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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12
ARBUCkLE FACES
MURDER CHADs''' , ;
IN first DEGREE
Under Arrest Since Satur-
day In Connection With
Death Virginia Rappe,
Film Actress
% WITNESSES ARE
GUARDED BY POLICE
ACCUSED STAR DECLINES TO
MAKE STATEMENT; INQUEST
INTO MISS RAPPE'S DEATH
CALLED FOR THURSDAY

Los Angeles, Sept. l2.-The lat
est film production featuring Ros-
cOe (Fatty) Arbuckle, was can
celled last night at one of the
largest OF the local motion picture
houses. The film had been show
ing all last week.
Sid Grammar, owner Of the the
atre, declined TO comment upon
the cancellation.
No Arbuckle films were shown
by any Los Angeles theatres TO.
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12

Oklahoma city, Sept. l2.---An order
barring the exhibition Of motion pie.
tues In which Roscoe ArN lcklr ap.
pears u,ndine the ou'com" u mm-
Ger charges placed against him IN san
Francisco, was signed here today by
MnNur ]. Z. Walton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12

Memphis, Tenn, Sept ls-Thc Mem.
phis board of ccnsors announced today
that the showing OF motion pictures
featuring Roscoe Arhucklc would not
be- permitted In Memphis theatres until
he had cleared himself OF the charges
against him In connection with the
death or Miss Virginia Rappe in San
rrupgtsgn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12

Medford, Mass, Sept. l2.-May-
or Haines today barred all films
Of Roscoe T.. Arbucltle until the
accusations against the comedian
have been disposed Of.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
NORTH DAKOTA
GIRL FIGURES
INMURDER CASE
Mrs. Madelynne o. Benchain,
Held at Los Angeles, Form
erly Lived in Fessenden
FlANCE OF SLAIN MAN
Police Hunt For Shotgun With
Which Young Insurance
Broker was Killed

Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain, held in
Los Angeles, in connection with the
death of John,SB. Kennedy, young in
surance broker, who was shot in a
fashionable suburb of Los Angeles
while entering his house late at night,
is a former North Dakota girl. She
was with Kennedy at the time of the
murder, according to dispatches.
Mrs. Oberchain formerly was Ma
delynne Connor, daughter of John
Connor, of Fessenden, who for several
years operated a hotel there and was
also mayor Of the town, it is said. She
attended the grades and high school
at Fessenden and was a student in St.
Johns academy at jamestown from
Sept, 1906 to June, 1907. Mrs. Oben-
chain was in Fessenden about four
years ago after her father died, it is
said. She sold his interest in the hotel
business.
Mrs. Obenchain went to the Backus
school in st. Paul and later to North
university after leaving the
Jamestown school. She was declared
the "prettiest girl on the campus" at
Northwestern in a contest. She mar
ried well-known attorney in Chica-
90 from whom she was divorced. She
was said to have been engaged to mar
~ Kennedy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
ARCHBISHOP
is BACK HOME

Brisbane, Australia, Aug. 9.-Arch-
bishop Mannix, who has just return
ed to Australia from round-the-
world trip, during which he attempt
ed to visit Ireland but was not permit-
ted to do so, has expressed his will
ingness to take the oath of allegiance
to the king.
Archbishop Mannix when he arriv-
ed in Queensland last Sunday was per-
mitted to land without hindrance al
though it had been reported by news
agency despatch from Melbourne that
there was strong belief that the Aus
tralian government intended to re-
quire the prelate to take the oath OF
allegiance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
ENOUGH SIGNERS
FOR THE RECALL.
NELSON ASSERTS
Says That Required Number of
Signatures Has Been OBJ
tained and Are in Office
TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN
Effort to be Made to Get 80, 900
Signatures for Recall
Petitions

