The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1926, Page 1

WBATHER FORECAST Showers tonight; Thursday “partly cloudy, Not much change in temp. THE BIS Aweme | eK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1926 CK TRIBUNE [mon] THREE ARE KILLED IN RUM FIGHT IN FLORIDA PASSES PLAN + TO PUT FRANCE ON TTS FEET National ‘Assembly, Adopts Financial Measure Amid Scenes of Much Disorder MEMBERS USE FISTS Proceedings Are Stopped Three Times on Account of Opponents’ Tactics Paris, Aug. 11.—U)—Premier Poincare has completed with rapid- ity rarely, if ever, equaled in the annals of the third republic, his fi- nancial program for the rehabilita- tion of France as fur us it was polit- lly possible under the existing circumstances. * The national assentbly in session at Versailles has, by a yore of G71 to passed the bill, placing the provision for a sinking fund in the constitution for the purpose, of amortizing the country’s floating ‘debt and generally relieving the tangled financial situation. Scene Is Lively w It was not without scenes of much disorder, browght about by the op- position of the socialists and com- that the measure was en- y members of the chamber of i ree nes- Thrice the assembly had to“be suspended because of the obstrep- erous tactics of the opposition. Fist fights between members of extreme right and extreme left rred during one stage of the One deputy was expelled from the chamber because of his Tadical attitude th OF MANY THINGS. PROHIBITION, RELIGION. RATS, GIN, GASOLINE, THE AL-CAL CONSPIRACY, By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926.) The Knights of Columbus, owerful organi: tutes, excepting aah tl most Si in the war be- en church and state in Mexico. he appeal, sent out by the Knights . of Columbus’ “supreme board of di- asks that the embargo on pil arms into Mexico be set aside, cites the case of Ruasia as simi- lar to that of Mexico and reminds the president that this refused to recognize ment. ab ent has ussia’s govern- it is true that Russia has treated rcligion and the Russian priests with cant courtesy, even side Russian cathe as the Czar’s age people submis: . ‘ But it was not because Russia of- fended religion that this government refused recognition to: Russia's gov- ernment. It was because Russia of- fended capital and outraged its poor] BISMA! feelings. “Childish American bankers bought millions of Russian bo when the them even h her grave. Russia refu to recognite those refused payment of all bonds, and that factg not disrespect gion, is the milk in the ‘recognition cocoanut. It appears that two issues, prohibi- tion and religion, are to become more and more important between now and the 1928 election. C« whaw, of Geol Saloon Léague’s hardest fighters, is drafted to-help in the Alabama guber- torial and senatorial Fohs ue cam- paigns. He starts his tle in Bir- auspices of the ‘h, with Shar dist church, with a savage al on overnor Al Smith of New York, ag ,+a_wet and a Catholic. Bibb Grav candidate for governor, made constant attacks on Governor Smith jn his speaking tour, and is , vexpected to get most of the Ku Klux Klan vote. 2, Senator Heflin, Democratic Senator from Alabama, says, “The wols f Wall street would not let me ha chance inside the White House,” which is true, and adds, “Al Bmith vhas no more chance of a presidential election than I have.” The Alabama senator goes on to say - that cv) Picleg oe outstanding a ¢ ing between President C Governor Smith. ‘That lonegome pine tree in the north is not farther from the south- ern palm than Cal from Al. campaign t! of Peuar after next. vlt will if not: edify’ and Senator But, for ntinues, there com" (ontinued 7 ons parts of Mexico. Most of these - | Acombrao, lt, were charged with In Ohio and Alabama Primaries ‘Atlee Pomerene Senator Willis Thomas P. Kilby J. H. Bankhead ‘ Here are five figures in important senatorial primary electicn contests for this month. In Ohio, Judge Florence Allen ex-Senator Atlee Pomerene are contesting for the Democratic nomination, and the win- ner is almost certain to face Senator Frank B. Willis, who has |.ttle opposition in the Republican primary. In Alabama, John H. Bankhead and Thomas P: ‘Kilby are two of the candidates in a spirited contest for the Democratic senatorial! nomination. CHURCH WON'T “MA” FERGUSON'BIGGANGSTER BACK REVOLT; IN RACE WITH] 1S SHOT DOWN Catholic Authorities Would WHOLE HEART Cold Blooded Gunman of Chi- Back Mexico in Any | cago Is Killed in Re- Foreign Conflict Woman Governor of Texas Is- venge—4 Shots Fired . sues Sta‘cment on Eve Mexico City, Aug. controversy Between of Campaign 11.