The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST nerally fair tonight and Tues y; colder tonight. CK TRIBUNE [om ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1926 COAL STRIKE IS BLAME PRICE FIVE CENTS a Ps SENTIMENT 1S | a ee IIS ARRAYS A Ai Sar Pas A ror dnb op inp np rpg eb rd nb Gehens [__New york ies ovr CORONER SAYS Where fe SAFETY MEET) Geverncr Sorlie Asks Mayors and County Chairmen For Their Ideas THE SUBJECT IS TIMELY President Coolidge’s Second Safety Conference to Be Held in March unch a state-wide safe paign ich’ would make No! Dakota leader in safety work in th nation were today by Governor . Sorlie in letters to mayors of and chairmen of county boards of commissioners asking their opin- ion as to the advisability of calling a state-wide safety conference. “North Dakota ranks near the top: in the safe driving of automobiles, according to the best available in- formation,” Governor Sorlie’s letter said. “On the other hand there are still too many deaths and accidents in this state due to careless and reck- less driving and this carelessness seems to be growing rather than de- Steps to 1 clining. { “All of use desire that the state shall retain its enviable reputation for safe and sane use of our high- ways. This can be done by a state- wide campaign of education to pro- mote greater safety in driving, rigid| adherence to the rules of the road| and the official and‘ volunteer pro- mulgation and enforcement of safety measure: ' Purpose of President’s Mecting “President Coolidge summoned a second ‘National Conference on Streets and Highway’s’ to be held in Washington on March 23, 24, and 26 and its purpose is as follows: “‘This conference was created to investigate the causes of street and! high’ ecidents, and to reco#.ii.tnd | remedial ‘measures, and to promote | greater uniformity in action among the several states and municipalities. The conference has already made con-} siderable progress in the co-ordina-/| tion of public efforts in these direc- tions.’ “Many of the larger cities have municipal safety councils and have done mach to improve urban condi- tions, Some states have a state high- way police to protect the careful driv- er from the reckless or intoxicated nutoist. But, to. the best of: our} knowledge, no state has attempted to grapple this safety problem oh a (Continued on page three) TOO MUCH WEALTH ALCOHOL AND DUELLING PLAYING AT WAR IRRIGATIONS VALUE. By ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright, 1926.) This rich, not one-tenth developed nation, enjoys what the French cal! Yembarras de richesse,” so many kinds of wealth, and so much of each kind, that sometimes it, really is em- barrassing. The Denver Post tells of truck farmers in the. surpassing rich San ‘Luis valley, asking the government to protect them ageinst too many mild ducks. Farmers plant miles of pea fields for canneries, and wild ducks, like a cloud, eat the! peaf? The ducks will be annoyed when R. G. Parvis; Solemete game com- missioner, carries out his plan and sends a snorting, humming airplane, up end en, ot te valle: Trgtening jucks from the pees. in imagine the rege of those ‘ducks when they thet new bird, Jooking to them as big es.a moun- tain, belNowing and roaring at 100 ‘ones an hour tp, and down the val- ley Pest Thet’s better. than in old days be- fore the French pba alge me miserable peasants wa! e deer eat their crops, and wild boars root ‘up their gardens, ‘helpless because noblemen wanted the pleasure of kiil- ing those animals would not let the peasants touch them. That: is one of, many things that frought on the French revolution. To avoid revolution, make the masses contented. Give them something to ive for. inet is done here by manufactur- ero_of, radio, apparatus, automobil: wing pictures. The fact disturb bi y Ae on mond make the people hesi- tate. PPS 4 a human habits, estab- lished lor centuries, curing men by Jaw of their natural impulses, is slow, $ we Nhibition ‘proves it in this coun- it in France. oan sa” fens con. bination of priest.and: statesman, gav-' oraing France over ‘head o! weak ki ing, grew tired of the duels | that. kill made duelli ‘of the bravest. He roa cohel offense, and duellists