The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1926, Page 1

* was tor the rai reper sto} WEATHER FORECAST Fair with rising temperature tonight and Tuesday. , ESTABLISHED 1873 “SENATOR NORRIS DEFENDS NYE’S APPOINTMENT 4 ELECTIONS _ WILL BE HELD DURING 1926 Primary Election Will Be Held in June and Regular Election in November NO HATS IN RING YET Village and Town Elections Set for March and City Elections in April Although chief interes Lg tn ection this year Senate mary and special saint and the regular state-wide electi: on November 2 two fovea electi will interest senaes io f citi- zens during the years ry Previn, by Secretary ef State Robert Byrne shows. The first opportunity voters sp have to fe, to the polls is schedyled for the third Tuesday in March,’ when village and township cleetions will be held. In the past these elections have been overlooked in many vil- lages and townships and the secretary of state is planning to issue a pamph- let containing the legal provisions for all elections so that election of- ficials throughout the state -will have something to jog their memories. Cities Vote April 5. City voters will next turn, city elections being for the first Monday in Ap cities in the state. With these local elections out of the way, voters will then have an opportunity to give their undivided attention to state issues in the June primary and November election. At the June primary one senator will be elected to fill o°4 the unex- pired term of the late 8, \ator E, E. Ladd and one man will be nominated to run for the long term at the N ember election, the date of the pi mary having been made a special election dey by proclamation of Gov- their eduled in all eae of all factions agrec that the same men probably will be sena- torial candidates at both the special election and the primary, since all will be running for the same job, the one made vacant by Ladd’s death. Many Contests at Primar; The state primary and p tion will see contests £0F eveey ele tive state office as well as th: torship., Among the offices to be filled are those” of governor, com- missioner of agriculture and labor, attorney general, state treasurer and state auditer, superintendent pf pub- instruction, three failroad com- oners, secretary of state, com- missioner of insurs.ce and one jus- tice of the supreme court. The suprem court, justice whose term expires is A. hristi peareee chief justice. a eaee ers has been some mention of Christian candidate for the senatorial mination, and some of his. friends to have urged him to throw his hat into the ring, it is generally believed that he will again bq a candidate for his present seat on_the bench.. To date, none at ny announced that they will nee Me popular favor in an effort to retain their present positions, Some Expected to Run Again. ~ It is commonly expected, however, that Governor A. 6. Sorlie will be a candidate for re-electiot He is known to have told senbarters in the Nonpartisan league that he is neither an actual or potential candidate for the senatorship, the only other, place wate would be expected to interest Prognosticators are: touting Attor- ney General George Shafer as a pos- sible candidate for Governor on the I. V. A.-Republican tieket to oppose Sorlie.. They express the belief that he would show great strength and would have a better chance of win- ning than any other candidate that opponents of the Nonpartisans could nominate. Shafer himself has said » His per friends con- tend that he would much rather run for re-election: sttorney general. ti for retirement of the debt entirely Nera ‘to ‘establish ‘the town as a ser, station for two through trains jaily. In its decision the board said it recognized the fact that train serv- ice to Tioga is poor but that the town 0 small to soe an order that through trains there. tition wat ned by Ernest Bylin ane 98 other residents of Tioga,and vicinity. [Weather Report hs . 4 piskest For irmere ein: For North, Dakota HN elodigusde ‘is a) am. yen i Brecp st aa Hipheat wi rine mie aon emperors, toni Tent and Tuesday. ‘air oie. ris- | i ing | tempe and Tu A low: tered over: the, mn peeent office. | 900. Fair pairs HE’S TALLEST | ~TRINAL BREAK IN PARLEY 18 THOUGHT NEAR Both Sides Refuse to Refer Anthracite Dispute ‘to Charles E. Hughes 4 1 SUNDAY SESSION HELD Miners Reject Markle’s Plan and Operators Reject Liincrs’ Proposal New York, Jan, 11.