The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues- day, tising loseainsascrnta Tues ESTABLISHED 1878 FALL-DOHENY TRIALSTARTS IND, C, COUR Former Secretary of Interior and Oil Magnate Face Charges of Fraud WIDE INTEREST SHOWN Long List of Witnesses Sub- mitted and Trial Is Expect. ed to Last a Month Nov, 22,—(P)— he trial of the cel- oll reserve criminal conspiracy case against Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny was completed late today in the Din- triet of Columbia supreme court. The fate of the former cabinet Officer and the multi-millionaire oil man will be decided by « bua- iness man, two salesmen, mercial artist, an architect, an express driver, three clerks, a machinist, an electrician and a restaurant steward. It required three hoars and 20 minutes to draw the jury. Washington, Nov. 22.—()—Trial of Albert B. Fall, secretary of the in- terior under President Harding, and Edward L. Doheny, California oil magnate, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in naval oil opened today tn the District of Columbia supreme court. There was little likelihood, however, that the taking of testimony could be started before tomorrow. interest in the , based on indictments growing out of the celebrated senate oil in- vestigation, the public will have little opportunity to participate directly in the proceedings, since the capacity of the small courtroom will be taxed to accommodate the army ‘of lawy: and newspapermen who will share i with the jury and court attaches, Other mes Pending Friends since early TaanhOOd, when they were prospectors together in the old time west, Fall and Doheny have veen brought together here in their oid age to answer to an indictment »ased on the leasing of the Elks Hills, ‘alifornia aval reserve, With Doh- son, Edward L. Doheny, Jr., hey. also ‘are facing another indict= nent growing out of the investiga- ion, uaceing bribery in connection vith: a loam of $100,000 which the eld- sr Doheny told of making to his old ‘riend while negotiations for the ease were in progress, This charge sas not yet been brought to trial. Another conspiracy case vending against Fall, in which Harry ®. Sinclair, who obtained from him the lease to the navy’s. Teapot Dome reserve, is named. This case, how- ever, is before the United States su- preme court, which has been asked to tule upon the action of the District, a cae court of appeals, based w enacted after the procee aa been brought before it, in ing an appeal from a lower court decision refusing to quash the nt. l-Doheny conspiracy trial last about a month ist of witnesses has LAFAYETTE YOUNG. 8. O. IS BUSY. THE ITALIANS AS DOERS. ATTERBURY AND SHOUP. (Copyright, 1926.) The death of Senator Lafayette Young, of the Des Moines Capital, fol- lowing closely upon the deaths of. Colonel Nelson of the Kansas City Star, Frank A. Munsey of the New York Sun, and Victor Chicago Daily News, is a loss to sin- cere and useful newspaper work in the United States. Lafayette Young devoted hi welfare of oot to the nd. his ‘ign, and both and able ‘man, ing, bursting volcano, on an ited island in the Caspian Sea, terrified the inhabitants of Baku. It shook the: land all about, chang the plaht's dark clouds into flaming e Gi redy Hy the superstitious inhabi- ts iH jay over Phe shock and fo-- And by this time, probabl; of Mr, Rockefellers Standard have been instructed, to stake claims on what is left of that 4 The Standard Qil men i paper, “Eruptions from thé volcano consisted of great columns of oil soaked earth, accompanied by sheets of flame 300 feet high.” One man’s superstitious fear is an- other man’s oil dividend. Mussolini tells you what Italy in- tends to do in the way of world con- it, gy es ptr Hue Mussolini’s rit go ahead a i notice that Major Paseaastl, of the Italian ral ying for the Schneider cup, every record cept the three ilomecer tecord. is going after that record, now held by rs American officer, and will get it. Ital; is You wat not in el lini ine govern that at be left cat paris ae ti every jjonal Pepa tag A knows that av softatien pushing the seen ahead Good news from. rom, Washi oy say! (Continued on page also is! f the} criminal THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1926 THREE DIE IN APARTMENT HOUSE BLAZE . Exhibits ~ Winner of Two Cups at North Dakota Corn Show Winning exhibits at the North Da kota State Corn Show held in KE marck November 10 to 13, inelusive, | with some of the ribbons and troph-| ies they carried off. Otto Milnor, is also pictured here. Mund was high individual point win-! ner and was awarded two cups, one for the 10 best cars of yellow dent, and the other for the best single ear of yellow dent. The cuts for these; pictures were loancd the Tribune