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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
BANDITS ARE
BEING HUNTED
AROUND MINOT
One Man Taken Into Custody
For Questioning Concerning
PlentywOOd Robbery

Min0t, N. D., Dec. 3-LP)-Search
for two bandits who Tuesday evc-
ming robbed the county treasurer's
office at Plentywood. Mont, of ap-
proximately 100000 in cash and se-
curities, today centered in Minot
where one man is held for question
ing, while the two suspected robbers
are believed to be in hiding here or
may have fled early today.
County Attorney c. f. Erickson
and Under Sheriff Robke Of Plenty
wood are in Minot to conduct an i'm
vcstigatiOn in an effort to apprehend
the men who committed the crime by
holding up the county treasurer and
woman deputy as they were about
to close the office.
An Ex-COnvict
"Nig" Collins, an eN-cOnvict of the
North Dakota penitentiary, where he
served sentence for automobile
stealing, is the man who is held in
Jail here for questioning as an out
growth of report that he drove q
large automobile with Montans
llNCHSC l"O WHIT uCt
from Minot to a point near Gran
vile, N. D.. late yesterday. The two
men got out of the car, it is report.
cd, and caught rides into Granville
where they purchased train tickets
back to Minot, one riding in the front
Of chair car and the other in the
rear.
Officials met the train when it ar
rived in Minot last evening, but die
not take any one into custody.
The automobile which Collins i.
reported to have driven out of Minot
toward Granville was seized by Mi
not officers in local garage, ant
Collins was later questioned and tax
en- into custody when his answers dix
not suit authorities.
Collins was turned over to thu
Plcntywood officers last night fo
questioning. Minot authorities lcf
the room at the time and again tool
him into custody when the suspect.
conversation with the Montana Of
ficials had been completed. Collin.
is said to have frequently been il
both Minot and Plcntyw0od.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
RIFT BETWEEN
CHAPLINS IS
PARTY RESULT
Screen Comedian Claims Wife
Had Noisy Drinking Par
ty in Their Home
GUESTS ORDERED OUT
Mrs. Chaplin Charges Hus-
band Was Cruel and Seeks
Permanent Separation
GUESTS ORDERED OUT

Los Angeles. Dec. 3.-tP)-Mrs.
Charles Spencer Chaplin has no
intention at present Of divOrcing
her millionaire screen comedian
husband. Instead she made 1t
clear. after . conference with
her attorney today. legal action
for separation will be instituted
and cash settlement asked.
Los Angeles, Dec. 3.-(Fp--COnflict-
ing ideas on the propriety of an early
morning party last Tuesday at the
Beverley Hills mansion Of Charles
Chaplin, which eliminated in the
separation of the film comedian and
his wife. lessened the chances for
peace between the pair today as they
turned to their lawyers for consola-
tion.
On one aspect Of the party they
agreed. that Mr.. Chaplin instructed
his wife to turn her guests. including
Baron and Baroness Mile de Pre-
court, out Of the house.
Chaplin described the incident as q
"noisy drinking party" which, he
says. reused the entire household
including the nurse and the baby"
Her Story
The comedians wife insists that
the party was "very quiet and re.
Specialize"
Mrs. Chaplin, in a statement from
the home Of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. William, Curry of Bcverle,
Hills. said she and her mother, Mrs
Lillian Spicer, had given small
dinner party ut the Biltmore hote
Monday night, honoring the baron ant
baroness. After the dinner the part,
adjourned to the Chaplin home.
"While ] was entertaining m.
guests, Mr.. Chaplin came down stair
and made big fuss over the noise h.
said we we're making. He asked nj
to send my guests away, which did,
Mrs. Chaplin related.
Chaplin gave different account o
the evening.
II objected to noisy drinking par
| ty of men and women who came T.
my house at 2 o'clock in the morning
when was asleep and reused the en-
tire household. When I heard tn
piano, organ and victrola going a
once it got the best of me, so I call
ed my wife upstairs and told her I
get the people out at oncc," the com
edian said.
Legal Battle FOreseen
That u legal battle over the Gus
tody of the two Chaplin children
Charles Spencer, Jr., 2, and Sydne
Earle, !, would be waged in the even
Of permanent separation has bee
indicated by both the actor and hi
estranged wife.
Mrs. Chaplin yesterday reiterate
that she would never Ego back" to he
husband and said she was determine
to keep her sons. She bitterly flaye
Chaplin as "a husband and father.
She charged that he had been cruf
to her, and that he remained ava
from home night after night"
Chaplin denied his wifc's charge
Of cruelty. He announced that h
would make "every effort" to obtai
the custody Of their children and au
thorixed the statement that he woul
no longer be responsible for Mr.
Chaplin's bills.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
PRODUCTION
! INCREASE IS
FARMER NEED
Wall Street Method Of Build.
ing Up Prices Does Not
Help, Says Speaker
PICTURE PAINTED BLACK
LOwden and BrOOkhart Both
Claim Agrarian Situation
Is Most Critical

