The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1927, Page 1

a’ > | months, WEATHER FORECAST agers cloudy tonight and Sun- day. Not much change. ESTABLISHED 1878 STRIKE WILL LAST MONTHS, SOME BELIEVE) Operators Are Doubtful of Prompt Settlement, Pre- dict Long Idleness MINERS ARE OPTIMISTIC President Lewis of United Mine Workers Believes Closing Will Be Short Chicago, April 2.—(4#)—Various zstimates of the duration of the ceal mining shutdown in the central com- | retitive field and adjacent territor- ies were made today. Some operators were doubtful of & prompt settlement and predicted a suspension lasting at least three Pre: ohh L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, on the other hand, believed that the closing would not last long. Mr. Lewis, who addressed a min- | ers' gathering at Taylorville, Ill, yesterday, said he expected a con: ference would be arranged for with- in a short time, and that the Jack- sonville scale of wages again would be adopted. Jacksonville Pact ipane It was the expiration of the Jac sonville pact at midnight Thursday that opened the new mining con-| troversy, operators maintaining they FACTS ABOUT STRIKE OF SOFT DET COAL, MINERS ||" Within ten years years there have been -six strikes in the coal fields. The q prescat battleground —in- cludes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvai fields where there are 160,000 bitumi- nous miners. In 19 other states and two Canadian provinces 200,000 more union miners ure employed in bituminous fields, making a to- tal sf 360,000 soft coal miners. Anthracite miners, unaffected by the present strike number 158,000. The most widespread of previ- ous strikes was in 1922-23 when both anthracite and bituminous miners were called out. Presi- dent John L. Lewis insisted on “no backward step” at ae time when many industries were ad-, justing wages, and the ‘miners held out on this ground for many months, yntil they won, o could not pay the wage scale and{ survive non-union competition, with miners just as insistent that they could not accept a cut. “It took us 37 years to fight to a decent living wage,” said President Lewis in explaining the miners’ viewpoint. “They are not going to rob us of it overnight. For seven years we have had to battle against a wage reduction. I can assure the operators they never can win their pate by closing their mines and olding us at arms’ length.” Characterizing the suspension as a “lockout—not a strike,” the min- ers’ president maintained that the crisis was brought about by “ineffi- cient management by the operators. Every time they suffer financial re- verses through their own shortsight- edness, they attempt to retrieve their losses by persecuting the pocketbooks of the men who dig their coal.” The Operators’ Viewpoint An opposite view of the wage situ- ation was tak>n by Baker. president of the Pittsburgh Termin- al corporation, who announced that the company, employing 3,100 men, would operate its seven mines on a non-union basis, under a proposed wage scale of $5.50 a day for inside labor and $4.50 for outside labor, ax against $7.50, ided by the de- funct Jacksonville agreement. “A wage scale that the company (Continued on page binned. on. ngage (spree) JURORS GIVEN LIST OF FEES PAID SAPIRO Reed Claims He Will Show Sapiro and Partners Were Paid About $1,000,000 Detroit, April 2.—()—The defense in the thon p06 libel suit of Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford and his publication, the Dearborn Independ- ent, gave jurors hearing the case a list’ of fees received by the plaintiff for work in connection with farm marketing organizations to ponder over the week-end. United States Senator James A, Reed, counsel for Ford, whose paper charged Sapiro was prompted by mo- tives other than altruistic in carry- ing on the work, has announced he will show’ Sapiro and his law part- ners received in Ee, Seip beehent of x for this wo to yesterday's session he drew from iro testimony that the latter rd- ceive around $250,000 in fees and be- fore court adjourned for the week- end the list was materially increased. Sapiro will resume the stand again Monday for further recital of his operations. Meantime officials of i e county prosecutor's office moved to. puncture the bubbl surroundii automobile crash in which Fo injured here Jast Saturday. Prosecutor Robert M. Toms asked gittele! ee Ford rol the °} a i hi m pr bi 3 ti De Bell pt \w j ol acl mi Tom: suid he did not, intend "te inftiete at ‘an| room, Terestigntion Belen the Ford organ- ization report was such as to war- vant arrest of those responsible. } A temblor which rock ture, taken at Osaka, shows the great cracks rent in the ea CITY ELECTION Local People. “Have Experi-, Tuesday to e bei ie A. Lurson and J. while Mra, Alfred Zuger, Henry Bui man and W desirous of bi board. magistrate, for whi candidates. now holds the of! Anton on _the ticket. to the five were selected by to board, this is the fir: pe F. G, Grambs, for four r@'C. L, Young, for three yea Fr. John Slag, e ths and the election officials in charge of eatlwgre as follows: garage. Sperry. Previous | Derb; Barth. le of Phpcurity Beers. mpany | Schantz. resend What an Earthquake Does in Japan {TROOPS KILL 7, de- This’ pie- | h by the! to construct buildings that | se quakes, d the central part of nolished several towns and claimed more than 2,000 liv It clearly shows how difficult it will withstand Japan juake. peg eg a Woman Is Beaten ‘to Death; Husband Is Badly Injured { Oakland, Cali April 2—(>)— WILL BE HELD :, 3 ; husband, Manuel, was found in front of their home early today with his throat cut. He probably will die. ° Police arrived at the home in time to hear Frates say two men had attacked them. A‘bloodstained knife and an axe were found in the home. Tl motive has not yet been ‘ascer- tained. ALL AMERICANS! ORDERED 10 enced One of Quietest Cam- paigns in Many Years experiencing one of the campaigns the ) cars, voters will go to the polls! ct two members of the commission, a police magistrate, city justice of the peace and five nembers of a city park board. \ Although there is the usual amount, f interest in the campaign, no great! xeitement has develoned and the: andidates for the various offices ave conducted their campaigns. nost orderly manner. Five local people ositions on the ¢ hich become vacant this year. John{ P, Freneh, ineum- candidates for reelection, After f Bismarck seek the two; commission | eriousness of Anti-foreign Situation’ There Said to Be Increasing ents are m A. Hughes are al ming members of t Seven For Police Magistrate The office which is apparently. | Canton, April. 21 reatest demand is that of police’ of ail Americans in the ‘asselman, who Canton and those in the na! eks reelec-jtion of the city was ordered today vag les ad by oe Cee by the United States consul. oa peee ee 1, nah Ae Americans were ordered to pro- torr a 9 ceed to Shameen, the foreign colony Any one candidate filed for the! of the city, because of growing seri- WwW. 8. office of city justice-G, E, Peterson Gusness of the anti-foreign situation. Extra precautions were taken in ‘strengthening the barricades of the There apparently is no opposition foreign colony, Americans participat- Bismarek people who, ing in the work. ctizens’ committ: Russian adviser become candidates for the fi or Cantonese laces'on a city park board, since Party, is expected here soon in an ¢ the only ones to file and! attempt to stir Cantonese laborers names appear on the, ballot, into action. ithout opposition, Although the! ity ordinznces provide for a park} attempt made -and consequently he is unopposed ; ENGLAND WILL SEND MORE TROOPS TO CHINA London, April 2—)—The British government, it was: officially an- nounced today, has decided to send vs; | Yeinforcements’ to Shanghai, consist- *, L.| ing of a brigade of infantry ‘and aux- iliary units. GREAT BRITAIN MAY ACT SINGLE HANDED London, April 2.