The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly {gir tonight and Satur- day. Not much change. ESTABLISHED 1878 {MINE SEALED | DAWES GIVEN NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD “Vice President Honored For Activities in Framing Fa- mous “Dawes Plan’ WILSON AWARD TO ROOT Noted Statesman Accorded Honor For Efforts in Found- ing World Court Oslo, Norway, Dec Dec. 10.—()—The Nobel peace prize for 1925 has been awarded to Charles G. Dawes, vice president of the United States, and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British sec- retary for foreign affairs. This an-| nouncement was made, today at a meeting of the Nobel ” Inatibute by Prof, Stang. It was also announced that the 1926 peace prize had been awarded * to Aristide Briand, French minister of foreign affairs, and to Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Germany's foreign min- ister, Dr. Fritjof Nansen, in a speech, | recalled the feeling of helplessness of | Europe during the post war days. He | said the first light shed on the dark- | ness was by the adoption of the! Dawes plan, which permitted Ger- | many to rehabilitate her finances and | commence payment of reparations. The United States, he said, stretch- + ed a helping hand when the ‘darkness | was thickest. WOODROW WILSON AWARD PRESENTED TO ELIHU ROOT New York, Dec. 10.—()—Elihu | Root, noted American statesman and | lawyer, has been awarded the Wood- | row Wilsgn foundation peace prize for 1926, and Charles G. Dawes, vice! president of the United States, will | share with Sir Austen Chamberlain, | Great Britain’s foreign secretary, the) Nobel ‘peace prize for 1926, i The Woodrow Wilson honor has| * heen accorded to Mr. Root because | of his efforts toward founding the| vorld court of international justice. Mr. Dawes has been honored with the Nobel prize for his activities as head f the international commission, vhich, after laborious efforts, framed the famous “Dawes Plan.” Under ‘his plan Germany was able to put her financial house in order und to vegin making progressive reparation| ~oayments to the allied and associat- ed powers for claims growing out of the world war. * Second Wilson Award Only one previous peace award has been made by the Wedrow Wilson foundation prior to that to Mr. Root. The other was to Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Great Britain’s chief rep- resentative on the League of Nations, in 19: Three times previously the Nobel pence award has come to the United States. The recipients were Theo- dore* Roosevelt, for his efforts in ending the Russo-Japanese war; Mr. Root/for distinguished services in be- half of peace and Woodrow Wilson for his efforts to bring to an end the world war. PASSAGE OF. BRANCH BANK BILL URGED Comptroller of Currency Claims Measure Needed as, Means of Resuscitation Washington, Dee. 10 10—(#)—An urg- ent appeal for enactment of the Mc- Fadden branch banking bill was made today by J. W. McIntosh, comptroller of the currency, in his annugl report to congress. Reporting a “‘steady decline in the relative strength of the national banking system,” Mr. McIntosh de- elared the bill, which has passed ‘yoth the senate and house but on which the two bodies have been un- -able to work out their differences, was required as a means of “resusci- tation,” He_ reiterated his: disapproval of the Hull amendment, the bone of contention between the senate and house, which would . restrict the : branches of national banks hereafter in states which do not’permit branch banks. é Despite apparent weakening of the national bank system, Mr. McIn- tosh said the aggregate resources of Y ‘potatoes needed to fill the the banks. had gradually increased year by- year to a total of about $25,000,000. At ‘the same time, he showed, the resuorces of state: com- mercial banks have risen to about cide iy panies MONE CS Condition of Gopher Gridiron Coach Good Rochester, Mina, © Dec. 1a ‘The condition of Dr. Clarence head gf the, teoipal cl is “very * 1. eae | FATHER WILL This is Captain ! Robison, U. S. N. retired. ng at the oil trial in Washington, Captain Rob- ison implied a willingness to incur the court's displeasure for refusing to do as he was directed rather than he g reveal naval secrets | vital to the national welfare. By a compromise, he avoided both, SA WILL GIVE FOOD TO NEEDY AT CHRISTMAS : Christmas Kettles at Street Corners Will Help Finance Relief Work ‘Between 60 and 80 Christmas bas- ‘kets will be distributed’ to the poor families of