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The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
NEW TAX RULE
IS ADOPTED BY
COMMISSIONERS
Would Accept Original Tax
Plus Six Per Cent Interest
on Delinquencies
TO TAKE ROAD BIDS
Maintenance Work Is Planned
Again This Year-Bids
To BE Taken March 5
TO TAKE ROAD BIDS

The county commissioners, in meet
ing yesterday afternoon, passed a
resolution offered by Commissioner
Axel Soder providing for a rcduc-
tion of delinquent tan penalties.
The resolution offered by Commis-
sioner Axel Soder provided 'that until
March /, 1925, the county treasurer
be authorized and directed to accept
the original tax plus per cent from
date of sale where had in full settle
ment of all real estate taxes of 1922
and all prior years on taxes due Bur-
leigh county, subject to such change
as to time that this resolution shall
b. i'm effect before March l, 1925, as
may hereafter be determined by this
board"
The resolution was carried with
Commissioner Sodcr, Moynier and
Swanson voting "aye."
The plan was adopted by commits
sioners with view Of enabling many
now badly delinquent to hold on te
their lands, it was said.
The commissioners also decided tt
advertise for bids for road mainten
ance again this year, bids to be takel
on March S. The proposed mainten
ance work is from this side of Men
oxen to the Kidder county line OF
the Red Trail, from Bismarck to Will
ton and from Wilton east to the Kid
der county line on the Ignite High
way.
The commissioners also decided t.
advertise for bids on election sup
plies.
The body refused the request o
E. A. Hughes to settle taxes for sey
eral thousand dollars less than tn
supreme court decided his utilit
should pay.
The commissioners instructed tn
county attorney to take such steps a
may be necessary to assist in recov
ering inheritance tax from the Alex
ander Mckenzie estate.
Effort is being made to collec
county seed liens. County Audito
johnson is sending blank to man.
owing for an assignment of the hal
, insurance on the land, stating tina
"as the county still holds seed lie
against your land it is compulsor
for you to make this assignment tina
) the eouhty's equity in your crop b
| protected"
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
NEW SALEM
DAIRY CIRCUIT
HASG GOOD YEAR
Average Return of Each
Member of the Dairy Cir
cult for Year $2,518.52
STOCK SALES HELP
Many Purebreds in AssOcia.
tion-Other Receipts Out
side of Dairying

The New Salem Holstein Circuit
has completed another profitable
year, according to the report of the
supefintendent of the circuit.
The circuit has l6 members. High
lights of the superintendent report
include:
Pounds of milk produced, 1861
S57.
Pounds butterfat produced, 60,444.
Value of butterfat produced, $685.
| 951.35.
Cost Of feed, $6,999.6l.
Profit, $l8,951.74.
Average pound milk per cow, 6,468.
Average pounds butterfat per cow,
234.
Profit per cow, $73.49.
Average per member returns for
butterfat, $l,621.95.
The receipts Of the members was
| increased by sales of stock. The
| stock total receipts for bulls sold was
$4,211, an average per head of $7O.1S,
and total receipts for females sold
was $9,440, the average per head for
females being $132.95.
| The total receipts from surplus
stock sales were $14,346, and the total
receipts from sales Of surplus stock
and butterfat was $4O,297.35.
The average return for each men,
Der Of the circuit was $2,518.52.
The members of the association do
general, truck and garden farming
and also raise some other stock, sc
that in several instances the mem
bcrs of the circuit realized handsome
returns on the operation Of their
farms for the year. The growth OF
the association and it's reputation is
reflected in the sales Of stock al
good prices.
Members Of the New Salem circuit
are going stronger into purebrec
stock. There are 258 individual rec.
ords kept during the year. The mum.
ber of purebred cows in the record
was 228. There is a total Of 34s
purebred females in the circuit, in
i, clr ding calves. Seventy-one females
and 60 bulls were sold during the
year by members Of the circuit.
The highest producing farm is thai
of John Christensen, with 215,099.!
pounds of milk, 6,957.7 pounds of but
terfat, with total value of $2,996.6s
and cost of feed of $913.47.
The members of the circuit az
John Christensen, Frank Gaebe, Viii
liam. Meas, Henry Klusmann, Chas
Holle, Henry Schwarting, Henr!
Holle, John, Fred and Charles Klus
mann, Dick Wilkens, Fred Michaels
n. w. Kroeger, Dick Meyers, Ed
Tellman and Fred Kroeger.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
GAS PROBE
is ORDERED
Federal Trade Commission
Takes Immediate Action

