The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1926, Page 1

i fig is only WEATHER FORECAST Rain or snow probable tonight; Wednesday cloudy and colder. ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Can om ESTABLISHED 1873 BIDS ASKED ON EXTENSION OF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY. MARCH 23, 1926 COURT MARTIAL ORDERED FOR COL. WILLIAMS The Latest Photo of “Uncle Joe” WATER MAINS Exterior of City Hall and Au- ditorium and Fire Truck Room to Be Painted SIDEWALK ORDERED IN Building Gedinance P: Commissioners Discuss Traffic Problems Plans and specifications and esti- mates of cost of two water main ex- tension projects were presented. to the city commission last night by the city engineer, and the city au- ditor was authorized to advertise for bids for the installation of the mains, request for which had previously been made by the property owners affected and benefitted therevy. The city engineer's estimate on the extension on Thayer street from Mandan to Washington avenue was a follows: 493 1 feet six inch pipe in place, including special neering and super ” fe per cent . Expenses of- special ment commission The proposed _ extension Thayer street to Broadway on Park street was estimated to $1,437.25, ax follows: 494 linear feet six inch pipe in place, including special castings ; One hydrant Taking up and relay’ ment Engineering and supervision, five per cent Expenses of spe ment commission Will Not Remedy Situation In a supplementary report, the city engineer said: “These extensions when construct- ed will not relieve the situation ve materially. a considerable loss. of eure the mains in Riverview addition dur. j ing the time the swimming pool it being filled... Furthermore. the. defi- ciency in fire pressure at the corner of Mandan avenue and Broadway and also on Main street from Second to Washington will not be relieved. “To relieve this situation and to provide adequate fire protection at the points mentioned above, an cight- (Continued on page threc) POOR LITTLE LAMBS. CONDITIONS GOOD. GAS-ELECTRIC BUSES. YOU CAN'T CHANGE MEN. BY ARTHUR Pome (Copyright, 1926 Brokers’ loans drop #163,000,000 in week.” That may mean little to ft means much to Wall Street jambs. Brokers’ louns drop because lambs were thrown out of the window spe their stocks sold for lack of mar- gin, Seasoned old “operators” assacre of the innocents “healthy liquidation.” It @oesn't mean much, only that the lambs, proud and cour- ageous when prices go up, are fright- ened out qf their wits when prices go down. call that. General conditions are better than they have been hitherto, according to Mr. Zukor, of the famous players, who has business connections in every community of 2,000 population tnd‘up. Talking yesterday to Mr. B, Forman, a merchant, of Rochester, now on his way to Europe, Mr. Zu- kor said, “everywhere conditions are better. The improvement is greatest in the rural communitie: Forman thought that would en- courage — busin men — generally, somewhat disturbed by recent shrink- age in retail sales, which he attribut- ed to influenz: roughout the cust. Motor omnibuses become constant- ly more important to public and railroads, for short hauls and long hauls. Onnibuses run from San Die- go to Seattle, more than one thou- sand miles along the edge of the Pa- cific, and other omnibuses carry passengers between the Atlantic _gnd Pacific on regular, schedule. Henry Ford’s new two-and-one- half-ton truck, soon to appear on the market, will interest everybody “< disturb a good many. It will cay the engine of the Ford tractor, cost. much end will pull an ieee ‘wcoeus thirty patienness.: —Corporasi Ridegar managers able to Took ahead are already ready Seep i in omnibus Ranbeyip for instance, Thomas N. McCat 7B eg of the New Jersey Public crviee Corporation, who oper- utes 800 omnibuses, in any other concern in the Dalted | Pe eas In his Gey cape t yr velop electricity, and onaines is run by electric power, \doing away with pa a a shifting ‘and Pemseaing’ eae for those Vo ee gga in #. Heaven ‘help the FB. - The French tt “the aes Ree There will then remain! Here is the mest recent photograph of “Uncle Joc” Cannon, former czar of the House of Representati Ill. Cannon TODAY IN WASHINGTON Gooding bill remains before senate. Senate investigation of tariff on is begun. nal conference committee up. fade Begley ime {] peachment -cage.