The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1926, Page 1

———$ WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonigth and Thursday; colder tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS PRIVATION ——_—_—_—_——— ESTABLISHED 1873 STRIKE CAU THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SES HUNGER, DISTRESS, ~~ - Pow Fre. LAND OF OSAGE MURDERS HOME OF WILD WEST Story of Osage Killings Has Breath of Romantic Fron- tier West FORTUNE IS AT_STAKE Oil Was Found in 1906 oh Land Believed to Have Been Worthless (Editor's Note.—This is the first of 4 series of stories from the heart of the’ Osage country, Guthrie, Okla., tha federal government. stories are a picture of @ spot in the west where the fires of intr Yomance and daring still burn brightly.) By Bruce Catton. Special Correspondent. Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 20.—The story of the Osage murders is the story of the land where the bad old west never died. It is a story of crime that spread its dark, devious paths over a back ground of ignorance, greed, supersti tion and sly craft—a story that, how: ever depressing, is nevertheless blown through with a breath of the roman- ic, devil-may-care frontier west tha! we thought gone. And it is an amazing story, too. So amazing that at first you wonder i: it can possibly have happened’ in modern, twentieth centeuy Amerfca. 7 Have Been Ki Seventeen men and women have been murdered. One, William K. Hale, picturesquely known as the g of the Osage Hill: in jail, with vai degree mur- lion-dollar fortune is z is coupled with & humorless irony in the background of these strange murders of — the Osage hills. To understand them you must know something of this background. Otherwise the whole thing is inex- plicable. Land Thought Worthless Lappe vee Bi (getinals 0 in > When the Osage tribe, a branch of the once-dreaded Sioux, was granted a haven in the wilds of unsettled lahoma, * The red man has never in history received a square deal from the | N Cariisle A. Lincoln, of Wayne. Me. HERE’S FIRST ROTOR ICE BOAT is siown on the trial run cf the first rotor ice Loat on Androscoggin Lake. ‘SHORTAGE OF STATE FUNDS WILL PREVENT COMPLETION OF ALE THE HIGHWAY WORK PROPOSED FOR 1926 white man, and that occasion was no: exception, With canny care the great white father looked over his Oklahoma acres and picked out the section that was the most utterly barren and worthless. This section he gave to the Osi fe tribe forever. ‘che Osages settled on it. because nothin, do, but mising land. It was so de olate and barren, in fact, that all of its 1,500,000 acres would not grow enough produce to support the 2000- odd members of the tribe, and the great white father had to dig down and grant each-member a pension of some $4! month, \ In 1889 Oklahoma s opened for white settlement, and the Jand around Osage county became more or less thickly populated. There was com- petition for land all over the state-~ but no, white mah begrudged the Osages ‘their million and = a half acres. * * Oil Wes Discovered =, And then, in 1906, vil was discov- ered on the Osage land. two later more gi] was found. 1912 came a new strike—a monstrous field this time. And the great white father -real- ize, all too late, that the land he had given the outcast Osages contained the richest oil field in the whole country! Further, it was too late to do apything about it. hat happened? Well, the Osages Wecame, instead pf the most poverty- stricken of red men, the richest body of neople on earth, There are 2229 accredited members of the tribe, each with an equal share, or head-ri; in the wealth of the oil land. money is collected for them by the government and cach person’s share is paid annually. And what do these nual divi- de! amount to? Just $15,000-— that’s all. : In other words, ry Osage India has a $15,000 annual income for the’ rest of hie life—except thet it par go up as new wells go . “And, in addition, many Indians have in- vested this money in oil lands out- side the reservation. Practi every arabe isa mlllenales. Som are m many times over. t for Head-Right And here is what started this mys- terious train of murders. * Each Indian’s head-tight, or share in the fabulous wealth of the Oseve cil land, goes on his death to his mext of kin. Consequently— If some white man who had an In- dian‘ wife couid kill off all her rela- ~ tives, she would fall heir to a for- tun a many millions of dollars. William K.. Hale no wife, But hi phew, Erne: hi two are art, has—an ongk th med u e indictment, fed- Gral investigators hint that by the ile” | done are intreasi year. f ae i it its, it is, common talk sprouse ‘this part of the country ian led ‘ divided equally ee Highway Engineer Frahm Explains Status of 1926 Construction Program to County Commissioners of State in Convention at Far- go Today Fargo, N. D., Jan. though ample federal available to finance the road struction program for 1926 now