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

} CONFEREES REACH CO Unsettled tonight and Sunday: with probably eecaniobal stow. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [ ESTABLISHED 1873 ~— J GREAT CROWDS | ARE EXPECTED | FOR AUTOSHOW / 38 Motor Cars, Worth Approx- imately $100,000 Will Be on Display 18 MAKES REPRESENTED Special Entertainment Will Be Provided Day and Night During Show People throught the ritory tributary to jamarck a trently interested in Bismarek’s firat annual obile show, reports com- ing in to it auto dealers indicate, and it is fiow believed certain that attendance at the show will be much larger than had been anticipated when the affair was first planned. The show will be held in the tab- ernacle building, just north of the City Auditorium, on Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday, March 4, 5 and 6, and it is estimated that $100,000 worth of motor cars will be on exhi- bition under thé\one roof during the show. Ten Bismarck'dealers arc co- operating in the affair and 33 passen- ger automobiles will be shown at the! tabernacle, representing 18 different makes of cars. Be Shown en, Models While most of the cars ‘at the show will be closed. models, there is much interest being shown this spring in} the open sport models, particulariy the sport roadsters, and there wiil be a few of these on display as well. The dealers are endeavoring to place on exhibition every model of car that is being purchased in this state, and every exhibit will bea brand new 1926 model. Practically every car 1 be just out of the fa ‘y--a 1926 production—and most of them will arrive in the city only a few days prior to the opening of the show. In_ addition to the pasenger car display at the. show headquarters, Quanrud, Brink & Reibold, local wholesalers of automobile accessories | and equipment, will Lave a-coniplete display of automobile accessories in the building. This exhibit will fea- ture particularly more commonly used accessories, including radiator caps, moto-meters, bumpers, jacks, stop’ signals, and the like. ‘The various automobile dealcrs,,be-|. sides having their passenger cars on ab. a japemacies agit con motor trucks in their own garages. Those dealing in radips and radio equip- ment will also ture radio displays at their private show rooms, conse- quently visitors at the auto show will not have “seen it all” until the; make side excursions to each loca! and look over the individual displays. Orchestra To Play The main display will be open at 10 o’clock each morning during the three days of the show, and will re- main open until late each evening, As an extra entertainment feature , the committee has secured the North Dakota Chocolate Drops, a James: town orchestra composed of colored musicians, who are said to be fun- makers extraordinary. They can play, dance, ¢ract: jokes and, in fact, keep their audience jn an uproar at all times. The orchestra will play continuously throughout cach after- noon and evening. The committee also plans to have other entertainment features, includ- ing musical numbers and dancing specialties, each afternoon und even- ing. Fine committee om decorations is planning to have the interior of the tabernacle appecptiasely: decorated, with flags and bunting used in pro- fusion’ Each exhibitor will be allow- ed a certain amount of floor space, and uniform signs carrying the deal ers’ names and the names of the var- ious cars on display Will be suspend-! ed from above. * All signs indicate that Bismarck’s | first automobile show will be one of the biggest events of the year. This is an airplane view of the town of Bingham, Utah, buried 1 Bingham is known as the narrowest town has taken 70 lives. can be seen winding through the gorge, while snow that slipped down on the town STATE, COUNTY | CITY OFFICES | CLOSE MONDAY, No Official Business Will Be| Transacted—Schools to | Give Programs Official business will be at a stand-| still in the Capital City Monday— Washington's birthday—which is a legal holiday in the state. Stores and business houses will be open as ugual but all ofices in the state hoyse will be closed, as will also be all county and city offices. Banks of the city will be closed} throughout the day, and the city li- brary will be closed all day. While the day will not be a vacation per-} iod for the public schools, programs | suitable