-(4)—Proposals that the anthracite dispute be refer- red to Charles E. Hughes have been tejected by the anthracite wage con- ference. After ‘breaking a precedent holding a M Ha a Sunday session, the con- ferees find themselves practically |where they were when peace nego- tiations were resumed December 29. All plans offered.since then have} been rejected ‘by one side or the other. ‘There were renewed predictions to- | day that a final break was imminent. Markle Proposes Plan an Alvan Markle proposed peace plan, that of the op-, erators und one advocated by the| miners be submitted to Mr. Hughes | {with the request that he take the best part of each and draft a con- ! tract. Mr. Hughes was formerl: chief counsel for the United Mine | Workers. The miners rejected the proposi- tion, it was stated, because it con- jtnined the principle of arbitration, |to which they are opposed. 18 They proposed that a five-year con- tract be drawn by two operators, two , miners, and three outside represen-| : sho | tatives to be selected by Mr. Hughes. crghirles Sayder, Barberton, O.. whol This hoard would determine whether | sleeps in a specially built bed and {the operators could pay a wage in- spends the greater part of his life! Crease. dueking chandeliers and low bridges.| The | operators disapproved _ the! He is seven feet four inches tall. counter suggestion, regarding it as | ja revision of Governor Pinchot’s; eee PROPOSALFOR ssrwaiite BIGGER CUT IN ~ TAX OFFERED New York, Jan. 11—A@)—Alter a Democrats Declare $500,000,- 000 Reduction in Tax Bur- den Can Be Made Washington, Jan. 11---()—Demos cratic menibers’of the senate finance committee pit their proposal for a| 500,000,000 cut in’ the tax burden betore the committee today as it be- gan consideration of the rate sche- dules in the public bill, which pro- vides for a reduction of $330,000,- session lasting almost. three hours the joint conference of akitg any statement. The conferees were in session for three hours, when. it was decided to adjourn for luncheo: For the first! time since negotiations fee ly the miners and operators did not par- take of lunch together. The situation was regarded ag tense and there were reports that a break in the negotiations was im- minent, ‘DURANT, MOTOR MAGNATE, HURT IN TRAIN CRASH ‘Two Servants and a Fireman| Killed—About 30 Are Injured in Wreck Titusville, Fla. Jap. 11—)—\ C. Burant, motor mggnate, was in- jured, perhaps seriously, in a rear end train collision near here yester- day. He was being rushed to New York today aboard gn Atlantic Coast Line train. Two servants and a fire- man, all negroes, were killed, and about 30 other persons injured in the wreck. The exact condition of Mr. Durant could not be ascertained last night due to the confusion at the scene rot the wreck, ie aaherquant: rapid- ity with which was whisked north. Physicians last night reported he received a superficial wound on the scalp, and Niet jesse well. Others in Private Car Injured. The crash Peis when the aiaes bownd overseas limited leased} to the private car, Patriot, belonging to Mr. Durant, which was attached to train Number 36, on the Florida East Coast railroad. Mrs, Durant, Durant’s te wife, and three In. addition to the rate reducing provisions of the house measure, j Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the committee, usked-on behalf of the minority members further cuts in the surtax Fates on incomes between $22,000 and $100,000, and repeal of the taxes on capital stock, admissions and dues, Approval given by thé Democrats j ta reductions in the normal income tax rates and the increased personal exemptions on ihcome taxes provided by the hoyse measure, virtually as- sured adoption cf these le both in the committee and t! ate, since Republicans have itSicated their support. minority also en- dorsed the reduction in the maximum surtax rate from 40 to 20 ner cent. Republicans Will Large. Re- epul AR Oepere Warned by Secretary Mellon to keep the total reduction within the '$330,000,000 limit provided by the house measure, Republicans, with majority 0! Hy! to seven in commi tee, apparentl; ewere prepared to com- bat any but mi milan changes in the bill In announcing the Democratic p gram, Senator Simmons declared the 500,000, ‘annual reduction cond be made without retarding the ram for retirement of the pul bie bt within 32 years. Instead ‘of meeting the cost of the sinking fund from taxation, however, he would ap- ply these funds paid on war debts by serene, natlons ‘to Ei kde