The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1926, Page 1

WBATHER FORECAST Fair tonight with / increasin cloudiness Sunday. Warmer. . THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [auaam]| BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1926 HIGHWAY PATROLMEN KILLED IN MINNESOTA! HEAT WAYE’S DEATH TOLL REACHES 106 — Fifty Deaths in Eastern States Added to List in Past 24 Hours STORMS CAUSE DAMAGE; ter Famine in Ni, Y, New York, July 2—M—A four day heat wave in the Mew Englend and Midéte Atlantic states, amelior- tated Thuseday by storms, today had ane 106 lives, eta 7 added oda There were in ade een 18 in New Jer: bs in’ New York city ard four in New York state. Among the New York victims were John Watson Dix- on, lawyer and president of the Yale Club, and Anson -Moody, a former official of the F. W. Wool- worth company. Showers in many localities yester- bes lowered the temperature slight}; but made the atmosphere more _ 0} re ive. The high mark in New ‘ork was 87, or 10 degrees less than the maximum. Thursday. Many Si In Park Rumors of a possible water famine in New York were dispelled by the police and firemen, who continued to give street unchins the benefit of park pools and fire hydrant: The crowd at Coney Island yesterday was estimated at 500,000, about 11 less than Thursday. Official per- mission to sleep in the parks was given. Reports continued to come in of damage by lightning and wind dur- ing Thursday's storms, and wire communication was severed in many arts of ixew York and New England. The government weather observer at Albany said that the storm was sim- ilar to the one which destroyed the Shenandoah. State troops had to take command of Mansfield, Pa., aft- er the storm paralyzed traffic and light service. Telephone service to northern New England had not been entirely restor- ed early today, the worst damage having occurred in the Sake district of New Hampshire. THE WONDERFUL FRENCH. AN OLD CAMEL, WHAT 18 GENIUS? MORE WAR? HELP. By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926) French statesmen are having a hard time with the gen) franc. baba head of the ernment which theld office less than 4 48 hours, planned a levy on French capital, dis Paige re armel would see throug! Saas eee peel don’t want ito Pe taxed. feer their numbers, very, nich Frenchmen don't ‘want their capital confiscated and government fears their financial power. ‘Many deputies py @ finance pte what Carll e do? Jee eanno’ yourself by vour straps, finencially or physically. But the French, however, will find u way. ‘They are industrious, thrifty, brave end determined, men a men and women both. The French have vil rhaly, Ninon de Jenclox, at 72, young and - beautiful, al very une ‘men in love with her. Now Desprez, of 'Roubui: aged 87, crtablinbes a new PR ovale) wecord. -You.canit beat the French, and you prant: to. an nevi ner ae ating 94 meri rament, ca nele Uncle’ Sh; me rench France owes money to ‘and America. Those thet owe ya aot love you. You must be reconciled to that. It's ati old world, A rid, Fg The Smithsonian Institution finds the bones of a camel 2- than The a | General. Dan Ix, at [_ivtexas | TEXASPEOPLE HAVE PRIMARY VOTING TODAY *: Will Select State Tickets and Nominees for 18 Congres- ; sional Offices ls AFTER GOVERNORSHIP “Fergusonism” Is Big Guber. natorial Contest Issue in - Southern State Dallas, Texas, July 24—(AP)—Dem- ocratic and Republican voters go to ‘the nrimary polls in Texas today to select state tickets and nomi | interest gubernatorial race. 5 time a Repdblican primary has been held in Texas, Five candidates ere in the race for the Democratic nomination vale nee ‘office held by Governor Mi Ferguson, the field ‘havin; teen, re- duced by’one when Mrs, K. M. John- ston of San Antonio withdrew yester- day and urged her adherents to sup- port Mrs. Ferguson. Political observ- ers declare the gubernatarial contest lies bevween Mrs. Ferguson, Attorney General Dan Moody and Lynch David- son, Houston lumberman. Mrs. Edith | Wilmans of Dallas and Rev. O. F. | Zimmerman of Morris county are the’ | other candidates. Issue In “Fergusonism” | “Fergusonism” was laid doy low | accepted as the gubernatorial c j issue at the inception of the present race. By Fergusoniem, all factions! ‘have avowed, is implied James E. Fer- guson, husband of the present gover- nor, himself a former governor who resigned from that office when ached. Ferguson, they claim, dictates policies followed by his wife. i] ‘Although Republicans predict that | their party’s primary