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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
STATE RANKS
! 35TH IN POINT
OF ROAD WORK
But Ranks 18th in Point of
Federal Aid Funds to be
Received in 1926

Although North Dakota ranks thir-
ty-fifth among the states in the un-
ion in point Of funds to be spent by
it's highway department during the
year. it is nineteenth in the list Of
states in point Of federal aid funds
to be received during 1926, statistics
issued by the ". s. department Of
agriculture show.
North Dakota, according to govern
'ment figures, is expected to spend
$5,45O. 900 on roads this year and will
receive S2.5O6, 1920 from the federal
government.
Illinois, with a road program of
SAG, 900 in state expenditures for
the year will receive only $6,674,-
248.7l as federal aid. New York,
with road program Of $35. 100000.
will receive $6,938,224.36 as federal
aid. In that respect it leads every
other state in the union.
Other Northwest States
The amounts to be spent by the
highway departments Of northwest
states in addition to North Dakota,
and the amounts they will receive as
federal aid follow:
State Federal
State Expenditure Aid
Minnesota .$2l, 100000 &c. ,8G3.A4
SO. Dakota -. 100000 1882, 2,672.87
Montana ..... 1,35O,OOO 5,7H,746.27
Iowa .. l3,584.1OS 4,O28, ,63l .4G
Wisconsin !. 2O,97O,OO0 5,l43,634.95
As listed by the federal govern
mcnt, the nations road bill will con-
sist of $59S, ,59O.948 to be expended by
state highway departments; $ll8.768.-
488.42 federal aid and $431 600, 900 to
be spent by various local authorities.
a total of 81 las, ,O55, 1862.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
FORMER WOMAN
DRY OFFICER.
NEAR DEATH
Daisy Simpsons Career
Doomed to Tragic End
in El PasO Hospital
SHOOTS SELF IN JAIL
Was Arrested on a Charge OF
Receiving Narcotics
Thru the Mails

FL Paso, Tex, March 22.-LP)-The
colorful career Of Daisy Simpson
who established a record Of law en-
forccment unique for one of her sex,
seems doomed to a tragic end in an
FL Paso hospital.
With self-inflicted bullet wound
in her abdomen, the 36-ycar- old for.
mer prohibition agent, whose meth
DDS of apprehending dry law viola.
tors were 30 drastic as to bring the
censurc of federal courts upon her
lowered on the verge Of death today
Overcome by the shame of Jail con-
finement after her arrest on a
charge of receiving narcotics through
the mails, she shot herself late Sat
urday night after appeals to her for
mcr associates failed to obtain her
release on bond.
At the time of her arrest Saturday
she gave her name as B. B. Moore
Of Los Angeles. She was not iuent,-
fled as Daisy Simpson until yester-
day.
Note Reveals Plan
A note addressed to Bert Sinkens
of San Francisco, as "the only one l
depended upon" indicated that the
woman planned to take her life. The
note. scribbled on a telegraph blank
read:
II can't stand Jail. The shame has
broken my heart. Dearest, if you
don't want me, the only one de-
pended upon, am ready to die. They
don't know my name.'
Although she had held law enforce
ment assignments in various parts OF
the country, she attracted chief at.
tcntion as dry agent at San Francis
co. She frequently set traps to catch
liquor law vi0iators and led scvssal
spectacular raids. She resigned hel
commission last November.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
NEW METHOD OF
MODIFICATION
is SUGGESTED
Buckncr Would Permit Each
State to Define intOxi-
eating Liquor
MANY SPEECHES GIVEN
Drys Contend Congressional
Elections Are the Rest
Referenda
MANY SPEECHES GIVEN

