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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-13
LEAGUE SAYS.
''HANDS OFF,
Denial Made Executive Com.
mittee Acts on Primary

The Nonpartisan League officially
has declared hands off the Repuh-
lican presidential primary campaign,
S. S. Mcdonald, secretary-treasure'
Of the league state executive com.
mittee, declared here today. Mr.. Nc
Donald's statement was made in an
interview when he was asked about
protests made from various sources.
that the league headquarters were te-
ing sused and Roy Frazier, member
of the executive committee, was en-
gagged in conducting the "sticker
campaign for LaFollette.
Mr.. Mcdonald said: THE executive
committee of the Nonpartisan League
in accordance with the action and
instructions of the state convention
has taken no action in the presiden-
tial primary election in sending out
literature or in any bther manner
supporting any presidential candi-
date
The only activity of the committee
in connection with the presidential
primary has been in urging the de-
feat of the election laws and the
bank tax bill"
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MILL CITY FOLK
MUST PAY WATER
BILLS PROMPTLY

The city water department of Bis
marck has adopted rule used in
most other cities having municipal
water plants, that if bills are not
paid promptly the water will be
turned off and charge made for
turning it on again. The following
from the Minneapolis Journal illus
trates the practice in that city:
Several hundred Minneapolis prop
erty owners will be required to, pay
the city penalty of So each be-
fore they can get city water. Crews
of men today continued to turn off
water meters of persons whose water
bills are past due. The So is the
extra fee required for connecting a
meter once it has been turned off
The quarter for which these water
bills are now past due includes Nc,
vember and December, 1923, and Jan
uary 1924
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THIRD MEETING HELD

Lisbon. N. D.. Mar. 13.-The third
Of series of educational meetings
in Ransom county was held at Fort
Ransom a few days ago. Reports on
the last convention of the North
Dakota Education association. which
was held at Bismarck. were heard
and resolutions were adopted reiter-
ating sentiments expressed at pre-
vious meetings, opposing the flax tax
cut plan and favoring change in the
school transportation laws.
A special meeting Of principals of
consolidated and town schools Of
Sargent, LaMoure and Ransom coun-
ties will be held at Lisbon Mar. H.
The fourth and last Of the special
education meetings in Ransom coun-
ty will be held at Englevale. March
Is.
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TELLST0RY0F
MARINES SENT
T0CLEAR DOME
Major General in Charge Tells
of Clearing Away Tres.
passers There
ROOSEVELT CALLED
kOOSEVELT CALLED
Acting Secretary of Navy
Says Department Complied
With Falls Request

Washington, Mar 13.-(By the A
Po-liow American marines clcarc,
| Teapot Dome of trcspassers aftc
that oil reserve had been leased t,
Harry +. Sinclair was described to
day to the oil committee.
Major General lie Jeune, command
ant of the Marine Corps, was tn,
| first witness in this line of inquiry
He said orders for the action wer,
issued by Theodore Roosevelt, thcr
acting secretary Of the navy, who ais,
was called to testify.
This was in July, 1922, General Le
Jeune said, and George Schuler, ther
captain of the Marines, was select
ed after a conference with Secrerar,
Fall to command the detail sent tc
Teapot
Four enlisted men were selected tc
accompany Schuler. who is now tlea-
su,er of New York state.
Roosevelt had ordered, that men OF
"tact and discretion" be chosen, Gen
eral LeJeune said, so as to avoid
trouble.
Mission Accomplished
Schuler telegraphed on August A
that his mission had been accom-
plished. Later Fall wrote the Navy
department commencing Schuler for
his work.
Asked whether he did not regard
this as an extraordinary use of the
Marine Corps the General said he
did not consider that point ut all; he
simply obeyed orders.
Secretary Roosevelt did not recall
anything every clearly" about a pro-
test from the Governor of Wyoming
against employing forces to remove
trespasSers.
On July 30, 1922, Col. Roosevelt
said, he found note from Fall to
the effect that "there were trespas-
sers or squatters on the Dome about
to take oil' from which the govern
ment would get no share.
President Asked 1t
In conversation with him later,
the witness continued, Secretary Fall
said he and the President wanted
some Marines sent to put the people
off the reservation. The Secretary
added that he had not expected Presi-
dent Harding to favor the action be-
cause the man engaged in trespass-
ing was friend of his. This, how
ever, he declared, made no difference
to the resident.
Senator Walsh read into the record
a letter sent to Geo. B. Christian, Sc
cretary to Mr.. Harding, by II. H.
Tammen of the Denver Post, under
date of August l, 1922, characterizing
the situation in Teapot Dome as IAN
awful mess"
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TICKET HOLDERS ACT