by, the St, Paul Dispatch. JUDGE ORDERS VERDICT FOR | B.A. FRANCES Williams County State’s At-! torney Freed of Bribery. Charge at Williston Williston, N. D,, Nov. 22,— in a directed verdict of not guilty, a A. Frances, state’s attorney of Wil- unauthorized payments in connection) with bank ‘settlements. At the conclusion of testimony, eeshaw, presiding in that: no evide jservices were alleged to huve re ing of Judge G ho held, when (Before. kim fon prel tion, that it made whether France. offical . Moellring, was brought ary examina- no differene: was acting in his as he was hol nm the office of state’s attorney at the ti Witty Langer, special prosecut- By, ‘ahnounced that he will move a second cage againgt Frances soon as Jydge Moeliring » This ease is one in wh is charged with ublie duty while state’s ator nger also announced that the e instituted by him several da, utor for Wi county for the recovery of the money, will be prosecuted to comple- tion. h Frances ting contrary to given each time to file briefs, emove Frances from! in the action to office, Affidavits o fprojud vill be filed against Judge ellring in the second action, according to W. G, Owens, attorney for Frances, It was by reason of such affidavits that Judge Kneeshaw was presiding in the case terminated Saturday. Court was adjourned by Judge Kneeshaw to be taken over by Judge Moellring as soon as he is recovered from illness that prevents his holding court. Several criminal and civil cases still remain on the calendar. ed! Union Services to Be at M. E. Church Thanksgiving Day Union Thanksgiving services will be held in the McCabe Methodist Lagets ‘church Thanksgiving da: a.m. The services will be in Bismarck Ministerial isted by the Gideon port, president of jociation, will pre- yu erg of the city’ will. b we part f the ram, Rev. C, F. Strutz, ay 3 tl van- gelical church, will preach the ser- mon, A detailed p program of the serv- iee will be published later. The pastors of the city urge tha people of Bismarck to attend the union service. Engineer of Train Which Caused Wreck gee! Given Suspension Fargo, N. D>. Nor 22) —John 1, Staples, Minn., engineer of je Northern eens railway’s crack the Lake Park, Minn, a ae rand Killed ‘Dan = |e Pettibone. gen: baggage agent, to- —Bringing , jury Saturday afternoon freed Ernest | liams county, of charges of accepting} i | = MICHIGAN IS GIVEN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP Any Team That Omits Lead- ing Teams From Schedule Denied Claim togTitle Unbana, Ml., Nov. (A) western conference football ch pionship is awarded to Michigan un- der the Dickinson rating ems * the tabulation issued tpd fessor Frank ©. skinsgn de the Unt versity of Illinois, the “Just because a'team has completed ite schedule unde ed,” said Pro- fessor Dickinson, not entitled to a Big Ten championship. Any Ten school that omits Ohio, Iijnois, Michigan and Minnesota from its schedule can scarcely tay claim to the conference title, merely on the ground of being ‘undefeated. If hae were true a championship could be scheduled instead of earned.” Ties Eliminated The Dicl n system introduced last year eliminates all ties and at- tempts to recognize the teams ‘that play hard schedules, Victories over teams in the upper half éf the table count for more than victories over teams in the lower five. The Rissman Big Ten trophy, awarded the thampionship on the basis of the Dickinson rating, willbe presented to the Michigan eleven No- vember 29 at its football banquet. The Dickinson rating for 1926 fol- ws : Team we Michigan pecaves Purd Oh oe Wisco Minoi Indiana Towa .... Chicago . Flickertails. Get Great Ovation For weatings apananetic jov. 22.—(P)—| co! court, | The 4 Soomenmunmand amen Hoe snded rom the service | last the outcome to determine re: class, IS BOUND OVER .crow. ,ELECTION NOVEMBER 29; QUIT , situat ( | | Fresh Revolution Has Broken Out in Northern Albania Four e taken up! PRESIDENT OF HOMES COMPANY ee Must Stand Trial in District; Court on Charge of Falsely Obtaining Money W. G4 Wright, president of thd Riverdale Homes company, must stand trial in Burleigh; county dis- trict court on charges of obtaining money under false Pretenses ‘and is at liberty on bonds ‘of $1,000. Wright was given preliminary hear- ing before Justice H. Crane Sat- urday night on the charge brought by State’s Attorney F. E, McCurdy upon esp aint of Frank " Evarts, stock- holder in the company, and Vold, 2 former employe. Evarts claims that he was induced to take stock in the company upon the repre- sentation that 85 per cent of the money raised in this manner was to be placed in escrow, subject to the aria y of the state securities com- f mGlifford J. Ehler, cashier of the First National bank of Garrison; El- mer A. Vorachek, cashier of the Gar- rison State-bank, and B. A, Balerud, cashier of the Union National bank] <' of Minot, testified at the ingrid to show that at the time of the sale of stock to Evarts—March 4, last—the, company had only about in ov No testi iiipow was itered the defen: the hearing, and Wright wa: bound over to district court, A charge of issuing checks without ha | having sufficient fun funds in the ban! is still pending against Wright. ———— FIRE CALL SUNDAY An Piss ig inina ital at thi Ly Evbaeh re: ieusi’ irae at rought out 1 Tl ae see ae = pent iaeity and hain Nominee For Sen-| Joseph MeKenna, Faces Charges of Ex- cessive Expenditures Accused Claims Attacks Are Unfair—Sayy Bribe Story Is an Old One io November 29, Arthur Repub! an nominee, was today with charges of exceed. expenses in the recent pri with having given a $106,- several years ago to the of New Brunswick. there was a demand nutor Reed of jouri for quiry into the primary n here, Fighting back at his opponents, Mr. Gould said that the bribe story was old, und asserted the money had en pid by former business asso- eiates in a railroad construction pro- ject as a pol ‘al campaign contri- ution and without his knowledge. The charges were contained in a Hatement issued a committee as- sdCiated with the campaign of Fulton Redman, Democratic senatorial teat statement reviewed @ federal terized the payment to Premier J. K. Fleming as .a “bribe.” ing Set For Friday of State Frank Bi unces a ibe fe Friday on a pe led th lan organizatio: charged Gould had exce 500 campaign expense allowed by lat Gould a filed an expense ac- The klan was ¢ supported another primary which dete Inee t Farnald. over three opponents while Mr. Red- man unopposed for the Demo. eratic mination, Gould's supporters today charged rcusers with unfair and eleventh hour tact iould, id it Ww fige ne vote Se in denying the bribe story, “another cheap attempt some ghost in an effort to to the Democratic party.” MONTANA BANK ROBBERY LAID to TO CONVICTS Men Who Killed Cashier at Wheelock, N. D., Believed to Have Robbed Malta Bank Malta, Montana, Nov. 22.—(#)-—All clues in connection{with the Malta National Bank robbery Friday point to three ex-convicts, who are suspect- ed of robbing the Citizens State Bank t Wheelock, N. D., recently, and kill- ing H. N, Peterson, the cashier, War { i | ‘ |REEDIS ASKED |FORMER JUDGE /TO INVESTIGATE /OF U.S. SUPREME MAINE PRIMARY|COURT IS DEAD Attorney General Under President vee Succumbs BENCH IN 1925 Death Comes Sunday at Washington—Funeral Serv- ices Will Be Tuesday Washington, Nov. (A) -Funet in| al services will be held here tomor- row for Joseph McKenna, former as- sociate “justice of the supreme court of the United States, who died here early Sunday. Interment will be Mount Olive Cemetery here Mr. McKenna retired from t preme bench January 6, 1926, Path Led to Bench Beaten paths led Joseph McKenna to the United States supreme court, where he became by length of serv senior associate justice. Like xo of his colleagues and predecessors, he served upon a lower federal su: bench, and like others he had occu-| ied the office of attorney general of the United States, but his elevation to a place on the nation’s highest judicial body was generally. attribut- ed to uw friendship formed in con- Brens. President McKinley, with whom he had served in the house of represen- tatives, called him from a United States circuit court to his cabinet, and nine months later, when his ad- ministration as a law officer of the government had not been a complete success, placed him upon the bench of the supreme court to succeed an- y|other westerner, Justice Stephen K. Field of Californic, While remanded by his Possessing an engaging personality an id by them in the highest es teem, the general demeanor of Ju: tice McKenna was austere, . severe and distant. Even while occupying the political office of representative in congress he maintained an atmos ;Phere of reserve and restraint, and ely; When he ascended the bench judicial robes magnified the impres- ion of exclusiveness which hig na- tural characteristics of reticence and retirement had created. Was Tempermental On the supreme spurt bench he was tempermental at times during the argument of counsel, showing what some lawyers considered impatience and harshness in’ propounding in- quiries and in’ commenting upon cases under consideration, but attor- meys practicing before the court soon learned that these mannerisms ere not a true index to the man himsel When brought into unofficial con tact with him off the bench, they found under the veneer a most kind- ly consideration, joined with that degree of courteous’ and painstaking; conventionality commonly associated with the old