The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1926, Page 1

Fair tonight and Saturday. Cooler tonight. Heavy to killing frost. 6 ’ MA’ FERGUS ENGLISHM SUCCESSFUL IN CHANNEL SWIM Crosses From Gris Nez to St. Margaret’s Bay in 13 Hours, 56 Minutes ON'S | Holidaying With the Coolidges . FIFTH TO MAKE ‘TRIP’ {PROMPT ACTION England’s Mystery Girl Gives Up Second Attempt After 18 Hours Dover, England, Sept. 17—— Norman Leslie Dereham of Southend, England, teday finished a swim across the English channel from Cape Gris Nez. ° His time was 13 hours, 56. min- He left Gris Nez at 9 o'clock | last night and landed in St. Mar- | garet’s Bay this morning at-10:66. The record for the swim 's 1" hours five minutes, made by the French baker, Georges Michel, on September 10. New York Business Man Killed By Brigands Who Held Him For Ransom investigation of the American embassy at into the death of Jacob Rosenthal and the resultant United sentations to the Calles government, were awaited today by state depart- ment officials, stirred ‘by news of the New York bu: Mexican bandit: Charge Schoenfeld structions from essman’s murder by By his performance, Dereham wins ‘ unds offered by ‘orld for the first British born subject to beat Gertrude Ederle’s time of 14 hours 31 minutes. jon government feels that such an offense against its nds prompt action by the Mexican authorities. Beaten or Stabbed advices received at the de- The president, Mrs. Coolidge and their son, Jchn, on their way to the Japanese tea house of the luxurious White Pine « mp at Lake Osgood, N. Y., where their summer's rest is drawing to a close. NORTH DAKOTA GRAIN GROWERS WOULD BENEFIT UNDER PROPOSED RATE CUT. FARM ECONOMIST SAYS is the fifth person to swim the channel during the present The others who have made the swim are Gertrude Ederle, New York, who set a new record; Mille Gade Corson of New York; Ernst Vierkoetter, the German, who cut Miss Ederle's figure, and Georges Michel, who lowered the records of both Miss Ederle and Vierkoetter. JANE DARWIN FAILS IN SECOND ATTEMPT mystery girl of gain failed to swim the Miss. Darwin start- ed from Cape Gris Nez, France, at 2:30 yesterday afternoon and aban- doned the swim at hi after having been in the water foi She gave up owii eaten to death” ands who seized him Sun from the Mexican capital, and held him for $10,000 ransom. The slaying followed the killing of two of his captors by federal troops. that the outlaws stabbed the aged] those American, weakened by a recent ill-| rier: hampered their flight and because they preferred n to have him rescued alive by the fe eral soldiers with whom they were] appear in court he i} engaged in a running fi portion of the AT HEARING Girl Killed in Auto Collision | Reduction Necessary to En- . able Minneapolis Grain and Milling Concerns to Meet Water Competition, Minne: apolis Traffic Expert Tells Commission English channel. Albert Lea, Minn. Sept. 17— (AP)—Miss Kathlyn Heughton, 16, of Hayward is dead and James Sanderson of the same village is suffering from severe injuries utomobile crash on “erank Wi ray: west of this city, ey rode crashed with another driven Farland of Austin. ton attended high school hei is a daughter of G. A. Haughton. WOULD GRANT U.S, POSITION | OF QUALITY: Recommendation May Not Meet Terms of America’s * Fifth Reservation h but was Seta eee under | So! Petre a paagren i di te vl rts te payer an ic | older,’ jut counse! ortet the sath te *° CMPMFCL Zor the. plaintiff announced that “major client in in- In her previous effort, Miss Darwin on September 8 started’ from “Cape! Gris Nez and was about half way or kill the outlaws. FEDERAL TROOPS KILI. Mexico City, Sept. 17.(4)——Fed wthwest- wind | porting the contention of Minneapolis At‘ interests that the proposed six-cent rate cut is necessary to enable local ing concerns to meet ‘water competition, Frank B. Town- send, traffic director of the Minne- association, was pre- proponents’ argu- the Interstate ion hearing here roposal, a six- rail shipments came rough under a, and she was forced to this time she was 8% i the’ village near which Jacob Rosen- |! morning dense f spread the channel and Miss bandoned the swim four and one- alf miles from the English coast. TODAY CORAL CONCRETE. THE BLIND SEE. SEVEN COOLIDGE QUALITIES. MOVIES AS SALESMEN. death by his bandit captors Wednes- Hinoposa is believed to d i NE ee one of the leaders of the ban- Opponents of the cent rate cut on all from Minneapolis to the east, had at their disposal a number of witnesses who will take the stand at the con- clusion of Mr. Townsend's testimon: Mr. Townsend has heen one of th most prominent figures County Agent A. R. Miesen and 0. eisner, poultry expert from the state agricultural college, a poultry culling and eaponizing dem- at the Theodore h lengthy exhibits to