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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
SISTER WINS.
FROM BROTHER
IN HIGH COURT

Caroline Gehlhar, appealing from
the Stutsman district court, was
found entitled to share in section
of land owned jointly by her and
two brothers, by the supreme court
in a decision handed down yesterday.
She and two brothers entered into
a joint enterprise whereby they mu-
tually agreed to contribute their ef-
forts in the payment of the purchase
price under contract for a deed to
q section of land in the name of two
brothers, and to give to the sister in
recognition. Of her services as house
keeper, an equal one-third interest.
One of her brothers was killed and
another, brother substituted. The
sister continued to perform the, du-
ties Of housekeeper to the satisfac-
tion Of the surviving brothers but
with knowledge Of the original ar
rangement SO claimed by the substi-
tuting brother. The sister, it was
held, could enforce her rights against
the substituting brother.
< Defendants named in the case were
Herman Konoske, .eJohn Konoske,
Elsie Konoske, w. B. s. Trimble Co.,
Herman Rode, Rosena Knoepke and
Arthur Konoske. The case came
from Judge Jansonius, whose deci-
sion was reversed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
APPOINTMENT
OF RECEIVER,
is CONTESTED

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 1.-THE APP
pointment Of George Brastrup. Of
Courtenay, at one time secretary ana
heavy stockholder. a. receiver of
the Equity CO. operative Packing com
pany will be opposed Saturday. wlea
Judge NJ. J. Englert's order TO show
why the temporary receivership
should not be made permanent 10 re-
turnable in Fargo, 1t was announce,i
today BY Burke and Burdick, Who
represent several other creditors.
The attorneys will not oppose tha
receivefship, they said, but they Will
make strenuous objections to the
appointment Of Mr. Brastrup.
On the petition Of Louis Sail. a
Plummer, Mimi. banker, Judge Eng
lert last. week appointed Brast1up
temporary receiver. Braatrun re-
turned to his home at Courtenay,
placing G. ". Retchsrt. presidsnt ana
general manager Of the company, in
charge Of ne company's affairs.
Sall's charge WIS that the coG1pany
was' insolvsnt. 's . .
Mr.. Burdick said today that tile
creditors he reprsssnts include hold s
sers Of certificates ~ indsbtedness re !.
ceived tor labor performsd fsr III u
eompary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
COLLATERAL
NOT ENOUGH

The defunct American
Bank Of Fargo will not be able to
realize the full amount of loans made
by that bank when it was alleged to
be a "Nonpartisan League Bank" and
which were secured by $500 acres Of
land in Delta county, Michigan, in
the opinion Of Secretary Of State
Thomas Hall, who has returned from
Michigan where with 0. T.. Engen, re-
ceiver Of the bank and John Valley,
receiver sof the Peoples State Bank
of Fargo, he inspected the lands.
There is some good land in the $500
acres which is heavily timbered but
the largest part, Of It is swamp or
cut-over land, he said.
According to records Of the house
investigation Of 1921, when this deal
with others, was under fire, the land
! was given to secure loans tqtallipg
$47,0ss.00 known as the Ridfin4..
Great Western LiysstSck Gompany,
Haggerty and Knaack loans;i a.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
N0SURPLUS0F
WHEAT FOUND
BY COMMITTEE
Reports Exaggerated, Says
Committee on United States
Chamber of Commerce

Chicago, Aug. 14.-While q research
committee of the United State,
Chamber of Commerce yesterday an
nounced reports of over-production
of wheat were exaggerated and rail
road executives in conference with
Omaha business men said they would
further consider the proposal to re-
duce freight rates on wheat, the prie c
of that cereal advanced on the Ch
cago market to 1.01 cents, an al
vance of six cents.
Depressed market conditions were
attributed by the research committee
reports Of sufplusd; produetio.,
and resolutions oadopted declared that
study Of the situation did not bea :
out the estimates. A definite researc,,
program as begun whihh will end on
September "a.
Railroda executives, who recent Y
refused reductions on wheat, were
asked to reconsider their decision
The executives were reported rs
willing to consider the matt 4
further and report to the Oma h.
commercial organizations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
MAY CONTINUE
EXPERIMENTS
WITHLIGNITE
Coal Companies Would Fur
nish Money to Operate He.
bron Experimental Station
BELIEVED FEASIBLE
Briquetting Scientific Success,
Says Babcock Want to
Make 1t Commercially :
Feasible
BELIEVED FEASIBLE

