The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1927, Page 1

1) IS DEFBATED Five Ward County Independ-| | / MAN DESCRIBED Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Sunday. Colder. ESTABLISHED 1878 GLEN at: SOF DRAKE MILL ents Stray From Fold Fri- day to Defeat Measure VOTE IS TIE, 54 TO 54 Nonpartisans Claim Forced Sale Was Sought to Aid ‘Certain Interests’ Five Independent hotse members strayed off the reservation Friday and || their action resulted in defeat of the Dill to force the sale or lease of the state-owned elevator at Drake with- in 90 days. An attempt to amend the bill to grant the state industrial commi: sion power to reject bids again was defeated when unanimous consent for! the amendment on thitd reading was | refused. The vote was 54 to 54 and | the bill failed to carry because it did not receive a constitutional majority. Those who strayed from the fold | were the entire delegation from the 29th district, which includes the city.) of Minot. R. A. Johnson, one of the ngmbers from that district, was ab- sent but his cohorts joined with Al- | bert Hauge, Ransom county, and J. | D. Holthusen, Richland county, to de- | feat the sale. All sorts of opinions as to why the five were not in line were | ‘expressed later. Some said it was | because of failure by the Independent leaders to “recognize” the Ward county men and others. In other) quarters it was whispered that they tad been swung into line by a threat y the governor to veto certain ap-| propriations. ‘Still others credited | them with being against the bill in| principle. | Trying to Force Sale Nonpartisan opposition was based on the charge that the Independents were trying to force sale of the mill to benefit “certain” interests and against the public welfare. Many Nonpartisans explained their votes by saying that they considered it. an unbusiness-like way of disposing of the property and 0, F Anderson, Di- vide, said he opposea the bill be- cause he thought it should stipulate that the mill should be given awa Independent supporters of the me | sure contended that it is to the{ state's interest to dispose of the mill, e it is earning nothing and is; ) costing the state money for Insur- ance and other expenses as well “| { / $100 a month for a watchman. Efforts by the industrial commis- sion to sell the mill after the last session failed, only one offer being received. It was for $3,500 whereas the property cost $32,000 and the bid was, rejec' Later efforts to sell the mill failed to elicit a single bi ‘The sole offer was made by T.*E. Sleight, McHenry county, who intr duced the bill defeated Friday. Sleight said he would have been able to use it two years ago but would have no use for it now. His right to vote on th® subject was challenged by O. EF. Erickson, Kidder county, on the ground that Sleight was person- ally interested. Sleight Allowed to Vote Slight made no response to the speaker's declaration that if he was “interested” it was his duty to an- unee the fact and the speaker held that the McHenry county man was entitled to vote. . Jt is probablé that the matter may be brought up again if Independents feel. they can muster sufficient strength. In the committee of the whole two days ago they had more than enough votes to insure its pass- age. The Independents rode rough shod over the Nonpartisans, however, in passing. the bill authorizing officials (Continued on page three.) COMPANION OF STRASBURG - Authorities Broadcast _ De- scription in Effort to Solve Mysterious Murder Papillion, Neb., Jan. 29—(#)—Sarpy county authorities today" broadcast the description of a tall, heavy set ‘yan wearing blue overalls and prob- ably a new sheepskin coat in their search for the slayer of R. A. Walker, Strasburg, N. D., who was beaten to death here, In. announcing the description of tte man, authorities said he was be- lieved to have been Walker's com- panion before the North Dakota man was found badly beaten about the head in a.pasture- here Jast Monday. Walker ae MStesedey. night with- out regaining conse! Sheriff Hugh Olderog ssid that he had ‘information which probably would lead up to an arrest within 48 cGroner’s ‘inquéat wh igh, hours. His annoumcement si aly sere met death’ “from being on the head by a blont inatroment in the hands of a petson or ons: vhknown,” Robbery was found as the motive. . gtk y ULLIN GIRL MAY BE A SUICIDE BILL WOULD MRS. COFREY'S | FORCED SALE [__Peacies Boom as Carmel sew | “Peach shown for separation ‘trom his 16-ye Browning and her ENGLAND REPORTED TO HAVE OFFERED PROPOSAL OF FULL mother, Mrs. € appeared at the opening of Edward W. f par A id wife, at Ca ing, millionaire retired real estate abandoned him. ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA; SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1927 as He Brow therine operator, cha TARIFF AUTONOMY AND COMPLETE SOVEREIGNTY 10 CHINA Meetings Shrouded in Secrecy —British Proposals Consti-* tute Most Significant De- velopment So Far in China’s Struggle to Regain Control of Territeries Shanghai, Jyn. 29—()—Enough wag learned” from authoritative sources today to indicate that. the British proposals for surrendering her extra territorial priviteges in China constitute the most significant de- velopment so far in the struggle of the far eastern’ republic to regain fall ‘control of her territories. Although the meetings ‘still are shrouded in secrecy, it has become known that England has made-aliko to the northern and southern Chinese governments, a proposal virtually of- fering full tariff autonomy and com- plete sovereignty over all British concessions, The British proposal is understood) to contain only minor conditions de- signed to ingure efficient adminis- tration of the area which would be turned back to Chinese control and guarantees for personal and property rights of foreign residents involved. The proposal is believed to apply to the British concession at Hankow, which now is under Cantonese juris- diction, and at Tientsin, in the area of the northern faction. It is expected the offer also will apply to the minor concessions, The proposals do not, however, apply to! the international concession -here, whieh is the richest in the republic, because although British influence predominates in Shanghai, the set- tlement is technically under inter- national. control. The reaction among the foreign residents here to the new develcp- ment is one of resignation, since it was" felt’ weeks ago that the day of the foreign concession is done. What recéption it wilt get in Chinese circles is Uncertain. PROSPECTS FOR TREATY - CONFERENCES HOPEFUL fashin; tary: Kélloge considers prospects for new treaty conferences with quali- fied Chinese representatives “reason- ably Wopeful® although ‘he has not yet xeteived. direct indication that the two major political factions ‘in China are.approaching an agreement to ap- point @ joint delegation for that pur- Faroe 3 Peta! sob disclosed at the state tment on what éonfidential; i formation the secretary: based his hope of an adjustment, The progress ‘of the Chtine¥e civil war may have do, with determining the ray c ry declined to comment opi th eht issued last nicgh' Dioctol ton, asking for im- ‘on page three.) n, Jian, 29.—(P)—Secre- ‘Alfred Sze, the Chinese min- | ‘oday’s Program ; in Legislature Mouse and senate meet at 2. House to resume fight on news bill nate expected to vote on nor hool_ appropri MORE REVENUE GREAT NEED OF MIDWEST R. R. Railway | Chief Coticertis of Com. Officials Describe its ‘Omaha, Jan. 20.—()>-Coal strike Possibilities, business, conditions, | rop prospects and labor wage rates constitute the chief concern ‘of rail- roads in the middlewest, believes L. C. Fritch, Chicago, vice president of operations for the Rock Island rail- road, attending the Interstate Com- merce Commissjon rate hearing here. This is the fifth day of a general inquiry into the class freight rates in western trunk line territory following | application by carriers for rate in- creases and readjustments. Need of increased operating révenue I by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, in order to meet fixed | charges, was also stressed before the ‘commission by H. E. Byram, former ' president of that road and one of the receivers of the road’s property. He told how everything had been in- creased for that road-except the rev- fenue for freight “so that stockholders of the Milwaukee Have™received no dividends gince 1917.” |. Railroads are storing coal-in antic- ipation of a real strike, Mm Fritch ied, adding that “no one knows how long the strike will last if it comes. It costs money to hoard coal. The strike \of 1922 cost the Rock Is- Jand $1,500,000.” | ‘Duluth Man Found Dead in Bath Tub Duluth, Jan. 29:;-UP)—Ernest