will not draw ‘more than 30,000 votes, campaigning continued vigorously last night. Two contests held interest among bli | cans, that for governor and for the congressional nomination in the 14th | district, now represented by Harry ‘ + M. cutsainge inne aaa Ur 'BRADICATION OF BARBERRY IS UNDER WAY! 24. Highly "Trained Scouts Working in Four Counties in Eastern N. D. mand ontest ey July 24—Rativfaction was ex- here today by George C. Mayoue: federal patl ae in charge of barberry erat ition in North Da- kota, with the work that is being done by a crew of 24 highly trained scouts now working in four counties the state. Eradication of the barberry, con- demned as the spreader of blackstem rust, is being done this year in’ North Dakota under the direction of ihed ey dey Aarne of agriculture jas a the program of the Bureau = Plant Industry in 13 wheat growing states. The four counties in which work spaned this EE. are Richland, Traill, | ish and Pembina, and as soon a: the field workers yy ete their farm-to-farm' survey hese ar they wi tinue to Tan in other yet undetermined by ‘ authorities in charge. | These three people are contesting for the Democratic nomination for ! governor in Texas this summer. -At the top is Governor Miriam “Ma” , Ferguson. In the center is Attorney Moody, who has clashed | with ee Fopeatedly. and below is Lyneh » Davi former lieutenant governor, mg on an. anti-kla ticket: The first primary is today.’ ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velo Weather conditi kota points for the 8 8. th, today: 52 Losses Reduced O1|. In ridding the state of the common Da-| rust have shown considerable de- crease in the past few ye: in the opinion of Mr. Mayoue. He pointed out that weather in 1926 was equally | pe as good or better for the propaga- tion of rust as it was in 1916 when the state suffered a 65 to 70 per cent loss. tions resulted in only a five per cent loss over the state, following a campaign of qradication embracing seven years. i Ten finds of bushes in three coun- ties, Cass, Traill and Pembina, have brought the total of bushes destroy- ed this year to nearly a hundred, ac cording to statistics complied at the Clear ~ | state leader’s office in Fargo. In addition to the! ke in, the field the scouts are also staging an intensive education: fa sapor in an effort to reath as ple as Be ible te, inform feof the ap- ince of the condemned bush and the lamage done by it. Cooperation }eceenesy. “Our only hope. of comp! eradi- cation.” said Mr. erage) pi rop- strap iyo task for us ofthe state Amenia BISMARCK , Na | Bolrlneay » Be Devils Lake .; Dickinson. . Ellendale 63 Grand ous fie ——— WEATHER FORECAST and vicinity: * Fair to- increasing cloudiness For : Fair toni warmer west and north po. Sunday increasing cloudiness warmer. e orves aL ‘WEATHER Bs nigel rasp tuoening | Salient points in : % of the common barbe: peamnare te the Lana poe age re with “gamete ‘ly impossi i every inc! ont be the identification are its erect spines in more'and a prickly Jory fair, 16|barberry the losses from hlackstem | pec Postal Workers to End Méeting Today St. Cloud, Minn., July 24—)—An- nual business sessions, bt attics f officers, committee selection of 1927 ceuventon” triple postal sessions St. Cloud for the Minnesota State A: eae of Letter Carriers, the Auxiliar; the State Federation of Pos Clerks. Among the matters expected to come up oe resolution will be the 44-hour. week. Formal adjournment of the con- vention is scheduled for 4 p. m. to- day, concluding with a parade. So far the conventions have been chief. ly recreational, with speeches, band concerts, and a dance last night, the main feature: FRANK ADAMS SAYS IRMAN IS MAIL ROBBER : Bismarck Mail Cl Clerk Positive- ly Identifies Man Who De- nies Participation Wahpeton, N. D., July George Irman, Minneapolis, arrested near Hankinson Thursday following, nail car robbery ‘there, was iden- tified as one of the two bandits who held him up by Frank H. Adams, railwi lerk, here early today. ‘ation was made when Adams, a: iz on Great Northern | train No. 2, at 1 Soo line run to Bi rectly to the county met by Sheriff R. V. McMichael at Richland county and United 8 officials who are here investigating the robbery, Aroused from his sleep in his rt Irman was taken into the sheri! office, where the eg victim maa the bandit suspect met. Adams was positive i fication, telling o' nized Irman’s face w recounted the robbery after identifying Irman. Story Retold “L was coateas at the desk in the: car when | was told to ‘put up’ my hands,” Adams said. ~ “Llooked over my shoulder and saw Irman’s face. I could never forget it.” Igman denied any connection with the robbe: ment, All ay. Friday he told offi cials2who grilled him, “I’m stuck for inks, but I'm going to stand nyt band,” asx they sought to ob- Bah ‘fom him uw confession such as the officials claim was made by an! alleged companion, Roy Claimed Confession Face to face with Louis E. It the mechunics helper in the Milw kec shops at Minneapolis, who is ensread with participation in the rob- with him, while story was corroborated by Mike ae | Polish grocer, who said he was hired chauffeur by Irman and Roy, Irman moistened his lips: with his tongue; nervously, ‘aot hee ” he sai » “I came up here with them D4 work in the harvest. They did this job themselves. J didn’t have any- tine to do with it.” It was indicated that one of the bandits t in tittal sleep on the front, seat of ito, shor a foot against the ne ghting controls in Fs way th Be yd were turned on jat bright the battery exhausted with the result Saat the car could not th: 8 ate doublecrossing; s be started after they had Sead the robbery and prepared to f! the mone: , Mall Recovered Advi irom Adams this morning! were yin’ a the registered kages taken from the car have m Tecovered -and accounted for. Sheriff McMichael said Friday that he awaits advice tom federal au- thorities ag to the charges that will be placed against ‘Trmen, Roy and lee with believe Sazen-| In 1926 the same condi-| Roy in every detail probable that no charge will be plac-, ed against, him, cee Irman Fi begged sheriffs to keep news of his arrest from ie pa- pers. He said his wife is on her va- cation with Sele two children aed is in Ee delicate com (ig fork know path a gets he pl will in woe He claims to have been employed, seven years as an untant for the! signal department of the Milwaukee railroad in Minneapolis and to have; worked as a bond salesman xt Inters ¢ was not employed by y, night as to e “lay of "the land” re they carried out Roy once was on ies in| 1 ve the: at Ha Kinsen, s to be held this noon at® the! my | an tale of the, mail ear) y, even after Adams’ state-; lof the « to the sheriff and in-; ROBT, SCOTT SAYSHE FIRED ‘FATAL BULLET | wet Chicago. Pune He Lied When on Witness Stand “to Save His Neck” { BROTHER IN DEATH CELL “I Always Knew Robert Would Some Day Tell the Story,” Russell Says Chicago, July ) 24,—-)—The cele- (Saeed case of Robert and Russell Scott, convicted murderers, came into public attention again today with a fement by Robert to the Herald | a Examiner that he fired the shot tps slew Joseph Maurer, a drug jerk. Robert recently pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment after he had denied on the stand that he fired the fatal shot. In his statement to the paper he declared “1 lied to save ve 4 neck.” His elder brother tussell, who | cartier pleaded guilty is awaiting death on the gallows in October, | Robert will result in a new { warfare to save Russell from \ noose seemed certain. Russell, wan from his two years’ fight for freedom, read the state- ; ment with tears. | “L always y that some day he would tell the story,” he said. “And 1 always hf where Robert was—- ‘the night [was in the death cell I knew that Robert was in the pen in ifurnia.” According to Robert, the slaying *: resulted from a quarrel over a 15- _cent package of cigarettes, with no| 'WORK POSSIBLE ‘WITH NEW TAX Mach Work Can Be Started | This Fall Instead of Next Year as Result Passage of the two-cent tax at the recent primary will enable the state hig ment to let contracts and begin mar | this fall on projects which otherwise would have been delayed until next spring, H. Frahm, chief highway com astine| if said today. Although the new law becomes ef- fective July 30, no additional revenue ;will be available from it until the middle of September, Frahm esti- alee Based upon last year’s figures it is estimated that about 25,000,000 fee: of gasoline will be consumed ybetween August and September, suring gasoline tax receipts of aj proximately 500,000. Under the one (eent. tax approximately half that sum would have been available. Since new law provides for refunds to persons using gasoline for other than} ar le mernoges, however, it is! expected t! 20 per cent of the amount collected will be returned to the consumers, leaving a net income rd peta paneer or $160,000 more ld have been available under int tax with no refund. Lettings in August i Sinée the state contributes only 25 / per cent to the cost of building ed the increased