Washington, Feb. 9.--Notice OF an
immediate investigation by the fed
eral trade commission of the cause
for increasing gasoline prices in
South Dakota was transmitted to
President Coolidge by the commits
sion.
Houston Thompson, chairman of
the commission sent this letter to
the president:
"Your letter Of February 7th trans
r,itting wire of February 9Th from
the governor Of South Dakota asking
that the commission make an imn1e-
date investigation Of the gasoline
situation was received and presented
to the commission.
an reply have been requested
to say that the commission will make
an immediate investigation Of the
conditions described by Governor
McMaster."
Mr.. Coolidge also delegated the de-
partment of justice to inquire inrc
| the charges Of Governor McMastel
that the interests allied with the
Standard Oil Company had ccrnered
the oil supply and thereby were in.
creasing prices without justification
D
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
SEVEN KILLED
TRAIN:HITS
MOTOR TRUCK
Six Newsb0ys, Returning
From Party For Them,
Are Among Those Killed


Milwaukee, Feb. "a man and
six newsboys were killed and anoth-
er boy injured, perhaps fatally, when
speeding Northwestern train crash
ed into a Journal Company truck at
St. Francis, five miles south Of Mil
waukee, last night.
Bodies of victims and debris from
the demolished truck we're strewn
along the track for approximately
600 yards. First reports were that
the automobile became stalled on the
track but later it was said that the
cause of the accident was not known.
The boys were returning from par
ty in Cudahy.
Pathetic evidence Of the joy imme-
diately preceding death was disclosed
is the clothing of the dead. Crushed
apples, oranges and candy were
found in the pockets of the victims
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
PROHIBITION
OF TAX FREE
ISSUES LOST
House Of Representatives
Kills 1t, 247 to 1873, After
Two Days of Debate
HELD FINAL DEATH
House Adopts One Amend
ment Requiring Ratification
of Amendments in Z Years

Washington, Feb. 9.-~Thc house
defeated a resolution proposing to
prohibit its issuance Of tax exempt
securities.
The vote, which came after two
days of debate, was PAT to l33 or 70
less than the required two thirds.
Republicans with seventeen cxcep-
tions, voted for the resolution as did
60 Democrats. Before the final vote,
the house rejected 208 to lG7, mo-
tion by Representative Steagall. De-
mocrat, Alabama, to recommit the
measure for an amendment which
would have deprived states of the
right to tax bonds issued by the fed
eral farm loan board.
One Amendment Carries
The only amendment adopted was
one by Representative Moore, DEM
ocrat, Virginia, to require ratifica-
Although the amendment was ask
ed by President Coolidge and Secre-
tary Mellon, it was not taken into
consideration. in the tax revision
program recommended by the treas
ury and its defeat will have no eff
feet on the tax bill already reported
by the ways and means committee
Mr.. Mellon has estimated there was
approximately ,0O0,000,000 out
standing in tax exempt securities.
The measure was attacked by de
bate by many Republican leaders, and
supported by some Democrats.
Past House Last Year
Representative Longworth, of Ohio
Republican floor leader, charged in
the debate that opposition to the
amendment was political, pointing
out it had passed the house last yeal
by substantial majority. -
"Next week you Democrats will b,
voting for prohibitive surtax rate,
Mr.. Longworth declared, "but today
you will vote to maintain a situation
which offers escape to those wht
would have to pay those high rates.
! Representatives Garrett of Tenne
see, and Oldfield of Arkansas, Demo
cratic floor leader and whip, respec
lively, denounced the resolution al
an invasion of states rights and un
fair to states and cities planning
public improvements in their bond
would be taxed whereas similar i'm
provements in the past had beel
made on tax free securities.
The vote, in the opinion of lead
ers, effectually kills the amendmen
so far as this session is concerned.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
CLAIMS WOMAN
ADMITTED SHE
KILLED AGENT
Newspaper Story Says Wit
ness Will Testify, Clear
ing Up Hold-up Case
DENIAL HAD BEEN MADE

Chicago, Feb. "a statement that
Katherine Baluk Malm, under indict-
ment with her husband Otto Malm.
for Staying Edward Lehman, a
.watchman, on November a. told him
that she killed Richard c. Tesmer,
insurance agent, during a holdup last
June, has been made by William c.
Jewell, theater employe, according to
copyrighted article in Chicago's
Chicago Herald and Examiner. The
woman denied the charge and de-
clared she was in Battle Greek when
Tesmer was killed by smiling girl
bandit. jewell said she visited him
on the night of the killing, accord
ing to the Herald and Examiner.
Disclosure of the alleged confes-
sion was made by the newspaper
after eight months of search and in
vestigation by it's reporters who
took up the case after the police
were unable to develop any substan-
tial clues.
Fred Thompson, indicted for the
murder, and who admitted having
! posed as woman for ID years, was
acquitted although identified as the
girl bandit by Mrs. Tesmer, widow OF
the holdup victim.
Katherine Malm surrendered after
her husband confessed they had kill
ed Lehman when he intercepted
them in an attempted burglary. Mean
while detectives had arrested Beck a:
the woman burglar. She confessed
and complicated Walter Bockelman
who denied the shooting. Later tn
Beck woman repudiated her confes
sion. She and Bockelman were ais
indicted for the killing and are beini
held for trial. Before he denied Leh
mann is said to have directed tn
authorities to get Bockelman.
Malm was arrested several week
later during an attempted store rob
berry. He is said to have confesse
the Lehman killing and named hi
wife, who fled to Indianapolis. Th
Herald and Examiner reporters trace
her there and her arrest was imm
nent when she returped to Chicag
and surrendered in order to see he
baby, left with her mother.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
CITY JUVENILE
BAND SOON TO
MAKE IT'S BOW

Rehearsals are progressing
nicely and members Of the Ju1-
emile Band are working diligent-
ly to make the first municipal
band concert, to be given in this
city q grand success.
Next week daily rehearsals
will be held, preparatory to their
debut ,at the matinee prefOrm-
ance at S:45 p. m. and again at
s o'clock Thursday. February IA
1t the City Auditorium. The pro-
gram will be. announced next
week and q full house IL expected
to greet the youngsters.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
FORKS PLANT
SOLE SURVIVOR

Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 9.-Out of
eight packing plants established at
various points in the northwest at
about the same time six years ago,
the Northern Packing company's S
plant at Grand Forks is the only one
now operating, according to the re-
port Of c. w. Graves, secretary OF
the company at the annual meeting
Of the stockholders Thursday.
The report showed that the plant
handled 25 per cent more tonnage in
1928 than in 1922. r. B. Griffith was
reelected president Of the company
and Mr.. Graves was reelected secre-
tary.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
TROOPS OUST KHAN IN HERRIN
FIVE NEGROES
BEING HELD
FOR KILLING

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 9.--On insiruc-
tions from Governor Whitfield, five
negroes held in Jail ut Raymond in
connection with the killing of Mrs.
Nellie Mardiss, formerly of Chicago,
ut Smith station Wednesday night,
were brought to Jackson late last
night and placed in jail. This ac-
ton, it was announced, was taken as
precautionary measure to insure
their safety.
Mrs. Mardiss was stabbed to death,
her body being found by her broth
cr in store she operated. A large
knife was beside the body and
bloody hand prints were found in the
store
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
NOBLEWOMAN Is THIEF