—(4)—Single-hand- ed action by Great Britain against the Cantonese in China for outrages against British subjects in Nanking and elsewhere today awuited replies from the Washington and Tokyo gov- ernments on the question of joint tion, judging by information ob- tainable in diplomatic and political circles in London. ‘A strong preference for joint ac- tion seemed to prevail among all the members of the cabinet, and this position, it was stated, would not be abandoned unless cooperation should Prove impossible of attainment, Official circles were silent regard- ing actual steps Great Britain would take if she should feel she should act alone, but speculation wus gener- al. A blockade of Cantonese-held ports and naval operations in the ‘fangtze were prominently. discussed. "Tem i peratureand | Road Conditions | bey 2 (Mercury readings at-7 a. m.) Bismarck—Cloudy, 31; roads fai St. Cloud—Cloud Minot—Cloudy, Fargo—Cloud: re tes are: to organize S. W. Corw joule, for one y Polls Open From 9 to 7 The polls will open at 9 o'clock in morning and close at 7 o'clock, in The location of voting First Ward, First Precinct vorhe booths at William Moore! ool. Inspector—E. A. Thorberg. Judges—Louis Larson and Mrs. El- er Brow iret Ward, Second Hace wee Voting booths at Col. C. B. Little’s Inspector—H. P. Goddard. dJudges—L. G. Crawford and E. H. Second Ward, First Precinct Voting booths at Will school Inspector—H. L. Reude. Judges — F. H. Evarts and F, W. lurphy. Second Ward, Second Precinct Voting booths at swimming pool. Inspector—W. F. McGraw. Judges—G. G. Beithon and Claire "Third rd ‘Ward, First Precinct Voting-booths at high school. ' Inspector—Harold Griffith. | Jadges—Fred Hanson and-J. J. Third Ward, Second Precinct Voting booths at Richholt school. Inspector—Carl Kozitsky. s—R. 'L, Melville as B. M. Fourth Ward Voting kooths at Wachter school. Inspector—N. F. Julius. s—Joe Brown and Peter a toads fair. 40; Winona—Cloudy, 41; roa een CIR 41; passabl Grand Forks—Partly cloudy, 36; rorde Hibbing—Clear, 26; roads fair. rpeien Far uy, cloudy, Toads rough, Fifth Ward Voting booths at community rest Insnector—lod, Kohler. Bees : ludges—B. F, Flanagan an 3 {Continued on page three) < , 4 LEAVE CANTON} aii roads good.| BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927 BLAST WRECKS FARM BUILDINGS KILLS STOCK ) MAN KIDNAPED- IN MEXICO HAS BEEN KILLED Edgar M. Wilkins’ Found By Employe sea Santa Ana Acatalan | | SEVERAL | | Majority of Kidnapers Es- cape, However — Wilkins Kidnaped Twice Before Washington, April 2.—(?)—In- structions to Ambassador Shef- field to make urgent representa- tions to the Mexican rovernment over the slaying by bandits of Edgar M. Wilkins, an American mining engineer, were dispatched to Mexico City ‘by the state de- partment today on receipt of of- ficial advices that Wilkins’ body had been found. Mexico City, April 2—()—Edgar M. Wilkins, the American kidnaped near Guadalajara Sunday, was killed | by his captors 24 hours later, it is learned. The slayers made no attempt hide their crime, and the body was | found near Santa Ana Acatalan, Dis- covery was made by an employe of} Chapal Electric company, of which Wilkins was chief engineer. Wilkins, a former resident avannah, Ga., was captured Sunday | | nite motore; ‘ling with his 10. old son near Guadalajara. The kid- napers, headed by Severiano Canales, | demanded 20,000 ransom, and the ; son was sent to Guadalajara to ob- | tain the money. | When news of the kidnaping reach- | led Mexico City, the American em- | bussy made urgent representations to| |the Mexican foreign office, | The kidnapers, hearing federal | troops were secking them and appar- ently convinced the ransom would not be forthcoming, killed their captive. They were o ken by the feder- als at Cerro Chine, and several were killed. ‘The majority, however, es- caped. Wilkins, who was 56, hud been a resident of Mexico for years and hi wife was Mexican. naped twice before but was released d. is the second American zen to have been slain by Mex- a bandits in the past six months. The other was Jacob Rosenthal, re- tired New York merchant; killed ; last September when ransom was not 4 forthcoming. GUARD TROOP IN WINDY CITY Mayoralty Campaign Enters More Serious Phase—Gov- ernor Appealed to Chicago, April 2.