to the occasion will be giv- Compilation BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926 I RN ee | Officials Ridicule Proposal to, Ross W. Johnson, R. R. Detec-| Copyright by the National Geographic Society. yan a n the t the left is shown tl This picture was taken by C army air service. TODAY IN WASHI House debates indep fice bill. Senate in recess. Naval commitee of house dis- tion personnel bill. AUDITORS ARE AT ODDS ABOUT ~ MILL REPORT of Industrial Commission’s Annual Re- port Awaits Outcome Compilation of the annual report] of the state rated as the.most powerful body in the state, pending agreement by two different, industrial commission, litical being held up es in the various school buildings. At! auditors on the annual report of the the..high school an appropriate pro- fam will be given at 9 a. m:, Mon- aay, at which Attorney General George Shafer will be the principal speaker. A ‘ The Bismarck postoffice will ob: serve the usual holiday schedul There will be no rural delivery of mail, Monday, and but one complete city ‘delivery. The general delivery window will be closed all day, with the exception of one hour, from noon until 1 o’dlock. No monev order or registry business will be transacted. DATE IS FIXED POR COMING OF | END OF WORLD : ‘bil a a Nelson, regular auditor of the hired by the industrial commission, e 1 and 0. B. Lund, Bismarck, auditor; the flames had singed his hai for the state auditing board. bu ssion of. the legislature, however, a | state mill and elevator. The auditors in question are K, C. nil Although Nelson and Lund are in agreement an the showing made by the mill during 1925, they cla: various wre engaged in adjusting these dif. ferences, reports received by the i dustrial commission state. ified items differ now tly ang In addition to Nelson and Lund a being em- Management Given to Governor Under ‘the law the industrial com- jission has general supervision over the state mill and) elevator, Bank of Dakota and other state-owned ess enterprise: At the last ll was passed delegating the man- ment to the governor. The indus- trial comminsion, however, still has general supervisory power and avalanche of snow that, it is feared, world. At the right its one street he steep mountainside with drifted ‘aptain A. W. Stevens of the U. S. ‘FIRE TAKES LIFEOF RICH F. B. Pearson Is Burned to * Death in Hotel Room After Night of Reveiry ei Chicago, Feb, 20.—@)—Frederick | Beverly rson, 80, whose father jdied two years ago, leaving a $2,000,- 000 estate, was burned to death t Iday in a fire in his room at the C hidge hotel started by a lighted ci arette. - John H. Hogshead, his young ¢ |panion in a night of revelry, 1 rowly escaped a similar fate. The young men registered at the Claridge at 4:45 a.m. Both had been nking, Hogshead told Thomas Con- don, police captain. The entire room was in flames be- fore Hogshead, who had thrown him- self upon a bed with his clothing on, was awakened. His clothes already were afire He staggered to the door, threw it open and shouted for hel employes put a hose into a prevented the fire from Companion Fi When city firemen ar had been extinguished. about, and left. After polic: rived, Hogshead began asking for his third set of auditors recently has been | companion. at work on the bopks of the state milé and elevator, they ployed by Governor A. G. Sorlic as the manager of the enterprise. Further young. Pearson’s body, tert: lburned, seated in the charred © ‘nants of an overstuffed chair \which he had fallen asleep. ‘Young Pearson inherited most of the $2,000,000 estate of his father, the late. Walter B. Pearson, who was president of the Standard Serew com- hpany. By his father’s will, Pearson would have obtained the $2,000,000 in 1930 when he would have been 35 years old. YOUNG MAN j Llanos, d TIAJUANA ‘ANOTHER MAN LAUGHS AT — IS VICTIM OF _ ATRAGEDY OMAHA MANIAC, Execute American Girls’ | Attacker | VICE DENS STAY OPEN EMPTY SHELLS FOUND) tive, Gets Bullet Wound at Council Bluffs Young American Sailor Lies Residents of Omaha and Vi- in Jail, Slowly Dying of cinity Terrorized by Tuberculosis- Mysterious Sniping Editor's Note.