were gotually executed. That, ped u: would ‘say, should have deetng Two da) geo i nt “Monsieur 1 y 4 ‘Mp. Mar- Ye carts, The, / f a ster eT jiane 5 aes ich, ‘Italiane and want te fiat duels, Bhddo fight om x 6 : (Continued j In ruins of the collapsed North & New Britain, Conn., shown. above, lost their lives. SECRETARY OF WAR DAVIS ORDERS TWO SEPARATE a aa OF "CONDITIONS | Will Look Into Reports That Air Officers Are Active in the Interests of a Separate Air Corps — Anonymous Circulars Urge “Educa- tional Work” Washington, —(P)—hh gation of conditions in the service has been ordered by, Seere' of the war department. secretary wants to know till a yal methods in rying forward the agi tion for separate air corp: To establish the facts, two separ- ate» inqui have been the secretary. One p! placed- in the hands of } eral Eli A. Helm al of the A trusted to Major ( atrick, chief of the Whether discipli: 8 sin which preceded the exit of Colone! William Mitchell from the army will follow. Evidence Not Disclosed While Mr. Davis and other dep ment officials decline to discl eyidenée-which led to the de a sweeping investigation, that \the war. secretary has in his | Bogsetifion copies of anonymous doc ments beligved by some departmental authoritles to e been mimeo- graphed and distributed through air service’ headquarters. These , culled upon recipients, believed to ‘be air service ofticers on duty with nation- aly guard id reserve organizations throughout the country, to “get busy” in their support of the air corps bill. Reported activities of air officers in furnishing congressmen with p: pared statements imtended for dis- tribution through their offices at the capitol and supporting other leg. islative proposals for the president's air policy also will be lly inquired into by the inves- it is he wpdersinnd by all army office: it President Coolidge con- curs in the ‘conclusions of his air board, which recommended against the separate ait service advocated by Mitchell, and proposed instead that air personnel be placed under a spe- cial assistant secretary of war and remain an integral part of the army. Nevertheless, General Patrick re- cently went before a house committee and-renewed his. advocacy of a sep- co A bill embodying his recommendations was introduced im- (Continued on page three) _ IS SHE GUILTY? OLGA. MAYNARD The finger of suspicion points at) Olga Maynard in the murder’ of Henry Rand, for the stub of @: theater ticket she is known to have used + was found in’ the* in with the «murdered man. . it “it in The Yellow i Snowstorm Took Eigh Snow piled up on the rocf until it gave way. tr iteration of! Li 8 ives Aeaanse Judd’ Manufacturing: Co. foundry, 20 persons were buried and eight ARMY AIR SERVICE | | TODAY IN WASHINGTON Tax bill remains before senate. House i resumes hearing on_av Senate judiciary committee considers proposed aluminum in- vestigation. ‘MUSIC BY THE ELKS BAND 10 Program Tonight Will For- mally Open Hoskins-Meyer Radio Station A concert by the Elks bard will be adeast Trom the Elks hall begin- ning at 8 o'clock this evening as the | program formally opening the Bis- marek radio station KFYR, owned and operated by Hoskins-Meyer, Ine. The station has noon the air at various the past couple of k, and reception reports ‘have come from points as far away as 100 miles. The station tis one of 10 watts, and reception at |such distances is’ considered ' very | good. : The studio is located in the music room of Hoskins-Meyer, on Fourth | street, with the station equipment jlocated in the basement. Tonight’s BE BROADCAST VOTE ON TAY BILL WANTED BY SATURDAY Leaders of Both Parties Insist on Ending Fight by. End of Week TO LENGTHEN SESSIONS | Senator Norris to Lead Fight For Income Tax Return Publicity’ Washington, Feb, 8.