payments are now applied on retire- ment of the public debt, Sena Simmons said, in addition to. the nual sinking fund payments of $253,- 000, He estimated the receipts foreign debtors this yore ps at! 1 . The Democrat did not. mention the inheritance tax or, publicity of income tax returns, Botts of which serious fights are impendi ing. 8 ley of the car. ‘The Durant coach was thrust into & passenger-filled Pullman ahead, durin about 40 person: Both coaches and the locomo- tive of the limited were demolished. Abert Jones, a negro fireman of the limited, seolay the impending crash, jumped to his death. Principle of Smith _| Bill Is Is Approved Washington, Ten, 11.—()— The principle of the Smith bill for re- ‘gional, representation th State commerce coi proved today by the senate imerstate commerce committee. A. subcommit was appointed to work out. details ‘as to the number of | ji regions in which the country should iption: ‘unanimously Aburers be divided for purposes of making ein vont the proposal of Democrats to Soyare int first was made feduction on -surtax rate gree that provided by the mouths hot iaure,was defeated. ere. onperine “Senator Simmons ‘of North Caro- We Mana, pan iat tae vis on soley com-| a Becran ad of’ 60, 6 of the) ground that the ‘sout me ca mite noes at the he sur- rived of 22,000 | Woodlock’s ing ite wang i , TIC PROPOSAL, ‘Washington, Jan. 11.—()—Reduc- |, tions in income taxes, as provided in the ‘house revenu bill; were appr: _ today bythe senate finance com- mittee. ‘he: ‘norma » income tax increised personal e mission on the ntation. Me teprese Mr. nati in i saat of Binet oar the salu- satisfac- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY i, 1926 CK TRIBUNE [mann PRICE FIVE CENTS BANDITS KILL |[___tweuve tose tives in racrory stast |] BNTITLED AND ROB MANY ‘PASSENGERS Attack,on Mexican Train Most Atrocious Crime Commit- ted in Some Time TRAIN WRECKED, FIRED All But Seven of Military Es: cort Killed, and. the Others Wounded Mexico City, Jan. 11,--UP)—Mexico bandits yesterday committed one of the most atrocious crimes that Mex- ico has known in many days, Boarding a train ut Kuadalajara, bound for Mexico City, they murder- ed and robbed most of the passeng- ers and a mojority of the military escort, wrecked the train and set fire to the debris. Twenty bodies, all burned hayond recognition, have been found in the tangled mass of ruins, and it is fear. ed still others are in it. Those of the military escort who were nat killed were wounded. The bandits escaped .on the engine which was drawing the train. This later was found several stations away from where the massacre was car- ried out, wrecked. Men Were Disguised It is said the outrage was commit: because the bandits believed Gen- e1ul Ferreira, military commandant of the state of Jalisco, was aboard the train. The attack started when the train was running between Ne- grete and Yurecuaro. Twenty armed a wearing disguises, suddenly be- using their knives on the sol- aiers and killing and robbing the passengers. Of the military escort, all but sev- {en were killed. The bandits are said to have been acting under orders of former Colonel Manuel Nunez. Their booty was 300,000 pesos. Immediately’ the news of the crime arrived here, orders were issued for federal troops to go in pursuit of the bandits. PENNILESS SURVIVORS TELL TALE OF HORRu«. Mexico City, Jan. 11.—@)—Fully 50 persons were butchered by the band igs who attacked apd.,wreeked, lech ttaghe ‘Mexico City passe’ ger train near Yurecuaro, in the: state of Michoacan, Saturday night. Penniless survivors, stripped ‘of all their belongings, began arriving in Guadalajara today to tell a tale of horror unequalled in Mexico's crim- inal annals for years. No foreigners were killed, they be- lieve, and apparently no Americans were on'the train, although repo: on this point are. confl . The dead include all the soldiers of the train geard, most of the crew and numerous Mexican passengers. A Ghastly Scene. An unknown number of bandits were engaged. They boarded the train as passengers. When ne: Yurecuaro station they locked doors of all the couches. slit the throats of the train guards or shot them as they slept and systematical- a aaties or shot most of the train "They then began robbing the pa: ngers, murdering everyone who re- seve The survivors cribed the ¢ within the coi epee as ghastly, the iitpaned pas: rs frantical- ly baseehing for mercy, many only to