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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
RESERVATION
INDIANS ARE
ON RAMPAGE
Redmen at Beatty and Bly,,
Oregon, Are Drinking,
Gambling, Carousing
TROOPS MAY BE CALLED
Situation Results From Ruling
that Indians Are Wards
of Government
TROOPS MAY BE CALLED

Klamath Falls, Oregon, April 16.--
R)-Klamath Indians at Beatty and
Bly,. two reservation towns in Ore
gOn. are on . rampage, drinking,
gambling and carousing, and fear is
felt for the safety Of white residents
in the district.
Local, state. and county peace off
GERS arespowerless to cope with the
situation, the outgrowth Of a recent
decision by Circuit Judge A. l.. Lea
witt, in a habeas corpus action, hold
ing that Indians on the reservation
are not under the jurisdiction Of state
and county laws.
the Indians are wards of the govern
ment. protected by treaty and i'm
! mune from arrest by anyone but
United States officials so long as
they remain on the reservation.
Ss District Attorney Elliott said yes
tcrday that if the demonstrations
continued he would be forced to ask
for federal forces from Portland or
that local police be empowered to
act as United States deputies.
"As the matter now stands" Elliott
said, IAN Indian may sit in the mid
die of Beatty's one street with a
moonshine still running beside
drinking his own product and run.
ming a cash poker game on the side
and be legally free from all inter-
ruption until United States officers
arrive.
Something must be done, and done
quickly. or someone is going to be
hurt"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
BOOZE MAKING
DESCRIBED BY
SENATOR REED
Wet Committee Member Pro
duces Still. keg, Sugar
and FlavOring

Washington. April Is. tP) Argu-
ments by antiNolstead members OF
the house, intcrspersed with IA vivid
description of how fancy distillng is
done, today carried toward its con
clusion the demonstration of the vets
before the senate prohibition commit
tee.
The lesson in whisky making was
given by Senator Reed, Democrat,
committee members. He brought
a bevy of small stills, charred keg
some corn sugar, and sample of fla
voring extracts which he said went
to make up the finished product OF
the illicit liquor manufactured.
The articles were identified for the
senator by enforcement officials of
the federal government. Mr.. Reed
then presented commerce department
figures showing that consumption OF
corn sugar more than tripled be.
tween 1919 and 1923.
Hill Testifies
Representative Hill, Republican
Maryland, head Of the wet bloc in the
house, led off for the house advo'
Gates of change in The dry laws. us
ing his own acquittal some months
ago by Maryland jury as a prece-
dent to support his contention that
the making Of drinks with sub
stantial alcoholic content is consti-
tutional.
One of the three women represent
,+,yau -, rnpUrasc Mrs Mary r Nor
ton, Democrat, New Jersey, Il former
welfare worker. advocated national
referendum on the question Of bring.
ing to an end the present horrible
condition"
Questioned by Senator Reed she
said the effect Of prohibition had
been to ruin great many of oui
young people
She read letter telling of the
sale Of poisonous liquor in a veter
ans bureau hospital, with the re
suit that some of the patients died
The name of the hospital was with
held.
2.75 Beer Notwithstanding
Representative Kindred. Democrat
New York, "a physician, declared ex
periments which he had conducted OF
himself and others, had proven con
clusively" that the 2.75 per cent beel
sold during the war was non-intONi
eating.
"Not only that" he said, "but suci
beer taken to the full capacity OF ;
normal stomach would not exhilarat'
more than three cups of coffee. Sucl
beer would not be unwholesome to thu
masses Of the people"
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BROWNING IS
DESTROYS OF
AHAPPY HOME
Wealthy 51-Year:Old RealtOr
Gives Explanation Of Re-
cent Marriage