Van Hook, N. D., March 13.-Farm-
ers of this vicinity, holding storage
tickets on the closed Van Hook Grain
company, met here few days ago
to discuss means Of realizing on
their vouchers.
1t is planned to form a, corporation
of ticket holders, and then lay claim
to and, take over the elevator prop
erty and other assets. Another meet
ing is to be held to perfect plans.
The elevator has been closed for
about two years, and some farmers
claim practically their entire crop
for the year the elevator. closed is
involved. It is believed that about
40 r:-cent of the ticket amounts
can be realized.
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| Johnson supporter; X. A. Kinzer of
| Litchville. a LaFollette man, and Eric
A. Bowman of Kuhn, who was ncm-
mated for the place by the Republi-
can state committee controlled by the
Nonpartisan League.
Democratic Candidates
On the Democratic ballot the cam
didatcs are r. b. Murphy of Bis
marck, chairman Of the state board
OF administration. and H. Fl. Perry of
Ellendale, who has held the position
for several years. Mr.. Murphy was
nominated at the Democratic conven-
tion held in Valley City at which
State Chairman Gaius Woolcdge was
declared onstcd and james Campbell
of Mandan elected; and Mr.. Perry
was indorsed by conference called
by Mr.. Woolcdge in Minot. They re-
present two factions in the Democra-
tic party.
Presidential Electors
There will be five presidential cleo
tors chosen by each party to go on
the ballot in the fall election when
the President is elected. On the Re-
publican side there are five candi-
dates for electors nominated ut the
Real Republican" state convention.
They are: Allen o. Birchenough,
Edith b. Christianson, Grace Glen
denning, w. S. Jones. Hattie NJ. Nc
Culloch. Five electors proposed by
the LaFollrtte organization are o.
McGrath, Ncls Magnuson, kristian
Continued on page 81
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Follow 10
Wealth Tips
Of Saunders
BY NEA Service

BY NEA Service
Memphis, March 13.-The average
man CAN make million dollars.
And he can do it easily, according
to Clarence Saunders, dethroned king
of the Piggly Wiggly chain of sto, es
Saunders piled up fortune of
/ three million dollars then lost 1T try
ing to buck Wall Street
He signed IA bankruptcy petition
and said. 9TH make all this back in
year or two-and then some."
Saunders, however, is perfectl
willing to let others in on his secret
He lays down 10 commandments
for those who would be his disciI les
Here they are:
Thou shalt work hard, and thou
shalt have confidence in thy own abb
lity.
2-Thou shalt be loyal to th;self
and loyal to thyI fellow. man with
truthful appraisal Of each and every
task and its result.
3-Thou shalt render service to
others, for success and wealth mere
ly is the outward fruits of service
mutually rendered.
DON'T BE SELFISH
4-Thou shalt cast aside selfish
interests. for they are the stumbling
stones to success.
5-Thou shalt forget all thought
of immediate reward for thy indus
try.
6-Thou shalt desire to do, and
thou shalt have the courage to stand
back of thy convictions. no matter
what the price might be.
Thou shalt be impersonal in dis
carding every impediment- personal
or otherwise--in safeguarding every
thing that will promote success.
8-Thou shalt repel illusions of
every kind as they concern the hui
man machine.
9-Thou shalt find personality the
biggest asset or greatest weakness of
any man, for it reflects character
SERVICE FIRST
10-Thou shalt preserve thy bodily
health, mental clarity and spiritual
understanding. for these are the
foundations OF the Gibraltar of Sue
cess
"If you get good idea, pull it to
pieces and then reconstruct it, leav-
ing out the weak points," says Saun-
ders.
"The average man, who sets out to
make fortune, has the idea that he
must get all he can for as little as
possible.
"The only way to gain wealth is to
show the other fellow your PROPOSE
tion Will benefit him.. Make him see
you are giving him bargain and he
is the one who will reap the big
benefit.
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SHAW'S SPEECH
TONIGHT FIRST
COOLIDGE FIRE
Former Secretary of The
Treasury to Give Campaign
Talk in Bismarck
OTHER POLITICAL NEWS

