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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
CROSS HANGED
FOR MURDER
. IN IOWA JAIL
Fails to Make Five Minute
Speech from Scaffold
AS Promised
PREACHER SPRINGS TRAP
Death Ends Last Chapter of
Tragedy When Grocer
Was Killed

Fort Madison, Ia, Nov. 24.-Orrie
Cross died shortly after 1880 this
morning on the ,gallows at the state
prison here. Say
1t was the same gallows upon
which his partner in murder, Eugene
Weeks, died ten weeks ago.
The trap was sprung by Sheriff
Robb of Polk county who during the
war was chaplain of the 168th in
fantry overseas and who until re-
Gently was pastor of the Urbandale
Federal Church in Dcs Moines. Robb
also sprunk the trap which caused
the death of Weeks on Septem be r
Is.
Cross failed to deliver his promis-
ed five minute address from the
scaffold but marched from his cell
to the gibbet in silence, engaged in
brief and whispered conversation
with Father A. J. Zaiser, who &C.
companied him, stepped on the trap
and as the half hour sounded. was
plunged through by Sheriff Robb's
pull on the lever.
Under the usual guard Cross was
taken from his cell at about 7:15
o'clock, marched to the corner of
the prison enclosure, where the
scaffold had been erected the night
before and passed within the board
ed screen that shut it from the
view of the rest of the institution.
Several of the witnesses present
in accordance with the laws provi-
sions, who had expected to see the
doomed man falter \ and collapse
after his, final days of strain and
calm demeanor were astonished at
the stoical expression and the erect
bearing with which he made his
last steps and awaited the crash of
the section of platform on which he
stood. - -,.r.,,
Thirteen minutes after the trap
was sprung at 1880 a. .m.., Cross
was pronounced officially dead by
prison physicians and the judgment
of the court was fulfilled.
Cross body will be sent to his
boyhood home at Knoxville, Iowa,
for burial.
Cross death on the gallows ends
the, last chapter of the tragedy be-
gun in Des Moines on. the, Saturday
night Of Feb. 4, 1921, when George
A. Fosdick, a grocer, was shot down
by two youthful robbers as he was
entering his home.> Eugene Weeks.
hanged on September Is, is alleged
to have plotted the crime and led
his companion, Cross, into it. Cross
is said to have confessed that he
held the gun with which Fosdick's
life was taken. After shooting the
grocer, Cross is said to have stood
over the PROSTATE form and paying,
no heed to the pleading of Mary
Fosdick, II year old daughter Of his
victim, poured -four more shots into
her fathers body.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
ship SUBSIDY
ISA,T'TACKED
BY DEMOCRATS
They Select Republican to
Lead off Opposition to
Measure
(By the Associated Press


Washington, Nov. 24.-The house
was converting an hour earlier today
to give more time for members de.
string the remaining two days of
general debate on the administration
shipping bill before the measure is
laid before the house for amendment
for three days beginning Monday.
+. The measure was defended and
assailed in a total of five speeches
delivered on the floor yesterday, with
Chairman Greene, of the merchant
marine committee which framed it,
and Representative Edmonds of
Pennsylvania, ranking Republican
member making the principal argu-
,ments in its support.
The Democrats furnished a sur
prise in selecting Republican, Re-
preventative John M. Nelson of Wis
consin, to lead off for the opposition
in a speech in which he warned Re.
publican leaders that if they would
"hold the party together they must
20 out to the masses and not to the
ship profiteers." 4 .s+
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
COMMITTEES "
NAMED FOR
CLUB. WORK
Executive Committee Which
Served During Campaign
- Ends His Task
Rapid Work in Completing
Organization Is Planned in
" Next 3 Weeks