The board of administration ha,
taken under consideration a plar
whereby in spite Of limited appro.
priation further experiments may be
conducted in the next two years al
the Hebron Ignite experimental sta
tion. particularly with reference to
endeavoring to establish that Ignite
coal may be briquetted successfully
on commercial basis.
Experiments made in the past al
the station have convinced Dean E.
J. Babcock Of the University of North
Dakota, in charge, that the station
has established that briquetting OF
Ignite is scientifically feasible, and
he believes that it can be manufacture
ed on commercial basis with sue
cess.
Some of the Ignite coal companies
have informed the board of admins
tration that they are willing to take
care Of the operating expense Of the
station for several months to deter
mine whether the Ignite can be bri-
quettcd and sold at profit which
would warrant an extension of the
Ignite industry in this direction.
This offer is under consideration by
the members of the board.
Experiments have been carried on
at the Hebron station for the last
few years and the last legislature re-
duced the appropriation to $4,000 for
two years. DR.. Babcock hopes to be
able to go ahead with experiments
and Be able to make q report to the
next legislature.
Prof. George B. Wahren Of the en-
department of the Univer-
sity of North Dakota conferred with
the board regarding installation Of
coal handling equipment in
the power plant of the university. A
contract for the installation was let
to the E. C. Horne Machinery Com
pany, Denver, Colorado, for $6,675.00.
The equipment included is a track
hopper and elevator pit, plate feed
er, coal crusher and elevators and
conveyers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
REMARKABLE INTEREST lSSHOWNN
DAlRYlNC IN ALL PARTS OF STATE

r.
Remarkable interest is being mani
tested throughout. the entire state in
dairying. W. F. Reynolds, state
dairy commissioner, does not have q
large enough force to enable him to
send men to all points desiring aid
in the formation Of dairy circuits,
the purchase and distribution Of cat
tie or general promotion of the dairy
industry, he said today, y !.
4 The calls come from all parts Of
the state. Sherwood. near the canh-
dian border in Renville county, has
requested aid in forming dairy cir
cult while . banker at Glover, Dickey
county, near the South Dakota bor-
der. has asked advice in purchasing
q carload Of good grade dairy cows.
The "Cow, Path" pamphlet pub
lished BY the department. is in great
demand. Ten thousand copies, were
distributed, Hid there has been de-
mand for $1,000 copies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
CONFESSES HE
KILLED WIFE,
MOTHER IN LAW
Massachusetts, Man Then Dis
membered Bodies and
Placed Them in a Field
DRIVER TELLS POLICE
Because Suspicious Of the
Contents of the Two Boxes
Being Hauled Away

Medford, Mass, Aug. 14.-Munie
Tsekos Of Franklin, N. H. was ar.
rested today charged with murder af
ter two boxes containing the dis.
mcmbered bodies Of two women were
found in field. The police said
Tsekos had confessed that he killed
his wife. Natalie, and her mother,
Mrs. Katherine Adams. Saturday
night.
According to the alleged confess
sion Tsekos quarreled with his wife
and mother at their home in Frank
lin over money matters and he de-
clared they attacked him. He said
he overpowered them and then stab
bed them and cut Mrs. Adams throat.
He dragged their bodies to the cell
lar.
Sunday, the confession continued,
he took his three small children and
was driven to Boston in an automo-
bile by c. A. Clark of Franklin. He
left the children at his mothers home
and returned home Sunday night, he
said. He went to the cellar, dismem-
beSed the bodies with knife and
put them in wooden boxes.
Tsekos told the police that on
Monday he arranged with Clark to
drive him to Boston again. They
started late in the day with two
boxes. Last night Clark said he be-
came suspicious Of the contents of
the two boxes. On a pretext he stop
ped the ear and notified the police
man who said he would report the
matter but did not think it necessary
to take any immediate action.
Late at night the two men reach
ed West Medford. Finding bridge
closed, they stopped Clark said.
They carried the boxes into field.
Clark stuck his finger in hole in !
box and though he felt flesh. He ran
down the street and told his story
to the first policeman he. met.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
TULSA.PLACED
UNDER RULE
OF MILITARY
Governor of Oklahoma Puts
Troops in Charge of Police
y Department

Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 4.-Martial law
descended upon the city of Tulsa
early today by decree of Governor j.
c. Walton as the result of recent
cases of mob violence.
The city passed under the rule Of
military authorities at 6 a. m. Three
companies of infantry equipped with
automatic rifles win enforce the mar
tial law order under command Of
Adiutant General B. H. Markham.
Only the police department and the
sheriff's office will be superseded
during the military occupation in
line with instructions from the Gov
ernor, it was understood. The courts
and other civil agencies are not ex-
pected to be disturbed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14

All indications are for a remark.
able increase in interest in the dairy
busipess this fall, Mr.. Reynolds said.
Cream grading, plan inaugurated
in May, IS proving \ success. he be-
lisves. Questionntires Of cream buy
ing companies show that about 90
percent Of all cream is graded num-
Der one. One station reported that
whereas formerly when the same
price wss paid for all cream. t0e
percentage of No. 4 Was shout 66, it
now IL 'S6. Another reported that
agents on railroads were taking much
better take Of cream and thsts the
losses In sshippink were reduced.
Most Of them said the tanners w9Ee
taking better care Of their cream
since premium has bten put on
their efforts, and that most Of the
milk producers favor cream grading.
Two - the creamery operators re-
ported they do net like the system.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14

Washington, Aug. 14.-Members of
the Federal Coal Commission today
were completing plans for a meeting
in New York tomorrow with represen-
tatives of union miners and operators
in the anthracite fields, summoned by
the commission to renew negotiations
The summons was issued yesterday
with the approval Of President Cool
idge after he had been informed of
the situation in detail in conference
with members of the commission.
An agreement to insure continu-
ance of production after the expira-
tion of the present wage contract
whether or not there has been q
settlement by that time will be the
first objective of the commission; it
was said, in it's efforts at conciliation.
With such ansagreement obtained the
commission would then be expected
to continue meditation in the dispute,
concentrating first on the union de-
mand for installation under the new
wage contract Of the "check.off''
system of collection Of union dues.
It was this demand that broke up the
conference between union representa-
tiyes and operators at Atlantic City
10 days ago before the wage increase
and other demands had been dis
cussed. A
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14

The fact that the car was not driv-
en- at high rate OF speed Is be-
lieved to have prevented. more seri-
ous results. The car turned over
when it struck the post. Both front
wheels were torn off, the radiator
and tenders badly damaged. the wind.
shield broken and the top damaged.
Three injured. Monson, Biggs and
Bohlig were taken to local hospi.
tai, but with the exception of Mr..
Monson the injuries were reported
not serious today.
Mr.. Monson had got the car about
8 o'clock in the evening at the ball
game, holding the lucky number.
Mr.. Biggs is a piano tuner and Mr..
Bohlig is piano salesman with a
Fargo house.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
AMERICANS
UNDER ARREST
Held in Connection With At
tempted Abduction of
Bergd0ll

Eberbach, Baden, Germany. Aug. ID
Calvin Hoover Griffith, of Hamilton,
Ohio, and Eugene Victor Nelson OF
Chicago, two Americans arrested in
connection with Saturdays attack
upon Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
American draft evader, were taken
from Eberbach today and transferred
to the Jail at Mosbach. -
Griffith claims to be in the en-
ploy Of the American Graves Regis
tration Board and says he was look
ing for the bodies of Americans bur-
led in this vicinity.
The police claim to have found q
supply of ether upon the person of
Karl Schmidt, whom Bergdoll shot
and killed during the attempt to kid
nap him and that further supply
was concealed in the American auto
mobile which was seized.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14

AUTOMOBILE WON AT BASEBALL GAME
DRAWING BADLY DAMAGED; TWO HURT
PAINFULLY WHEN CAR TURNS OVER

The Ford touring car which w. C.
Monson, employed by the Carpenter
Lumber company, wt~ at the base
ball booster game last night, was
badly damaged when the lights wen.
out and the car hit post along the
Bismarck-Mandan road few hum
dred feet west of the new bridge
Rbout midnight last night.
Mr.. MOnson was the most serious
ly hurt Of the Ave in the autom obile.
He suffered {, dislocr>ed shoulder
and perhaps a fractured collar-bone. J.
c. Christensen. who was driving, was
injured slightly. suffering bruised
fingers. B. G. Biggs. another pas
senger, suffered injuries about the
body. Joseph Bohlig and Mr.. Chris.
tensen's four-year-son were shaken
up.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
taoITLINES POLICY

