The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1926, Page 1

WRATHER FORECAST Mostly fair toni i and Satur- day; warmer toni NEW EVIDENC ~ IN HALL Faetory Worker Arrested As Material Witness—Is Held in $5,000 Rail Two OTHERS inion Wh: Eiward W Wheeler Hall Held Without Bail, Charged Somerville, N. J., July 30—(AP)— William Phi 5 factory worker, has ward Wheeler Yeah cireymae husband Yond a Mee. Elean Mills, wife of the sexton, in her hu “*and’s church. when the bodies were found side by side under a crabapple tree, was rested last night as a material ness and held in $5,000 He informed investi vears ago he had seen er brother return home on the night of the sla ny State officals today sought at least. two other persons on the basis of what they say is a mass of new evi- dence, ‘ Evidence Not Revealed The new evidence is held secret, however, other than that resulting from an annulment suit filed by Ar- r S. Riehl, against Mrs. Louise Riehl, former maid in the Hall home. Mrs. Riehl denies someone of her husband that she was paid $5,000 for ’ She is quoted, however, revealing that other maid m the Hall thouseho! was off duty on the night of the ,anunier, saw the Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills at their trysing place in an joned. arc’ telephoned to Mrs. Hall. N * have iy her nome afterward in com- pany. wil Biavens and her chauffeu: peter Tee Mrs. Jane years ago she M1 man quarrel wit ‘Mills, and then deen questioned again. ed her story. pan’ WHO PROBED MURDERS BEING SOUGAT . ete N. J. July 30- wag learned here today that a ae rant'is out for the ‘arrest of former ee She rei ora State Trooper Henry Dickman, Jone | hand investigator assigned to co tinue the Hail-Mills probe after other troopers had been recalled ia‘ Octobe u charge involving a Jersey City bank, ce ftinue to be regarded reneg [ee » ito check t Woman Chokes Her Husband to Death | — Drinking Orgy July 30—F—Nerman was choked te tla lust} aS oe wit is wil at ther che two bad consumed a ie a of moonshine. Two children vd the couple, frightened by the nvixe » Fan to the street and otiied neighbors who calied inc MAIL ROBB ROBBERS R EARRESTED; NEW CHARGES Waive Examination and Are Committed to Jail—Bonds Fixed at $25,000 \ 30—George M. oy, arrested on lankinson two hour: re had deen held up, and brought to 0 to the Cass county jail to. await actich by the next fed- eral jury, were rearrested yesterday ‘on a commissioner's warrant signed by J. K. Bingham, U. 8. oemaeee er, after @ new com signed by Seth Richardson, United. “ptates di trict attorney, had been filed against them. The complaint charges the men with robbing th S. mail at Han- kinson, with assaulting a government; officer in duty, uragin’ th 8. mail, and putting! the life tty f Adams into jeopardy by the use of dangerous weapons. The men waived examination when drought before Commissioner Bin, ‘ham and were committed to the Ca: ay jail in default of $25,000 bond FOREST FIRES STILL SERIOUS IN NORTHWEST Fire Fighters Gain Ground in ~-Lasing in Others Missoula, .Mont., July 30—V)— Forces fighting forest fires in the. porthweat toduy continued holding own with some fires and losing ond on. oth iy gtound was lost ye at night in ‘the Pe aah fovaat’ where a blaze, said tlt be of incendiary origin, spread at n- alarming rate. Two fire fighters ee evening ment charged with start- ing, the in "the, Kaniksa Forest con- ie most seri- oun and more than 65,000 acres haye n ry over. Last night forestry crews battled e encroaching flames that and on suapleiae that we has_knowl- icereetened the d the village of Ed of Edgemore. edge He who ee the Rev. Dr, Ed- ae » Hall and Mrs, Eleanor SY ills. Dickman left behind three month: pay due him from the constabulary, and nearly $100 in expense money able to him, For several months ~ Beko ‘ore ‘he disappeared reports came to state police i that he had large ‘of money and, to ‘Canada and other dis-{ The state police believe|the shaft last arned the identity of the ant was bought MEXICO'’S CRISIS. si WINE, MEAT, OLD AGE. . ONE MILLION A. YEAR. igor) psar? mies ots rie The siona! ry * wedagnacet, Blologiet, cuts off eed of Nig screen nee paves utlive normal dutte they take less exercise ani - ae ad ee ot] ioe, ve! ba ey hee s * erpillars, and eer by The good bbe Snr polly ftlea. ne as éat- gay ite on their reserve sti penate come here and a few of qur ‘Soci would at least thin! Suet >a heads cut o . te In Mexico, thousends ‘crowd the| Moorhead nd short churches to atte! tA uguat let when new laws, f< i? ious teaching i in achools, asd Santee church property, go into yet: tthe i and other comme: warters here! trapped in the Quincy cop hele wn utterfliee ent) One Workman Killed. _ in Mine Explosion mec Mich., July 30—()—The of Frank Tinetti, 50, miner,| rt mine here | yovtarvey when an air blast occurred] ¥! the workings, was removed from Tinetti and other miners were in the shaft] occurred. The others making their way to el when the bi: Temperature at7 a.m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity’ 5 conditions Seas eet ickinson Dunn Center . fesassssssss ra ghd committee of i (CATHOLICS IN MEXICO TO BE DISARMED}: Order Issued to Prevent Gath- erings Offering Oppo- sition to Law TROOPS MAY BE Priests Are Instructed By Archbishop to Withdraw From Churches Tomorrow Mexico City, July 30.