Chicago, Dec. 3-[Ro-Middle west
ern agriculture today had poured it,
plants, its problems and its ultima
tum upon America through addresses
made before nearly . dozen conven-
tions now in session here.
Two political agriculturists, Frank
0. Lowden, former governor Of Illi-
nois, and Smith w. Brookhart, SEN
ator-elcct from Iowa, painted the
farm picture in black. "The agrarian
situation" said Lowden, "is in a bad
way" The nation, in Brookhart' s
opinion, faces "the greatest farm
crisis in history"
While these two men, addressing
separate groups, were urging prompt
recognition and remedy of the situa-
tion, another speaker, Mrs. T. +.
Hollowell, Republican committee
woman from Brookhart's state, told
the Illinois Republican Women's
Club that the Republican party will
be rcpudated in Iowa unless it "an-
swers affimatively the demand of
the middle west for farm relief leg
islation."
Remedies Offered
Two other speakers, addressing
committees of the American Bank
ers' Association, offered remedies
for farmers.
Increased production, not in
creased prices, is the road to farmer
relief said Arthur Huntington,
public engineer of Cedar Rapids
Iowa. 1.-THE Wall Street method of
building up prices will never sue.
coed for the farmer"
A better tariff system, and "gen-
eral, longtime legislative develop
mcnt policy for agriculture" were
suggested to bankers committee b,
Walfred Lindstrom, Pleasant Lake
Ind, chairman Of the Agricultural
Committee of the Indiana Bankers
Association.
Former Governor Lowden said
there were remedies available "for /.
nation brave enough to try the ex
pertinent" but he did not go int
details.
Farmer in Quandary
"Rain last year raised the cOttor
crop i've per cent, ana decreased th'
price 20 per cent" he said. "Nov
the farmer doesn't know whether Il
thank God for rain, or pray for !.
drought"
Senator-elect Brookhart said tn
seriousness Of the present situation
calls for "a complete cooperativ,
credit system, with cooperative re
serve bank, all under control Of tn,
farmers and laboring people them
selves"
NV With indirect discrimination
against them by banks, railroads ant
government tariff legislation, tn,
farmers cannot find relief until the!
control their own credit system
He added that this could easily b,
accomplished by amending the inter
mediate credit act.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
2 FREIGHTERS
RESTRANDED
IN. SUPERIOR
One Had Cargo of Aut0mO-
biles, the Other Carried
100000 Bushels Wheat
1s AUTOS GO OVERHEARD
Coast Guards Rescue Crews
Tugs Work Desperately to
Free Other Boats

Chicago. Dec. 3.--lP)-Fast-formin
ice today grippcd 40 lake boats.
caught by cold and storm in the st.
Mary's river channel at Sault Ste.
Marie.
In Lake Superior two freighters
were stranded on the rocks off
keweenaw Point, driven there by mid
week winds that swept the upper
lake. They are the City Of Bangor,
Duluth bound from Detroit with Il
cargo of automobiles. and the Thomas
Maytham, taking 100000 bushels of
wheat to Toledo from Duluth.
Eighteen automobiles. spiked to
the deck Of the City Of Bangor. slip
ped overheard when the ship ground
ed, and today were frozen fast to the
ice at the shore.
Crews Rescued
Coast guards rescued the crews OF
both freighters-29 men--from the
City Of Bangor and "a from the
Thomas Maytham.
Weather predictions for today car
ried little promise for the stranded
cargo carriers. Shifting winds were
prophesied for Lake Superior. with
snow, while upper Lake Michigan and
Lake Huron had the prospect Of snow
flurries and moderate to fresh south
erly winds.
A stiff gale might prove disas-
trous to the City Of Bangor, q 400
foot steel vessel, whose hull already
has been damaged by the grounding
on the rocks. The Maytham. which
was riding easily when abandoned by
her crew, is regarded as insecure and
may pound to pieces under a strong
southwest wind.
Ice Crusher Coming
Four tugs, working desperately ta
free the vessels locked in the St
Mary's will get help today from a
large icc-crushing railroad ferry or
dcred from st. Ignace by John S.
Ashley. president Of the Lake Car
riers' Association.
Great stores of grain await move
ment from the head Of the lakes. This
is spurring shippers to extra efforts
to keep navigation open until por-
| tion, at least, Of the grain can be
moved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
G.N.D.A. DRIVE
IN BISMARCK
SUCCESSFUL
More Than $1,000 Raised
First Day-Total Expected
to Reach $4,000