Berlin, Auee 14.-Dr. Gustav Strese-
mann, new German chancellor, out
lined in statement today the con-
ditions under which Germany is
ready'to abandon the passive resist
'ance in theuRfahy. The conditionA are
the .complatetpsstorAtian to Germany
of her right of control over the
Ruhr; re-establishment Of the condi-
tions in the Rhineland vouchsafed
her under the Versailles treaty and
the liberation of every German citi-
zen who has been outraged, evicted or
imprisoned. (
The statement was made in his in
augural speech to the Reichstag.
He made no mention of evacuation
of the occupied areas, merely stress
ing the conditions under which Ger
many is prepared to open into nego-
tiations for the complete restoration
of her jurisdiction and the freedom
of her citizens there. He was cordial
ly greeted by the majority Of the
house, the only jarrinc note being
boisterous heckling by the Commun-
lists.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
GASOLINEIS
REDUCED IN
NORTH DAKOTA
Cut. of &C Cents Per Gallon Is
Made in Bismarck by
Three Big Companies
STANDARD MAN COMES
Oil Company Sending F. e
Packard Here in Response
To Demand of Governor

Gasoline prices went down in Bis,
marck today as result Of the gas.
oline "war" which started in South
Dakota and spread to other states.
The Standard Oil Company. TIL,
Texas Company and the Sinclair Re.
filming Company all announced reduc.
tions Of SO cents per gallon in gas.
oliae In Bismarck this morning. 4
The Standard OIL officials here Gu,
the prices on orders from the Stand.
ard Oil Company of Indians, at Chi.
cago. The filling station rate was cut
from 1913 cents per gallon to III
cents and the tank wagon rate to 1877
cents per gallon. Other companies
made the same reductions.
There was no explanation accom-.
panying the order to local officials Of
the Standard, it was. understood.
Governor Pleased
Governor Nestos, who on Saturday
wired the Standard Oil Company, de-
manding that North Dakota not be
Disseminated against by lowe ring the
price of gasoline in South Dakota
and keeping it. up in North Dakota,
was pleased with the announcement
Of the reductions.
while l do not have all the actual,
detailed Figures necessary to be able
to speak with exactness, my inves-
tigation thus far as to cost of gas.
oline. freight and similar charges
indicates that the rate at which it is
announced gasoline will be sold here
today. Is more nearly what It should
be in North Dakota" the governor
said. e ,
He said he was continuing his in
vestigation. and expects to meet a
representative of the Standard Oil
Company being sent in answer to hi.
telegram, probably on Thursday.
Sending Representative
The telegram received late yester.
day from the Standard Oil reads a.
follows:
Chicago, Illinois,
August 13. 1928
Hon. r. A. Nestos. Governor.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
Your telegram. August 11th. wa,
received by US this morning. We an.
preciatc the strength of the position
taken by you in your telegram and
are sending our Mr.. F. e. Packard
on first train out of Chicago to con-
fer with you. He should arrive in
Bismarck tomorrow, Tuesday night,
and will call upon, you mmediately
upon his arrival.
Standard Oil Company.
The Governor today received a wire
from one John A. Anderson in Chi.
cago stating that ten million gallons
of gasoline was on sale in Oklahoma
at 81 cents, free on board ears there.
Near Original Figure.
Governor McMaster of South Da-
kota.. before starting to sell gasoline
in South Dakota. has asked the
Standard Oil for Ave cent reduction
indicating his belief that price OF
about 20 to 20 cents gallon for
gasoline in South Dakota would be
a fair price. The is cents sale price
in some places in South Dakota was
the outgrowth OF what independents
charge was the Standard Oils "war"
on them. n
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
COOLIDGE NOT
FOR CONGRESS-
SESSION NOW
Official Statement Says Pres
idcnt Doesn't Feel Like
Calling 1t
OTHER MATTERS UP
Coolidge Meets His Cabinet
For the First Time and
Considers Many. Matters

Washington, Aug. l4.-President
Coolidge at the present time sees NO
occasion for a special session Of Con-
gress in advance of the regular De-
cember meeting, it was said officially
at the White House today.
President Coolldge's administration
was said by White House spokes-
man today to stand on the position
laid down by Secretary Hughes at
New Haven last December in the
matter of German reparations. The
government, it was declared, is ready
to help in any way it can without in
volving itself unduly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
TRE!PP'S FORD
SEDAN STOLEN

