The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1926, Page 1

~ JAMESTOWN WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD Pua ’ ‘WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy tonight; Sunday unsettled with prossibly' snow. | Cold. ESTABL THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKO MARCK TRIBUNE incor] ‘A, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1926 WAN HOMES 10 BE BUILT | THIS SEASON Contractors and Lumbermen| Anticipating Big Building Boom in the City econ. BIG THEATRE PLANNED| Propesals Call For Complete! Rebuilding of Eltinge to Double Capacity Despite the fact that 48 new resi- | dences were erected in Bismarck dur- ing the year, housing conditions seem | to be just as critical this spring as. ever before, and local lumbermen pre- | dict that at least as many more new homes will go up here during t! ing summer as were built ja: Twelve new homes are already in} process of construction, even early in the season, and plans are be-} |. z ing made for many more to be started Alice McWhorter has been picked later. the most beautiful girl in West Several new business projects are! Virginia Wesleyan College, at also contemplated for this season, \Buckhannon, W. Va. But she never some of which are already under wa} These include the addition to the Hughes apartments, the addition to the Van Horn hotel. and the new four- story addition to the St. Alexius hos- | pital, Tt iv considered almos by lumberuen that the Quain & Ram-{ stad clinie wil erect a modern ‘clin baildiz spring, and that the; Northwestern Bel] Telephone comp will creet an up-to-date office buil ing. The Fleck Motor company arc | planning a new ghrage, and plans are | COMPANY TO Sand the serelehnig wf cars. May Enlarge Eltinge ugh no contracts have yet 8 m gguaneds, plans care, ow unt Rock Hill Oil Cc. Formed By the Eltinge theatro on rd\, Cc Ww. Litten, w. M. Grit- street. Representatives of Finkel-! stein & Ruben, St, Pagt, who own fis, 0. M. Johnson ‘k, st id to be about the only that college who doesn't and is girl in “Althot been the theatre, were in the city this week discussing the proposal with A. Hughes, who owns the building, and it is almost certain, i Mr. Hughes, that the changes will be made. The tentative plans call for the re- moval of the two store rooms now lor cated at either side of the main o1 trance, and the complete rearrange- (Continued on page 6) - The prospects of locating oil in Rurleigh county are exceptionally en con ai | couraging, acgording to C, W. Litten mplated ‘corporated~Rock Hill Oil company of Bismarck, ‘Which filed articles of in- corporation with the secretary o state yesterday. The other incorpora- tors inelude W. M. Griffis and'O. M. ‘Johnson, both of Bismarck. The company, which is capitalized at $100,000, has been as quite a large acreage under lease will. secure other leases in the n future. It hopes begin acutally | drilling within the county during carly summer, says Mr. Litten, who is confident that the first producing well in the state will be brought in within Burleigh county. Reports Are Favorable Mr. Litten and his associates base ttheir beliefs on the reports of two geologists who have made a careful survey of this territory during the past winter and early spring. These experts claim that the probabilities of finding within. the county are {much more favorable than are those ‘in other sections of the state where drilling is already under way. ditions here, they state, are much more promising tl they were in Montana and Wyoming before oil was located. MR. BAKER CAME BACK, OPERA FOR 40,000,000. SHE'LL TELL ABOUT US, SAME WORM TWICE. BY ARTHUR BRISBANE . (Copyright, 1926) Poor, sad Wall Street sat up yes- terday, took notice, and felt very much better. - George F, Baker left the warm south and came back to the street “te a hand.” ker is eighty-six years old, lo not count when the mind oung—especially, if you have more of Fargo, president of. the newly in-; Con-!| ‘St. cither paint, powder or lip- | © eriain | Winn nnnna nee | they are dealing with a | North ' an alias. | passing a $175 check. | |the check in order to get Dr. Sauer | RRR RRA ARR RR RR SENATE PROHIBITION HEARINGS 10 '” OPEN MONDAY-MODIFICATION FORCES SCHNELLER TODAY Paul Officials Petition Gov. Blaine For Extra- dition Warrant Milwaukee, Wis. April 3—(?) —Dr. Max Schneller of Mott, N. D., wanted in St. Paul for passing worthless checks, will leave here this afternoon in’ custody of a St. Maul police detective to face the Minnesota charges. A hearing on a writ of habeas corpus was dix- 40 ood an Ginthace court shoruy before noon, and he was turned r to the Minnesota authorities, rnor Blaine having signed requisition papers late yesterday. Dr. Schneller says he is held for an act really committed by “Dr. William Saue Police con- tend that “Dr. Willixm Sauer” is an alias, a 3.) A dra- c story of mixed identities which ed police to wonde her ul m ha of di to whom attached personality or with aa: strange coincidences have blame for the alleged misdeeds of another, is expected to be unfolded in court here today when a taciturn f call; himself Dr. Maxianillian Schneller, will be cmpted est here on the Paul police on forgery ht broke his silence. erted that he is an eutirel different, person. from. Dr. Willi Sauer, whose name St. Paul Dakota authorities believe i While he is in court expected that a St. P: will be_ petitioning Rlaine for an extradition warrant. Denies He Is Dr. Sauer “L am, not Dr. Sauer, but 1 know him,” the man of mystery said last night from his cot in a hospital. “Dr, Sauer and, I were classmates in Europe before the war,” he said. “We came to this country and both went to North Di i¢ Mott, and he at Wahp Adversity pursued him while he was setting up a practice, the mys- tery man declared. “D decided to get out of the state? he said. “I went to St. Paul where 1 met Dr. Sauer, who, I learned had been in trouble at Wahpeton over his today, it r J. | medical qualifications.” Dr. Schneller sava that his friend asked him to get his\ mail and that when he presented himself at tne ot, Paul postoffice he was arrested for He made good out of trouble, he. said, and his friend repaid him and gave him some clothes. Wears Sauer's Clothing “T arrived here wearing Dr. 3au- er’s clothing and find that polite here think we are the same person,” he said. Further confusion was injected in- to the situation by, adviees from Wahpeton that a Di, paver has prae- ticed there, and it whs said, that he also was known as Dr. Schneller. a} settled at J COLLAPSE OF _ ~ TOHAVEFIRST WEEK, DRYS SECOND. BALCONY IS )—Wet carranging of, the sen- Washington, de heir plans for the sta ate prohibition hearings | View of the judiciary sub-committee’s refusgl to summon with subpoenaes other than government officials, and the addition of a new stration {bill for cightening Volstead act rg- ‘strictions to the subject matter be discussed, April 3 rt ces have been f the hear- and had all a number and others | The modification f | allotted the first week ings to present th asked the committee of city und state of| to testify, The dr; second week, und are expected to urge a favorable report on the dras-! tie prohibition law amendments. re- commended by Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury instead of the liberalization measures on which the hearings were originally based. Mr. Andrews, meanwhile, has issu- ed two permits for manufactwve and Monday. in |. i bills to be consid sale of & medicinal wine which was in use for such purposes in pre-pr hibition days. The names of thc cipients of the perp: nounced, but it like the malt ton’ were not an serted that, ich permits ‘00 much of v action of the committee in refusi of the authors of the i , as an cffort to prevent the we rom presenting luable information, Chairman Means and — Senator Walsh, Demo. Montana, heid that the action was in line with long es- tablished practice of requiring pro- ponents and opponents of leg to supply their own hearings. lation witnesses at DAVIS "T° FOOD COMBINE “ASCANDIDATE IS ORDERED 10 - FOR GOVERNOR DISSOLVE SOOK Minneapolis Oppose Magnus Johnson i at Gopher Primary Minneapoljs, April 3. Davis of Minneapolis toc his candida the Nonpartisan league a Farmer-Lahor candi¢ i to insure a cont Parmer-Labor primaries, ohnson already h epted the en dorsement of the Farmer-Labor asso ciation for governor, ‘ In a statement issued toda Davis pledged support. to: nominees jof the Farmer-Labor party, with one : ‘That refers to commun , ism, which Mr. Da attacked (gressively in the campaign two years ago. He demands of third party can didates that they definitely and open y repudiate communism, “ not and will not support ar ys, “Wh (P)-- Tom y announ for governor, ae ment of the nk wilh tHe-as This cy copting end reservation ny { candid direct] quiescen j munist party or its, adherents. | wis. EM ES | MUM ieee 5 cee i} Weather Report | ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night ......0....... | Precipitation to 7 a, m. ...... Tra Highest wind velocity . Ny Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m, today: 10 10 Kd 20 Temps. itation ipit State of Weather ‘Lowest. Amenia . Bismarck Bottineau . Devils Lake . P. Cly. oo Prec’ eo st in the, | consent and knowledge of the 1 Attorney Will Complete Separation of Three Large Baking Corpora- tions Al: | | Raltimore, April 3.) The Ward | 1 Products corporation, incorpor: | ed-under Maryland laws. with an! capitalization of $2,000,000,- | red to dissolve within 30} x charter to} the state, under a consent deer sued by Judge ederal dist The dee: capital st corporation I that the | Baking ed, and paration of the Bi tion, the General Baking corporati » Contin. | ental Baking cor | | AS = The decre petition in equity filed by the ernment against seven corpora and eight individuals last February, alleging a “hug: ombination in the baking indus‘ Today's decree th erowth of a v= entered with ed corporations, follows conferenc between department of justice offi cials and counsel of the alleged “bread trust.” The decree was regarded in federal; gourt and by de ‘tment of justice representatives one of the most sweeping ever entered in an anti- 40| trust case. State Insurance on Minot Schools Formally Accepted Formal acceptance by the school | beard of Minot Special School Dis-| trict No. one of state insurance on| their school buildings was an-; nounced here today. The state de- partment accepted a telegram re- caived from the attorney for the | second dégree murder | the} ¥ cus. | 4 | T the corporations | © | that Mrs, Solomon was suffo: FATALTORIVE 100 Men, Wemen and Chil-' dren Injured in Picture Theatre Accident GOES INSANE. Balcony Was Packed With | People to See Film, “The Life of Christ” WOM: Mexicq City, April Through the “collapse of an over crowded balcony in the Titanic Mo- j tion Picture Theatre last night, five persons were killed and nearly 100 men, women and children were in- jured. The 3. UP) aleony was packed with a Good Friday night crowd, including many children, to see the film ‘The Life of Christ.” ost of the spect tors belonged to laboring none of the poorest wards. The collapse of th brought panic. One woman became insane over the disappearance of her child, The proprietor of the theatre was arrested but quickly released, The officials declared that he was not | responsible fo crowding. A municipal official stationed in the | theatre as an inspector disa latter the catastrophe. He | to be charged with responsib: | the disaster. MAN IS GUILTY. OF MURDER FOR BURNING WIFE Second Degree Verdict Re- | turned Against George lomon, Sioux City + Sioux — City, George Solomon, who ,was found gu pril 3. A) r-old laborer, last night of in connecti: with the hurning to death of hb 1 be sentenced April 13 » H. Mung A motion for | il held) April 12. penalty of from life imprisonment, Mrs. Solomon’s body, the upper half charred and ‘overed, lying near the furnace, was shown to the Solomon children by their father on the night of last February He defended his withholding the news of her death for almost 2 hours by say- ing that he did not want to keep the younger children out of school ‘and the elder ones from work, His defense during the t a gust of flame from the while she building up the fire. MANY KILLED PRICE FIVE CENTS INMON eda vi TANA BODY IS FOUND "FROZEN IN MUD --NBAR CHOTEAU Horse Shies at an Object in the Road Is EEN ON MARCH 2i Had Registered at the Beau- pre Hotel Saying She Was Jamestown, N. Inquiry by f Police Briggy has faited so far to find anyone here who knows the Mrs. Lightworth, said to be a ary from Jamestown, N. one body was found froz- in the mud beside the high- way near Choteau, Montana, Choteau, Montana, April (P)—A orse shying at an object in the road to the discovery of the body of A. I. Lightworth of Jamestown, D., a missionary, frozep in the 0 miles west of here. Officials today started an investi- gation to find relatives of the dead woman. No evidences of foul play were present and the coroner return- dict of accidental death, Mrs. Lightworth registered at the Beaupre Hotel here on March 23, tell- ing Mrs. Beaupre she as engaged in i] | wa One of the wichest—and known—men in the ‘world George F. Baker, dean of A can bankers. e is ch the First Naticnal York, and one of the litt! ef men that control America's rail- | roads. Here he is at White Sul- phur Springs, W. Va., celebrating his 86th birthda least | is) i-| FARGOQUINT — DEFEATS THE | GAYLORD TEAM Wins Right fo Enter Semi-! Finals Today—Will Play Pueblo, Colorado | a oO, Aoril | final game of the n 1 high | school basketball tournament here | tonight will be broadcast over | station WMBI | here today n broad: | caats on a wave meter length of Fitchburg Salem, S. D. (Overtime Pericd) | Fargo, N. D. missionary work. She did not say what mission she represented, Was Thinly Clad Mrs. Beaupre said Mrs. Lightworth wthinly clad and the hotel pro- prictress told her daughter to give the missionary a plush jacket to keep her warm. The Jast seen of the missionary was | on March 24 when she left $1.50 with Mrs, Beaupre to be placed in the safe. She said the sum was missionary noney. The body was found frozen in the |mud by Sam St. Clair, whose atten- t ion was attracted to it by his horse shying. Officials here believe the body had lain on the Belleview road for sev- eral days unnoticed because of its covering. The mud is accounted for by the fact that a high wind storm blew soil over the body and this, followed by snow, turned it into mud. Be ¢ Exhausted The theory advanced by officials is hat Mrs, Lightworth walked from Choteau, became tired and dropped from exhaustion. Papers were among her effects showing the ownership of some lots Omaha and a receipt from a docte BURNS CAUSE WOMAN'S DEATH Hazelton Woman’s Clothing Caught Fire From Burn- ing Rubbish Pile Mrs. Catherine Opp, 7 elton, is dead as the result of burns sustained on Tuesday when her BRE an one’ million to prop school board as indicating that an a8 Dickinson Pueblo, Colo. |clothing caught fire from a rub- Mr. Litten has had 26 years experi-| FARGO AUTHORITIES . up each of the es sh Some said a big Wall Street, and t! little lambs got their wool rubbed off between the upper and lower millstones of a grinding financial battle. finance knows how to knock ence in the oil producing game, and was general manager of the Foster ganized and incorporated here in 1921 to prdspect for oil in southwestern North Dakota and southeastern Mon- tana, and which later disposed of its Petroleum corporation which was or- | High the financial ping, from ynder any stock, The broker offers stocks for what, ordinarily, would be called “A sweet loan,” the lender says: “Throw out that, and throw out tha: interests to the Pennsylvania-Ken- tueky Oil and Gasoline Refining cor- poration. Mr. Griffis has had 15 years ex- pe nee in the in the oi) fields throughout the south- west, and Mr. Johnson has made quite a study of the subject. The Rock Hill Oil company doe: not len to sell any stock whatever, Mr. Litten states, since it is a closed corporation. This’ means that-you can’t borrow gambling. money on certain stocks, and they wither, like the “runt”—in a sow’s litter. The runt, you know, is one more pig that there are spigots to the mothers milk department, so it eats ‘after the others or not at all. Huron, S. D., Daily Newspaper Is Sold Huron, April 3--)—George H, Boweng today announced the sale bs the Evening Sagal seetudise the news: r proper and real s to W. Co Lusi Charles J. Mitehell and their associates, who are already cperating the Yankton Press and D. kotan and the Rapid City Journal. Possession was given this morning. Mr, Mitchell will be in active charge of the Huronite and with him will be Robert D. Lusk, now of the United Press News Bureau in Wash- ington and G, F. MeCannon, who has been in charge of the advertising on the Rapid City Journal. It seems that the worst is over, And, anyhow, the terror ‘of specula- tors, helping each other to ruin the « market, is absurd. i \The old fashioned panic when you could not borrow on government bonds, and stocks might go any- where, will never come again. The fedetal reserve prevents that. But don’t gamble, destruction li ‘in that direction.” Many poor lambs know it now that did nofknow it a month ago. fs ‘And don’t buy European bonds, above all. ‘That warning has heen printed here twenty times in twelve dmonthe. Now ere ae the senate finance’ mi a Is “you (Contitiued on page 6) me line of endeavor |_ ALSO WANT SCHNELLER Requisition papers for Dr. M. R. Schneller, alias Dr. William Sauer, were issued at the executite office here today. i They ask that Schneller be turned over by the Governor of Wisconsin to Fargo police officers to be returned to that city to answer charges of ob- taining pronerty by false pretensos. “Clear and Cold” Is Prediction With the’exception t it will be rather chilly, the weather to- morrow will be quite favorable for the annual Paster pa cording to 0. W. Robert: weather observer. Spring togs -ean be worn if the owners so de- sire, as the predictiog is for fair -weather, but winter coats will likely be more comfortable. Indications are that.the skies will be clear and the sun will shine brightly tomorrow, as it bas today, but that the mercury will not rise much above the freezing point. No snow is an- ticipated. This afternoon the temperature 28 above zero and Mr. Roberts predicts that it “will be slightly warmer tomorrow afternoon — perhaps about 35 above. > Dunn Center Ellendale . Fessenden ..... Grand Forks .. Jamestown . Larimore Lisbon Minot . Napoleot : Pembina ..,..: Williston . Moorhead, Mini River stage at 7 a. m. 2.1 feet. Change 0.0 feet. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: In- creasing cloudiness tonight; Sunday unsettled with possibly snow. Con- tinued cold. For North Dakota: Increasing cloudiness tonight; Sunday unsettled with possibly snow west portion. Con- tinued cold. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A high pressure area, accompanied y cold weather, extends.over the Plains States this morning. Sub- zero temperatures oecurred at a few stations in western North Dakota. A low pressure is centered over the north ic coast and slightly warmer weat! prevails west of the Rockies, precipitation occurred in practically all sections, except in ihe upper Mississippi Valley and south- ern Plains States where the weather ia generally fair, ORRIS‘W. RO. TS. Official pee P BESo ok Cloudy Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cle: moat Sa opoceccos 'Y-| arrangement had been made by it in Charge.| w whereby old line insurance com- DURING RIOTS Sikes “the Acasa in acvondonce IN CALCUTTA with the terms of the agreement | i recently reached with state insur-| Troops Patrol Streets In Ef- ance department cfficials. By this agreement the state re-) bated half the earned insurance premium alleged. to be due it on condition that old line companies also would rebate half the prem-/ ium claimed by them. During the time that a case filed by the Minot {board against the state insurance | fund wag in the courts, both the | state and old line companies car- vied full insurance on its property. The case was decided in favor of the state fund and the agreement | was reached in crder to avcid mak- ing the school board pay double: premium for protection during that time. ps a STEALS POCKETBOOK Greensburg, Ind., April 3.—That crime has spread to the ranks of the canine family was shown recently when a dog stole a pocketbook con- taining $40 in $10 bills from Mrs. Archie Brown, near here. She was at @ traction station and left the pock- ‘etbook in a’ basket while buying tigket. The dog stolé the pocketliook | and ran to a nearby alley, «where he wi tearing the pocketbook apart discovered. ‘ fort to Stop Looting and Firing of Shops Calcutta, India, Aj P)-—Riot- pril 3. sing between the Hindus and Moslems broke out in Caleutta again this | | morning. The situation appears to be serious. More persons were kill ed or injured today than yesterday. Calcutta advices, yesterday said 20 persons were renorted killed and 150 injured when Moslems barred the way to a procession of Hindus near a mosque in the northern part of the: city. Be Troops with machine guns were patroling the streets this afternoon, endeavoring to check the mobs which were looting and setting fire to shops. lostems destroyed a Hindu temple, desecrating the idol, and the Hindus} set fire to a large mosque. CITY NOSES ARE KEENER i ‘New York, April 3.—-City folk have | better noses than country persons not more beautiful but keener, Dr.| FE. E. Free, of the Forum, has reached | |that conclusion by having 400 persons | | smell different things, from spoiled | ergs to attar of roses, $ Bartlett Gymnasium, University of | Chicago, Chicago, ML, April 3. P) Fargo, champions of North Dakota, went into the semi-finals of the Uni- | versity of Chicago national — inter- scholastic basketball tournament here last night, defeating Gaylord, state title holders of Minnesota, with a last minute rush, 28 to 24, The Fargo lads played a spectacular game. They worked their short pass system to perfection, baffling the Gaylord five completely throughout the tilt, During the last few minutes of the game, when they were four points ahead, Fargo players lined up on theirsend of the floor and present- ed so strong a defense that Gaylord could not get closer than the center pf the court. It was a fine piece of defensive work, Quarter Ends In Tie | the fight was even during the first period with the score 6 to 6 at the end. Both teams seemed to be holding back. Fargo took the initative in the sec- ond quarter and went ahead to lead at the half time, 14 to 11. The second half was one of the! bitterest basketball scraps ever seen on the Maroon court. The teams were fighting hard, neither letting up for a second. The Gaylord team was battling so frantically that its efforts | to overtake the Fargo five seemed pathethic. The’ score see-sawed until at the (Continued on page six) | —_—___—___—_ - bish fire in the yard of her home, and her husband, Simon Opp, Sr., 80, is at the Bismarck hospital re- covering from burns he received attempting to rescue Mrs. Opp. His condition is not regarded as critical. Mr. and Mrs. Opp had been resi- dents of Hazelton for a quarter century. In addition to her hus- band she is survived by six sons and one daughter. Death occurred Thursday eve- ning at a local hospital. The body will be taken to Hazelton: where funeral services will be held to- morrow afterncon. Royal Swedish Navy Band to Play Here Bismarck music lovers will be de- lighted to learn that the Royal Swed- ish Navy band hag chosen this city as its one stopping place between inneapolis and Helena on its tour across the continent next week and 1 appear at the City Auditeriam next Saturday evening, April 10, This elite corps, led by Capt. Erik Hoegberg, musical director of Stock- holm, Sweden, consists of 40 men and has won an enviable reputation as the foremost military band of Scandina- vii The band plays a varied pro- gram of classic as well as am music, opera, marches, folk music, ete.