—(4#)—The the Mexican Chicago, Aug. 11—()—Louis “Big” Smith, known as a gunman imported !from New York two years go as the ‘bodyguard of a Chicago bootleg chief- tai killed last night fer shots for the second time in a day threw a business district into uproar. The 42d death since January, at- ‘tributed to gang warfare, was’ the| ork of a lone gunman who Zccom- | Plished his purpose wi jof ‘his fellows had failed in theirs, | earlier in the day, in @ running pistol fight before Michigan houlevard’s smart shops. Assaijant Drives Away government and the Catholic church over the government's religious regulating showed no signs of less- ning today: The Catholic authorities, who con- sistently have ordered moderation and no violence, declared today that it would not support any revolution. The episcopate even went further, when in a statement to the Associa- ted Press, it asserted that in the event of armed conflict between Mexico and a foreign power the church would support the Mexican government with: absolute loyalty. gress in September may modify the religious regulations. But it is said that unless President Calles softens his attitude congressional re- Nef is doubtful. ' HOT TWO WEEKS AHEAD :Ku Kiux Klan Is Chief Point of Attack — Foregoes Personal Feelings Aug, U—(AP)— A. Ferguson today w word statement she de. _ drove Attorney General Dan! emptied his weapon and sped away. Moody, her chief opponent, never had| Police regarded the slaying a3 re- accepted her offer to resi venge for one of two murders with ‘The governor's statement presages| Which the big gangster’s name had -a heated two weeks’ campaign for the| been linked, and for one, of which he Democratic nomi in} Was under indictment. Texas pisses elevtion. 4 Smith, detec ves said, was virwoal: . jy an outcast in gangdom because of Mer Moin Iseve Ris cold blooded methods. He had Mrs, Ferguson makes the Ku Klux| engaged in diquor hijacking, robbe her principal issue, declaring) extortion, and paid killing durin, te that the “klan is celebrating Moody's! Stef reign over a gang here, officers large vote in thé first'primary as a. and boasted of the number of 20 thi Rumors Are Flying Neither the Catholic : episcopate, | Government, nor newspapers had re- ce any information that priests been killed anywhere in the : oe rene Mexico City tantly is. filled with rumors of allcsorts: of bloody d asters in veri- in, which prove’ letely unfounded. ‘The sin sho ll here print reports that three ,citizens were summarily execute® after « court wartial at Moody's vote in the first primary was about 409,000, which was 1,770 short of a majority of all other can- didates, The Texas law requires a run-off primary for these offices in which no candidate receives a ma- jority. Mrs. Ferguson declares that her duty to her state “is greater than my personal preference for private life at this time.” * lending. y which recently killed two ment engineers, because them — government fee es NORMAL COURSE {Highest wind velocity ... +10! First Class Work in Agricul- ture Advocated For Dick- inson Institution at 8 a. m, today: Expansion of the Dickins chool to include a firat class course! in agriculture may be recommended | to the legislature by Joseph A. taken, commissioner of dericulture| or. ! Lieut. Barksdale Tries to Make Parachute Jump 500 Feet Above Ground Y ‘Temperature at 7 a. m, Highest yesterday . i] Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11.—()— Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, MeCook field | pilot, was killed today when his ‘parachute failed to open as he jump- | eral his falling ship near tl e | eld. Lieut. Barksdale’s_jump was made, from a height fro jand, it is believed, the distance did | | not give™his parachute time oo open. | Normal On two previous occasions, he b4 le successful parachute jum; from, disabled ships. The ship wa: wrecked. Outlook Improves : For Spring — Washington, Aug. 11—(AP)—Pro- duction forecasts of the country’s portant crops, as indicated by their’ condition on August 1 and announced a the department of ngticalture, laced the corn crop at 2,576,936,000 ushels, as compared with 2,660,780, 000 bushels forecast a month an 2,905,053,000 bushels harvested last year. A pyeliminary estimate Bras the winter wheat crop at 626,482,000 bush- 8, els, compared with 667,762,000 bush- els forecast a month ago and 395,610,- 000 bushels harvested last year. 0 Cloudy 5 Cleas P. Cldy Clear ry an experiments under conditions which mis North Dakota farmers actu- ally face. Effect of Rainfall ,. Because of the heavier rainfall in :the, Red River Valley, experiments carried on at the agricultural college mean little to farmers in the western rt of the state because of the dif- rence in rainfall, Kitchen explained. Fai of more SooseceSooooooS THER FORECAST— For Bismarck and vicinity—Show- ers tonight; Thursday partly cloudy. Not much change in temperature, For North kota—Showers to- night; warmer southeast