Riker ka teheréd at the whim of the Cold Wave Sends Temperatures Down St. Paul, Jan, PI—A cold wave, sweeping down from Maaltoba, sent temperatures in the nort! well below the zero mark while er places enjoyed above-zero weathe: Hibbing, in the iron range cnentey of MinneSota, was the coldest - spot in Minnesota with the mercury play- ing around the 20-below zero mark. The lowest temperature in this sec- tion of the North American continent was reported ‘at The Pas, where it is 22_ below. In North Dakota, Devils Lake was the coldest point to, report with a temperature, of 12 degrees below. Today's cold snap is tha first December 26, when visited with its coldest weather of the season. On that day. it was 15 ww in the Twin Cities, with Hib- ing and range towns rting tem- ratures around 30 ap 96 below. A QUICK DROP ; Hibbing, Minn., Jan. 11.—()—Hib- bing witnessed the quickest weather change on record here Sunday. ‘and Mor Sunday. was a balmy day with the maximum 30 above ero. This warning the thermometer read ince 20 below ze: COLD SPELL WILL BE OF SHORT DURATION. Chicago, Jan. 11—)—A cold ware not of great extent and probably to be of ‘short duration, was \ rushing uthward today, attended by below zero temperatures in North Dakota and northweat Minnesota, At the same time, a@ snow storm was push- eastward over er lake jon. (hfe ry J. Cox, district loreeaster, that id wave, not felt in ‘Montana, inated at Pas, Manitoba, jot be as-extensive as the bad blasts. ISCONBSIN nad SNOW, STORM. ilwaukee, ©. Jan. 11.—@)—Five Inches of snow, ivan dy a sharp northwest gale, ‘covered ‘southeastern | wai ‘Wasco! ye last night. Te raretoren to near zero in various parts of. oe ‘atate. « ee eet lien. van tubal asst of. the sun, * | divided $10,000 they. rece: ‘Minnesota was | j, | TOSEAT MORE THAN OTHERS Oppo jion’s Contention Would Bar Other Sen- ators, Norris Says 3 SENATORS ARE NAMED Nebraskan Solon Serves No- tice He Will Challenge Their Vote on Nye Jan. 11.—()—Sena- tor Norris, Republican, Nebraska, de- ! fending in the senate today the ap- pointment of Gerald P. Nye as Unit- ed States senator from North Dakota by the governor of the state, declar- ed if the opposition contention were upheld, three other appointed mem- hers of the senate must be put out. He named Senators Butler, Repub- lican, Massachusetts; Williams, Re- publican, Missouri; ‘and Robinson, Republican, Indiana, Washington, ‘twelve people were killed and eleven others serlously injured whe Mn Nae thd ena eee oie wrecked the plant of the Newport Rosin and Turpentine Co. at Pensacc Mit, Photo shows the blaze at| state iaw permits the governor of its height, Note how windows and bits of siding were blown out by the explosion, the cause of which Is rath BRIBE RUMORS ARE ARLOAT IN MURDER PROBE Grand Jury Convenes at Guth- rie to Investigate In- i ‘dian Slayings | Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 11.—@) ! Rumors that a $10,000 bribe thwart- ed inquiry »several months ago into} the mysterious slayings of several) ee Indians in Osage unknown, TODAY IN WASHINGTON Interior nea! ax rate schedules. TWO ALLEGED — BANDITS SHOT | BY PATROLMAN| county:|One Draws. a, Revolver, When in house, rd deci- e finance committee de- ! WATKINS WILL Appeals for Funds to Gather Anti tends to see that eve: enforce the..prahibition North Dakota to appoint onl; [padi This contention, ‘Senator | Norris said, was only a technicality. Referring to the other senators ap- pointed by governors, he asserted: ‘Will Challenge Votes “Nye is more entitled to his seat than these senators because Nye was appointed to serve only until a spec- ial election elects a senator, while the others were named to fill the entire term of the late predecessors until the next general election. “I want to serve notice now that I will challenge the vote of these three senators if they vote on the \ Nye case. “I am_ not claiming that Senators Butler, Williams and Robinson were wrongfully seated. I am only claim- ing that if you are going to-exclude TRY TO REMOVE LAX OFFICIALS Evidence of Failure to Enforce Law Nye, you should exclude them too.” { Bruce Opposes Appointment. Minneapolis, Jan. + Senator Bruce, Maryland, Demo- erat, speaking in opposition to the seating of Nye, said that a study of ‘rth Dakota law had caused him to. ition how any one could con- Saloon League of ty official in the state ed'to-the-frontas the United) moved. - This “nieaRage - wa: a i$ governor had a right. to: fit es grand jury convened here to- | Officer Attempts ic Search by the Rev. FP. L. SShoot ri Kit; rial vacancy by appointment. | . Watkins, Anti-Saloon League work-| 4\u if appointment provisions of Al . McDonald, a former United the:Pair ~ pr, to. the congregation. of Wesley; tne North Dakota law. applied to sen- States. al of the western d Methodist Episcopal church here{atorial vacancies, he said, the gover- trict of Oklahoma, who dec sue aunt ;.