- Senate considers Woodlock ap- pointment ‘o interstate cgn a on PLANS TO SEE TTH CAVALRY Was a Member of Custer’s Regiment Until Just Be- fore Famous Battle Jacob Horner, Bismarck, veteran of the Sioux Indian wars and a mem- ber of Custer’s famous seventh cw alry until a short time lpfore fatal encounter with the Indians’ in 1876, ix going to sce the seventh cav- alty when it comes to the Black Hills | this summer if he alk “It won't be the same outfit that I knew and served. with but it will be the seventh cavalry and Tam ge to see it if Tam at ail able. id Horner, who puts in his morning hours helping in a local billialrd ha “because he has to be doing som thing.” Horner's statement. by a recent news item dicated that the seventh regiment | would be brought to the northwest | this summer in connection with the | sary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Enlistment Expired Had Horner renewed his enlistment instead of quitting the army for ¢ vilian life he would have accompanied Custer on his fatal expedition. Hor- ner’s enlistment expired a few wee’ before Custer began his final cam- paign. He was ‘tired of army life, he said, and wanted to do something else. Opportunities for an ambitious young. man were plentiful and mili- tary drill and display had lost its attraction. To this fact he probably owes his life. Horner now is well past 80 but believes he could recover the old “cavalry swing” astride a horse with a little practice. He prefers the automobile and good roud as a meany of transport tion, however, although he once walk- ed for miles over the prairies after a band of hostile Indians had stolen his horse and the mounts of seyeral other: troopers who had accompanied him on a scouting expedition. Engberg Pays Part of Amount Embezzled Harold Hopton, manager of the state bondifg und fire insurance fund, has received a draft for $1250 from A. E. Engberg, former treasurer of Divide county, as part payment of the amount embezzled by him during his term as treasurer. In a letter Engberg said he hopes to, raise the remainder of the amount a is in default. The ee ee at payment was receive ng- from his father, J. B. Engberg ha Ron 8. D. A letter accompany- ing the | draft, sank here by Engberg, Fanny. Send you a mail toda: All ‘We can spare. other is at Ab deen~in the hospital with a broken foot. J..B, Engberg.” ‘ Because an effective poison for wireworms is expensive if scattered over a ed a aed proposes: a banquet of Rete tatorite ode ha then adding ae soetly capa ts was inspired | which in- | es, taken at his home in Danville, is in failing health, WACAMPAIGN IS OPENED AT NBW ENGLAND Hanley, Shafer and Reade Fire Opening Guns at Meeting Last Night { 1 | New England mat Independent Vote ation politi- cal campaign was opened here last night when J. M. Hanley of Mandan, Independent candidate for governor; hafer, uttorney general and candidate for reelection, and H. L. j Reade, candidate for state insurance commisstoner, addressed the gathe fing. ‘Mr. Hanley devoted most of his ad de to an attack upon the state i dustrial program, and pleaded for a return of the gov ment to “its legi- timate functions: “We maintain that many of the policies advocated’ by the present administration are detrimen- tal to all the people of the state and with no resultant benefits to the farmer or any class, causimtg unfair tax burdens, putting the state in the und position of engaging in in- \aiutese and saddling the people with ja tax and bended indebtedness that four j tions, jour folly 3 * Hanley said. Harmful to Prosperity his is not a campaign against ag- culture or its interests. Our oppon- ents will claim that they only are the friends of agriculture. Our r jply is that they are not true friends lof our great farmer population and [that the false and unsound leade ship and doctrines of their organiza- tion are not only unsound in principle but harmful to the prosperity of the very class they claim to benefit. ampaign ather than agains! The principles which the Indenend- ents are advocating in this campaign Mr. Hanley said. include: “Equal and exact justice to all men and to all classes without favor or hurt to one class or individual as dis- tineuished from anothe “Peace, commerce, trade and friend- shin with all nations. “Preservation of the state govern- ment in its * whole constitutional vigor. ~ “Enforcement of all the laws with y to no class or individuals. ‘Encouragement of agriculture, and trade and commerce, its handmaid- indi id supervision of the expendi- funds, and the stop- ping of the waste