The executive committee which
served during the first phase of the
reorganization and expansion pro.
gram Of the Bismarck CONNER cial
club completed its work at a. meeting
held late yesterday, and appointed
number Of committees to carry on
other phases of the program :ca.,;ne
up to the election Of new board Of
directors.
The executive committee appointed
a bylaws and constitution commit
tee,, composed of C. l.. Young, chair.
man; Miss Chanirka Beach and Geo.
D. Mann, which will meet late today
and begin framing report to be
submitted to the whole membership
for adoption, rejection or amendment.
An election committee composed Of
H. S. Lobach. chairman, Mary Buch
holz, F. c. Copelin, Bob Webb and
Alex Rosen was appointed for both
the primary and final election. The
count Of; the primary ballots prob
ably be made Dec. and the final
count on Dec. 8.
y. Blair Clerk, executive and organ
izer of the club, has sent an urgent
request to all firms taking plural
memberships to Immediately name
the individuals VINO will hold the
memberships. No firm name can be
voted. Prompt answers will aid in
completing the work of organizing
the club.
A committee on new secretary
was named, consisting Of W. H.
Webb, chairman; J. L. Bell, H. J..
Duemeland, DR.. N. o. Ramstad, N. B.
Gilman. The duty of the COMMITTEES
will be to get list of candidates
and information as to qualifications
to submit to the new board Of .lirec-
tors to be elected, which board will
employ secretary. .'
Believing that one Of the best ways
Of building up the club program is to
have forum meetings for the discus
alVu VI pdICiSuAdL tOpISS tuC SOA"AS-
tee named a temporary forum COM
mittee rs follows: Fred Conklin,
J. c. Taylor, J. E., Kaul-
fuss, Rev. II. c. Postlethwaite, Mrs.
w. f. Butler, Minnie L. Shuman, Geo.
Humphries, w. G. Wingreene, Geo. H!
Russ.
When the general meeting Of the
membership is held it will be divided
into groups alphabetically, and group
chairmen were named as follows:
Benton Baker, L. S. Crasswell, Price
Owens, DR.. Towne, DR.. Quain, Geo.
Will, C. R. Simpson, p. R. Fields, J.J.
Macleod, E. v. Lahr, Judge A. M.
Christianson, ]. A. Graham.
+ All of the membership cards OBJ
tained during the solicitation were
accepted and Mr.. Clerk was author
lied to put in an accounting and
bookkeeping system. ~t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
ELLIOTT QUITS
MINOT PAPER

Minot, N. D., Nov. 23-Resigna-
tion Of Howard Elliott as managing
editor of The Farmers Press, local
Nonpartisan league paper, was an
nounced at Mondays stockholders
meeting in Minot. Edward Brost,
who has been in the mechanical de-
partment, has taken charge tempor-
arily until the affairs of the paper
are Strengthened out.
It is known that John and Victor
Corbett, proprietors Of the Dakota
State Journal, are negotiating for
the purchase of the paper. The
stockholders also have before them
terms of lease, rendered by Mr..
Brost, who would take the paper
over for two years. One Of the two
propositions probably will be accept
ed some time this week, it is stated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
FOREST FIRES
IN MARYLAND
(By the Associated Press)

\Oy VIC <AOSOSAoCCu i lCooJ
Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 24.-Fire
which broke out about midnight in
the woods near Towson, Baltimore
county, was still burning this morn
ing, but it was believed by the fire
fighters that danger to dwellings
and other property had passed.
The flames which we're running
through the woods bordering the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road, had burned back between two
and three miles from the tracks, and
for a time endangered big wooden
trestles of the road and large
number of cottages.
A forest fire which started early
this morning at Towson, near here,
has spread over a two-mile front
and is endangering large number
of cottages between Lochhaveu and
Baynesville.
Fire APPARATUS from all surround
ing towns have been called upon for
assistance. Telephone and teleg ',ph
poles in the path of the fire, 'hich
is famed by high wind, are said
to be down and the telephone onera-
tor at Towson reported she was IN
able to raise subscribers in the, vi
cinity of the fire.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
MORE aid FOR
FAIRS ASKED
BY COMMITTEE II
$4,000 Annual Appropriation
For Mandan Fair to be
~ Requested