London, Feb. "a lady Of the no.
bility was fined $50 in Marlebone
police court here the other day for
shoplifting.
A woman detective testified she
had seen the lady slip three pieces
of ribbon, needle case and bottle
1 & perfume in her bag while in a
department store.
The defendant declared she had
picked up the articles and intended
to pay for them later, but becoming
hungry, went out to luncheon be-
! fore she went to the cashiers desk
But her a1ibi made no impression
upon the magistrate.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
TRY WOMAN
FOR MURDER

Devils Lake, N. d., Feb. O.
Mrs. Ursula Smith, accused in Nc.
Kenzie county of having poisoned
her husband with strychnine will
be tried for first degree murder
before Judge c. w. Buttz at the
March term of district court in this
city, which opens on March 3. Mrs.
Smith, who is now out on $4,000
bail, has secured change of venue
from Mckenzie to Ramsey county.
This will be the first murder case
to be tried here in over two years,
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
GETS RIBBON

New Salem, N. D.. Feb. 9.-Henry
E. Backsen of youngstown, received
his ribbon and check for two dol
lars this week that he won at the
Bismarck Corn Show. The ribbon
was won on corn sent to>the show; is
nicely printed thus:e "North Dakota
Corn Show, Bismarck, Jan. 22-23-24; /;
3rd Prize, Class C, Lot IL Corn g."
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
REAL EGG ORDER

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 9.-An
Aberdeen firm has been called up
on to provide for the handling OF
$36, 900 worth of eggs to be gather
ed from farms in the vicinity OF
Linton, N. D AS a cash crop TINS
sets a'reconA for anything the Abb
erdeen territory has brought forth
in single order for some time.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
TRAPPED IN THE ALPS.

Paris, Feb. 9.-An eagle measuring
nearly IL feet from wing tip to wing
tip was caught alive at Meolans in
the Alps. A few days before its cap
ture the bird was seen to swoop
down on a goat and kill and eat it.
A trap was set and baited with
goats carass, and when the eagle
returned he was captured.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
SNOW PREDICTED
IN NEXT WEEK

Washington, Feb. 9.-Weather for
the week beginning Monday:
Upper Mississippi Valley consider
able cloudiness. Probably occasional
SHOWS over north and rains or SHOWS
over south portion. Frequent alter
nation in temperature.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
SEPARATISTS
} EVACUATE

Mayence, Germany, Feb. 9.-(By
the A. P.)-The separatists this
morning vacated the public buildings
in Mayence which they have been
holding for sometime. The evacua-
tion apparently was made in agree
ment with the functionaries Of the
old regime who entered from one
side as the separatists left from the
other. !
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
DE LA HUERTA
PLANS ''C0ME
BACK" ATTACK
Rebel Leader Believed to be
at Hermosa Planning to-
Renew His Fight

Mexico City, Feb. 9.-(By radio Ft.
Worth Star Telegram, by the A. P.)
--latest reports regarding the
whereabouts of Adolpho De La Huer-
ta, rebel chief who fled Vera Cruz
this week, are that he has arrived
at Frontera, Tabasco. Apparently
Villa Hermosa has been made the
headquarters of the rebel govern
ment at Tabasco and is virtually con-
trolled by revolutionists.
The rebel advance against Vera
Cruz is continuing with General
Martinez forces reported to be with
in 81 miles Of the port. An att; ck
against TERRA Blanca is being or
ganized but is not expected to take
place until all conditions favor its
success.
No official details were available
today regarding operations on the
western front. However, Irapuatc
specials, report that the federals are
only awaiting the return of General
Obregon from LaPiedad to begir
storming rebel positions.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
9 C0MPANIES
OF GUARD IN
ILLIN0ISCITY
Riot Follows Raids by ku
Klux Men on "WetS'-Ku
Klux Takes City Hall
CONSTABLE KILLED
One Man Dies and Two 9th.
ers Injured When Anti.
Klansmen Storm Meeting