—(@)—Cath- olics throughout Mexico today offer- ed up devotions for the laat irae un- der the leadership of their priests before the government’s new re- ligious regulations go into effect to- morrow. Under instructions from Archbis- hop’ Mora Y. Del Rio, priests i withdraw ftom the churches tomor- row in protest inst the gov ment’s religious sures. The with- drawal was originally planned for Sunday. President Calles, in a speech last night, declared’ that the hour was approaching for a final fight to termine the triumph of revolution or reaction. The struggle was between light and darkness, and the govern- ment would win, he said. ‘0. Disarm Catholics tholies in the country are to med in order issued by Ortega. Senor Ortega was a consequence of re; Catholic groups were meet ly at night and that th were fearful the the purpose of of the religious laws. After more than a fortnight of at- tendance upon m: the faithful again today crowded churches, cathe- eral and shrines throughout the re- Ife, they lay USED Z opposition to When the priests withdraw will turn over the churches The Eovernwent h at it will not permit lay committees to take over the churches, and has ordered’ the mayor of each town to name his own committee for that purpose. A report from Cruz says the mayors have been stracted to use federal tyoope if nec@ssary to preserre order when the mayors committees’ tukd: over the churches. Continue In Prayer Church authorities have instructed all Catholics to seni church, and to pra sati: Yory settlement of the aituation The jal league for defense of religio erty will start an “econ- omle boycott” of protest tomorrow. The boycott contemplates that all Catholics, and persons opposed to Wheat Growers to Run 12 Elevators Under Pool Control Gtand Forks, N. D,, July 30.—0P) The North Dakota Wheat Growers sociation through its subsid! ' heat Growers Warehouse company, has acquired 12 elevators to be oper: ited under pool control at various, points in the state, it was announc- ed by A. J The elevators ure ut River, Lakota, Lawton, St. John, McHenry, Fero, Souris, try and Niagara. NEW YORK IS AGAIN LEADER CK TRIBUNE [awom] heer nw NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926 An ISLANDS HARD HIT BY. HURRICANE PRICE FIVE CENTS 150 PERSONS IN EXPORTS} Regains First Place From Texas in Outgoing Mer- chandise Shipments Washington, July 30—(#) —Al- though showing a decline of nearly $8,000,000 from the figures for the same period last year, New York, with $195,510,071 in exports, regain- ed the lead from Texas in the out: going merchandise shipments duri the first quarter of 1926, the com merce department today announeed. Texas exports declined nearly $121,000,000 to a total of $128,873,613 for the quarter, due chiefly to de- creased shipments of cotton and lower prices for that commodity. Tot valued at $1,098,839,243 as compared with $1,250,769,000 for the first uarter of 1925 and $1,381,440,318 for the lust quarter of that -year. Exports by states and territories for the first quarter of 1926, as co: pared with the corresponding peri st year, included: First First Quarter Quarter 1925 1926 19,047,549 17,056,888 18,087,673 2,187,348 State Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Montana . 1,455,525, North Dakota .. 145,285 OTHER ROADS TO. DISCUSS CUT IN RATES Sgsiscaniiiea of Six Com- peting Lines Meeting in Chicago Today the government's present religious|- poliey as well, shall cease spending money for anything except ubsdlute necessities. e league hopes b; which will be sufficiently rassing to the government to cause it‘to modify its poliey, MANY PLAN TO LIVE ON BEANS AND ayer Mexico Ci uly 3 A ser- vant girl, employed by a foreign fam- ily and receiving a modest mone; lowance for food, today informed her employer that she would require con- siderably less money after Friday. Inquiry eli d a statement from the girl that she intended after to- day to-eat only barely ' sufficient meant and bread to tain her life religious question is settled. She rete that all her relatives and acquaintances intended to carry out a similar Har program. QUESTION OF LICENSES _IS NOT SETTLED Dempsey and Tunney Must Wait Until Col. Phélan Is Chicago, July 30—)—Rate revi the | sions which may influence the en- boycott to