The budget board will be asked to
recommend to the legislature that it
create one state and three regional
fairs, to be held in cities in four
parts of the state, and to grant state
aid for the fairA it was decided at
"a meeting of Representatives of fairs
held in Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot
and Mandan, with Commissioner of
Agriculture Joseph A. Kitchen here.
It was decided to leave the ques-
tion Of whether the state fair shall
be at Grand Forks or Fargo for fu-
ture consideration, but it was agreed
to recommend the same appropria-
ton for the two fairs. The budget
board will be asked to recommend
annual appropriations of $4,000 for
each of the Fargo and Grand Forks,
and $4,000 each for the Minot and
Mandan fairs. i
Representative of the Ward coun-
ty fair, held at Minot, agreed to
make the name Of the fair, "The
Northwest Fair" if it is created a
regional fair with state aid.
The Sentiment of those present, Mr..
Kitchen said, was that the value Of
the fairs from the standpoint of edu-
cation in agriculture, and promoting
the interests of the state through
imprcssing upon those attending the
fairs the agricultural resources
which would lead to cooperation in
immigration movements, would more
than justify the appropriations asked
for. T.
Those present at the conference
included Sam F. Crabbe, Fargo; F.
w. McRohert, secretary of the Far
20 fair; E. r. Montgomery, secretary
of the Grand Forks fair; Carl W.
Mason, secretary of the Ward county
fair; E. Pfenning, director of the
Mandan fair, and Alfred Haldie, MI
not; Auust Krantz, Kenmare; A. o.
Henderson. Mandan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
BILLINGS MAN
VISITS CITY

Austin North, president Of the
North Real Estate Investment Com
pany OF Billings, Montana, YVES in
Bismarck today on business. Mr..
North is "a director of the Billings
Gazette, one of the enterprisirg
newspapers of Montana, which is in
stalling a new plant to give its read
ers the best service possible. The
entire Gazette staff aided in enter
tanning the National Editorial Asso-
citation on the western trip last sun,-
mer, giving the visiting editors a
most hearty welcome in the enter
prising Montana city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
CHILDERS AID
OF DE VALERA
!. IS EXECUTED X
Shot for Having Weapon in
His Possession When
Captured
GIVEN MILITARY TRIAL
Irish Revolutionist CAPTURED
By Regular at Home of
Relatives "
GIVEN MILITARY TRIAL
(By the Associated Press)

Dublin. Nov. 24-Erskine Childers,
chief lieutenantSof Eamon DeValera
was executed here at 7 o'clock this
morning for having had an auto.
matte pistol in his possession, it is
announced in an official bulletin Civ
en- out by the national army.
The brief army report states that
Childers was tried by military court
at Porto Bello barracks, Dublin, on
Nov. II. charged with being in fDs-
session without proper authority Of
an automatic pistol when apprehend-
eddy national forces on Nov. 10 at
Aunamoe house, county Wisklow.
The accused, the report adds, swas
found guilty and sentenced to death,
and the finding and sentence being
duly confirmed the execution was car
ried out this morning.
While the method of execuction
was not officially described, it is be-
lieved by shooting |!
Childers was captured on the
morning Of Nov. 10 at the home OF
a relative, Robert Barton, situated
in wooded and picturesque section
of Wicklow.
Two columns of national troops
surrounded the Barton house at
dawn. One of the soldiers raped on
the door and was answered by a
maid. The servant was thrust aside
and a detac achment Of the expedition
entered the house.
Childers was found in an upstairs
bedroom. He attempted to draw a
pistol but was overpowered. He was
taken to Wicklow Jail and later TO
Poto Bello barracks, Dublin. , ID.
Robert Barton, one of the sigma
tories of the Anglo-Irish treaty, later
turned against it. r
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
20 MILLION
IS ESTIMATE
OF FREDCR0SS
Society Needs This Amount
To Carry on Relief
Work :,