pr jected by the state highway de ment, there will be a shortage the state fund, H. C. Frahm, chief engineer of the highway commission, today told county commissioners at- tending the ‘convention of county commissioners here. Although’ North Dakota has not kept pace with some other states in road construction, Frahm said, he declared that notable progress had been made and that the results were apparent to the road users. Credit for improvements, he said, should ve between the state Tiehwey department and county com- missioners, he said, because the state atutes- and arrangements for pro- viding finances make them jointly, responsible. The System on Dec, 15 On: December 15, 1925, Frahm said, completed work on’ the state and fed- eral @id road system totaled 1,319 miles of grading, 706 miles of gravel- ing and seven miles of paving. Pro- jects under contract or more or less completed total 376 miles of grading and 831. miles of graveling. Some have not been started and others are 95 per cent completed. Work which has been surveyed and for which plans are balng drawn comprise 787 miles of grading and 250 miles of Rreveling. Requests still are com- ing in ftom various county comn\s- sions but all work -not now. survey- ed will be left over until 1927, Frahm suid. Such projects, however, will be surveyed in 1926. A recent apportionment of federal aid funds ape $1,193,720 available for road work in North Dakota. Un- der the fed rules the work must be under agreement by 1928, The shortage in the state highway fund, Frahm said, will result from the fact thet the state will not have enough mouey to match the federal | Cash on fund on hand in the state high- nuary 15, 1920, wa placed at $ 69; estimated ceipts from motor vehicle regis tion $550,000 and estimated receipt from th oline tax, after deduct- ing general fund.and maintenance. re- ,000, a total of $223, le to the tate for ul on construction projee Against this sum Frahm placed es- timated expenditures of $1,267,044.68, of which $315,044.68 represents the state's share of projects as request- ed by county commissioners and sur- veyed. "Must Withhold Awards In view of the fi miles of grading until so late in the fall that no. work will be done and no payments required this year, the chief engineer said. ay Construction ‘of the Williston, Sanigh, Fargo, and Des Lacs lake bridges are provided for by a specitl bridge fund which will be sufficient for the Parnese: the. commissioners were tol Although there will bi in 1927, the department expe: e some. in- crease in receipt h no next year; Frahm Tet lies aid, reason, he explained, is that requests by counties seeking te have wor! more ‘rapidly an the department's income. Three possible remedies were’ out- lined. by the chief engineer to meet the One would be to rée- k| fibre used for the TODAY IN WASHINGTON Aluminum inquiry goes for- ward. House resumes debate on naval bill. , Outdoor ‘opens. Senate continues world debate. Secretary Da house air craft investigation. Railroad long and short haul hearing proceeds in senate com- mittee. 0.K. LOAN TO "FINANCE THE | TWINE PLANT 'Board of Administration Grants Warden Lee Au- thority to Borrow Money Authority to negotiate from the Bank of North ‘Dakota a loan of | $150,000 to finance the operation of the state prison twine plant b granted by the board of administr: tion to John J. Lee, warden of the penitentiary superintendent of the twine plant. At present, Lee told the boa ‘ae twine, plant has to its credit dnly $2,806.47 in cash, despite the fact that it did more business in 1926 than ever before in its histury. A report to tha board shows gross sales for the year were $659,816.99. Dis- counts totuling $65,773.51 were al- lor 4, making the net receipts $604,- The present financial stringency, | Lee said, is due to the expansion pro- {gram for 1926 and following years ‘which has necessitated the expendi- ture of large sums for raw mater- ials and supplies and large capital expenditures for a new warehous new machinery and other improv ments. j ry Business Is Seasonal Since the twine business is sea- sonal in its nature, the last sales at ‘the twine plant are usually made in September for any year. Production j until, shipmen : for the succeeding year the plant. Commenting on the increased pro- duction facilities Warden Lee said: “As an illustration of our increased capacity which has made necessary increased expenditures in materials and supplies, we respectfully c: your attention the fact that our production at this time is in excess of 1,000,000 pounds ahead of the same date last year, which had brok- en the record up to that time. All the investments in materials and supplies shown in our statement are sound values and in the case of materials the present market values are considerably higher than the val- ues shown. Subsequént market trends have again justified our rec- ommendations in regard to early purchases last year and ‘our