H. Marley, about 35, photographer, was. found dead at 5 a. m, today, face down in a bath tub full of water in his room at Cascade hotel, — Mr. Marley artived in Duluth three months ago from Rippey, lows, ‘Tenv- ing his bride of six months. se ~ Dr. C. F, McComb, St, Louls county foroner, said he will probably hold panies at IC. 1 an autopsy. ~ CHANGE ROAD - COMMISSION | Rep. Lynch Sponsors Measure to Reorganize State High- way Department | REDUCES MEMBERSHIP. | Beard Wculd Consist of Gov- ernor and Two Appointed Commissioners Reorganization of the state high- way commission is provided in a bill j introduced in the house today by M. H. Lynch, Independent, ‘Richland county. The measure would reduce membership in the highway board to the governor and two appointed com- missioners, who would serve terma of four years each It would eliminate the commission- state engineer, who now are ex-officio members of the board. The duties of secretary of the com- mission may be vested on a member. of the board or on the chief engineer, or the board may employ a secretary, according to the terms of the bill, which also provides that the commis- sién shall employ a chief engineer. | Other changes in highway organiza- tion and procedures are provided by the bill. | Game and Fish Bill | Another bill introduced by the jgame and fish committee would em- power the governor to declare open | seasons on game or close other sea~ sons by proclamation following rec- ommendations by the fish and game | commission. rd Representative Peter Boecke! fered a bill to appropriate $5,000 to: | make soundings in the Missouri river to determine the advisability ihe house today passed Senate bill 3 to prevent the practice of filing jdouble barreled affidavits of preju- | dice in criminal eases, and senate bill $1, requiring district ‘court clerks to records of appeal in criminal es to the supreme court within 10 co wnimous. ‘MINE FIRE IS " REPORTED 70 | BRSPREADING jOne Killed in Blaze Which Imperiled Lives of 245 Others For a Time Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 29—(P) M. Lambie, chief of the West Virgina department of mines, was en route to Morgantown today to direct the fight against a fire which was re. ported spreading in the south entry of the Connellsville By-Product mine in the Scott’s Run district. The fire, which broke out yester- day, caused the death of one miner and imperiled the lives of 245 others for a time. . It was followed by a minor explosion early today in which 10 men, attempting to brattice off the flames, were slightly burned. officials said the fire was probably caused by an electric wire igniting the face of the coal after having been short circuited Most of the dogs used in vaudeville acts are mongrels. Showmen say they are smarter than throughbreds. - NEW COMICS The Tribune has secured sev- eral comic strips which will be new to readers of this paper, to replace “Mom. and Pop” and “Everett True,” and these will be found in these columns within a day or two. The artists discon- tinued the drawing of the - two “old. standbys” which have been published, in the Tribune for years and consequently it became necessary to find other comics equally as good to replace them. One of the Tribune's new , Strips will be “Boots and Her Buddies,” which will depict, from day to day, the trials and tribu- lations of Boots, a modern girl, and her various \boy friends. They're All Alike,” which has ap- . Peared during the past few weeks, will be continued and this daily sidelight on married life is creating mueh intere: On the editorial page, as often as space permits, will in the fu- ture be found “Our, Boarding House,” a comjc by Ahern which gives many a laugh over Major Hoople and ‘his clever witticisms, and the other: tembers of thé. boarding house gang. x “Out Our Way” and “Freckl and_ His Friends” which have appeared in the Tribune in the past are being retained as read- vera: have grown grpecially fond of these comics, mae ‘ er of agriculture and labor and the} \ of-. \ of constructing a bridge between Stan-|-f Mercer county, and Underwood, | it | McLean county. The vote on cach bill wasj "HEAD IS FOUND. BY SEARCHERS { Bond Salesman Stolidly ands By as Authorities Dig Up Grim Evidence | | 2,600 FOLKS WATCH HUNT Crowd Forms Long Line and Files Past Gruesome Find, | Lying on Canvas | Platteville, Wis, Jan, 29.