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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
SINN FEM
ACCEPT TERMS
OF FREEDOM
Express Satisfaction in Conven-
tion at North Donegal
Held Yesterday
EACH DISTRICT PLEASED
Resolution Suggests To Dali
Eireann to Vote for Treaty
Ratification

Belfast, Dec. 2S.--(By the Associ-
ated Press IA convention of the Sim
Fein Of North Donegal held at Bun
crana has adopted a resolution by
unanimous vote expressing satisfac-
tion with the Irish peace treaty as
embodying the essential of, Ireland S
freedom and sale guarding Ireland's
honor. Reports submitted before the
vote showed thai each district favored
ratification of the pact
The resolution called upon the six
Dali Eireann members representing the
Sim Feiners not only to vote for treaty
but to use their influence to BRING
about ratification. Failure to do so
would be regarded as betrayal of the
best interest of the country and gross
contempt for the Irish opinion.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
London, Dec 2S--It has been learn
ed from reliable sources, says a Cen
tral News dispatch flom Dublin to-
day, that at a secret meeting OF the
Dali, leaders representing both the
supporters and opponents of the
Anglo-Irish treaty that compromise
was reached which will insure the
ratification of the pact. :,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
BANK POSITIONS
HELD BY WOMEN

ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 2S.-for the first
time in this vicinity women are bank
directors. Two women are among the
directors of the Security National
Bank Savings and Trust company
which opened here Dec. 20.
They are Mrs. Edwin H. Steedman
and Mrs. Elias Michael. Both are ac-
tive in civic, child welfare and other
activities in st. Louis.
Mrs. Michael said the bank would
be operated on an investment basis in
stead CT for discount. She declared
the purposes of the new institution are
Insurance. Of securities, encourage
ment of savings and sound trusts for
heirs, whom she added, the bank will
attempt to teach to administer their
own estates.
The capitalization of the institution
was announced as $25O,0OO. $4,000 of
which Is surplus and $4,000 reserve.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
.LA TOILETTE
SEES Big PLOT
AGAINST NATION
Alleges Agreement With Farm
Organization to Restore State
Control of Rail Rates
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, Dec. 28-Charges were
made by Senator LaFOllette OF Wis
consin in a formal statement issued
last night, that representatives of the
railroads and of the coal, steel and
lumber interests at a secret" meeting
held in Washington, December y, at
tempted to obtain from farm organ
izatlon leaders and did obtain from
such leaders adherence to an agree
ment not to push legislation to re-
peal The commonly called guaranty
section Of the transportation act, and
To restore state control OF state rates.
The Wisconsin Senator made his
charges in celebrating on his asser-
tion THAT plan is afo0t to perpetu-
ate fundamental provisions Of the
transportation act, embodied in Sec
t'lon 15-A: (The guaranty section Of
which a portion expires next March
y, and to render permanent the in
tolerable conditions which have made
the transportation system for the
past two years an instrument for the
exploitation of the American people"
In substantiation of his charges Mr..
LaFollette made public. what he des-
cribed as "a brief report of the ac-
tion Of the conference held here De-
cember 8, which he branded "as a
conspiracy to betray not only the
farmers but the consuming and the
producing millions of the nation"
This report was made public by the
senator without an explanation Of it's
source, as follows:
LaFoiIette's Statement
"On December 8 q secret meeting
was held in Washington at which high
officials OF the railroads, the coal and
steel and lumber interests, attempted
to enlist the farmers in an agreement
whereby all agitation by the farm in
terests for repeal Of section l5-A and
for the restoration of state control
over intrastate rates should cease.
"'The great special interests repre-.
sented at the conference were sue
cessful in obtaining consent of GER
tain of the farm representatives to
such an agreement.
These Were Present
"Ths conference was participated
by the special committee represent
ing the railway executives, of which
MIR. Atterbury Of the, Pennsylvania
railroad, was chairman. 1t was held
at the Racquet club, in Washington,
on December o, 1921. There had been
previous conference in New York
on September 81, of which J. r. How
ard was made chairman. Those pres
cnt at the Racquet club meeting were
W. w. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania
railroad, Howard Elliott Of the Nor
thern Pacific, w. ]. Hanrahan of the
CONTINUED on, Page q
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
BIG ELK CLASS is
TO BE INITIATED

