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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
BIGQUESTI0NS
LOOM BEFORE
NATIONAL BODY
Senate and House Committees
Getting Busy After H0li-
day Recess
ID E A DLOCk EXISTS
Suggestion Made That Selec-
tiOn of Committee Head be
Left to Committee
DEADLOCK EXISTS

Washington, Jan. 4.-(By the A.
P.)-With congress in recess untl.
Monday senate and house committee
members today shook off the holi-
day spirit and set about the business
of preparing the measures that will
occupy the two chambers from now
until adjournment
The house ways and means commit
tee continued its study Of the ad-
ministrative features Of the Mellon
tax bill today and the rules COM
mittee was called into session to
discuss amendments to the rules ad-
vocated by the insurgent republican
group.
Both expect to present recon-
mendations within 10 days or two
weeks and meanwhile the house will
receive some Of the annual supply
bills, the first Of which, carrying ap-
preparations for the interior depart
ment is to be reported Tuesday.
To Debate Russia.
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee today took up the resolution
Of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho,
calling for recognition Of the Rus.
sian Soviet government and Sena-
tor Lodge Of Massachusetts, Republi-
can leader and chairman of the COM
mittee. is preparing to address the
senate Monday on the same subject.
A resolution adopted yesterday
providing for, investigation of the
election of Senator MayfAld, Dem
ocrat, Texas, also will receive early
committee consideration, sub-com-
mittee Of the privileges and cleo
tions committee being called for
Tuesday to map out procedure.
Dispute Not Settled.
The reassembling of Congress yes
terday opened foodgates of oratory,
but the flow was limited somewhat
in the senate by two more futile bal
lots on the interstate commerce com.
mittee Craftsmanship and the adop.
tion Of several revolutions. The
10th and eth ballots in the chair
manship fight developed no break in
the deadlock between the groups sup
porting the opposing reelection OF
Senator Cummins, Republican, lowe,
and leaders today were considering q
plan TO shelve the dispute for the
time being at least, by leaving selec-
tion of a presiding officer to the COM
mittee itself
The house ways and means COM
mittee decided yesterday to postpone
discussion of provisions of the tax
bill involving changes in policy as|
we'll as those amending tax rates un-
til a decision has been reached on
the question of reporting a soldiers
bonus bill. Among the proposals
thus postponed are those defining
earned income and providing a com.
munfty property tax. 1t was decided,
however, to take up at once theI
treasury secretary's recommendation
for limiting capital loss exemptionsI
to IL l-2 per cent, the maximum now
fixed for computing on. capital gain
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PRIZES OFFERED

Oakes, n. D., Jan. 4.--Prizes Of
fered by the First National Bank
of Oakes some weeks ago for the
best ears of corn in each of several
classes have been awarded as fol-
lows:
Yellow dent, first. Albert Rom
stad: second, Charles Minard.
White dent. first, Ben Luttmer;
second, Ben Luttmer.
Flint, first, William KyllOnen;
second, F., +. Ankeny. Jr.
Any variety, first, Ben Luttmer;
second, Albert ROmstad.
The contest aroused considerable
interest, there being more than so
entries, some from 20 miles away,
although most of the corn shown
was raised within 10 miles of
OakeS.
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MILL TRAFFIC
MAN AIDING IN
LIGNITE CASE

J. w. Goodman, traffic manager
for the North Dakota state mill and
elevator at Grand Forks, is in the
city assisting the state r4ilroad COM
mission traffic department in the
preparation of the Ignite coal rate
case. His services were made avail
able on order Of the Industrial Com
mission.
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FARMER TARRED, FEATHERED

Schoengarth, farmer near Lindsay
Mont, was given coat of roofing
paint and. feathers by mob of
masked men who visited his place.
AS the men entered the farm
house Schoengarth seized a re-
volVer and fired twice but missed.
Harold and Clyde Greer. neigh
bors, who were with him when the
masked party came, took to their
heels. None of the three was able
TO- give officers any clue as to the
identity of the raiders. Schoen-
garth is in the county hospital here
for treatment.
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TORTURED FOR
PREACHINGS
By NEA Service