-() William N. Coffey, who yesterday pointed out the spot where he h buried the head of his bigamous wife, Mrs. Hattie Hales Coffey, in Riter's Woods, near here, after he had killed her with a baseball bat, and stolidly stood by as authorities dug up the | grim evidence, early today was called to accompany officials to Sandy Hook Hill, on the Wisconsin side of the | Mississippi river, where he maintains; He will be asked to point out the spot and a search for further evidence | | will be made. | | ‘Two thousand persons, men, wom-| jen and crying babies fn arms, yes-| | terday were in Riter's Woods when! ; the search for the body was under- |way. Their automobiles and sleighs | tine road for more than a mile, ‘towd Hard to Manage | | As various bits of the body were | uncovered the throng surged to and! fro across the wooded area, As word }flashed through the throng that the| {bead had been found, the crowd broke | j all restraint and pushed back officers that he accidentally killed the woman. |] {in its effort to catch a glimpse of it | | WILLIAM N. COFFEY i |The jam of humanity tugged and jostled until it appeared that the two diozen-deputies would be overwhelmed in the rushing tide. Promised by deputies that all would be given chanee to view the gruesome find, |the throng then! formed a long irreg- jular line and filed past the head as Jit lay on a piece of canvas under xuard of deputies. When the curiosity of ull had been | satisfied, officials wrapped up the head, placed it with the other sc tions of the body found during the | day, and led the procession into Platteville. | COFFEY DOESN’T CARE | WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM | _ Platteville, Wis. Jan. 29.) Reenactment of. the slaying of Mrs. Hattie Hales Coffey by William N. Coffey, confessed. slayer husband, | was delayed today when authorities made further efforts to learn whether | the killing was committed in Iowa | or Riter’s Woods, near here, where | the dismembered body was recovered | yesterday. | “Plainly’weakened by the ordeal of yesterday, when he pointed out the spot in the woods ‘five miles south of here where he had buried the evi- dence of Hig-crime, Coffey told hi questioners ‘this morning he didn’t | care what punishment was dealt him. “I-don’t care whether I spend the (Contizived on page three.) | Weather Report || Weather conditions at North Da- for the 24 hours ending today. Tempetature &t.7 a. m, Highest yesterday | Lowest last’ night . | Precipitation to 7a. m: Highest wind velocity | WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and ; Sunday. Colder. For North Dakota: Cloudy and somewhat .unsettled tonight and Sunday, Colder. ‘WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area is centered over the\Red River Valley this git Boa le ‘wagm weather prevails Xn all settions, but the temperature is drop- ping slightly from the Rocky Moun- tain region westward to the Pacific coast due to higher pressure over that section. Precipitation occurred in the Great Lakes region and from North Dakota westward and’ south- westward to the Pacific coast. | ‘ ORRIS W. ROBERTS, * Official in charge . 3h - 43 - 26 = ae | States Steel corporation.” Ten men were killed, a bus bearing athletes of the Baylor Unive: struck by a passenger.train at I bus, which was hurled 75 feet by the engine, Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon Senate works on naval supply Lill. Radio conference report is be- fore the hous House military committee con tinues Muscle Shoals bids consid eration ions mittee ins in- into fitness of Frank L. for senate seat, qui ith | | CAMPAIGN = FUNDS PROBE IS STARTED IMlinois Deprived of Constitu- | tional Rights in Senate, | Counsel Claims | Washington, Jan. 29—-4#)—The f the senate to exercise the right imed in determining dmitted to its member- nged before the sen- ctions commitiee today by the of Illinois and her senator te, nk L. Smith. used the oath of office pending a furth into the le group of leg: that Iino W without warr enate representation gu by the constitut nig de of the equal ranteed her| Beck Supports Plea The Mlinois attorney general, Oscar G, Carlstrom, accompanied the sen- ator-designate to the committee room and the plea that the senate had acted illegally was sunperted by James M. Beck of Pennsylvan for- mer solicitor general of th nited He is one of the lawyers who have interested themselves