mater- jals have been bought at prices recreation conference court testifies in greatly below the present. price lev-| h; els. Material Is Higher “The increased cost of inaterial ear has uccounted in part for the Increased investment in mater- jals, disregarding the increased ton- nage, i “Last. year the total value of the ar was approxi- $397,000 while at the present 5,918.22 invested in emp and fibre us- , to say noth- Sate Meay “mately time we hive unmanufact: ed up in mani ing of the hem id amoul All of | | | —aa~~~~ | rophone to broadcast ‘anew his pro- 1 | ‘of American adhesion to the court { | { ' i DAWES FLAYS )DYNAMITE AND SENATE RULES IN RADIO TALK Continuous Debate to Delay Werld Court Reopens His Attack IS NO LONGER AMUSID Senator Reed Yesterday Read Magazine Article Written 33 Years Ago hington, Jan, 20. )-- Vice President Dawes, no longer amused t continuous debate in the senate to delay a decision on the world court question, has resumed his fight for revision of the rules to curb ex- traneous discussion. After sitting for hours in the sen- ate vesterday, listening to opponents deliver speeches and read a magazine article written in 1898, Mr. Dawes’ exasperation led him to a radio mi test against such tac He spoke with so much vigor times that the microphone. tuned to such vehemenc t forth only squawky vibration: Although unseen by his audience, Mr. Dawes felt impelled to emphasize his re- marks with powerful gestures. As a result, the speaking stand he used was almost shattered by raps from his fists, The stand had been construct- ed especially for President Coolidge. Arranging Date for Vote The vice president's impatience was not lessened by the fact that leaders of both sides in the court fight are conducting negotiations to set a date for a vote on the adher- ence resolution. The‘main point of difference is whether the vote shail precede or follow consideration of the tax reduction bill. An article written 33 years ago by Andrew Carnegie and which Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, caused to be read into the record, was referred to by Mr. Dawes in his radio sneech, which was heard by alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of chne- logy at dinners in 67 cities. The reading consumed an hour and a half “and this prompted me,” the vice president said, “to bring the question of the failure of the senate rules to your atteritio He ‘had planned the usual alum address, but changed to his pet subject at the last moe ment. Pointing out that the rules permit discussion of any’ subject. whether ‘not, he advised his hi 14 HAVE BEEN BXECUTED FOR MEXIGAN CRIME Former Officer in State of Jalisco Put to Death for Complicity Mexico City, Jan. ()—It is re~ portdl here that | Alfonzo Noyola,| former lieutenant governor of the state of Jalisco, hus been executed at Guadalajara, for alleged compli- city in the so-called revolutionary plot there. Special dispatches say that Gilbert Chaves, a ranch owner in the state of Jalisco, has court martialed and shot bi concealed some of the baniits who committed the recent outrage on a passenger train near Guadalajara. The putting to death of Chavez makes a totgl of 14 men thus far officially reported .as having been executed for the Guadalajara crime. MORRISON - HOTEL MAY BE CLOSED Federal Agents Claim to Have Secured Evidence To- ward That .End Chicago, Jan. 20,—(#)—Federal prohibition agents, working under cover, were reported early today to ave gathered evidence under which an attempt will be made to padlock the $10,000,000 Morrison hotel, tall- est hostelry in the world, on a charge of having disobeyed the abatement-of- srntile nce clause of the Volstead act. = Harry C. Moir, owner of the hotel, when informed, of the charges made by the agents, declared the whole af- ir was “a climax of congpiracies, entrapments, and briberies.” _ id warrants would be asked by hi 4s ; BULLETS USED } INGRIME ORGY Man Arrested on Charge of Shooting Passenger on North Shore Train CONFESSES MANY CRIM Admits Blowing a Lunchi Wagcn Proorietor to Bits With Dynamite Racine, Wis. Jan. 20, (P) -Police and county authorities today Mplanning a careil check of a long! Mist of crimes which Richard Rogan | wounding a passen; ona Chicago! and North Shi 2 train Monday night. ! Calmly, Ri told a weird story j using dynamite and bullets to| avenge fancied wrongs inflicted on| him by rld whose forces he said | were ranged again to county authorit Murder in the first degree charged against Roghan for the death of Stanley “Happy” Packamore, who was blown to pieces and killed | when his lunch wagon was dynamit-| #d here on November 13, 1925. Fired Into ‘Trains Malicious firing two Shore trains, in which salesman was wounded, charged against Roghan. Roghan admitted both charges when j arraigned yesterday. He was bound over to for trial. Roghan admitted, county officers that “he stole another man’s sweetheart at the point of a gun three months ago and dragged the girl into a field outside the city limits. ! He also admitted a long list boldups and burglaries he: NEW CABINET — ISFORMED IN , _ RBICHSTAG Dr. Hans Luther to Again Head Government— Stresemann at Old Post him, according! was o North Chicago also was! i a sa of Bertin, Jan. 20.