Bismarck this holiday season by the Salvation Army, ac- cording t4 a report given by Captain Lowella Knuth at the advisory ‘board ‘meeting Thursday noon: at the Pacific hotel. The Christmas kettles, to be plac- ed on the streets of the city Decem- ber 15 to 20 inclusive, will be an im- portant’ factor in financing the fill- ing of the baskets. Any one who wishes to donate toys, foods or any article for the Christmas cheer work is asked to get in touch with Cap- tain Knutli. The Gamble-Robinson Fruit com- pany hag offered to furnish all the baskets, In addition it will donate large amounts of candy, apples, oranges and wuts. Bhe Bismarck Grocery com- pany has offered the Sdivation Army wholesale prices on groceries pur- chased for the Christmas baskets. The Armour Creamery will sell chickens and butter at wholesale prices, and the A. W. Lucas company has donated a large basket of toys. ~ To Provide For All It is the aim of the Salvation Army and other charitable organizations of tthe city to see that every family in the city has a suitable Christmas dinner on Christmas day, A commit- tee composed of Judge A. M, Chris- tignson, president of the advisory board, Mrs, Alfred Zuger, secretary, and Miss Knuth, met at the Associa- tion of Commerce rooms Thursday afternoon with the Christmas cheer committee to make plans to avoid duplications. Lieut. Charlotte, Timmerick met with the board for the first time yes- terday. Lieut. Timmerick recently came to Bismarck from Chicago, Fif- teen officers and ‘members of the board were in attendance. A short discussion of plans for the budget drive was held and the ques- tion of whether the drive would be conducted focally or by an outside worker was Jeft open. 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 .. WEA’ ‘THER iT For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Mostly fair to- might and Saturday. Colder tonight southeast portion, WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered over Minnesota and Manitoba while a high pressure area is central over Nevada. Temperatures are low from Kansas and Nebraska westward to Nevada while moderate temperatures prevail’ in all other sections. Scat- tered precipitation occurred over the northern, Rocky, Mountain region while elsewhere the weather is in oR! a w. RORMETS, é in barge. Seay eS rms 40 to 50 cent of the Air tor Pel content of top Former Angelus Temple Ra- dio Operator Declines to Answer Questions AID HIM Ormiston Believes He Would Still Be Free if He Had Stayed in New York Chicago, (®)—Kenneth G, Ormiston, + radio operator of Angelu Los Angeles, be- lieves he r would have been found if he had stayed on Broadway. “I roamed the gay white way for months, this summer and laughed to see my picture in the paper,” he told a reported for the Chicago Herald d Examiner, who interviewed him rrisburg, Pa, Wednesday night. n spite of my limp no one recog- nized me, My only d was 8 little sandy mustache,” a eopyright- ed story quoted him us saying. iston talked on many subjects during an ~automobile trip “some- where in Pennsylvania”—the first leg of his journey to Chicago in company with detectives and news- paper men, but he declined to an- swer any question concerning Aimee Asal! McPherson, Los Angeles with whom his name had inked by west’ coast authori- been ties. Father Offers Help The finding of the radio man, who had lived in Harrisburg several months unter the name of “Fred News Boys Heroes of Des Moines Fire Des Moines, Dec, 10.—U)—Fire! of unknown origin early today destroy- ed the three-story pailding housing the Graben-Cavender dry goods com- pany. About twenty persons, asleep upon upper floors, were aroused by pass engers from a ytreét car. Arden Mills, Associated Press office boy, and Roy Paul, Register Tribune news boy, entered an adjoi smoke-filled building and dragged a mother and her six-year-old child to safety. The estimated damage was $90,000, ONE KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN MIXING PLANT Seven sisiieel Including { Plant Superintendent— Building Is Wrecked R Hammond, Ind, Dec. 10--)— One man was killed and seven injur- ed by an explosion in the mixing plant of the Central Railway Signal company here today. Henry Franks, who was mixing explosives for the manufacture of railway torpedoes, was blown 400 feet out of a building and the plant wrecked. Among the injured was H. 0. Bem- isderfer, the plant superintendent. The other injured were also in the mixing plant, a one-story brick building which was reduced to debris, | Five other buildings of the company | were damaged. MORE MONEY IS Lininger,” unloosed a flood of new atements from ‘persons interested in the McPherson kidnaping case, in- cluding a pe ArOn by Ormiston’s father, W. ©. Ormiston, that he was | coming to te aid of his son. “T’'ve stayed out of this case for six months but now I'm in it,” the elder Ormiston said in San Fran-/ cisco. “I don't want them planting any more evidence on Kenneth.” expressed faith that his son had not! lied, “yet if he has, he has lied.like a@ man.” From Mrs. McPherson came the statement that “the arrest of Ken- neth Ormiston means nothing what- ever to me. I have repeated endless- Grand|/y that I know nothing of Ormiston.” May Fight Extradition Ormiston, accompanied by Charles Elwood and Harry Connelly, Chicago detectives, left Harrisburg yesterday in an automobile. Although tickets to Chicago were purchased and there were reports that the party had boarded a train, the Herald and Ex- aminer said the first part of the journey was made ‘by automobile. The time of arrival here was uncer- tain. Intimation that Ormiston would fight extradition to California when he arrives here were met by statements from District Attorney Keyes, who is in Washington, that he would make a fight to send the radioman to the coast. Ormiston is charged with conspiracy to defeat justice, JURY FAVORS DEFENDANT IN DAMAGE SUIT Returns Verdict in Leas Than an Hour—Another Damage Case Being Tried With less than an hour's delibera- tion, a jury in district court here late yesterday returned a verdict in favor of the defendant in the case of Mrs. Margarette Durand Harry Schonert, a $10,000 damage suit. Mrs. Durand sought damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident on the highway north of Bismarck last spring when an automobile in which she wag aj passenger collided with a truck being driven by Schonert. Th was tried at the June term of court but the jury failed to reach an agreement. Evidence presented by the defense was to the effect that Schonert was driving very slowly, as he was turning into the driveway at ‘his farm, and that his truck was half @ay over on the private driveway when the cars collided. Witnesses al- so testified that the passenger car Was traveling iyugas rate of speed. 3 Fread Case on Trial The court today te,engaged in try- ing the case of Mrs. Anne J. Fread vs. the A. O. U. W. grand lodge. Mrs. Fread seeks $10,000 damages for in- juries sustained when she fell down the stairway of the Workmen lodge hall in Mandan last March, breaking her arm and inflicting peinful bruises. The plaintiff claims the stairway was improperly lighted. The cs case of Phillip Hemmerick vs. Farmers Elevator Mercantile com- pany, which ‘was scheduled to follow the Durand-Schonert case, was set- tled out of court and. dismissed by ‘agreement of counsel. « ¢ . « ‘turbine relly Ad a vers caer “pill do the work of [000,000 men. 4 ' He! _ REQUIRED FOR _ WAR PENSIONS | [Anterior Depadtaneilt Appro- priation Bill Carries Total | of $259,386,000 | Washington, Dec. 10—()—Carry- ing a total of $: 386,000, of whieh mere than four-fifths is for Civil and Spanish war pensions, the bill ap- propriating funds for the interior jdepartment for the fiscal year be- ginning July 1 was reported to the house today. The bill's total, including $222,708,- 000 for the pension bureau, represent- ed an increase of $32,063,000 over the current appropriations but a decrease of $1,151,000 below the budget esti- mate, The appropriations committee, in reporting the measure, said most of | the advance was made necessary by pension increases authorized by con- | gress last winter, raising the bure: total $28,787,000 in the present bill. For reclamation work on western projects $11,681,000 was provided, an increase of $4,602,000 over funds now available. Of this $450,000 was allot- ted for the Baker project in Oregon. Other appropriations were as fol- lows: Indian bureau, $12,599,000, a de- crease of $301,000 under current funds; national park service, $3,362,- 000, decrease $336,000; general land office, $2,297,000, decrease $44,000; geological survey, $1,807,000, decrease $11,000; government in tereitories and Alaska railroad, $1,620,000, decrease $375,000; and for continuing construc- tion of the Coolidge dam in Arizona, $750,000. Special reclamation appropriations include: Lower Yellowstone, Montena- North Dakota, $100,000; Bellefourche, | South Dakota, $125,000, SHOW GIRL IS GIVEN $50,000 Wins Breach of Promise Suit Against Wealthy Shovel Manufacturer Pittsburgh, Dec. 10.