The class to be initiated into the
Bismarck lodge of Elks on Friday
January 20, is growing and it is pre-
dicted that at least 25 will be taken
into the organization. A big time viii
be held on this occasion and many out
OF town Elks will be present. Prac-
tically twO-thirds of the candidates to
be Initiated are out of town people
and each candidate will no doubt be
responsible for a number Of Elks from
his home town being present.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
WHAT IT COST
COOPERATE THE
HAIL INS. DEPT.
The Ratio of Overheard Ex.
@, penses Is Below Last Years
Figures
TOTAL EXPENSES LARGER
TOTAL EXPENSES LARGER

Number of acres insured in the Hail
Insurance Department Of the State OF
North Dakota increased west Of the
Missouri River and decreased east
according to the preliminary report OF
the Hail Insurance Department which
has just been made public. All but
two counties west Of the river increas-
ed their insurance over that carried
in 1920, Adams and Golden Valley be-
ing the exceptions. While the largest
increase in individual counties oc-
Cured in other parts Of the state.
Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Het-
finger. Mckenzie, Mercer, Morton. Oh
iver, Sioux, Slope and Stark increased
the number of acres insured by 235,174.
Bottineau, nesting along the Canad-
ian line led the increase with 90,O22
while its neighbor to the south, Nc
Henry county was second with an in
crease of 5O,O78. Twenty-four Of the
fifty-three counties of the state
showed increases.
The total state acreage was smaller
than that for 1920, due in part to the
withdrawal OF lands upon which the
! crops were not worth insuring. The
government also reports smaller
| amount OF land in cultivation than in
1920. The total acreage insured in
the state at the minimum of $500 was
! l1,432SS2 while 737,05O were listed for
S3.0O additional per acre, the total
amount OF the risk for the state being
! S8224O,32O.57. These figures are <ap-
proximate only as some of the county
auditors have not completed returns
to the Tax Commissioner.
AS announced at the time the as
sessment was made, the big losses in
creased the assessment per acre to 44c
Tor $500 and an additional 19c per
acre for the added $500 per acre. This
made the rate, according to the figures
OF Mr.. Hagan's report, 6.3 per cent up
on the business written. Total ex.
penses of the department were larger
for the year 1921 than for the year
1920, but the cost of adjusting land
was reduced 15c each from $3.50 to
s445. The ratio of overhead expenses
is below last years figures, 2.S per
cent as to receipts and 3.4 per cent as
to losses
The expenses of the hail operating
department fer the eleven months Of
1921 preceding December l, are given
! in the report as follows:
Credit State Hail Operating
Fund, Jan. 1st, 1921. $3.50, 600 90
IAdJusters' salaries 3O,63S.8O
Adju sters Expenses 49,O9294
Assessors fees 2S,937.59
Office salaries. l7,82O,63
Office supplies ~ 1888
Postage ........ 2311,3O
Freight and Ex. 1878
Tel. & telegraph 534.57
furn. & Fix. -. 1,S2S.O4
PRINTING .......... 1O,551.79
miscellaneous -. 1886 142,273.3333
Bal. State Hail Operating
Fund, Nov. 80, 1921. 7,726.67
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
CHARGE WOMAN
WITH THEFT OF
AUTO AND BONDS
Clinton, Ia, Young Lady Arrest
ed in Chicago After Long
n Hunt

Chicago, Dec. 28-Miss Kathleen
Bates, Clinton, Iowa, who claims to be
the sole heir to a 100000 estate pi
her uncle in the east, was to- be re-
turned to Clinton today to stand trial
on charges of stealing two $100 bonds
and an automobile which she drove
here. Miss Bates was taken into
custody yesterday, ending three
months search.
She is said to- have told officers that
she stole the car which she sold here
for $50. 1t was charged that the wo
man who conducts bond brokerage
in Clinton WROTE to Miss Pearl Boyd
in Green River asking the loan Of two
one hundred dollar bonds. Upon re.
ceipt Of the bonds Miss Bates Is
charged with having changen the
name Of Miss Boyd to her own.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
MANY CASES CLUTTER UP CALENDAR
OF NORTH DAKOTA FEDERAL COURT