BY NEA Service.
Techny, Ill.,, Jan. 4.-Burning a
the stake, hanging and repeated tor
lures by saber thrusts and beating
were some experiences of the Rev
Father George NJ. Stenz during tn
80 years missionary experience i
China.
Probably I have received NOR
severe treatment in China than an
living man." says Father Stenz, tell
ing Of his life while visiting here
"Yet there are millions of calm, cul
tured,, conscientious people eager Il
progress under American guidance.
"The religious side of missionar
work in China has been too muc|
stressed. Not enough emphasis hal
been placed on education !"
Father Stenz established q colleel
at Tsininx and expects to retur
there in February.
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FOUND UNCONSCIOUS

Beulah, N. d.. Jan! 4.-State's $
Attorney David Schwartz is inves-
tigating charges of foul play in the
case OF w. r. Thomas of this city
who was picked up at the foot of
basement stairs in a local pool
hall dn an unconscious condition,
COncussion pf the brain with a
fracture possible is diagnosis Of
physicians.
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carved and there is reason to be-
lieve il will prove to be of even
greater artistic value than the
pink sarcophagus of Harmahib or
the famous alabaster coffin Of Seti
in Zoan museum in London.
Following up yesterdays discov-
cry Of the fourth casket the search
was proceeded with and in the
presence Of Prof. Percy Newberry.
the noted Egyptiologist and the
other members of his staff, Howard
Carter in charge Of the explora-
tion unbolted the barriers of the
fourth shrine disclosing the sar-
cophagus and thereby establishing
the fact that the last resting place
Of Tutenkhamun had really been
discovered.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
MAY SET ASIDE
DIVORCE GIVEN
NINA PUTNAM

Providence, R. l., Jan. 4.-Judgt
Chester Barrows of the superior
court today entered an order vacat
ing the divorce granted yesterda,
to Nina Wilcox Putnam Sandersor
from Robert J. Sanderson until sucl
time as she shall appear in persol
and satisfy the court that she ha
been a resident of this state TO
more than two years prior to Octo
Der 16. 1923.
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Not so cold Saturday"

"Not SO cold Saturday"
This was about as far as the
weather bureau would go today with
the thermometer hanging around
the lowest point of the season.
1t was % below last night in Bis
! marck, mark exceeded last Sunday
when it was "a. But the mercury
did not rise during the day as it
usually does. At noon it was 20 be-
low, and 14-mile wind early today
made local people speed up in going
to work today.
The whole Northwest continued
cold. 1t was 80 below at Swift Cur
rent, 26 below at Williston, North
Dakota; ID below at Calgary, % be-
low at Edmonton, % below at Havre.
"a below at Fargo, North Dakota, "a
below at Prince Albert and % be-
low at Winnipeg during the night.
Today's local report follows:
For twenty-four hours ending at
noon today.
Temperature at z a. m. .......-23
Temperature at noon 30
Highest yesterday ........... &c
Lowest yesterday ............ -19
Lowest last night ........... -23
Precipitation .,....
Highest wind velocity ..~e.... Ia
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Saturday. Not so cold
Saturday.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Saturday. Not so cold Saturday
west portion.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
An extensive area of unusually
high pressure, with it's crest over
the northern Rocky Mountain region,
covers the entire United States.
This high pressure area is accom-.
panied by low temperatures in all
sections. Temperatures were below
zero from the Great Lakes region
to the western slope of the Rockies
and as far south as Kansas in the
Plains States. Except for little
widely scattered precipitation, the
weather is generally fair in all Sec
tions.
Orris w. Roberts, Meteorologist.
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TWO ENTER
DEMURRERSTO
INDICTMENTS

Oklahoma City, Jan 4.-John A .
Whitehurst and Ed Alspairs, plesi
dent and secretary respectively OF
the state board of agriculture, en-
tered n joint demurrer to n grand
jury indictment returned last week
charging them with conversion o,
state funds. The demurrer was tt
be argued at once. Whitehurst had
previously announced he would take
no action to block his trial and had
asked that the hearing be held a,
soon as possible.
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Bible lessons for little folks III
Sunday school are similarly poi.
trayed.
"Once l drew pictures of murder
scenes and political aspirants in the
.old days of newspaper work when
there were no photographers to ham
die assignments" he says.
"But after meeting righteous
man in Chicago who was living hap
PLY in the ways of God, decided to
follow in his footsteps and entered
the ministry.
"That was in 1899. Since then l
have employed my talents for the
Master alone.
81 am very happy. would have
no other calling"
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BY NEA Service.
Canton, o., Jan. 4 REV. Ernest
J. Pace here literally is drawing
souls to salvation.
Folks hereabouts call him the
"cartooning minister"
Once newspaperman, Rev. Pace
abandoned Journalism to work for
God.
But his old training as an artist
on publications in Chicago and other.
cities continues to stand him in gooo
stead.
His Sunday sermons are illustrat-
ed with magic lantern slides made
from cartoons of his own creation
These are thrown on a screen near
the pulpit in First United Brethren
church of which he has charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04
SEIZE HUGE
DRUG CARGO

st. Paul, Jan. 4.-Seizure of $780,
900 worth of contraband opium on
Great Northern train here Tuesday
was disclosed today by federal agents
who declared that the seizure re-
vealed that rum runners are inter-
ested in narcotic smuggling on a
large scale in this section.
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sCHALK sTlEL BEST