on behalf of William S. Vare of Pennsylvania, against whom a campaign expendi- tures fight also is in prospect. Beck laid special emphasis on testi- mony before the senate camp: funds committee that Smith colle no campaign funds, and had instruct- ed his campaign manager, Allen F. Moore, nibt te'accept any funds that, might be regarded as binding him to any person or interest. Private Funds Given The attorney conceded that Smith knew that Samuel Insull, the Chicago public utilities operator, contributed to his campaign. But Insull’s testi- money showed, he said, that all of the $125,000 he gave to Smith’s campaign came from Insull’s. private funds. “Surely if Judge Gary made a con- tribution to a political fund,” Beck said, “it would not follow that the contribution was that of the United | “He declared the Tilinois Commerce |Commigsion, of which Smith was jchairman, reduced rates on Insull's |company in 1923, resulting in a sav- ling 6f nearly $30,000,000 to the con- | sumers, Senator, Caraway, Democrat, Arkan- sas, asked ghy Clement Studebaker, a citizen of Indiana “and a public tilities operator of Illinois, con- i tributed to Smith’s campaign. “I have no explanation of that,” | Beck replied. Wisconsin Governor Settles Fight Over | © ae tgs | Appointive Position Madison, Wis., Jan. 29.—(4)--Gov- ernot. Zimmerman Friday took a hand \in the ‘controversy over the Superior, | Wis., place on the state, grain and warehouse commission, removing both Mollie H. Fidell and Charles Pecock,! who have jointly held the office since, December. ‘ Governor . Zimmerman appointed John A. Bardon a8 commissioner, Mrs. Widell refused to relinquish her of- fice to Petock who was appointed by former Governor Blaine, claiming he was not properly lincensed by the fed- eral government, They both appear- ed at the office each day. _ Where Ten Athletes Met Death fi 10 were injured, and two es | ty is resold. ed unhurt when ball team was Ww weeks of the shown al 5 bi und Re DECAPITATED BODY IS FOUND ACROSS RAILS: Nete Indicates That Youth, Student in Chidago, Committed Suicide Chicago, Jan, 29—() -The decapi: tated body of Frank B. Forgy, 22, of Creston, Towa, a student here, found on the Illinois Central railroad tracks early today. Forgy was studying with an exten+ sion university, and was living ata Y. M. C. A. hotel. Found on the youth's body was a{ that she Iewa MISSING FROM ‘HOSPITAL HERE “POR TWO DAYS Leaves Note in Room Saying ‘When You See This I Will Be Dead’ ARCH IS UNDER WAY |Girt's Whereabouts Since Late Thursday Afternoon Is a Mystery she had gone to kill herself, author- ities today were searching for Alvina Treute, 19-year-old Glen Ullin girl, who has been missing for two days from the Bismarck Evang: ospi- | tal, where she had heen émployed for the last two years. “When you see this I will he dend. You have driven me to my death. I'm not as black as you have painted me.” | These were the words her two room | mates found scMbbled on a sheet of paper in her stationery box. | According to Rev. C. F. Strutz, a member of the board of directors of the hospital, her disappenrance re- | sulted from a quarrel with her room mates Thursday at their room at the | nurses’ cottage. Her room mates | charged her with taking their gar- | ments, asserting they had found some of their clothes in the missing girl's | With their only clue a note that { { | i} | ;.| laundry. The girl denied this, accord- | ing to Mrs. Lillian Witt, housekeeper, | who attempted to settle the dispute. was | Mrs, Witt told the girl to go back to her work in the hospital kitchen at | the usual time. | Sister Saw Her Thursday P. M. said the Alvina’s sister, Lillian, 21, saw her sister on note indicating that the death was a| streets at about 5:30 o'clock Thursday suicide, | From the position of the body as it was found by a suburban train mator+ mun, lying directly across the track, police judged that Forgy had’ placed himself in the path of the train. CLARIFICATION ree in Interpret- ing Court Decision Steps to clarify the situation with be pursued quired te of North Dakota prob- taken at a meeting of state industrial commission to- or Monday. Governor A. G, Sorlie and Attorney General George Shafer aid to be in disagreement _ reg: g the proper interpretation of the receni supreme court decision which held the state liable for back taxes on y acquired by mortgage