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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-22

TODAY IN WASHINGTON
Prohibition hearing nears end.
Italian and Belgian debts are
before senate.
Senate receives Judge English
impeachment articles.
House hears discussion Of re-
forcstation proposals.
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WEATHER FORECASTS

Unsettled tonight;
ly fair and cooler.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
MEM0RIALDAY
PROGRAM T0BE
SUNDAY, MAY 80
Legion Is in Charge of Ar.
rangements-FOrmer Gov
ernor Nastos to Speak

Memorial day exercises in Bis
marck this year will be held OF
Sunday, May 30, although the follow.
ing day will be observed as lega
holiday here and throughout the state
in accordance with statute which
provides that when Ii legal hoiIdaS
falls on a Sunday, the following dan
will be observed as the holiday.
The, local program will be entirely
under the auspices Of Noyd Spet2
Post No. |. American Legion. 1t will
be strictly in keeping with the nature
Of the day and every effort will be
made to present fitting memorial
to the departed veterans of the past
wars Of the United States.
NestOs To Talk
X. A. Nestos Of Minot, former gov.
ernor of North Dakota, has been Sc
cured to give the principal address OF
the day ut the program to be held al
the city auditorium.
The parade of all patriotic organ
izations, lodges, clubs and societies
will form at p. m, under the lead.
ership Of Capt. H. 7. Murphy. The
parade lineup and the line. Of march
will be announced later in the week
The march will end at the auditor.
ium, where the following program
will be given, with DIR. w. f. Cole
commander Of the local Legion post
presiding:
Invocation -. Rev. Paul S. Wright
Vocal solo "The Unknown Soldier"-
Mrs. Frank Barnes.
Memorial address. Hon. r. A. Nestos
Vocal solo "Recessional-Lest We
Forget ... Mrs. Herman Scheffer
Music ...... High School Orchestra
Part 2 ;. 49,.
Memorial Day pageant in three acts
Benediction ........... Rev. FIR. Stag
Because of the nature Of the pag-
cant which, for its effect, must have
absolute silence, it has been decided
that children under five years of age
will not be admitted, and those under
Ia years of age should be accOmpan-
led by and seated with their parents.
Ushers at the auditorium will be fur
nished by the kiwanis club.
Proper Observance Urged
In presenting the Memorial Day
program on Sunday, the American,
Legion wishes to stress the fact that
Memorial Day is day set apart and
held sacred to departed veterans, and
is not holiday for jollification,
horse races, golf tournaments, ball
games, beauty contests and the like.
Officers Of the local post have ex-
pressed the hope that everyone in
Bismarck will observe Memorial Day
in the maner in whic hit Is meant to
be observed. =
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT ANDA
DICTATORSHIP FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
CHIEF PLANS OF PILSUDSKI REGIME

The reforms. il is announced. are
to become operative within year
Generally. while considered in some
quarters as a trifle vague. the pro-
nOuncement is considered as indicat-
ing that the government plan means
first. the election Of president next
Monday; second. enactment of special
emergency legislation; third. dissolu-
tion Of parliament. leaving the pres
ident to govern Poland for year
without cooperation of the diet and
senate, and fourth, new elections. un-
less it is deemed advisable to extend
the presidents dictatorial powers
from, year to year.
Right Parties Willing
Advices from Posen are that the
right parties there. which are anti
Pilsudski. arc willing to accept pres
idential candidate. even though he
may not be member Of the right. in
order to avoid dissolution Of the ma
tional assembly. If Pilsudski is nom
mated, however, it is stated the oppo-
sifion forces will decline to attend
the national assembly. AS they cannot
be parties to plan to 'place a rebel
in the highest office"
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Warsaw; May 25-(AP)-The disso-
luton Of parliament and Dictator
ship for at least year apparently
are the chief plans for the provisional
Polish government. which took office
when Marshal Pilsudski, by coup
d. etat. overthrow the regime Of Pres
ident WOjciechowski.
A pronouncement Of the govern
ment guarantees the fair election Of u
president at session of the general
assembly called for next Monday, but
adds that public opinion urgently de-
mands dissolution of parliament. It
says that changes in the constitution
are nceessary.. pa rticulariy with re-
gard to empowering the president To
dissolve parliament.
Must Have Special Powers
"As it is impossible to pass such
resolutions in the diet as constituted
at present" says the statement, "it is
indispensable to invest the president
in the interim between the two par
liaments. with special powers to clear
up the administrative apparatus, pro-
mulgate a new electoral law. unity
the courts and reorganize the civil
and military bodies"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
:0ILC0MP
GETS VERDICT
IN U. S. COURT
Judge Orders Directed Yer.
dict on the Ground Of Con-
tribut0ry Negligence