New York, March 22.--tP)-A flooe
of prohibition discussion has come
with spring. But unlike the balm,
nature of the opening of the new
season there was nothing mild in the
views on the question set forth today
as the result Of busy weekend o1
speeches and statements in various
cities.
The hopes of the vets rose Il Bit
when Emery R. Buckner. federal at
torney in New York city,, suggested
that the law be modified to permi,
each state to define intoxicating
liquor.
Mr.. Buckner's suggestion was made
in an address at Fordham Mano.
church. A similar solution Of the
enforcement problem was proposed
in n statement at New York by Viii.
liam H. Hirst, formerly counsel for
the Brewers association.
Straw Votes Discounted
The board Of temperance and pub
lie morals of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in statement at Washing
ton, discounted results of newspaper
straw votes and asserted that the
drys were ignoring them. The best
referenda on prohibition. said the
board, were congressional elections,
which drys had won with monoton.
GUS regularity by overwhelming ma
jorities."
In New York. the Rev. DR.. James
Epringham, national secretary of tho
church temperance society, which re-
Gently came out for modification of
the Volstead act, told of Disgusting
himself and visiting "speak-easies,"
where liquor could be obtained in all
parts of the country. 1t was this in
vcs1igation. he said, which convinced
him that prohibition was ian ntter
failure"
"Prnhibition has failcd.' he said,
"bcca,lse the people OF this country
never really believed in it,"
Improved Conditions Described
DR.. Lee w. Bcattic. for 23 years 4,
welfare worker on the east side, told
Il congregation ut the Harlem Baptist
church, New York, Of immense i'm
provcmcnt in conditions among the
poor since prohibition. Calls for
charity in his district have virtually
disappeared, he said, since the law
went into effect.
In Washington, the senate judi
ciary committee is to decide this
week whether to hold hearings on
modification bills. A subcommittee
favors hearings, which if given final
approval will start about April 10.
The New York Times, in II special
article today, says that the Pacific
coast has rum row scarcely less
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
GLEN ULLIN
QUINT WINS
TITLE GAME
Defeats COleharbOr By One
Point For The Independ-
ent Championship

In Il game almost as exciting rs
that which determined the state high
school basketball championship at
Mandan Saturday evening, and SINH
lar i'm that victory was won By only
onc-point margin, the Glen Ullin
independent cage quint won the CEN
f~al North Dakota indenendent cham
pionship at Washburn Saturday night
when it defeated the Coleharbor in
dependents. The final score was 2d
10 "a. The champions won the right
to compete in the finals by defeat
ing Mercer. 81 to l3. Saturday morn
ing. after Mercer had taken the open
ing game from Turtle Lake, 26 to IA.
Coleharbor advanced to the finals by
defeating Wilton. 25 to l3, after Will
ton had won from Washhurn, 81 ia
-.
In the consolation match Au.ur,say
night, Mercer won from Wilton, ~ to
10.
Following the tournament the Off
cials picked an all-tournamcnt quint
as follows:
Vogel, Colcharbor, and Wallery.
Glen Ullin. forwards; Finn, Wilton,
center; Sprout, Mercer. and Grewer,
Glen Ulln, guards.
To Play PhantOms
The Glen Ullin team will play the
Bismarck Phantoms at the state
training school gymnasium at Man
dan Saturday evening, to settle all
arguments over the superiority Of
the two aggregations. Each quint
has won one Of their two engage
ments this season, both games re-
sulting in arguments as to the fair
ness Of the officials, the condition Of
the playing floor, etc. Fans inter
ested in the two teams have posted
a 81 900 side bet which will be used
20 pay the expenses Of the winning
team to the national meet in Indiana
sometime next month.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
TODAY IN WASHINGTON

Muscle Shoals committee con
tinucs sessions.
Independent offices bill remains
before senate.
House committee continues farm
relief consideration.
Senate election committee takes
up Steck- Brookhart contest.
Decision on prohibition hearings
is reached by senate judiciary
committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
DELAY ASKED
IN REPORT ON
SCHALL SEAT
Donald Hughes, Counsel Fo,
Magnus Johnson, Has
New Development

Minneapolis, March o. Up 4
pleas to delay final action in the
Schall-Johnson senatorial contest
pending investigation of new de-
velopment, was sent last night to
Senator Charles Deneen in Wash
ington by Donald Hughes. counsel
for Magnus Johnson, former Farmer
Labor senator from Minnesota.
The senate elections subcommittee
Of which Senator Deneen is chair
man, was scheduled to make a re-
port today on hearings it held re-
Gently to investigate charges brought
by Johnson that Senator Thomas D.
Schall Of Minnesota was elected with
the aid of funds from bootleggers.
Mr.. Hughes said he had located
Gale Plagman of Minneapolis, who
was to have been one of the witness
es against Schall but who could not
be found while the hearings were
on,
Claims Witness Was KIDNAPPED
Plagman was arrested Saturday in
Minneapolis on charge Of non-sup-
port as he stepped frof a private
sanitarium. Hughes alleges that
Plagman was kidnapped by five men
who "got him drunk" then drugged
him, kept him prisoner ina hotel, and
finally sent him to the sanitarium
after the committee hearings had
ended.
Johnson's counsel had presented to
the committee an affidavit from
Plagman in connection with Senator
Schalls campaign. Before the hear
ing was over. however, another affi-
davit came, supposedly from Plag-
man. repudiating the former one.
Hughes said today that Plagman had
denied sending the alleged repudia-
tion.
Hughes asked Senator Dcncen to
investigate this development before
the senate takes final action.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
Weather Report


