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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
PROMISES TWICE
"GAS" MILEAGE

Madison Wis, Feb 3--Discovery OF
2 tellurium, gasoline compound, that
he expects will result in doubling the
mileage CT motor fuel has just been
made by Victor H. Lenher, professor
of chemistry OF the University of Wis
eonsin. Use of the substance will re.
quire re-designing of automobile en-.
gines, Prof. Lenher said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

Passengers of the North 500 train,
which was held in the snowdrifts near
Ruso, northern Mclean county, didn't
have a complaint to offer when they
reached Bismarck, this morning.
Their sojourn on the train was
mighty pleasant, made so by the ef.
forts of Charles Crepo, conductor, 9TH
ers Of the cre,x. and the passengers,
especially the women. The train hit
the drifts which stopped it Wednas-
day, and was unable to reach Bis
lnarck that night The drifts were
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
HOWARD TAKES
KENY0N'S SEAT?
Reported President of Farm Bu'
reau is Agreed Upon

Washington, Feb. 3.-James r.
Howard, Iowa, president of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation, has been
agreed upon to succeed Senator w.. S.
Kenyon, Iowa, newly appointed judge
of the eighth federal judicial circuit,
according to reports here.
change in plans occur, Mr.. Howard
will take his seat in the senate about
the middle of February, when Mr.
Kenyon steps out.
President Harding, Governor N. E.
Kendall, Iowa. and Senator Kenyon
are agreed on Mr. Howard it was de-
clarel. In fact, Kenyon postponed ac-
ceptance of the judicial post until ne
was assured that either Mr.. Howard
or Hartford Macnider, commander OF
the American Legion would succeed
him. Mr.. Howard it is said. was CIV
en- first consideration for the Of
flee.
Mr.. Howard, for years an agricul-
tural leader, is expected to step INTO
the shoes of Kenyon, who was virtual l.
ly leader of the farm bloc in con-
gress.
President Harding is declared to be
we'll pleased with the agreement on
Mr.. Howard, who now is on his way to
Iowa for a conference with Governor
: Kendall and other state leaders. .
eff the office is offered to me,
shall consult my, wife and the execu.
tive board of the federation and shall
go wherever I can give the greatest
service" he said, just before leaving
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
TESTIFIES IN
STEEL HEARING

Milwaukee Wis, Feb. 3--How the
Pittsburg plus practice Of selling steel
to middle-west factories affects the
Cavating machines was described to
the federal trade commission by A. H.
Hendricks, vice president, Of a COM
pany in Milwaukee, in the bearing
today
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
EXAMINATIONS ON AT ~U.-

Grand Forks, n. D., Feb. 3.-Semes-
ter examinations opened at the Uni
versity Of North Dakota yesterday
morning and Will continue until Sat
urday evening. Registration for the
second semester will take place Feb.
6 and 7, and classes will be resumed
Feb s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
XII KLUX KHAN
TAKES IN MANY
AT INITIATION

Austin, Tex, Feb. 3.-MOre than
700 candidates were initiated here
last night into the ku Klux klan
ut a ceremonial north OF the city,
It became known today. About
1.5O0 persons attended the initia.
tom,
LII addition TO the usual cere.
monies several addresses were
made, according to u newspaper
man allowed to be present point.
ing out alleged immoral condi.
tiOns existing in Austin and de.
nouncing anti.American tenden.
cieS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
CABINET OF
0'''' CHILE QUITS

Santiago, Chile, Feb. 3.-By the
Associated Press.-The Chilean cabi-
net headed by Ismael Tccornal, re-
signed today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
TWO BALLOTS TAKEN IN ELECTION OF
SUCCESSOR TO POPE BENEDICT ARE
MDECISlVE;; SEVERAL NAMES SUGGESTED
Four Ballots a Day To Be Taken
Until Pope is Chosen Instead
of Two Each Day as Under
Former Rule, It Is Said

