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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
BANK BILL IS
RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE
Senate Committee Approves
Measure Providing Closed
Bank Dep0sit0rs' Boards

A house bill that would allow
depositors in closed banks to work
out their own liquidation was rec
commended for passage by the sem
ate committee on banks and bank
ing today.
The measure would continue the
present system of one state re-
ceiver of closed banks. but adds a
provision that so per cent of the
depositors may name a committee
OF three to supervise the affairs
of the insclvent institution.
The reorganization work would
be under the supervision Of the
state examiner. An appropriation
of $4,000 to carry out the act is
included in the bill, which is also
an emergency measure.
A measure that would declare
executors and administrators not
personally liable for moneys de-
posted in closed banks will be re-
ported without recommendations.
Among other bank measures,
one that would allow consolidation
of banks on two-thirds vote of the
stockholders instead of the present
! unanimous vote, was recommend
ed as the committee completed its
work and cleaned its slate of all
bills.
Prison Appropriation Approved
A general appropriation Of $685.
$50 for the state penitentiary was
recommended by the house appro-
priations committee. An emer-
gency appropriation for purchase
of land and construction Of build
ings at the penitentiary was rec
7. commended after it had been raised
$4,000, making the total $l25,55O.
The additional $4,000 will be for
rse in installing license tag ma
chinery and alterations Of build
ings.
An emergency appropriation of
81 $50 to construct an iron fence
around the Roosevelt cabin in the
capitol grounds also received fa-
vorable action.
Included in heavy calendar Of
house bills faced by the senate this
afternoon is revived and amend
ed habitual criminal statute, al
ready passed by the house. The
senate judiciary committee twice
decided to kill the measure, but it
was amended to apply cnly to
crimes involving moral turpitude
and recommended for passage.
1t is modelled after the Baumes
law of New York, but is less dras-
TIC. On conviction Of q, third of
Tense, a criminal would be SUBJ
ject to maximum punishment Of
twice the maximum penalty for
the first offenses After the third
offense he would be liable to life
imprisonment At the discretion of
sthe court. &
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
CITY NATIONAL
DEP0SIT0RS TO
MEET MARCH 4
Depositors Urged to Attend
Meeting or Designate Some
Cne as Their Proxies

Depositors in the closed City Ma
tional bank are being urged TO attend
the important meeting which will be
held at the Elks hall Friday evening.
since it is necessary, in order to
transact business, that holders of the
majority Of stock in the Depositors'
Holding company be present, either
in person or by proxy. Each depos:-
tor holds as many shares in the COM
pany as he had dollars on deposit at
the. time the bank was closed.
Depositors who will find it imposs
sible to attend are urged to designate
some member of the depositors' COM
mittee as their proxy. This must be
done in writing and the com,/1nica-
tion must be in the hands Of the COM
mittee not later than Friday, March
4. Members Of the committee are A.
p. Lenhart. w. H. Webb, DR.. v. J. La
Rose, DR.. r. S. Towne and H. L.
Reade.
The business to come before the
meeting includes adoption of bylaws
and election Of permanent directors.
Dep0sitors are urged to give this mat
ter their immediate attention, and
either plan to attend the meeting or
designate someone as their proxy,
sinco the business at hand cannot be
transacted unless q majority Of the
stock 10 represented at the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
GOV. RICHARDS
WILL ENFORCE
S. G. BLUE LAWS
Golfers Arrested En- Route
to Links - Restaurants.
Garages. Stores Closed