---P)—The sen- ate dug in today in continuance of | its fight over tax reduction with, leaders of both parties determined ¢o | bring the revenue bill to a final vote before the end of the week. Opponents of certain provisions of the measure were faced with the de- claration of Chairman Smoot of the! finance committee, in charge of the, bill, that he would demand night ses-} sions starting immediately. Under that program the senate would sit in continuous session from 11 a, m. until the measure is passed. More than a week of debate on the bill has resulted in a decision. oni only one of the three main contro- versial provisions—reduction of the surtax rates—and for the fourth consecutive session the senate today sought to reach a vote on the provi- sion repealing the law allowing pub- lication of the amounts of income tag payments. Senator Norris, Republican braska, who has led the fight other controversial sections o: bill, was ready today to renew his effort to amend it to include public inspection of all income tax returns.; | The investigation of the internal} revenue bureau, which was conducted by a special senate committee, also‘ awaited further airing today. | Former Hotel Man ‘at Elgin to Conduct Rooming House Here John Krueg, formerly proprietor of the Elgin Hotel, Elgin, North Dako. ta, has Jeased the large rooming house at No. 46 Main street, Bis- imarck, and,will conduct a rooming and boarding house. Mr. Krueg has thad a wide experience in the hotel and restaurant business, and will. un- doubtedly make « success. ‘Phe Toca: tion is admirable for this purpose,| being right in the down-town district, and on the three main highways, the National Parks and Capital to Capi tal, and the Metigoshee Trail. ‘U.S. LEADS. INNUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES 19,999,436 Motor Vehicles Here—Other Countries Gaining, However program will be broadcast directly i from the Elks hall by remote con- trol, the music being carried by wire ‘to the studio and then sent into the air. Following tonight's formal open- ing, the local station will broadcast lat regular intervals, with the idea of sending out programs at hours jwhen very few distant stations are available locally, thereby furnis! ‘a service which will be greatly appre- ciated by owners of radio sets. An observance of the 16th anniver- sary of the Boy Scouts organization, a part of tonight’s radio program will be furnished by a Boy Scout bugler, and J..J. M McLeod, in charge of Boys’ and girls’ work in the city, {will give a short talk on. the Boy Scout activities. MAN WITHOUT "AN APPENDIX DISCOVERED Finding Disproves ‘Belief All Men Are Created Equal, Says Doctor Chicago, Feb. 8—(#)—Discovery of a man without an apbendls is’ an- nounced by: Dry. W, A’ Newman Dor- land of the Georgeas memorial insti- tute. He \thinks it disproves the lief that all men are created equal, part for part, i The institute believes the discovery is important in its bearing upon the question whether the appendix per- forms any useful function within t! body, Dr. Dorland thinks the pendix wéuld not be present so per- siatently if it did not have a job. “Complete absence of the appendix is rare in man,” he explains, “but. it is common in such animals as the dog or cat. The. persistence of the ap- pendix in man, . altho varying: irom a half inch to nM length, and though varying, in form and structure, is a st for its functional Washington, Feb. 8.— (®) —The world had 25,973,928 automotive ve- hicles in operation on January 1 Commerce department figures, co! piled as a result of a world-w: census, disclosed that this total is sareeee in excess of that for a year ye: fore. While the United States predom- inated overwhelmingly in automotive vehicles in operation with 19,999,436, other countries were becoming more important factors. Great ‘Britain hi 1,474,573 machines running; France 855,000; Canada 727,504; Ger- many 539,830; Italy 184,700; Argen- tina 181,250; Brazil’ 64,950 and Rus- sia 18,600. In Switzerland there jis only one New snow removing machinery the big city had to dig itself out from under a 10-inc! of the New York street cleaning ee SUNDAY BLUE LAW, 123 YEARS OLD, ENFORCED Motorists Are Kept at Home, Various Business Estab- lishments Closed | Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 8.