Former Secretary of the Tress,r,
Leslie NJ. Shaw will give to Bismarci
voters tonight a '"close up pictur,
or President Calvin Coolidge. speak
ing IN his support at the presider tia
primary of March 1S. Mr.. Shaw come.
mere from Grand Forks and Mao
where, according to reports. he en-
testalned large audiences with hi
exposition of the situation.
The doors Of the city Audito, inn
will be opened at 7:15 p. m. and al
p. m. Mr.. Shaw will begin speaking
according to the program. The Elks
band will play prior to the speech.
The Bismarck Nonpa1tisan club i.
planning to have a political rally in
Patterson hall on Friday night OF
this week
Opposition to the Fedge farm labor
lien bill appears to be growing. A
letter from B. Olson in the North
Dakota Nonpartisan says in part:
Minnewaukan, N. D.-(Please put
the following in the first issue of
your paper): At the March election
we are asked to vote on the So called
Fedje Bill, or Farm Labor Lien.
This bill looked good to me at first,
so l even got hold of petition and
secured signers on same However.
after careful study Of this measure
l have come to the conclusion. that if
this measure is approved it is going
to do more harm to US farmers tlan
good. This bill goes too far in this.
that it gives to renter a right to
file lien against the whole crop,
both that part that under a contract
would belong to him as we'll as the
landowners part. This would un-
I sdoubtedly work hardship against
the farmers that are renting the
farms they are working, because
there would be no farms to be had
on share.
Under this law the landowner
would be absolutely at the mercy of
the renter because, under a shcrt
crop. the renter, if he wanted to-,
could take the entire crop as his
wages. and leave absolutely nothing
for the landowner to pay taxes. inter-
ests on loans, etc. Common sense
will tell us that this is unfair as the
landowner is entitled. to his share
for the use of his land just as we'll
as the renter is entitled to wages
for his labor.
FOR COOLIDGE
The Pierce county Tribune says in
part:
"Mrs. Howard Wood, wife of the
ex-lieutenant-gov during the
administration of Governor Frazier,
was Rugby visitor Tuesday, in the
interests of the candidacy of Calvin
Coolidge for President. According
to Mrs. Wood, Hiram Johnson is not
considered a real progressive by
many of her nonpartisan friends-in
fact, they consider him to be less
progressive than President Coolidge.
She stated that many of the Nonpar-
tisans remember when Mr.. Johnson
snubbed them few years ago and
called them a "bunch Of fanftics
from North Dakota.
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FIRES BREAK OUT IN UTAH Mine.
HALTINC RESCUE WORK OF CREWS

Castle Gate, Utah. Mar. ia day
and a night Of fighting fire, the
burial of seven victims and the find
ing of few additional bodies. is the
story of the rescue work in mine No
2 of the Utah Fuel Company since
Wednesday morning At an early
hour this morning total of 1870 bod
les had been taken out of the mine
in which l73 p,en were entombed
Saturday morning.
The recovery work, which had been
going on rapidly up Antil Wednesday.
was suddenly halted by the appear
ance of two fires in the mine The
rascuers were forced to give up their
search for bodies and become fire
fighters for the second time since
the explosion. Last evening the two
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fires had been eXtinguished but fresh
fires appeared and the relief crews
turned their attention to the new
menaces.
Because the sprinkling system has
been totally destroyed by the blast.
water must he carried to the fire in
containers from temporary water
lines which had been laid part wav
in the mine.
Danger that the rescue crews might
he cut off by fires led to search
throughout all the old workings and
various fires of minor Importance
were extinguished
Seven bodies were buried in the
little cemetery yesterday, which set
s-Most above the place where the
bodies were recovered.
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TO CAST VOTE
AT MINOT HOME

Governor Nestos will cast his vote
in the presidential primary at his
home in Minot. After speaking i'm
Fargo at w. c. r. U. anniversary
celebration he will go to Harvey to
spend Sunday and speak and then to
Minot to vote Tuesday.
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FIRST TESTIMONY