und loss of the tax payers money in industrial enter- prises, conducted by the state. Reduction of taxes and economy. in state expenditures-—following the fine example of the national govern- ment at Washington. “Confining the state to its legiti- mate functions.” Mill Losses Given Mr. Shafer, in his. addres, told of the losses incufred by the state mill and elevator and advorated that the state cease cugeuing in private enter- prise immediately. Regarding the contention that the state mill has been of great value to the farmers in the mache ae of their grain, Mr. Sha- fer said that between 70 and 80 per cent of the wheat used-in the mill has been purccaasd b by the present administration from the Cargill Ele- vator .company of Minneapolis, and not direct from the This afternoon th dress a meeting at night will speak at Mott. The use of, sound Neen as fire Héay ishers and a wea in’ war- fare is grt hr ig ets Ay Howard Coon for «the chemical warfare fel. Pas Pe: |SOUTH DAKOTA | ‘}and central parts of ¢) | Children Tied to Bed While Parents | Take Pleasure Trip! | lan CITIZENS ARE. VOTING TODAY : State Is Holding Fist Pri- mary Election in the Na- tion This ree Waukegan, IL, March 23. GP) ‘ourt action is being considered ake w son and a daughter, two and years old, from Mr. und Mr: James Fletcher who left the children ‘tied to their bed while the: to Chicago on a pleasure trip. When She parents. returned to their home late at night the flat was ‘empty, the police having found the | children en then to a hospi- was arrested and $100 on a life and j endangering the health of ‘his children, CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER ot - ROSTRATIONS. vrcantatesubmereed PROM THE HEAT ARERECORDED Pierre, S. D., March 23, -) —The records of two leaders in the South Dakota Republican party faced the} | tesy of popular appraisal today as (the elect the first primiry election in the na- tion this spring. The voters were choosing between’ Senator Peter Norbeck and George J.4 Danforth, Sioux Falls, for the cundi- | dy date for United States senator and; j, between Governor Gunderson and ¢ E, Coyne, secre of state, for go ton, Texas — Summer Weather Experienced Chicago, March 2 Ito may pring by the but sum- mer is making a demonstra | the thermometer. growing lend ion on son of buds a things bow to the country whe active! her W. in; a less its stories of temp nad barely made juror: for thelr gubernatorial ea The voting brought to a close anj Junusually acrimonious campaign in onal attacks and replies submerged issues, Senator Norbeck | stands on his record in congress and | t Houston, Texas, Monday, nine por his” ouponent eh prostrations were ascribed to the by cuers who hurried the wiile! governor. victims to sere and the govern- liagnosts: Stands On Economy Program Mr. Gunderson also stands on his record and his reorganization of the | state government for purposes and efficiency. Coyne ree 2 degrees registered ack to the constitution” his! r 0 sent ‘thou: ds scurry campaign slogan, believing the gov-/ techs cooling ocean waves ern reorganization has —taken{ Was the warmest Mareh | duties from the constitutional offi- the California cials and placed undue power in ¢he, Los the m y climbed) executive hands. two points higher, while virtually all! In addition to the major races,| temperatures along the west George W. Wright of Huron is con- e 70 or above. testing with John P. Bleeg of Sioux so Ci si Ralls for the epublican: stata gaciy weshovessiaes: aprotic ge chairmanship. Louis N. Crill i In fact, mod _ temperatures sured of election as the Democrotig| )revailed over most of the countr: chairman as he is without opposi-{ and alse. in the Canaian norghwest: tion. ‘emperatures in the cast averaged around 60 at the da high, with the middlewestern range from 40 to 7 Further moderation was in prospect today said the weather man, and he added the inter ng line that there was “no cold weather within the lim its of observation.” | Rain’ which fell rather generally over the central districts from the NG Cow | ! production a name ti -|half months | by y heifer City Is Given Temporary Re Jowned by H.W. Keeth of Fairfax, i 7 Okla., is belieyed to set a record for lief From the Menace early m iting.” The heifers calf was ater iborn pre y und did not live, of High W | but the heifer is normal. district had receded greatly today giving the city temporary relief least from the menace of high ¥ Practically all the water which