The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. * Fait tonight, increbsing cloudi- ness Saturday. Rising temperature, VB AN?Df[ ‘ ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927 4 ah acorns ks idea ma CRN GOIN CATE Men cor A wo ‘ CK TRIBUNE Laan) PRICE FIVE CENTS. BISMARCK WELCOMES NORTH DAKOTA EDITORS | U.S.-Mexi | -AMBASSADOR’S || WITHDRAWAL IS POSSIBILITY Secretary Kellogg’s Declara- tion Draws Retorts From Two High Sources NO CLASHES REPORTED Federal Troops Continue Movements to Points of Strategic Importance Mexico City, Jan. 14—(#)—Devel- ii situation between the and Mexico now are believed to hinge on. possible action by the Washington government. Among the pussibilities seen here are the withdrawal of the American am. bassador and the lifting of the em- bargo on shipment of arms into Mex- ico from the United States. Secretary Kellogg’s declaration re- garding communistic activities in Mexico aimed at the United States has drawn retorts from two high sources—Aaron Saenz, ithe Mexico general secretary, and Ricardo. Trev- ino, secretary-general of the regional confederation of labor, the dominant labor group in this country. 2 _ The foreign secretary asserted that Mr. Kellogg’s statement before the foreign relations committee of the American senate did not prove the! charge that Mexico was attempting to blish a Bolshevist hegemony in America. Mexico Not Responsible _ As for decisions taken by foreign ‘rhere’s not a bunch of newspaper lot. to right: treasurer; M. H. Graham, Devils of SNOWSTORMS | PILECENTRAL saapas ry “energetically sree Storm Moves on Toward At-/ ject those charges aga’ e Mex: “ i can government, especially regard-| lantic While Another Creeps | ing its relations Russia.” ee Senor Trevino replied to Secretary | Down From_ Rockies Kellogg in the form of a telegram in The men shown here are officers of the North Dakota Pre: Will Wright of Woodworth, president; Geo. Officers of North Dakota Press Association Meeting Here Today editors anywhere that are any better looking than those of North Dakota, and the five publishers pi 1" association which is holding its two-day winter meeting in Bismarck tod: Collins, Carrington, first vice president; Hal Davies, Minot, third vice president; M. Lake, member of the executive committee, which also includes Wright, Forkner, Collins and J. F. Bacon Mr. Bacon and W. C. Taylor of La Moure, second vice president of the a: ation, were unobtainable. 'APPOINTMENT : “OFACTUARY IS. | RECOMMENDED ; Governor Advises Such Ac- DITION OF | tion in Answer to Letter Today’s Program in Legislature Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital House and ate meet at 2. Jaint session to hea ’ Hiscding, former governor Towa, at Hiouse committee on federa: itions to investigate conditions ong Indians on Standing Rock ation. QUICK ACTION Congress meets at noon. House continues reading of in dependent offices bil Special Master Hughes con- tinues hearing on lake diversion. CON if co Developments Hinge On Government Actio ictured above ave typical of the enti lay and tomorrow, and are, le I. Forkner, Langden, secreta ef Grand Forks. Photograp! SMITH WILL - DEMAND SEAT INU. §, SENATE Accepts Appointment By Gov- | ernor Small and Will Go to hs ‘New U. S. Marshal i | Washington, Jan. \ pointment of a new United States h North Dak gett, present marshal appointment, and his name to President Coo ide. It was said that two North D. kota house members have concurred in the selection, HARDING URGE BARLY TREATY WITH CANADA Decp Waterway Work Possi- ble in 1928 if People Ask For It, He Says i i If the Great waterway is {kota will be b Europe and Lakes-St. have a world mar- uets, of to and president of the Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater ciation told members of the [legislature at a joint session this aft- ,ernoon, : “When the Saint Lav. ed you will have a ri from Duluth jto Liverpool of ten cents a bushel, (within two cents of the York now has,” Mr. # hat means that you will save trom 10 to 13 cents a bushel on the hun- dred million bushels of wheat you annually ship out of t Diversified fi ing out on a larger the waterway goes through, Mr. Harding said, declaring that the project would not only help North Dakota to get to a forcign market but also to reach the New York and England market. Possibility that a treaty with Can- ence is open- rding Appointment Near A (P)-Ap- jket in which to dispose of its prod- | L. Harding, former governor | which he ascerted that the Mexican inbor movement ‘we. antagonistic, not