Despite the fact that he is slip
ping, that he had poor year at the
bat and his throwing arm isn't quite
as good as it used to be- Ray SchalA
is still about the most valuable
catcher in the American League.
Wonderful mechanical ability back
Of the bat and a great head tel.
the story.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS
COAL MINER INJURED

Beulah, N. D., Jan. 4.-John Bisc,
coal miner employed in the Sailer
workings near BeulaIh, N. D., is re-
covering from serious injuries sus-
tanned when he advanced into a
mine room to inspect one of three
charges of dynamite which delayed
in exploding until he was Within a
few feet of it. With one leg brok
>en below the knee, blinded and SUI
fering from serious cuts and con-
tusiOns, Bisc crawled 600 feet to a
scale house to secure help.
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PIONEER WOMAN, pAsSES

Ft. Yates, Jan, 4.-Cancer caused
the death at Kenel of Mrs. Winfield
Vermillion, well-known pioneer wo-
man. She was the daughter Of Sam
McElderry, an early representative
along the Missouri Of the Hudson
Bay Co.
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YOUTH DIES

Almont, N. D., Jan. 4.-Hermal|
aged 8, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joh
Hanson, passed away Friday mornin|
at three o'clock. He was born Seal
tember 8; 1915. His death wal
caused by appendicitis. He is sui
yived by i've brothers and two sill
teu and his parents.
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ON SPECIAL DEPOSIT

The First State Bank of Beulah
has been placed on special deposit.
The banks capital is $4,000. surplus
$1,000 and deposits 100000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-04

Pekin, H., Jan. 4.--(By the A.
P.)-Bodies of 90 workmen stiil be-
lieved buried in the wreckage Of the
Corn Products plant may never bt
identified even if they are recovered,
according to the prevailing opinion
here at noon. Only two have been
taken from Che ruins, one of them
mangled and burned beyond recogni-
ton.
The body of Lee Harding. foreman,
was identified. but it was explained
the explosion may have caught him
outside the building or may have
blown him out beyond reach of the
heaviest wall.
Snow started falling at 10 O'clock,
adding to the difficulty encountered
by the searchers. Enough of the
debris on the car tracks, however,
had ben removed to make space for
two derricks, which began work at
noon. They are tackling the heavi-
est pile which is over the packing
room in which most of the missing
men were working
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BITTER COLD
IN NORTHWEST
CONTINUED
May Ease Up Slightly on
Saturday-34 Below at
Prince Albert, Canada

St. Paul. Jan. 4.-Biting cold
gripped the northwest today,
with Minot reporting the lowest
temperature, 33 degrees below
zero. Fargo and Grand Forks
both reported 25 degrees below.
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20 BODIES ARE
BURIED UNDER
FACTORY RUINS
May Never be Recovered Be-
cause They Are Buried,
Burned and Mangled,
Belief
~ -
ONE. is IDENTIFIED
Foreman Believed to Have
Been Blown Out Beyond
Reach of Fall of
Walls
ONE. is IDENTIFIED

Pekin, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-Unofficial
reports at noon today were that a
total Of seven bodies had been
recovered from the ruins Of the
Corn Products Company plant.
Five of these were said to have
been found under the box cars
from which screams were heard
for more than three hours after
the explosion hurled tons Of
brick and steel onto these cars.
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DOESN'T 1T BORE YOU FRANTICS"