The Ford sedan belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. Trepp was stolen Sat
urday night about 9 o'clock from the
front of Rosen.s storee where it had
been parked for about Ave minutes
while Mr.. and Mrs. Crepp were in the
store.
After stay Of only = few min
utes lin the store. they returned to
lind their car gone and another park
ed where it had stood. Police were
Immediately notified but no trace Of
IL hes yet been found. fs~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
EXPLOSION
OCCURS MILE
UNDER GROUND
~
Experts Fear That Rescuers
viii Not Be Able to Bring
Them Out Alive
SOME BODIES FOUND
Wives and Children Wait
Around Mine Entrance
Eager For Word From
s, Below
SOME BODIES FOUND

Kemmerer. Wyoming. Aug. A.
Two hundred miners In No. mine
bf the Kemmerer Coal Company were
entombed this morning following an
explosion.
The explosion occurred In the lower
level.
A cave-in at extra No. IS eli off
all communication with the men who
were working around the 2e and g.
entry. UP to noon one body had bec,
recol cred.
Relief workers Immediately went
to, work. They were under ground t.
the 18th entry when the body Of q
pump man was found.
Black clouds Of smoke from the
mine sands were the only indication
of an explosion at first.
The explosion was estimated t.
have occurred nearly . mile under
ground.
Nothing Of the condition of the en-
tombed men has come from The
depths but experts in mine rescue
work declared they saw little hope Of
rescuing the men alive.
As the volunteer workers dug
frantically toward the entombed men
through the main entrance hundreds
Of women and children relatives OF
the miners waited at the mouth OF
the mine for word from within,
{. A United States mine rescue car
which left Kemmerer this morninr
was ordered to return. -,
The property is known ~ the from
tier mine, It is about one mile fronl
Kemmefer. -. Ia
At noon rescuers were said to be
making progress toward the entombed
men. II was expected, however, that
it would be. lsvepal hours befofe
anything definite wss known as I
their fate.
A runaway trip car which plunged
from the rails caused dust explo-
sion. according to word received
from the mine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
PLAN NEW CHURCH

Haxelton. Aug. 14.-Plans and spec
ifications are being worked. out by
committee Of the local Lutheran
congregation for . new church build
Ing IN Haselton. They have already
purchased . site Just east Of the
Catholic parsonage and the plans are
now inlthe hands Of the lumber yards
to get the figures on the building ma
teriai. The sdiface will be 2lx32 feet
tn sise with an entry way ten fest
square on the front.
It 10 plSned to start the excavation
for the Foundation as soon as the
price on material i asrsed upon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
OPERATORS,
MINERS, ARE
CALLED BY U. S
President Coolidge Sanctions
]; Conference to Try and
Prevent Strike
MEET IN NEW YORK
MEET IN NEW YORK
Federal Coal Commission To
Propose Continuance of
Work After Sept.

Washington, Aug. 14.-The new
administration under President
Coolidge has approved plans to
furnish necessary substitutes to
relieve any fuel shortage which
might result from an anthracite
strike, II was announced at the
White House.
Confidence was expressed that
the initiative taken through the
coal commission would result in
prevention of a strike but it was
emphasized that should a suspen-
sion Of pr0ductio nbec0me inevlt-
able the administration was; pre-
pared to deal with the situation.
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/. w. W. ORGANIZER FINED.

4 Minot, N. D., Aug. 14.-Charlea
Kolar, an /. w. w. organiser was
fined SIS and: 5000 costs here for
vagrancy. Ko)sr's counsel argued the
defendant was engaged in ! legiti-
mate occupation and that he con.
sequently could not be charged with
vagrancy. Kolar's arrest followed q
complaint from labor bureau officials
that the /. w. w. members were
urging farm hands not . accept work
at the prevailing scsle of wages.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
FIFTY MEN
SENT ROSEGLEN

Fifty men were sent from the Bis
marck free employment office MAIN
tanned by the state and federal gov
erhments to Roseglen, Mclean coun-
ty,. yesterday for harvesting. Wages
offered were $3.50 per day. The Of
flee was able to fill the request
promptly. -~t, r<