Fargo Aug. 9.--More than the legal.
~ required number of recall sigma
lures are recorded at the local office
of the Independent Voters Association,
1t was announced by r. G. Nelson,
secretary. He gave the number as
$3.50, as compared with necessary
6S,881.
The law requires 30 per cent Of
the total number of votes cast for
governor in the last general election
for governor be represented on the
petitions. The vote last fall was Fra
zier, Hills; O'Connor, 112,4SS
1t is the announced intention to con-
tinue gaining recall petition signatures
until the goal of 10000 is reached.
The law provides that recall cleo
ton must be called not less than 40
nor more than As days after the nee
essary petitions are filed with the Sec
retary of state. AS the l. V. A. con-
vention provided that the election be
held on or before November 1t Is
not expected the recall petitions will
re filled for sometime.
The fact that the proposed cons.i-
tutional amendments and initiated
laws can not be submitted until after
the former have been on file 12O days
and the latter 80 days, also indicates
November as the probable approxi-
mate time of the election. Petitions
for the constitutional amendments
and initiated laws are on file.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
RULINGS ASKED
ON LEGALITY0
APPROPRIATIONS
State Treasurer Refers Cues
tions on Several Funds to
Attorney.G General
MUCH MONEY IS INVOLVED

The Attorney Generals office has
been asked by State Treasurer John
Steen for ruling on the legality of
the expenditure of money from num-
Der of state funds in which balances
remained after tho expiration of the
biennial period during which they were
July l.
Included In the list is a question as
to whether or not the Industrial Com
mission has authority to spend money
in the new biennial period out of the
fund appropriated by the 1919 leg
islature. The 1919 session appropriat-
ed 100000 for the Industrial Com
mission. The bill, approved Feb. Is,
1919. said:
There is hereby appropriated out
Of the general funds of the state. not
otherwise appropriated, two hundred
thousand dollars or 50 much thereof
as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act. This. appropria-e
ton Is hereby made available 1mmedi-
ately upon passage and appf51M OF
this act" 80
The 1921 session OF the legislation
$25,O00 for salaries and
clerk hire for the Industrial Commits
sion for the biennial period from July
/, 1921 to June 30, 1928 A repeating
clause in the law says:
Sections 1416, 1913 and l41y Of the
complied laws of 1913 as amended by
chapter "a of the session laws Of 1915.
are hereby repealed and all acts and
parts of acts that may be in conflict
herewith, for the periods of the time
herein specified"
is to repeal the former appropriation
the Industrial Commission has spent
$780, or $4,000 in its bond sale ef-
forts since June 80 Illegally.
Other appropriations on which the
treasurer asks a ruling are:
1919 appropriation for premium,
state officers bonds ;. ...... $4,000
1919 appropriation for flood control
commission ................. $33, 1000
1919 appropriation for Home Build
ers ............... ..... 100000
1919 appropriation mill and eleva-
tor (bond expense) ......... $4,000
1919 appropriation real estate series
bond expense $4,000
1919 appropriation Industrial Com
Oignite deposits) -. $4,000
1919 appropriation memorial build
ing ................. $2OU,OOO
/, 1919 appropriation railroad COM
mission $4,000
1919 appropriation immigration
dept. .......... .......... 100000
The attorney-general's office Is ex-
pected to determine whether or not
money in the various funds not ex-
pended shall be paid in the present
biennial period.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
SOVIET CLAIMS
MEASURES AID
STARVING RUSS
Presents Claims On Method OF
Handling Relief to Famine
Sufferers

Riga. Letvia, Aug. 9.--(By the AS
ISOLATED Press )-On the eve Of the
arrival of the American Relief admin
istration and Soviet Russia to discuss
American relief plans the Soviet gov
ernment today isued statistics tending
to show greater effort to combat
hunger than in other famine years.
According to these statistics Soviet
relief is progressing well and claims
are made that it is possible with lim-
tied facilities to TRANSPORT food. From
June rs to July 20, it is claimed, 50,-
900 peasants who have been forced
to live on grass have officially mi.
grated to Siberia by the Moscow
Kazan railroad while $4,000 already
have been transported on the Volga
river.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
FOES OF. BEER I |! i
WIN AND BILL
PASSES SENATE
Some Minor Amendments Are
Adopted as Result of Opposi-
ton to Measure
BAN ON PRESCRIPTIONS
Importation of Wine for Sacre-
mental Purposes Will Be
Permitted