frienly, to communism, Federal troops pursuing rebel groups continue their movemnts to points of strategie, i tance, and, it. seems established that they have heen able to suppress the uprisings of the last. week. or twor™ . : Pursuant to its belief that priests sre inciting the Catholics to rebellion, the government has decided to de- port all priests captured headin, rebel It is reported that severa' » priests, captured in the states of dalisco and Coahuila, are en route to Mexico City. Five Youths Killed Charges of anti-Catholic persecu- tions are made by the newspaper Ex- ' ior, which says it has reliable au- thority for the statement that five youths, none amore than 20, were shot and killed at Leon last Monday after having their tongues cut out, fo participating in an. alleged Catholi uprising there. Six others, it says, were executed, Newspaper reports that 16 more rebels have been captured by the federals and hanged to trees along the highways in the federal district lack official confirmation, but the newspapers say at leas $2 rebels have been found thus hanged. Dispatches from Guadalajara indi- dyeate that the demonstrations before the American consulate there were suppressed by government troops al- most before they started, Anti- American feeling has been displayed in other places, but no clashes have OIL COMPANIES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH LAW Mexieo City, Jan. 14—()—The partment of indu: and comm has delivered to Attorney Genera! for Ortega the gure its citations of oll; petroleum and The citations were delivered under an order issued by President Calles on January 4, and were furnished in order that the attorney general “may take action to which the nation is entitled against private individuals or corporations engaged in 1 industry which have not fulfilled the laws concerning their concessions.’ Under Mexico's new oil laws, which ‘became effective on January 1 of this all rights and titles acquired 1917, when the new Mexican constitution went into effect, are de- clared invalid and their holders were required to apply for concessions con- firming their rights before January 1. American oil companies, owning ¢: tensive tracts affected by the 5 have refu or to apply for ae ttory concessions on the ¢i boatl n ‘that no qual protection their rights is provided. : a Sunday Rariaieg ; to Be Prohibi Under House Bill Sunday barbering in North Dakota would be prohibited in*North Dakote under the terms of a bill introduced in the house yesterday by Rep, Gor- don Cox of Burleigh coynty, at the request of one of the mem! of\the present state. barber examining board, “At present time the law, on Sunday barbering is not effective, Mr. Cox. states, because unless the: tate can prove. the paseerine, is do for hire, it is not prohibited by law. Other important changes the bill would make in the _board’s supervision, c office of seerctary treasurer on the board. which at\the present time consists ef two separate. | ing the last year by Albert Wadding- ‘Combines tre’ orth Pacifie iy wen mass \ot om oa a aaa dea | ar ‘ : ‘Official in, charge Chicago, Jan, 14—C)—Snowstorms that piled the central states deep, swirled on toward the Atlan’ beard today while another of winter's charrages crept » down the-. castern, slopes of ‘the Rockies. The most severe area between the INDIANS - WILL BE LOOKED INT sional Relief Referrea to Federal Relations | From 4 Bureau Directors jd was_in the rms, but low with the snow Gulf, and the t investigation Inunched by house of — represe y r way this afterr with close to 20 i the ground in’ some localities. Chicago, an army of 3,000 labored all night to keep traffic lanes open, hree men were killed while attempt- ibe to keep traffic moving and two others died of exposure, The southwest shivered in the un-! seasonable weather, and prepared for | }) zero temperature in the wake of a| storm that left snow from gn inch to| six inches deep. - Virtually all of Kansas, Northern Oklahoma and Mis- souri was blanketed with consider- able depths. °)s Lower thermometer readings, were promised the middlewst toda; Lignite Mining Indu Shows Much Improvement General improvement of the status of the lignive mining industry in North Dakota has been noticed .dur- ioux county, resolution t immediate Standing h lies partly in partly in South Jreds of re: “actual want, suffering ° d totally destitute of | nd supplie: ion has become so de perate, the resolution stated, that “the more aged Indians, are dying from want of proper nourishment.” , to eat horsemeat although