Judge Andrew Miller. presiding in
federal court here, this morning in
structed the jury which heard the
evidence in the case Of Christ Bender
OF Windsor VS.. the Standard Oil
company to return verdict in favor
of the defendant on the ground that
contributory negligence had been
shown by the testimony on the part
Of the plaintiff.
Bender was suing for $3O.O dam
ages as the result Of fire which
destroyed his home, fatally burned
his daughter and seriously burned
him. The fire, he claimed, resulted
from the use of a liquid supposed to
be kerosene but which he alleges was
gasoline placed in the kerosene tank
OF a Windsor merchant by mistake.
The testimony showed that Bender
had purchased quantity Of the
liquid as kerosene and that the
daughter was using it to hurry along
a fire. The fact was brought out BY
witnesses that the girl poured some
OF the liquid on fire which was al
ready blazing. and Judge Miller held
that this was cOntributory negligence.
The courts, it is said, have held re-
peatedly that persons are not entitl-
ed to recover damages in such cases.
Cases of the Brown Grain company
of Minneapolis against IL individual
defendants were combined this MORN
ing for trial and the testimony is
being presented today. The grain
company is suing to collect on a ship
per's contract. The defendants, all
of whom live near Sykeston in Wells
county, are Ed. Richter, /. German,
A. H. Barnhart. Frank Laber, o. NJ.
Eaton, John D. Unruh, Geo. f. Mauls-
by. Robert Peasgood, M. B. Malley.
A. Kutz and Arthur v. Richter,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
Money Is Allotted
to Improve Roads
in National Parks

Allotments Of money to he used in
improving the roads in national
parks have been made by the depart
ment Of the interior from the $ar
100000 appropriation act of Con-
gress. Several of the parks are serv-
ed by the National Parks highway,
which has headquarters in Bismarck,
and the increased amount Of traffic
resulting from these road improve
ments is expected to be benefit to
the city.
Glacier National park in Montana
has been allotted $524,OOO; $i65, 900
to Mount Rainier National park,
Washington; $1O5,OOO to Yellowstone
National park; and $4,000 for en-
trance roads to Medford and Fort
Klamath near Carter Lake National
Park. An additional $4,000 will be
used for surveys, plans and general
expenses.
Boy Scouts in the northwestern
states are cooperating in trail build
ing in the national parks. Boy
Scouts Of Eagle rank in Montana con-
structed trail in the Tower Falls
region in 1924 and the plan was so
successful that further work was
done in the Yellowstone last year.
Another group Of Scouts from Seat
tie helped in trail work in Mount
Rainier National Park.
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TODAY
$1,000, 900 A BORE
WOULD TAX CHURCH LAND.
THE KANSAS FARMERS.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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(Copyright, l026)


Tom O'Rourke, prizefight promot-
er, offers Jack Dempsey $l,0OO.OO0
Ito fight Wills negro. Dempsey
says he can't consider that just now
hut may arrange through Mr.. Rick
ard to fight Mr.. TunneY, . white
man. In fact, the DISCUSSION bores
him.
Make your little boy = prizefighter.
not q university professor, If you want
him to make money easily.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Denver in the Pueblo Chieftain an
nounces the drafting Of, an amend
ment to the state Constitution that
would tax church property. It reads:
'iL6ts and buildings thereon used
exclusively for religious worship
7hlrl not be exempt from taxation" !"
The change in ColorNdo's Constitu-
tion is drafted by Barney Haugey,
single taxer. It will probably not be
adopted, nor will . modified PROPOSE
tion, which would compel any
church selling its property for profit
to pay back taxes with interest, be
adopted in all probability. Churches
and schools, tax-free for 80 long, will
probably remain tax-free.
The train on which this lis written
is passing just now through Kany0s
wheat fields so big that from the car
window you cannot see TO the end of
then. You can understand how
fIrmers, scattered over these wide
Mains, feel as they read the ..'grain
market report" believing that men
who never saw . wheat field or ran
q harvesting machine fix the prices
Of wheat, and usually put 1t up after
the farmer has sold his wheat
!. The White House denies. unneces-
sarily, foolish yarn about spiritual
istic seances held there in the Cool
idee administration. You couldn't
have any first-class table rapping in
THAT atmosphere. One look at Cal
vim Coolidge,s cold blue eye, and
.Little lMinnehaha," spirit OF the
lovely Indian girl. would say, .Lct
me get back ITO spdrttland, where It
issAarm." h.
Democratic policies considers the
steady rise Of Governor Smith Of
New York as . candidate Tor the
CONTINUED On page thrsp.)
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C0NVICTS ARE
KILLED DASH
FOR FREED0M NJ
Two TRUSTEES, Doing Guard
Duty, Shoot Men Down as
They Start to Run

