The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1926, Page 1

7. | as me aM a \s a 6 time, yi game time, WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Thurse day; warmer tonight. EVANGELIST CARRIED FROM COURT ROOM From Carbunele on Knee —Hearing Is Halted GANGRENE IS Arizona Cowboy First De- fense Witness — Contra. dicts Other Testimony. Angeles. Oct, 20.--)—Com- forted by the prayers of her follow- ere in a fight against @ threatened breakdown, Aimee Semple MePherson, seaneellat, accused of cri spiracy, her court ordeal with the determination that ncither ' bodily nor mental agony should keep bod ‘away from her preliminary hear- ‘The municipal court hearing, which is now in its fourth k, was halt- ed abruptly yeste rtly after | the prosecution rest 8 case, when | the Angelus Temple pastor was lifted in an arm chair and carried out of the courtroom on the shoulders: of four men. | The recess wat le necessary ; when Attorney W. I. Gilbert announe- | ed to the court that his client was suffering exeruciatin~ pain trom. an| infected knee. A diagnosis last night revealed the infection is a carbuncle. Her physician, who lanced it during the noon court recess yesterday, last night announced that the possibility | of gangrene development made the} evangelist’s condition seripus. H Mrs. McPherson, however, met her} adver: with the assurance that she was “feeling fine” and would be present when her court hearing was resumed pals ts sOeeiiined iting Is Milton Carbson, handwriting ex- pert, was the last prosecution wit: ness caiied. Carlson was positive! that grocery found in a Carmel May b neth G. Ormiston, missing radioman, ‘serious woman companion, hed been penned by the same persot | ‘Wao wrote the “Light and Darkness” sermon notes which were picked up, on the beach at Ocean Park when McPherson disap; id. A re ceipt for a telegram delivered to the Carmel cottage likewise was identi. cal with the chirography the ser- mon notes, Carlson declared. C. E. Cross, Arizona cowbo; desert tracker, the first defen ness called, had Jbeen on the stand, dearcely 15 | ites when the pre-' liminary hearing for the evangelist and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, ! was stopped. His brief testimony was intended to contradict that of | Alonzo B. Murchison, Douglas, Ari-‘ zona, police officer and prosecution | witness. Murchison testified that it: was a physical impossibility for Mrs. | McPherson or any other woman t6 make a 20-mile desert trek under the | conditions she described in telling of her escape from her alleged kid- napers. Cross wa: FEARED m: and! 4 wit- | shown the unscuffed | shoes whi McPherson wore when she staggered into Doug! last June, and expressed the belli that she eould have walked 15 miles without leaving them any the worse for wear. “WAR COMING"—FORD. HOW BIG IS TEXAS? MAN I8 AN ASTROSCOPUS. DRUNK IN PARLIAMENT. By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926.) Henry Ford does not like war; he's for peace. inanced ing airships that will be useful if wa comes to this country. Byer Ford | commercial airship can be changed; ey @ fighting airship in three ours. And Ford says that war is coming —war against the United States. Japan and Mexico start it. Other countries will ly join is for we are deeply hated ai envied by foreign countries. andhate are not far apart, nae Queen Marie—you may have heard that she is coming here —_says wants to see Niagara, the Mam: Cave, and “Texas, where there is sen tboae’tn ve werla ope, square man in ie worl oF —_— ¥ Her jesty of Rumania has still something learn about the size of ‘Texas. there comfortably and raise en with intensive cultivation to feed ‘all, E 5 ry All of the sixteen hundred palltiga Hh le ) at ume ss . Lake in New —, Proft eto! oa pens | Daklares of Pitaceten which shoots a ESTABLISHED 1873 ; BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, HURRICANE AG Floral tributes to the memory of t! ager of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, at her fur. The wreath in the center was tin, Tex., are pictured here, he mother of Rogers Hornsby, man al in Aus- mt by the Cardinals; the others came from friends throughjut the country, FREIGHT RATE HEARINGS ARE OPENED TODAY Traffic Experts From Entire Northwest Here For Rail Board Investigation Traffic experts from all parts of North Dakota and many from the Twin Cities arid Duluth were here today for the opening of the hearing .