Rome, Feb. 3.-(By the Associated
Press .)-Voting for the elecllcn of a
Pope to succeed Benedict XIV was be-
gun by the conclave OF the Sacred Col
lege today. Two inrecisive ballots
had been taken up to / o'clock th.s
afternoon ."
-Four ballots will be taken daily in
stead OF two as has been the rule, it
vas learned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

nome.
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. "a half
dozen cigarette stubs offer a kew %
mystery which for "a hours has been
deeper than any developed in his
work by. William Desmond Taylor.
noted motion picture director, yelling
his death Wednesday night at his
nome here from slayer's bullet. ac-
cording to investigators.
These half-smoked remains found
near the backdoor Of his luxuriously
appointed residence give mute evil
dence that some man apparently
waited nervously there on the even.
ing of the murder. .
They link with statements by Mrs.
Douglas Mclean, wife Of motion
picture actor, that on the evening of
the murder she heard shot fired and
looking from the window of her home
which overlooks that of Taylor saw
man emerge from the front door of
Taylor's home, look back through and
apparently speak, close the door and
depart. 49,.
Only Deepen Mystery
Another link Is a statement by en-
ployes at an oil service station nearby
that within an hour prior to that time
a stranger whom they described SINH
larly asked them where w. D. Tay-
lor lived and they directed him to the
place. The crew Of street car adds
Information that at time closely cor
responding to that which Mrs. Mclean
gives for the departure of the man
from Taylor's house stranger board
cd the car at stop near the house.
They describe him similarly.
These revelations only served to
deepen the mystery.
Los Angeles, Feb. 3.-Revenge,
.oalously hate and unrequited love.
all were considered by the police to-
day in continuing their search for the
slayer of William D. Taylor, motion
picture director, whose body was
found yesterday in his apartment
here.
Persons questioned range from
Taylor's negro house man to Mabel
Normand, motion picture actress.
Others prominent in the film industry
whose names were brought into news.
papers in connection with the film
directors death were Mary Miles Min
ter and Edna Purviance.
The hunt was largely centered
along three lines it was said, the trail
Of the skulking figure of man seen
around the directors apartment be-
fore and after ne.ghbors heard a shot
in the night; the whereabouts Of a
former servant, arrested for alleged
robbery of Taylor's home, and the
writer of anonymous letters in which
were enclosed pawn tickets for arti-
cles taken from Taylor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

Waco, Tex Feb. :'.-Nine hun.
dred and thirty-Seyen new men,
hers were taken into the ku kiux
klan at IL meeting held last night,
according to information given To-
cal papers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

The word "maru,' part Of the name
of every Japanese merchant ship, de-
notes strength.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

After dinner in Argentina, many
housewives serve soup instead of cof-
fee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

Boys schools in Siam meet every
day in the year and are open from
q. m. to 10 p. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

The inhabitants Of st. Kilda, the
loneliest spot in the British, Isles,
speak only Gaelic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

Fourteen new wireless stations are
to be erected in Ecuador by French
concern.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
CONNELL TOO LATE.

Rome, Feb. 3.-(By the Associated
Pres S. - The steamship President
Wilson bringing Cardinal Connell Of
Boston, to Rome will not arrive at
Naples before next Monday morning,
he steamship company announced to-
lay it had received a wireless mes
age to this effect.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03

Turkish women of the Moslem re-
ligion have been forbidden to appear
on the stage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
LEADING MOVIE
FIGURE'SDEATH
A NEW MYSTERY
Revelations to Police Only Serve
to Complicate Problem They
Seek to Solve
ACTRESSES ARE SUMMONED
One Witness Tells of Seeing
Man Hurry Away From Tay-
lor's House Late at Night
CALL WITNESSES.

Les Angeles, Calif., Feb. g.
Subp0enaes were issued this aft.
ernoon for Miss Mabel Normand.
Mary Miles Minter, Edna Purvi.
ance, motion picture actresses.
and Douglas Mclean, actor, and
ms wife, and William Davis, Miss
Normand's chauffeur, to appear
before the coroner's inquest to.
morrow at 1:% O'clock over the
body OF William d. Taylor, notion
picture director, shot down In his
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
100000 CHINESE
FACING STARVATION
Bodies Of Dead Stripped Of
Clothing and Sold to
Buy Food
GIRL CHILDREN GIVEN AWAY
by the Associated Press

SnanGnal, Cn1n0, April ~ lDy mani.
Six million persons. out Of n popu.
alton Of $1,000 900 in the Province Of
Human are starving and hundreds Of
thousands are certain to die before mid
summer, according to estimates Of mis-
sion workers there.
Literally thousands have fallen, never
to rise, in the fields and BY the road
sides. The bodies Of the dead are
stripped by the emacatcd survivors,
and the pitiful rags that clothed the
Corpses sold for the few brass coins
they may bring with which to buy
handful OF rice.
One missionary Of the Augusttrian
order. writing from Yunnchow, said:
This afternoon called upon once
prosperous family and found them eat
ing. Each had bowl Of boiled grnss.
and in ench bowl were few grains
Of rice. The rice in all the bowls Of the
entire family would not fill a table
spoon. 1t breaks my heart to see this
people dying with no possible help. as
the funds We have received are sufficient
only to aid n very limited number"
In one part Of the famine belt the last
dreadful resort Of the starving. can
nibalism. is being practiced. according
20 Ma Lins-Yi. former Minister Of Ed
ucation at Pcking.
Girl children are being given away
on the mere promise that they will be
fed. and boys are sold at from twenty
to thirty cents each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Uncommon Sense Cheats
by JOHN BLAKE

