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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
BAR OFFICERS
OF SHUT BANKS
FROM new ONES
State Guaranty Fund Commits
sion Announces New Policy
Decided Upon
REASONS FOR 1T GIVEN
Says That Effort of Some Stock
holders to Evade RespOn-
sibility is Cause
REASONS FOR IT GIVEN

Officers and stockholders of closed
banks will not be permitted to engage
in the banking business until the de-
positors of the closed banks are paid
without recourse to the Guaranty Fund
Commission, if the commission can
prevent it.
This decision of the commission Is
announced in resolution made public
today, following the meeting at the
state capitol. 1t was stated that there
were instances where 1t appeared that
the officers and stockholders of clos
cd banks appeared to try to evade
their obligations by throwing their
banks on the Guaranty Fund commits
sion and starting new ones.
The board decided also at its meet
ing to defer payment Of depositors OF
the Tolley State Bank, the first Of the
banks to close last fall. 1t was stated
that the decision was not made be-
cause of a condition existing in Tolley
similar to that which prompted the
resolution adopted regarding opening
of new banks. The reason for defer
ing payment was not made public.
1t Is probable that some difficulty
will be met in attempting to carry our
the resolution under existing laws. it
is frankly admitted by the guaranty
fund board members. Under the pres
ent laws bank may be incorporated
as any other state business institution.
The Secretary of State issues a char
ter upon filing OF incorporation pap
ers The charter is sent to the state
examiner who Is required to check the
accounts of the proposed new bank
and give the charter to the officers.
The plan adopted by the board to
prevent opening of banks of the class
it designates is to have State Examin-
er o. E. Lofthus refuse to surrender
the charter issued for the proposed
new bank or make the examination
required before opening. The officers
Of the proposed new bank would be
compelled to resort to court action.
Resolution Of the Board
The resolution adopted by the board
follows:
whereas, It appears to this Com
mission that in some instances, offic-
ers and stockholders of closed banks
do not possess a proper sense Of their
responsibilities toward the deposltors
of such bank and toward those who
contribute to the Guaranty Fund but
are working to establish new banks
and become directly or indirectly in
terested in such new banks,
"Therefore, be it resolved that 1t be
the sense of this Commission that
former officers and stockholders of
defunct banks be not permitted to
either directly or Indirectly become
associated with other banks until the
payment of all depositors of the closed
bank with which they were connected
without recourse to the Guaranty
Fund and that we condemn in no un-
certain terms the tendency of any
former manager of defunct banks to
organize with the expectation of bene-
fitting by the payment Of depositors of
their closed banks from the DEPOSIT
tors Guaranty Fund and
"Be It further resolved thata copy of
this resolution be forwarded to the
State Banking Board
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
1000 KILLED
IN .RI0TlNG IN
go BRITISH INDIA
Anxiety Felt For Safety of Eng
lish Men and Women
in District

London, Aug. 26.-More than 1000
lives, it Is feared have been lost in
the rioting in the Malabar district OF
British India, says an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Bombay.
Anxiety is felt for the English wo-
men and children in the outlying dis
tricts. Several railway stations have
been wrecked. Twenty men Of the
Leinster regiment at Tirunangadi are
reported to have been cut off.
It is also reported, adds the mes
sage, that the rioting natives are
working their way from the interior
to Calicul on the coast.
The center of the riots appears to
be in the district of North Ponani
38 miles southeast of Calicul. Many
clashes with military forces have oc:
CURED. The outbreak is attributed
in the British Indian quarters to the
work Of agitators among the natives
in the districts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
VALUED
AT $30,000,000
BEING SORTED
United States Authorities Pre-.
pairing For Swindle Case
Prosecution

Chicago, Aug. 26.-With stocks,
bonds, notes and certificates of de-
posit with face value of $30,000,000
in his possession, Colonel John v.
Clinin, assistant United States district
attorney and government agent, today
began the task of identifying and
marking the thousands of exhibits
which comprise the case Of the alleged
$5O,OO0,OOO "swindle trust," headed by
Charles French and John W. Worth
ington.
Federal agents are sorting through
the immense piles of papers in search
for code book, which will reveal the
secret notation in an elaborate pros
pect list surrendered Wednesday at
Milwaukee by Alva Harshman, anoth-
er of those under arrest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
TREASURER MUST
TURN BACK FUNDS