the ¢: bal council voted to refuse to do so. Worst in 25 Years The resolution futther recites that there was an almost total crop failure on most of the reservation but that reports have nevertheless been made to the government that the Indians are not in want. Little if any food for stock is available, the resolution recites, and alleges further that “dur- ing the last 25 years the Indians have; never found themselves..im auch pdes- | perate need; never, during this ‘same; period of time has there been such ‘a fotal crop failure and never, dur- ing the last 25 years, has there been so much actual want, dire need, te: rifie suffering and slow starvation is now existing among these people. P. R. Trubshaw, Valley City, moved | for passage of the resolution but was opposed by L. L. Twichell, majority floor leader, who demanded that an investigation be made before the house committed itself to the sage of such a “drastic resolution. Should Make Sure of Facts “These. Indians are wards of the; government and we do not want to pass such a resolution ¢harging .the i) government with not taking proper care of its business until we are sure lof the facts,” Twichell said. McCay suid the information recited in the resolution was given him by a committee of reservation Indians who called’ on yesterday and by the committee of the Business Men’s as- sociation of Standing Rock, which is | composed of Indians, +++ 7H} It finally was agreed to refer. the 3° resolution to a committee to investi sees, 713, gate the situation and make a rec- . 0; ommendatio: The committee on : ed 18/ federal relations, headed by S. W. WEATHER FORECAST Thompson, Devils Lake, drew the as- For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair; signment and will conduct a. hearing tonight, probably followed by increas-| today. ing cloudin jaturday, Rising tem-| E. D. Mossmann, perature. the reservation,, agreed to-be For North Dakota: Fair tonight. preat. a5 will Major B,.Welch, Probably followed by increasing Mandan, who will represent the In- cloudiness Saturday. Rising temper-|dians to whom he is an adopted ature Saturday and north and west|'brother. rtipns toni 5 Pore PWEATHER CONDITIONS pressure area now ton, state coal mine inspector. Many mines have installed new machinery, especially under-outting machines, and safety conditions are enerally better, Waddington said. ny mines have installed loading and other machinery to enable them to getlout their product cheaper than formerly, he pe Saree AWAIT ROCKNE Honolulu-—-That Haw: a com- ing forces in American football is evidenced by the fact that Knute Rockne, famous Notre Dame football coach, will arrive in Honolulu in De- cember to conduct a “school” in foot- laying. Rockne will come to the islands ut the invitation of Coach Otto Klum, University. of , Hawaii mentor, whose teams have command- ed attention on the mainland durin the past few years. Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at m, today. Temperature at 7 Highest y Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocii erintendent of Aaron Ward Traded | cu . the fun It recites that they have been forced | 4 i | { cated Press) i Sorlie yesterday } to the directors of the! orkmen’s tion bu rea that they <¢ tu, t “fully and clearl: nthe solven dition of th The fund is expected to come un-| in a bill to. reduce d from it to injured, ider fire shortl jthe benefit persons. Sorlie’s action followed his receipt} ‘of a lett from four bureau direc tors in which they asked his advice | inv of the fact that “ | ences have brought into qu , the pre: future solve The letter w 1 of the comn i FE. Wenzel, the comn leading the fight scale reduetion, i nzel said last: night that he knew nothing of the letter or that it T i for the, benefit, had ecutive pointed! unds which: the bureau he employment of an actui limited and said that they the penditure of “a lot of money” un- it is necessary. reply advised employment ‘tuary and that the work be} time to make a report to the present session of the legislature. BUREAU MEMBERS VOTE TO EMPLOY AN ACTUARY (By The Associated Press) By a four to one vote, directors 0: the state workmen's compensation bureau today decided to employ an{ eetuary to determine the stability of} their fund, R. E. Wenzel, ective member of the board, representing the employers, cast the dissenting vote. Employment of an actuary was recommended by Governor Sorlie in a letter to the board which answered a query by four board members on the subject. | Thinly veiled antagonism between | Wenzel and S. 