school of‘colonial aristo- crats, He et all times un ly devoted himself to the busine: fore the court, and frequently ignor- ed his own personal convenience to give patient attention to those who sought him. When ‘he was named by President McKinley to a place on the supreme court, numerous protests. were filed with the senate judiciary committee; some charging that while serving ax attorney general he had excluded himself even to those having highly important business with the office, and others setting forth that he had rants are out for these men who are| not shown sufficient ability while on ster Barge John +Northrop, and Ray Moore, circuit court bench to qualify for the higher post. Upon rthrop and Moore, it is said by! vestigation, it was found that none officials here, have served time in| of the the Montana penitentiary at Deer Lodge for robbery, and Barge | has served time in North Dak tomobile theft. Moore and Hiortheo| also are wanted in Sheridan county, Montana, for the recent robbery of a store, Total rewards of $1,600 a1 posted for the men, dead or ‘live. Descriptions of them sent from Minot, N. D., have been shown to John Killduff, eashier of the bank robbed and the only man who saw the trio closely, and the said they tally “ in a general wa; Much Interest Is Being Manifest in Vaudeville Program Rehearsals for the competitive devil peoaram 6 to be aie ing evening are progressing under the direction of M. B. Gilman, who intimates that some very clever | © acts are underway. Members of the club are being questioned as to the nature of the acts but so far the cur- ious have received no satisfaction and absolute secrecy prevails. Mrs. Arthur Bauer is assisting at the piano during rehearsal on sale Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Prices are $1.10, 75 and 50 cents. The prelimine t sale today was very satis- Both Men and Boys Should Register For Father-Son Banquet Ro iieeest Peo! ‘who désire_ to a nual Fath banquet, to be held W. charges was of sufficient gravity to warrant rejection of his (Continued on tinued on page ¢i ht.) ‘HIGHER CREAM RATES WOULD CUT DAIRYING Creamery Representative Tells Rail Boayd Cream Pro- ducing Done at Loss Increase in the cream freight rates now in effect between North Dakota Eolas would tend to cut the number dairy farmers in the state, R. H. Van Sant, representing the Blue Val; ley Creamery company of Fargo tol the state railroad commission Satur- day. Dairying from the farmers’ standpeint is not sufficiently attrac- tive, Mr. Van Sant said, and quoted &i ‘rom the United States tariff commission report showing that’ when all costs of producing re fig- ured in, the production actually is done at loss, Van Sant was the first testify for the creamery intere was still on the PY ee shen the tay at journed Concluding te: chong: for the rail- freee E. bo e, reight agent of t! of the contention of previ ses for the railroad: should be increased to conform with tol the interstate rates. Rice was the first witness at the afternoon session, Postponement of the reopening of, the heari: ‘are 2 p.m. Tuesday was the railroad commis- | & sionérs to Peay to attend the ettibone general the Northern’ Eats at Lake. Park Sat L. E. Johnson of the North ‘Kmeri-| pan it als fhe railroad men resent at of whe oan killed ad a saneeee Tuesday M testimony is eoncluded. - | lovers, has beet | McKenna Dies J McKenna, former associate » United States supreme | es away Sunday. Funeral s will be held er ® BOYS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN FREIGHT CAR Succumbed to Heater Fumes —One Believed Brother-in- law of Fargo Man Joseph Helena, Mont., (P)—Two unidentified young men, taken from a refrigerator car here Friday night| after succumbing to heater fumes, were still unconscious today and their! death is expected at any time. No identification of either has been made, although they were believed to be from Fargo, N. D., and to have re- cently visited Spokane, Wash., in ch of work, . 22.—()—Joseph Fargo, left here Sunday ; Mont., where he will at- tempt today to identify the body of a boy, killed by fumes of # charcoal byrner in a fruit express’ car i which he und a com ing a free ride eastward, Pfeffer, 21, 1501 Second owe north- east, Minneapolis, a brother-in-law. Mr. ‘Stejskal left for Helena after it was indicated by press dispatches Ithat the boy had a note book, in his pocket with the name “Peter Pfeffer” {in it, and had Mr. Stejskal’s name and jFargo address in the book. ‘YOUNG WIDOW SLAIN BY ONE OF HER LOVERS From Minneapolis Shoots Self After Killing Her San Francisco, Nov. 22.