Washington, March 13.-With an
amazing tale, replete with insinua-
tions, differences and charges, the
committee investigation of At
orney General Daugherty got under
way late yesterday with a cyclonic
tart.
Roxie Stinson, of Columbus, Ohio
divorced wife of Jesse w. Smith of
Washington Courthouse bumper
md friend" and confidant Of the at
torney general who committed sui
ide in the latter's apartments here
4; year ago, was the first and only
illness.
From behind the crumpled folds of
:, tear soaked handkerchief, she sob
Led and murmured sensational
tory that ranged FROM stock trans
actions to motion pictures of the
Harpentier- Dempsey prize fight, all
Of which she insisted were connect
I'd with profits for her husband and
me attorney general.
we Meant Daugherty
In all the accounts of his doings
N Washington which Smith confided
% her, the divorced wife contended
.,gainst all cross examination that
shen Smith said "we,' he meant him.
elf and Daugherty, and that when
he said they" she meant the same
Two men.
Specifically, Miss Stnson testified
;hat Smith had given her 25 shares
Of White Motors stock, which was a
'art of what they had obtained
without any cost; that Smith told
Ter we looked forward to profits
.pproximating $1sO,OOO if it could
re arranged to exhibit the motion
pictures of the Carpenter Dempsey
fight; that Smith had come into
possession of an amount of the stock
# the Pure Oil Company of Ohio,
md that Smith, proprietor of
small town store in Ohio, worth ap-
proximately $l75,000 when he came
Washington in 1921, soon increased
lis fortune to approximately $780,
200.
All this, Miss Stinson said, was
done by I'VE" and they" and she
persisted that the second man Of the
combination always was Attorney
General DAugherty, because she de-
,lared that in all their condolences
Smith never meant anybody else, and
that furthermore when he did, he
mentioned the person specifically by
name,
On Stand an Hour k
Having gone two nights without
sleep, Miss Stinson said she had
exacted promise from Senator
Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, the
committees prosecutor, to keep her
on the stand only an hour yesterday.
She will return and finish her story
if possible today. She was just get
ting down to questioning about "a
mysterious green house, on X Street"
when the committee let her off.
But in the short time, she occupied
the witness. chair theI events OF. the
session resembled carload of
ammunition going off. Senator
Wheeler had a row with Paul How
land, Mr.. Daugherty's chief counsel;
sparks flew from both sides of the
table and Senator Wheeler launched |
into machine gun fusilade of
questioning in which the questions
and the answers flew so fast and |
covered SO wide a ground, that
CONTINUED on page 81 u
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MAC DONALD
VOTE FAILS

London, Mar. 13.-The Macdonald
labor government received setback
in the House of Commons today
when the proposal of j. r. Clynes,
deputy leader in the house, for the
suspension Of the II O'Clock adjourn
ment to discuss the army estimates.
was defeated by vote Of 234 to 207.
The government however does not
consider this total defeat.
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GRAND JURY
STARTSPROBE

Washington, Mar. l3.-Grand jury
proceedings were begun here today in
the case of the two members. of Con-;
gress referred to in recent Chicago
grand jury report ms having improp-,
erly accepted money. Assistant At
torney- General Davis Willebrandt
and Seymour appeared, aided by j.
w. Grim, special assistant in charge;
Of the case, in presentation Of the
evidence G 3iffas 5
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cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. l3.-fBy the
A. P.)-Charging fraud, conspiracy
and illegality the government flied
It's SUIT here today to cancel the Tea
pot Dome lease and contracts,
Ihe governments special counsel
petltloned the United States district
court to three specific thngs:
/. Issue temporary Injunction
stopping OF production.
z. Appoint a receiver to take
charge of the property.
3. Enter final decree cance,,;no
the leases and contracts returning the
property to the government and en-
forcing an accounting
Former Secretary Fall was charged
with making false representations
to the late President Harding" which
resulted in the transfer of the land
from the Navy to the Interior depart
ment. The government denied that
there was any warrant of law for
leasing the lands.
Alleged He Conspired
The bill further alleged that Fall
and Harry +. Sinclair, the latter act
ing for the Mammoth Oil Company
did combine, conspire and confecer-
ate to defraud the United States"
The result of these alleged acts,
the governments bill recites, was to
lease the Teapot lands to the Nam
moth Oil Company at San inadequate,
improper and fraudulent considcIa-
tion.' t,u
Former Secretary DENLY in con-
nection with the transaction is de.
scribed in the governments bill as
Having exercised no discretion" and
his signature is characterized as
merely colorado attempt to evil
dence the compliance by him in it's
terms"
The Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
Company and the Sinclair Pipeline
Company, operating facilities on the
Teapot Dome, were made parties to
The suit as "trespassers" to be eject
I'd, their properties to be taken over
by the receiver
Recites Probe Charges
The bill, which goes over much Of
the ground covered in the senate in
vestigation, recites that former Presi-
dent Harding was without authority
to transfer the land, but did so on
false representations from Fall'
who desired to deal with the laEds
mot in the interest of the United
States but to the advantage, profit
and benefit Of the Mammoth Oil Com
,any and in particular Harry F. Sim
clair"
Fall, the bill charges, knew at the
time the whole transaction was ille-
gal.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Conditions on the weather map
have changed very little during the
past "a hours. The pressure is high
along the northern border and over
the north Pacific States while the
low pressure area is moving of the
Atlantic coast. Moderate tempera-
lures prevail in all sections. Preci-
pitation occurred over the -PiaIns
States and northern Rocky Mountain
region while elsewhere over the west
the weather.is generally fair.
ORRIS, w. ROBERTS, {
Meteorologist.
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Highest wind velocity
WEATHER FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Most
ly cloudy tonight and Friday. sLlttie
change in temperature.
For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy
tonight and Friday. Little change IN
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FALL ASSAILED
BY C0OLIDGE'S
SPECIAL AIDS
Move in Wyoming for Cancel
latiOn of Leases and An
pOintment of Receiver
SINCLAIR ALSO ACCUSED
Charged with Conspiring ID
Gain Possession of Teapot
Dome Illegally