—(4)--In_ p ence to # dictatorship threatencd b President Von Hindenburg, the le ers of the parties in the Reichstag have formed a cal Dr, Hans Luther ag the new government as ¢ with Gustav Stresemann hold old portfolio of foreign om | The former Luther minister resigne early last month after the signing of the Locarno pacts in London, and efforts to form a new cabinet been underway since then. Von Hindenburg summoned a doi en Reichstag leaders to the executive and told then y_ and cal barter must He intimated , plainly that the situation required either the setting up of a dictator- ship or the formation of a parlia- mentary . government. 7 Turks Hanged for .Their Part in an Uprising Constantinople, Jan. 20.--#)—sey- en Turks were hanged in the public square of Angora, for having par- ticipated in the recent reactionary movement, yesterday. Twenty-one Turks have been executed during the last fortnight. Na eee Mollie Burkhart, one of the central figures i Osage murder ring story. She is one of the richest of the rich Osage In- disns in Oklahoma and the federal ernment is now investigating charges that her relatitves were killed by white seeking to her wealtl ins an in- M. Henri Berenger, newly appoin' photographed as they ee Ay d French ambassador, and his wife, Lin Washington, D.C. BUTTER PRODUCTION COULD BE INCREASED BY PROPER FEEDING, ee COTS & Evening Gowns to Be Ankle Length New York, Jan. instead of knees into. style. Evening gowns during the ing season are going to be ankle length, according to models dis- played at the annual fashion show of the National Garment Retail- ers’ association. ‘The lower line is confined to evening dr for sports and afternoon costum are still dashingly short, most of the models seldom reaching — to whore than’ three ingheg below: the- knee. . 0.) An ¢ again coming hem ‘TWO DIE FROM OVERDOSES OF ANAESTHETIC Third Woman Is Seriously Il From Same Cause But Will Recover vs of a local at the hos. the district aesthetic. pital will be questioned b. attorney toda Hospital officials said a druggist, in administering the annesthetic, used three times the amount used ordjn- he dead a e and M ‘asi me of the man who ously poisoned but di not given out. She recove was ‘A hospital official said: “It is a mistake and will never hap- pen again. All we can hope is that people do not lose faith in the pital.” county. German Receives New York Station on One Tube Set rk, Jan, 20, York Edison company has rec letter from Hans Steinhau fan in Muniet, German: had been receiving cast from station WJZ in. > for the past six months on a one tube set. He said he had no ground con- nections and used an iron curtain rod as an aerial amid “a veritable sea of tin rooofing.” : ASS r Weather Report Temperature at 7 a, m. Highest yesterda; Lowest last. night Precipitation, to 7 Highest wind veloci WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck an! vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursda: slightly colder. tonight. . For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; slightly cold- er tonight. . t | WEATHER CONDITIONS High pressure, accompanied by cold ze ae pry ails tram, Bie wis per s8iss: ‘alley westwar the north Pacific coast. The tem- ature was below zero, belt ota, South Dakots and in the Canadian Provinces. seattér- ed precipitation occ all: sec; ti fee ee St ME ORRIS W. ROBERTS, ~ Officia} in charge. ed a a radio ng he SPEAKER TELLS i The institution is operated by the ' GOPHER DAIRYMEN If Cows Now on Hand Were Fed Properly, 300,000 Could Be Marketed for ‘Beef Without Decreasing Total Butter Production, Says C. H. Eckles Brainerd culling poor geeding the r . 000,000 pounds added to Minnesota's tion ‘st Minn . 20. (A) cows By nd L inion “OFC He bekted, the nd day's Minnesota State tion here. possible, by applying ples of feeding, to production of the win use from the present figure of 160 pounds’ yearly Mr. Eckles said. tinerease the butt | cows not [to est’ Producers jest producers | properly the 4 ised to that of sted i ne 1 30,000 co testing assoc aug th uch an increase would add 150,- 000,000 pounds of butter to our an- ‘nual production if we keep all the j cows. For the owner of 10 cows this ; Would be 1,000 pounds of additional fat worth nearly $500, 4 “It would not be desirable to add , this amount of butter to the present supply. The thing to do is to in- crease the efficien of production, cutting down the 8 | “By feeding the cows now on hand 00,000 could be sent : to Paul without decreasing ; the butter production.” . Eckles pointed out that the of crops grown in Minnesota in estimated Bt thirds of these crops to live stock. | Livestock Chief Market For Crops fact should not be lost sight i ivestock is the crops. It would ppear that any program for better ng should include as one’ of or parts improvement of live y a d by better livestock P dollar ing meth- | were J. H. j Haw, age opment agent ‘of the Northern Pacific railroad, St. | Paul, who told of the railroad’s part ‘in the development of the dairy in- us lained how adequa essential in agri- ‘ | tray unities to bring pro- | cultural coi | duce to mai Will Advocate | Change in Name for. North Dakota Devils Lake, N. D., Jan. 20.