—(#) Sunday blue law, 123 years old, kept! motorists at home and closed stores and other establishments in parts of ‘the state yesterday, while other sections reported business as| usual. teen persons were cited in! ie for violation ‘of the law; which provided a forfeiture for “any merchant, artificer, tradesman, farm- er, or any other persons found guilty: of doing or exercising any of the ife or of causing | same to be done by his children rvants-—act of real necessity or! charity excepted.” Among those receiving citations here, was J. G. Stahlman, executive director of the Nashville Banner, and wuk- Len,’ publisher -of the: Nashville Tennessean, J. P. W. Brown, mauag- er. of the “Nashville Railway and| Light company, and the managers of| gasoline filling stations, news stands, automobile rental co cigur stores and bootbl: 0 included. Other ¢! Ehipuehnat the st reported varivus dttitudes as to th jaw, Warrants Issued Warrants for the arrest of those} charged with violating the law, pass-| ed in 1 Nas $3 for exc the state a making the~ t edict but none were arrested ough — deputy sheriffs patroled the state looking for such violators. | The. law, after its many years of} unenforcement, came to light when the state supreme court handed dow a decision recently in the case of filling statiig: owner charged with violating the law. He ob! ed an in- junction to prevent further arrest: but it was dissolved. Creditors of Bank at Russell to Get Dividend Payment of a 20 per cent dividend to creditors of the First State bank of Russell was announced here today by By. R. Baird, state bank receiver. The payment will be made through the office of G. R. Landsickle, district representative of the receiver, at P divorce in every 16 marriages. PRESENT NONPARTISAN OFFICERS WILL BE CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED THEMSELVES, SURVEY TODAY SHOWS (By Associated Press.) Plans for the Nonpartisan-Repub- lican state convention, scheduled for Wednesday, were in the foreground ‘today with the arrival here of @ few | Sorli scattering delegates. ‘Under the proposed schedule State Chairman Roy Frazier, Divide county, wifl call the convention to order at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning and proceed to the designation of a com- mittee on credentials, Other activi- ties will be suspended unti) this com- mittee reports. names were being mentioned ‘as candidates for permanent chair- man. They are Ben Larkin, Eddy county, speaker of the house at the lest session, and now employed by ‘the state railroad board, and J. ‘Miller, Bottineau. All Willing to Run Agai Efforts by various leaders to up @ slate of candidates for presente. tion to the convention have taken on: dy the form of discussions. A surve: by the Associated Press #idicates that‘ every incumbent elected as 28 Nonpartisan will be # candidate for ‘the favor of the convention to retain this present office. Most of them eid they will run again if do so tke convention. ‘The fist includes Governor A. G. forlie, Frank Mitholtan, ©. ° W. end Fay Ha ing, board: ft the -atate railroad Treapurér C. A. Fishor, Secretaty C.. sone ‘county, and A S. asked to| toda: lieutenant. ithe conventio been ‘members j.cand 3; State | lie ini of! Miss inot, \ > State Robert Byrne and Commission- er of Insuranve S. A. Olsnes. far as-is known here none of them will have opposition except Ggvernor rlie, and sentiment at the" state ‘house today was that the will win without difficulty. Atténtion is expected to turn to- ward ‘a united Nonpartisan effort to win some of the state offices: now held ‘by I. V. A. Republicans. a Names Suggested Among names suggested in political circles @s candidates for various of- fices now held by I. V. A.’s are: For attorney‘general, Judge W. S. Lauder, Wehpeton; for commissioner of agri- “and labor, Senators Benson, ‘Rolette county; Nels Magnuson, Bot- Marshall, county. For state auditor, Frank Vogel, Mc- ‘Lean county, floor leader in the 86 ‘at the last legislative session, end Brandt of Linton. Lievtenant Governor Walter Mad- dock, Plaza, who has been the object of a mild boom for the post of com: missiner of agriculture and labor, has wi mame from ‘considera- tion for sbhat job, his frien Maddock will run again for governor if supported by in, they said. Little has regarding Nonpartisan for superintendent of pub- iy » @ post now held by Mae he wudeon, ; ys | ON GULF SEIZE MUCH LIQUOR : and others. So| congress and has become a subject of ‘ton, 8. C., Two Killed When Train Hits Auto White Bear Lake, Minh., Feb. 8A) ss Mabel Magnuson, 19, of Chisago City, Minn, and Frank Erickson, 22, ul, were killed early Sunday when an automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific train near he: Miss Cecelia Anderson and G gory Preirer, both of St. were injured but will rece .