—()—Miss Anne Caldwell, New York show girl, was awarded $50,000 by a federal court jury today in her $500,000 W. Hubbard, wealthy shovel manufacturer, The suit of the musical comedy actreds was based on allegations that Hubbard proposed marriage to her it Atlantic City in 1922 and repudiated the engagement two years later. She alio charged seduction. Hubbard denied there was any en- gagement or mention: of marri in his relations with Miss Caldwell. Miss Caldwell testified that follow- ing their engagement Hubbard induc- ed her to leave her job in an Atlantic City modiste shop and ‘go to New York, where she took ‘a course in a dramatic school to educate herself to become Hubbard's wife, the shovel maker paying the bills. —— “FIND OLD BONES Jerome,Aris,—Ancient artifacts and fare body, almost petrified by the salts, have ig) Sigs in the au! near Camp Verde. Hu of peor hammers, handles, pied and other evidences of an } culture ‘were found nearby. breach of promise suit against John hi Pittsburgh | 4 BILL RAISING * JUDGES’ PAY IS READY TO SIGN Huge Appropriation Bills Are} Approaching Action in the Lower House GAS TREATY Much Interest Shown in Ef- forts to Prevent Seating of Vare, Smith DISCUSSED ington, De 10.—(#)—Con- ress today was settling into the leg- islative jog-trot which carries it through the ulways congested busi- hess program of its regular sessions, One bill, increasing salaries of fed- eral judges, already was on the way to President Coolidge’s des! er, appropriating nearly a bi lars to defray next yeur's expenses of the treasury and postoffice depart- ment, was approaching a vote in: the house; and a third, providing similar- ly for the interior department, was headed into the same channel. In the senate, foreign affairs had elaimed major attention in the form of a proposal for ratification of the treaty to outlaw use of poison gas in warfare, At the same time, however, consid- erable interest was being shown in efforts to prevent the seating of Sen- ators-elect Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois, while such topics as prohibition and the differences be- tween the Democrats and the admin- istration over taxation policies were being pressed vigorously. in both chambers. Committees at Work Committees, too, are going ahead with their business in normal fashion with the usual hitches here and there. For instance, the house Republican committee on committees hasn’t been able to carry out the plan of leaders to appoint Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, insurgent leader, to the! chairmanship of the invalid pensions | committee, Some members wanted to know whether he was still as definite- ly: at odds with the administration views as he was when supporting the La Follette ticket during the last presidential campaign. The house naval committee, however, had not reached a wrengling stage in its ex- amination of the status of the Amer-| ican sea forces in comparison with | other navies. AMERICA MAY BE INVITED TO 2 CONFERENCES : U.S, Policy Will Not Be For- mulated, However, Until Bids Are Received Washington, Dee. 10—(#)—The in tention of the League of Nations to seek American collaboration in two international conferences next yeur has aroused interest but no comment in Washington. Until the invitations ure received and details of the con- ference plans are known, no attempt will be made to formulate American policy with respect to them. One of the conferences, to consider world economic problems, is to be convoked at Geneva May 4, and the other, to consider supervision of the private manufacture of arms, is to be called next fall, if the general disarmament conference, alfeady au- thorised, goes over until 1928, The United States ulso will be asked to send representatives to sit on the commission which will draft a con- vention for consideration at the arms manufacture conference. Russia May Be Asked Invitations to, take part in these meetings also will be sent to Russia, among gther nan-members of the league. Apparently the main point for the American government to consider in connection with the economic confer- ence is the question of war debts. If war debts figure in the agenda, the changed status of foreign obli- gations to the United States will fe to be examined. Heretofore, administration has rejected sug- gestions for participation in Euro- pean economic discussions which touched in any way on the debts, taking