— When C. . Russell attends the. an- nual meeting of the dire a er North Dakota association chairman of the Ramsey county anit he will introduce a resolution, sug- gested by B. W. Driggs of this city, that the state association put up a cash prize of $1,000 in a nation-wide 3V/contest for a new name for North 7| Dakota. | Mr. Driggs is inspired tg this plan, ‘he states, because of the adverse advertising North Dakota has had, and he thinks that the contest would do much towards advertising the state throughout the nation. Garrison Is Held to District Co James “Buck” Garrison, who’ was arrested at Minot recently on # war- hi hil with ‘carrying of the me RELIEF POST ASKING FOOD Police Called Twice to Quiet the Hungry Men, Women and Children RELIEF FUNDS DWINDLE Clerks,’ Waiters, R. R. Em- ployes and Others Idle as Result of Strike Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 20. While legislation for control of an: ite mining awaited action of ttees today, additional reports of hunger and distress, privation and bankruptcy, as a result of the hard coal strike, were received from the coal regions. A crowd of 100 persons, demanding food, stormed the Shamokin chamber of commerce relief station yesterday. The doors had to be locked and the police called twice to quiet the hun- gry men, women and children. Four hundred families are being cared for by the relief station and hundreds by other charitable organ- izations. Funds of the relief bodies are rapidly being depleted and pub- lic appeals probably will be made ortly, unless the strike is settled. Relief Work Continu Relief work on a large s being Centralia, Ash , Shenandoah, Girardville, and Mahonoy City. Hotels and merchants at Scranton and Wilkes Barre report a serious business depression, Two Wilkes Barre hotels have closed their main dining rooms and merchants say that traveting men have almost ceased to come to the coal belt. Not only the miners are idle, but hundreds of street and railroad employes, store cl jvaiters and others have been nto idleness by the mine uspension. Meanwhile, s John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, and Major W. W. Inglis, chairman of the anthracite operators’ negotiating committee, continue to lay the blame for the continuance of the strike at the door of each bther. ‘h Blames The Other wine saints (leaner sas, ‘baok in ilkes Barre. today, after w tour the “nthing fields. ywhere he was received. with outbars thusiasm and at Shenandoah, where he spoke the city took on holiday appearance. A brass band d approximately 10,000 greeved him when he arrived by automobile. In all. his addresses Mr. Lewis de- clared the operators deliberately had foreed the strike in an attempt to’ | reduce wages and to crush the min- | Asserting that arbitra- ition was one issue at the present time, he suid the miners’ representa- itives would not sign any — contract j which embodied that. principle, Major Inglis, in a formal state- ment, reiterated the operators’ de- clarations that they have no desire to destroy the union and said that such statements by Mr. Lewis were made part of a campaign to justify continuing the strike.” LIFE SLOWLY EBBING FROM AGED PRELATE Cardinal Mercier Spends Most of Time in Deep Reflec- tion or Prayer { Brussels, Jan, (#)-—With life slowly ebbing ‘almly awaiting {the end, Cardinal Mercier still re- tains the spirit to do which gave him world wide fame when the Germans invaded Belgium und throughout the world war. The ,aged prelate is seeking to bring about a junion of the Roman and Anglican churches, a task he has been engaged in and praying fo! since the end of the war. Yesterd: despite the contrary desires of his physicians, the cardinal discussed during a goodly portion of the after- noon with Abbe Portal, a missionary priest of Paris, the prospects for the success of the union, Brother Hubert, the cardinal’s faithful attendant, says the patient is heartened and happy in his suffer- ings, considering that he is undergo- ing ‘the ordeals which ist puf- fered. When awake the primate cith- er is in deep reflection or in p Yesterday, the mother superio the hi ital offered the patient a cup of bouillon. Smilingly the cardinal ; thanked her but declined to accept, saying he first must finish saying his rosary. Student Exams Sho Vast. Decrease in Physical Defects Jackson, Miss, Jan. exaafe tions | ove CBM si tion: