The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1926, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1926 h «WAR STOKES, FINANCIER OF NOTE, IS DEAD Gained Nation-wide Notoriety ‘Through Wife's Sensation- al Divorce Suit New York, Stokes, finan: and ‘hotel sowner, died this morning in his home at 238 West 73rd Street. Mr. Stokes was long in the public eye because of the sensational di- vorce suit brought against him by his wife Helen Elwood Stokes. He was 3 years of age. Death was due to- double pneumonia. He had been i}! for only a week. ‘he history of William Earle Dodge Stokes is chiefly the history of his litigation—both divorce and ci which kept him almost constantly in the courts and the limelight. His marital career, consisting of two marriages, one divorce and an un- successful attempt for five years to divorce his second wife, Mrs. Helen rp ade Stokes, attracted wide atten- ion. Stokes was “born in New York in 1853 and inherited from his banker father, James Stokes, property valued at $11,000,000. Figures revealed by: his second wife ‘when she sued him for dower rights showed that his net estate $7,238,000, Uda pet Hotel finance and became associated ‘with his father in business. On the latter’s death he built the Ansonia Hotel and conducted it until 1911 when he leased it for a long term for Several million dollars. 4 His first marriage was in 1895 to Rita Hernandez Alba Acosta. daughter of a wealthy Cuban, lande family, described by Paul Helleu, th inter, as “the mpst-nearly perfectly’ jutiful woman ik the world.” They had one child, W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., and in 1909 she divorced him secretly, ~elleging infidelity. ~-Later she became the fiancee of the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, former rector of the Church of the Ascen- sion, who was forkidden by Bishop Manning to marry her bee: she was divorced. In 1911, Stokes married Miss Helen Elwood, Denver, Col. She was twenty. two years old’ while the hotel man gave’his as “over forty-five years Two were born old.’ them. Divorce Denied Stokes, in 1919, began divorce pro- ceedings, alleging misconduct by his wife “with upward of ten corespond- ents.” Mrs. Stokes replicd with a cro: iit charging “crue! and in- human treatment.” After two years litigation the Rourt ruled that Més, Stokes had not: been proved unfs > ful, but that she did not deserve a divorce because she had written en- dearing letters to her husband during the period of the’ “cruel treatment.” With difficulty Stokes obtained a retrial of the case. But before it be- gan District Attorney Pecora dis- closed that four witnesses had testi- fied falsely in relation to Stokes’ charges/that his wife had been seen in the apartment of E T. Wal- lace, wealthy Califor oil man, As a result the wife sued her step- son, W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., for $1,000,- 000, charging that he tried to defame her character and had Stokes and several witnesses indicted in Chicago on the same allegati _. The civil suit was dropped, while a Jury acquitted Stokes of the criminal charge. The second divorce case, however, continued for nearly three more years and again ended in the defeat of Stokes. irs. Stokes meanwhile had started separation proceedings which resulted in an agreement by which Stokes was to have access at all times to their children who were to remain in the custody of their mother. The settle- ment was understood to have called for a $600,000 trust fund. Stokes’ Counsel Sues Soon after Stokes was sued by his counsel. Attorney Max Steuer enter- ed a suit of $15,000 against him, charging that payment had been re- fused on three of Stokes’ checks. The law firm of"Nugent & Nugent sued him for $61,000, feces, and later asked $1,000,000, alleging Stokes had slan- dered ‘theni by charging that they had olen some of papers during the el B. Ellis, ‘Den- Idren to 800 with costs and inter. 4 ig more tha in a suit agdinst Stokes for fee: In the meantime Stol id filed a bill against the Ottoman-American Development Company for $5,250 in a financial matter and the defendant re- plied by demanding $1,500,000 for 14,. 000 shares of stock and additio! damages making the total $8,120.00. The hotel man came in for some notoriety in 1911 shortly after his second marriage, when the went to the : apartment of Ethel Conred and Lil- lian Graham, chorus girls, to get some letters and was shot three times in th The girls pleaded self- defense and were acquitted. Miss Graham sted Stokes for $100,000 al- loging maliciogs prosecution but later the case dropped f1 ‘sight. Stokes’ saly plunae tate duthorshi es’ only plunge into authorshi also eed ‘him“in court. The boo! was entitled, “The R also sued in 1907 for $4,500 tucky woman for maintenatice son, but the suit was. dropped. * One of the hotel man’s pursuits wad the breeding of thoro red ‘horses.. chen Wilkes stock farm in Kentucky.and operated it un- til 1924 when he turned it over to “Weddie” Stokes. ‘Mr, Stokes . be- Jonged to several-clubs and made his home at Ansa tel, i fi page can last indefit 'y hunger as a rule.~ e can last until overth: \~ K is overdoing. ° It an saying to anotier, “T shell hy bel my th until you give in.” ‘And governments have big reserves of financial oxygen, work- men have non: Professor’ John lectures in ancient at home in says our coll > right kind’ y. course, onsense, of brain can study crowd Pod © a ti it ngnlde airfeau irk is done and i worries the, man anxious for ‘knowl- ‘A, gene is’ like ong “univer. 8. hi In there ing; i preliminary ‘tral r i bout Edison’s ‘his key, and th tions and ideas. Bunyan, in the tude of his prison, or young Richard Harding Davis, writing excellent short stories in the old Evening Sun office, with the stercotpying machines in ithe same room, could do the , best work that was in him. Both of them wanted to, work. If you want to work, crowds do not interfere. If you don’t want to work, solitude will not make you @ student. American-divorces are of all. kinds, based on many reasons and excuses. ‘Often hidden away in cold papers you will find woman as usual sacrificing that which is most pre- cious for the one she loves./ Poor Mrs. Helen Shircy, for instance, it. beautiful, felt that the was olding her husband back. He want- ed to be a great doctor and needed complete freedom for stu She gave him dive: in the easy American way, and then learned | ‘that he was studying a widow in Hollywood, so she t he cancelled her divorce. But Europe’s idea that you can get a divorce here for any reason, ‘merely, for instance, because you do not like the shape of your hus- band’s nose, is false., Mrs. Rose Bernard wanted a divorce because her ‘husband called her a bell: The judge would not give it to her even when she proved that he often stayed, away at night. LETHAL GAS CHAMBER IS MADE READY Two Condemned Murderers to Be Executed at Reno, Nevada, Friday Reno, Nev., May 19--UP)—Nevada's lethal ‘gas chamber, scheduled to claim the lives of two condemned mur- derers, John H, Randolphvand Stanko Jukich, has been given its final oyer- hauling preparatory to the executions Friday. A trusty spent most of yesterday afternoon chinking possible air holes so that none of the hydrocyanic gas might escape and harm the witnesses at Friday's execution. The gas will kiltin ten seconds, ac- cording to army experts from the Presidio, San Francisco. No one will know for # certainty how long it will be before Jukick and Raniolph are dead from the gas for no method has been devised whereb: physicians may examine them within an hour, after the gas has entered their cell. When Jon, Chinese tong slayer, was executed by gas in 1914, his only movements were brief nods of the head which lasted for six minutes. Observers at the windows which open into the gas cell believe ‘these movements were the natural contraction of the muscles which fol- lows death and that the end came with the first breath Jukich was convicted of killing an Fly, Nevada, girl, and Randolph of slaying his mother. Conditions in the Minnesota Forest Fire Area Jmproved (Continued from page one.) Although the fire danger has been materially reduced, G. M. state forester, said that vi the entire area is better today th since the early fires were reported. A strong northeast wind was blow- ing in some sections, but fo: ficials were not parti as they said the w: sibility of rain by night. TWO E LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA FIRES Warren, Pa., May 19.—@)—Five thousand’ fire’ fighters ‘today were making a supreme effort to bring un- der control the fire in the Alleghany National Forest which has taken two lives and caused $2,000,000 damage to standing timbers and other prop- Conditions were said to favor ‘ighters, as the wind had died down. ‘The nien fatally burned were wood choppers, as yet unidentified. Blind- ed and confused in attempting to flee the flames, it was thought they raw into the fire and foriibes: Besides the timber leveled, oil and gas well equipment and houses in the fire area have been destroyed. 5,700 Young Men to Spend'a Month - _at Training Camps _When North Dakota's representa- tives arrive at the citizens military ‘training camps for this seventh corps area, established at Fort Snelling, Fort’ Leavenworth and Fort Des ‘Moines, they will find themselves part of an army of 5,700 men, according to word received here from headquar. ters of the seventh corps area al Omaha. Present plans contemplate sending an. expected surplus of 500 men to Jefferson Burtaeks, Missouri. In the seventh corps a@rea, ‘ai the rest of the nation, 75 per cent of those attendance are expected ito be high sehool boys. four Courses Provided Four courses will be taught the 25,000 youths who attend the 49 camps in the nation for 30-day eriod. There will be» basic course for yguths between 17 and 24 who ‘have ‘hed no previous military train- the red for, those: with a white course red course graduates and the blue course for young men secking to qualify for commissions in the Offi- cers Reserve Corns. The government will furnish rail- road fare to and from camp, clothing, ‘equipment, bedding and meais. Ree- teation at all camps will consist o: baseball, ated pos- hai ‘there no crowd! legal | Id the judge and| dumb- | i \ i | ; Southwest. LIVESTOCK IN GOOD SHAPE AT THIS SEASON iCattle on Western Ranges Wintered in Best Shape in Several Years Cattle, sheep and ranges in the western country are in ‘unuaually jon for this season of with prospects of a heavy jlamb crop, according to the monthly livestock and range report issued by the United States Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates. * Range conditions are generally very good to excellent, except in small ections of the plains area of western ‘ansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Range feed in the Southwest is the best in years. Ranges in a larie part of the west opened early with good feed, but dry conditions developed late in April in parts of Oregon, Idaho, Eastern Montana, Eastern Colorado ‘and the western parts of Kansas, Ne- braska and the Dakotas. Summer feed prospects are generally good. In the j Northwest due to light snow fall sonie tock will move to high ranges The, carryover hay gion will probably last ygar. The condition of the ranges is 94 per cent of normal compared j with 91 per cent last month and 84 per ceMf€ a year ago, 91 per cent two rs ago, and 88 .per cent three vears ago, +. Cattle Losses’ Light Cattle have wintered in the best shape in several years and showed a gain in April over most of the west, with a marked improvement in the Losses have been light and breeding ‘stock is in good condi- ition, with prospects of @ good calf crop except in areas that suffered from drought last year. The cattle business seems to have gotten a little better footing, prices are a little stronger than a year ago, with a ttle more local trading, but restock- ing is generally on a rather limited basis. The condition of cattle in che western states 18°94 per cent of normal, compared with 93 per cent last month, 86 per cent a year ago, 91 per cent two years ago, and 89 per cent three years ago, ¥ Sheep onthe western tanges” came through the winter in the best shape in s¢veral years, losses were light and breeding ewes are going on to lambing grounds in very good condition. lambing has shown a high percentage and generally prospects are for a arge crop of late lambs. There has been but little contracting of feeder lambs for fall delivery, as lamb feed- ers who lost money on this year’: operations are hesitating about buy. ing. Wool sales have been more or less restricted with considerable ac- tivity inddaho and Utah, but the bulk of the Montana and Wyoming clips sold. Prices are reported as 5 cents with Texas wools p is plac 99 per cent of normal compared with 98 per cent last month, 93 per cent a year ugo, 96 per cent two years ago and 95 per cent three years ago. Details By States , NORTH DAKOTA (Western)-—April precipitation the State over, was very much below the average during April and at the close of the,month there was a deficiency of soil moisture which caused the high winds, which ware prevalent to carry the, soil in light arcas. There has been no cause for alarm during April and the feed supply was abundant although the lack of moisture retarded the growth of grass and cattic are not on grasy y otherwise would be, The North Dakota sheep are now i se of the favorable dition of been low and the lambs are numerouy and strong. ‘ SOUTH DAKOTA (Western)--Gras¢ tarted well carly in April but rain s needed and stock water is getting short in places. Lambing starting under favorable conditions and calf prospects are good. The mild winter left @ good supply of hay, and cattle and sheep are in very good shape. Wool sales have been slow. MONTANA—-Ranges generally about three weeks early, rain needed in east central and southeastern sec- tions. Cattle and sheep in excellent condition. Lambing conditions best in years with high percentage saved on earlier ldmbs. Very few lambs contracted with price at about 40 cents. Only small part of wool clip sold at prices around 35 cents. Stock zattle are in excellent shape but local sales have been limited. WYOMING—Grass__ is _ general; early and there is sufficient moisture to start feed, bul moisture will b: needed soon in the northern third of the state. Practically all cattle have been turned on the range and there is a considerable earfy over of hay in some sections. Feed Is very, good ‘on fambing grounds and the lamb prospects are very favorable as cwes are in very good shape. Cattle have wintered weM and are in good shape and a large calf crop is expected. Tod Late To Classify LOST-—Roll of bills containing eight $20 and one $5. Return to Conrad Hanewald at Bismarck Hotel for reward. COMPETENT cook wishes position in hotel. Also girl for dining room or kitchen work, Write cate Tri- bune No, 43. FOR RENT-—-By Jw st modern two or three room apartment with private front and rear ‘entrance and private bath. Phone 614. —___.________ | CORPORATIONS ||: PR RAE Ra al ESN Logan Grain Co., Burnstad, N, D., 25.000; H. W. Reed, M. F.’ Wash both of Carrington, and W. E. mings, Fargo. Northwestern Supply Co., ton, $25,000; Ambrose A. ‘um- Willis- Bradley, ‘lant, the decision s: N. S{ce. lon-profit corporations: Mercer: Bush Lake Community Association, Mércer; F. A. Sonimers, George ‘B. Licas and nine others. . ‘Alexander Masonic Temple Associ jtion, Alexander, to erect a lodge building; L. B. ‘Burns, C. T. Tellef- sen and five others. Decision of Cass County District Court Sustained Sustaining the Cass county district court, the supreme court has handed down a decision adverse to the de- fondant in the case of the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. vs. the Amenia Sced and Grain company. Holding that the lower court did not err in the sustaining a demurrer to the amended answer of the defend- “In an sonal property, a debt or demand based upon a contract having no connection with the transaction set forth in the complaint is not avail- able as a counter claim.” if News From the | _ State University | tudents of the College of E |eering at the State University brated the annual engineers’ at the University on Friday. strations of the phases of enginceri and exhibits in each of the depa ments were features of the celebra- | tion, | In the electrical department, Leap- | was wonder: one ee. stroboscope, instrument showing the fallacies of — the human eye; an ctectric totor that obeyed the commands of the human voice to stop, start, and reverse; the produc- {tion of four-foot spark arcs in the | University ‘colors of pink and green; and artificial lightning of a million volts intensity, were some of the electrical features di Modern engines w hibited in the gas engine laboratory new |diesel engine that will operate on jany petroleum fuel that can be pump- Jed into the cylinders was one of the more modern machines, The roar of ‘a 90 horse power Curtiss airplane ‘engine proclaimed the location of the | engine exhibits. All of the machines that are used in the instruction of students were in full running at the machine shops. | Lathes, presses, millers, shapers, | punches, planers, and other machines were operating. An electric phono- graph, built on the same principle as the newly invented machines con- structed by the operator of the uni- y radio station KFJM, was \t an a In the Mines department, the jous uses of the North Dakota ¢ and soils were demonstrated. The naking of North Dakota sandpaper, modcling of bricks, tiles, and earthen- | with North Dakota clays was a tion for wrongful conversion of per-| SI \ versity, will present “The Yoi |feature, Lignite briquetting as de- ‘veloped at the University was demon- strated. Products of North Dakota coal and oi] were also shown. One of the most interesting of the exhibits was the huge relicf map of the Missouri river’ project. Phis outlined the proposed plans fot the irrigation of western and central North Dakota through the diversion of the waters of the Missouri river. Models of North Dakota, dams, bridges, highways, and public utili- ‘ties plants were shown in concrete form. Culminated by. a page: senting the adventures of ih, 2 ‘leged first engineer, the third annual Engincers' day at the State Unive sity was.a distinct success. mately 2,500 people were thi ud ‘the various buildings where | ¢, ihe pe ibits were being shown. | hard Black, Grand Forks, took; the part of Noah in the pageant, ; other parts being taken by the f lowin; Calvin Rasmussen, form: of: Minot; Parcy Maxwe' phen Monek, Jamestown; Maurice Bismarck; Charles Truax, Lafimore; Mark Curtis Shaw. Burgess, Grand Bowman y uis Horvick, G Boyd, Tuttle. LaFrance, Enderli Virgil Wes lolt, Sykeston; Lot Forks; and Keith As part of the,entertainment for the high school visitors at the twenty- fourth annual State University High School conference, the Dakota Play- makers, dramatic society of th a three act comedy, written b Barry. the Metropolitan theater on the ing of May ‘19. Charles Patm berg of Grand Forks will pl leading roles. This is,the final ap- pearance of ‘these university actors who have starred in dramatic produc- tions for thé last'four yea! ‘ is Tetiperatures and Bond’ Conditions | °. ¢ at 7 a. m.) roads good. roads good. Toads good. ‘oads good. 0; roads good. 57; roads good. 48; roads (Mercury readin, Bismarck—Clear, 4) St. Cloud—Clear, i e- Near, light rain in night, 46; roads good. Mandan—Partly cloudy, 44; roads good, Winona—Partly cloudy, 62; roads good. Duluth---Clear, 43; roads good. Rochester—Clear, 47; rouds rough. Gutenberg printed 300 copies of the Bible—the first book made from mov- able type—but only four complete copies: are in existence today. When starting trouble remember it takes much longer to end it. t Bet they are mad in Australia. Their winter is just starting. Teachers in-the school of experi- ence are well paid. The man who thought a buggy was good enough In the old days, a solid, conservative citizen might sniff and tell you he didn’t read advertising. He didn’t think so much of the’horseless carriage, either. The telephone was newfangled, and an insult to the United States mails. As for radio, aeroplanes, wireless photography—if they’ had been born then, he probably would have thought them a bit immoral. But‘he’s changed. He’s been educated. His point of view has been made broader and more modern. has been civilized—by the automobile, the telephone, ra- dio, advertising. ‘Every single one has opened up new paths for him. taught him new things. Advertising, especially. Ad- vertising tells him the newest things to wear, the best things to eat. Advertising tells his wife how to-make a home up to date and. attractive. the prices to pay for things he buys, saves him from the old-fashioned ways of doing business—helps him live well, keeps him modern. Advertising can help you. this newspaper are here to tell you many things that make life more comfortable, more interesting, happier. - Read'them faithfully. They’ll keep you abreast of the times. They’ll prevent you from becoming the type of Advertising tells old fogy who—sniff!—doesn’t read advertising. : Advertising is the key to mcidéenity The advertisements in He q him Beer RT eee elon ee BARBS eS BY TOM SIMS It's so difficult to keep or ® good weed, down, jeune | o- vod man, the law of the but the motorist sics, Pedestrians ‘ha nd on their si s the laws of Lots of be arguments in Con- gress. / Most of tthe ngressmen seem 4o be at lagerheads. ‘ Most fools are self-made men. Mother worries about ‘her figure at home while father worries about his igure at the bank. almost as dan- now. The Indians were gerous as autos ar Coffee is unhealth man who hit his w with a perco- lator will be in for six months. AUDITORIUM Bismarck Tuesday Evening May 25 Curtain. 8:15 p. m. The most brilliant treat of the dramatic season— 's most dis- With ‘brilliant New York company in the sparkling and brilliant comedy “CAROLINE” By Somerset Maugham Mail Orders Now Prices, floor $2.50. $2.00 Balcony $2.50, $2.00, $1. Gallery $1.00—Plus Tax Seats Saturday, 9. a. m., at Harris & Woodmansee Stationers H. B. LOVE D.C. PH. C. Doctor of Chiropractic. EXAMINATION FREE. Eltinge Bidg. Phone 174 Electric and. Acetylene elding BISMARCK WELDING WORKS 208 - 10th St. Phone 776 Derives its flavor from Real Oranges Quality for Quantity We refuse to sacrifice Mandan Beverage: Company Mandan, N. D. W. E. 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