the position that the Amer- fean policy in that respect had been determined by congress and that the function of the executive branch had been limited to negotiation of terms of payment, Bismarck to Have 3 State Meetings During Next Month Bismarck will be host to three con- ventions of state-wide organizations 4 Serine anuary, it was announced by the 7 ‘iation of Commerce today. The North Dakota Press association will convene here January 14 and 15, the State Well Drillers’ association will meet-Zanuary 18, 19 and 20, the State Undertakers’ association scheduled to convene here gph ald 128, 26 and 27, When Dreams Come True _ Era and Vera Henderson (left to right), Kansas twins, were two years | of age when the upper picture of them was taken, hey will have brilliant careers,” their kinsfolk dreamed. And the dreams have come true. Below, left to right, are photos of these same twins today— Era as Mrs. Lloyd Briggs, New York, star of the musical comedy, “Castles in the Air,” and Vera, now Mrs. E. C. Wise, high-salaried head of the scientific staff in the office of a noted Kansas rote phy- sician, FARMERS THEMSELVES ARE PUTTING AGRICULTURE ON UPWARD GRADE, SAYS SEC. JARDINE IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT Coulee } Bank Pays 30 Per Cent Dividend A 30 per cent dividend will be puid tq tne depositors of the Coul | Bank of Cou the Industry Is Entitled to As- sistance From Other Groups of the Community and From the Nation, He States; —No New Plan of Farm| Relief , Advanced, However » it was an office of the state ¥ r banks tod: nent will ben nmediately through J.P, Reeve, dis Q Ttriet, manager for the receiver, at Washington, 10—()—Agri- Burlington. culture is bly on the up- ward grade, as a result in a large measure vf the intelligence, energy, and determination of the farmers themselves; Secretary Jardine said today in his annual report. Everything necessary for recon- struction on a sound footing cannot be done by the farmers themselves though, Mr. Jurdine declared, and the industry is entitled to assistance from other groups of the community and from the nation, He advanced no new plan for farm relief, “Further moderate improvement in the agricultural situation as a whole has taken place during the last yeur,” suid the secretary, “Cer- tain regions have suffered reverses, notably the cotton states, whose principal crop, produced in excep- tional abundance, is selling at very ity and each school is desirous low prices. Parts of the spring ning the two story hooks which| Wheat states have hurvested a poor are offered as{erop. Generally speaking, however, prizes to the'the position of agriculture is better school selling the|now than it has been in any year most seals, Thi 1920, Livestock raisers, dairy- competition is|men, and winter-wheat growers have keen, each school|earned good returns, and underlying attempting to sur-(conditions in the corn belt have im- the Will|Proved. Since the depression period which is|0f 1920-21 every agricultural section of the country and every branch of agriculture have made progress. test being held in| Unfortunately, the recent slump in connection h{cotton prices make it doubtful the seal campaign is also creating whether the crop year of 1926-27 will much interest. The title is “The |carry forward the story of improve- Weakling of Tomorrow” and the, ment. at the rate es: blished in the story is to be based upon a picture |Jast few years. It is Also true that of that name, The following are the |Oyer much of the coontry farmers rules of the conte: are still struggling with a burden of Competitors must be in the fifth,|debt and reduced buying power. sixth, seventh or eighth grades, Readjustments Made Essays must pe neatly written in] “Farmers are getting results from ink, the steps they took, following the Only one ible: of the paper may be|depression of 1921, to curtain over- used, production and to bring their lead- ‘The number of words is limited to| ing enterprises into profitable bal- 500. ance, Last year, however, it became Essays are dug’ Monday, December} apparent that in most lines (cotton 18, at 4 o'clock, being an outstanding exception) Essays must be headed correctly. practical readjustments in production The judges will be townspeople. 