Minot, N. D., Aug. 26.-Under an
order handed down by Judge Lowe in
district court, thirteen banks of Burke
county and Lawrence Larsen, former
treasurer, are required to pay to the
county funds amounting to about
$l44,6O0. The funds had been placed
on certificate of deposit in the banks
by Larsen shortly before he gave up
his office. The judge held the county
had actual need of the money. 0.s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
GERMAN PEACE
PARLEY LEADER
ASSASSINATED
Matthias Erzberger, Storm Gen.
ter in Empires Political
Life, is Killed
NEGOTIATED WITH FOCH
Aroused Storm of Protest When
He First Proposed to
End the War
NEGOTIATED WITH FOCF

Berlin, Aug. 26.-(By the Associat
ed Press)-Mathias Erzberger, former
Vice. Premier and Minister of Finance
was murdered today.
| Herr Erzberger was assassinated
near Offenburg. Baden, where he was
sojourning with his family. His body
contained II bullet wounds.
Matthias Erzberger, when German
Vice-Premier and Minister of Finance
was shot and wounded on January 26
1920, as he was leaving the criminal
court building in Berlin after attend
ing hearing in a libel suit he had
brought against DR.. Karl Helfferich,
the former German Vice-Chancellor.
His assailant gave his name as Olt-
wig Won Hirschfeld, a former cadet
officer, 20 years old, a student, and
son of Berlin bank official. Won
Hirschfeld was arrested and was quot
ed as saying he considered Erzberger
dangerous to the empire. The assail-
ant fired two shots at Erzberger as
the Minister was entering his auto
mobile. One bullet glanced off the
Minister'S watch chain and another
entered his shoulder.
First Proposed Peace.
Erzberger reused a storm in Ger
many in July, 1917, more than a year
before the armistice, by proposing a
resolution in the German Reichstag in
favor Of a peace without annexations
and for parliamentary reform. Chan
cellor Bethmann-Hollweg declared this
formula was unacceptable and DR..
Helfferich subsequently blamed Err
berger's peace proposal for the moral
collapse of the German people.
As a member Of the German Armi-
stice delegation Erzberger conducted
negotiations with Marshal Foch and
later headed the Majority Socialists in
a movement to form a new ministry
and sign the peace treaty. His. atti-
tude throughout the armistice nego-
tiations aroused against him the in
dignation of German military author
tiles and in June, 1919, it was report
ed that his residence had been fired
upon by Berlin mob. A plot said
to have been formed by members of
the officers corps at Potsdam to as
sassinate him was revealed in Septem-
Der following.
Son of Tailor
Born in Buttenhaus, September 20,
1875, Erzberger was the son of poor
tailor. He became a schoolmaster,
obtained university education, stud
led international law and political
economy, wrote several books on po-
litical and economic subjects and be-
came brilliant speaker and politician.
He was elected to the Reichstag in
1903 as member of the Center Cath
ollc) party, as representative of small
farmers and became one of the leaders
OF small liberal wing of that party.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
PLAY GAME OF
TAG WITH MAN
UNDER ARREST

A game Of tag was played with a
prisoner wanted in Duluth for auto
stealing, with deputy sheriff from
Duluth as the loser. The prisoner,
said at the Governors office to be F.
J. Warner, was held in Fargo. The
deputy sheriff came to the Governors
office to get extradition papers. In
the meantime authorities Of Trail
county. who alleged Warner had stol-
en- former Governor Sarles' automo-
bile, wanted him. Just as extradition
papers were being prepared the dep
uty sheriff received word that an in
surance company tracing the man had
obtained his arrest and removal to
Duluth without extraditiOn papers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
TO STOP MARCH