Weather Forecast
For bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Tuesday: moderate tenn
pcratnre.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Tuesday; moderate temperature.
Weather Conditions
A low pressure area extends from
Alberta southeastward to the Missis-
sippi Valley while high pressure
areas are ccntercd over the lower
Great Lakes region and over the
western Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast states. Light precipitation oc-
Cured over the Mississippi Valley
and southern Plains States. Ensettl-
ed weather prevails over the Great
Lakes region and in the Northwest
Temperatures are moderate in all sec.
oRRIs w. ROBRRTs,
Official in Charge
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
WARMEST WINTER ON
RECORD

Today's story emanating from
Chicago. regarding the severity of
the past winter throughout the
middle west, failed to take into
consideration the winter just ex-
perienced in western North Da-
kota and particularly in the Bis
marck territory.
The winter in this vicinity was
the warmest on record. according
to o. w. Roberts. government
meteorologist in charge of the
weather bureau here. While rec
ords kept over period of so
years show that Bismarck's aver
age winter has So nights during
which the mercury drops below
zero. the past winter has regis
tered only l8 such nights. One Of
these was in October when
the mercury touched 3 below on
the 29th, one was on November 7,
when the minimum was 2 below.
five were in December. nine were
in January, one in February and
one in March. The coolest tenn
peraturc of the winter was Is be-
low zero, on January 28. Two
nights showed l2 below, and one
10 below.
The average snowfall in this
section per winter is 35.l inches.
but during the past season the
total snowfall has been 1877
inches. This came as follows:
October. 2.S inches; November.
l.5 inches; December, 81 inches;
January. SO inches: and Fcbru-
ary, 81 inches. The most snow
on the ground at any one time
during the winter was on Febru-
ary 2 when there were five inches
of snow, but this was entirely
gone on February 5. In almost
every instance. one snowfall
would completely disappear be-
fore another one came. and there
was no drifting whatever.
The maximum temperature here
Saturday was 20 above zero and
yesterday the maximum was go
above.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
Y ALLEY CITY
MAN TO HANG AT
IDAHO PRISON
Sentenced to Die on Gall0ws
For Murder Of Herrick,
Idaho, Rancher

Wallace, Idaho, March 22.--lP)--
Lee Foytc, e2, Of Valley City, N. D.,
today is under sentence to die ON the
Rallows at the Idaho state pcniten-
tiary at Boise on May 1S for the
murder of James Montgomery, Her
rick, Idaho. rancher, last December.
Sentence was passed by Judge A.
H. Featherstone, who followed out
tho penalty imposed by the district
court jury which found Foyte guilty
af frat degree murder on February
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
British Soldiers
to Reenact Charge
of Light Brigade

London. March % R) Three
thousand British soldiers will reenact
the charge of the light brigade al
Balaklava, the battle Of Agincourt
and the battle of Hastings in spec
tacular military show at Aldershot in
June.
Each actor in the historic panorama
to be staged at night by the aid Of
powerful searchlights, will be clothed
and armed exactly as were the men
who fought on the fields where his
tory MAS made.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
AGED COUPLE
DIE BUT FEW
HOURS APART
Arkansas Woman Pass
Away at Z a. m. Sunday
Husband Dies at 5:35 p. m.

Memphis, Tenn. March 22.-tR--
After 50 years of happy married life
together, Doctor and Mrs. X. r
James of Cotton Plant, Ark died ir
Memphis hospital yesterday within
a few hours of each other. He was
S5 years old and she was 80.
DR.. james, known as "the wealthiest
man in Woodruff county, Arkansas
died after general breakdown due
largely, his associates declared, IL
the fact he realized his wife was dy.
ing from throat trouble.
Mrs. James died at a. m. DR.
James, told that his wife had died
declared II am ready now.' He sue
cumbed at 5:j5 p. M.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
SPRING HERE,
BUT FARMERS
ARECAUTI0US
Early Spring Not as lmpor
tant as Absence of Sud
den Cold Snaps