revenue will per- mit the highway department to let contracts for additional w $600, in excess of the or: fei for this year. Dates for rhe etti ee the one: | nnounced in August be pushed as.rapi as siruearenens and weather con- rmit. ed revenue in prospect for will permit the department. se its 1927 construction pro- Instead of only 360 milen of earth grading as planned for next rear the department ‘plans to survey 00 miles. Four hundred garth grading and 200 miles o: ing ca) over from 1925 lettings [ive will find a place on the enlarged program. Inder the new law all ged from the gasoline tax will to road construction. Under the $200,000 was deducted from gas lectionx for the state general ilaw e fund, Red Tape Necessary Before, a Prisoner Can Get Operation An jreration if one is an inmate of the state penitentiary here. ike a lot of red tape in addition to the had and knife. tly one Bergil Wynes was j taken ill with appendicitis and suffer- ation, Before it was per- Wynes was called ent not to try and an Si ving the ages i operation. arise, however, |i formed first and tuils attended to later. =e te ditu eo rench Vets Protest Debt Terms Twenty thousand war veterans of France paraded to the Are d’Tri- omphe in Paris, as a protest against the terms of the debt settlement with the United States. Photo shows a section of the line passing the statue of George Washington. PROHIBITION ~ LEADING OHIO ic meee PRIMARY ISSUE structors in eastern high schools and! bbirhiseauus Contests Ex- colleges who are teaching in North Dakota summer schools. pected to Develop Most General Interest New Instructors in State Schools Named « of Notth Dakota edues ms who recently trek inning to mad President Riley of the state schooi of science at Wahpeton has recom mended appointment of Miss) to be instructor in pare William J. trunk as i structor in natural Alger as trades and industries and Millan as dean of men and exis aH | Appointments at the Universit North Dakota include Hilda C. Hall, dorson as recorder in the registrar's office in place of Miss Margareta Swanson and a number of student, wheel in various, x Gepartments, FRANCE’S NEW 24,--(#)—Pro- ve dominant st 10 Ohio primary the nomination of and democratic can- United States senator and for the republican governor, In the cuberaaasatl contests: this issue is expeeted to-be~more pr nounced as these two contests are oxpected.to develap the most.general tinterest. While it also will be w factor in the republican senatorial battle, the fact that Senator ‘Willis |has seven opponents lessens his con- cel about being iminated, Contest Between. Sexes he contest between former Sena tor Atlee E, Allen, supreme court judge, prob- ably be fought. mainly on the wet und dry issue, the liberal forces supporting Mr. Pomerene and the dry ad’ GOVERNMENT Mr. Pomerene also Pcincare Assumes Duties a8 ing the of organized laDor, par- j ticularly the railroad organizations Finance Minister—Briand jwhich opposed him for re-election in Foreign Office | Aw for | four years ago. The fight between Mr. Pomerene ‘and Miss Allen also stands out as the first real contest beyween a woman nd a man candidate for a major office in Ohio. Four years ago a woman seeking election as United States senator as an independent re- ceived only a few thousand votes. Paris, July 24—()—Premier Poin- care took over ‘his duties as finance minister today, M. Briand was back at the foreign office, and wheels of the new government began to run smooth- ly after the ‘hiatus caused by the downfall of the Herriot ministry. Willis’ Opposition A man for the foreign office _ The seven candidates oppbsing said believed the debt accords Senator Willis represent virtually with the ‘United States and Great every form of opposition. Five are Britain would be ratified within a avowed liberals. They are former ; fortnight, as external credits were one Senator Charles Dick of Akron; for- of the main things necessary to the mer congressman and former secre financial rehabilitation of the coun-, tary of state, Charles Q. Hildebrant, try. of Wilmington; Attorney A. J. Fiorini "Hie cited France's pretent needs as! of Daytont former & opator: first, economy in government expen-; Thomas W. Latham of Monroeville, the | country | and John D. Alcorn of Cincinnati, Of nd less and! these Mr. Hildebrant is considered raise an internal lo d, third, for- {likely to be most generully favored eign credit, All three, he said. were by the liberals. necessary under the present circum-| two of Senator Willis’ opponents ‘stances, jare farmers