fore- although it denied the state's y for taxes assessed after fore- closure deeds are obtained. Governor Sorlie’s contention is that the state can let the delinquent taxes stand and pay them when the proper- by the si ably will he the industrial commission are said to hold that they must be paid at once toj protect the state's security for $2,- 500,089 worth of loans on which the| state, through the Bank of North Da- kota, has foreclosed. The delinquent taxes on all such property total about | $520,000, Appropriations May Be Cut If, as contended in some quarters, the state must raise this amount Other members of the! afternoon, Since then her where- abouts have been a mystery. Her sis- ter became alarmed when she did not return home that night, and yesterday afternoon an effort to locate her re- sulted in the finding of the note. Her parents at Glen. Ullin, when notified, telegraphed that she was ngt at home. According to Rev. Strutz, . Miss Treute was a quiet, retiring girl who OF TAX RULING Pi rn | WILL BE ASKED, * Governor and Attorney Gen-| 1 some theories that she ran away with a lover. He thought that she might be in hiding to give her room mates n scare, or that she might have com- ‘mitted suicide as she had threatened, he ‘is described as attractive ap- ring, a little over five feet tall, weighing about 135 pounds, and wear= ing a blue serge dress and a black coat, trimmed with brown fur. FOUR NEW LAWS ARE PLACED ON STATUTE BOOKS Governor Sorlie Signs Meas- ures Which Have Finished Legislative Journey Four new laws were ready to be placed in the North Dakota statute books this morning. The signature of Governor Sorlie was placed on the ‘enactments late last night. The bills signed by the governor | were: S. B. 4—Changes the law governing the action of township supervisors in defending suits against the town- ship. | S. B. 24—Amends initiated gasoline | tax law to provide $26,000 for state auditor to collect the taxes and en- force the law. S. B. 6—Appropriates $75,000 for from its general revenue, It will mean! new bridge across the Red River at a wholesale slashing of tions now before the legislature. The appropria-| Grand Forks. S. B. 37—Provides that certain af- chairman of one appropriation com-| fidavits filed in court cases may be mittee indicated that if the legisla- | considered prima facie evidence of ture must raise the money from dinary sources of revenue it mean the elimination of buildings for the Universi of North Dakota, state institutions and departments. A petition asking clari ion of the court's decision will be filed éarly next week by Ed. Cox, attorney for the Bank of North Dakota. F, E. McCurdy, state’s attorney for Bur- leigh county, the defendant in the action instituted by the Bank of North Dakota, also plans to file a petition. Each side is seeking light on the policy to be pursued in view of the decision. Because of the importance of the case and the fact that the legislature may have to act to. protect the state's interest, an early decision on the pe-| Hi tition for clarification is expected. TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN Sanish.—Mounitrail county is to have the first tree planting cam- paign in the state of North. Dakota ac- cording to plans being by County Agent Claude Ebling in cooperation. with Charles A. Gillette, state ex. tension forester, 4 the truth of the facts which they set will | forth, “Newspaper Day” Today was “newspaper day” in the ity Wahpeton Science School and Devils; house, two bills to amend the newspa- Lake School for) the Deaf and anj per law being scheduled for consi average, reduction of five per cent ation as a special order of business. in the maintenance aliowances for) Each bill requires a two-thirds vote | tv pass and each has been beaten oh previous votes because of Nonparti- san opposition to their passage. Back- ers of the bills were hopeful, how- ever, that they would be able to draw enough Nonpartisan votes to pass the measures this afternoon, One would permit cities and villages to select their own official newspaper; the other would allow the printing of tha statements of insurance companies in other than official newspapers. FIRE DESTROYS HOME Wishek.—The farm home of Nick mn, north: of-here, burned to the ground early Sunday morning, the building and contents being a total loss. The loss is ‘believed to be quite héavy. ~