Washington, Nov. 24.-TWcnty mil
lion dollars is the estimate of the
American Red Cross for this fiscal
year. Officers said this would be d.
vided between the national organiza-
tion and the active, chapters on ap-
proximately an equal basis.
Budget allotments Of the national
organization for domestic operations
aggregate s6,335,79 or $4s8,o15 less
than similar expenditures for last
year, while the allotment for foreign
operations will be $3,404,077, about
$2,247,959 less than the year before
1t was stated that the reduction in
the. cost Of domestic operations rep
resented saving in overhead ex-
penses and decreased personnel
through the combining Of divisional
units. The foreign operations, with
the exception Of the Junior American
Red Cross. practically were termi-
mated last July. -,
Relief work for disabled former
service men and their dependents
remains the .main obligation which
the Red Cross is meeting in funds
and service Approximately $3,000,-
600 Of the domestic budget is set
apart for soldier service, this rep
resenting an increase Of $366,0oO over
last year. g. -
z Other outstanding domestic items
in the 1922-1923 budget, are: for dis
aster relief, $75O,O0O; for emergen-
cier in chapter work, $5O0,000; for
service and assistance to chapters
and their branches, $1,293,0 for
assistance to other oranizations and
educational institutions that train
Red Cross nurses and owrkers, $780,
900; for Roll Call assistance furnish
ed to chapters, 100000; for unfor-
seen contingencies, 100000.
Less than $5OO,00O is set aside for
management of the national organi-
zation. The ratio Of management
expenses to the total expenditures
last year was placed at five and two
tenths per cent, and officers said the
ratio this year probably would fall
below five per cent. :
The child health program in Eur
ope and medical and hospital supplies
for Russia represent more than two
thirds Of the entire foreign allot-
.mcnt. The child health program will
get $641.314, but this is the balance
Of funds contributed to the Ameri-
can Red Cross specifically for this
purpose. The s1,834,044 for Russian
supplies is the balance of funds made
available by the Red Cross for med
ical and hospital relief in the fam
inc stricken areas of that country,
and this money is expended under
the direction of the American Re-
lief Administration.
"The Red Cross must depend chief
ly upon its volunteer membership
for financial support and service"
said the budget announcement. "In
its appeal for the mainte tenance OF
strength through full enroll ID ent
during the annual Roll Call cam
paign, from Armistice Day to Thanks
giving, the American Red Cross pres
ents in its annual financial statement
its evidence of unlimited work in the
service of all mankind at the lowest
cost commensurate with adequate
standards"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
URGE STATE,
COUNTY SCHOOL
PLAN CHANGED
Reorganization Called For By
North Dakota Teachers
Association
FORKS MAN NOMINATED
w. C. Stebbins Probably to be
Elected President; Stark
Man Treasurer
FORKS MAN NOMINATED

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24.-W. c. Steb'
bins of Grand Forks was nominated
for president of the North Dakota
Teachers Association by the nomi.
mating committee of that body ct
tho closing days sessions Of the
convention J today. H. o. Pippin
superintendent of schools Of Stark
county was nominated for treasurer
Election of officers and passing OF
resolutions is scheduled for this
afternoon.
Some of the resolutions prepared
for submission by the resolutions
committees are:
/. That it is for the best inter-
ests of education and good citizen
ship in North Dakota to have care
full but thorough reorganization of
state and county administration of
schools.
2. Further that immediate steps
be taken through the constituted
agencies of the association to en-
courage such legislation, in keeping
with the best practices Of the most
progressive states, by the coming
session of the state legislaturec2
8. Further, that because. Of
financial handicaps imposed on
many school district administrators
by the law making the maximum
levy one third of the sum of the
levies of 1918-19 and 20 this law
should be repealed but it is recon-
mended that school districts shall
be limited in their issuance Of war
rants to a sum not exceeding their
available income for the year.
4.Reiterate belief in Towner.
Sterling bill; urge all honorable
means toward its early enactment;
pledge influence against illiteracy
in state; to the movement to estab-
lish kindergartens throughout the
state; endorse work of children's 8
code commission; endorse all
worthy efforts to raise qualifica-
tions Of teachers in the state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
SCHOOLS ARE
SAFETY VALVE
OF AMERICA

Fargo, NJ D., Nov. 24.-William
Bishop Owen of Chicago, presiden,
Of the: National Educational AS
sociation, sees in the public schools
Of the nation the force that will
build a newer and great America
. he told the teachers ,ein addresses
delivered before their convention to-
day. w. ~
whenever l get q little down
hearted by reading the ugly cyni'
cism and despair which appears in
the daily press of my home city, and
in the weekly and monthly periodi'
Gals published in New York and
elsewhere, have sure anti-dote,'
he said. r."
81 go around and visit the 2OO
schools in Chicago, and know that
the, future of America is safe. Nc
one can despair of America who
knows our public schools. We are
building a newer and a greater
America through our schools"
Some officers Elected at the Sec
tional meetings Of the teachers are:
Principals section: H. H. Kirk
jamestown, president; Peter Ander-
son, Lakqta, Vice-president.
Elementary: Agnes Kjorlie, En-
derlin, president.
Commercial: A. J. Ostby, Fargo
president; J. H. Bond, University,
vice-president.
Rural schools: Shirley Fox, Bis
marck, president.
Agricultural: r. D. Stewart, La
moure, president.
Home Economics: Myrtle &. Cole,
A. C. President.
Art: Miss Basing, jamestown,
vice-president.
Music: E. H. Wilcox, Grand
Forks, president.
Modern Languages and Latin:
Henry Haxo, Grand Forks, vice-pre-
sident. -
English: Mary Laycock, Grand
Forks, secretary treasurer, Vera
Bolinger, jamestown, member Of
executive committee.
The appointment Of q standing
committee to revise the legislation
and the granting Of their additional
days in which schools may pay their
dues where the principal accomp-
lishments at the fall meeting of the
State High School Athletic League
held late last night.
Mr.. Owen was the principal speak
er at the evening session Of the as
sociation last night, talking on "two
great trends in the educational meth.
DDS in our schools;" and he spoke at
three meetings Of the convention to-
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
BIG NOVEMBER
. STORM STRIKES
J. Y. IN NEW YORK
NV the Associated Press)