-A)—A story of numerous heart conquests | by a young widow who finally was \slain by the most persistent of her| unfolded here the death of Mrs, Betty Claire Kinf. The love adventuress was shot to death in a restaurant here Saturday night while the patrons looked on helplessly. Her assailant was George W. Barnett, who deserted a wife and three children in Minneapolis to fol- low the fascinating widow. After killing Mrs. King, the object of his isane yaaa), Barnett shot himself through tl es investigating the case said they learned that Mrs. King had for several years flitted moth-like from one admirer to an-{ other, sometimes ee several at a time. Even on the night she was killed, police say she had planned a meeting with a man with whom her name had been recently linked. Bar- ‘nett’s jealousy of this man is thought to have been the immediate motive for the slaying. [| Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night. : Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FO! mostly cloudy west ion * vonight 1] and Tuesday with i aie snow ex- pete treme west portion. Slowly~ rising, Man Who Followed Woman's PRICE FIVE CENTS FIREMEN SAVE EIGHT WOMEN FROM DEATH Several Injured ‘When Blaze of Undetermined Origin Guts Four-story House EXPLOSION Mrs. Elizabeth Stagg and Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell of Los Angeles Are Victims Nov, 22—U)—Three perished, several were | in- Jured and cight ‘women were saved from death by firemen when a blaze of undetermined origin REPORTED beth Stage. Mr. und Mrs, W. Rockwell. A Japanese house boy was report- ed to police as missing. t reports to the police were an explosion preceded the burst of flames that flashed through the building. DRYS FAIL 0 0.K. MAKING OF MORE WHISKEY Wayne B. Wheeler Contends Immediate Manufacture of Liquor Is Unnecessary Nov. 22—(#)—The al of Assistant Secretary And- , the government's chief prol tion enforcer, for immediate re: sera of the manufacture of medicinal ky has failed to receive the ap- proval, for the present at least, ot the Anti-saloon Leagee. General Andrews’ program calle for creation by congress at its aj proaching short session of a govern- ment supervised private corporation Washington, prop: eek |to take over the existing supply of 5, 15,000,0000 gallons of medicim.! whisky end begin vt once tue saan facture of more liquor to replenish this dimintshing stoek which, he timates, will be exhausted in ‘five years. ‘The position of the Anti-saloon as announced by its general Wayne B. Wheeler, ii ite manufacture of wi not necessary and that it veel, nossible to import sufficient whisky from abroad if needed to meet medi- cimat demands, unul a derinite pro- gram of replacement could be form- ulate It_ considers 15,000,000 g lons a ‘sufficient supply to last e years and holds that only four years are needed “according to the stand- ard set by the medical profession” for ageing new liquor. With, respect to author facture of whisky ‘i this ‘country it is mai ing an “open although Wheeler said there ‘possibility” that the bill be- ing prepared for Andrews might meet objections to the reopening of distilleries, YOUTH KILLS UNCLE, AUNT WITH PISTOL Opens Fire Upon Entering Room—Boy’s Sister Per- haps Mortally Wounded Bridgeton, N. J., Nov. 22—(#)—Mr. and Mrs. William Gandy, this city, were shot and instantly killed today by Linwood Ware, 22, their nephew, who also shot and probably mortally wounded his ter, Mrs. Madeline Maxwell, 26, Mr. and Mrs. Gandy and Mrs. Max- well lived with Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ware, parents of Linwood. While the family was sitting at breakfast in the dining room, the youth enter- ed from the kitchen with an auto- matic pistol in_his hand and at once i>—_____—_—_——_—_—_———-@ | opened fire. Young Ware was rested shortly after the shooting. Carrington Woman Attacks 2nd Wife of First Husband Jamestown, N.D. D., Nov. 22—#)- An attack on her first husband’s second wife in an attempt to secure her children led to the arrest Satur- day of Mrs. H. Lunsway of Carring- ton here on the charge of assault and ittery. Mrs. Lunsway secured a divorce from her husband, Joe Anderson of temperature Tuesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS Hight pressure areas are centered over the Northern Plains States and over Texas, lower Missouri Valley and Tennessee, Pressure areas ire centered over the Pacific Coast, States and Great Lakes Region. Precip- itation occurred over the Northern Pacific Coast Mountain waiychad and Plains States; sinewnnes mowty fate Me weather prevails. Temperatures have| ¢, risen over the winged seus pest 48 hours: ee have ORRIS W. ROBERTS, this city, last spring and both have since married. je first wife was given the aed three and four, but allowed them to visit the father occasionally. They were on one of these visits when their mother demanded ber Sie [met ‘ane