The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 29, 1926, Page 3

L. A. SIMPSON, WIDELY KNOWN DAKOTAN, DEAD iatent Continued em the time death. fi Attorney Simpson. was it 4 one.) 2 hi life long, Republican. In earlier years he was active in the councils. of party, serving as chairman of the state re- publican convention in 1900. He was elected a member of the state house of representatives from the Stark county district in 1802, serving two! terms, Elected to the state senate in 1900, he served his district in thet capacity for 12 years, from the sev- enti’ to the 12th legislative sessions, inclusive. A forceful speaker and an excellent parliamenta: | ognized as a leader in that body. He served as state's attorney of Stark county from 1896 to: 1900, but has heen inactive in politics since the ad-/ vent of the Nonpartisan League. | Mr. Simpson was at one time a can- diuave tor congress from the third| district, receiving more votes than. any opponent, but thro he vagaries of a peculiar election law n the statutes at that time, he was defented by P. D, Norton of Mandan,| then secretary of state. Norton won through the arene of “second choice” votes to the high candidates. When the Spanish-Ame! broke out Mr. Simpson en! member of the third ty U, 8. Voluntcers—Grigsby’s Rough Ridders —in which he served throughout the conflict. When mustered out he re- turned to Dickinson to resume his law, practice. Gains National Prominence 1909-1910 he attained national prominence by his conduct of the Ruasell case at “Boston, being chief counsel for the plaintiff in the suit which involved an estate of half a million dollars, and which was re- garded as one of the test trials in the history of the American bar. Mr. bg po was married to Mise’ Rosaline Messersmith, daughter of a pioneer Dickinson family, in 1891; who survives. Miss Cora Simpson of Bismarck is a sister of the deceased, She went to Dickinson a week ago to visit at the home of her brother, and was there when he died. Funeral Sunday The deceased was a member of Dickinson lodge No. 1187, B. P. 0. E.; Frontier lodge No. 27, 1. 0. 0. F., and Luwton camp No. 3, Spanish-American War Veterans. Funeral services will be held Sun- day afternoon at Dickinson, under the auspices of thevElks and Odd Fellows lodges. Interment will be in the Dickinson cemtery. ‘Thos. Poole of ths city, @ personal friend of Mr. Simpson’s, was notified of his death early a and left thi noon for Dickinson. {It is prob that many Bismarck people will go to Dickinson Sunday to attend the last rites. Simpson bate f Respected Bismarck people who had known Mr. Simpson were unanimous in their ex- pressions of regret over his sudden passing today. - ‘Mr, Simpson was a most succcess- ful lawyer, and I regarded him as iw man of great ability and one with a successful practice,” sald. F. WH. Reg- ister, Bismarck’s oldest practicing at. torney in point of service and a friend of the Dickinson attorriey for many years. In WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1926 lion income, could do ‘wonders in a Balkan kingdom. success? There is frightened in’a thunder said to one that expressed surprise: “Of course you are not frightened. You are not a kin; not strike you.” to frighte: Pe ask business conditions? Does eve: look all six monthi of months with an eye to business commitments. this. country, if we mind our busi- | neae and continue to work? tion is absolutely unprepared for at- tack in war, there | worry us, “first choice”; to come is not probable. ugh | amiable, charge of the nation’s defense are no What is it that frightens men, mak- ing them more and more timid as hey climb higher in the world of story of a king jorm, who t ightning would 1) American citizens are supposed be kings many of them are in the midst of their pros- tye Eight out of ten Americans will you: “What do you hers ing it for the next five or They specify a number t i What is there te worry about in Apart from the fact that the n is nothing to And war for some years Therefore ‘optimistic amateurs in great menace yet. If there is anything a nation needs that. we haven't got, what is it? Men like gald; we have more than half of all there is in the world. We have the greatest crops on earth, plenty of land to double and treble them. We have. 115,000,000 of people and could soon have 260,000,000 and be individually and collectively twice as rich as we are now if we had the in- telligence to encourage instead of shutting off immigration. There has never been such pros- perity as ours, and it has only begun. “It hath not yet been shown what we shall’ be.” And yet, intelligent Americans are nervous! Man Who Murdered His Wife Dies From Own Knife Wounds St. Paul, Sept. 20.—M—Funeral arrangements for Robert W. Plourd, who died from self inflicted wounds at Ancker Hospital Tuesday, are be- ‘ing made today. According to the coroner's office, Indian Who Served “without regard to the civil service rules, dent Coolidge because pointee’s record in the world war. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | | in N.D. Company Is , Given Appointment; Washington, Sept. 20-—UP)—The| appointment of a°full bloaded Indian | service | He is Thomas Rogers, of the Arik-j; ‘0 a position in the postal thas been authorized by Presi of the - ap- ara tribe, who attended the Indian state normal training school at San- ee, Neb., for six years. He enlisted in a North Dakota company and was} cited many times for bravery over-| seas, tions, singlehanded many who were taken headquarters for questioning. Rail Board Refuses cially for scouting opera- ting which he captured erp back to American} to Join I. C. C. in | Rate Investigation! Refusal to join with the Inter-, state Commerce Commitsion in an in- vestigation of! state and interstate | class rates has been voiced by the| state railrond board in a letter to! W. H. Wagner, examiner for the/ federal body at Washington, D.C. | Proposal that sttch action be taken was made by the Interstate Com- merce Commission when representa- tives of the various states failed to agree, at a recent conference in Chi-| engo, on a method of handling rate! cases now pending before the fed-| eral body. | The state railroad baard, in its let- ter, said: “At ¢he conference in C cago on September 10 relat procedure in connection with ous formal complaints pending before | - the Interstate Commerce Commission involving rates in Western Trunk/ Line territory, it was suggested that | the various parties submit their| views in writing because of inability to reach an agreement et the con- ference. Much Opposition “We have given this matter care-| ful consideration and have obtaine? an expression from the various com- mercial and shipping interests in the state. some of which have already submitted to you their views in writ- ing, and it appears there is consider- Plourd slashed his throat with a butcher knife after he had mortally wounded his wife with a hatchet in the basement of her home Friday. Funeral services for Mrs. Plourd took place at Caledonia, Minn., Mon- day. Fhe couple had been separated for a month. Plourd’s attack on his wife followed her refusal to live together agein. A nine-year-old daughter, Rose Mary, survives, 43 TRAPPED MINERS ARE ALL ALIVE (Continued from page one.) —this two and one-half inch bore is being made to obtain communication and furnish food and clothing. A horizontal tunnel, from an ad- joining mine, 54 feet dug, with 226 feetNto go. 300 Feet to Go “The death of Mr, Simpson marks the passing of one of the west’s most talented lawyers,” was the remark of State’s Attorney F. E. McCurdy, med of Simpson’s death, McCurdy recalled that Simpson was the opposing attorney in his first jury case after his graduation from law school, Simpson was one of the most ful members of the North ote bar and a figure to reckon with in the early days, according to R, D. Hos- kins, attached to the staff of Adjutant ieneral A. Fraser, “He always was a valiant fighter for the welfare of the Missouri Slope and the western nart of the state as he saw it,” Hos- Lins ‘said, “and he certainly made himself in the legislature, colo te in the legislature, he was ha “| corner, always ern a ready answer to any question which waa asked him, i and extricating plnself from difficult = sitaations wie out. difficulty. ine “Mr. Simps member of. th years, ducted much said C. L, Youn the North Dakota “He had a wonderful! reer professionally, a for his courteousn sonality. A quality of ge! Taent among pract! form courtesy. important litt former president o! Bar associatio: ly interesting ca- gaged, he was always genial.” ~~ ——-. t (Continued: from ) for. tho the. sTecton’ then past 70, or, thousnt+ vital, processes, Involved lectured’ on 1) - liminary, he br fingers in a vise, jappened; calml; sensation One hundred cancer specialists this and European’ countries. ha boiled into one. brief statement al that is knor to be the most important ment on the subject ever made. First, nobody. knows whet cancer a germ,| bytieri: is, ‘Some think it.comes from others from a growth caused tation of tissues. Nobody know! + Mest, important of all: not contagious. or. cannot “cateh it” from a cancer vie ‘ Cancer, ike drunkenness, in eyes you oan engy. a cancer, andya tendency to! everything de-' same eres yi Mi, soteeny trpeaenent. Of a hun. rin -aecessibl Mr,| apected during his terms Ina Bene or aan a a asc ce re a. ersonal . on has been a prominent e state bar for over 30 during which time ‘he has con- tion’ lto a dark, bare hallroom. nd was noted joners was his uni- No matter how bitter the controversy in which he was en- ‘opay 1 eee ee aEEnEenEEnel of at wn about cancer. This is it. state- infectious. You Third, removal of the debris in the shaft from the top. Workers in this edition have 300 feet to go, with 100 feet accomplished yesterday. It started: from a clear point at the sec- ond level, 327 feet below the surface. Relatives, anxious, tired but still hopeful, patiently display the -re- y-| straint of mining blood as they crowd | jabout the rescue workers when they me from their shifts. No one wil! up. Every one is sure the miner: ve, that they will be rescued. Meanwhile, antbulances, physicia {and nurses wait to care for the m when they are reached. fies ar is ae —— New York, Se 29.—Seattered notes from a ramble about Manhat- tan: ‘The rehearsal season in full swing. +. + Theatrical pares boils over, like the soup of a negligent house- wife. . » Hall spacesis at a = mium, Tired actors recite their lines . . Hour Plays must be The sea- » Minutes count. . . . truding Jewish holidays. .°. . je rectors tear their hair end fall into cold sweat the thought of the nearness of opening night. . . . One by one the: theaters, dark and deserted in the summer months, blossom with ch opt electric lights. The mill: grinds all. over the town. . . » The vacant: halls and lodge rooms of the Bronx, the East Side, downtown, uptown, turn. . In the upper Fifties Lexington avenue, like’ red lights in . . . On one je dusty alls where gather the hard-voiced «Customers curse oo able opposition to any suggestion from us that the Interstate merce Commission and state commi sions jointly enter into an investig: tion of state and interstate class rates. Fargo, Valley City and Jamestown recently had some of their rates pres- cribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, In the decision in these cases thére wa: also suggested certain changes in rates not specifically ordered. The commission’: erman sentinels} ° | i The cities of Grand Forks,| s| | \ responsible for the decreased produc- tion, the bulletin says, Seventy-five growers in the eastern: \part of the state harvested 4,545 production was due mainly to a re- duction in the acreage harvested for seed in important producing dis- tricts in the Dakotas and Minnesota. This reduction, however, was offset ier iri te a considerable extent by increases inae ithe northeastern part but ln An ed net ouattie SRE tr a nt the’ southeastern part. The produc-| her o} tion of undy County White” in this state probably exceeded that of | last year as it was grown mainly in section affected but littl drought. Late rains stimulated the growth! of t second crop of common sweet clover. Quite a little seed might be abtained from this crop if frosts would hold off long enough. Mostly $7.50 to $8 per hundred pounds, basis | clean sced,, was offered to growers | on September 14. Sweet dlover seed production in the , United States is expected to be nbout 15 per cent smaller than the large} crop of last year, the department! says. Reports received during the! third week of September from ap- proximately 900° growers and sh: peré indicated that the decrease Re: oicing at Mussolini's Escape |The yivld per acre was esti | be smaller than that of lest istrie Notwithstanding the factthat there was a larger total acreage ‘of sweet | vlover than last year, the acreage cut for seed was smaiter, due pri clpally to low prices paid to grow- ers last year, drought during the spring and summer in a few of the leading producing districts, and shortage of hay or pasture. In gen-| weather conditions were less| avorable for the seed crop in north- | em producing districts and more favorable in other districts south of | them. | A fire has been burning for years. in the mit Hill cout in Penn: Engineerg mate | that it has consumed 14,000,000 tons | -Announcement The undersigned desire to inform our patrons and the public, that the build- ing known as the Van Horn Hotel, has been sold to St. Paul parties, and, as our Evelyn Brent A in lease expires on Oct. 1st, 1926, the hotel “Three Wik Premier Mussolini of Italy here is pictured immediately after his ve. || Will on that date be closed to guests. eee img cent escape from an assassin’s bomb in Rome. A crowd of rejoicing Crooks’ We wish to thank our patrons for past favors, and also announce that we shall erect a new fire-proof- hotel in a more central location in this city, which will be opened during the season of 1927, and we will then be able to wel- come our patrons of the past ten years Fascisti gathered in front of his office and the dictator, indicated by an-arrow, is addressing the throng. A real crook drama with a dozen big surprises. Also them. Physicians who made _ the/ tests declare the experiments show that the body gets most of its iodine from the soil and not from sea water, | < popularly supposed. * Acreage of Sweet | Clover 30 Per Cent | now pending, that the carriers faile to comply with the spirit of the com. mission’s decision and the comple’ ing cities feel that they are en hearing and ad judication of r complaints with- out becoming involved in a general | investi ion including rates to and ries in which the ALBERTA VAUGHN in “FIGHTING ing titled to an ¢ from ter have no interests. ‘The cities of Bi r k, : : iS” Mandan and stinot aso hove pending) Smaller Than 1925 at our-new home and extend the best of HEARTS service to old and new guests. VAN HORN HOTEL CO.; D. J. McGillis, Manager. A. Van Horn, Proprietor. plaints which feel should *be | heard and dispo. of without await-| ‘The acreage for sweet clover seed ing the results of a general invest-| in North Dakota is estimated to be igation.” : at least 30 per cent smaller than last Hearing in the cases mentioned has | year, according to a bulletin issued been set by the state board for Octo-/y the bureau of agricultural econo. ber £0. mics of the United States depart- !ment of agriculture. Droug! : y in the western fringe of the jest producing district, and low they FRONTIER” Tests made recently with the in- habitants of New Zealand — indicate |b cities. allege, in formal complaints wherever you eastward to the contrasts glare a polities parade chorines of the burlesque houses. trians. . . Beer fi kegs as the East Side wedding came for dances and celebrations. Today the “hams” of the conte in knots 'to rehearse for rete road shows... Just gd hi tle themters. Bohemian ret je of the Russian “moderns” holds forth with experi- mental drama... . A few way = school of the variou: e theater, . . Young throngs its clessrooms. one lined: e: learning to dance and to sii act and to design. . . . must have a “¢areer” in, these days. “, 7 80 demorra‘ic, you know. . neath the: ti cracks sbout their trade: m famous for its saree” ety « » In front parties ime finds the, street spring. up *Athe wholo scale of the theater may. i. eo e 14 7 ‘with! be: run here hin a bolted experience. They'll. all-be on time the first snow Young art will: be e hard- oir way T SW. 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