New York. April l5.--[R)- Edward
w. Browning expects to realize his
greatest ambition--to preside over q
happy home and family He fell in
love at first sight in spring and his
romance promises to be endless.
Such is the explanation Of the
wealthy 5l-year-old real estate oper.
ator of his marriage last Saturday to
Frances Heenan, 15-year-old schoo
girl.
In q statement ISSUED at the honey.
moon house in Cold Spring. N. y, he
says he had no intention of an imme-
diate marriage with his latest Gin
derella girl" until the action taken
by the children's society to investi.
gate his relations with her made q
wedding desirable as "a rebuke to
those who either conceived or believed
the motives attributed to me by the
children's society,"
The bride is still under treatment
for acid burns, which she says were
inflicted by an intruder in her
mothers Manhattan apartment be-
fore the marriage.
Ernest X. Coulter. general manager
of the chiQdren's society, said yester-
day that the organization had virtu-
ally abandoned proceedings to take
the girl from custody of-her mother.
The proceedings were started before
the marriage.
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WILL ENDEAVOR
TO FIX BLAME
FOR SHOOTING
Strife Burst Forth Anew,
Shattering Hopes For
Permanent Peace
SIX MEN WE'RE KILLED
Troops Will Remain on Guard
Until After City Elec-
tiOn Tuesday

Herrin, Ill.,. April l5.---LP1--A jury
of Williams county citizens will sit
tomorrow morning in inquiry over the
fatal shooting Tuesday in front of Il
Herrin polling place in which three
klansmen and three anti-klans
were killed
NeWspapermen will not be barred
from the inquest, States Attorney
Boswell announced today, dispensing
rumors to the contrary.
While the community awaits the
verdict Of the coroner's inquest, it is
analyzing, each side in the light Of
its own sympathies, the causes be-
hind the strife which burst forth
anew Tuesday just as residents were
beginning to hope that an 1l-month
truce meant permanent peace.
Relatives of the dead klansmen de-
clare that the anti-klan faction
launched the attack in reprisal for
liquor raids by S. Glenn Young, klan
leader, two years ago.
Young was killed January 4, 1926,
in gun fight in the lobby of Il Her.
rim hotel, across the street from the
Smith garage where yesterdays
shooting began.
BOOtleggers Blamed
Mayor Marshall Mccormick,
former klansman named to office on
IA Nonpartisan ticket, blames boot
leggers Of the anti-klan faction for
the Tuesday shooting, while States
Attorney Arlie Boswell, klansman,
says the mayor and the sheriff could
have prevented trouble had they
done their duty" Sheriff George
Galligan, an anti-klansman, had
agreed with Mccormick not to send
deputies, both believing it would on
ly irritate the situation which did
not look serious a few hours before
the actual outbreak.
The incident which served to focus
the shooting at the polls and on pfi.
mary day was the fight for tho Fee
publican nomination for sheriff Of
Williamson county. The nomination
was won by Oren Coleman, endorsed
by the klan, who had big plurality
IN a field VI seven. Coleman, if elect
ed, will succeed Galligan, who has
been storm center throughout his
official career.
Coleman is a graduate Of Southern
Illinois Normal Of Carbondale, and
ter's degree at the University of llli-
nois. He was principal of the Herrin
township high school eight years ago,
and is a world war veteran.
The national guard has been ask
ed to remain in Hcrrin until after
Tuesdays city election--the fourth
here in two weeks. A week ago
Tuesday, a township election was.
held and last Saturday there was a
school election, at both of which
there were minor disorders.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
CHILDREN To
PICKET THE
WHITE HOUSE
This Form of Protest Adopted
Today BY Striking Tex.
tile Workers
WILL CARRY A BANNER
Children and Adult Strikers
Will Also Picket New
Jersey Capitol
WILL CARRY A BANNER

Fassaic, N. j., April l5.--R--
Picketing of the White House by
children was one form Of. protest
adopted for today by striking textile
workers.
Six little girls, ranging in age
from four to eight years, were sent
to Washington to carry banner in
front Of the White House reading:
"Mr. President: Does the United
States constitution cover New Jersey
Are meeting halls closed? Is free
speech denied? Are leaders illegally
arrested and placed under exOrbitant
bail? ?"
Some so children and adult strikers
were designated to picket the state
capitol in Trenton and the home Of
Governor Moore in Jersey City.
The special object Of protest is en-
forcement Of riot act regulations. by
the reading Of the riot act, the sheriff
Of Bergen county has forbidden all
assemblages Of strikers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15

For Bismarck and vicinity: Cen
orally fair tonight and Friday; some
what cooler Friday.
For North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Friday; somewhat cool
er Friday and northwest portion to-
night.
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
The high pressure area, with it's
accompanying cold weather, now ex-
tends from the Great Lakes region
southwestward to the southern
Plains States. Frost occurred in
parts Of Oklahoma and Texas. A low
pressure area, accompanied by con-
siderabIy warmer weather, is cen
tered over the northern Plains States
and south-central Canadian Provinces.
Temperatures are moderate over the
Rocky Mountain region and Pacific
coast states also. The weather is
cloudy over the Canadian Northwest
but fair weather is general through
out western and central parts Of the
United States,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
TO-DAY
you MAY NOT RETURN.
IT'S A FINE EARTH.
SOUTHERN BOOM.
THE SUNSET LIMITED.
THE sUNsETLIMITED.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE

See this earth while you are still
here. You may not come back. 1t
is q beautiful globe, $4,000 miles
round, marvelously balanced, at even
temperature, dragged by the sun
through the infinite ether
Astronomy says the earth is
"only . grain of sand. attached to a
minor star among the billions of fly
ing suns" Nevertheless it is, per-
haps. the only planet you will ever
know. See it while you may.
This is written between New York
and California, via the Pennsylvania
to Washington, Southern Railway to
New Orleans, then on the Sunset
Limited over the Southern Pacific to
the big ocean. and all the way north
along the Pacific shore.
Try this route on your next trip
west.
Going by a northern route you may
see Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland. To-
lcdo. Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City,
Denver, the prairics Of Kansas, where
tlIerG are no more automobiles than
there ever were bison.
This way you see Newark, Philadcl-
phia, Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Houston, El Paso, Yuma,
most fertile spot in the world. and all
the coast cities up, to Seattle.
Not to know the southern part of
the United States is not to know your
country. This way to the Pacific is
just short trip. Take New Jersey,
PENNSYLVANIA. Delaware, Maryland.
the District Of Columbia. Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, ALBANIA. Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
California.
energy, fertility, and opportunity
enough for great empire. In Texas
alone you could pack away several
important European nations, and that
one state could raise food for all pe0-
ple living on earth and five hundred
millions more.
Haven't we enough to attend to in
this American League of Nations
from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
without going to Europe for trouble!
This train is flying through North
Carolina. omst beautiful land. Like all
this southern country the bright red
earth is covered with green, trees in
blossom. Little Kannapois, as you
flash through, shows every sign of .
real estate boom. A thousand such
{ booms are ON either side of the track,
from New York all the way to Sc
attle. Have we prosperity? We have.
Tens Of thousands Of acres, terraced
IN nrovant xAtnainn. re ready for the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
"a Above Zero at
3 This Afternoon

Summer weather arrived in
bismarck today. and at 3 o'clock
this afternoon the thermometer
registered "a above zero, accord
ing to the local weather bureau.
The mercury remained between 83
and "a above from noon on.
While it seems unusually warm,
due to the sudden change, records
show that this is not an unusual
temperature for April but that it
has been equaled many times and
exceeded on several occasions.
Several readings Of 80 above have
been recorded during the fourth
month of past years.
A strong wind has been blowing
today. the instruments showing
it to have velocity Of between
25 and 80 miles an hour. While
this is not an exceptionally high
wind, according to the weather
observers, the unusual dryness of
the country makes it particularly
disagrceable.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
Use Of Chemicals
in Warfare Shown

Members of the staff of Adjutant
General G. A. Fraser were given an
exhibition Of the use of chemicals IN
warfare here this week by Captain
Eugene P. Compel Of the chemical
warfore service. Captain Gempel is
attached to the seventh corps area
headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska.
Captain Compel demonstrated to
North Dakota guard officers and
regular army men on duty at the
adjutant generals office the NE of
smoke, tear and phosphorns bombs
and smoke candles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
" WILLIA MS
TRIAL MAY BE
ENDED TODAY
C0urt-martial Hopes to BE
Able to Develop a Ver-
dict Before Night