his case. been frequently those opposing the rate cut. onstration today R. Taylor place, west of Wilton. Mr. Weisner arrived here ear!; week and has been wo Miesen all week on these demonstra- tions. They were at the Alex Mc- of Bismarck Tues- ind Wednesday conducted demonstration at the W. E. Nichols) ,, cross-examined by Representatives from North tu have come to the aid of groups in favor of the reductio: the Rex Willard, farm economist at the wel, North Dakota agricultural cojl i North Dakota ra ission, told the hearing a Sweden sends an idea that interest builders and homeseekers. W! concrete, a mixture of sand, is still soft, just it sets, gas is introduced into th: a, ture with the same effect as yeast on; yesterday's session that grain grow- the concrete with little | ers in his state would benefit under Geneva, Sept. 17—()—It is under- hat, at the final meeting of di the drafting committee of the world court delegate conference today, reed to recommend to the main| the United shown by the people in the communi- States be granted a position of a per-| ties wh sh fect equality with members of League of Nations council in all mat ters pertaining to requests for visory opinion by lemonstrations have A simliar opinion was expressed by L. Kalley, of Pierre, 8. charge of rate and transportation e je very good, according to Mr. 01 Farmers wishing such demonstra- Presumably, this would not wholly, tions on their farms should get in wishes as ex-|touch with the county agent. -—_________—_—_—-@ Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 jay Temperature at Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a concrete like jepal of railroad commissioners, meet the Amerjean pressed in the’‘fifth reservation, in case advisory’ opinions! eonld be asked by a majority’6f’thé coancil, because an American veto would not be effec- British seientists announce success- ful use of ultra violet rays in treat-, SIOUX CITY WANTS , ment of blinds » partial snd incipi-| GRAIN RATE CUT ALSO Is are ay ing 1 treatment and results are extremely City's contention that it, as a Minne- apolis competitor for northwest grain, aralleling the pro- tion in grain and flour from Minneapolis to the east ish | drew additional attention todi Minneapolis, Sept. 17——Sioux re. The drafting committee will present. its report to the full committee to- ‘Those close to the delibera- jst in the belief that, not- continuing diffi- good. That is progress. In the next column of the same begged? #72 page you the middle read nna organized by the However, Jew baiters are not as a a in the day of! it ion. Mixteen, of the. Hankenkreuts are in jail and 50 others arrested needs a rate cu posed six-cent r hours ending| ang pho lunge back into withstanding the culty, the committee of 14 or the con- e itself will find a way of sat- isfying the United Stat Painleve Denies Massing « Troops on Italian Frontier de-] Amenia .... ‘With Frank B, Townsend, traffic di- recur, minneapolis traffic tion, on the stand, the questio: on cross examination as to whether Minneapolis is entitled to preference. ‘Whe query propounded by H. C. Wil: son, traffic commissioner represent- ing the Sioux .Cit: drew the reply: Highest wind ve! grain exchange, dont’ think the etween Minneapolis and Sioux City is comparable with the competition between Minneapolis and Precipitation 8 in inches "3 spiritual guide, —- official needs seven Paris, Sept. 17.—(@)—Formal nial of reports published in Berlin that France was concentrating troops | Bottineau . on the Italian frontier was issued by | Det ninleve today. le such news shi poooee Men in pablic le * promises. Coolidge does it. No ostentation, hard work, that’s ‘The right relationship with God, ab- solute honesty, performance of duty ‘without evasion, power to recognize great Senet “clean, not only outside, President Saslifue, aa e added that President wh talk, Dickinson ..a. ould slentels the} Fessenden .... ‘ths, Leagye | Grand Forks . War Minister be-disseminated by Germ: day after her entry into the Leagye " M. Painleve said. telegraphed to the Langdon . Berlin newspaper Gazette de Voss by | Lari its Paris correspondent. Li ‘Model Man’ Is Held For House Prowling) ocrhesd, WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck “s vicinity: Mos‘ No Obj “Granting this to be the cas Commissioner J. B. Campbell, a question as to whether the carriers should be pertnitted to chage rates imposing a handicap upon a minor The report was figure.’ Minneapolis has no object Sioux City’s proposal that it Mr. Townsend sai an pees, . outside world resents United domination in moving pict pictures are selling in ail City. ’ “Sioux City has favorable transit balances, a longer hai competition,” he said. getual competition between Minne- apolis and Sioux City for northwest man, wi accdunt, John ry of this city is in jail here today 48| po, ny, ‘a daylight house prowling suspect. Ascurtiog to police here and in St. fer is alleged to have being held] G forth Dakota tonight and Sathrday. Six of the Indian princes that ENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A high ptessure area, accompanied weather, covers the northern Low pressi ren who neve: ou esed an a bynes told her re KE ‘HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1926° BE INVESTIGATED — REGIME TO. \WASHINGTON {° FROM MEXICO State Department Officials Stirred By News of Ro- senthal Murder |; Better Cover Your Flowers Tonight | ffowers and tomato plants alive for » loneer peri this whould cover them well tonight as the local weather bureat nn that a heavy to killing front in probable. ‘Temperatures below freezing prevuil in, the western Canadian prov.nces’ and Alberta haw from nix inchés to a foot of Fnow. Assoc atgl Presx reports from Edmontoy’ today state that central and northern Alberta are in the grip ef unseasonable weather and that a heavy snow fell last’ hight Calgary. Win- ter covers hi ppeared on au- tomobjfe radiators and men are wearing overcoats and gloves. No frpst was reported at Bis- marck or elsewhere in North Da- kota last night, although near- temperatures were re- ported. Bismarck’s minimum was a. izdon reported the lowest , that of 30 above “zero, is considered likely that a light frost fell there. *, Today's prediction in “moxtly fair tonight and Saturday. Cool- jer tonight. Probably heavy to Killing frost.” JACK KEARNS Former « Major Client in Effort to Prevent Title Bout ‘y fight. ns that he inte: paying Demp-; y jarantees be- in of the | ia ath rns was his terest.2 0" ov. So far as stopping the fight is con- cerned, Rickard said he would lose p over the Kearns suit or the, njunction obtained in Indianapolis ; no sleey the Coliseum club of Chicago. B, C. Clements, president of the | Coliseum club, is due here today with the Indiana injunction which upholds claim that he holds a contract | inding Dempsey to meet Harry Wills | re engaging any other opponent. bit befor ch Interest Shown | N. Y.. Democrats in Demonstrations Confident Smith today from night closed con | ference with Governor Smith, confi- dent that he would seek reelection Mr,| for @ fourth term: s name was on a slate which it stated was agreed on at the con- ference. The governor himself made no ennouncement. Treasury Secretary Returns From Europe| New York, Sept. 17. unusual precautions had been taken cretary of the Treasury W. Mellon from reporters togrephers on his arrival to- ym abroad, the secretary him- s self broke his rule of declining in- -++ 83.0] terviews and talked to newspapermen. 0) He declined to discuss European ++ 9) affaire and said his trip abroad had » 20 bean a vec At no time to shield Se Andrew dis Y or international character, he said. ‘The secretary arrived on the Beren- ja and was taken off.the liner at tine. Told that certain interviews had He left for Washington. BALFOUR BANK CLOSED 17—() —Chosin; a Gilbert bank examiner. The bank ‘was cap: Cloudy Mepiises for $15,000 and et gy osits when it was. cl i. M. Pence is vice president vty] | Tem a atTa. m) St. Cloud—C! fair, Be ket cloaas tae es 38; roads stows Cloudy, Uf; nends wood ‘ 7o—Partly cloudy, 75; roads ILLNESS OF ~— BVANGELIST | Mrs. Aimee Semple McPher- |HAS SERIOUS INFECTION Keyew Had Planned Arrest of the arrest of five persons scheduled | by District Attorney Asa Keyes and! statements of new witnesses adding | to the mass of evidence in the Aimee | Semple McPherson kidnaping investi- | j gation, the serious illness of the evangelist threatened to delay the {third inquir disappearan: IS TRYING 10 ‘ BLOCK FIGHT Wednesday were followed by her} Dempsey Manager be three days before the danger) would be past. Philadelphia, Sept. 17--(P)—Jack Kearns, rmer manager of Jack has entered the list of ttempting to throw legal bar- the way of the Tunney-Demp- the case with conspiracy to defeat justice, ther, Mrs, Minnie Kennedy; Keni G, Orn . friend of the evangelist | By the latest. move Tex Rickard, a tpremoter of the bout, in summoned 0 operator” John Boe Martin and Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Sie . her statement she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to “frame” the , |X” hoax, whereby she was to mas- Y | querade as the companion of Or ton during a 10-day sojourn at a cot- tage at Carmel, Calif., shortly after ittenburg, described as “ta: Ask Modification | | tion, have filed a petition for mo | fication of the order of the board of | railroad commissioners of August | 30, in the North Dakota terminal Will Run Again The slate of candidates to be pre- ented for nomination at the state convention September 27 included the name of Supreme Court Justice Rob- ert F. Wagner of New York city, to pose United States Senator James j . Wadsworth, Republican, who fav- ors modification of the Volstead act. sive. i. a Balfour, d reserve and frozen ‘was announced in Minot by Semingson of Bismarck, state Road Conditions Pe been 8 good girl and never ; roads good. jd—Clou 3 roads good. inot—Partly’ efeudy, us; bo HALTS PROBE son Collapses During Serv- ice at Angelus Temple | Five For Conspiracy to Defeat Justice Los Angeles, Sept. 17.