More than $1,000 was raised in Bis
marck on the first day Of the drive
for 1927 memberships in the Greater
North Dakota Association, J. P. Wag-
ner, campaign chairman. announced
today. Seven teams, each made up of
two volunteer workers, started to
canvass the city yesterday.
"The initial response was very
gratifying" Mr.. Wagner declared
land with three teams yet to make a
preliminary report we have passed
the $1,000 mark. As the other COM
mittees complete their work and
those making initial reports cover
their territories again to reach those
missed yesterday, l am confident that
the total will be in the neighbori' ood
Of $1,000. Last year Bismarck rails
ed $1,000. The, quota for Burleigh
county this year is $500, slightly
lower than the amount raised in the
county last year. Those who are
missed by the teams should mail their
checks direct to me"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
SAFETY BODY
WILL WORK FOR
UNIFORM CODE
Would License Drivers of Au
t0mobiles-C0unty Com
mitteemen Appointed

An attempt to obtain uniform
motor vehicle code for North Dakota
will be made by the state safety
commission, members of the execu-
tive committee, meeting at the cap.
itol Thursday decided.
Sections of the new code which
may be suggested to the legislature
ut it's winter session are law gov
erning the proper use Of an automO-
bile, and q drivers license law which
would require all new drivers to be
tested as to their ability to handle
an automobile before being granted
a license. This law. as proposed
would apply only to those who start
driving after its enactment.
Representative In Each County
Decision to appoint represent
ative in each county was made fol
lowing the report of H. A. Brats-
berg of Minot, chairman of the
membership committee. Organiza-
tion of local safety councils in the
states major cities, recommended In
the report, will be undertaken in the
near future, the group decided.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed to receive monthly reports on ac-
cidents, their nature and cause, from
every township in the state, DIR. A.
A. Whittemore Of Bismarck, chair
man of the statistics committee, re-
ported. The committee will deter
mine proper preventive measures
from these reports, he said.
c. S. Buck of jamestown, chairman
Of the committee on public educa-
tion, read the committees report and
it was decided to have this group
take charge Of publicity for the
safety commission, furnishing news
paper publicity and providing speak
ers for various club meetings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
Former Policeman
is ElectrOcuted

Ossining. N. r, Dec. S.-Cp-John
]. Brennan, ! former Brooklyn police
man, died in the electric chair in
Sing Sing prison last night for the
murder Of Samuel Kraniof in police
station whore the victim had come
to protest against Brennan's black
mailing. /
Bremen hoped to the last for q
reprisve on the ground that hA Vas
drunE when he killed Kraniof. but
Governor Smith would not interfere.
Brennan was % years old and
leaves ! young widow and IN infant
son.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
J. J. Murray Named
Assistant Manager
of Grocery House

J. J. Murray, formerly Of Mandan,
has been chosen as assistant man.
ager Of the Winson & Newell COM
pany's Bismarck house, which was
opened shere this week, according to
]. c. Oberg, manager. Mr.. Murray
was until recently connected with
the Missouri Valley Grocery company
at Mandan and has had considerable
experience in the wholesale gro-
Gerry line. Consequently his Sc
lection rs assistant to Mr.. Oberg
puts the Bismarck house in charge
Of two men well qualified to success
fully carry on the company's busi-
ness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
FORMER STATE
SCHOOL HEADS
PAID TRIBUTE
Portraits Unveiled at Capitol
Prominent Educators
Attend Ceremonies

Tribute was paid to five formc,
superintendents Of public instruction
by prominent educators, when thei,
portraits were unveiled at the state
capitol Thursday evening.
Portraits Of ]. G.. Halland, J. NJ
Devine, w. L. St0ckwell. +. J. Taylor
and N. c. Macdonald, gifts of mem
bers of the individual families, were
unveiled.
J. G. Halland "led the way to bet
ter things and built up many fine
enterprises" r. M. Black, president
of the Industrial and Normal School
at Glendale, declared, and called
the former school head "a man OF
deep scholarship"
J. M. Devine was praised by Pres
ident George Mcfarland of the Mino,
State Teachers College, who charac-
terized him as an educational leader
and a. man with q remarkable record
Of service and help to the state"
Zone Of the keenest educational
leaders North Dakota has ever pro-
duced," was the characterization OF
E. J. Taylor by p. s. Berg, city sup
erintendent Of schools ut Dickinson
IN. c. Macdonald was loyal to the
great cause Of education" Miss Bea-
trice Johnstone Of the state univer-
sity declared, adding that "he made
his difficulties stepping stones"
Speaking Of Walter L. Stockwell
Louis F. Crawford said. "The people
of North Dakota will never regret
the fact that they elected Mr.. Stock.
well to the state superintendent
office. He was . leader and always
liked because Of his vigor and en-
crgy."
State officials and prominent
North Dakota educators attended the
ceremonies, which were held in the
office Of Minnie J. Nelson, present
superintepdent Of public instruction
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
ELKS PREPARE
PROGRAM FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Alex Macdonald to Give Prin-
cipal Address-Public In
vited to Attend