| Sunday, Mr. Watkins appealed for|nor still would not ‘have authority ibe rumors were directed at} him, he would appear before the grand jury and demand to be heard. The rumors are to the effect th MeDonald and other former officials | the b: Pawpuska attorney at the time of the first investigation, McDonald said ‘wo Indictments Returned Despite the fact that tant Uinted States at turday there pments in th m that would only two indictments autde be devel vestigat ’ acs palteteay, tone intone. ‘ dow, who shot him twice vray along eithsdoin jj more, killing hin: instantly. ‘owboy-farmer, The: i ay with, murder in conn | slaying of H Roan, an H Indian. | of pol- taaking an effort to collect it in federal court at Tulsa. Ramsay was accused of the actual| slaying and Hale of being an neces: sory before the fact, CHARGED WITH AIDING YEGGS Alleged Cutianian Safs Offi- cer Had Advance Infor- mation on Robbery Hillsboro, Mo., Jan. 11.—()—Chief olice L. W. Hurst, of Desoto, Mo., in jail here today, charged with having aided the escape of bandits who robbed the American Bank of Desoto of $10,640 December 30. Hurst is charged with having ad- vance information of the route to taken by the bandits in their es- from the bank and with having his posses off their trail. ‘An alleged confession by Wii Perkins, on whose farm the nk loot is alleged to have been divided, led to the arrest of the officer Sat- urday. ‘Hurst, according to Desoto authorities, denies sharing in the loot but admi ownership of a_ rifle found in the Perkins home. Perkins declares Hurst lent' the rifle to the robbers to/be used in the robbery. Women Learn to Make Repairs on Home Equipment Ellendale, ’N. D. (#)~--Men ind women work side by side with hammers, pliers and other tools in the spe home, mechanics course which is ing offered to stude at the state normal and industria! aes h How to repair contrivances used in the home is of special interest to the. women students, who are being taught how to repair electric irons, crs, vacuum cleaners and other Eien Other items of interest. wie. fexes'> are shoe ‘ cobbling, "lin fining and" patntng and} ininhing and painting, and so! cata Mo: mehtion, ix made eu fos mee method fof cing. faniily “exper of ed from alin dentified men, belie: funds for the League to employ two| to make the appointment because of Pe e) inve to gather evidence| other methods prescribed for fi Were shot to death early today when} against lax officials to present to the| such an office. attempted to attack Vatrolman | governor or the state courts. y them in a restauran: he men told conflictin nd when Candow started them one man dre revol dow knocked the gun from nd put a bullet through Turning, Candow shot t man twice. He died in n, recoverin | '!S KILLED wo POLIGE CHIEF AAG MURDER Nine Shots Fired J Chicago, Ja Beton engendered ights, combined with | oeret trade wars, {gang murder last nig! ;Spingola, 28, wealthy polit |law school graduate, was fatally wounded as he sat tomobile in front of a restaurant o: He was a broth notorious the southwest side. er-in-law of the brothers, three of whom slain in the past year. in the restaurant, stepped of the car. car. pistols against the curta a fusilade into Spingol he slumped over the wheel, slugs in his body, they fi foot Valley City People’s Opi ment, trar, efficiently. various counti such quarter. report to the state a ditors of the state. ‘motor vehicle the large ha}f-\of! the hel used,. thieieney.- ty a can be maintained. if put. Body—Believed Result of Political Feud ! Ingstad Doing Good Work in. the State License Department rd stories; | to search ver. his hand the man’s he second 2 hospital ne hi IN into His ti shot in his av J have ingola, quitting a pinoehle gam across the sidewalk and into the driver's sea‘ Across the street, watch ing, were four men in a dark touring They ran briskly over, thrust s and fired ear. As with nine led. Three escaped in their automobile; one on n.