8. McDonald, labor | member of the board, marked the| ting. At times the veil was thrust aside entirely. In a motion prepared in advance, Wenzel set forth the fact that he had not seen the letter sent to Governor | Sorlie yesterday by the four members of the board and requested that “the | members who signed such request! state, if they know, why such letter, was not presented to me for signa- | ture.” The motion also contained a | proviso that employment of 1 actuary be left inthe hands of leg lative committees “for the on that the merits of any possible con- | troversy can be handled best by hav ing the-whole issue come up before the committees that will have charge of the bill or bills that will undoubt- edly cover my suggestions and recom- mendations.” Wenzel also informed the other members that he hed sent certain data to an actua quest that the actuary gi “reaction.” The motion failed to re- ceive a second, Not an Official Action The other members explained that the letter to the governor wee sign- ed by them as individuals and was not intended as an official action. | (Continued on page six.) Lignite Shipments Greater For 1926 | 8 i =| extends from to the. Roc! ‘with unusually pressuré over the. northern Plains tates, mperatures are below zero ’ The cold high th Great Lakes re; ion to Chicago Team Chicago, Jan. | 14.~-(#)—Aaron ‘ard, Yankee second baseman, has Kk; pen in | become Worn of ole Hota occurre: long a result of a deal. ween | jew order of the high pres-| York and Chicago American ure area from the lower Great Lakes ae ! aoun | clubs. ty & ion southwestward to Missouri and| John Grabowski, atility catcher, and rein Missouri ried thi Ray Moreheart, ul nae were. const. Fair ' weather). s he Yankee: rom the rn itation 4 oh an exchange Ward Maa ees with is pas Than During 1925 Lignite coal shipments by North Dakota mines were 84,709 tons greater for 1926 than for the year previous, according to atatistics compiled by the state raitroad hoard, Last Pps fuletda the state, and 80002 to outs’ st an mi to, North Dakota ‘points, a total ‘of Pn te Bilge The year vious an ‘in the -| North Dakota mine oper If points 5 I$ WANTED ON Committee to Decide Time For a Decision Wy s advil UP) Farm ced to the ho nd it rules in the vemains only for the lee to d The v the the te: carryin: fee, tee eli y- Haugen the eont al equ and the manner in voted upon yesterday agriculture ‘committe hitter fight when it in the house. . The committee voted, 1: port the measure, but p: with four Republi ¥ Democrats in opposi indicates reaches a vote o 8 to ree lines ht Republicans and five Dem-} ocrats supporting — it. members want however, en Chairman rules committee to set for a house vote. Fight Over Equalization Fee The fight is expected to center around the equalization fee which would be levied on basic farm com- modities to take care of surpluses. Among those in favor of the fee are southern Democrats, but they do not. ant it imposed on cotton for two years, holding the industry could not stand such a levy until that tim: One southern member, Represe: ative Aswell of Louisiana, ranking Democrat on the agriculture commit- tee, who voted against reporting the MeNary-Haugen bill, said such a fee would tax cotton from $10 to $10.50 a bale at the gin and that the bourd set up to levy the tax would have only three members from the cotton states. : “The cotton growers can d?aw their own conclusion,” he -addde. That = many ick showdown, instructions an early date rf Representative Fulmer, Democrat,’ South Carolina, vated to support the bill, but in so doing he said he re- served the right to fight to postpone invoking the fee against cotton. If he failed in this direction, he added, he would ‘vote against the bill on final passage. Others; however, priised: the: basic nciples of the measure as sound. hairman . Haugen, .too,.- expressed confidence in the final outcome, de- claring nearly two dozen members who voted against an almost iden- tical measure last year “will be with us this y Pandolfo Attempts to Stage Comeback St. Cloud, Minn, Jan. 14—@)—S. C, Pandolfo, former head of the now defunct Pan Motor Car factory here, and who was recently released from Leavenworth prison after serving a term for using the mails to defraud, concluded his five- campaign in St. Cloud last night in which he, sought aid. to make a. comeback. Alter showing a six reel moving picture ‘of’ his plant in ‘operation in 1929,. Mr. Pandolfo: went into an ex. nlanation of what had happened -be- fore his conviction before Judge K. M. "Landis at Chicago, and asked for ald, He stated that while he has of- fers to go clsewhere, he would like to stay in He Cloud anil start here ral mad definite pl: - tgiuom ee PARM AID BILL i! Legislation Ready For Rules : Capital Next Weck | Ne ada might be presented at the first session of the new congress next Chicago, Jan, 14 . accepted appoint- may be started on the waterway in yent by Governor Lea Small to eom-| 1928 were expressed by Mr. Harding. plete the term of the late William B.