—(#)-~With into her five weeks’ Reports of the evangelist’s illness collapse ut an Angelus Temple service | s yesterday and the subsequent an-/ nouncement of her physician that a dangerous infection might cause death if complications developed. The illness was described as an abscess | of the nose, close to the brain. The j phys temperature had dropped from the! ian said that, although her 102 mark reached last night, it would | Five Named in Complaints District Attorney Keyes said yes- d complaints | ns identified with | He named Mrs. McPherson; her m former’ Angelus Temple radio! Mrs. Sielaff was. named following the evangelist ‘disappeared. of Recent Ruling in Mill Rate Case: Jamestown, N, D., Sept. 17.--)-—. Springer and Cadiqux, traffic experts here representing the cities of James- town, Bismarck, Mandan, Valley City, Minot and the state millers’ organiza- mill and elevator rate case, In the petition filed, it is claimed that .the state law, under which the order was made, did not authorize! any different freight on flour and other grain products for the state mill then for any other mill and that the order should be modified orean opportynity given other mills of the state to show their situation before waking these drastic changes effec- tive. Auxiliary Wants H Large Delegation at Philadelphia! Fargo, N. Sept. 17—()—Efforts to enroll a large number of members of the Ai ican Legion auxiliary to attend the national convention of that organization are being made by of- ficials of the North Dakota depart- ment. Incidentally it is hoped to have the North Dakota delegation make an especially Strong showing at the convention which will be held in Philadelphia October 11 to 15, inclu- A special convention circular sent headquarters here to all te outlines some of tage of attending the con- vention and the sesquicentennial ex- position at the same tim An effort is being made to devise a fitting son, vention by th tion. Girl Taken From Train at Jamestown Decides to Go Home Gene Nelson, a 19-year-old girl of Savage, Minn., who was taken from a freight train here Sunday dressed as in com R.A. Pence! easel from jail jowed to ac- | ed, ‘ident and ca: of the bank company her father home. At first refusing to return to her the girl brought to time by a sen of 30 days i jail and a fine of $75, which was pended upon her agreement to acco! pany her fathi before made any troul She was ib dressed in flor outfit when taken | 0! into custody here. The youns, man who accompanied her is still held here on a vagrancy charge. William D. Upshaw, has bee into retirement by the Fifth district in favor of Leslie J. Steele pictured above, : prohibition spellbinde spent “fabulous sum eele’s opponents termed him “j a country lawyer.” FORAN CASE: POSTPONED T0 OCTOBER 19 Widow, Charged With Mur- der, Consents to Delay Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 17) Postponement, for the third time, of the preliminary charged with the murder of her hus- band by the administration of poi- son, was announced Thursday. hearing was postponed by stipulation| & the coming..short, of attorneys at the request of the! &ress to enact farm Fi ‘The | ed Stutes senate wil oo hearing was set for October i" MeNery, cl The request for the postponement ) came from the state upon the grounds | attention with several other import that it is not yet ready to proceed] #nt items which crowd the calenda’ with the hearing. It was agreed to y W. E. Purcell, attorney for Mrs,| headquarters of the Republican sen- Foran. Thursday. a Mr. Purcell states that he is ready] is & member, to devote his time un- seat any time,) til the November elections to the but agreed to the postponement be-( Party's fight to maintain control of cause he does not want to incur ad- ditional expense in bringin; witnesses, 24 of whom will until he is assured the hearing will indicated Thursday that it will request a change of venue when the case comes up. gcheduled to be heard before Justice Andrew H. Brunson, Dr. Stresemann and Aristide Briand Are in Conference Today Geneva, Sept. 17—(#)—The long ‘awaited conference between Dr. Gus- tav Stresemann, the German foreign to proceed with the minister, on the uestions still to be settled 'rance and Germany, arrang-| the government of their ed for today at a place somewherd/ unprejudiced” service as government near