—()—Chicaz mayofalty campaign, which so far had largely been confined to the calling of names, entered a more serious phuse today when Sheriff Charles E. Gray- don called upon Governor Small to hold himself in readiness for an ap- peal for ba a The sheriff, a partisan of William Hale Thompson, Republican candi- charged that friends of Mayor eH had been trying to incite a race riot here to aid the Dever cam- | paign. | Attorney General Osear E. strom, following a conferenc ith the sheriff ry Robert E. Crowe, | state's attorney, the latter one of the principal Thompson backers, supple- mented the Graydon message with « telegram to the governor, making simiiar charges and announcing the situation would be presented to the grand jury next week. STORE BURNED Carl- | Blaze Destroys Old Landmark and Threatens to Take Town Until Wind Abates Merricourt, Dickey county, —(Special to The Tribune)—Fir Mroyed m store building here Inst | night with a loss estimated at $7,000 and, until a rising wind abated, threatened to take the entire town. The building destroyed was the largest in town and had been a land- mark for many years in this vicinity When the fire was discovered about 9:30 last night, it was raging furi- ously and the town’s fire fighting equipment was unable to quench it. ‘A high wind fanned the fire and | | preparations were being made to call to fight the blaze, but the wind sub- sided and nearby buildings were un- harmed. Several | families, living in the! building, escaped from it when the fire started. The Duluth Creamery | company had an office in one part of the structure, but most of it was vacant. ; Jim,“a mule, served on the tow- path of the Morris Canal in New) | Server. for 36 years, of | ear-| sey He had been kid- MAY BE NEEDED | IN MERRICOURT, ampere from neighboring towns; Memorial Proposed For La Follette Wisconsin is preparing to recognize 000 memorial library at the Univ: now being considered in the state FINAL CHAPTER’ INSCRIBED IN TREASURETALE to) New York Police Say Investi- | gation Shows Story of $100,- 000 Buried Here Is False ‘ was written to the jor tg treasure which set |marek agog two weeks ago, when ; Chief of Police Martineson today re-, |ceived official information from’ Ne York police that “Little | Buhl,” the story’s author, admitted its falsity. Police reported that gation in postoffices, ex jroad and police records, nothing could be found to substantiate the statement concerning the $100,000 hich Buhl alleged he and a pai buried in St. Marv’s cemetary her Buhl was closely questioned by authorities and finally aemittea his Ise, says the letter from inspector. Wish- nis” i | passing worthless check uncocted the romance tale ‘hopes that he would be dited to Alton, OL, where he clai he rob- ry was committed. When he was aken there, he said, ibe freed. Two warrants have been lodged ainst Buhl and he is being tried on a worthless check charge, the in- tor’s letter say: irst news of the burial came to Bisn when Associated Press | tela of Buhl’s story that he ticipated in a mail robbery at Alton, IIL, in August, 1923, and that $100,000! of the loot was buried in St. Mary's cemetery. H Why Buhl! chose Bismarck as the {locality for his story is not known. AUTHORITIES THINK KILLER ‘DIES IN FIRE Unrecognizable Form Taken From Ruins Believed That of Axe Wielder Benton Harbor, Mich., April (A)——The axe elder who ea yesterday killed Michael Zerbe, year-old Buchanan township farmer, and perhaps fatallly injured the aged mi wife, died in the flames of the funeral he attempted to make of his victims’ little cottage, local authorities believed today. After scouring the wooded valley of the St. Joseph river all day yester- day for Walter Wallach, whose name Mrs. Zerbe whispered in a conscious moment, Sheriff Fred G. Bryant last night dragged from the smoldering