% Olean, N. Y, Nov. 24.-Train and
trolley service was crippled today by
the biggest November snowfall in
the history Of the city. The storm
developed into blizzard and more
than four inches Of snow already
has fallen.
Eight barges, loaded with grain
were sunk last night in Oneida Lake
Two men are believed to have
drowned.
The tugs which we're towing the
fleets, reached Sylvan beach in safe
ty and managed to bring in several
barges of the fleets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
COGHLAN WINS
SALARY SUIT

Joseph Coghlan, supreme court re-
porter, is entitled to salary Of S2,-
500 year, the supreme court de-
cided in the appeal in behalf of the
state auditing board from Judge
Nuessle, the district court being af-
firmed. The legislature in 1919 fixed
the salary at $4,000. The general ap-
preparation bill. of 1921 carried a
$4,000 annual Appropriation for the
salary. Judge Robinson dissented
from the decision and Judge Grace
did not participate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
SERVED IN WORLD WAR.

Childcrs' was placed on trial be-
fore military tribunal in Dublin,
Nov. II. on the charge he had a pis-
tel in his possession when arrested
ct Wicklow by free state forces on
November 10. The trial lasted two
days. Childers, who was So years
old, appealed through counsel for, =
writ of habeas corpus, which was
denied yesterday by the master Of
the rolls. He then appealed 20 the
court Of appeals for southern Ire
land. ~
Childers was educated at Trinity
Collee, Cambridge. He served in tht
European war as a lieutenant COM
mander of the royal navy volunteer
CONTINUED on Page Thres)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
LEAVE FOR M1NNEApoLIs
(Rv the Associated Press)

[By CHe ASSUCIdCeu TeSoI
3 Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24.-Mcmbers
of the North Dakota Agricultural
College football team will leave Far
go tonight for Minneapolis where
tomorrow they will witness the an
nual gridiron battle between Mime
sofa and Michigan. Immediately
after the game they will embark for
Sioux City, Iowa, to meet Morning
side University Thanksgiving day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
PUBLISHER DEAD
(By the Associated 'Press)

(By Cne ASSOcIaCeu ressJ
Chicago, Nov. 24.-Arrangements
for the funeral of Henry N. Cary
general manager of the Chicago
Newspaper Publishers Association,
who died last night, was being made
today. Death was caused by pneu-
monia after an illness Of three
weeks. He was Ga years old.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
ESSAYS BEGIN
TO COME IN
FOR CONTEST

Essays have begun to come in.
The time is getting short, and
those who are thinking about
what they are going to write,
must act quickly.
All entrants in The Tribune's
Essay Contest must have their
essays in by December 5. The
rules are familiar now to all and
the competition is growing. "
Do not, delay, but write your
essay today, and mail it to Con-
test Editor, The Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24
HANGED FOR CRIME

(By the Ass s0clated Press)
Armouth, N. S., Nov. 24.-Or.ar
Roberts, confessed and convicted
slayer of his 19-year-old housekeep-
er, Flora Gray, on August %, was
hanged here this morning at 12:17
o'clock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-24

An investigation is being made OF
the sudden death of Mrs. Clara Cow
ley, rich .solon Springs, Wis, bride,
who died Aug. IA, shortly after her
marriage to the Rev. Griffith Cowley,
20 years her junior. Cowley seeks
to disprove any possible intimation
that he might be responsible for the
death of his wife. The body was eA
humcd for possible traces of poison.