Washington, Aug. 9.-The Willis.
Campbell anti-beer bill was passed by
the senate late yesterday, 80 to 20
and sent to conference with the house
with the prospect Of its final enact
ment before the week ends.
Upon being informed of the action,
treasury officials said, that the beer
regulations which have been drafted
and are ready for Secretary MELONS
! signature, would not be issued pend
ing action by senate and house con-
ferees. The regulations would pro-
vide for use of medical beer under the
ruling of former Attorney General
Palmer, ruling which the bill is
designed to overcome.
Amendments Added s4
The ban against the prescribing OF
beer by physicians and limitations Of
prescriptions of wine and whisky con-
tanned in the bill as passed by the
house were virtually unchanged by
the senate, but a few important
amendments were added These in
cluded a provision to restrict operat-
ing of prohibition enforcement offic-
ers by prohibiting searches, or any
attempts at seaching of private pro-
perty or premises without search war
rants. A violation of this clause would
be misdemeanor subject to fine of
$1,000 and one years Imprisonment.
Penalties of five years Imprisonment
and $1,000 fine were provided for per-
sons attempting searches while pos
ing as prohibition agents.
The search-and seizure amendment
was offered by Senator Stanley, Demo-
crat Kentucky, as a substitute for
amendment by Senator Reed Demo-
crat, Missouri, proposing more drastic
penalties. It was adopted without a
roll call.
Fourteen Republicans and six Dem.
ocrats voted against passage of the
bill.
House Bill Modified
The drive of the opposition forces
against the bill also resulted in the
adoption of several minor amendments
the house bill. One would
permit importation of wines for sacra-
mental purposes when the prohibition
officers should determine that the
domestic output of such wines was
to meet home demands.
would bar the prohibition Of
ficers from revOking or requiring
changes in formulas of manufactur-
ers making products containing alco-
~, unless it should be determined
that such manufactures were being
used as intoxicating beverages in in
creased volume in communities.
An emendmc"~t by Senator Wads-
worth, Republican, New York, also
adopted, would authorize the prOhi-
bition commissioner to permit re-im-
portation of distilled spirits exported
abroad when returned to bonded ware
houses in this country in original
packages.
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these tots. without murmur they
go to bed and lie there in silence
while their one dress is washed. They
don't know what childish rebellion is.
Their lives are empty, drifting. stag
nant."
The administration is now caring
for 100000 children there. In the
last few months alone. 5000 child ref
upees from Russia have swarmed
over the line into Poland.
"Most of them have the 'rlckets SO
badly they can scarcely walk" says
Miss Tarkowska. 1T isn't all un-
usual to find a ten-year-old child s.
poorly fed that his bones have not
hardened at all and his limbs will no:
bear the weight Of his body. In the
receiving station they sit on the foo;
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
FILES ANSWER
IN KIDDER co.
SCHOOL SUIT

An answer to the complaint OF
Lakeside school district No. II, Kid
der county, against the Bank of North
Dakota will be filed, according to W..
A. Anderson, assistant attorney-gen-
eral. The answer is to be a general
traverse of the complaint, he said.
A deposit Of $2,500 was put up with
the district court clerk by Mr.. Ander-
son to obtain release of the garnish-
ment Of funds In the Pettibone State
bank This does not mean the case
will be sSttled, as stated in The Tri-
bune, Mr.. Anderson said but the ques-
tion of whether the plaintiff is entitled
to its money will be tried in district
court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
CROP PRODUCTION FOR ENTIRE
COUNTRY SHOWS BIG DECLINE

Washington, Aug. 9.-Practically
every important farm crop showed /"
loss in prospective production as a
result of adverse conditions durins
July. The department Of agriculture's
monthly report today forecast that
100000 bushels less wheat than es-
timated a month ago; 91,OO0,O00 BUSH
els less corn; 192,00O,OOO bushels less
oats and 61,OO0,OO0 bushels less pota-
toes were expected.
The condition forecast of production
Of spring wheat by important pro-
ducing states follows:
Minnesota Condition, so; produc-
ton, 27,174,0O0 bushels.
North Dakota-Condition, 62; pro-
duction, 68,342,OOO.
South Dakota-Condition, 63; pro.
duction, 25,428,O00. &#
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09

drop down anywhere sad-faced.
wOrdless throng.
Sometimes their stomachs are 50
over developed that they appear de-
formed. They have been fed-when
they have had food at all-potatoes
and beets three times a day, since
the time they were year old. And
instead of growing and getting
strong, their stomachs have distend-
ed"
Miss Tarkowska adopted fourteen
of the little waits, and is paying for
their food and education They oc-
cupy section Of building that
houses group of nuns who are work
ing among the needy.
Miss Tarkowska will return to P0-
land in the fall. 90
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
I PASSENGERS ON STEAMSHIP STUCK
0NREEFS ENJOY The EXPERIENCE
No Panic Board Says Message Describing Condition of
ship OFF Mexican Coast Before all Passengers Are
Landed Safely by the Crew of the Vessel