ruins of the cottage a charred mass of bones and flesh. Coroner George H, Slaughter and Dr. C. A. Mitchell of Benton Harbor, said today they believed the remains were those of ;2 human being. The blackened form lay in full | view of hundreds of persons who vis- ited the murder scene Friday but it was believed to be the body of Zerbe’s dog until Sheriff Bryant made a closer inspection. Wallach, 50 years old, was a son- in-law of the aged couple. Zerbe is j known to have recently discontinued | financial aid to the e younger man. , Bogeskov | Tells of | Changes in Bismarck Since First Visit Taking for his subject “Learning, Earning and Impudence versus In- dependence,” C. Bogeskoy of New York city addressed the high ‘school tudents Thursday morning, giving a| alk that made a lasting impression | on his audience. leged treasure March 18, ispatehes had par- | Bogeskov told briefly of the changes in Bismarck since his first visit here The change, the speaker , “makes Bismarck look as a gem [or diamond cut of the rough, its | energetic and refined people at this period representing the beautiful | sparkling facets of the geerlene stone.” Mr. Bogeskov was an active sup- porter of President Calvin Coolidge j during his last’ political campai, a a communication from tl | White House conveyi the preate dent's avpreciation o! support and of hig literary and pratarieal vettorts. story | Freddie: j} “Hast ni he expected to; | Following his principal talk, Mr. | the si ity of Wisconsin, Madisc legislature, A statue of buil ding. SOUTH PITTED AGAINST NORTH TODAY IN WINDUP OF __ NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Grand Forks, North Dakota Champions, Defeated By, | Batesville, Ark. in Quar- i terfinals, 21 to 31, After’ Holding Opponents Even During First Half | BATESVILLE SCORE BY QUARTERS First period—Huron, 2; Bates- He HURON cond period—Huron, = 8; Batesville, 12. Third period—Huron, Batesville, 19, Final neore—Huron, 16; Bates- | | | i * west of here, in particular, where a high qichoo! busketbull championship at {the University of Chicag | Batesy He, and Florence,| | Miss the two southern survivors lof t nal ms, ‘while the north is represented ‘Huron, 8. D., and Morton Hig Cicero, Hl, Huron plays Batesville florence plays Cicero, Tonight the winners meet for the prep cham-' pionship of the United States. Cicero Wins By One Point The last two quarter-final games ‘ht were the most desperate ‘of the tournament. Cicero, the first jChicago territory high schgol to reach the semi-final round in the nine-year history of the tour eventually nosed out.Vienaa, Ga., 2 to 26, by a furious last minute de- fense under the Georgia goal. | In the previous game, Florenc: | Miss, and the big Norfolk, Va., team took turns in the dead but Norfolk's! defense cracked in the last half and! jthe accurate passing of Florence! ‘brought the Mississippi team vietory,! {18 to 14. Florence displayed one of the most teams in tournament his- a four-man squad. slender back guard, idled under the opponents’ basket most of the time until an enemy rushing down the floor waked ‘him to action. Then he became thor- oughly efficient. Once last n for the first time in the Mississip- pian’s three games, he had a long | shot at the basket, but missed by a narrow margin. The crowd had been cheering him each time he received a pass and they gave his valiant but futile effort as loud a cheer as if he had clinched victory by that one toss. That cheer was only practice, how- ever, When Morton high of Cicoro came on the floor, the team's thou- sands of partisans began a roar of cheers that was almost continuous, drowning out the referee's whistle and deafening everything but the crack of the pistol at rest time. Hundreds Outside in Rain More than a thousand stood out- side Bartlett mnasium in the rain, unable to get in, while an announcer} read them the story of the Cicero battle within. Championship Round Huron, S. D., 33; Pocatello, 6. s Ark., Miss., unusual tory, virtually indler, a Ida., 1; Grand Forks, Norfolk, Va., Batesville, N, 1 Fi 4, Cicero, HL, 27; Vienna, G: Consolation Round rence, 18; 1 Durham, N. 22; Waite High, Toledo, Ohio, Athens, Texas, 37; Fort Fairfield, Duval High, | “Northeast High, Kansas City, Mo,, :, Durant, Oklu., 16, “s Semi-Final Round Champion- ships A m.