--Here is the first of | (-) as of articles by “Russell. J Birdwell, special writer for The Tri-' ine rifle bune, giving a first-hand account of | 5 conditions at Tiajuana, the Mexican! Ress W thorder town where two American Tread detec girls were so mistreated that they and their parents committed suicide | together. tomorrow, Omaha, Feb. as fallen Another man “man- Johnson, 28-year-old rail- e, was shot and se! ly wounded last night at Bluffs, lowa, across the ious: | Council | Missouri! A sceond story will follow | Five empty. . { plied what the | connecting link hooting and the two Omahans earlier in the week. Similar shells were found near the other victims. By RUSSELL J. BIRDWELL (Special Correspondent) H Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 20.—Here in Satan's town the devil: still borses his playground. And over in San Diego, across the border from where he sits on his un- The new outrage added to the ap- Shaken throne, ix a graveyard—mer-| prehension of residents of Omaha ciful refuge for his victims. i 5 who have been teyroriz Four fresh mounds of earth are | s by the activities of there. Beneath them sleeps the ill- night ng sniper. During fated Peteet family. Audrey and! period several persons have been | Clyde, young and pretty sisters——un- | fired at, in addition to those slain or, willing members of the devil's latest | wounde¢ party —rest_ there father and! condit mother, The girls said they were/ tal today. kidnaped, drugged and despoiled y Tiajuana’s chief Ze and a gang of his Tiajuana frien Then, to-exeape the shame | f living, the whole family laid down | die in the weirdest quadruple sui- cide pact ever known. But here in this city of sin there are no wreaths of mourning. The Old ‘Story Seductive music pours out into the tequila-laden atmosphere from” the | j po bet) Condition Is Critical was examining last night, ‘1 two bullets f1 which the officers b | fective, ; Dr A.D. Searles. aged nhvsician| ; Shot down in his office during Tues- (day night, Wil ieve were inef- eli line for a drink of beer; and curious American sight-seers putting their money into varied gambling contrap: tions. Dens Are Still Open Not one palace of pleasure or den of indecency has been closed here, excepting the Oaklai where the Peteet girls were st drugged by Luis Amador, proprietor. The Hotel! Nacional, ere Lianos is charged attacking 19-year-old Audrey Petect, is just around’ the corner. ‘And an alibied path has been paved for the attackers of American women to travel to freedom. Y “Llanos has too much power, is too big a factor in Mexican political cir- cles, to be dealt with harshly,” is the unanimously spoken comment that he may bi ring squad is ‘An agent of Mayor Palacio, pointed monarch, laughed in my face when I mentioned such a sentence for his crime. “Not Serious” itarge “Why, six years is the very most | practice they wanted, why did they he could get ‘under the lew,” he|select a particular spot not more than dens, saloons and cabar thou- | by , RUThaS WIA nb} nds of ‘dollars exchange hands Shét‘hine ni 1 ss women and scarle 1 American and Mexican girls— dives and men the: rt ' The Peteet family was buried HIS SCHOONER i gesture to keep business going as| usual in this most iniquitous WAS FIRED ON can continent. i Night descends on Leper Lane like | f flash on. Here parades the riff-r of all races; murderers and robbers 69 Times by Coast Guards’ ners, sighing with relief in their ow Bullets protection once more; jovin telephone’ from Lunenberg, Captain Spindler of the schooner Eastwood the United States coast guard cutter Seneca, while the liquor laden schoon- Island. New York coast guard officials last Captain Spindler said that the cut- ter fired first on the schooner’s port jured. They took refuge the schooner's hold. The firing was from 100 yards of the Eastwood, he said. Target Was a “Blind” hourly in the gambling hall has a wife and two small children, | old story still continues in the si bis | y, and on the following began Tia- | juana's gayest four-day a pool of degeneracy and debauche in the history of the North Ameri- a heavy smoke, and clectric signs; |. : raft; Claims His Vessel Was Struck with price tags on their heads in the: states; dope smugglers and rum run-: sale ver the border | —— salesmen over the border) ys i aoe insisted today his vessel had been struck at least 69 times by shells from er was flying the British flag and lying at anchor 21 miles off Long night declared his statement was hardly probable. side and then shelled it from the star- board side. None of the crew was a short distance and began