Herrin, Feb. 9.-(By the A. P.)--
Herrin, scene of the miners riot Of
1922 was taken over by state troops
today as a result Of Il near riot last
night between "wets" and "drys" in
which a constable was killed and
deputy sheriff wounded seriously.
The trouble is u result Of whole
sale dry raids which have been con-
Quoted in this (Williamson) county
recently by reputed members Of the
Ku Klux Klan,' led by F. Glenn
Young, paid employe Of the Klan. A
meeting of the Knights Of the Flam-
ing Circle, an anti-Klan organization,
was in session when a crowd stolm-
ed the hall. The shooting followed.
Ceaser eagle. constable, who had
been issuing the warrants on which
the "drys" conducted the raid, was
shot dead. John Lehman, deputy
sheriff, who with Sheriff George Gal
ligan went to the anti-Klan meeting
to demonstrate with the conferees to
disperse and go to their homes in
the interest of peace was shot. He
was taken to local hospital by May
or c. E. Anderson and Ora Thomas,
an anti-Klansman, and the trio is
being guarded at the hospital by na-
tional guardsmen.
Rush Policemen
Five companies of troops had ar
| rived this forenoon. The crowd
which visited the meeting hall of the
anti-Klansmen were headed by three
of the four policemen of Herrin and
when shouts of lynch EN-" string
| 'em up" were heard Sheriff Galligan
commandeered an automobile and
rushed the trio to Murphysboro to
protect them. The three are: Chief
of Police John Ford and Policemen
Harold Grain and Sim Stephens.
| Before the arrival of the troops
the raiders, armed with revolvers and
shot-guns, patrolled the streets with
Herrin denying passage to anyone
they considered Suspicious" All
unable to give the Klan password
we're searched for weapons.
Before attacking the hospital the
mob put out the street lights SO
that those within the institution
could not see to aim.
A number Of the patients in the
hospital became panic stricken and
were reported as highly nervous to-
day. A number of windows in the
hospital were shot out and the build
ing showed other "battle scars" such
as bullet-punctured drain pipes.
As the trouble in Herrin was at
its height Leonard Sterns, deputy
circuit court clerk and son Of Cy.
clops Sam Sterns was fired on as he
was riding in an automobile in Ma
rion, the county seat.
A bullet grazed his back but he
was not injured seriously.
An automobile owned by Johr
Whiteside, also an admitted member
Of the Klan, was fired on at the
same time.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
CLAIMS MILLION.

Washington, Feb. "a new turn
was taken yesterday in the senate
oil investigation with the testimony
of Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher OF
the Denver (Colo.) Post, that Harry
F Sinclair had entered into con-
tract to pay him and his associates
81, 100000 in settlement Of claims
growing out of rights asserted in
the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve.
Senator Walsh. Dem ocrat, Montana,
has told the senate that every YES
tige Of these rights had been denied
by the federal government.
According to Mr.. Bonfils' testi.
mony, the contract was entered into
in Kansas City, after he had sent a
reporter of his paper to the home
of Albert B. Fall in New Mexico te
Investigate rumors regarding the
leasing of Teapot Dome to Mr.. Sin
clair by Mr.. Fall as secretary Of the
interior and after the publication
Of one article in the Denver Pos
Continued on page b
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
OIL INTERESTS
FOR SINCLAIR,
IS ASSERTION
Denver Publisher Declares
That Standard Joined to
Help Him Get Teapot
CLAIMSMILLION DOLLARS
SAYS Sinclair Offered to Settle
After Newspaper Dug
up Story