CROOKED politir!ans are particu-
~ larly raSca,ly cheats.
They are clcctcd because they are
trusted By their fellow citizens.
The pay Of the offices they hold may
be small, but they express their willing.
ness TO serve for it by running for ol"r.
tion.
Once in office, they become tho ON.
ployes Of n city or State. or perhaps
county "r a legislative district.
To thoN" people, and 10 nobody C.SC.
they owe allegiance.
LIVERY time they sell out 10 a pr.vatc
IL interest st-cvery time, for any rcn son
wha ever. they vote or work for or fnvor
anything but the interest Of those who
have chosen them. they become plain.
ordinary thieves.
often it would be difficult to convince
them 4 this.
Many Of them feel TINT they are not
taking n brihe when they accept favOrS
from men or from institutions which
want to lake some unfair advantage of
the general public,
1t is easy for them 10 convince them
selves that IL they accept favorS from
causes tney believe TO be in the rlght,
they are acting with perfect honesty.
Talk 10 any convicted otfceholdcr who
has made Il mistake and got lntO jail,
and he will tell you that he is misun-
derstood, and that publics are migrate
full.
He will point out many services lie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
EXPECT ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
England Alert for "Announcement'
at Princess Mary's Dinner

London. May 3l.-Society is kecnly
Nxpcctant that during Princess Mary's
dinner party ut Chesterfield house next
Friday King George VIII announce
tho engagement Of either the Prince of
Wales or the Duke Of York to Lady
Mary Cambridge.
An interesting and important an
n"Unrcmont' in the court chambcrlains
official notice Of the dinner is unsn!.
moVsIy interpreted as another forth.
coming royal marriage. but speculation
j. divided as TO which Prince It involves.
There - a heavy atmosphere OF mys-
terry, which probably will not be cleared
up until the King speaks, but the odds
seem to favor the Duke Of York as the
lucky man.
Lady Mary is the niece Of Queen
Mary and the daughter OF the MARQUIS
and Marchioncss OF Cambridge. She
has been made great deal Of in royal
circles recently.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
AUTOISTS UNHURT THOUGH
TRAIN PASSES OVER THEM
Philadelp lphians. Thrown Between
Tracks in Crash, Escape Injury

IlncaStcT, IA, May 31.-NarrOw
escape from death, after being thrown
between the rails of the Philadelphia
and Reading tracks at Mddletown.
near here. was the experience OF two
Of FIVE passengers in IN automobile
which stalled on the tracks in front Of
an approaching train.
Roth. r. 7. Lozier and Mrs. Ella Roth.
Ill of Philadelphia. were in the ma.
chine. LoZier was driving. The cnSi-
nccr managed TO slow down his train.
but it struck the machine. overturning
it and throwing the occupants on the
track. Mrs. Roth and Lozier were
thrown between the rails. the engine
passing over them before being brought
to A halt. The others were thrown aside
and received painful injuries, but the
two between the rails were unhurt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
SEEK WOULD.BE DYNAMITER
State Police Hunting Farmland
Who Threatened Employers Family

lempletOn, Mass, May L. by y.
P.-After three days of search. Edward
Savage. farmland, accused by JOHN
Merkell. his employer. Of trying to
poison the Merkell family and livestock
and TO blow him up with dynamite, was
sill at large today with ten sticks OF
the explosive. Members of the State
constabulary continued their combng
Of the woods in an effort to find him.
Spccia 1ol!Ce were on guard at the
McrkeIl home.
II was feared that Savage. blding his
time. White he lived on food taken with
hlln when he fed, would make an attack
on the Merkel. farmhouse at the first
opportunity. lie was said to be expert
enrcd in yhc use of dynamite,
The police were told by the Merkclls
that the farmhQNd was an unsuccessful
su,tor for the hand # relative in
Northampton. Discovery thar savage
was not as well IF as he pretended re-
suited in the mnrri&g" being called Of
they said, and in his enmity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
WIFE-POISONER EXECUTED
First Member Of English Bar Put
to Death for Murder