San Francisco, Aug. o. 9.-Wireless
messages early today from the steam
er San Jose, which struck on San
Pablo reef, about $50 miles south Of
San Diego last night indicated the
ship was resting easily There were
80 passengers and 66 members of the
crew aboard.
A radio message picked up from the
steamer Griffeu at 2:15 o'clock said
she was rushing to the assistance of
the San jose The Griffeu gave her
position as about 800 miles from the
ship.
"There is no panic aboard" said
one OF the San Jose messages. "The
passengers are treating the accident
as an adventure"
The Griffeu was over 800 miles of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
NO ASSISTANCE
TO S0YIETS
Hoover, While Helping Indi-
viduals, Won't Recognize
BOlshevists
BY Newspaper Enterprise.

by Newspaper Enterprise.
Washington, Aug. 9.-There will be
no change in Americas political and
economic relationship with Russia BE-
cause Of tbs, famine relief work to be
undertaken there by the committee
for child relief, under Herbert Hoov-
er.
Whatever can be done in the way OF
relief for Russia's starving millions,
especially children, will he done
through this unofficial organization
Whatever help can be given in the
way of medical supplies and assist
ance to stem the spread of cholera,
typhus, smallpox and similar dis
cases, will be given through the Red
Cross.
The maximum Of help from the cit
Continued on page A.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09

Montana-Conditon, 81; production,
19,123,000. u. s
Production Of the country's princi-
pal farm crops and estimates Of their
condition on August l were estima ted
as follows:
Winter wheat, 544,OOO,O0O bushels.
Spring wheat, 213.OOO,OOO bushels,
condition, Sc per cent; all wheat.
757 100000 bushels.
Corn, 3,032.O0000O bushels; condi-
ton, 84.3 per cent.
Oats, 1,137,000,0O0 bushels; condi-
ton, 64.5 per cent. .....
Barley, 171,OO0.OO0 bushels; condi-
ton, ia per cent
Rye, 64,300,0OO bushels.
White potatoes, 316,000,OOO; 65.S per
cent. ..,. .,.... .@.
Hay (tame). s1,600,0O0: wild, 49,
100000; condition (alD, S2.5 per cent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
AUTO STOLEN
FROM GARAGE
A. ]. Arn0t's Oakland Touring
Car Taken Here

Police are making an effort to To-
cate the automobile of A. j. Arnot,
stolen from his garage at his home
Sunday night. No trace had been OBJ
tanned this morning, Mr.. Arnot said.
The thief broke a lock off the gar
age and had obtained key with
which to make it possible to start the
automobile The machine was an
Oakland touring car.
This is the second car known to
have been stolen in the city this
summer. No trace has been obtained
of the Buick auto OF Fred Peterson,
stolen few weeks ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
HUNT FOR GUN

Los Angeles, Calf, Aug. o.
Search for the shotgun with which
John B. Kennedy was killed in Bev-
crly Glen Friday night was pressed
vigorously today by county authorities
as the most important link still miss
ing in the chain of evidence which has
been so far discovered in connection
with the murder. No plans for the
inquest over. the body of Kennedy have
been announced while the search for
the gun is bing pushed among pawn
shops and stores, here and along the
railroad right-or-way to Las Vegas,
Nevada, where Arthur Courtney
Burch was arrested and brought back
here for questioning. Both Burch
and Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain, who
was with Kennedy the night he was
slain have refused to answer any fur
ther questions Of authorities.
Burch is formally booked on "sus-
picion of murder" while Mrs. Oben-
chain is detained as a witness.
The mysterious man and woman
who followed Mrs. John d. Kennedy,
mother of the slain broker, through
the streets to her husbands Office
last Friday afternoon are also factors
in the case on whom officials are con-
centrating their attention.
Mrs. Obenchain has stated that i'm
mediatelya after the shots were fired
which killed Kennedy two persons fed
past her in the darkness. The de-
scrintiOn Ofo the two given by Mrs.
Kennedy do not fit,, anyone so far
mentioned in connection with the
mystery, authorities say .a e..
An inquest over the body of Ken
nedy was to be held late this after
noon. Deputy Sheriff Nolan said re
did not anticipate any difficulty in Sc
curing an Indictment against BurcIl.
"Of the Indictment Of Mrs. Oben-
chain,' he said, II am not so sure"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
p. o. INSPECTOR
VISITS MANDAN