{| by the state railroad board on the and s rates, charges, rules, regulatio: ractices of railroads doing bus: in the state. The investigation, the most sweep- ing in years as to scope, is intended to give the state board data for re- adjusting alleged inequalities in rates on: various materials to and from different points. " . Two Cases on Dotket Although a number of cascs were originally scheduled to be heard in connection with the investig only two remain on the docket. Th are the. investigation © ....0 the comm into the gt freight‘‘rate structure of all ro: except the Midland Gontinental and the Chicago & Northwestern. These were. excluded, the Midland Conti- nental because it is a Class C railroad and the Chicago & Northwestern be- cause it haw only two stations in the state. a The second case involves an ap- plication by the Northern Pacific and Soo lines to meet rates of the Great Northern from Fargo to Minot with- out making such rates the maximum charged to intermedi ints. Three other cases which had been scheduled for hearing were: 1, An application by the carri a general five per cet all rates, It was dismit own request when the Interstate Com: merce Commission rejected a similar request ‘applicable to interstate rates. DT Application 6) the sarciets tor » vision of intrastate class rates. It ated by traffic experts that ment of the new rates would sulted in a 25 per cent increase to shippers of all less-carload ship- ments and some materials moving in earload lots. It was withdrawn be- |cause the railroads did not wish to the Interstate Com- case, beaying on interstate rates, pending before it. Jamestown's Application 3. The application of the Jamestown Warehouse company for a revision of cousin, Henry Carpender, is to be| Debs through trying times as the na-| high the rates charged by the Northern acific and Soo line railroads to cer- tain points, Jamestown ates now in effect are prelndlejal in favor of Fargo. It was withdrawn on assurance by the railroad board that opportunity will be given Jamestown interests to present evidence in con. nection with the general inveatige- tion launched by the board. Fargo men are expected to offer testimony in support of the rates now effective from that cit; i tic i plaints to she rai board, have a at the eter rates of North Dakota rail. yf complaints allege that the rates do not take into consideration ‘the fact that the state has grown and devel- ee they were established and ’s people could live} facto: at Police Dog “Saves Master From Attack By Two Ugly Boars Petersburg, Thomas Phipps, ing near here, was saved from possi- ble death by his dog of German po- lice and collie breeding, when he was attacked by two boars. He was at- tempting to release a pig which was caught in fence when one of the oars struck him in the side and knocked him to the ground uncoi scious. When he regained consciot ness the dog was keeping the hogs at bay. Phipps was rushed to Spring- ‘field for treatment, suffering from two broken ribs, his left hand badly torn and two fingers broken, WILL EXHUME - "MRS. ELEANOR Oct. 20.—)— , a farmer resi Investigators Will Be Given Another Chance to View Her Slashed Throat New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. -—Steps have been taken to exhu: the body of Mrs, Eleanor Mills, buried here, chiefly that investigators may view again the choir singer's slashed throat. There was also ‘a_ prospect today that the body of Dr, Edward Wheeler Hall, who was slain with Mrs. Mills, would be removed a second time from a Brooklyn grave in the renewed search for evidence. Dr, Hall was killed by bullet. UP) ‘let wounds. Re-examination of her body four years ago disclosed that ¢ in her throat had been slashed, although this had been overlooked in a first examination.’ Investigators decided the cut had been made not less than | half an hour after Mrs. Mills death. Charlotte Mills, the slain woman's daughter, declared it had been done | by a jealous woman. Discrepancies Claimed 5 It is now said that there were dis- ies in reports as to the nature i rs have talked of exhum- ing Dr. Hall’s body a second time but ‘no formalities toward that end had | been disclosed today. Mrs. Hall, the slain clergyman’s widow, and ‘her two brothers, Henry: jand Willie Stevens ‘the double murder | tried later on the same charge. The grand jury will be a interests! morrow to indict three and possibly; death’ ontended that jobbers’ distributing four persons as accessories after the fact, There were forecasts of the ar- j Fest of a woman, STEAMER IS | LOST AT SEA \ Had Captain and Crew of Men—Merchandise Aboard Valued at $1,000,000 Norfolk, Va., Oct. 26—(#)—Beliet; ; MILLS’ BODY; Mrs. Mill's body bore three pistol bul-' 36! patient to liv ay ae, tl A consultation was h agreed th: QUEEN MARIE NOT 10 VISIT ~ CALIFORNIA Difficulties With Southern Pacific Railroad Cause Changes in Plans AT ANNAPOLIS TODAY Queen Last Night Graced First Royal Banquet Ever Held in White House Washington, Marie of Rum Parture today capital with the announce’ two last-minute changes in plu [her American tour after the conely: | sion tonight of its supervision by the state department. | The gorgeous, diademed queen who graced last night the first royal ban- quet ever held in the White House, let it be known through a s: man that she will not visit Califor- nia, as planned inally, and {Press representativ. will be from her train for the remainder of ‘her trip because of her desire for privacy, Col. John H. Carroll, {counsel for.the Baltimore and Ohio road, in charge of her itinerary, id that difficulties with the South- ern Pacific railroad which refused to grant a rate of $1 for betes poe ‘ing her special train over its lines, were responsible for the elimination of San incisco, Los Angeles and hess California cities from her route. 20—()—Queen refaced her de- Desires Privacy As regards the other change, the state department's arrangement for r transportation to Washin, and her return today to New York cluded the presence of three pre! sociation representatives on her (train, as nm the custom the official trips of other eminent | visitors, or American state: ! But, after 36 hours in the States, during which she hi heralded, photographed and _ inter- | Viewed as few visitors to this coun- jtry have been, “the most beautiful ‘queen in Europe” suid that the “ori inal object” of try has been privacy and isolely as the repres 1 government in the dedication of the; Rumanian room of the Maryhill fine arts museum at Maryhill, Washing- | |ton, for which she over | many treasures from her country. {| | Her last appearance in Washing- , ton, the culmination of the diplomat- is and official functions of yester- day, was at the White House dinner | me given in her honor by President and | Mrs. Coolidge. Here ghe appeared before members of the cabinet, other government officials and members of the diplomatic corps to the number of 50, in all the glittering panoply. of her rank. | t Dinner Brilliant Affair H The white house dinner was : brilliant close to the queen’s d: (Continued on page three.) SOCIALIST " LBADER IS AT DBATH'S DOOR, Physicians Do Not Expect Eugene V. Debs to Live Throughout the Day » Oct, 20—VI—The reso- that sustained Eugene V Chie; ; luteneis tion's chie! exponent of socialism, was with Q him today as he lay at door. ing heart and the infirmities of 71 years, he lay in a state of coma at 1 suburban sanitarium, but laigerp 8 said his will warded off the end though he was unconscious, Mr. Debs ha: its unusual by his physician who, however, made known at an early hour that they did. not t the late last night and it was rbancé of thi sei carditii ith The consultation revealed the man that the American steamer Hak-: who was five times chosen by the so- kleakla, a shippi: me down at zea, in_shipping circle; news yh teat vessel here i sailed from Morte ce the i September 1 with a cargo of merchandise valued at The Hakkleakla, wh 1, had been expressed | Buenos against the mn heard | war service, qialist pasty for the presidency of the ini was in federal prison for declarations dealt ft men fo: rid ereued his i activity or and social reforms! hand: of heart disease. If of had 8, rd in addition to her eaptain, John) upon Bim. ratt, is believed to have bee: in one of the hurr: the South American coast several ‘weeks ago. The steamer is s vessel of 5,587 gross and 8,522 net tons, iF “ol it icanes wach sened leeping Cars to Equipped rot a ae the regu Fighting against the odds of a fail-| of 1926 AIN HEADS TOWARD F Flowers For Hornsby’s Mother PRODUCTION COSTS TO BE DETERMINED Questionnaires Will Be Sent to Every Agricultural Col- lege in Middlewest CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED Tafcrmation Obtained Will Be Used to Secure Farm Re- lief Legislation > Moines, Ia., Oct. 20.—UP)—The views of every agricultural college in the middjéwest on farm produc- tion costs willbe sought by the Grain Belt Federation of Farm Or- a ions for use in its campaign before congress for relief legislation. Three questions will be asked of the colleges, was decided by the federation which met this morning to wind up the executive conference ned yegterday, The question fol-| Are you in favor of computing | Production cost on the basis of re-| organizing the farm as an integral of ‘our economic structure? 2 Are you willing to allow the farmer a fair return on his invest-; ment? 3. Does your method of rtain- ing production cost consider the farm as x factory and compute all the costs of operation of such in estimating ‘Production costs? reanizations Represented The federation, which represents more than 30 farmers’ organizatio: in the corn, wheat and live states and which formerly has known as the corn belt com already has requested Iowa state c: lege economists to compute the cost! >, m! of farm products, it has been unof-: ficially reported. It is understoog, the federation will endorse a five per cent profit for the farmer above the operating level thus fixed. Although all of the sessions of the, conference have been held behind closed doors, it was learned that plans laid yesterday included a cam- paign throughout the represented states for public support and a con-| centrated effort in Washington this! winter for passage of an act dealing, with surplus production, The com-, ‘mittee previously had agreed on the ‘Nary-Haugen principle of farm | f. Five Cents & Member Levy To finance the legislative ‘k, it! was decided to raise a fund estimated at $50,000 through a levy on each represented organization of five cents a member, it was announced. Re; resentatives of the various organiz: tions aro understood to have pledged the support of the groups for a un ed campaign at Washington more tive than the one conducted at the) last session of congress. i William Hirth, Columbia, Mo., com- mittee chairman, announced the meet- ings were secret to avoid any con- fusion which might result from in-| dividual expressions being taken as! indicating the opinion of the federa- tion. Such occurrences in the past h embarrassed activities of the organi- zation, he said. FARMERS MAY HAVE CONKIDENCE IN 1937 7 Chicago, Oct. 20.—(4)—The agric tural industry, and those whose bu: ness is dependent upon its pros| ity, may look forward to 1927 wit continued confidence, said E. Git. tings, president, at the opening the convention of the national as: ciation of farm equipment manu: turers today. “Only ” said Mr. G tings, in to feel the coi fide of returning normal con tions in agriculture, Our confiden: that the storm had passed was well founded for we have now had another yéar of more normal conditions and general precberity. e “The high standard of our agri- culture is sufficient testimony to the degree of intelligence and abil- ity of our agricultural citizenship. It is being proven that by intelligent progressive management, and the use labor-saving and cost-reducing modern equipment, the business of agriculture does prosper.” GENERAL CONFERENCE iis aoa 7 AT 8T. LOUIS 4 Moines, Oct. 20—(#)—A de- (Continued on page three.) BOARD DENIES REHEARING ON ' MILL DBCISION 3: States, the last time while he|* Request by North Dakota railroads a rehearing in the state mill and levator case was denied today by the| ton! road board. state rail a In its decision of the case the board levator mmission eases now before it involving cer-| interstate rates Men te to; ing the petition the state ad. wn to seem ‘found in nd: 4 oad ee age one om Bar| Sands a ‘Stanislaus Sobinski | Stanislaus Sobinskl, provincial s over | gion. Machine-gun Bandits Get $300,000 | Bandits, using a machine gun and ing extracrdinary ruthless- ness, shot and killed the driver of t! s mail truck in Elizabeth, N. J. | wounded Patrick F. Quinn, mail clerk, and ran down a motorcycle po- liceman guard. Then they slashed the protective mesh wire on the truck and escaped with $300,000 cash and registered mail. Inset shows Quinn in hospital. Is Shot and Killed TEST PERIOD v2 WATVED ON HOG CHOLERA SERUM Applies to All North Central itates—55 Minnesota Coun- ties Report Disease j Lemberg, Poland, intendent of Edin, was