| | People Must Convince Coolidge y and will demand the oath| “With the engineering facts defi- ited States s or in recoge| nitely established. by the Interna- of his own “constitutional! tional Joint Engineer Board,” Mr. t sovereignty of the, Harding declared, “it is up to the te of Mlingis. {American people’ to convince Pres- ndiscou and conscientious- ident Coolidge that they want the liy unafraid” despite the turmoil over shipway to the sea and that he should ini enator-| treaty negotiations at once. Hl ‘or the the power to negotiute a treaty need last lies in the president and, naturally hington enough, Mr. Coolidge wants to know fight What the people think about it. The {is one task left before us and that posed on is to tell our president that we want ons to his pri-, the shannel to the sea. from public! “If North Dakota and the other heads over whom he had states want it and say they'll s chairman of the state com- If not, the project’ will be nmission,- question, he ared, is senate shall, acting as court, decide arbitrarily und without. hearing to set uside both the consti- tutional rights of ator and of CASS COUNTY | MURDER CASE. IS DELAYED O°Neill Will Not Be Arraigned in District Court Until After January 25 | Fargo, N. D., Jan. 14.—(#)—Louis O'Neill, 17, of near Page, N. D., charg- ed with manslaughter in the first dey gree in connection with the fatal shooting of his. father, Richard O'Neill, 62, who died in a Fargo hos- pital on January 3, will not be taker) into district court until after Jannory 25, according to John C. Pollock, | state’s attorney, | O'Neill was formally charged with first degree manslaughter when he| b was arraigned in justice court here the tidewater movement was given by Thursday, and was bound over to dis-| Mr. Harding at the opening of his trict court. His arraignment in dis-| t#/k. Governor of Iowa in 1919, Mr. trict court is being delayed to allow| Harding joined the movement ‘trom Cass county officials, at present oc-| the start ‘and has been one of its ac- cupied with the jury term of court,| tive leaders through the last eight to make a trip to Page to investigate are, conditions on the farm home of the O’Neills. Pola Negri’s Claim Against Valentino’s Estate Is Allowed Los Angeles, Jan. 14.—(#)—Pola Neeri, film actress, was allowed a claim of $15,000 against the estate of Rudolph Valentino in superior court yesterday. The claim was bas- ed on @ note for that amount, dated February 9, 1926, which the actress ‘said had been given to secure a loan made to Valentino. Three Killed When Train Strikes Auto Sai neil Minneapolis, Jan. 14.—(#)—Three persons were instantly killed and one was seriously injured early to- day when their automobile was ‘struck by « westbound Northern. Paeific train at Fridley Section Howse, 25 miles north of here. _ « ‘The dead are: Ed Anderson, Hazel Thoma and Annette Johnson, all: of neapolis. capolis, _ Mr. Harding declared that Pres- ident Coolidge, if definitely con- vinced, could start negotiations wiin Canada immediately and have a treaty ready for the senate when it con- ve again in December, ssage of the treaty next winter, it is possible for actual construction work to start a year from this spring,” Mr, Harding’ de- clared. In answer to the question, general- ly asked, if Canada will join the United States in such a treaty, Mr. Harding said that the Dominion has already spent or is spending $114,- 000,000 on the Welland canal, which connects Lake Erie with Lake QOn- tario. Canada Will Favor Plan “The Great Lakes are the western terminal and the Atlantic is the east- ern terminal,” he pointed out. “Of all the freight carried in the United States, 27 per cent moves on the Great Lakes. The St. Lawrence is the connecting link between the lakes and the Atlantic. “The Welland canal nect the lakes with the Atlantic and to complete the job and make the St. Lawrence navigable for ocean-going vessels, about $123,000,000 more will have to be spent. Will Canada foin, after having already obligated her- self for $114,00,000? Add $114,000,- Ou0 to the $123,000,000 more needed and divide it by two and ask whether (or not she will take on the proposi- tion. Certainly she will.” A brief resume of the history of (Continued on page six.) —— es ‘| Temperature and | Road Conditions | ?