back- | ed up Oil Creek in its sudden rise yesterday afternoon meted ont dur- ing the night, leavingonly a portion! ang Mes. of Seneca Street und other lower s°-! seventh street, celebrated their gol- tions submerged. The main ic@ | den wedding anniversary Monday wft- gorges in the Allegheny river, the! ornoon with w reception in their home A eda of the flood, continued | toy scores of their friends and rela- to hold. f ae ots if ! } ii : ‘tives. A varied program of musical Rain, which fell last night, hid) number and an impressive stopped but the sky was overcasti sai py Walaianacc given bringing a prospect of a further | Giving 4 rt downfull today. There was also | Sforfit, mother Bert’ Sp sharp drop in temperature from 50 | presided. Mi BrehnGuere degrees at midnight to 38 degrees at presented with a number of lovely daybreak. jgifts, including many gold coins. Man Noted For His | Skill In. Opening | Safe Locks Is Dead} Watertown, 5 March 23.) -} Otto Biefeld, 65, einai known for his skill in opening defective safe | docks, died at his home here yester- day. His method was known only to! himself until recently, when he veuled thé secret to # son. PERRIS NS SLIT AE . Weather Report Sia at Tam. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a, 1 Highest wind velocity Weather Forecast For Bismarck and. vicinity ' Gr stow probable tonight; Wednes-| day’ partly cloudy: and colder. For‘North Dakota: Rain or snow! prebable tonight: colder northwest | portion. Wednesday partly cloudy | ech Weather Conditions j A low pressure area extends from} the northeastern Rocky Mountain; slope eastward to the Great Lakes | region while g high pressure area is/ ndon Mr. and Mrs. Spohn, their centered over the north Pacific const. | childrens grand-children, and a few Precipitation oceurred in the Great intimate friends including Rev. and Lakes region, in Missouri and in the| Mrs, W. E. Vater and daughter, Bea- extreme Northwest. Elsewhere the/trice; Rev. and Mrs. John Morange; weather is generally fair.’ Moderate} Mr, and Mrs. R. R. Kitts of Garrison; temperatures prevail in all sections. [and Mr. Reese of Wyndmere were Weekly Weather and Crop Report | guests at a dinner in the dining room With temperature Baditealy above | of \MeCabe Methodist Episcopal the normal, abundant sunshine and{ 1oe. tee The table was beautifully deficient precipitation spring work) decorated with cut flowers in @ va on. farms, in the west 9 vate x of colors and was further adorned Himes made two beautiful. wedding cakes. excellent Lan digas ring plowing| The home was also sppropristely dec dee aad, the seedin; Pt wheat are} orated with flowers. B. F. Flan- start frond ‘are mostly in pen and Miss Lulu Gilliland as: re, condigion. Le ao | the dinner. ORais w. ROBERTS, ae ts the chi humidity pre another high temperature Great Lakes to the gulf yeste! i pe A had passed on to the east, where showers were in prospect today. Oil City, Pa, March 28-—Ur—) Flood waters in the Oil City business James H. Spohn, 414 motored | e went to the polls in! Nine Faint Yesterday at Hous- sub-committée of do birds and spot with! coast | an; bills will be favorably ing | ‘PROHIBITION DEBATE WILL REACH CLIMAX Senate Both Sides on Modif tion Proposals EACH TO HAVE A WEEK | Wets Hold No Hope That Any cf the Proposals Will Washing bate on tide in Washington between Vi, when wets and drys will ay before a senate judic to testify on five cation proposils. the the prohibitionists will take ond period. The judiciary cepted the ree pear sub- committee wry modifi- The wets will hold | the flist week the floor during and conunittee mmendation five that rings be held and has ap or Me Republican, Co an, The full committe well, the recommendation enly modification bills be con- ut the hearing and th the Senator Demo- pizeonholed. t would leave the govern ment without means of enforcing the bition amendment to the con stitution. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Monta read the only objection in the com mittee to the hearing: ‘guing that “they were sought m ble j wet interests to spr The wet leade: themselves no hope that any of the modifi reporte urged the hearings, they ex- ned, so that interested offic educato: sand others could ¢ benefit of their views as to how the prohibition laws should be r ed in order to make enforcement easie In the senate ay prohibition ved brief notice, Senator Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, interrupting a debate on foreign affairs to men tion “a serious dome: situation, and then reading A. Newspaper. p showing 2,727, votes against pro- hibition to 520,497 for it. Macready Did Not Establish New Mark (P) vady of McCook ttempt of March world’s alti- Washington, } Lieu- enant John A. ailed in his Ab e eee a new tude record. The ae instruments used b; y have been officially the bureau of standard show that the highe we ed by the aviator was 37, . » Which is 2,007 feet short of the regord established by t Cal- the French October and 119 MR. AND MRS. J. H. SPOHN CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY | Mrs. Eva Stack of Bend, Ore. and her | child and the children Bessie Tramp of White Rock, S. The members of the famils present included Homer F Bi 7 Tramp, White Rock, S. D.; Mrs, Mabel Trapp, Shel- by. ; pohn, Bismarck; Sphohn. it sias om March 22, 1876, that M Carrie Simmons was united im marri- aye to James H. Spohn at Humboldt, Jowa, For. many years Mr. and Mrs. MR. AND MRS. JAMES H. SFOHN Spohn made their home at various Places in Towa, coming to Richland county, N. D.. In 1915 they meved to White Rock, S. D., where they resided until they came to Bis- marck in 1920. Kerly in life Mr. and Mrs. Spohn united with the Methodist Episcopal church and thave ever been faithful members of the denomina- tion. Mr. Spohn has been active as Sunday school teacher and superin- tendent yntil recent years and Mrs, Spohn is at present ‘teacher of the Ladies’ Bible class of the local church. The many friends of the well loved old couple who hae pe the aft- ernoon were profuse in their good ete and grand-children | wishes for many more happy years of ‘Official in Charge-!of the couple were present except life together. Committee to Hear hibition will reaci flood April 5} [ent Enforcement Chief | | | This is Gen.” Lincoln C. 1 of the fede: prchibition ent tion, who is t Androws gover 4 vement org y prese ment and to draw the lines If he is convinced tion in its present form can- not be enforced, it is said that he) will recommend modification of thi lec of light w RIVER STAGE | REACHES 14.6 | FT. YESTERDAY: Highest Water Was at O'clock Last Night—River | Is Clear Today Hundreds of people were attracted to the Missouri river here last eve ing to watch the rapid rise of the water as the flood waters, whiel been held back for more than ice gorge 1 the weer, shortly after river here 1 ward. At afternoon the river stage here was 12.8 feet an cight foot rise over the reading at 8 a.m. The highest point reacned was at 7 o'clock last evening when the stage was 14.6 fet. At 8 o'clock this morning the water had receded to 7.7 feet, Last evening the yoand ive soon after- co was an_ inte s so broken up and . however, that no dam- was done. Today the river is ABN a clear of ice here, and it is aid that Capt. Baker's boats will start up river from Cannon Ball to- [eh While the waters have receded from [flood stage north of Sunger, wher yesterday they had overflowed state highway No. 6, persons traveling the highway still foreed to detour to enter Washburn, because of the mud- dy condition of the state road. HEART RIVER JAM FLOODED LOWLONDS Mandan, N. D., March 23. (P) Ice jamming at the mouth of the Heart river, four miles south of Mandan, caused the river to back up late last night, flooding low lands to within a short distance of Mandan. No prop- erty damage was done and at an early hour this morning the waters were ceding. GOLD SCALES ARE PLACED IN vere Property. Bank and Are Relics of Gold Rush Days Reminder of the colorful days of the early ‘70's when the Dakotas were still ization, a pair of gold » ntly have been placed in the state muscum here, the gift of Major G. H. Russ of Bismarek. Major Russ was an officer in the Bismarck bank and which had re- tuined possession of the scales since the days when men paid for purchases with native ore dug from the Black Hills of South Dakota. Gold never been produced in North ota, Lewis F. Crawford, state historian. said, but the Black Hills stage line, whose Northern ter- minus Bismar until the late seventies, brought scores of miners ent North Dakota capital. r wealth in sacks, belts an ind every business house of prominence had carefully tested scales to weigh the gold which the miners brought into the country. The usual custom, Crawford said, was for the banks to send the raw gold to the east to be minted. In some instances it was exchanged for currency but that was not often, the miners preferring the “feel” of