Charleston, w. Va, Aug. 26.-Frank
keeney, district president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers and Secretary Fred
Mooney, left here in a motor car to-
day for the camp of the marching min
ers in Boone county with the an
nounced intention of advising the
army to abandon its march to Mingo
county without delay. This step was
taken after Keeney and Mooney had
conferred with Brigadier-General H.
H. Bandholtz, U. S. A., who arrived
this morning to investigate the situa-
tion under orders from the war de-
partment
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
STRUCK
BY Big STORM:
LOSS $4,000

Losses which may total $4,000 to
100000 were caused in the vicinity
and north of Hebron, 80 miles west
of here late yesterday afternoon by a
terrific wind, hail and rain storm, ac-
cording to word received here. Roofs
Of scores of barns were torn off, while
the grain unthreshed, stacked in the
fields was in many districts blown
away and becomes total loss. In the
city of Hebron the factory roof of the
Hebron Fire and Pressed Brick COM
pany was blown off and the tents Of
a carnival attraction we're blown
down causing heavy loss. The resi-
dence of c. B. Smith was destroyed
by fire shortly after the storm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
HAIL FOOT DEEP
IN. SIOUX COUNTY

About one hundred claims for hail
loss were received by the state hail
insurance department yesterday from
Sioux and Grant counties. Adjuste!
Boknecht wrote the department that
it was the worst storm he had ever
seen, saying that hail was foot deep
in places The storm covered a COM
paratively small strip of territory,
and losses reported were mostly from
the vicinity of Bentley.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
AWAITS INFORMATION

Washington, Aug. 26.-Acting Sec
retary of War Wainwright after re-
ceiving a report today from Brigadier
General H. H. Bandholtz, the war de-
partment representative in West Vir-
ginia, said that the department would
await further information before
recommending use of federal troops in
the coal fields of that state.
General Bandholtz told the union Of
ficials that he was reluctant to have
federal troops enter West Virginia to
oppose an army of armed men, but it
would be necessary unless the men
abandoned their enterprise and dis
persed. No halfway measure would
be taken, the general said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
HOLDS UP WORK

: Marmarth. Y. D.. Aug 26.-Work
on Marmarth's new $4,000 school
building will be halted as soon as
the structure can be inclosed against
the weather, as the result of the re-
cent ruling of the attorney general
holding that school bonds sold to the
state are void because the last legis-
lature failed to pass law making
effective the constitutional amend
ment granting school districts the
right to increase their Indebtedness
5 percent by a majority vote
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
WANTED FOR MURDER.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. ga man named
Pedro Gussman is wanted by the
Peoria police for the murder of his
wife here early last winter. The wo-
man was found lying dead across the
bed in the shack where the couple
lived. Her throat had been cut. Guss-
man disappeared, Neighbors told po-
lice the couple had frequently quar-
relied.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
FORMAL OPENING
BEING PLANNED
FOR new BRIDGE
May 1 is Set as Tentative Date
For Dedication of
Structure
APPROACH MATTER UP
Morton County Expected to Pro.
vide Earth Fill to Join Con.
crete Approach
APPROACH MATTER UP