(lercury Teadinga at 7 a. m.) Bismarck—Clear, 11 below; roads 00d. , St. Cloud—Clear, 10 below; roads ‘air, below; r. Minot—Clear, 17 below; roads T. Duluth—Clear, 17 below; Le food. Jamestown—Cloudy, 14 roads fair. Grand Forks—Clea‘ 18 below; roads fair, taltibbing-—Clear, 24 below; roads air, Fargo—-Partly cloudy, 13 below; roads fair, Winona—Clear, 1 below; roads Lake—Clear, 21 below; ne Clean 20 below; roads ir. Mandan—Clear, 14 below; TF, : Rochester—Clear, 7 below; partly blocked. Mi Twine, 6 below; ¢ Haas, also of Minn waa seriously injured, i roads roads roads | | | 1 PRES. WRIGHT GIVES ADDRESS THIS MORNING plishments During Year and Future Hopes URGES RESOLUTIONS Wants Editors to Back Farm Aid Bill and Support Deep Waterway Project ewspapermen from all sections of North Dakota gathered in Bismarck today to take purt in the annual con- vention of the North Dakota Press Association and to discuss problems of mutual interest, More than forty names were on the registry list at noon, with more expected to come. Making the North Dakota Press As- sociation as near 100 per cent. in | membership as: possible; assembling | for handy Lawrence | completed, North Da-| ght “next door” to state ale in this state if; Dakota. (P)—-Colonce] December and that construction work | does not con- | | | \ hi of all gprinting laws into one book reference gnd changing some of the existing laws regarding legal printing were three recom- mendations of President Will Wood- worth in his address to’ journalists at the opening session of the group this morning. Spurious advertising was discussed by Woodworth, who told of the “$3 for 300 oranges” advertisement which was accepted by some of the papers in this state. This was later discov- ered to be a fraud, the owners of the fictitious orange farm from which tha bargain in fruit was supposed to come now being under arrest in At- lanta on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Wright's Recommendations Recommendation was made by Wright that three resolutions be | adopted and copies of them sent to carried | senators and congressmen from North They are: That congress enact agricultural relief measures for the farmers of the United States so that the selling Wright Presides at Meeting of their products may be placed on an equal basis with the manufactur- ers’ products. That support be given the Lakes. Atlan’ That endorsement end support be given th ational Editorial Asso- ation ts fight on the govern- iment printing of stamped envelopes, Favora Field Secretary The field secretary plan should be erious consideration, Wright stated, and declared himself “heartily in favor of trying out the system for a year in this state.” “On being honored by being elect- ed president of the biggest boosting and hardest working organization if the state of North Dakota ut Minot last January,1 thought of what would be the greatest thing I could do to help better the organization and at the same time benefit my fellow pub- lishers,” said Mr. Wright, “and 1 resolved then and there that the near- | (Continued on page six.) 9 ACTRESSES MENTIONED IN CHAPLIN CASE Names of Women Alleged to Have ‘Associated With Actor’ Not Revealed Great Lawrence waterway to the Los Angeles, Jan. 14—V)—The possibility that they may be drawn into the Charles Chaplin divorce ¢: ung over the heads of “five prom nent: motion Pictures actresses” to- lay. Lyndol K, Young, counsel for the “At that time,” he said, “it was u|Screen star's estranged wife, yester- day declared his client was prepared to furnish the names of the five women she referred to in her divorce as having “publicly and privately” associated with Chaplin. Thus far the names have not come out, but they will be produced, Young si if they are demanded either by the court or by Chaplin’s lawyers. Meanwhile, Los Angeles warmed up to the case by showing stch a liking for its details that a printit of a booklet fn which Mrs. Chaplin’s peer was given in its entirety has een sold. The copies brought 25 cents each. The county clerk’s of- fice has been besieged with requests to see the ition ‘that has been 4 pestered ae files. ivers of the Chaplin property avpointed at the instance Of ire. Chaplin had the books of the screen star under scrutiny today. . Mrs. Chaplin is seeking a share of the comedian’s fortu: fe : ge fortune, eee