Really though. ercept Eow. look and then
doesn't bore you frantic? The vhole thing
hiHg-the sort of people are9"
Il don't knOw any Of you very weH he said. lamey I'm
not bored uow"
"You keep going she said from you quite
thinking that fes going open SOMEHOW like door. and
then day you up realize you're HtyfUe So
that 1t doesn't open at all there isn't any
to the thing you're And then you hear about somebody whos
been shut up. aRying: somebody uhole worTs
GGys been open And you try get people tell you
him John and Jimmy Wallace Henry Margaret
Ndgqr funny about You wondcr wha that kind Of free
dom feels like. should think you'd % she looked around
him suddenly uih you kHow like big somehing
that finds itself shut up pasture With the Hosteins
whom story
Daughter"
bottom Violet Williamson Of millionaire
backing Joe
wife who planning him.
Beatrice, whom
individual
Of
other with results that lead
for nsce Joes 100 efficient
Individual story
beyond question craftsman in .he CEN
Andh life stty
lie WRITING
Mer.vn
who also achieved popularity
(19o1) big other Joint
Of
he complete
And
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this. genially, over the lunch-table? ?
He pulled himself up with jerk
and shot glance at his stenographer.
Had his moment of panic been legible
to her in his face? But she was gaz-
Ing out nowhere In the sort of trance
that Is one of the accomplishments Of
her profession.
whats the last thing / said?" he
demanded. Then as the girl started
to read. NO, give me the whole thing
from the beginning"
He didn't need 1t, but he did need
another minute or two In which to
take possession Of himself. Tha, fear
that damnable black dog Of a fear,
had skunk at his heels since his first
day ut the bank.
II had been natural enough at first,
when he was bruised and bewildered
by sudden tragic change in the
whole prospect of his life John had
given him this job out of charity, or,
If you preferred putting it so. by way
| Of meeting 6I obligation he had as
sumed on marrying into the Craven
family. He'd come into the bank as
a lame duck.
There was, though. no reasonable
| doubt that he stayed and advanced on
his merits All the evidence leaned
that way. But the fear persisted.
Not. of course, as a constant cOmpan-
ion. There were days, weeks of them
together sometimes. when he never
thought of it. But at some triaIng
enigma. fancied very likely, in the
conduct of one OF his superiors. some
conversation unavoldably half over
heard some smile that he felt glanced
his way, the thing would seize him
like spasm Of pain from an injured
nerve
He knew It was weakness He
made valiant attempts to conquer 1t.
He grew ashamed of it. He devel-
oped the corollary fear that 1t would
be discovered.
His latest promotion had. he'd sup
posed, worked cure. An assistant
cashier was one of the officers of the
bank. "If ever they make me an OFF,
cer." he'd said to himself thousand
times, then I'll know I'm safe" And
indeed, during the three months since
1t had occurred, he'd been breathing
deeper. iG1uriating in a new security.
But now, for no better reason than
that his Cousin John had invited him
to lunch, he was quaking at the pit OF
his stomach like a schoOiboy who's
been told to report to the principal.
1t was absurd. A desire came flooding
over him as he sat upon that straight
chair in John Williamson's outer Of
fce-a passionate desire to do some
thing unexpected, wicked quite posi-
bly,, but successful. immense; to the
effect that telephone girls should
stand in awe of him and private sec
reta-ies treat him with respect.
Through an open transom Henry
| could hear loud laughter as heavy
voice rumbled through story and his
anger. that he should be kept waiting
under such circumstances, rose. He
was about to have the girl telephone
to John that he was waiting when the
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cents Of Vanity Fair. ut would be
much more amusing"
81 call that" Henry grumbled, after
he had closed the door behind them,
IAN Internal outrage. Oh. not your
going out to dinner !" he added, for he
had caught look in his sisters face
that startled him. II meant the way
she's trying to spoil that lovely child,
John said today that seventeen was a
devilish age. He's wrong. It's thirty
eight that is."
Il didn't suppose yOu meant about
the dinner" she said, her voice com.
Ing rather fiat, land suppose you did
mean Dorothy. But there was lust a
chance, / thought. that you reseIted
the way John had treated you"
"John In offering me the new Job,
you mean! That's because you don't
know about it yet. Violet spoiled
things. rather, making me tell It back
ward. It's ten thousand u year, Peg,
to begin with-stock in the company
Independence again, If the thing goes
right-something like old times"
She asked him abruptly, when did
you first hear about this?"
"Why-just today ct lunch You
don't think I'd keep thing like that
from you. I'm sorry l told Violet first
but 1t came up naturally. somehow,
and then l took it for granted that
she'd know anyway"
And you accepted 1t finally-right
there at the lunch-table?"
mo. of course not. AS matter of
fact. John didn't ask me to. He knew
I'd want to think it over-talk It over
with you"
How long did he give you to de-
cide?" she asked.
wen, the meeting Is tomorrow aft
ernoon," said Henry, and all the wind
went out of his sails on the admission.
Iheyll want to know before then.
told John I'd call him up in the
morning."
That's what I thought you might
resent. Her voice fattened down
upon the words and. as she'd turned
away from him, they were hardly
audible.
don't feel I'm being unduly hur-
ried'' he assured her. "if that's what
you mean. I've already decided, un.
iessa you've some serious objection to
urge, that I'll take It."
You haven't decided anything" she
contradicted. you haven't had anv
chance to decide. You don't know
Whether the process works or not.
oont believe you know whether it's
ever been tried or is lust a theory
'ohns decided 1t for you. He's going
10 take f1ier. He can afford to lose
US well as not He's used you like a
pawn In game Of chess-pushing you
IN. 1t won't matter to him whether
you're taken or not"
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(Henry noted how she had evaded US
ing any term OF address) ITS nearly
that now, and you haven't done your
errand yet"
I'm having dinner tomorrow
night" Violet explained to Margaret.
'and as things have turned out. I'm
simply gorged with men. Can l -teal
you away from Henry? It's going to
be frisntfully dull, I'm afraid"
Margaret thought she could come.
Dorothy had come over to Henry
and offered him her hand. "for luck
He retained 1t as he turned to her
mother and asked, How about an
even exchange7 Or wouldn't 1t be
proper? Or are you going 10 COM
mandeer Dorothy, toof"
Yes, It's all right" Margaret said,
from her desk in the corner. Love
to! Seven-thirtyT
"Oh. Dorothy's perfectly-unattain-
able" Violet told Henry. shes din
ing and dancing somewhere tomorrow
night. | don't in the least remember
where. All know is I accepted eleven
invitations for her for Easter week.
I'm desolated that ! can't dine with
you" Dorothy cried in the best ac-
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CHAPTER |
The Pawn.