portion. Thursday partly cloudy. GENERAL WEATHER ave! inches or more while the remainder of the state averages less than 18 The pressure is high over theljinches and an appreciable part less northern stat from the Rocky|than 16 inches. Mountain region eastward while low Pressure covers the region west the Rockies. Cool weather: prev: thi jout the North and temper: tures have drop; slightly over the central Pleins States. Light show- r the eastern Rocky ion and from the cen- ites eastward to th 1s compared with forecast a month ago and afl capecinanis’ bushels harvested last id ble 270,876,000 mn, would eanble | SiS. scl parlenced in agvicultarer would be ex] im ure, yal Needed to do the work he has in mind, Kitchen said. He made it plain that an expansion at Dickinson would not seid | in any sense be an afters fo, organize diet rena reliet tage: an effort ch ake ‘the ead mchect | Session of congress ‘with’ renewed ubstation more | “nergy. je fight, he sald, will be alo ae hee the lame general el as ise last sess) sol Ly ‘be worked out by the Sarions farm Washington, Aug, 11—()—Repre- sentative Dickinson, Republican, Iowa, WHEAT farm bloc leaders, to- For the week endii Weather favorab! work prevailed and birvnting. rapid Some threshi boon! ir to good yi local rains occurred, hi elds. availgble to person: western part of the _ CANADA'S pe nada’ [STATE bg now valued at more total export trade The latest than, the ‘total “,tus|| Temperature and | 3. shows the value of Cana- readings o aterm rie. ye), , Cloud—Clo} PILOT KILLED} ‘about 600 feet | _ Road Conditions || Ss: 3 WOMAN LAGS — IN CONTEST FOR SENATE Miss Florence Allen, Ohio Su- preme Court Justice, Be- ALABAMA HITS KLAN Partia) Returns Received of Preliminary Election in Arkansas and Nebraska OHIO REMAINS DR' + Columbus, O1 —Ohio remai fairly complete by: the Aasociated Cppphe primary election, taken as a criterion of yoters’ sentimen: on prohibition. The vote gave definite indica- tions that every candidate for nomination on both tickets .who declared definitely against prohi- bition, had been soundly rebuked. Alfred J, Fierini, Dayton, most emphatic of several wet canil- dates for the 'Republican sena- forial nomination was running last in 9 field of oi contegt- ants with Senator a leading easily. The ow triumph of the candidates whose tendencies were inclined toward liberality cn the prohibition juestion way that of former nator Atlee Pomerene. He did not declare himself on the fesue, but has been officially recorded as voting “no” in years past on measures favored by anti-saloon league. may e a e battle of ballots was waged today in the states of Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas and Nebraska, the aftermath of yes- y elections, sof mounting figures nees for offices, ranging from Un ted States senators and governo: down to county officials. tion’s leaders of the past first jum @d into the political arena, the bat- tle waged fiercely. Willis Shows His Heels Miss Florence upreme court justi woman to seek a senatori: lagging behind former United Stat Senator ‘Atlee Pomerene for the Democratia nomination for United * 5 sénator, Villis sl his heels to. his ‘] seven opponentsy and his nomination for the Republican senatorship was assured, After leading through almost half the count, Thad Brown, secretary of state, seeking the, Republican guber- natrial nomination lost ground and s Y. Coopers, ; Cincinnati real esti man, forged into first posi- tion-among the 12 persons including and a negro, who sought the hon Brown and’ Cooper were regarded as the only contenders. Governor A. V. Donahey walked away from three Democratic Nes e who sought to succeed him. Donahey is seeking a third succe: sive term, Returns from 2,399 precincts of 8,634 gave Pomerene 25,206 and Miss Allen 16,529. Senator wits hi 40, in 1,927 precincts and his nea pele ard C. Q. Hildebrant, 10, 975. Cooper had 66,460 in 4,204 precincts and Brown 64,788. Dona- had a lead of 35,000 over hi nearest opponent in 2,499 precinct His vote was 40,333. Klan diated Repudiation of the national Ku Klux Klan organization by the Ala- bama organization was seen by some political observers in Alabama's Democratic primary. Hugo L. Black, candidate for the United States senate, endorsed by the Alabama klan, was leading a field of five, including L. B. Musgrove, backed by the national organization. Black had 9,408 in 386 precincts of 1,800 in’ the state; Bankhead, 5,508; Kilby 4,332, Mayfield 3,445 and Mus- 5 rove 3,572. * in the ‘gubernatorial race, Bibb raves ere 2 Sow days ago saree that ma newspapers, wer ahting him to “hogtie the Alabama delegation” in the 1928~ nation: Democratic convention to give the state’s vote to Governor Al Smit! was ling a field of four. vote in 386, precincts wa: 9,905; McDowell, 8,468; rral, Democratic gubernatorial figh nor Ter! strength is believ. ed to lie in the rural districts and * peatns from thas. bey agile iter in, e began cutting in! = lead.’ The vote in 641 pre- cinets of 2,009 in. the Mertirieau 27,824; Terral i In the congressional battles, the in- Representatives J. N. Till- man and Heartsill Ragon, were jead- their opponents. "Sena A, Caraway was nomina- ite was: G. Jobnson, eral 455 He: —e gover idential for Senator Frank B.| | Asks Divorce i ib | i | ! i ! Richard (below former U, has sued Mrs. Child (above) for divorce, They were married in 1916. YOUNG DAKOTAN TO BE HANGED Ferdinand Schlaps of Ashley Sentenced For Murder in Montana Washburn Child Wolf Point, Mont., Aug 11-~(AP) + Ferdinand .Schlaps of Ashley, D., 18 years old, was sentenced here to- day to be hanged Sept. 25 for. the murder of two elderly. persons, wi, who deereed that the exe, cution should take place at the Roose- velt county jail. It was the first death penalty in the county. ick Meun, Schlaps’ attorney, iled notice of appeal and asked 90 jays extension of time to obtain a transcript of the evidence. | Judge tw Al The prisoner displayed no emotion tod in the court room. Christina Schlaps, mother of the doomed boy, was not in the court room. Judge Paul, who is said to be opposed to capital punishment, was visibly ai fected as he pronounced sentence. Judge Paul's voice broke as he said There is nothing for the court te do ut pronounce judgment in aceord- ance with the verdict.” The trial, which lasted several days and brought above the examination of 300 jurors, cost the county $10,000, Needed Money Schlaps shot and 's. Antone F, G Biem, Mont., loaded their bodies in their automobile and threw them into the Big Muddy river. He said he wanted money to make an impres- sion on a i . M FRAIL GIRL LEADS HOLDUP ‘With Gén in Hand She Lines Up and Searches Victims Watertown, 8, | i frail slip of | than 100 pounds, 3 sought by South akota authorities tod ay as the “gun. | woman,” who led a holdup of a poker ; game at a road work camp Saturday night. "he girl, accompanied by four men companions, drove up to a 4 near Estelline, fired a shot throug! the trouser leg of one of the victims, when he told to “go to hell” and lined the others up, taking an unde- termined sum, and the “gunwoman” ried a revolver while with the o! she searched the line of Sead. em 1N—P)—A ing not more h een complet- ed, the girl ordered her cohorts to “beat it” and they sped away in their automobi: Boarders . Stricken | With Terror as , | “Bomb” Explodes mcrae Ah Cit te if men ere ening. ato Rreisryg ta bomb had gone »| dn, former |, TO RESCUE Crews Working on Kentucky ' . ambassador to Italy,! Schlaps was sentenced by Judge | ie last ni it isestien as Nie foes Bin trom the | Sw: Broker Begins to Serve Three Years 11, )—After his case to the highest court in the state and losing his appeal, Louis Montgomery head of the stock broke- Kurdos and. Burke, at the penitentiary yesterday. He was convicted of trading aguinst the | account of a customer. ‘HOPE AFRESH i FIVE MINERS | Cave-in Find Air Is Pass- ing Down Shaft |FEELING IS INTENSE | | i i { | Held Only Matter of Hours Before Fate of Victims Is Known | ! | | Salem, Ky., Aug. 11.--)—An in- tense alr pervades the camp of rescue workers here today, while crews work feverishly to reach their five entombed comrades in the Hud- son mine, The shaft in which the miners have been imprisoned since ; last Thursday, when a cave-in closed them under ground, is almost clear and it is a mutter of hours until the fate of the vie is known. Shifts ir crews have nute shifts. In- tense heat af the bottom of the 150 Kurdoa,| | which failed for several million dol-; lars, began his third year sentence | '2 MORE MAY _ BE DEAD, IT IS REPORTED Bootleggers and U. S. Officers Engage in Pitched Bat- tle in Everglades { | ENCOUNTERS ON SEA Three Vessels and Seaplane Engage in Contest Off Jacksonville Beach MAROONED ON ISLAND Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 1— AP) — Boatswain Thomas L. cl Toll the St. Johan river bar. Jacksonville, Fla, Aug, 11.—U)— Three known dead, two reported kill- ed, two men critically wounded and one man reported mising was the toll from two encounters between rum runners, hi-jackers, bootleggers, coast guardsmen’ and federal agents in Florida in the past five days. Three alleged violators of the liquor laws were killed in a pitched battle with several federal prohibi-” tion agents on a lonely everglades road ;near Homestead, when they pursued and opened fire on the gov- ernment agents, who were returning to Miami, after a series of raids on i ills in the everglades. Two of the men killed were former | foot shafts prevents men from work- ing more than a quarter of an hour. The toilers are confident some of | the men will be found alive, despite the fact that the prisoners had been trapped for 124 hours at 2 o'clock this morning. This feeling of optimism swept over the workers yesterday, as soon as it was discovered that air was passing down an abandoned shaft and reaching the trap. WOMEN WOULD BEAT EDERLE Two Americans Will Try to Cross Channel in Better Time—Victor Indifferent Cape Gris-Nez, Franee, Aug. 11.