shot and killed today while walking near his home with his wife, Madame Sobinsk' could not identify the assassins, tv assume that the ere Ukranian students, as the ntendent recently ved a mi ¢ number of threatening letters f Ukranians. | For a time he wan guarded by de-} tectives, but the guards were with-, request several days ago.! j | St. Paul, Get. 20, Jardine temporarily | 30-day test of PAY CORRECT "TAX MEASURE, Land Should Be Assessed on jyoninitive prices. in many cases 600 | to 700 per cent higher than normally, Basis of Productiveness, {wilt be toppled through the increased Says Thoresen jay i (#)—Secretary suspended the |-hog cholera serum late yesterday in response to tele- gra from Governor Theodore Christianson and Senator Thomas Schall, As a result more’ than 3,000,000 cubic centimeters of serum will be available to Minnesota farmers in 56 counties of the state in which infet-" tion has been reported. ‘lee i Be Reduced What is considered of more im- ailability of the serum, Conditions apparently have better- ed within the last week with few new ¢ cases reported, Dr. Charles E, Cot- ton, of the state livestock sanitary board, announced last night. He de- lelared that the fact that 55 counties are infected came largely because of \ failure of efforts to wipe out, com- pletely, infections in 37 of these counties which were reported a year AbIiIty to pay and not the amoun: of property possessed should be the real measure of proper taxation, ac- cording to Thorstein H. Thoresen, ate tax commissioner. Thoresen develops the idea in hi report to the legislature in which h says: “Most people feel and believe that property, real and personal, owes duty to pay taxes, This theory ; belief is wrong. Taxes are levied to maintain the state, It is the vidual, because of his existen in the’ state, who is under obligations toward the ‘state of which the mo important is to support and prote: iv” pointed out. ‘The true test of ability to pay, d kota, and others, it was Thoresen contends, is not the quan- CANTON MORON | tity of property but its productive-| : 3 ‘2 CAUGHT AFTER | Earnings Are Deciding Factor | This theory has been upplicd as as possible to the taxation of util » he said, since in deter-' mining the taxable value of the prop-| erties their earnings are seriously) ‘ considered and in many cases are th jeciding factor. he points out, 21-year-old Negro Confesses of farm prop- to Seven Attacks on Wom- “On the other hand “the earning capaci 0 0 consideration | determining values, as is the case | en and One Murder erty. ise not taken with public utilities. In assessing | real estate the assessor, in most cases, x places an arbitrary ‘value on the . me property. Peoria, IL, Oct, 20.--()—-The Can. | “This value is arrived at partly by ton moron, object of police search! speculation and partly from pride in for four or five years, has been cap-| his home community. No sy: atic tured following one of his assaults, effort has been made to ascertain and has confessed to seven attacks what the property is actually worth. on women of Canton and to the mur- No property is worth more than it der of Oliver Wysong, 81, husband will bring in earnings.” {of one of the victims, according to! The present law, he pointed out, re- quires that land be onthe, The man, Andrews Bemley, 21,, basis of its sale value. le contends, negro of rather slight build, was that it should be assessed on the| rushed to the city jail here to avoid! basis of its economic value or produc- Moehing. Bemley was caught by Ben tiveness. larter, motorcycle officer in Can- and husband of one of the vic- | Weather Report 8 ie ing of the te: othe: period will be north entral si been rey and South ebraska, North ti His reported confession is said to have come’ about throug! simmons sticking to his heels. was a persimmon tree in the behind the house of his latest tim, Mrs. H. G. Hirschley, society | . 30| matron and wife of a prominent phy- . 