Chicago. March %. lR The mid
dlewcst hopes the calendar is right.
that an eagerly awaited spring has
really arrived.
Officially if the red figures on u
calendar may be considered official,
old man winter has now passed on I"
his reward. and flappcr spring has
been holding the weather sccptcr for
several hours. But middlewcsterncrs
have seen other winters pass and
other springs come. and they are
skcptical. Consequently, today saw
most OF the corn belt casting watch
fui suspicious eye on the sky.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
Redwood Trees
Once Grew in the
Missouri Valley

Redwood trees similar to certain
species found in California and other
states west of North Dakota once
grew in the Missouri river valley, al
though none are found there How. ac-
cording to Lewis F. Crawford, secre-
tary Of the State Historical society.
& Crawford bases his opinion on the
finding of q large number Of fossil
ized redwood cones near Cannopball.
Scientific examination Of the speci-
mems disclosed their nature, Craw-
ford said, proving that the redwood
and perhaps, atl1er. species. of conifers
once were native to this state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
Severe Weather
Marks Entry of
Spring in France

Paris, March 22-(P)- The official
entry of spring into France was ac-
companied by bitter northeasterly
wind and frost. which played havoc
with the fruit trees which were in
premature blossom. Snow fell in
many regions. and even the so-called
"Sunny South" was visited by cold
rain
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
RECORD FOR
AUTO DEATHS
ESTABLISHED
Chicago Has IL Such FATAL
ties Yesterday-Many
Others Are Hurt

Chicago. March 22.-LP)-A Chica-
90 record for automobile deaths in
one day-l2-was established here
on the first day of spring. In addi-
tion, more than a dozen persons were
seriously injured in the Sunday acci-
dents, which increased the Cook coun-
ty motor death toll to l69 since jan
uary l.
Fatalities for similar period last
year were 1875.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22

Tungsten is nearly twice as heavy
as lead. -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22

RECEIPTS THIRD LARGER
THAN ANY PREVIOUS MEET
Mandan, N. D., March 22.-lR) In
dications that the 1927 state basket
/ ball tournament would be played in
Continued on page two)
Evening star., 1926-10-04
NEW BRIDGE FAVORED.
Engineer Recommends Span at
Wells Avenue, Edmonston. Nd.

Special Dispatch to The star
EDMONSTON, Nd, October As.
B. Shaw. an engineer, has recon-
mended to the mayor and town council
OF Edmonston construction Of a new
bridge over the stream in Wells ave
nue. here. He believes that a new
structure would cost no more than
would be required 10 permanently i'm
prove the present bridge. Roads in
the town soon will be in good shape,
the road supervisor proposing to re-
roll and round them up.
Mayor ID. Iazen Mcleod has named
Councilman Charles +. Luebner and
w. W. Lewis a committee to draft
proposed amendments 70 the town
charter To he presented TO the 1927
session Of the Legislature next Jan
uarv Sentiment is said to be strong
in the town for bond issue of 1000
or more, the proceeds to be used in
construction of permanent highways.
Nine additional electric lights have
been ordered. three on st. Marys
street. and one each on Charles and
Prince Georges streets, at First ana
Washington avenue. Fourth and
Washington avenue. Second street and
Guy avenue and Fourth street and
Guy avenue.
Evening star., 1926-10-04

There were said to be 30 labor banks
in operation.
The total membership of unions
affiliated with the federation was
shown to have decreased during the
year. For 1925 the number Of union
members enrolled in the organization
was given as 2,S13.910, against 2,S11,-
297 in 1925 and as compared with a
high point in the federation's history,
reached in 1920, of 4,018,740. The
council gave notice Of intention to in
crease organization efforts.
Taking up questions assigned to it
for investigation by previous fedora
ton conventions. the council said that
it's members had investigated the Gov
ernment's citizens military training
camps and found no reason for oppo-
sition to the enterprise.
I'm the Judgment of the council. we
believe it would be advantageous to
all of the boys of the country" the
opinion was expressed. Ito take al
vantage OF the opportunity afforded
them in these camps"
Evening star., 1926-10-04
NO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
AT SESSION OF LEAGUE
Feminine Delegates. However,
Adorn Sex in Their Respective
Professions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 2S.--The As
sembiy of the League Of Nations,
honored last year by the presence of
the Duchess Of Athol. delegate for
Great Britain, offered scant comfort
this year to the admirers of feminine
beauty.
Among the lady delegates, fewer
in number than for several years,
there were lawyers, social workers,
ane one Rumanian poetess None of
these worthy ladies, real adornments
Of their sex in their chosen lines Of en-
deavor. would aspire to the title of
beautiful. Nor do the wives and
daughters of the man delegates add
much to the ensemble. 1t was at first
hoped that the Maharajah of Kapur-
thala would include some Indian bellies
in his encourage, but it developed
that the Indian prince was in Geneva
strictly for empire and league bust
ness.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
LIDO'S RIVALS OFFER
MORE BEACH LIBERTY
Visitors Wear Only Bathing Cos
tunes at French and Span
ish Resorts.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France. Oc-
tober 4.-The Lido has new rivals IN
st. Jean de Luz. Hendaye and seVeraI
smaller resorts on the Basque coast
between Biarritz. In France ana San
Sebastian. Spain.
For several seasons the \enetlail
resort stood alone as the most IN
formal bathing place in Europe. Hotel
guests lounged about all day III thelr
bathing costumes and walked into the
sea whenever the spirit moved them.
Much the same condition now pre-
walls in the smaller resorts OF the
Rasnue coast, which are frequented
bv Spanish and South American visit
ors and are attracting more and more
Englishmen and Americans each
year.
San Sebastian and BiarritZ are both
so formal that bathers are required
TO use bathouses and are not permit
ted to pass through the street III
bath robes.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
Money Given in u. S. for British Miners
Said to Be Cause of Feud In Their Union