/, Colonel Hildredth announced. Judge
Woodrough of Omaha will preside
The Fargo term will likely last a
month.
The criminal cases comprise post
office embezzlements, white slave, au.
tomobile thefts, liquor violations ant
bank frauds. Important crimina
cases scheduled for the Devils Lake
term are those of H. D. Mitchell o.
Oklahoma City. held for oil stock pro
motion; David Ugland and H. II
Bergh. bank clerks, accused Of fraud:
and embeZZlements.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
Grand Daughter OF
Norway Statesman
Dies in Wisconsin

GAINESVILLE, Dec. 2S-Mrs. Ant,onia
Hanson, SO, a native Of Norway, ana
granddaughter of Jan Staub, one of the
trainers of the Norway constitution,
died at the, home of her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Lee Elkhorn, today. She was
the mother of Walter Hanson, said to
be the inventor Of the first visible
typewriter, who died before it was
placed on the market.
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Fargo, Dec. 2S.-Over 1000 cases,
civil and criminal, the majority Grim
inal, are to be disposed of in the vari
GUS terms of court to be held in jan
uary, according to District Attorney
Hildreth. Federal district court
terms which have been postponed from
time to time owing to the difficulty in
securing judge will open January
20 in Minot. Following terms in Dev-
lis Lake and Bismarck, the Fargo ses-
sion will open coincdently with an
important grand jury sitting February
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
CRIME WAVE
CAUSES DEATH
IN NEW YORK
Twenty-Five Bandits Raid Dis.
tillery in Kentucky and
Loot Stores
OVERPOWER GUARDS
Highwaymen Rob Insurance
Agent in Gotham and Muir.
y der Him

Louisville, Dec. 2S.-Twenty-dve
bandits swooped down upon the Blue
Ribbon distillery at Eminence, KY,
early today, locked five guards in the
Offlce OF the plant and stole 325 cases
Of bottled in bond whisky valued at
$4,000, according to report to
Louisville police.
The report said that all the robbers
were men and heavily armed. Two
automobile trucks weredlsed to haul
the liquor away said the report which
added that the truck took the road
toward Louisville.
Soon after the bandits departed, the
five guards who We're bound with rope
released themselves and notified the
Henry county authorities. All cities
within sixty-mile radius were nOti-
fed to watch for the bandits.
KILL INSURANCE BROKER.
New York, Dec 2S.-Bandits added
another murder to the growing list
in New York today when three men
attacked and killed HAYES, an insur.
ance salesman in the east New York
section of Brooklyn. Hayes bravely
fought the trio when they attempted
to hold him up. He was felled by a
blow on the head and shot in the
groin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
BY NEA Service.

BY NEA Service.
IDus]as, Ariz, Dee. IS - Major
George E. Kelley, publisher of the
Douglas Daily International, has been
an active newspaper editor 50 years
"a OF 'em in Arizona--and has never
been shot at! ',..
He ran the gamut from printers
devil to editor at Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
Then he went along with the gold and
mineral rush to the southwest.
y In his early days in Arizona he had
to chronicle the daily exploits of Red
Eye Dick, Six-Shooter Peter and other
pioneer gentry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
HOUSES STAY EMPTY.

Beacontree, Eng, Dec. 2S.-Several
hundred houses have been completed
here, but they cannot be occupied un-
til difficulties in regard to the drain
age are Strengthened out Many pros
pective tenants are waiting to rent
the homes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
MAY USE. MANY
UNEMPLOYED AS
NIGHT POLICE
Proposed To Have Residents
Protected Defray Extra
Cost of Service

Philadelphia, Dec. 2S-A plan to use
four thousand unemployed men in this
city as night watchmen for wages to
be paid by contributions Of Is cents
weekly by each family in the territory
they are to guard, has been suggested
to the unemployment committee by
Mayor Moore The plan it is said has
the endorsement Of police department
officials.
First record of discovery Of coal 10
America was near Ottawa, ILL.,, in
1869.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28