On the face of II. John Wllliamson's
Invitation to lunch was nothing that
Henry Craven need especially won
der. let alone worry. about 1t was
unusual-Henry couldn't remember,
indeed. that 1t had ever happened be
fore in Just these circumstances-but
surely one needn't feel on that account
that there was anything oniAOus
about 1t. The manner Of giving 1t had
been little Overbearing, perhaps
high-handed. anyhow. But that was
John WilIamson's way. and no doubt
his place in Chicago's financial world
entitled him to 1t.
Henry had been debating letter
around eleven O'Clock this was-when
one of the hunks more Important Gus
toners spoke to him from across the
marble rail. Evidently the man didn't
care to come inside, so Henry went to
the rail TO see what was wanted. His
telephone rang while he stood talking
with the customer and. of course. his
stenographer answered IL. He heard
her say. "Yes. Mr.. Williamson" And
then. Hes right here. Sha'n't | call
him?" But John, evidently. hadn't
thought Il necessary to walt, even a
minute. There was another pause
while she made notation on q pad
and finally, VERY well. Mr.. William
son. I'll tell him"
What Henry's stenographer had
written on her pad was: BE at J.
W.'s office at twelve-thirty. Lunch"
No "ifs" at all. Not even an "if pos
sible"
Well, of course there were no ifs"
John was one of two or three Olym-
plans who. among their other cloudy
vast affairs, directed the policies of
this great bank, in which his cousin
by marriage, Henry Craven, after six
teen years of faithful service. had re-
GENTLY been promoted to be one of the
assistant cashiers. Naturally. then. If
John wanted him for any reason, big
or little. Henry would come.
1t was unlikely, wasn't 1t, that the
thing was of any serious Importance?
1t mightn't be business matter at
all. some little domestic problem or
other. Violet (she was Johns wife
coming next week 1t was possible
that Henry's cultivated taste was 60
ing to be requisitioned to pick out
present for her. Only would John
have wasted IA priceless lunch hour
the most important hour of his hard
driven uay-upon a trifle like that? 1t
was inconceivable. The lunch-table
was just where men like John talked
over and arrived at their major de-
cisions.
Yet what major decision of Jchn's
could imaginably concern Henry? I'm
less-unless 1t was question of Hen
rvs own Job in the bank. They weren't
going to promote him again; they'd
just done that. But suppose-suppose
they felt he hadn't made good. and
had decided to do the other thing.
Wouldn't 1t be broken to him Just like
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You're tho only stenoorapher
In the world" he said.
tTo BE CONTINUED,

a mean man usually fejoices BE-
cause Of his meanness.