London. May 31.-(By A. P.)-Ma-
jor Herbert Rowse Armstrong. lead
ing Welsh solicitor. who was convicted
last month on charge of poisoning
his wife. was executed in the Glou-
cester ja!! today. lie is the first mem
Der of the English bar to be executed
for murder.
Major Armstrong was originally ar.
rested on charge Of attempting to
poison Oswald Martin, a fellow eo.
lic!tor, but went TO trial on the capital
charge after the exhumation Of his
w!fe's body and the discovery that she
had been poisoned. After his convic.
ton ON April Is his petition to carry
an appeal to the House of Lords was
dismissed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
HEAR TURKS STARVE BOYS
Harmsworth Tells Commons Of Bar.
barity Against Greeks

London. May 3l.-lBy 4. P.)-Acts
of great barbarity are being committed
by the Turks against the Greeks In the
Trcb!zond district of Asia Minor. Cecil
Harmsworth, Under Secretary for For
eign Affairs. told the House Of Com =
mons today. He gave independent wit
nesscs who had just left Trebizond as
the authority for this statement. He
said it was reported that little boys
were collected in compounds and al
lowed 70 starve to death.
The British Government is doing all
in its power to accelerate the dispatch
Of the proposed commission of inquiry.
he said but no further action can be
taken until reply is received to the
invitation extended to the American
Government. The reply is expected to-
day or tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
40 KILLED IN MACAO
Riots Start When Chinese Women
Are lnsulted

Hongkong. May 31.--lBy A. P.l-
Forty persons were killed and more
than 100 wounded in the recent fighting
on the Island OF Macao. which resulted
in the declaration Of martial law. Ma
Gao is Il Portuguese concession. and the
trouble is said to have arisen when
Chinese women were insulted by the
African police employed by the Por-
tuguese.
After the arrest Of several Chinese
general strike was called by the Chi
nese guilds. and the shops were closed.
Demonstrations against the Portuguese
then began. and it was in the attempts
OF the police to put down these dis
turbances that the casualties resulted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
RICH BULGARIAN
GIRLS MUST WORK
Premier Demands Arrest OF
Those Refusing to Obey
Peasant-Made Law
U. S. MINISTER IS GUARDED
BY the Associated Press

Sofia. Bulgaria. May S1.--Premlcr
Stamboulisky advocates the arrest and
punishment Of girls who refuse TO obey
the new law requiring them TO work for
the Government free four months out Of
each year Under this law girls between
the ages Of sixteen and twenty, daugh-
ters of bourgeois citizens Of Narna and
Sofia. are required TO work. but only
100 have thus far complied. and they
are doing sewing, typing and hospital
work. The law went into effect May !.
Those who have refused to obey, argue
that they are either under or above the
stipulated age. or that they are about 10
be married, which is one of the ex-
cuses allowed. Those who comply belong
to some OF the wealthiest families. and
their mothers accompany them to thcir
work. remaining throughout the eight
hours demanded Of their daughters.
The law Is typical of the rule Of the
peasantry which Stambouliskv, the
peasant Premier, says is now an ac-
tuality in Bulgaria. Thousands of yisi.
tors are now in Sofia for the peasants
congress and the bourgeoisie is perturb.
ed by rumors as to the result.
American Legation Guarded
Members Of the bourgeois party.
fearing the immincncc of a peasant die
tatorsh!p, are attempting 10 export their
valuables and many have been caught
and jailed. The American legation is
under a heavy guard of police and SOL
st,,.
received by the Minister, Charles $.
Wilson.
Tho difficulties Of housing the visiting
peasants in Sofia are acute. The rail.
roads have been instructed TO curtail
other passenger traffic and the move
ment Of freight and to convey to the
capital at reduced rates the remaining
peasants in the country desirous Of
coming here
StambouliSky proposes to give the
vote only to those women earning their
own livelihood.
Opposes Forern Interference
We are now able to do what we
WILL he said. in an address to the
peasants congress yesterday. Sofia
is another Sodom and Gomorrah, in =
habited by spectators and unproducers.
The bourgeois party has tried to get the
! King on its side, but the King mus,
remember that it is the people who
work. and that II we make him presi
dent of the Republic of Bulgaria the
old Bulgaria will be finished.
Let foreigners not mix in our af.
fairs. We Will pay our war repara
tons If forced to, but we will force
those among us who brought on the wal
TO do the paying.
Bulgaria today is the friend Of new
Germany and Russia. but no treatie,
have been signed with anybody excep
those nations who signed the Genos
nom aggression pact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
"ARE YOU HAPPILY MARR,rn.,