Pine Bluff, Ark, May 25.--P)-
Quiet prevailed on the state prison
farm at Tucker, where yesterday
four convicted men met death at the
hands of two TRUSTEES in one Of the
boldest attempts to break for freedom
attempted at that prison.
The dead are: Benny Casey, life
termer, convicted Of murder; Boy
Jewel. Of Chicago, serving a life
sentence for bank robbery; William
Bishop, alias Jack Wade, Of Crawford
county, Arkansas, serving 0year
sentence for robbery, and. John Birch
field, serving 49-year sentence for
bank robbery.
Warden Dee Horton. declined to
make public the names Of the guards
who killed the four men.
The break was attempted late in
the afternoon. The four men were
working in cotton field They had
complained Of being sick and were
being returned to the stockade a
mile away under the guard Of the two
TRUSTEES. When they came abreast of
a neck Of woods the break was made.
The guards armed with pistol and
an automatic shot gun empticd their
weapons. The four men apparently
were killed instantly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
OIL STATION
,,.R0BBED0F $55
/. LAST EVENING
Geo. w. Little Held Up in Gro
Gerry Store, But RObber
Takes No Money
SEEMED TO BE ALONE
Holdups Were Committed Be-
fore 10 O'Clock Last Night
NO Clues Found
SEEMED TO BE ALONE

A lone gunman held up two Bis
Marck business places shortly before
10 o'clock last night, secured about
$50 in silver and currency at one,
and apparently made n clean getaway.
About 9:3o man described as
about six feet tall, heavy set, dress
ed in working clothes, walked into
the Geo. w. Little grocery store at
412 Avenue d and asked for a cigar.
When given the cigar he ordered Mr.
Little, who was alone in the store,
to open the TILL, emphasizing his re-
marks by drawing revolver. Glanc-
ing into the till the yegg asked the
proprietor If that was all he had TAX
cn in during the day. Mr.. Little told
the man he had had considerable ILL
ness this spring and business had
not been very good, whereupon the
gunman walked out, saying he guess
ed the grocer needed the money
worse than he did.
1oh He Was Being Watched
Mr.. Little was told that he was be-
ing watched, so he did not 60 to the
door to see in what direction or what
manner the man left the place, nor
did he telephone the police for some
little time after the man left.
A few minutes before 10 o'clock
Il man answering the same descrip-
tion walked into the office Of the
Tcxaco filling station at the west end
of Main street and ordered Gerald
1Bystrom, station attendant who was
in the room alone. to open the cash
register. Although the r0bher did
not draw his revolver he pointed the
gun at Bystrom through his pocket.
Bystrom was told To give over the
money casually. as though he were
making change. The man took all
the larger silver and currency, but
declined the checks, pennies. nickels
and dimes. Rystrom estimates that
the gunman took approximately $55.
Police Notified
Going out the door the gunman
odd Bystrom "You can notify the po-
lice now," which the latter did inn
mediately. The robber was said to
have walked west on the paving a
short distance and to have apparently
gone towards the municipal swim
ming pool. Patrolman Ebeling went
over both the pavement. and the old
road between the city and the bridge
but could find no trace of the man
sought and no clues have been found
today to lead to the apprehension of
the robber.
Members Of the police department
vent to Mandan today to learn If a
man answering the description given
Of the gunman had been see there.
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PROGRAM WILL
BE GIVEN HERE
RAIN OR SHINE
Both Farmers and Towns.
people Are Urged to Bring
Picnic Lunches

The better beef SPECIAL train, which
is making an extended tour over
North Dakota, is scheduled to arrive
in bismarck at 6:30 p. M. Wednes-
day, May 26. and the program to ,'bc
given at the baseball grounds will
start Immediately after its arrival
Should the weather be nnfavorable
for an out-of-dOors program, the af-
fair will be staged in the Northern
Pacific freight warehouse across the
tracks from the depot.
Picnic Supper
Farmers of Bureligh county and
surrounding territory have been in
vited to come to Bismarck early in
The day. do their shopping during the
afternoon, and TO eat their picnic
lunch at the ball grounds between
$3.50 and $3.50. The juvenile band
will play concert during that hour
for the entertainment of the crowd.
Bismarck people arc also invited to
bring their lunches to the ball
grounds Wednesday evening and join
in the picnic with those from out Of
the city.
An interesting and educational pro-
gram has been arranged, which will
be given from $3.50 to 8 D. m. The
full program appears elsewhere in
this issue. Farmers in attendance
will be asked to guess the combined
weight of the bulls which will be ex-
hibited from stock carried on the spe-
cial train, and the one guessing near
est the correct weight will be pre-
sented with a 500 yearling Shorthorn
bull which has been purchased by the
Bismarck Association of Commerce.
Its Purposes
The purpose Of the better beef spe-
cial train are as follows:
To acquaint producers of beef cat
tie with the present economic aspect
If beef cattle production, also with
the type, conformation and finish Of
beef animals that consumers now de-
mand and for which they are willing
to pay the highest price;
To acquaint beef cattle producers
with the fact that the type, conforma.
ton and finish Of beef animals can
only be secured through the intro
duction of good blood into their
herds: through proper management
and the growing and intelligent
feeding of the right feeds;
To familiarize the producers with
the knowledge of the present-day beef
cattle breed types, and with the in
formation that there now is available
in their state or Immediately SUR
rounding states, a liberal supply of
purbred bulls. heifers and cows. pur-
chasable at reasonable prices;
To acquaint beef cattle producers.
Through the meat exhibit. with the
reasons why the market prices for
live animals reflect the demand for
young finished beef.
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LIABILITY OF
R. ". FRAZIER
NOT DECIDED
Court Decision May BE Neces.
sary to Determine His
Civil Liability

A court decision may be necessary
to determine the civil liability Of r.
w. Frazier, former clerk of court OF
Divide county, o. B. Lund, account.
ant, reported to the state, bonding
fund today.
Errors were found i'll the check
made by R. W. Kennard,, deputy state
examiner, which reduced the appar-
ent liability $3.50 to $5.27, the report
showed.
Pointing out that the laws specify
ing what fees should be collected in
certain cases are not clear and that
lawyers do not seem to agree on
what fees should be charged" Lund
said that "in the absence. Of an agree
ment on this point between all par
ties concerned it may, require a court
decision to deterfine what the liza
bility Of r. w. Frazier :lnd the state
bonding department is to Divide
oounty on the shortage as shown by
the state examiners report"
2 Hailstones in India occasionally
arp LARGO nnnnOh IN trs1l nann1a
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Bible Conference
Near COOperstOwn
June 20 to July IL

June 20 to July IL have been Sc
lected as the dates for Bible con-
ference at the Conference Grounds,
five miles south and three and q half
nils east of Cooperstown. N. d. Three
sessions will be held daily in the big
conference tent. Lunches and provi-
sions can be purchased at the grounds.
Entrance to the grounds, camping
lots and access to the lectures are all
free, People coming from q distance
are urged to bring their camping tents
and outfits.
One service daily will be held in
the Scandinavian language. At the
other sessions the English language
will be used.
The speakers will include Rev. Ben.
jamin Johnson Of Kep0sha, Wis; Rev.
H. c., ,Andersep Of Chicago, brother
of the famous evangelist r. N. Ander-
sen: and Rev. Oscar Lowry, an
evangelist we'll knorn over the entire
United States. Rev. Lowry will be in
attendance from July to IL.
A, cordial welcome will be extended
TO all.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND
PROGRAM AT LISBON

Lisbon, N. D., May 25-With close
to 1000 persons in attendance. the
first demonstration of the Better Beef
Special. which left Fargo at 1880 q. M,
yesterday for three weeks tour of
North Dakota. was staged here from
10-a m. to 1890 p. M, Without q
hitch and made splendid impression.
The special train was in charge Of
John w. Haw. development agent of
the Northern Pacific railway, and was
accompanied by E. J. Hackenberg,
superintendent of the Fargo division
OF that line.
The Lisbon Commercial club had
everything in readiness for the dem
0nstrati0n here and aided in several
ways in making it q success.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-25
BISMARCK HAS
NICE SHOWER
LATE TUESDAY
Heavy Rain in East Part Oi
State-NO Rain Reported
III Western Points