The state highway commission has
set May / as tentative date for the
formal opening Of the new Missouri
river vehicular bridge here, according
to w. H. Robinson, state engineer.
Plans for the formal dedication OF
the bridge were discussed by the state
highway commission in meeting late
yesterday Tablets will be placed at
either end of the bridge, probably con-
tanning the names of the county COM
missioners of Burleigh and Morton
counties, the state highway commits
sion and other officials sand citizens
who have rendered services in connec-
tion with the bridge. The dedication
ceremonies will be in charge of the
highway commission.
C. A. P. Turner, designer of the
bridge, estimates that it will be virtu-
ally completed by November l. There
is some difference in the estimates of
engineers as to the time the bridge
will be finished, according to Mr.. Rob-
inson. Should work be speeded to
such an extent that the concrete floor
ing can be placed on the bridge before
cold weather sets in the bridge may
be available during the winter. There
also is discussion as to the possibility
of planking the bridge to make it
available during this period.
Problem Of Bill
: One of the problems connected with
the bridge is the raising of the grade
on the west side of the river to the
level of the end of the concrete ap-
proach. The Morton county commits
sioners have expressed doubt as to
their ability to finance this work yet
this fall They have, like Burleigh
county, filed agreements with the state
highway comission to provide a grade
to the beginning of the concrete ap-
proaches to the bridge, Mr.. Robinson
said, and the counties are expected to
carry out their agreement. The Nor
ton county commissioners are not ex-
pected to build a road from Mandan TO
the bridge, but the highway commits
sion expects Morton county to provide
the grade to the approach.
All Steel Here Sept. 25
Erection Manager strickland, OF tne
American Bridge company, in confer
ence with state officials told them that
all steel for the bridge will have ar
rived by September 25 The first span
is expected to be completed in two
weeks. The first two trusses are ex-
pected to be completed by October Is.
Rapid progress is expected to be made
by the bridge company from now on.
No delay Is expected in obtaining
materials or in the shipment Of them,
the commission was informed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
HOLD MAN FOR
WIFE MURDER

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 26.--Acting
at the request of Peoria, ILL.,, police
local authorities today arrested as q
suspicious person Pedro Gussman.
whose marriage to Miss Ruth Steph-
enson early this month is said to have
resulted in the killing Of Father
James E. Coyle, priest, by the brides
father, Edward Stephenson. ''
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
ARREST MANUFACTURER.

Cleveland, O., Aug. ga United
States marshal left for Canton, Ohio,
this afternoon to arrest z. W. Davis,
president of the Diamond Portland
Cement Company on a charge of using
the mails to defraud. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Breitenstein, who holds
the warrant for Davis arrest in con-
nection with the alleged swindling op-
erations of Chas. w. French of Chi
cago, said that he would ask that the
bond be placed at $25,O0O.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26

framed and hangs behind his desk
Curiously enough 1t was done by a
Polish artist.
America treats those fairly
who treat America fairly. If
you cannot play the game on
that basis do not come"
Perhaps this is why the American
born warm to him. Perhaps this Ia
why his mayoralty boom started, not
among the people of his own nativ-
ity, but among the members of the
Corn Exchange, some Of Buffalo's big.
gest business men.
Nowak is a Republican in national
politics. Buffalo's municipal govern
ment, however, Is non-partisan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
ARMED ROBBERS
STEAL THOUSANDS

Los Angeles, Aug. 26.-Four arm
ed and masked men held up the Hunt
ington Park branch of the Los Angeles
Trust and Savings Bank this afternoon
and escaped with between $4,000 and
$45,O00, bank officials announced.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
NO APPOINTMENTS
YET, PRATER SAYS

William Prater, named land COM
missioner, effective September /, said
today he had not decided upon any
new appointments as yet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
LOST
IN PIER FIRES

Hoboken, N j., Aug. 25.-Fire
which destroyed army piers and s
last night did damage estimated at
from $5,OOO,OO0 to $10,000,000
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
TROOPS READY

Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 26.-Regular
army troops, numbering between 500
and 600, including $50 who arrived
! his morning from Columbus bar
racks, were held in readiness today to
leave Camp Sherman for the West
Virginia coal fields.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
GERMAN PEACE
TREATY SIGNED

Berlin, Aug. 25. (By the Associated
Press. The treaty of peace between
Germany and the. United States was
signed here at S O'Clock last evening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
DAHL EIREANN REFUSES
DOMINION BASIS And DE VALERA
URGESPARLEY0N NEW PRINCIPLE

Answer to Lloyd George Says Ireland is Willing to Negotiate
Further Basis of Principle of Government by Consent of
Governed and Asks Representatives with Penary Powers
be Named to Try and Reach Agreement
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26