the raw metal, With the passing of the stage line and the advance of civilization South Dakota gold no longer came north- ward and the gold scales, which had “weighed up” preeious metal valued at thousands of dollars, quickly fell into disuse. Another recent addition to_ the museum, Crawford said, was one of the copper pans used by gold pros- pectors in_ placer aa along the atreams of the Black Hills, STATE MUSEUM: of Bismarck | PRICE FIVE CENTS WILL BE TRIED ON CHARGES OF DRUNKENNESS Complaint Was Made by Brig. General Butler, Command- ing Marine Base COURT AT SAN DIEGO Butler’s Charges Made After He Had Been Guest at Williams’ Party Washington, Ma Wilbur ordered a try Colonel Alexander | Williams of the marine corps on harges of drunkenness preferred by Smedley Butler, com- marine base at San today court y acted advocate gen |had found the spe d by General nt for t The court will be selected later, pre m officers now on the THe court will sit at Butler after the 1 of the navy ations present- Butler legally suffi- | General was Colonel Williams’ guest of honor jut a dinner on the same evening | that the acts of which General Butler | complains © committed ; Under naval regulations Colonel | Williams can be dd only by offi- cers who are his senior or his equal in rank. Mr. Wilbur had reaching his decision | { before him in | a statement in ‘his own defense made by Colonel Wil- | liams. { No information except that the \ we Was drunkenness was given at ;the navy department. * ALLEN WOULD PROSPECT FOR NATURAL GAS i Asks City Commission to Pass Ordinance Granting Him a Franchise The prospect of finding natural gas in commercial quantities in or about | Bismarck loomed today, following the reading at last night's city commis- Jsion meeting of an ordinance which dward 8, Allen, local attorney, wish- es the city to adopt. The ordinance, if udopied as pre- sented, would give to Mr. Allen, his , giclee or assigns, a franchise for the construction and operation of a plant to supply the city of Bismarck and its inhabitants with natural gas, and the right to use the streets and alley: the city in laying mains for th tribution of the gas. The proposed measure provides jthat the grantee will take immediate ‘steps to prospect for, drill and cbtain natural gas, and a that within lone ry and ob- {taining of natural gas in sufficient quantities, he will have the plant in ‘full operation and completed in every |way, capable of producing sufficent gas for all lighting, heating and in- dustrial use.” Presence of Gas Indicated The presence of natural gas in this vicinity was indicated about a year ago when a driven well in the base- ment of the McKenzie hotel gave forth gas. A match touched to the top of the pipe produced a hot flame and it is said that enough gas is pres- jent from the small weil to supply the hotel's cooking needs if it were so de- sired. If Mr. Allen’s request for a franchise is granted, h to pros- | ect and drill in this immedi- tely, he stated today, beginning in the McKenzie hotel! basement along- side the well which now indicates the | presence of natural gus. “While the prospect of finding this’ ‘natural gas here in quantities suffi- cient for commercial use is strictly gambie,” Mr. Allen said. “I am confi- dent that it is here, and I am asking for a franchise before beginning work jso that in event the supply is located I will be able to put a plant into im- mediate operation and market the product.” Great Britain Will Not Defend Canada Against the U. S. Ottawa, Ont., March 23. ()—1 tuin will never take any steps to de- fend Canada against possible aggres- sion from the United States, — thi late Lord Fisher, former head of the British navy, told Henri Bourassa some years ago, Mr, Bourassa, inde- pendent member of the dominions parliament, for Lubelle, told the house of commons last night of a gonversation he had with Lord Figh- er during which the question of Can- ada’s position, in the event, of a war bekwee eat: Britain and the United States, arose. ~“Great Britain will never spend one penny nor shoot one gun ai tl United States in defense of Canada in such an eventuality,” Lord Fisher wis quoted us saying to Mr. Bouras- sa, “We simply cannot do it. It is just as well you understand that.” PIGS NEED MINERALS Experiments by the ‘Ohio Experi- ment Station show that pigs, when tllowed to self-feed, gue on enough minerals ane ae their bones are it ie a cr at eet at fee that the shlinale get promi feed Nourish -