se rch developed no additional clues attention of — the brother directed toward the }trunk which was bound with now ’s body was found inside When questioned as to whether he did not have difficulty in getting ithe body of Lee, who was six feet three inches tall and weighed 190 pounds, into the trunk, Kniffel re- plied, “Oh no. He was limber slid in easy.” He displayed little remorse at the crime and took the life imprisonment sentence stoicaily. inger Prints Tally At first. Kniffel contended that he Lee or put the body in the trunk but confessed when Os- jord established finger prints on the trunk as having been made by Knif- fel. They tallied perfectly with the finger-print records of Kniffel kept at the state penitentiary, Osjord found. Kniftel urged from the last. July hort term had been upon h tealing « trunk full of shves WARDEN LEF WoRRT™! D WHEN PRISONER FALLS TO APP: Harold Kmiffel, 2: mer murderer, 23, Bown as on his wa. state penitentiary today to b life sentene: A had been bring Bismarck morning train and when he f «© Warden John J. Le J. A call to Dickinson, + Lee's body lay in fel’s shack from December Christmas day when it was discover- ed by brother who, together with the sheriff of Bowman county, had gone to the shack to search for the ng man, spicion s_ directed toward »| | Kniffel follow ing Lee’s disappearance use the dead man was known to frequented Kniffel’s shack, which was known as a rendezvous for gamblers Search for Lee s delayed by the fact that his relatives thought he had gone to Dickinson to visit his brother. When it was found that he had not done so the search began which culminated in finding the body and Kniffel’s confession PE ee eo Last Minute | News Bulletins | o Washington, Dec. 29.—()— There will be no withdrawal of President Coolidge as arbitrator in the Tacna-Arica question, it was made clear today at the White House. Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 29.—(?)— While the condition of Coloncl John C. Coolidge, father of the President, was reported improved today, his Bg mae. Dr. Albert W. Cram ridgewater, said it was improbable that he would ever recover fully the use of his lower limbs. Colonel Coolidge has been unable to walk for sev- eral days. Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec. 29.—(?) —The National Bank of Luverne at Luverne, Minn., was closed today by. order of the board of directora, #t was announced by officers of sme inatitution. The bank carried deposits of approx- imately $500,000.