Marine Base, San Diego. Calf,
Apri 15-(P)-With but few swal-
lows of rebutral testimony remaining
in the bottle VI evidence. the cocktail
court marital of Colonel Alexander S.
Williams today is expected to turn
down an empty glass over brief con-
cluding arguments and possibly de-
vclop verdict before night.
Defense counsel for the suspended
colonel Of the fourth regiment Of
marines rested their case late yes
terday after introducing evidence
pointing to Brig. General Smedley d.
Buffers tooth troubles and Colonel
Williams ailments .as underlying
causes Of the generals belief that the
colonel twas staggering drunk" at
the hotel Del Coronado on the night
the general had refused to drink
cocktails at the colonel's home.
Hexyl resorcinal, medicine given
to Colonel Williams, a half dozen
doctors explained from the witness
stand. is unfortunately, apt to induce
gastric trouble. nausea or dizziness.
Was Under Treatment
vic VI Vic uONtViSs q nav SuI SSVu,
said he had been treating the defend
ant since last January for serious
disorder which. while it did not pre-
vent Colonel Williams from fulfilling
his military duties. required him to
continue taking daily dozes Of hexyl
resorcinal.
But few days after March 6. the
witness continued, Colonel Williams
returned to him with the news that
the medicine had been giving him gas
trio irritation and plenty of it.
Previous witnesses already had tes-
titled that when they saw Colonel
Williams at the hotel Del Coronado
on the night in question. he appeared
sick rather than intoxicated.
General Buffers condition on the
other hand. said the surgeon who cX-
amined- him a few days after the
Coronado cocktail episode, was that
Of man suffering low blood pres
sure and nervous exhaustion, "easily
excited" and with poor vision in his
left eye"
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Prairie FmieS'4
Are Burning
In Vicinity

Three fierce prairie fires were
reported raging in the vicinity
of Bismarck today.
One which began ut Welch's
spur on the 500 line railroad II :
miles south Of Bismarck il re.
ported to have burned school
house and to be sweeping un-
checked toward tho EmmOnS
county line.
The second is reported raging
four miles west Of Mandan and
scores of men from Mandan are
said to have gone out to fight the
flames.
Both fires are being driven by
high wind and are said to bc
sweeping through hay meadows
and other fields heavy with dry
grasses.
The drought which has persist
I'd since late last summer has left
the prairies unusually dry for
this season Of the year and dif-
ficulty in checking the flames is
reported.
Reports received by the Bis
marck Association of Commerce
indicated that the school house
reported burned was located
southwest Of MenOkcn. One fire
was said To have started five
miles southwest Of Menoken and
to BE- sweeping eastward. A third
fire, reported southeast Of Me.
noken, was reported moving to-
ward Hazelton.
Mandan. y. d.. April Is R) Tw'
prairie fires were burning
and travelling at terrific rate be
fore 50-milc wind near here lat
this afternoon. One fire starte,
south Of Judson or Sweet Brar. l
miles west. and has swept over man
square miles of broken country, i
which are some farmsteads.
Another fire started south of Pric
and is believed to have been swep
into the dense woods of the Missoui
river bottoms. which in some placc
are two miles wide.
Dozens Of cars Of volunteers hav
gone from Mandan to both places t
assist farmers in fighting the blaze:
The high wind has made rural tcle
phone farm lines useless and detail
can not be obtained.
Thousands Of acres Of tinpberlan
along the Missouri river bottom
north Of Mandan were doomed thi
Continued on page FOUR
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Grand Forks, n. d.. April l5.-lP)-
whatsoever one wisA hes the rule OF
conduct to be toward himself, tina,
same rule must he apply to others. il
almost as old as civilization" declared
Edward A. Silbertstein of Duluth
Mimi, governor of the Ninth Rotary
district, before the district convention
here this morning.
"The difficulty has always been il
its realization and observance. Ro
tary was the first great international
organization that endeavored to fine
way to fit this ideal into the busi
ness and professional world No
only has Rotary proclaimed and glori
fled the ideal Of service. but it has
through its codes of correct practice
its work for boys, its devotion t,
civic progress. and its fellowship il
clubs. given practical demonstra
tion of how the rule may be made t.
operate in the everyday life of th'
everyday man.
Rotary School Practical
Speaking more particularly of th'
year in the Ninth district. he said
"The Rotary school. which wa
thought to be unavoidable. has beer
found by some clubs. notably thos'
of Saltwater. Winona. Owatonna an,
Minot to be eminently practical. an,
to have borne excellent results. Th'
club council, which is nothing more
than the application of the best prin
ciples Of business to administration il
Rotary clubs. was found to have re
suited in more efficient mor'
thorough. and more satisfactory re
suits than had been achieved before
The definitely planned programs sug
gested by Rotary international il
Rotary education, business methods
and boys work, have proved botl
interesting and educational to th
clubs and have solved the problem
Of holding the interest of members.
Clubs which have led in the cultiva
tion Of the rural by the urban popula
ton. this year. he said. included
Moorhead, Saltwater, Bismarck, Gale
donia. Fairmount, Fargo, Winona
Crookston. and Wahpeton.
The scientific survey of boy life
as in Minot, he praised. as also tn
successful plan Of introducing mora
codes for youth. framed. into eacl
grade room of schools Of that city
"In the city of Austin the Rotar!
club is responsible. for the larges
and strongest organization Of Bo!
Scouts in the district in proportion
to the size Of the city" he said. "60'
scouts having been enrolled under th'
dictatorship of Rotarian James Prey
ratil Of that club.
Other Activities
"Among other activities Of the yea
relating to the boy may be cited thu
donated of mess hall costing ovel
$1,000 to the Boy Scouts Of Duluth
by the Duluth club, the expenditure
of $500 by the st. Paul club for {
Boy Scout camp at Square Lake, tht
maintenance of camps for boys ant
girls by the Rotary clubs Of Fair
mount, Grand Forks, Owatonna, Vir'
ginia. Cloquet, Ely, St. Cloud ant
Jamestown, the establishment ant
maintenance of community skating
rink and field track by the Caledonis
club, the employment of boys worl
director by the Bismarck club, tht
employment of recreational director
Continued on page four.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
BUTLER DENIES CHARGES
OF "BROWBEATING" OFFICERS