Geneva, transcended all else in League of Nations circles. Dr. Stresemann, it was said, seemed prepared to go a lon, France's foreign fore representatives of thé German press to attack by German national- he is understood to have said in substance that “it is easier to get into an agreement with an ex-enemy than with some hyper-nationalists of one’s own countr; State School of Science, Wahpeton, |,. to Open Sept. 20) yorr “ris"aster the sovernment has to be sung at the con-; e North Dakota delega- visor of trades state school of science at Wahpeton,| Merton hi was in Bismarck yesterday in the in-| release of the Ameri terests of the Wahpeton instituti This school is tl kind in the state, and the cour: fered include auto mechanics, elec plumbing, | POLITICAL FAITH bricklaying, cooking, sewing and com-; New York, Sept. 17.—\)—The re- The fall term op-| 0 September 20 and special winter | office in 1921 under Har: term courses open November 1. Rumor of Obregon’s bares Murder Unconfirmed | *;invetisstion tcstitieg today. Jamestown, N, D., Sept. "17—U)— | mercial subjects. in the state of one to the effect that General Alvaro , former president, has been mocratic or Kepublican, MISSIONARIES HELD CAPTIVE Hankow, » Sept, 17.—M)—The Chinese military authorities at Wanh- sien have occupied t! ters of; Wednesday the, China valend ralssion. in chat de town, and are holding three British missionaries COMMITTEE OF "NINE NAMED T0 | MAKE INQUIRY House of Representatives Takes Action Following Stormy Session $25,000 IS APPROPRIATED Probe Will Be Directed at Various Departments of Texas Government Austin, Texas, Sep 17.—— Charges ‘of irregularities in the ad- ministration of state departments, which were leading issues in the toe Texas primary campaigns in which win voted | Aeorney General Dan Moody defeat- ed Governor Miriam A. Ferguson for re-election, will be investigated by state legislators assembled in special ue vwession by the woman executive to validate a large road bond issue. Following a stormy session yester- day, the house of representatives voted, 104 to 22, for an inves! ion of various departments under rer- nor Ferguson's regime and set aside $26,000 to finance a committee of nine house members in conducting the inquiry. The committee will re- port at the next regular session of the legislature in January. FARM RELIEF 10 BE SOUGHT 'AT SHORT TERM Senator Charles L. McNary Will Reintroduce His Bill, With Changes Chicago, Sept. e The Unit- f legislation plan, Senator Charle: ublican, Oregon, de- ‘ed here today, but such a measure have to compete for the senate’s on the McNi McNary arrived today at. western ate campaign committee, of. which he the senate, He divulged plans to reintroduce* the McNary bill rejected by two pre- i! vious congresses, ‘with some simpli- | fications and refinemes Government Claims Daugherty Was in New York Sept. 30 New York, Sept, 17.-(#)—The gov- ernment today placed on record docu- | mentary evidence tending to prove | thet Harry M. Daugherty was in New York September 30, 1921, when Thomas W. Miller gave Richard Mer- ton, German metal magnate, check: for $6,453,979.97 at a champagne din- ner in the Ritz Carlton hotel. Daugherty and Miller are on trial charged with conspiring to defraud “fair and otticials in permitting the release to Merton of assets of the American Metal company impounded during the war. At that time Daugherty was at- torney general and Miller alien prop- erty custodian, United States Attorney Buckner placed on record trevel vouchers, rail- road and Pullman records showing that Daugherty and Jesse W. Smith, his “man Friday” returned from o trip to Ohio September 29 and their expense accounts were shown to prove that they were still in New York on September 30. Similar records were also offered i show that Daugherty and Smith were in New York April 19, the same \ stated, is that of the original meeting C. W. Alger, assistant state super-| between Merton, Smith and the late industries at the} John T. King, Republican leader. testified that he obtained in Metal assets by action of Daugherty and Miller after he paid King a fee of $441,000. | JOBS DEPENDBD ON rganization of the attorney general’s ae erty as con by Jes: ° his “man Friday,” was based on the olitical faith of the employes, Le |, Bailey, former chief & thi ‘auguration, Bailey a testi! at the Mexico City, Sept. 17—()—Among | trial of Daugnerty and Thomas W. the wild end unconfirmed rumors re- ling the rebellion of the Yaqui| for @ list of all surioree of the de- Sonora is; partment of justice with Miler, Smith came to him and asked a note onsite each name to show whether This list came back to him, Batley Officially nothing has been given | said, with symboi each out, pris hag Seciaraiien. that troops name to ‘ee. Se Sree cee could be retained or not,