after the Seneca had placed @ target within Say The skipper claimed that the target y the Seneca had been only had the whole sea for their he said. “If it was target PROMISE ON TAX MEASURE | HONORED k G. Logan of Chicago (above) PRICE FIVE CENTS RATIFICATION BY CONGRESS I$ FORESEEN Managers of Bill Believe It Will Become a Law by End of Next Week SENATE CUTS RESTORED Taxes on Autos, Admissions, Etc., Stricken by Senate, Are Restored Washington, Feb. 20—()—The rev- enue bill, whipped into shape after four months of constant work, pro- viding for tax reduction of $381,000,- 000 this year, $343,000,000 thereafter, and for many changes in the admin- istrative features of the present in- come tax law, is ready for its final trip through congress. _ Representing a compromise on pro- visions between the senate and house, the bill will be taken before each branch for ratification the first of next week and, if given approval, will be sent to the White House for the signature of President Coolidge. The measure will become law be- f the end of next week under this program, its managers believe, with many of its provisions for \wide- i spread reductions in taxes becoming effective immediately. In Effect Immediately The lowered income taxes will be effective on incomes of last year on which taxes are payable by March 15. Taxes eliminated by ‘the senate, but restored in conference on the insist- ence of the hou! nferees, include those on automobile passenger cars, admissions and dues and inherit- ance While the house gained main t, retention of the modified in- tance. rates with a provision for 80 per cent credit on account of pay- ments on state inheritance payments, . it was forced to yield to the senate's demand for a retroactive cut in this F and W. B Tyrrell of De! Wis. (bele » been made of the French Academy for t : in the field of anthropol trustee of Beloit Coil as given money institution, High P. 0. Official to Be in Bismarck: of Washington nt aster | ling Glove: second assist in and to wor ster O. Lun ling thro: of the country on offi and is stopping at the larger citi en route to meet the p asters and | clerks, Arrangements will be locally so that all postal empl who desire to meet Mr. Glove do 80, The Washington postal official is not a stranger in Bismarck, having been here on at least two previous occasions, and is quite well known to local business men who may wish to renew their acquaintanceship. Anyone so desiring should get in touch with Postmaster Lundquist, who will a meeting. PRESIDENT’S | CONDITION IS ye general, Monda: Glover can MUCH BETTER’: He Is Still Remaining in His 'Itax whereby ‘FOURTH DEATH the increased rates in effect since 1924 would be eliminated in favor of the lower rates applying in the 1921 law. While the total reduction of $381,- 000,000 is $75,000,000 below the amount proposed by the senate, it is $50,000,000 ubpve that-voted by the house. This is somewhat above the limit set by Secretary Mellon, but confid- ence was expressed by administration leaders that such a cut could be made without danger of a treasury deficit. FROM POISON AT DICKINSON Sister Secundia, Fifth and Last Victim of Fumes, in Serious Condition Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 20.—@)— Death early today’ claimed Sister Theocara as the fourth v m-of the St. Joseph’s hospital poisons; fume tragedy. : ‘ : Sister Secundia, the fifth and last ictim to be overcome by the fume: in a critical condition and_physi- cians held but small hope for her recovery. The sisters were taken ill sudden- y after they had made a trip of in- spection through a new wing just be- ng completed at the hospital. Physicians here think that fumes from a wood stain, used decorat- ing the hospital, paralyzed; the res- But There Is No Immediate! Cause.For Alarm, Says | Professor Moulten * piratory organs, causing their deaths. Thus far no coroner's ‘verdict has The other thr vie ied in a cemete near the hospital and a corps of special nurses and sisters is here to tuke care of any emergency. URY IN THE O'CONNOR CASE DISCHARGED Fails to Reach an Agreement in Nearly 24-Hours of Deliberation Grand Forks, ()—— After being out nearly ‘24 hours, the jury which tried W. V. O’Connor, for- mer cashier of the First Savings bank of Grand Forks, on a charge of em- bezzlement, reported a disagreement shortly before noon today and was discharged by