Washington, Dec 2S-Former Pres
ident Wilson today quietly celebrated
his 65th birthday at his home here.
While do deviation from the daily pro-
gram of the Wilson household was
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
SIXTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY is
QUIETLY OBSERVED BY WILSON

planted many kilograms were receiv-
ed containing greetings.
Several of the intimate friends of
Mr.. Wilson called to extend their
greetings in person.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
FORMER eovERNoe sTa,cxen

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 28-Former Gov
ernor Thomas Walter Pickett, who
suffered stroke of paralysis at his
home here last night, died this morn
ing without having regained conscious
ness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
ACTOR DIES

London, Dec. 28-The death of Sir
John Hare, noted English actor and
manager, was announced today. He
was II years old.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
AMERICAN BOOKS LOSE.

Chnstchurch, N. H., Dec. 2S.-Brit-
ssh books and magazines are return
ing here to their pre-war popularity
taken from them by American publ
cations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
$500 REWARD IN TINE.

Birmingham, Eng, Dec. 2S.-Joseph
Sedgely, out of work. found a pearl
necklace. He received a reward of
$500.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-12-28
MAY SUBMIT
SUB QUESTION ! ST
TO NEW PARLEY
japanese Delegation Indicates
That Their Nation Has
Gone the Limit
CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT

=
Washington, Dec. 28-The head
OF the French delegation, it was,
understood, presented with an air
OF flnaIity, a statement to the ef.
feet that France should not ac-
eept less than 10000 tons Of aux
'Iiary tonnage in addition to sub.
marine tonnage Of 90,Ec0. The
American compromise would have
given France about $1,000 tons Of
submarine tonnage.
The British and Japanese dele
gates are understood to have
stated that in view Of the Ere nch
stand, they would both feel com.
PEELED to reserve action on the
tonnage ratio for auxiliary craft
allotted Great Britain and Japan
under the American plan. Cast.
ing ASIDE the possibility Of har.
monizina views on submarine ton.
mage, the American DELEGATION
brought forth a new proposal to
limit the SIZE Of submarine and
other auxiliary to maximum Of
10000 tons. -
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Bal. State Hail Operating
Fund, Nov. 30, 1921. IS 7,726.67
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-30
America
Killed Herself o the Second ctoy