— (#)—The turbulent English channel again has turned back two persons ; Who aspired to swim it. y are Mme. Jane Sion, a French “2 an, and Omer Perrault, a Cana- i itarting from Cape Gris-Nep at 10:05 o'clock last night, they swam until 4 o'clock this morning, when the heavy seas and rain squalis com- pelled them to abandon their attempt to get across to Dover. In Fit Condition Miss Clare Belle Barrett of New Rochelle plans to start on her sec- ond attempt Sunday and Miss Cannon, of Baltimore, Monday. Cannon clafms she is in fit condition to beat Gertrude Ederle’s record time (of 14 hours 31 minutes, Meanwhile Miss Ederle, indiffe ent to the contentions of the remai ii Is for channel honors, ntertained today at Ca where a luncheon is being given her honor, She leaves tonight for Bissiden, near Stuttgart, Germany, to visit her grandmother. % No Sharks In Sight Ishak Helmy, Egyptian, and Georges Michel of France, who made unsuccessful attempts to conquer the! channel Monday night, suid today: that reports of an encounter with sharks were erroneous. Dogfish were their fellow voyagers, they suid. No have been reported in the nel this season. Carn Rental Concern License Is Revoked Rochester, Minn., Aug. 11.—)— What is believed to be the first ca: of its kind in Minnesota, came up today when Judge Burt Elliott Eaton | of municipal court here, revoked ‘an | automobile license belonging to the | Drive-It-Yourself company, a car rental concern. Geo: J. Lilly, who was arrested last night when he tipped over in the car he had rented ftom this com- pan: given 90 days in the coun- ty jai Jui Eaton was undecided wheth-| er the attorney general's office| would uphold the decision. 4 Turkish Baths Grow | in Popular Esteem York, Aug. bath = to | el increased ie numbers establishments here is a criterion. rimm| police officers of Homestead recently removed from office. Schooner Taken Captain Bob Pantz and Leorse Gun- way cook of the British rum runner Hazel E. Herman, were brought to a St. Augustine hospital Monday, criti- cally wounded as a result of a battle at sea. The t en say they were attacked by rs and in the resultant exchange of shots two men in the attacking party were killed The schooner was taken in charge by a coast guard patrol boat, Five edditional coast ne ie reg bases in ‘es londay night + the vicinity of the battle and @ recurrence of clashes. Commander Missing While coast guard men took steps to prevent further tromble, Roats- wain T. L, Cokely, eommandet of coast guard boat No. 2uz, who yester- day left his craft in the hat Fernandina in a navy ja ed by Captain George Gay, stil missing today, Residents of Jacksonville feach reported having witnessed e three cornered battle between three ves- sels and @ plane a short distance off shore yesterday. GRADE ROAD FOR 18 MILES Commissioners Award Con- tract For Work East of McKenzie to Kidder Co. vent was —_, A contract for grading 18 miles of the road from McKenzie east to the Kidder county line was awarded to C. P. Burnstad, of Burnstad, at a meet- ing of the county commissioners of Burleigh county yesterday afternoon. The bid was $50,256.81, of which the county's share is approximately $13,- The state’s share of the cost is 25 per cent and that of the federal gov- ernment 50 per cent. About 100,000 yards of earth ‘will be moved, The price per yard will be about 36 cents. It was decided to advertise for bids on a mile of grading work bepween sections 27 and 34, Apple Creek, bids to be in by Sept. 8. Building Records Smashed in July Washington, August 11—All records lor volume of co! United States were Never before was s0 pended in a single month for , materials and other elements entering into building costs, according to statistics compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America. The volume of construction handled last month was well above that re- corded for August, 1925, when the previous “peak” was reached. The in- dex on construction operations, based on the 1913 average, shows a from the March level of 120 points to the present position of 220. This is the greatest increase within a four- ithe construction Work ander Way e construction work under 5 last month furnished a total 4 r ing the first months of 1926 was 4 per cent than the amount registered du: corresponding period last yar. fact assumes significance, it - Samsvieretion is given: