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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-13
G04 INMATES
SEEK FAVOR OF
PARDON BOARD
Biennial Report of Board
Shows Disposition Made of
Various Applications

! Clemency has been sought during
the past two years by GOA inmates OF
the state penitentiary, the biennial
report of the board Of pardons, trans
mittcd to the house Wednesday by
Governor A. G. Sorlie, shows.
The number includes applications
. and reapplications by the same in
mate at regular and special meetings.
Prisoners are permitted to file appli-
cations once each year, but additional
hearings may be given on the con-
sent of two members of the. board.
Applications tof 21Bf prisoners were
denied by t}cs board, hut fommutn-
tions Of sentence were granted 81.
This was rincipally in cases where
the remaining time to be served was
short; the conduct Of the prisoners
good; or where the trial Judge o.
states attorney recommended leni-
ency.
Paroles were granted or temporay
paroles extended to 73 prisoners in
cases where the states attorney or
trial judge rec commended such action.
and permission was granted five pa
rolled men to leave the state.
Pardons were granted to % men,
in most instances those who had beer
paroled from the bench by the dis
trict court and never served time in
the state prison, or who had been rec
commended for pardon by the trial
judge or states attorney. Several Of
these pardons were granted at the
request Of paroled prisoners who re-
quested amnesty for the restoration
Of citizenship rights.
Citizenship Restored to l6
Citizenship privileges were re-
stored to 16 men, some of whom had
served the full term of sentence.
while some had had their sentences
applicants had proved worthy of hav-
ing their citizenship restored.
Transfers were made of nine prison
inmates to the State Training School
at Mandan because Of their youth.
One prisoner was deported, with no
reason given in the report Tor this
action.
In three cases, indctermina.e san-
,tcnces were fixed at definite term,
either on recommendation Of the trial
Judge or in the best judgment Of the
board.
Paroles previously granted IL were
revoked for violations of the condi-
tions Of the agreement and the state
mcnt says these are principally in
eases paro!ed from the bench by the
district court
Applications deferred to regular
meetings in the future or withdrawn
at the request of the applicant num-
hered Sc. while two paroles were re-
instated upon Recommendation of the
warden and district judge in cases
previously revoked
The report, was ordered printed i'm
the house journal on the motion OF
p. Z. Peters. Ransom county.
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ACTUARY MAY
BE CALLED TO
PROBE BUREAU
Governor Will Suggest Such
Course If Compensation
Fight Develops

An investigation Of the state work.
mems compensation bureau by an inn
partial actuary will be suggested by
Governor A. G. Sorlie if the propossl
to change the present benefit scale
becomes an important issue at this
session Of the legislature.
The executive said this morning
that he believes an impartial survey
by competent and disinterested au-
thority should disclose the facts
which it would be necessary to know
before any intelligent revision Of the
compensation law could be made. II
q fight on the proposal develops in
the legislature. the governor said he
probably would suggest such q
course: He indicated that he would
take the action in an effort to pre-
vent the proposal from becoming
political football.
Commissioners See Cevernor
r. E. Wenxel, commissioner 81 the
bureau, who is advocating the redue.
ton in the benefit scale, called On
Governor Sorlie yesterday. Hot on
his heels came S. s. Mcdonald. the
commissioners who 10 contendine that
the benefit scale should not Sc
touched. Wenxei was appointed on
the commission, to represent the en-.
ploycrs and Mcdonald was appointed
to represent the employees.
Wenzel presented SOrlie with data
which ne contends proves the justieA
Of his contentious. Mcdonald aiao
had mass Of data which Ne saiA
proves Just the orposite. Each I'M
prepared to appear before any l1Kis-
lative committees, Which may eonsf1of
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Goddard to Welcome Visitors

association, will be placed on the
"gridiron," according to members OF
the committee in charge.
Shrouded In Secrecy
The affair is shrouded in secrecy
and a program given out by the COM
mittee today gave no clue to the
identity Of those who would be LAM
pooned. The program is as follows:
The Fog Horn Boys; The Corpora
tion Meets; The Pied Piper of Hell
delberg; Right Off the Stage
Mellcr-Drammer, featuring Hawk
! shaw, the hawkeyed hawkstcr; Song
by Clara Peltier with Mrs. Lewis J..
Mann, accompanist; Shades Of izaak
Walton; To the Bitter End--another
Meller-Drammer with variations);
The Return of Andy Volstcad; The
Morse Nightingale; "You Pays Your
/ Money and You Takes Your Choice"
I A grand finale, in which the whole
\ company of artists will participate, is
said to be one of the features of the
affair. Ms
The banquet menu includes cream
!: of tomato soup; Kalamazoo celery;
green olives; roast goose and apple
| sauce, or fried wall-cyed pike. tar
tar sauce; mashed potatoes: green
Ncapolitan ice cream, as
vsorted cake and coffee.
The two-day meeting starts tomor-
row. morning with registration at 8
\ O'Clock, following which the session
will be opened with prayer by Rev.
1Paul S. Wright. H. r. Goddard, Sec
! Yctary Of the Association Of COM
/ mcrce. will extend the welcome to
1sthc city. and III. S.. Davies at MinOt,
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.BARRICADES
HIMSELF IN
BASEMENT
Tennessee Merchant Shoots
Two Women After Argu.
mcnt on City Street
KILLS ONE OF POSSE
Officers Use Machine Guns
and Dynamite Before Man Is
Taken Into Custody

jefferson City, Tennessee, Jan.
l3.-(AP)-A slayer Of two wom-
en- and college student, who suc-
cessfully barricaded h i'm sci I
against an armed community for
eight hours, met his nemesis early
today in fusillade of shcts in tho
basement of his home.
w. B. Johnson, a merchant, went
down severely wounded before the
charge Of IL deputy sheriffs who
gained entrance by the use Of dy-
Mantle. At Knoxville hospital,
physicians said he had a chance to
live.
Machine guns, automatic rifles
and tear bombs were used in at.
tempts to dislodge Johnson who,
armed with revolvers and $50
rounds Of ammunition, held scores
Of deputy sheriffs at bay.
johnson, former deputy sher.
iff, yesterday met Mrs. Josie B.
Howard, 60, a cripple, and her
daughter, Mrs. Josie Howard Bish-
op. 25, widow, acquaintances Ct
long standing, as they were re-
turning from shopping trip.
Both Mortally Wounded
An argument between johnson
and the women was suddenly punc-
tuated by revolver fire, and both
women fell mortally wounded, each
shot through the mouth.
johnson fled to his home and q
crowd quickly gathered about the
house. Suddenly the slayer ap-
peared in an upstairs window and
fired two shots into the crowd.
Dsbrell Hicks, a college football
player, fell dead, and the crowd
scattered. Then the Officers an
peared, and while automobile head
lights played on the building, ma
chine guns spat challenge. Aft
er several spirited bursts the firing
became desultory and there was no
answer from the building. But Of
ficers hesitated to enter, and fin
ally decided to use dynamite.
House Partially Wrecked
Five sticks were thrown. After
the crash ing detonations had
wrecked the front part of the
building, the Cfficars crawled in,
but Johnson was not to be found.
Sheriff Walter Anderson led his
men to the basement and from the
darkness they were greeted bv re-
vOlver fire. One answering burst
and the fight was ended. johnson
had two wounds, in the right eye
and leg.
Many rumors as to the cause Of
Johnson's difference with the wom-
en- he killed were heard in the COM
munity of 800 today, but few per-
sons knew more than that the man
and younger woman had been ac-
quainted before her marriage.
Mrs. Bishops husband lost his life
with the American army in France.
A nire-year-old son survives her.
Mrs. johnson, the mother of five
children, would not throw any light
on her husbands action.
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EDITORS ARE
ARRIVING FOR
TI0N
Members of Executive and
Legislative Committees
Hold Meetings Today
SESSION OPENS FRIDAY
Big Entertainment Feature
Will Be Gridiron Banquet,
Dance Friday Night

Newspapermen from all parts Of
the state were arriving here today
to attend the convention Of the North
! Dakota Editorial Association, opening
Members of the executive and leg
islative committees arrived here this
morning and began consideration of
proposed law changes to be submitted
TO the legislature.
Members of the executive commit
tee are Will H. Wright of Wood
worth, Milford H. Graham of Devils
Lake, NJ. |. Forkner of Langdon,
George Collins Of Darlington and J.
+. Bacon Of Grand Forks.
On the legislative committee are
Ed. Sullivan of New Salem, A. C. Oh
son Of New Rockford, T. d. Monson
of Fessenden; Walter Taylor of La
Moure; Richard Costello Of Bottineau,
Wright, Forkner and Graham.
Present today are Wright, Graham,
Forkner and Taylor, the others be-
ing unable to arrive here until to-
morrow.
First to Arrive
Wayne Peterson of the Rolla Star
was the first to report for the con-
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Chaff From the
Legislative Mill


That journals of the senate are
poor reading is the opinion of Senator
J. E. Eastgate, Grand Forks county.
The journals are mot worth as
much as five-cent cigar would be to
some people," he asserted. "Thcre
are several members of this body who
wouldn't be able to follow the session
by studying the journal, and there are
some Of us who don't know what is
going on even when we sit here and
listen to it," he said.
His remarks came during discus
sion on the advisability Of keeping
the journal mailing list under 5000
copies by cutting off schools, other
than first class, from the list unless
the copies were requested. After
some debate, the mailing committee
WIS Rivn instructions to use its own
judgment.
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ma FERGUSON
CHALLENGES
HER CRITICS
Wants Them to Prove That
Any of Her CIemency Acts
Were Unjustified
BRANDS THEM HOWLERS
Two Texas Counties Postpone
Criminal Trials-3.2O5
Pardons Granted
BRANDS THEM HOWLERS

Austin, Texas, Jan. l3-tR-
branding her critics "a crowd of
howlers," and challenging them to
prove any of her clemency acts were
unjustified, Governor Miriam A. Fer
guson has increased her pardon and
parole total to the new state record
Of 3,205 while criminal courts in two
counties today and postponed GRIM
lnal dockets until the expiration of
her term January 18, next.
Judge Whit Boyd Of Harris county
tHoustonD yesterday conformed to
the action of Bexar county jurists in
discontinuing sentencing Of all Grim
inals pending the woman governors
retirement. Judges of both districts
acted on the requests of district at
torneys who declared men recently
convicted had been liberated.
With counsel Of friends Of convicts
besieging her office with petitions
for clemency, Governor Ferguson de-
fled her critics and in turn made ac-
cusations of irregularities in court
procedure. She then continued sign
ing clemency orders, the days sum
mary showing 27 full pardons and
one conditional pardon. This was
slightly less than the average main
tanned for several days.
Murderer pardOned
One Of the last full pardons signed
was for Nett Vestal, who was con
victed of killing man at Dallas in
1917, but escaped from hospita! for.
the insane and married two women,
one of whom bore him six children.
Both women recently appeared to
plead that his life be spared follow
ing his arrest in st. Louis few
months ago.
Replying to District Attorney C. NJ.
Chambers of Bexar county (San An
tonio) who charged her pardon pol
icy made life and property unsafe"
Governor Ferguson declared she had
the endorsement Of county officials
and in most cases all the Jurors be
fore granting paroles or pardons.
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Two Men Killed
in Auto Crash

st. Paul. Minn., Jan. l3-(AP)
Two men were instantly killed
when the automobile In which
they were riding skidded and
crashed into q street car power
pole here early today.
The men were identified as
Samuel J. Enxsell and Ernest w.
Carlson, both of st. Paul.
According to witnesses the car
was travelling rapidly east on
University avenue, when Il
skidded, made complete revO-
luton on the street and then
crashed into the pole.
Police required the assistance
Of the fire department to extri.
cate the bodies from the crushed
car.
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McNARY-HAlTCEN BILL
FAVORRAI.Y REPORTED

Washington, Jan. 10 LP) The
house agriculture committee to-
day approved the McNary-
Haugcn farm relief bill by a vote
OF IL to- 8.
The vote was taken after Il
motion to substitute the Curtis
Crisp bill failed, rs to 5. Ycster-
day, on similar move, the
Curtis-Crisp bill received 10
votes against II. for the Nc
Nary -Haugen plan.
A group Of EARN organization
leaders, who awaited the vote in
Chairman Haugen's private Of.
flee, received the news of today's
vote with jubilation.
The committees action ended
a hard, thrce-day fight over the
proposal for an equalization fee
levied on basic crops to control
crop surpluses. This principle
is included in the McNary-Hau-,
gen bill.
Chairman Haugen declared
after the meeting that the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill had IAN excel
lent chance to pass the house."
II understand" he said, "that
nearly two dozen members who
voted against the bill last year
will be with us this time"
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SENATE BILL1
RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE
Tax Committee Acts After
Hearing Lyman Baker Ex-
plain Purposes of Bill

senator 4. Patterson, RenvilIe
county, today introduced q bill
In the senate which makes II un.
lawful to mortgage any grain or
TO take or receive as security any
chattel mortgage lien upon any
grain prior to its threshing or up-
on any agricultural crop prior to
its harvest. 1t provides that viO-
latiOns Of any of the provisions
Of the law shall be a misdemean-
or. The bill was referred to the
judiciary committee.
Senator Walter SchlOsser,
Grand Forks, introduced a hill
today amending the act creating
the state board of electricians. 1t
makes minor changes in the ex-
amining, licensing and inspections
of the board. The bill was refer
red to the committee on state af-
fairs.
Bills introduced by the appr0-
priations committee today provide
appropriations as follows: $SS5
for the state board of veterinary
medical examiners; 5000 for i'm
demnity Ia owners Of animals
afflicted with glanders and dOu-
rinc; $4,000 for indemnity to
owners of animals afiaicted wiz.
bovine tuberculosis with cmer.
gency clause;) and $3l,95O for
the, state livestock sanitary board.
With i few minor amendments, sen
ate bill No. l. introduced by Senate
II. j. Rusch, Cass county, was recon
mended for passage by the senate t.:
committee following 4 meeting Wed
nesday night in the office of Senate
Obert Olson. The senate and hous
tax committees met jointly early i
the evening to hear Lyman A. Baker
deputy tax commissioner. explain tn
sections Of the bill which i
designed to amend that section Of tn
tax law relating to giving notice o
expiration of period of redemption ol
forfeited to the county a
lax sale, issuance Of tax deeds to tn
county and sale Of property acquire,
by the county through tax deed.
After the purposes of the bill ha,
been fully explained, the members o
he house committee withdrew. since
LuG Dill Will ldLcE Oe TcleEFeu 10 CHu
body, and the senate committee dis
.ussed the proposed changes in de
tail.
Must Fix Minimum Price
The bill is designed principally t,
change the procedure connected will
sale by the county commissioners O
property acquired by tax deed. max
ng it mandatory on the board to ii,
! minimum sale price which mus
cover all taxes outstanding agains
he property at the time the notice
# expiration Of redemption was
'erved. unless the value Of the prop
.rty is less than that amount.
Cases have occurred in variou:
counties, Mr.. Baker explained, where
county boards have sold valuable city
OTIS and other property for from $2s
% 500 description, thereby causing
he city to lose all it's special assess
nents in addition to most of the gen.
.ral taxes against the property. In
;ome cases, 1t was said, property dis.
,osed of in this manner has been i'm.
resold by the purchaser
or several hundred dollars a descrip.
ion, showing that the county boards
'old it at far below it's reasonable
'alue.
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Captain FOnck Will
Again Try New York
to Paris Air Trip

New York, Jan. l3.-LP)-Captain
Rene Fonck, French ace, plans to try
again this year to fly from New York
to Paris.
Captain Fonck plans, it was said
to provide for use Of an improved
model plane built by the Sikorsky En-
gineering corporation, makers Of the
ill-fated S-35, which crashed and
burned last September while attempt
ing to take off on Roosevelt Field,
killing two Of the crew.
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500 Persons Calmly
Leave Theatre When
$15O,0OO Fire Starts

New York. Jan. l3. R) More than
500 persons, many of them children,
calmly filed out Of William Fox Au-
dnbon Theatre on upper Broadway
when fire broke out in a store room
of the theatre building last night.
Three alarms were turned in before
the fire was under control. The thea
trc.. ballroom upstairs and several
business places in the building, were
damaged to the extent Of $l60.00O.
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Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
at q. m. today.
Temperature at Z a. nj. ..........
Highest yesterday .............. 12
Lowest last night ............. l
Precipitation to Z a. nj. ........ .O2
Highest wind velocity ........ 12
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight. Friday increasing cloudiness,
with snow. Rather cold.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight.
Friday Increasing cloudiness, with
snow west and central portions. Rath-
Or cold.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The high poessurc area. with its
accompanying cold weather. has
spread out considerably but it is still
centered over the northern Plains
States and northeastern Rocky Noun
tain slope. Temperatures are below
zero in the northern parts of Minne-
sofa, North Dakota and Montana;
also in { the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. The low
est temperature, 20 degrees below
zer0,. occurred at Winnipeg, Man.
PrecipitatiOn occurred in the Great
Lakes region, Mississippi Valley,
southern Plains States and cover the
Rocky Mountain region and north
Pacific coaat states. A low pressure
area has appeared on the north Pacific
.as oRRIs W. ROBERTS,
Official in charge.
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resolution was offered by ]. H. Burk
hart, Ward county, in the form of
bill but was advanced on the calen
dar and passed by reclamation.
The resolution read as follows:
Whereas, agriculture is the
basic industry of this nation;
and,
Whereas, we believe the sta
bility and prosperity Of agricul-
ture is essential to the prosperity
! and general welfare of the people
Of this nation; and, ~
Whereas, agricultural products
(Continued on page threo.)
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COMMITTEE DECIDES
TO SEIZE BALLOTS

Washington, Jan. 13.-CP)-Immedi-
ate seizure of the ballots cast in Phil
adelphia and Allegheny counties in
the Pennsylvania senatorial election
last November was decided upon to-
day by the senate campaign funds
committee.
In addition agents Of the commit
tee will take over the ballots in 131
precincts in rural districts in which
William S. Ware, successful Republi-
can candidate, told the committee he
had received a total Of only 480 votes,
or less than four votes to the pre-
cinct.
Seizure Of the ballots, registration
lists, return sheets, tally sheets, poll
lists and voters check lists, will be
the first step in the senate investi-
cation of charges of wholesale fraud
in registration and voting made in
the petition Of contest against the
seating Of Ware brought by William
b. Wilson, the Democratic candidate.
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PROBE OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATORIAL
ELECTION WILL BE- STUPEND0US TASK
T0day's Program
in Legislature

Senate and house convene at ,.
House marks time awaiting re
t1gn Of many members from Tri-
State farm congress ut Fargo.
Senate continues in,roauetIons
Of bills.
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impcund:ng CT Ballots, Regis
trati0n Lists and Other
Election Supplies Will Like
ly BE First Step-Counting
Of All Ballots Would Re-
qNire Three Years. II Is Es-
timaled

Washington, Jan. l3.-lR The
prelimlnaries TO one Of the most stu
Pendous tasks ever given a congress
sloEal committee investigation OF
the last Pennsylvania senatorial cleo
ton were to be gone over today at
the capitol
Ih@y Will center aroual q !ect@t;"e
program Tor the special senate cur..
mittee which has been asked to thresh
out the contest brought by William b.
wilson, Democrat, against the cleo
tion last November of William s.
Ware, Republican.
The committee at an informal ses-
sion last night in the office Of Sena-
tor Reed, Democrat, Missouri, its
chairman. decided to invite both the
successful Republican candidate and
his unsuccessful Democratic oppon-
ent to cooperate with il in it's inquiry,
the first step in which probably will
be the impounding of ballots, regis
tration lists and other election dOcu-
mentS.
Long Job in Sight
While the actual counting of the
ballots is not expected to begin until
after the present congress adjourns,
estimates made in Harrisburg show
that 20 freight cars would be requir-
ed to move to Washington the 1894
ballot boxes used in the last election.
1t also estimated that more than
three years would be necessary for
counting the ballots, figuring on the
basis of one hour for a judge and
two clerks to count votes in each Of
the 1884 districts, working eight
hours a day 800 days to the year.
What plans are to be made to meet
this hereculcan task are not known
at this time but the counting job is
expected to be completed before the
inquiry gets under way into the
charges Of fraud in voting and regis
tration made by Wilson in his contest
petition,
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HOUSE URGES
QUICK ACTION
ON FARM BILL
Resolutions Offered by Burk-
hart Asks Congress to Pass
McNary-Haugcn Bill

Immediate passage by congress Of
the McNary- Haugen bill was asked
by the North Dakota house Wednes-
day in a resolution which was adopt-
ed without dissenting vote. The
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Yes They're All Coming

vcntion aside from committee mem
bers, arriving this morning. b. g..
Mactslroy Of the Steele Farmers
Press passed through to Mandan to-
day and expects to return here to-
night.
Arrangements have been made by a
committee composed of local news
papermen and representatives Of the
Association Of commerce TO find
, housing accom- modations for all who
may not be able to get rooms at ho-
tells. About Is are expected to be
present.
The entertainment feature of the
two-day convention will be the grid
iron dinner and dance scheduled for
Friday night. A number Of state Of
ficials and legislators are expected
to attend. The entertainment pro-
gram will follow closely the "grid-
iron" idea as developed by the Ma
tional Press Club at Washington. A
number of officials and Legislators,
as we'll as some members of the press
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Weather Report

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
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WEATHER FOneCAsr

Fair tonight. Friday cloudy, with
snow. Rather cold.