—Huron, Bates- Miss. vs, .—Florence, vs. | (Continued on page three) Forest Road Fund Apportionment Made Washington, April 2.—(-P)—-Appor- tionment of ‘the $4,500,000 forest highway fund for the year beginning July 1, has been announced by Sec- retary Jardine. The apportionment ineludes nesota $36,800; Mon- tana $361,000; South Dakota $33,600. The money will be expended for highways in’ or adjacent to the na- tional forests. Minot Debaters Win One, Lose One Minot, N. D., Minot state teachers college debating team, arguing the affirmative in a n concerning the merits of the April 2.—()—One ‘Another debating team from the local institution, eupporting the negative, lost at Ell nator Robert M. Plans for the building, shown above, are La Follette ment, La Follette by a $3,000,- the is to stand in front of RANGER RULE ISORDERED IN TEXAS TOWN i , Berger Placed Under Strict} Law Enforcement Follow- Borger, Texas, April Texas rangers today brought \to this Pan-handle oil boom district in general and to Stinnett, 15. miles moh was renorted hent on securing three suspects held in connection with the staying of two deputy sheriffs, Borger, baptised in a wave of crime and a series of violent deaths since the recent discovery of oil, ervered under ranger rule dast night following the shooting of Deputies Pat Kenyon and A. L, Terry, near Whittenburg, yesterday. The officers were killed _ before lthey could return the fire of occu- ‘pants ef an automobile they attempt- ed to stop in their search for five! bandits who robbed a bank at Pampa, Texas, Thursday of more than | terrific PRICE FIVE CENTS FARMER'S WIRE SINJURED, BUT NOT. SERIOUSLY Explosion Caused When Building Containing 250 Ibs. of Dynamite Burns — [ONLY HOUSE REMAINS Large Area of Hennepin County Rocked, Causing Alarm Among Residents Hopkins, Minn., April 2—()—A explosion which rocked a large area in Hennepin county and awakened residents for miles around, destroyed) a stock -barn on farm two miles south of here early today. ; leveled other farm buildings on the | property, killed a herd of cows and several horses and resulted in minor | injuries to a farmer's wife. The blast, caused by the discharge of a large quantity of farm explosive stored in a small building adjoining the barn, occurred on the farm of Emil Bren. Farm machinery was wrecked. Only the house on the property, ; which stood 600 feet from the barn, remained standing. Its windows were broken and its plastering wrecked. Mrs. Bren, slightly injured by the falling plaster and flying glass, was brought here for ;medical attention. The report of the explosion, which reverberated for 10 to 12 miles, caused considerable alarm among residents of the countryside. Mr. and Mrs. Bren were awakened about 2:30 a. m. by the crackling of fire in the barn. fore they could dress and make their way to the farmyard, the entire structure enveloped in flames, Then there w: a terrific report that scattered de- bris for hundreds of yards. The force of the explosion blew Walter Horejs, 14 years old, a nephew, out of his bed. The blast killed six horses and a flock of 300 chickens. Bren told Deputy Sheriff David Erkel that he had 260 pounds of dynamite stored in a shed. adjoining the burn. The explosive was to be used for the blowing of stumps. cows, four nearly $25,000. Three Under Arrest Wi tly fter..the bodies of the ties were found in the road near’ = car, Hugh Walker and Ed Bailey arrested and placed in jail at} Stinnett, county seut of Hutchinson county. “Whitey” Walker, brotl of Hugh, also was arrested when hi was identifed as one of the bank bandits. A pistol left by the slayers led to the arrest of Hugh Walker and Bailey. With three men in custody, of- ficers started a search for Ray Ter- rell_ and Mathew Kimes, notorious utlaws, identified as leaders in the mpa robbery. The s ay lite from Bo Dan Moody f brought an appeal residents to Governor rangers to assist lo- cal authorit in cleaning up thet town. With a population of nearly 15,000 gained in a few months, gamb- ling halls and dives flourished al- most from the time drillers set up a line of shacks to mark Main street. Although the state has sent rangers several times, with desired results, Governor Moody ordered 10 of the peace officers here to remain until the “lawless unconditionally sur- render.” Two rangers proved suf- ficient on previous raid: LUMBER BARON OF MICHIGAN DIES, AGED 94): Although Twice Possessor of Fortunes, Peters Died Prac- tically Penniless Manistee, Richard G. colorful Mich. April 2.—(P)— Peters, one of the most figures teenth century, twice the possessor of a fortune of millions, died here yesterday at the age of 94, blind and practically penniless, Two weeks before his death Peters, who continued to hold dreams of recouping his wealth, announced that he had been given a patent on a salt evaporator which he believed would, mark the first step in his comeback, which he expected to stage before he ! reached 100, At one time. Peters owned more: standing timber than ‘any man in Michigan, owned several three lumber railroads, a ship line,{ salt deposits, and extensive other holdings. 3,000 person Toronto Varsity Grads Win Title ‘ancouver, B.C. April 2. The Toronto Varsity Grads. defent-| ing Fort William, Ont. 2 to 1, last night, won the Allen cup, om blematic of the Canadian senior ema- teur hockey championship. Goodrich ‘Farm Day’ Proves Successf Over 250 farmers attended a’“farm day” held yesterday by merchants of Goodrich. Several speakers addressed The Marquis le Saint Auluire be- | gan to write poetry at 73. Ludovico | wrote the memoirs of his times at ‘the age of 116. a meeting held in the afternoon, tell- ing the value of diversified farming. | including planting ‘of alfalfa, s clover and corn. of the lumber in-) dustry of the last half of ‘the nine- | sawmills, | He employed more than| | [TWO RUSTLERS SENTENCED ‘10 | PENITENTIARY Evans and Trackhider Given 4-year Terms—One Case Being Investigated Ben Evans, Sioux county farmer, jand Richard Trackhider, Sioux In- ; dian, members of the cattle rustling gang which operated in the south. Western part of the state, were sen- tenced to four years each in the state penitentiary when they pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges before Judge H. L. Berry at Mandan yesterday afternoon. Frank Evans, son of Ben Evans; ulso pleaded guilty, but sentence was deferred until April 8 by Judge Berry, pending further OS gag The boy’s father had for leniency for him, taking all blame for the crimes he wa: alleged to have com- mitted, John Sulliven was ap- pointed by the Fee to investigate the matter. Louis Connolly, special prosceuting attorney, was unable today to suy (Continued on page three) — Weather Report | | Temperature at 7 a. m. 3 | Highest yesterday | Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity Weather conditions at North Da- | kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m, today: ‘Temps. & | Amenia ..... | BISMARCK Bottineau Crosby Devils os | Dickinson . Dunn Center Ellendale . Fessenden . Grand Forks. Jamestown Langdon .. Larimore . Lisbon Minot . Pembina a ee: at loorhead, M.. WEAT: S$ SSsLowest SH Highest iT For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly ‘cloudy — tonight ; much change in perature. For North Dakot Part; tonight and Sunday. Not nok See change in tone eA tal iR CONDITIONS The disturbance over the Missis- | sippi Valley yesterday morning has | moved eastward and more preei tion occurred in the lower | Lakes region. Another low pressure area, accompanied by light | Scattered precipitation is — the central and a Mountain ote. pe sure is high and the ing over t! Mfssssint ly. Tem. peratures are Nee Plains Stetes, * ail. BP | temperatures