A postoffice inspector has taken up
the trail of the yeggs who broke into
the Mandan postoffice and attempted
to gain access to the safe last Friday
night by the use Of nitroglycerine. 1t
was definitely established when the
safe was opened by use Of an electric
drill that the burglars did not get to
the cash vaults. Nothing was stolen
except AS calibre revolver. 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
WRIST. WATCHES
DON'T LIKE NEW
SWIMMING POOL

An epidemic Of "watered
watches" Is reported here.
All because numerous people,
particularly girls, fail to remove
their wrist matches when bathing
In the new swimming peol.
F. A. Knowles, jeweler, calling
attention OF The Tribune to the
matter, strongly urges all people
entering the pool who have wrist
watches to leave them with the
attendants. The water soon
reaches the vital parts Of the
watch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
RUSS FAMINE
DEMAND HEAVY

Washington, Aug. 9.-Alleviation Of
the famine in 10 provinces of Russia
will require the distribution of al
most three-quarters of a million
pounds of breadstuffs, according to
estimates made in Moscow and report
ed to the state department today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
HARDING BACK
FROM VACATION

Washington, Aug. 9.-President and
Mrs. Harding returned to Washing
ton this morning after an absence OF
II days most Of which was spent Oh
vacation in the White Mountains OF
New Hampshire. The yacht Mayflower
came up the Potomac ahead of sched-
ule. ....
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
By Newspaper Enterprise.

By Newspaper Enterprise.
Cleveland, Aug. 9.-Miss Josephine
Tarkowska of Cleveland is back from
two years of work with the American
Relief Administration in Poland with
IA adopted children and a startling
story of infantile misery and starva-
tion.
"There are no longer any children
in Poland" she says.
'There are only small folk. sad
eyed, in rags, who seek shadowed
corners and, while they sit long hours
in silence, wonder how long their
child souls will bear their frail bodies
company.
"They can't play; there aren't any
toys. And even If there were, thers
isn't any c'adaess in the hearts OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
FIND REPAIR TICKET.

Chicago. Aug "a repair ticket
for gun found in the pocket of Ar
thur G. Burch, under arrest at Los
Angeles, was explained today when it
was found that Burch had left rifle
at local store January ! to be re-
paired. He was to have called for It
February /, but the gun is still at the
store.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
START PROBING
N. Y. GOVERNMENT

New York, Aug 9.-The committee
appointed by the last Legislature
headed by Senator Schuyler Meyer
to investigate the city administration
today began it's public hearings and
summoned Mayor John F. Hylan as
the first witness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
Is KILLED IN
RAIL ACCIDENT

Houston, Aug. 9.-Fifteen men
"bumming" their way were burned
to death in the wreck of the Gulf Coast
line freight train No. 80 east bound
near DeQuincy, La, according to ad-
vices received at the general office
of the railroad company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
DIR. WORST IS
REAPP0INTED

DR.. J. H. Worst, former head of the
state agricultural college, has been
reappointed commissioner Of immigra-
ton by Governor Frazier for a term
OF two years ending July, 1923. 1t was
announced at the governors Office.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
SWEET BILL is
SIGNED TODAY

Washington, Aug. 9.-The Sweet bill
reorganizing government service to
veterans of the World War was sign
ed today by President Harding.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
TRAFFIC MAN
TO WASHINGTON

v. f. Smart, traffic man for the
state railroad commission, has gone
to Washington to attend hearings IN
which utility commissions of several
states ask for decreased railroad
rates on hay and grain for north
western states. Frank Milholland,
president 1of the oo0Dission, will
leave Wednesday to sttsnd the hear
jngs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09
THREE KILLED
IN AIR CRASH

Healdsburg, Calf Aug. 9.-Alden
Eldridge, of Berkeley, pilot, and two
passengers, were burned to death IN
an airplane accident.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-09

San Diego. Cal. Aug. 9.-All pas.
sengers aboard the Pacific mail steam
ship San Jose have been landed and
an effort is being made to get the ves-
sci off San Pablo reef by her own en-"
gines. according to a radio message
received at the Navy station here this
morning.
San Diego, Cal, Aug. 9.-Speeding
to the assistance of the San Jose the
destroyer Farquahr left port here at
4 o'clock this morning and is expect
ed to reach the scene of the wreck
this afternoon. ..