Judge C. M. Cooley. chuckled. ‘ _ +100 yards away from my portside and Lbave not been able to find » sin-!then circle my ship pumping out gle person who believes that Llanos} shells, the majority of which were will get any penalty at all. scoring hits, not on the target, but However, some believe that one of! on my vessel, and endangering” the the group of miscellaneous attackers | tives of my crew and myself?” who took the drugged girls for them-| He expressed amazement at the selves after Chief Llanos and Ams-jSeneca’s action In view of the fact Sor had discarded thent in the hotels| that he “was nog trying to get should be executed “to appease the} away.” unkind) demands of the ited| Throughout the entire encounter, States.” It is generally believed that! Captain Spindler said no word was Amador, “who isn't important any-| exchanged. When the appearance of way,” as they say, will be shot, jan oil tanker made it possible for % ‘him to escape, the Seneca followed ‘An American Sailor the schooner for a couple of miles Around the corner from the Hotel/and then left he Nacional is Tiajuana’s jai ark, filthy ho, hardly fit for beasts. || CART, BLAKE DENIES In it a young American sailor has | SENECA FIRED SHOTS for six long months, slowly New York, Feb. 20. his office. ; from a husky, upstanding | Eugene Blake, Jr., of the coast guard yesterday he returned to his m of! patrol boat Seneca, today denied rer |desk, ane Sivek bine aininawo id) ports from Nova Scotia that the Sen-jfor his semi-weekly conference with ‘oul of some human har-!eca had fired on the schooner East-| newspaper reporters. ¥ ble underworld! wood, as stated by the captain of the pai d he has ‘been! latter vessel when it reached Lunen- be his tomb; burg yesterday. The Seneca now is undergoing an overhauling at the Brooklyn navy yard. aptain Blake said that, no shots had been fired for any reason by the Seneca. % The commander of the Eastwood was quoted as saying that 200 rounds had been fired, many ‘of them strik- Room Today, However— Dates Canceled maintains its own auditor, who also serves as head acqpuntant for the mill. ‘Attorney General ‘George Shafer and J. A. Kitchen, commissioner of agriculture and ‘labor, are IVA Re- publicans and constitute a majority of the board, Governor Sorlie being! the only Nonpartisan- Republican. | Control of the industrial commission will be one of the chief objectives tn the coming political campaign, great stress having been laid on that point at the recent Nonpartisan-Republican convention here, : Although the IVA-Republicans now have a majority, the governor, as chairman, exercises veto power . atters. Hence the practi that the industrial commis- MANY HEAR MISS TALLEY OVER RADIO America’s Youngest Prima Donia Closes Program With “Home, Sweet Home” Washington, though his condition improv neeled ena ained in his room nursing h which he has been suf- Chicago, Feb. 20,-(?)—- Professor F. R. Moulten, of the University of: Chicago, has fixed the date of the! lend of the world. But there is no immediate eause for alarm. may figure it out yourself, he like this. e earth is two thousand million yeers old. The average life of such a planet @ thousand times a mil- lion times a million years or 1,000,- 000,000,000,000 (one quagrillion) years. So, it will, go on whirling on its orbit rnia with a! for anather ‘500,000 times as long as or $250. If |it has already whirled. cond-hand } And when that time comes, the sun will get too close to this planet and | pouf! That will be all. Just like the snuffing out of @ candle it *will melt and be destroyed. Discussing the universe before a roup of students last night, Prof. onften pictured it as a vast space, 30,000 light years from top to bottom and 200, light years from end to end. Light years dre based on the draveling speed of light, 186,000 miles @ second. Moon is. Desolate Place . On the moon there. is nothing but GUN MAN ORCHESTRA. ' BARE LEGS, LONG HAIR. | HIRE A LAWYER. fering. It was BY ARTHUB BRISBANE Pasadena, Cal., Feb; 20—To bring “information back from your travels, You' must take information with you. To make money here in California, ping money, plus. energy, capacity for hard work, with Aid Do not start for Call second-! car and you do, you may sell the car, to buy # ticket home. California is no place for the shift- less that eae led in a dozen ways, other in a dozen