with Gaby Deslys, who helped her until
her own death. When Hailye Peck was
falling into financial difficulties. Gaby Sc
cured a position for her as understudy for
"Suzettc" at the Globe Theatre in London
The life OF third-rate musical comedy
actress proved a cruel trial for the spoiled
child OF luxury. The contacts of inferior
hotels and boarding houses in England
were nauseaiing to her soul whom she
thought OF her former chef and her wine
cellar. After n brief trial she abandoned
this line of work
After Gaby had gone away to America
and returned TO Paris she received word
from Iiaiiye Peck that she was in great
distress and wanted to find something TO
do in Paris. Gaby took her Ia. Paris, intro
duced her to several managers, but before
anything was accomplished in the the.
atrical line Gaby Deslys died and Hallye
had found new ways of satisfying her love
OF luxury
She began to live again in as luxurious
and eNtravagant a manner rs she had done
in London, but with Partisan cmbeliish-
ments She had rich friends still
She leased snmptuous apartment, be-
longing 10 the Project of the Seine on the
Avenue Marceau. He was glad 10 have
IL of his hands on account of its expense.
She entertained lavishly and gave beau
tiful dinners at which she served vintage
champaSnes, now almost priceless, in in
exhaustible quantities.
She enjoyed all the nocturnal dissipa-
tions of Paris which have lately attracted
notoriety through tine ruin and misery they
have caused and have excited such uni
versal condemnation. She resorted TO
CTR nd
away the spectre Of approaching ruin. But
her Partisan prosperity was short-liyed
for her reckless ways had ruined her
beauty.
One by one her gay and wealthy friends
deserted her, as always happens They
grew weary of the extravagant, beared
and reckless creature, with the lines OF
dissipation and despair daily increasing in
her face and marring its beauty She be-
camc q drug flend, like so many of the
women who have taken the downward
path
A few of her theatrical acquaintances
remained faithful to her, but she would
not be comforted. Her desire was for
luxury; the friendship OF poor strugglers
offered no consolation to her.
Once more she was faced with the awful
spectre OF poverty. She had to live in q
cheap lodging house instead of an arsto-
cratic apartment, to eat in the poorest
restaurants In place OF being waited on
by her butler; to walk the streets OF Paris
instead Of riding III her limousine. She
pawned the last Of her jewels, and then
all hope was gone.
When she looked at her pale and dis.
torted face In her tawdry mirror, she knew
that this time poverty and squalor had
come to stay. There was no escape from
them but death There was no quick way
out but to kill herself Twice she at
tempted to commit suicide, but was saved
by very faithful maid.
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eventually led to her death.
.. She recovered sufficiently
20 ~ .raVel to New York. There she fell
desperately III again. When at the pufnt
OIL death she was rescued by her family
and carried back to her old Virginia home
where she died.
one OF the most peculiar tragedies was
that OF the notorious Mrs. Mabel Anterior,
iong famous as the most beautiful woman
IN england. For many yearc it seemed
that she could defy the laws OF society
WIN triumphant success. When she was
young married woman, wife OF dis
tnSuished officer in the British army, she
captivated the young Duke oil Westminster,
the richest nobleman In England, then
barely twenty-one years of age and en-
gagged to beautiful girl. II is understood
mat the duke paid 100000 to extricate
himself from this enchantment. Then Mrs.
Atherton's husband obtained divorce
naming another nobleman than the duke
For years she went OH from one sensa.
LtOnal episode to another but always the
IDOL OF certain gay fashionable set. Two
years ago she became the wife of clever
playwright. But the middlc-ased chamer
was becoming mentally unbalanced at the
thought of her fading beauty. and her
gloomy moods estranged her husband
One day she said:
Every time look at the mirror life
seems dreadful"
Then she took a shotgun add destroyed ,
her beauty and her life by shooting her
self in the head.
Mrs Alma Vetsern Steane who commir-
ted suicide in London on the night OF the
Second Victory Ball had most dramatic
and mysterious history. She was brought
as child by unnamed persons to a Mon.
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eide. This occurrence appeared to have
had deciding influence on her mind. q
On Christmas Day. when everybody Was
joyfully celebrating at home in America,
the unhappy American girl alone in Paris,
deserted by all her gay friends. took a fatal
dose of veronal and died.
In her last letters she complained bitter
ly that she was absolutely ruined. In one
letter she wrote:
II have not got the price of another din
ner. and I haven't a rag fit to wear"
She expressed desire that her body
might be cremated and her ashes scattered
to the winds. Finally she hoped that some
of her former friends would take care of
her maid-her sole remaining servant
Why is 1t that the woman who has fallen
into dissipation so easily turns to suicide,
when other women who have to face the
greatest misfortunes and hardships con-
tinue TO struggle bravely on? The answer
has been given by distinguished clergy
man who has had much experience in com.
forting unhappy women.
The good woman who has to face nov
erty, sickness and other great misfortunes
is strengthened by the knowledge that she
has the respect OF her friends and society;
that her children, If she has any, look to
her for support and good example. Her
nerves have not been injured by wine
drugs and other indulgences. She looks
forward with confidence to future, when
her courage will be rewarded and her suf
ferings at an end
Normal women who have led a modest
and virtuous life are much less subject to
the suicide impulse than men. This fact
has been widely discussed by scientists
DR.. Havelock Ellis, the great authority on
sex differences. says:
Suicide in Europe is from three to four
times more frequent in men than in women.
This was first shown in the last century
by the famous alienist, EsQuirol DR.. Bucura
considers that one Of the chief reasons
why men commit suicide oftener than
women lies in the greater proportion of
unfit persons among men.
LAS old age comes on there Is a much
stronger tendency to suicide amongst
males than females. The proportion of
suicides among women Is much higher at
the age OF about twenty than in later years.
in the United States the average age Of
malo suicides Is fOrty-four, while that of
female suicides is only twenty-five. :,
"Male prcponderance In suicide has been
explained by saying that women are more
sheltered in the struggle for existence;
that they are more adaptable. more self
sacrificing, more resigned. more Influenced
by religious scruples and public opinion,
ard less given to alcoholism
tc) 1921. International Feature Service. Inc.