Cheyenne, March l3.-Fcdcral
Judge T. Blake Kennedy today
granted u temporary injunction
hating further development work
by the Mammoth Oil Company
on the Teapot Dome oil reserve.
Judge kennedy named Rear Ad.
miral Joseph Strauss of the
United States Navy and 4. E.
Watts. vice-president of the Sin.
clair Consolidated Oil Corpor-
alton, as joint receivers for the
Teapot Dome property pending
the final outcome of the litiga.
ton. Judge Kennedy granted
the defendant 30 days in which
to plead in answer to the gov.
ernments complaint.
Pipeline and storage facilities
and the pump stations and work.
mems quarters. property of the
Sinclair Pipeline Company and
IL storage tanks belonging to the
Sinclair Purchasing Company are
excepted.
The temporary injunction haIts +
the drilling Of new wells and the
receivers will be directed to drill
only to prevent loss or damage.
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Washington, Mar. 13.-Mrs. Roxie
Stinson, divorced wife of Harry M
Daugherty's confidant, Jesse Smith,
who committed suicide year ago,
again was the star witness today be-
fore the Daugherty investigating
committee.
Senators not only sought to draw
out details of her story of yesterday,
in which she included some astonish-
ing insinuations about Smith and
Daugherty, but made an effort also
to establish new lines Of inquiry in
volving liquor cases. and other mat
ters that were pending in the JUS
tice department.
AS a result of her testimony, Sem
ator Wheeler of Montana, the COM
mittee prosecutor, announced he
would call Edward B. Mclean, pub
Usher of the Washington Post, and
Nal Daugherty of Ohio, the Attor-
aey-Generals brother
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CHARGES MADE
IN DAUGHERTY
CASE RENEWED
Divorced Wife of COnfidant
of Acknowledgement Is
Called by Committee
HEAR INSINUATIONS
Witness Tells Story of Deals
Which She Said Daugh-
erty Entered Into

Washington, Mar. ia direct
statement that Attorney General
Daugherty had told Jesse w.
Smith. his bumper and friend"
that he would prevent prOsecu-
ton for transportation of the
Carpentier-Dempsey fight films
and that the Attorney-G General
and Smith were to receive $780,
600 was the first sensation
sprung today when the senate
committee resumed its investiga-
ton.
ROxie Stinson, divorced wife
of Smith, told the committee that
Smith had told her that he was
the gO-between in the negotia-
tiOns between >pictare companies
and the Acknowledgement.
Smith told her, she said. that
Col. Darden, for years has been
trying to get through some leases
some way through Washington,
prior to this administration"
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WEATHER REPORT
twenty-four hours ending al

For twenty-four hours ending at
noon today.
Tempe rature at a. M. .......... "
Highest yesterday .............. "a
Lowest yesterday ..........,.. 10
Lowest last night .............. ~
Precipitation
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WEATHER FORECAST

Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri
day. Little change in temperature
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The Bismarck Nonpaltisan club is
planning to have political rally in
Patterson hall on Friday night of
this week.