Members Of the Bismarck Elks
lodge, as well as the general public.
will gatherer at the Elks hall Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock to take part in
the lodges annual Memorial day OBJ
servanccs. Each year, on the first
Sunday in December, all Elks lodges
in the country hold exercises in
memory of members Of the order who
have passed away. This is required
by the grand lodge rules and regu-
lations and a special ritual service
is provided for the occasion.
Alex Macdonald Of Glencoe, "A life
member of the Bismarck lodge, will
deliver the memorial address at the
program Sunday afternoon. Mr..
Macdonald is an interesting speaker
and his message will be worth hear
ing. The exercises are open to all
and officers of the local lodge have
invited the public to attend.
The Program
Funeral march ............. Chopin
Mrs. r. f. Norris.
Ritualistic ceremony ..............
Officers of the lodge.
Quartet, "Rock of Ages .........
Dudley Buck
Mrs. G. +. Wingreene, Mrs. Her
man Scheffer, Henry Halvorson.
George Humphreys. Mrs. R.. 4.
Morris at the piano..
Ritual
Quartet, "The Home Light. :. Macy
Memorial address ............,....
Alex Macdonald.
~America" .....
The audience.
Ritualistic closing ...............
Postlude March Jubilante". . Ryley
Mrs. r. e. Morris.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
Auto Accident
Is Fatal to Two

Duluth, Dec. 3.-GR-Lloyd Ander-
son, q. Of Two Harbors. died THE
morning Of injuries received Wed.
nesday night when the automobile he
was driving crashed into concrete
railing on the outskirts Of the city.
He died without rsgainint conscious
ness. John A. BsrgNan. Jr., ~, Of
Duluth, was killed instantly in the
crash, and Oscar Bark, -, also Of
Duluth IL. IN : critical condition u !
local hospital from the smashup.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
Socialist Premier
and His Cabinet in
Denmark Quit Posts

Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. SPY
The socialist premier. T. A. M.
Stauning, presented his cabinets res
ignation to the king today in conse-
quence Of the liberal and conserva-
tive victory in yesterdays parliament
tary elections.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
INQUEST Will
GllECAUSE0F
GIRLS DEATH
Fathers Dream of Seeing
Daughter Buried Face Down
ward Becomes Reality
SWEETHEART Is SOUGHT
$500 Reward Offered For
Youth Who Disappeared
After Girl Left Home

Prairie du CHEN, Wis, Dec. 3.-0R
The sinister dream of Christ Olson
that his daughter Clara was dead,
has become reality.
"1've seen Clara the tobacco
planter had declared long before the
body Of the pretty 22-year-old girl
was found in a shallow grave on Bat
tie Ridge near Rising Sun, quarter
Of mile from the home Of Erdman
Olson, who has been charged with
the staying.
"l've seen her in dream" Christ
told neighbors. II know she is dead,
l saw her buried on her face on a
hill near Rising Sun"
That dream Of tragedy and death
which came true to the letter, fortify-
ing his suspicion of his daughters
fate, led Christ Olson to swear out q
murder warrant for young Olson,
"upon information and belief sever
al days ago, although there was then
no direct evidence that the girl was
dead.
That evidence was supplied yester-
day when searching party. combing
the picturesque kickapoo Valley,
stumbled upon barely filled grave
in which the missing girl was lying
face downward.
Awaits Autopsy
Today the body lay in a morgue in
lat ~
autopsy to determine how death came
to the girl, who was an expectant
mother.
An inquest, which was to have been
held today, was postponed by Dis
trict Attorney J. s. Earll until q
pathologist arrives Saturday to per.
form an autopsy before coroner's
jury. Earlla,expects to be able te
hold the inquest with expert testi.
mony tomorrow.
Meanwhile search was pushed fol
the girls 18-year-old sweetheart, Erd.
man, Gale College student, who dis.
appeared September 27, II days after
Clara left her home in the evening
'to get breath Of fresh air." and
never returned. Sheriff Sherwood OF
Crawford county planned to go tt
Dwight, ILL.,, today to interview Z
youth held there answering the de.
scription of Erdman. The suspect
gave his name as Walter M. Chris.
tenson, %, and his home rs Porter
Minn., and maintained that he knew
nothing of the case.
Father Faines
Claras body was identified by thu
father, who tainted after he ha<
pointed with an age-withered finger
through the cracked clay to the blacl
silk dress which Clara had bough,
just before she went away and which
she said was to have been her brida
garment for her marriage with Erd
man.
Erdman is q SON of Albert Olson
unrelated to Christ. He left colleg,
q day after Christ had visited him
A letter the youth wrote to his par
ents at the time of his Disappearance
was made public last night. In thu
missive he told of the visit of Chris,
Olson and said, II am leaving fol
some place where no one knows. XXX,
You will never see me again unles.
| It is in a coffin. xxxxx. These peo
pie (Christ Olson) cannot prove any
thing definite"
II have failed rs q son." he wrote
in closing, "but no one will evel
know me by that name (Olson,
again."
Rewards Of $500 have been posted
for word of the youths whereabouts
and his description has been broad
cast to police.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03