'had largely been made.” They will judge each essay on its| ‘Turning to the surplus problems, originality, interest and grammaticall Mr. Jardine said he was convinced construction. The. winner’s name|that through organised and well- and the winning essay will be pub-|directed efforts much more can be COMPETITION OVER SALE OF SEALS IS KEEN Each School Desirous of Win- ning Prize Books—Essay Contest Announced The Christmas seal sale campaign is in progress in the schools of the The essay con- ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [auom) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926 FTER SECOND EXPLOSION ORMISTON 18 SILENT ABOUT ‘MRS. M’PHERSON FIVE BODIES STILL REMAIN IN WORKINGS Two Located, But Not te- moved—Three Other Men Are Unaccounted For 28 MEN IN HOSPITALS 28 Known to Have Been Killed —Cause of Explosions Undetermined Princeton, Ind, Dec. 10—=(AP) —Another explosion occurred in the Francisco coal mine No. 2 this morning, but as no rescue workers were in it at the time, no further casualties resulted. ‘The mine wan ordered nealed im- mediately, leaving within itn workings the three men unac- counted for and the bodies of t others which were located early today. The death toll of, yesterday's explosion now stands at 28, in- cluding the five bodies sealed in the burning mine. Twenty-ope bodies were recovered yesterday two of the injured taken from of shaft died today in a hospi- tal. Twenty-eight miners igjured in the blast are receiving treatment in the honpital. Princeton, Ind., Dec. 10.—()--Res- cue workers, undaunted bythe added hazard of fire, téday combed the subterranean passages of the Fran- cisco Coal Company's No, 2 mine at | Francisco, seven miles from here, in- tent on finding the five men who re- mained in the workings after the ex- plosion Thursday which killed 28 men. The pitchy odor of smouldering pine drove the rescuers from the shaft last night after they had ac- counted for 66 of the 71 men who were caught by the explosion ax they went to work yesterday. Their first duty was to locate and determine the extent of the fire, suspected to exist in the portion of the mine to which the five missing men might have repaired after the explosion. Their skepticism that their comrades had survived the terrific explosion and the fire 12 hours later was scarcely concealed. Many Homes in Mourning Crepe marked the doors of nearly a score of the modest dwellings near the mine mouth today while in the rest the survivors of the disaster rested from the shock of it and their arduous rescue efforts made before the work was taken over by trained teams from adjacent mining com- munities. Thirty victims, five of them criti- cally injured, remained in local hos- pitals today. All of them had been burned and some suffered broken bones when the impact of the explo- sion threw them against’ timbers end mine walls. Mine officials were at a loss to de- termine its cause. Last Minute News Bulletins Canton, Ohio, Dec. 10—(AP)— Twelve persons were chosen to try Patrick Eugene McDermott for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, shortly after court convened this afternoon. St. Louis, Dec. 10—(AP)—C. N. Whitehead, 48, president of the | Misnouri-Kansas-Texan railread, who suffered a down last October, died in a hos- pital here today. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 10— (AP)—Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from North Dakota and Minnesota were here today for the fall ceremonial of Kem Tem- ple, which opened this afternoon. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 10— (AP)—Twenty-nine aliens who entered the United States illeg- ally were sent east today on a Great Northern train for depor- tation. Three were taken. on board at Minot, 19 at Grand Forks and seven at Duluth. Clear Lake, 8. D. Dee. 10— for the death of his wife, whem. he shet following an estrange- ment, pleaded guilty to first de- gree manslaughter in circuit court here yesterday. He will be sentenced Tuesday. lished in the Tribune. done than had hitherto beep done to The booth ‘sales held last Saturday| eliminate the recurring surpluses in the Jnvenett of the Chfistmas seal| that prove so detrimental to the campaign will be resumed this Sat-|farming industry. Better control of urday. The booths ‘will again be!the movment of agricultural prod- conducted in the Grand Pacific and|ucts into consumptive channels is McKenzie hotels and in the post-| needed through adequate marketing, office. storage, gnd credit facilities, and or- Reals have also been left in charge ganization of producers for market- of the secretary of the North Dakota}ing operations. | Farmer-controlled| penitentiary for sale there, (Continued on page six.) ind moving Reports