effect an economic slump: tire structure of the flour milling’ suick embar- {industry between the sippi j valley states and the Atlantic sea- board are under consideration ay tix trunk line railroads linking neapolis and Chicago. As a result of a reduction, effective August of six cents a hundred; pounds of all- shipments of grai and flour from the northwest ter. minal of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad to Chicago the, eastern seaboard, six prorongg nh lines | arranged a meeting here t a discuss similar seduction. Should agree such revision of "thelr tariffs, the northwestern millers, particalariy those of the Misnesmells territory, ! would be placed o1 i | pe ope favorable competiti cose if ern mills in the eastern market, al the water rate advantage of flour ers at Buffalo and other. lake Ports would be virtually eliminated. Will Resist Rate Changes Grain exchanges and ailer or- ganizations throughout the middle- already are coreg to resist proposed rate- revisions before Interstate Commerce epee Interlocking with the eral ‘all-rail revisions [tag Kin. of Tineke | apolis p. eck, Teo com; sting ir the ‘one who regiment, of men for may, ‘come ee lan, hinges the Deavewelaat aitatio Present time, ae big fight that mi ce a L New Vork state athletic committee, is too busy tetlen te men for war to take any nin regard to @ mere boxi a veteran of France him- it the Tarn | self, visited the colon Seapment of the nati: eer Mosty } Saturdey; ‘ns Cease rate, carriers, the Soo Line and the Chica- go Great Western, already: have de- clared their intention of meeting this rate, the latter having announeed that | fu Ag tariffs will be published August The six roads which siahitied their intention of senna re ‘today the m1 six cent reduction in Minneapolis- ontingent through rates to the are the Soo Line, Chicago, Milwaukee and _ St. Paul, Chic and Northwestern Chi. at Rock Island and Pacific, chile Great Western and Chicago, B n and Quiney. hsas ‘the Southwe: inet uthwestern mlller ‘calculate ‘: the proposed reductions, should they all become pee os es ones stitute, together s between ag rate! ports for the quarter were] R, No ordinary orchestra can keep up hotel orchestra in Jasper Park, high i the trails. Pace when a good live pair starts doing the Charleston. in the: Canadian Rockies, has mounted horseback so they can follow the couple dancing in the Le So this NAMES OF FARMER-LABOR CANDIDATES FOR STATE «| Doctor Orders Mrs. Scott to End Fast st for the further defense! of her condemned hi 5 ussell Scott, and to support th ‘three children, s ordered last night oy her phy n, Dr. Robert Rosen, to end her fast, now in its 20th day She postponed her decision until to Scott ) pounds i! ACQUITTAL VERDICT IS CELEBRATED has lost nearly Jury Acquits Four Tijuana} *". Men, Charged With At- - tacking Peteet Girls Tijuana, Lower California, Mex 30-—C)——The acquittal of for: vf Police Zenaido Llanos, and threé other residents of Tijuana of charges. of having: drugge attacked Clyde and Audrey. [here Inst, Velsuary, wax the pfor an informal celebration last ! he jy raty ned a verdict nft- er d@berat about two hours. Th@ alley fad tonatas in th of jomas Peteet, and their daughters at after the family shad visited Mexican race track town. The of the charges was contained in death notes left by members of the family. Jose Kelly, an investigator for the Mexican federation of labor, testifi ‘at the trial yesterday that he had investigated the character of the Peteet family at San Diego, Los An- geles, and Kansas City, where they had lived, and his investigation dis- on that the chee women were WILL FURNISH NAMES OF ALL CONTRIBUTORS Smith’s -Campaign Manager Decides to Comply With Committee’s Request Chicago, Oy the July 30 30—(M)—Allen F. manager fot Frank ful eandidate in the primary, decided to furnish the seni sianeigs funds committee the names conse are to the Smith ‘plitical fore; disclosed that ‘Clement Studebaker, of South Bend, .Ind., had contributed $20,000 and former Rep- resentative Ira C. Copley of ‘Aurora, NL, had given $25,000 in two install- mentss, Other cepienatecs. included. Daniel Schuyler, Chicego attorney, $2,500; Eugene Pike, $1,000; Judge Stransky of Chicago, $500, and Nick Kachavoi on behalf, of Greek merchants of C! cago, “fn makin known his decision to give the names of the contributors, e | Moore said that some of the men fi eee Political and business rea- "had requested him not to re- veal the “contribution: (ua readings at 7 rss ~,. —Cles Be Choos —Clest, * geod inbing=Partly “cl cloudy, 72; reads 67; roads cloudy, | Pt, gern mk flour, 48; roads .