—The North Bakota Motor Vehicle depart- with Fred B. Ingstad as rey ig one state department that is functioning one hundred per cent When Mr. Ingstad took over the office there were sixteen people employed in the office and as a@ rule the quarterly report to the were not out for several months after the close of With the added equip- ment Mr. Ingstad has installed he has rédvced his force to eight people and on January 1 he mailed the quarter- ditor for eee to be sent to the various au- In 1914 117,000 this work Mr. Ingatad did with one at was formerly nie office 8 is kept clared that the ed‘ out a $2,500,000,000 industry and Speaking on the topic “Is ‘Mae Eighteenth Amendment Solving The Liquor Problem?” Mr. Watkins de- mendment has “wip- MOTOR TRIP UP HEART RIVER left not a tra of it except the ap- petite.” He described his work as a special agent of the state of North Dakota along the Canadian boundary, where his mil ty earned | him his “Shoot tet Kill” Watkin “Not more than five per cent ot| the people in the United States vio-| 44. 4 S lute the Volstead act and they are| Five Cars Make Start But mostly aliens at that,” he — said. ry “Statements of the ‘wets’ are made} Go Only 55 Miles—One of “rubber and always | stretehed, The liquor industry, however, has 98| Breaks Through Ice lives and won't quit until it is| throttled and crushed. The great-| Mandan, ND, Jan. 1 ext danger to the eighteenth amend-|'Thawite "weather, aul” theelucatog ment ix that the people who put it| skiex with -water running-board deep across go to sleep while the li-| in spots, scared out all but five cars quor forces are activ of u caravan of motorists that yes- !terday sought to drive from’ Mandan to Dickinson, 4 distance of nearly SCULPTOR IS COMMITTED TO AN ASYLUM Appeals to Police for Protec- tion—Claims He Is Being “Railroaded” New York, Jan. 11 Deapite| that he is being “railroad- m Ordway Partridge, one most prominent seulp- tors, today was in the hands of at-| tendants of the state hospital for the insan it His appeal to police for protection ight revealed that already he; has spent several months in the hos-| pital, ‘An asylum attendant was tak- ing him from a hotel, where he had been staying with his wife, when he called to a policeman who took the pair to the nearest station. The attendant produced a commit- ment for the return of “John Part- ridge O. Porter” to the asylum. Mr.! Partridge said the only explanation he could give for the name on the commitment papers was that “a cer- tain person is trying to railroad me to the asylum secretly to get my/ wealth.” He admitted that he hadj gone to the asylum last October and was released on pardle two weeks ago. Mrs. Partridge refused to comment. The attendant said that Partridge was} & being returned “because of a little trouble at the hote! Police said r, for they had no authority to free him,| beating up two pollinse who pre- Partridge he was going to take reves him from crossing the ‘sti eat legal action at once. ston in. whieh trohite me partici SHOPPING WEEKS London.—England is going th United States one better on “weeks. Now they have their Christmas shop- fhe weeks, not one, but several, ‘he movement is being taken advan- | not wreing tat he ent who Pog ace pees urging that the entire year spent © in" shoppi nd that nothing be bought Peon British goods. —— A lock ‘exhibited in-London férty. years ci meetaieed 38,674,385 differ- | s ent comil ra | 800 miles, via the frozen Heart river, H. C. Kinzel of Mandan, pilot of the caravan, registered a distance of 55 miles, two farmer parties and one other car from the city renraining with him until one | machine went through the ice in four feet of wa- Be It was pulled out without diffi- culty. The trip will be attempted again when the ice is solid and conditions favorable. Reward of $50 _ Has Been Offered for Turkey Thieves Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 11.—(#)— A reward has been offered by the (Northwest Turkey Breeders Asso- salen for the arrest and convic- mn of persons stealing turkey: Many valuable birds, have bee: stolen recently, Ed. L. Hayes, Min- neapolis, Minn., president of the or- ganization, said. Included in ‘the list ot turkeys reported stolen are some which took prizes at the last All- American turkey show and others which were produced by prize win- rg The néxt All-American Tur- Exposition will be held here from Fa ruary 1 to 5. Want Brazilian Agent I Recalled 11. —WP)—The Black Tokyo, Jan. 11) ragon and oth