Marine Base, San Diego. Calf,
April l5.--LP)- Brigadier General
Smedley D. Butler, star prosecution
witness in the court martial of Col
oncl Alexander s. Williams on a
charge Of appearing drunk at the no
tel Del Coronado, resumed the stand
at the opening Of today's session and
denied he had attempted to browbeat
subordinate officers into tesifying
against the colonel.
General Butler admitted he had
called Captain Clifton B. Gates and
other officers before him and round
" upbraided them for "equivocating''
in their statements they had submit
ted to him covering the Coronado
cocktail affair.
"Yes, l told them they were lot
Of boys running around in circle.
60 out now and tell the truth
told them, or you'll get into trou-
BILE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
RACING INTEREST BOOMs

London. Interest in horse racing
in England has been increasing great
ly. Statistics issued by the Racing
Calendar show that during the last
flat racing season 4.69O horses ran
under Jockey Club rules, this being
the greatest total OH record. In 1927
only 1856 horses ran during the sea-
son.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-15
VISIBLE OVER ENTIRE
NORTHERN UNITED STATES

Chicago, April l5-LR-Thc aurora
borcalis or northern light, bugbcar
of telegraph communication circuits,
and beautiful phenomenon of the arc
tic, shone brightly last night over
northern sections of the United
Continued on page two.)
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Call For Condition
of National Banks

Washington, April 15.--LR-The
comptroller of the currency today is
sued call for the condition Of all
national banks at the close Of busi-
ness on. Monday, April l2.
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WOMAN GIVES
GEMS, CASH. TO
SAVE HUSBAND
DIR. Schneider May Escape
Prison Term-Friends
Come to His Aid
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

st. Paul, Minn.. April l5.-(R
DIR. Macmillan Schneider, once
wealthy surgeon who sacrificed
his fortune during the world
war, pleaded not guilty when
arraigned before Judge John w.
Boerncr in the Ramsey county
district court today on charge
Of forging q check for $50 ON 4
downtown hotel and his case was
set for trial April 20.
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The average farm housewife wipes
three acres Of dishes In the course
0f year. Z
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ROTARY WORK
DURING YEAR
is OUTLINED
District Governor Tells of Ac
cOmplishments of Ninth
District Clubs
MINOT MAN ELECTED

Grand Forks, n. d., April Is
-lP,-Dr. 4. ID. Mcl'annell Of
MinOt was unanimously chosen
governor Of the ninth district Of
Rotary here today. DIR. McCan-
nell's was the only nomination
made. at the convention today,
whercupcn the secretary was in
structed to cast the unanimous
vote of the convention for him.
DIR. McCannell was nominated
by the Min0t club and seconded
by st. Paul and Devils Lake.
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recently gave birth to her fourth set
of twins.
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Weather Report

Temperature at a. M. ......... "A
Highest yesterday .......1.... 81
Lowest last night ............ IA
Precipitation to a. m. ....... o.
Highest wind velocity ....... "a
Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
at q. m. today:
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WEATHER FORECASTS

Generally fair tonight and Fri
day; somewhat cooler Friday.