Dublin Aug 26-The reply of Eamonn de Valera to Premier
Lloyd George southern 1eand position Irish
which and must remain unchanged Mr. de Valera
declared in addressing the Dali Eireann today.
The Dali reelected Mr. de Valera and the members of the
cabinet.
also sanctioned loans of $50o0oo sterling in Ireland and
$4,000, 600 in America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
MINERS HALTED
ON MARCH INTO
MING0 COUNTY
Union Officials Reach Column
of Men and Turn it Back
From Martial Law Area
U. S. GENERAL IN FIELD
Tells Officials he is Reluctant to
Recommend Sending u. S.
Troops in Field

Madison, w. Va, Aug. 26.-The ad-
vance guard of the marching miners
on their way from Marmet to Mingo
as a protest against Governor Nor
gan's martial law was turned back by
Charles F. Kenny, president of district
No. II, United Mine Workers, and
Frederick Mooney, secretary, after it
had passed through Madison shortly
after noon today.
The men, numbering some 200 or
300, had camped in hollow here for
dinner and then pressed on their way
toward the Logan county line. Keen
ey and Mooney, who left Charleston
early today with the avowed intention
of stopping the marchers, reached
Madison within half an hour after.
After a brief conference with county
officials they hurried down the road
and overtaking the party induced it
to march back to Madison
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26
DENIES EIGHT REPORT

Charleston, W. Va, Aug: 26.-A dep
uty in the office of Sheriff Don Chat
in, at Logan, this morning told the
Charleston Daily Mail over the long
distance telephone that there had
been no fight between Logan county
deputies and a body of armed men at
Blair, as reported from Madison last
night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-26

London Aug 26(By the Associated 1.-The British
proposals laid before the Dali Ereann
which rejected them unanimously but which is willing
ae the principle of by consent of the governed
Eamonn De Valera in his reply to Mr. Lloyd George the
British prime minister.
letter proposes that Great Britain and Ireland appoint
with penary to negotiate details this
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
A scientific Prediction.

The story is often told Of the great
naturalist, Cuvier, that, given q SIN
gle bone he could reconstruct the an.
final to which 1t belonged. That a
somewhat similar law Of organization
runs through the various species that
form families in the animal kingdom
is indicated by a curious case Of scien'
fife prediction. to which attention
was called at a recent meeting Of the
Biological society In this country.
uhrepberg, while studying the min
ute animals called dlatoms, found that
many species We're distinguished by
the number OF rays they possessed.
But In the series Of specimens that
he had he could find bone having re-
spectlvely 81, 20, 81, 81, 30, Al, AZ, A.
Is, 40, 4S and 40 rays. Sill he pre-
dicted that the missing species would
some day turn up, and he was right,
for len Of them were afterward dis
covered, although the remaining two
have not yet been found.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at Jersey Resort Village Acts
as Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

hummer resorters get accustomed to
Doing without the many little convent
ences of home life. They philosoph-
ically accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping out So oil stoves
take the place Of gus ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
lined street, says the New York sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms. Few Of the churches In
the summer towns are able to seai all
the worshlpers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder The attendance. Al a
Jersey resort village the other sun
day one woman was carrying a camp
stool to church. Her neighbors
thought no more of It than had they
seen her carrying a bundle Of gro,
ceries from the corner store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
How France Ia RepopuIatino,

Vital statistics show that the birth
rate increased in France in 1920. AT
Marselles, for the first time in years,
the number OF births greatly exceed
ed the number Of deaths. AZ Chalons-
sur-Saone the total Of births for the
year was $50 and that Of deaths 81.
In Toulon the number of births ex-
ceeded by 11S that Of deaths, some
thing that has not happened for 30
years. From Orleans satisfactory
figures also have been communicated,
and at Deppe the number OF births
exceeded by 30 per cent the number
of deaths
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20

all OF them. Chief Engineer Michael
son Joined the fray and although he
got couple Of black eyes, he gave
better than he received, and II was
not long before all was quiet along the
Staten island shore.
That was the time that the captain
and the chief decided It was too bad
no one could see their handiwork.
Therefore, when one of the crew below
started to yell they summoned the
police boat, explaining that they
feared a second outbreak"
Current opinion among the crew is
that those two officers are not In fear
of anything.