could spare, says the Daily Express,
was collected by an unofficial delega-
ton which visited the United states
lust before the official representatives
went there. These unofficial delegates,
it is asserted, among whom were some
Communists. carried letters stating
that they were authorized to collect
funds. but the money they brought
home never reached the federation $
central fund.
Some branches of the federation are
now questioning A. J. Cook, general
secretary of the federation. as to
what has become of the money, says
the newspaper.
Evening star., 1926-10-04

lend money at a nominal rate of in
terest to all those who can profit by
small loans, whether. they be traders
or engaged in other gainful occupa-
tions. Where the applicant is too poor
to pay interest on a loan from the
kassas. it Is possible for him to have
recourse to the "Gemilath Chasodim"
free loan societies), and borrow with
out interest. In the course OF the
last year upward of $4,000 families
Evening star., 1926-10-04

A capsule of radium, valued at $3,-
900, is missing here.
Thirty milligrams of the precious
element were lost a few days ago by
DR.. c. Augustus Simpson, 1910 Twen-
tieth street. The owner noted it's dis
appearance after the departure Of a
patient he had just treated for tumor
Prof. d. II. kapajian Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania yesterday
searched the most likely places where
the capsule might be found with a
delicate instrument capable Of detect
ing the presence of radium within 20
feet. First he searched DR.. Simpsons s
Evening star., 1926-10-04
TETRAZZ|NI TO WE'D.
Opera Singer and Petro Vernati
Will Marry October IS.

FLORENCE. Italy, October q Cp.-
Nine. Tetrazzini the opera singer, and
Petro Nernati have decided to be mar
ried in Rome on October 10 Their
marriage originally was set for Octo
ber l at Florence, the singers birth.
place, but according to Italian law q
marriage ceremony must take place
in city or town where either the
bride or groom resides. Both Nine.
TetraZzini and Signor Vernati are
dOmiciled in Rome
Evening star., 1926-10-04

have been helped in this way. What
is true of Poland is also true of
Rumania, only on a smaller scale.
In Russia, as in Poland. the joint
committee maintains a number of
loan kassas. and here. too. 1t has
proven to be a most helpful lnstl-
tuition"
There are Jews in $50 small towns
in Russia, the speaker said. for whom
very little has been done.
Evening star., 1926-10-04
$4,000 Capsule of Radium Missing Here
Eludes Delicate Apparatus Detection

office, then the city dump, then the
city ash heap and the city incinerator.
He found no trace of the presence
of radium Last night he returned
with his apparatus to Philadelphia.
The capsule. likely to be picked up
with bare hands by somebody ignorant
of it's nature, may be dangerous DR..
Simpson said. 1t would cause burn
on the flesh which would not be no.
ticed for about two weeks, after which
it would be extremely painful and
hard to cure.
The radium was insured for third
of it's value
Evening star., 1926-10-04
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. October 4.-According to
the Daily Express, there is a feud
within the Miners Federation grow
ing out Of money collected in the
United States for the striking miners
in the British Isles. The newspaper
asserts that general surprise was oc-
casioned by the smallness Of the re-
sponse to the official delegates sent
to the United States to collect funds
and that the reason for the small con-
tributions has now been disclosed in
the report of the delegates.
All the money the American unions