| any office unless he receives as many | ais Is Indicated By state ment From Secretary of State’s Office Based on At] torney General’s Opinion—| Failed to Get Minimum) Number of Votes I: r-Lubor candidates for state’ will not find their names on, the ballot for the general election in November, it was indicated today in statem from the secretary of The reason is that they failed to! e enough votex at the recent! {primary to meet the requirements of {the law. When the official canvass ‘showed that none of the Farmer-La-, borites received 300 votes at the re-| cent primary, Attorney General Sha- fer was asked for an opinion and de- cision not to print the names of} Farmer-Labor can. tively arrived at following his state- ment of the law governing the mat- The statute which the secretary of ‘state sought to have interpreted was passed at the last legislative session and reads as follows: “At all pri- mary elect 8 no person shall be} deemed nominated as candidate for votes as the number of signatures re- quired to be obtained on the petition o have a candidte’s name, for such office, placed on the primary ballot. Must Have 300 Votes didates for state offices were have 300 names on their Witliam Lemke, senatorial and high runner among the Farmer- Laborites, received 295 votes at the primary election. | In a letter on the subject Attorney jeneral Shafer saidt “I have your tter of July for a ‘con- rip tion of iT e where a can- ion of a po- ved no votes no basis for computing the five p ent requirement contained in Section 854, Compiled laws of 1913. “This qi jon is not free from dif- ficulty inasmuch ay ssid section does not state the basis upon which the five per cent shall be computed where there were no votes cast at the last general election. However, I think that the law contemplates that there! shall be some minimum number of! votes required and that, in the ab-| sence of the operation of the five per jcent. provision then the maximum number required, namely 200, becomes the minimum. I think this is the safer see to put on this law.” y Contest Ruling Although Shafer Li then m Seanited at ey investi in re that this is m T re- quired on petitions ‘o! ack fo county offices ands:that petitions of! candidates for state office must have 300 names. The effect of the secretary of state's decision not to print the nam@s of their candidates is to eliminate’ the Farmer-Labor party as a factor in the fall electlon unless steps are taken by the Farmer-Laborites to con. | mai test the ruling or to get on the bal- lot in some other way. ONE COURSE 18 OPEN TES party as a political entity pay as the result of the decision the secretary of state that party | edashdatee had not received enough | votes ‘to get their names on the gen- | eral election ballot under the Farmer. Labor party designation. the secretary of state’s office, Attor- ney General George Shafer amplified his previous opinion of the law in the case to make it clear that candidaes for nominations to stete office must receive at least votes before they can get on the Sali under party des: ignation. The leading Farmer-Labo candidate received votes. 2 Qne course is 9 ay to Farmer- In a conversation with offigials of | 8, | Laborites, \ however, , thay wish to | stay in the race. That iors file pet lependent candidates and ballot without would still state’ pointed ‘out, capes easily make it i ast Parmer. Later politial penetpies,” Interstate oo ren + oa combination rule on roads| North and and other commission at net ‘Sestitied Pro- ‘and re-. lonp in nesota of | two ____ OFFICES MAY NOT APPEAR ON BALLOT IN NOVEMBER Preminent Railroad Official Is Dead 30-—-(AP)--H. A. vice president of the ota Transfer Railway company, is home here sterda: nned. wane died Mr. an al superintendent and later assistant general manager of the eat Northern Railway. He also ed as resident engineer for ‘at Northern at Sup w superintendent at Kali pell, (Montana div n). He was a Sard i ¢ Mason, rhree ur GUNS FOUND NEAR SCENE OF MURDERS Shooting ‘of Omaha Motion Picture Operator arid His Wife Being Probed Omaha, Neb, impetus hue tion into th biked sons and three daughters ly 30.—(P)—New dded to investiga- slaying of Paul Black- killed Thursday night, by the f tie shotgun and u loaded revolver in the vicinity of tne shooting. i Tl riddled | he Blackwood car was with buckshot fired by unknown as sailants as they drove home after the | show. Mrs, Blackwood was killed in- stantly and Blackweod minutes after i they got me tl Concerted To an Italian wholn Blackwood shot a Blackwood was freed | killed in 1924, eziano’s brothers are sai sworn vengeance at the FLOODS IN JAPAN TAKE 400 LIVES, 1,500 Houses Washed Away— | Thousands of Acres of Crops Destroyed yo, July 30--(AP)—The toll of dead and missing i te floods which, have ravaged Niigata prefecture, on the west coast of the 8 of Japan, was placed at y, @8 numerous corps of r | lier workers entered the stricken dis- trict. Already disease is reported to have followed