53| sician. + 2 Trace 16 2 There’ Weather conditions at North Da- yard) ts for the 24 hours endin, vie-| nm. Highest wind velocit; ‘THER AST For Bismerck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight. For North Dakota: Generally fair it and Thursday; warmer to- —___—_____———__-© Temperature and Road Conditions (Mercury readings at 7 a. m.) Bismarck—Clear, 30; roads good. St. Cloud—Cloudy, roads good. Minot—Cloudy, 34; roads good. Devils Lake—Cloudy, 40; roads! a Winona—Cloudy, 41; roads good. Mankato—C! , 43; roads good. Rochester—Cloudy, 42; roads Mandan—C region and over the central Canadian Provinces and precipitation occurred in Saskateh: wan, Valley and Great pressure, accompanied by fai \- er, prevails from the northern ty central Plains States westward to Sontactivts eammitcin sil. sertime kA e ail in sections although it is Nebadwhal chpler this morning in the Plains States and the southern Recky Mountsin re-| roads . -Crpol . OBRIS ‘W. RO! +Official in charge. Pe mi 25, » 42; roads good. : : oe the . It is more than estimated to be about! When opened recently a 3,000-year- { mission. LONG SEARCH : police, {all PRICE FIVE CENTS LORIDA 150 HOMES IN HAVANA ARE. DEMOLISHED People of Miami Fear Severe Tropical Storm May Strike That Section WARNINGS ARE ISSUED Jacksonville Cut Off From Communication With Ha- vana via Key West Miami, Fla,, Oct. 20—UP)—A trop- ical storm of’ great intensity, whip- : f the West Indies, was hing Havana and the west coast of ba toda: ata threatening to leap lorida, Cuban capital was sever ceived by the C said that more than 150 homes had been demolished in the thickl; pu- lated Vibora and Jesus De! Honte residential sections. The American embassy is in the Jesus Del Monte district. No word had been received from the interior. Warnings Ordered Weather bureau reports Washington, describing the dis! ance as of “great intensity,” s: was moving north or northeast and hurricane warnings were ordered for ' the southern Florida coast and storm warnieee for central Florida. V itl i noon over extreme southern Florida, Miami took all precautions. Meanwhile, Tampa and other citie on the west coast took similar pre- caution: The storm was kicking up high seas, the steams! lua, in the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles west, northwest of Cuba, advised the tropical radio sta- tion at 9 a. m,, and a driving rain was falling. Precautions Taken Precautions were taken here on sn extensive scale with the issue of newspapers shortly before noon with first storm information. All city em- ployes abandoned their work at the news and prepared for the storm. Dr. A. W. Ziebold, public service di- rector, announced that in the event of a storm every school would be. con- verted into a relief station, with all . nurses and physicians instructed to report to the nearest school.for duty. MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO BUILDINGS IN HAVANA Havana, Cuba; Oct. 20. The West Indian hurricane hit ana last night about midnight and this afternoon the wind was still blow. ing strong although the force of the storm had passed and was heading if the direction of Key West, Flor- ida, The port of Havana was closed and waves 25 feet high were dashing over the sea wall along the Malecon, a wide driveway on the waterfront. Streets in the downtown district were flooded and the electric light and transportation system out of com- The focal telephones are out of use. A new steel apartment was report- ed to have been blown down and win- dows in the houses near the sea were blown out. po! ite in! not be available until it is possible to make a survey of the city. No newspapers were published in Huvana this mornin, he city along the water front in a fog of spume, in. Papers late last night is- sued editions telling the people of approaching storm and warning to prepare for it. It is believ- that this may have prevented any of life. _of property and life is be- lieved to have been prevented in a large measure because the houses are built of stone. The Associated Press correspondent experienced the greatest difficulty in roncalay = cane Tie hy file this ispatch, having it way on foot when water was forced by the wind into the ignition system of his automobile. COMMUNICATION WITH HAVANA 18 CUT OFF Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 20—)— communication with Havana via Key West was lost by the Western Union Telegraph company at 11:10 to- day. The office here also was advised that the barometer at Key a bad fallen from 29.69 to 29.58 within the hour. The wind was increasing. — e great los h two per- gC} 'HOOLS CLOSED AT FIRST WARNING Miami, Fla., Oct. 20—()—The gov- ernment weather dureau ennounced today that the tropical hurricane made a rations were made to vlose all the first storm warn- Chiet of Patice i Rae Quine st