and drys like himself. At the close today of the first cab-' ; They are orge L. Watson of Mar- inet council of the new ti pag A it! eno, and Lloyd E. Price of Van Wert. ‘was stated that, while not! While there ure twelve blican mite had beon desided regarding ‘he | candidates for governor, political lead- ‘fnancial program, the government in-’ ory pick Secretary of State Thad H. tended to ask new indirect taxs and | frown of Columbus; Myers Y. Cooper Slight increase in the dirget taxes. It! o¢ Cincinnati; State Treasurer Harry 1 also apreal urgently ms all ae Day of Fremont, and Joseph B. payers to pay, the largest possble! Sieber of Akron, as the chief con- amounts on getount as soon 4s pos-| ser derg” Mr. Cooper and Mr. Day sible. are both recognized drys. Mr. Brown its expected to receive liberal support | generally. Mr. Sieber, supported by |the Ku Klux Klan two years.ago, ‘placed second in a large field. | Donahey Auk» Third Term 1 Governor Vic Donahey, who is seek- {ing & third term nomination, has three democratic opponents. One is | Alfred P. Sundles of Ottawa, former {ise secretary of agriculture, who FORKS FAIR ENDS TODAY (is Sst 7a Exposition Very Successful didates are James C. B. Beatty of East Liverpool, pottery broker) run- From Attendance and Fi- ies on an, anti-Volstead lew plat- form, an 5 auffman, former nancial Viewpoint | * ——— Grand Forks, N. D., July 24—()— secretary of the state tax commission, Automobile races +! afternoon fea: tured the closing aay of the Grand, Forks fair. Tonight there wil be an entertain- for members of th ‘The cabinet will meet again tomor-| ry reedil Bismarck Clear 63. Toads. good. St. Cloud—Cloudy, threatening, 62; Minot—Clear, 61; reads to PAs aoe aca cloudy, roads town—Clear, 70; "Beats Mamie ‘lear, night inona—Cloudy, encshanias - Cloudy,’ night rain, 69) WERE TAKING DOWN SIGNS ALONG ROAD Sheriffs of Two Counties Hunt Farmer, Believed to Have Fired Shots | MAY HAVE KILLED SELF Grand Marais, Minn., July 24-——() oH ‘ius Believe Financial Reverses Caused Him to - tate highway patrolmen, do- i ir duty by removi: signs he road, were shot down and killed. yesterday near 7 of Lake and Cook ie searching for John West! The dead patrolmen were Alvi Tofte, 21, and Sigrud Ide, 30, both unmarried. State laws prohibit the erection of any signs, other than mi pjuc- ed by the highway department, along the roads in Minnesota. It was in an endeavor to enforce this law that the two men were killed. For some time past, Westblade had been placing a crude hand-lettered poster announcing that his 40-acre farm was for si a time the patrolmen tore Held 8S! ‘in “His Hands Yesterday afternoon a passing mo- torist discovered the body of Ide near the road. He held the sign in both hands, indicating he had been it. Tofte’s body nearby. were summoned and was started for Westblade. rm, where he lived alone, had been burned and his shot while removin, dite! Westblade wat suffered recently and the repo! several financei and officials lonely life he north w s. caused him t come ins: hey expressed t lief that he muy have cou mitted cide after shoo men, GANGSTERS’ am CLAIM Shotgun Slugs While Sit- ting in Chicago Saloon Chicago, July 24.—UP)—Alcohol gangsters’ guns last night claimed | their second victim within 24 hours, and the 42nd attributed to them since January. John Conlon, 25, and minor henchman of one of the <angs warring over the ijlicit liquor traf. was riddled with shotgun slug: while he sat with friends in a west a reputed 3,716 Cars Cross Bridge in One Day, Highway Count Shows ‘The traffic count at the Memorial bridge Sunday, gel 18, showed that 3,716 cars crossed the bridge that dav, according to the figures at the high- way department this morning, = * A year ago, July 19, 1925, ‘he count showed that 3, cars crossed the bridge. Sunday's count showed en in- crease of 680/over lest year. the was 2,217, a fieure which will prob- bly be exceeded this year if Sun- day’s count is any indicattoni'': The count at the Mentosial bridge is being made in connection ‘witha traffic cones bere) cent at 60 points ip the state, for purpose of determining the toad’ burden at the various points, Preparations For Next Legislative Meeting Being Made ‘Preparations for the next session of the state legislature, bers of which have not yet been elected, al- ready are being made by the state board of administration which hus of that body in getting ¢ various matters presen for thei: legislative attention. "|" CORPORATIONS } | The K. D. Oil Co, Maton, s | pcre C.°w. Litter ne dass