Washington, Feb. 9-(By the A.
P.)-Charges that Harry F. Sinclair,
+. l.. Dohney and 1.-The Standard Oil
allied companies" conspired to as
sure award of the Teapot Dome Nav
al lease to Sinclair was made before
the senate oil committee by Frederic
Bonfils publisher of the Denver Post.
Continuing his story of his con-
nection with the group that held
contesting claims in the Teapot Re-
serve and disposed of them to Sin.
clair the publisher asserted that in
addition to the payments made to
that group the Midwest and Fio'
neer Companies who aLo had inter
ests in the districts received one mil
lion dollars in oil produced by the
Sinclair Company from Teapot.
Replying to questions by Senator
Walsh, Democrat, Montana, Bonfil'
said that "there was conspirac.
between Dohney and Sinclair and thu
Standard Oil Companies to let Sin
clair have the Teapot Dome as fa1
as they were concerned"
They have no antagonistic in
terests in California" he said, "the!
had no objection to letting Mr. Doh
ney have the Naval Reserve ther'
and they went into the agreemen
along these lines and the leases wer,
granted"
"The Mid West and the Pionee
got million dollars in oil produced
by Sinclair companies on the Teapo
Dome. That l have confirmed.
"The feeling with Sinclair was no
friendly to Mr.. Stack J. Leo STAG
one of those associated with Bonfils.
They treated him like an office bo
and thought they could settle wit
him on any terms agreeable to then
The Pioneer Company kept tellin
him to settle with Sinclair and t
take whatever he would give him.
During his testimony yesterda
the witness said had said he an
Stack, Denver oil man, with H.
Tamen, his partner, and H. +
Schwartz, their attorney, negotiate
a settlement with Sinclair, the pre-
ceeds of which were split four ways
This settlement, he said, took pls.c
before the Post had published a
article attacking the Teapot Dom
situation but had deferred publ;cs
tion of other stories on the same sui
ject because of fear of libel suit
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
GETS ACCEsSIONS?

Ell Paso, Feb. 9.-El Paso adher-
ents of the De La Hperta revolution
ary movement today we're advised
that General Angel Flores and Gen.
eral Robert Madero, commanders Of
federal armies in the state Of Silaoa
have Joined the movement.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-09
FIRE ON HOSPITAL

Carbondale, Ill.,, Feb. 9.-(By the
A. P.)-The hospital in Herrin in
which Deputy Sheriff John Layman
was taken following his shooting
last night was fired upon early this
morning, according to reports re-
ceived here.
Shooting was reported to have
ceased at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
Klansmen are organizing in William
son, Franklin and adjoining counties
preparing for a march on Herrin, It
was reported.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning the
Ku Klux Klan were reported in COM
plete control of Herrin. Patrols
were on the streets refusing entrance
and exist to the city. Thev were re-
ported parading the streets armed
with revolvers, shotguns and weap-
ons Of all kinds. The city hall has
been established as headquarters.
The agitation is said to have GEN.
tered about the disappearance Of
three Herrin peace officers whom
Klansmen said were kidnapped by the
sheriff.
Small Battle Rages
Immediately crowd gathered out
side the hospital and Immediately
began firing into the institution.
Persons inside the hospital responded
to the fire and a miniature battle
waged for a short while.
The first guardsmen arrived from
Carbondalel at a. m. and the "drys"
then established headquarters at the
city hall several blocks from the hos
pital. The guardsmen are patrolline
the hospital to protect the mayor,
Lehman and Thomas.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
SOUND LOGIC.

1t is Our contention that you
can buy quality used cars from
this house of later yearly
models and lower in price. A
comparison of prices by yearly
models in this edition of The
Star will prove that our logic
is sound, and remember-this is
the only place you can buy a
CERTIFIED GOLD SEAL
MOTOR CAR,
Evening star., 1924-08-09
WANTED-sUBURBAN BOARD,

BOARD for a refined lady in a quiet private
home on the Rockville pike or near shady
grounds: best of references given. Address
AIbemarle Apt. col. Phone North 4435.