|COAST GUARDS | 00,000 Worth of Booze and Equipment Taken During | Past Two Weeks Key We: » Feb, 8—(?)—' Coast guards operating along the| Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama! coast, on the Gulf of Mexico, have! captured liquor ‘and equipment. valu-} ed at approximately $600,000 in th past two ks, tain John C Berry, com: divi- sion, announe The latest este $40,000. Capture of or, out from Mobile is the largst prize as quor and bottling Petition Charges. Companies Have Already Violated Anti-Trust Acts ( Washington, Feb. 8.—(®)—The federal courts were asked by the gov- ernment today to prevent formation of “a huge combination in the bak- ing industry” by the Ward interests In an“anti-trust suit filed ine balti- more the government named the Gen- eral Baking, Continental Baking, and United Bakeries interests as linked with the Ward companies in the en- terprise. An injunction was re- quested. 5 It was charged in the petition that | the companies named already had violated both the Sherman and Clay- ton anti-trust acts, and it was asked that the defendants not only be pre- vented from further amalgamation, but required to dissolve any combin- ations already entered into. - Ward Company Heads List The Ward Food Products corpora- tion, whose recent incorporation in Baltimore led to much criticism in investigation by the federal trade commission, headed the list of those cited. by the government as making up the “huge combination The other corporations and dividuals named as defendants were: «The Ward Baking corporation, The Ward Baking company, the General Baking ‘company, the General Baking corppration, the Continental Baking corporation, United Bakeries corpor- ation and William B. Ward, Howard R. Werd, William Deininger, Pau! H. Helms, J. W. Rumbough, B. E. (Continued on page three) Charleston Contest For National Title to Begin Tonight Chicago, Feb. 8—()—Champion j the buil Charleston dancers from more than @ score of cities began arriving here ‘today for the national contest start- ing tonight. Sectional honors will be dectded tot iv The winn' dancing teams, to- er with members of the next two in order will receive silver cups. Among ‘visitors expected he®e is Mayor Charles P. Stony, of Charles- where the popular dance originated, s department came én handy when hh snowfall the other day. TROOPS STAND GUARD DURING NEGRO'S TRIAL Court House Surrounded by Six-foot Fence—Machine Guns Ready Georgetown, Del., Feb. th the courthouse square tra! formed into an army camp by three batteries of the Delaware National juard, this quiet little town, the county seat of Sussex, presented a warlike appearance today for the ial of Harry Butler, negro, who is d of a: -old white girl. Troope are Iting a tanding constant guard outside a foot barbed wire feriee, hastily built around ithe court- house last night. A machine gun is mounted on a tower that command the entrances of the building. teen other machine guns are planted at strategic points about the struc- ‘ture. Admission can be by a special pass. Two anti-aircraft batteries have been armed with hand grenades, mus tard gas and tear bombs, in addition to their rifles. Outside the town, a squadron of state police are patrobing he highways to prevent the congre- gation of ns and an additional 20 state troopers are being held for n emergency at a nearby hot Victim's Skull Fractured ictim of the attack, in a precarious pital at Milford, ng from seven skull fractures gained only uf ree her near her home at The ne- aroused such intense in- dignation throughout lower Delaware that a mob of thi Is in an effort to lynch the negro he night of the crime. ED TO “ROWD BACK orgetown, Del, Feb. 8. bombs were brought in! arding the w (P)— court vd 0! an atte the trial of charged with crimini old white girl. The crowd broke down a part of the barbed wire fence surrounding ing, and when efforts at