One-fourth of Ian inch Of rain fel
IN bismarck during the heavy show
er late yesterday afternoon. The
shower was accompanied by som,
hail, but no reports Of damage have
been made, according to o. w. Rob.
crts, local weather observer. TIL,
storm, although quite general east
OF the Missouri river, was very crrat.
is, Mr.. Roberts states. giving some
localities much more precipitation
than others.
The late afternoon storm did not
visit Mandan, persons driving here
from the city across the river shortly
after the shower being surprised up
on arriving here to find the water
rushing along the curhs in torrents.
Later in the evening, however, Man
dan received considerable rain.
Dickinson, Dunn Center, Armenia,
WillistOn, and other places i'm the
western part Of the state reported no
rain during the - hours ending at z
a. M. today, the weather bureau
states, while an unusually heavy rain
fell east Of here. jamestown report
ed LAT inches, Larim0re 2.10 inches
and Grand Forks .65 of an inch. No
rainfall was reported at Moorhead,
while Fargo repoyts that a light
shower fell there last night.
The storm at Bismarck came soon
after the, maximum temperature for
the day OF 96 above zero was reached.
A hot, dry wind had been blowing
from the southeast throughout the
day, making the atmosphere exceed
ingly uncomfortable.
Fargo, N. d., May 25-(Ap-Low-
ering skies today indicated the fore
east of rain for today would be full
filled. The highest temperature Mon
day was a3 ut 4:30 p. n,., which drop
ped to 5S during the night A light
shower fell early last night.
Grand Forks. N. d.. May 25-(AP)--
About 70 inches o frain fell here
last night and early this morning.
Crops throughout the section appear
in good shape. except some early veg
etables which were nipped by frost
last week.
jamestown, n. H., May % 5-tAP)-
This district enjoyed its first real rain
of the season last night when LAT
inches fell. The rain was acc0mpa-
MED by considerable hail and light
ming and a hard wind. but no material
damage was reported.
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TINCHER BILL
WOULD SOLVE
FARM PROBLEM
Secretary Jardine Is Hopeful
of Action on 1t BY the
Present Congress

New York, May 26-(AP)-Speak-
ing before the National Association
of Credit Men, Secretary Jardine de-
clared today that the recent defeat of
the Haugen farm relief bill had not
changed the agricultural situation nor
the need for sound legislative assist
ance to the farmer.
He said the Tincher bill would be a
long step toward the solution of the
farm relief problem and that he was
hopeful Of action on it by the present
congress.
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WEATHER FORECAST

WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: PART
ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday;
slightly cooler tonight.
For North Dakota - Partly cloudy
tonight and Wednesday; slightly
cooler tonight and east portion We'd
nesday.
A deep low pressure area Is CEN
tered over the northern Plains States
and scattered showers occurred from
the upper Mississippi Valley to the
northern Rocky Mountain region. The
precipitation was heavy in parts Of
Iowa and eastern North Dakota. but
practically no rain fell in South Da-
kota and western North Dakota.
Fair weather prevails In the East,
South and West. Temperatures are
high throughout the Mississippi VAL
lev and Plains States while cooler
weather prevails over the Rocky
Mountain region.
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Wire Trouble
Curtails News

The Tribune's daily Associated
Press wire report. including both
news and markets, is considerably
curtailed today because Of wire
trouble between this city and
Fargo. Wire. connections were
established from St. Paul to Bis
marck via lcs Moines. Omaha
and North Platte. Neb.. Denver.
Colo., and Billings, Mont. but it
was impossible TO send the uauaa
amount Of copy. It has not been
determined whether the trouble
is due to last nights storm or to
some other cause. u;
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Supreme Court Gets.
MinOt Recall Case

Appeal has been taken to the
supreme court by Axel Bratsberg and
other members of the Minot city COM
mission in the case involving recall
election in that city.
The appeal is from mendamus
order issued by Judge "A. c. Burr in
district court directing the city aud
itor to proceed with the election.
The city commissioners refused to
cala the election and court attion was
taken by Clarence NJ. Gran, plain-
tiff in the case.
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BOWMAN COUNTY AUDITOR DIES

Bowman--Mrs. Anna ]. Spire, Bow.
man county auditor. died last Sunday
night at hospital in Miles City
Mont. following an operation for can.
Ger. She was active in women's club
work and all community enterprises
Funeral services were conducted Wed.
nesday afternoon under the auspices
Of the local chapter of the Eastern
Star. The deceased is survived by
her husband, a sister and q brother