BY all means read the conc!usions OF IN.
bachelor Maid on this subject In the MAJ
zine section OF next Sundays PtsiIc
LEudEs. II takes "old maids" to give sd
vice on the rearing OF children, and thr IN
married tc anslyze the failures OF wedded
bliss For delightful entertainment rsad the
PUBLIC LEDGER Magazine Section every Ann
day. Make II u Habit."--Adv. WI"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-01-18
Two Big Turnips

The Garden Editor Of The Adver-
tiser has again been reminded Of
what this country can grow in the
way Of such vegetables as are often
brought in from as far away as Can
ada. Last Thursday he came into
his Office to find two whoipping big
turnips which had been left for him
by Col. w. G. Mitchell, Of Mountville.
They. were OF the ruta baga variety
and each one was big enough for q
family much larger than the Garden
Editor has to support. They we're
put into the hopper at his boarding
house, however, and did yeoman duty
to o large gathering.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-01-18
TO USE BRICK
ON LAURENS ST.
City Council Decides to Use Yitrificd
Brick Rather Than Gravel On Lau-
rcnS Street,

|
rcns Street.
After hearing estimates On various
KINDS or surfacing material for Lau-
rcns street, now undergoing repairs by
the city street forces, City Council, at
its sitting Monday night, decided to
surface this street from Caroline
street, at the Chero-Cola bottling plant
; to the intersection of Church street.
III front Of the home OF Mr.. L. e..
Burns, with vitrifled brick.
Mr. Hughes estimated that the cost
| OF surfacing this street with Augusta
gravel, now that it has already been
graded, would be in the neighborhood
or S2,60O while the cost Of usinv vitri-
tied brick would he about $4,000. TAX
ing in consideration the wearing dual
tiles and costs Of repair, the Council
decided that 1t would be more econom-
ical to use the brick.
Mr.. Hughes was instructed to secure
bids on the brick work for this street
to be submitted at tho next meeting
of council Monday night. At the same
time, he was instructed to fix the spcci-
ftcations SO that the portion Of Church
street from West Main to Hampton
street at the bottom of the hill, might
also be paved with q twcnty-foot road.
way at the same time. However, Coun-
Gil will await an estimate Of the total
cost OF the work and the amount OF
funds to be available for such work
out Of the recent bond issue before
making q definite decision as to this
part OF Church street. Should the de-
cision be reached to pave this street
with brick to twenty-foot width, the
area between the brick and the curb
ing will be surfaced with gravel The
remainder Of the street, as far as the
river bridge. is to be surfaced with
gravel as decided upon at former
meeting ot tho Council.
Work of grading and scrapng Lau-
rent street IS finished and work Of
grading Church street has already be-
gun, ditching also being done for sewer
and water lines.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-01-18
MIR. DAVID +. BARNETT
Died Last Wednesday Morning and
Laid 10 Rest Thursday Afternoon.

Died Last Wednesday Morning and
Laid 10 Rest Thursday Afternoon.
Mr.. David E. Barnett, one Of the
cty's most highly esteemed citizens,
died at his homo on East Main street
last Wednesday morning about Z
O'Clock. Mr.. Barnett had been in de-
clining health for several months, hay
ing undergone treatment at the hands
OF specialists in Charleston in the fall
Of the year. IIo returned to his home
in December and while at times show
ing signs CT Improvement, his condi-
tion grew worse until the end came.
The funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, being conducted
by his pastor, Rev. Samuel II. Temple
man, assisted by other ministers Of the
city. Interment took place In the fam
lily plot OF the Laurens cemetery.
Mr.. Barnett was in his sixty-sixth
year, most of his manhood having been
spent In this city. He wa sa native OF
the Cross Keys section OF Union
county and lived for while at Chaplin
and Cheraw. In early life he married
Miss Elizabeth Alverson, Of Union
county and she, with four daughters
and one son survive him, as follows:
Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, Of Williston; Mrs
j. V. Murray, OF Charleston, Mrs. Clara
Davis, OF Williamsburg, Va; Miss Ger
Itrude Barnett, OF this city, and Capt.
d. Eugene Barnett, Jefferson Barracks,
Mo.
The deceased was an active aud con-
scientious member Of the Baptist
church and highly regarded citizen.
His death removes man OF high ideals
and noble thoughts.