Renple there are intelligent, and work hard. This is the place to live, but bring money here, if: you expect to make money here, and to live here in comfort. p Fortunately for these that cum with moderate incomes, living on the west const is extreme! Feasonable. You read such s| as ‘Three Broil- ers for $1, 2 . Cents a Dosen.” ‘You reiterated at the White House that the president was taking extra precqutions so that he would be able to address the department of superintendence of the National Edu- cation Association here Monday and that it was chiefly for th son that he w maining away from Jai f changing { young seaman into a pale tuberculo: He ran New York, Feb, 20—(4)—Thou- sands far from New York now know the coloratura soprano voice which carried Marion Talley from a church choir in Kansas City to stardom in the Metropolitan Opera House. Making her debut on the radio last night, Miss Talley concluded with “Home, Sweet Home,” especiaily for bs ‘ the benefit of friends and relatives % 20] at home. Mi ley at the end of her program sai “My love and thanks to all my friends in Ka City. Your loyal support for more than three years has been my greatest encouragement, AGS ae | Weather Report | coe : , Proposed Change in Branch Line Service to Be Given Hearing N. D., Feb. 20, ity. RB FOREC | For Bismarek and_vicinit settled tonight and Sunday with pro- bably occasional snow. Not much ure. rae ‘The Tribune will ten the ‘of Elmo Kaye Gordon, the Hearing will be held by an Inter- ‘American satlor who was “framed”; state Commerce Commission examiner at Beach on March 3 evidence on such signs in N, But if you want. have the tae Wo uot read! desolation and death, he said, “no it | dey—ay aye, sound, no light, Rewlng: ‘on the moon is about 29% of our days and ts. Duting thet ximately 15 of our 24 hour e sun just beats terrifically i mrewhen the sun goes down it is es night at once and’in two i. to freezing. In 24 ig down ‘to 100 below sero ‘stays until the sun comes ‘Ybeats. mercilessly on it soil, no “ change in tem night and Sunda; gesinont 10% a] 8 pe WEATHER Mani in North Canadian westward - Unsettled to- robably oc- change in CONDITIONS ~ A high pressure area, centered over itoba, has caused colder weather Dakota and the central Prot 3, Althrough of low Fe gy Towa north- kote: with jot muc! For North ‘the. northern Rocky | the Mountain fh rs id edanie tem: ‘And to my friends of the radio au- dience, my affectionate greetings.” MODERN HOMES IN CARRINGTON Carrington—A survey of homes in Carrington, conducted last week by club women, shows that above-aver- age conditions as to arrangement and management exist in Carrington homes. ‘The syrvey was made under auspices of the American’ honte department of the General Federation ‘of Women’s club: by Tiajuana’s birds of prey. Builder of N. P. g , ’ Council Bluffs, lowa, Feb. 20. —eyntames Saguia, 78, retired 3 5 . found dead Ngide, Walter. was. Ps ere 3 muat run 200 yards before {| oir. it has sufficient impetos to take the Bridge at Bismarck Is Asphyxiated 1 the proposal to substitute tri-weekly for daily train service on the Beach. 4 Ollie branch of the Northern Pacific railroad, the state railroad board an- ~ Elevator Agent at [rinctd tote: Regan Is Arrested The state board had contended that the matter should be decided by the North Dakota and Montana railroad S. 0. Roe of Regan, agent for the | commissions, sitting jointly. The In- Farmers’ elevator at that place, was|terstate Commerce, Commission as- arrested on complaint of the direc-jsumed jurisdiction over the case, tors of the elevator, charging irregu-|however, although both state boards. larities in his accounts. Roe will bej have been invited to have representa- | og preliminary arraignment be-|tives at the hearing. ied County Justice W. 8. Casselman} Protest against reduction ing the ship and doing considerable damage. ing will anes eom-|of Beach and other towns plete au pend company’s ks. the branch line. Following the jury’s report, State's Attorney J.B, Wineman said that he. did not yet know whet further action would ‘be taken at this time in regard to O’Cohnor, against whom 11 other indictments charging embezzlement, Ise entries and acceptance of depos- its in an iM pending. No CONTAGIOUS ag orga Carrington -—The city has’ been in th ty it ie likely that-¢he hear- [train service was filed by, residents} ¢ ing rved by