washington, Dec. 3-(R)--IDe.
claring navy witnesses are being
prompted from Secretary Will
bur's office regarding their tes.
timOny, defense counsel in the
Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial
today called on the secretary for
an explanation.
Washington, Dec. 3-tP)--A con-
stantly increasing tension in the
DOheny-Fall oil conspiracy case was
plainly visible today AS the opposing
attorneys wranglcd over the testi-
mony Of witnesses who will prove to
a jury either that Albert B. Fall and
Edward l.. Dohcny are guilty of con-
spring to dcfraud the United States
in the famous naval oil leases, or
that they arc innocent.
The defense. which seeks to prove
that Falls receipt Of 100000 from
Doheny while the lease for the Elk
Hills. California, was in negotiation.
was entirely apart from the consum-
nation of the contract, at the outset
today allowed the government to try
TO break down the testimony of H.
Foster Balm, who served under Fall rs
chief of the bureau Of mines. Balm
testified that Fall was not in Wash
ington during much Of the time the
project was being considered by the
interior department, Of which Fall
was head.
Answers Less Specific
Owen j. Roberts, special prosccu-
tor in the case, showed by his more
spirited cross examination that every
point in the case from now on is to
be bitterly fought over. His qucs-
tioning Of Balm assumed the charac-
ter of Il hammering attack centcred
around Bain's part in negotiating
the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, naval oil
storage plant contract, which was
awarded Doheny's Pan-American Pc.
troleum and Transport company or
April 25, 1922.
Roberts read to the jury several
excerpts of Bain's testimony in the
Los Angeles civil proceedings, in
which the government won a de-
cision multiplying the Doheny con.
tracts, and asserted that in his di,
rect examination here the witness
had presented answers less specific
and direct.
Balm explained he had worked on a
great many government projects
since 1922 and found it impossible to
carry all the details in mind. Fur
ther, he had been out of the govern.
ment service for about two years and
had had no access to the bureau Of
mines records since his Los Angeles
testimony.
Fall Did Not Suggest Plan
Balm affirmed he had himself sug
gested to Doheny representatives
that the oil company team up with ,
construction firm In bidding for til.
Pearl Harbor work. But he had Of
fered the same suggestion to Othel
oil companies.
In no case had Secretary Fall sug
gested the plan to him, he said, but
it occurred to him in the course o.
department discussions as . likel,
means of surmounting the difficult,
encountered in the fact that the con
struction work was to be paid To-
! (Continued on page two.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
ice ON GREAT lakes GRIPS 40 LAKE Boats
Hunting Dog
Is Blamed For
Death of Man

Brownsville, Tenn, Dec. 3-tR
"A hunting dog is held respon-
sible for the death of J. T. Davis,
merchant, found mortally
wounded yesterday in his
wrecked automobile on u high
way.
The dog is believed to have
struck against loaded shotgun
on the back seat of the machine
in such q way as to cause its
discharge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-03
TENSION INCREASES in FALL-DOHENY
OIL CONSPIRACY CASE AS ATTORNEYS
WRANCLE OVER TESTIMONY PRESENTED
Hall-MillS Case
Is Given to Jury

Courthouse. Somervillc. N. j..
Dec. 3-LP)-The Hall-MiIls case
was given to Somerset county
jury ut l:44 o'clock this after
noon. The trial was started one
month ago today when Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall and her
brothers. Henry and William
Stevens, were charged with the
murder of Mrs. Eleanor X. Mills.
Mrs. Mills was slain with the
Rev. Edward Hall, September IA,
1922.