pacification failed the guardsmen burled 20 or 30 bombs from the up- per windows of the court ‘house. negro, assault on a 10- The crowd quickly scattered, and|* several persons were slightly injured in the rush. After the fumes passed off, the crowd gathered at the wire again but was a little less emphatic. o'clock court recessed un- m. Auxiliary Invites National President to Attend Meeting Fargo, N. D., Feb. 8—UP)—An in- vitation to address the annual state convention at Minot on June 23 and 24 has been issued to Mrs. Eliza Lon- don Shepard, national president, it was announced at auxiliary head- quarters here today. Department officers are planning the biggest convention in the tory of the auxiliary, the announce- ment said, and a record number of delegates is expected to attend. At the height of 1000 feet one may see an object 36.36 nautical miles at sea. Arthur Brisbane Will Write For Daily Tribune Starting today, the Tribune publishes Arthur Brisbane’s fam- ous “TODAY” column, editori ,comment upon various news phases of the day. It will be found on page one, column one, every day. You will enjoy Brisbane’s style even if you do not always agree with his conclusion. He writes in an entertaining, breezy manner. His interpretation of the world’s news has a most ih- teresting slant. .s Follow Brisbane’s comments on many subjects through his column, You won’t want to miss a numberof The Tribune after you start this feature. ved when the negro clubbed and | his- | to ls D FOR WOMAN'S DEATH WIFEOF MINER LACKED FOOD All Nourishment Obtained at Soup Kitchew Was Given to Children WAS TOO PROUD TO BEG Suffering and Destitution Are Reported From All Mining Regions Wilkes Barre, Pa, Feb. 8.—UP)— trvation, as a result of the anth- strike, has claimed its first victim, Destitute and want have been re- ported from all parts of the region for several weeks, but the first of actual starvation was revealed yesterday when the death of . Mrs. ary Harrington, at A wife of a striking miner, was investigated, Deputy Coroner Sener suid he was convinced that her death was due to starvation, Mrs. Harrington’s husband had left the coal, field to find employment elsewhere. What little food she had received, Mr. Sener said, was obtain- ed from a soup kitchen and thie had been given to her children, one of which was only five months old. The deputy coroner said the woman had been ‘too proud to ask uid for her- sel John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, returned to the anthracite belt today. He es- tablished headquarters in this city and planned to make another tour of the region, during which he will deliver a series of addresses. FOURTH TRIP WILLBE MADE FOR PRISONER Minnesota Officials Will Teach Man That the Law Never Forgets Minneapolis, Feb. 8—(P)—For the a time in four years Minnesota oficials back Ss! 'Parg on Wednesds on a four-year-old indic ing him with complicity bery of the Almelund, “We are going out to Fargo after him again,” C.D. Brown, manag. of the protective de; artment of th {Minnesota bankets’ associatio last_night. “We are going to teach him that the law never forgets if we have to keep on going for the next 10 yeni Three times the Minnesota offi have been ¢ vieted in F sentenced to three there on a charge of attempted bur- glary at Martin, N. TWO KILLED IN TRIANGLE LOVE-AFFAIR Police Hunt Man Said by Wo- man in the Case to Have Fired the Shots St. Paul, Feb. (A)—Two men were shot and killed in an apart- ment ‘here late Sunday by another man as the result of a quarrel. The victims were Harold “Lou” Jagher, 35, and Fred Schrader, 31. Police are searching for Nazzaro Vot- to, alias Tony Votto, who is alleged to have fired the shots from a shot- gun. Gallagher's wife told officers that Votto had been. paying attentions her. Her husband objected, and an argument finvolving. the Galla- ghers, Mr. and Mrs. Schrader, and hes ensued. The shootting fol- is wanted ment char; in the rol Farmers’ State Bank at f $14,000. rgo courts and rs in prison —____________.6 Weather Report | Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last: nigth Breet itetlanisg 7a. m. ighest wind. velocit; WEATHER For Bismarek and vicini erally fair tonight. and