in the wake of the waters of the Shinano river, adding to the mis- ery of the population. Seventy bodies have been recovered in the village of Tochio alone, this place having borne the brunt of the disaster. One thousand five hundred houses were washed away here. In the whole flooded area about houses were submerged, while thousands of acres of rice were flooded and the crops destroyed. Patrick Burns of Steele Succumbs to Heart Attack Steele, N. D., July 30-Patrick Burns, be who hi a lived ee ey here ie years, in the office of Dr. ian here yesterday afternoon. He] Mi ught in from his farm shortly Before 2 ot o'clock, suffering from @ heart attack. Although given medical aid, he as to the attack half ~ of an automa- | ARE’ MISSING SINCE STORM Nassau, Capital of Island Group, Presents Picture of “Desolation BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED — 75 Vessels Believed Destroyed —Property Damage Will Total Millions Nassau, New Providence bid Bahamas, July 3 (P)—Ravaged by wind and wave, h more tl 180 Persons missing, the Bahama Is- lands remained virtually isolated from communication with the ts ide struction from the worst hurricane in the history of the islanda, The majority of those missing are believed ta have been drowned with the sponge fishing fleet which has not been seen since it set sail three days before the West Indian hurri. cane struck *the islan Monday night. Several weeks must elapse before the official toll of death a shipping and property damage known. While Soa gana estimates place the dama 000,000, re- ports have not ate weesivea from several islands of the group, and commu: n with them not be established for days, Houses Wrecked Nassau, the beautiful capital of the Bahamas group, with a popula- tion of more than 12,000 presented a picture of desolation. Debris from uprooted trees, wrecked houses, and splintered boats washed up by cluttered the stately drive the ancient city where virtually all business has been sudpended. Abandoning efforts to repair her ruin, Na in* sponge fleet, and to the conditions on other islands under her admifiistration. The outer islands of the group are known to have suffered greatly, but inaide the far flung line of islands and banks, and toward the coast of Florida, the chief damage was at Nassau and the Isle of Gun Key, 40 miles from Miami. Vessels Destroyed Only three fishing smacks were left in N: ju harbor from 60 craft which were moored there Sunday. Between 150 and 200 sloops are miss- ing with the sponge fleet. Harbor officials estimated that at lea: | vessels were destroyed at Nasaau and other islands, not counting the sponge boats, some of which possi- bly found shelter on isolated banks or near uninhabited islands. The government record showed tae wind reached its velocity peak at 130 miles an hour at 6 o'clock Monday | moi ning. Churning the harbor into a seeth: ng mass of waves, the hurrican pil rate over the wharves i: | to Bay street, a block into the city. | Soon a gale swept down from the northwest, meeting the onrush from he Caribbean, and ships were lifted high from thtir moorings and sent nto the wharves. Several were At the Island of Gun Key, sight large rum running _ boats, laden with liquor, were da: pieces by the waves, The crews es- caped, rowing ashore in small boats # the first approach of the hurri- Adventurous Tri iP a Hali Leyshon, of the Miami Daily Ne onl . Mitchell, Miami | ane came of the Associated Press, were the newspapermen who | pierced the wall of silence between Nassau and the outer world. Their flight by airplane was not without adventure. Forced down on a desert- ed island when fuel gave ot they were rescued by a chance seaplane in search of a missing yacht which supplied sufficient fuel to resume the flight to Nassau. Arriving at Nassau, the newspaper- down and men found the wireless ate with were unable to commu radio stations in Miami. The correspondent’s pha subse- quently flew through the outer is- lands of the group, several of which revealed evidences of the severe storm, Great Isaac Light, Britain's porte ernmost isle of the group, full forcé. The roofs of wooden hi while the Sraeks is Lor > was stripped o: hardly more than a den’ rock. North and south Bimini, directly east A! Leng sateiet Hremiee She wreckage on the smal ler- ing ample f of the — while to the south lay the Guna Key, termed the rendesvous, Mot the dootleggers, now hi than a waste. north; dros wai deserted except at gan’s Bluff, it’) ‘ptt The hurricane p! pranks as eS twiated its: pe Ay: th New Provii fanaa, Bit Seenten My on the ge and far inte a rum warehouse, wh canes were piled with the choicest - liquors. [Sioux Tribe Adopte Betenting from Namonde to Nikko, towns ya Senamrtel atten ey ten straight, 190, to gu and 12 to 18 fest in elr- fifty miles apart, |, ,