Columbia, S. c., Feb. %. tP) Golf
bug, many Of whom have TO wait six
daya between whacks at the pills.
may expect no discrimination Inv the lr
favor in Governor Richards campaign
to enforce South Cardinals century
old Sunday closing law.
This was clearly indicated when
four players. en- route to the links in
Greenville. were arrested yesterday
the states second "blue" Sunday.
These were the only arrests. but the
lid was generally reported as clamp
ed down tight in all principal cities.
far more so than a week before when
first attempts were made to enforce
the law.
Will Cervy Case to Court
Proctor a. Ronham, a former solici-
tor and state senator, and W. G..
Perry. Jr.. John Cushman and David
men. were, the golfers arrested. When
they began to play anyway. but were
lookup They needed the warning,
but finished their game at Biltmore,
N C~ where they drove by automo-
DIlct anu ldtcE tHcy Woulu
carry the case to court.
Gasoline stations, garages, soda
fountains. cigar stores and restaur-
ants generally were closed down in
the larger cities, while drug stores
that remained open catered only to
medicine purchasers.
Cigarette bootleggers were reported
operating in Greenville, selling them
for so cents package.
Newsboys Chased Away
NewsbOys were chased from the
streets in Aiken. a resort town, al
though golf and rolo were piayed
without any arrests. All amusemcnts,
however. were conducted outside the
city limits. At Camden. another re-
sort center, announcements were
made in all the hotels that the law
would be observed.
Columbia quietly observed the clos
ing order. while at Charleston reports
were that only street cars and taxi
cabs operated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
DAKOTA LOANS
T0BE HANDLED
AT ABERDEEN
Field Office to he Estab.
liShed There-Senate En-
pected to Provide Funds

Washington, Feb. 2S.- CP)- Field
Offices viii be established by the de-
partment Of -. ...e at Aberdeen,
s. D and at Manhattan. Kansas, for
receiving applications for leans rom
farmers under the seed loan act as
soon rs the appropriation for the
loans is made available by congress.
The office at Aberdeen which will
serve South Dakota. North Dakota
and Montana. Will be in charge of
DR. &. l.. Leighty. The Manhattan
office, which will serve Nebraska
and Kansas. will be managed by +.
Weed Harvey. The offices probably
Will be opened about March I.
To Name Subcommittecs
Community and tounty committees S
Will be designated 10 pass on appli-
cations for loans and send them to
the central office
Loans Viii be made for the pur-
chase Of seed wheat, oats, barley,
corn, flax. alfalfa and sweet clover
and for the purchase Of feed for live
stock necessary in farming opera
tions.
The house expects the senate to
add the funds for the loan to the
second deficiency appropriation bill
which passed the house Saturday. By
this procedure, It was argued the
house would have more time to con
slider it when the deficiency measure
comes back with the item added.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
OREGON BISHOP
OPENS CRUSADE
AT AUDITORIUM
Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner
Gives Address Before Large
Group Last Evening

Peace is non-existent today. Bishop
Walter Taylor Sumner Of Oregon
told an audience Sunday evening at
the opening service of the Bishops
Crusade of the Episcopal Church,
held in the city auditorium.
Ware are being waged today on
every hand, while you and sit
quietly by, indifferent to the League
of Nations or any other PROJECT
which might bring peace" Bishop
Sumner declared.
"Cnless we do something and do il
soon, we will be embroiled in anoth cr
war, the ravages of which will make
the great war seem puny. We came
close to it in the last war-we can
not stand another. 1t will mean the
ascendancy of IA pagan, heather. yell
low race"
Materialism Discussed
Too many people today seek happi-
ness by material things. Bishop
Sumner said, and averred that '.all
the wealth in the world cannot give
us happiness with Il guilty CON
science"
Modern youth was given word of
praise by Bishop Sumner, who said,
while the youth of today is out
spoken and unconventional, it is as
fine. if not finer. than the youth of
the past generation. bespcak for
youth a square deal. If the short
comings of modern youth are causing
uneasiness, We must remember we
have no one TO blame but nnrselvce
"You often talk about the good
old times There never were any.
The world today Is lar Iiner tnan :,
has ever been in the past. Religion
has grown by leaps and bounds.
I'm 1872 in Yale University q re-
ligious census Of students was taken
and it was found that only one out
of every 100 was willing to be re-
corded as belonging to some religious
faith. Contrast this with the pres
ent day. when recent survey of the
universities showed 20 per cent of
the students to be Christians"
Three Things Needed
Three things are needed today by
the Church, said Bishop Sumner:
Churchmen who live more Of the
spirit of Christ.
Churchmen with more power to
stand up and witness for God.
Churchmen to follow the example
of Christ and be more like him.
"The hope of the world is the ac-
acknowledgement of the fact Of God,
he declared. I'VE must realize the
ever presence Of God
He declared that new religion
was not what was needed to awaken
the church today. but new express
sion Of religion. The church has all
the facts and the truth, he said. and
declared that all that it is necessary
to, do is to give the world the facts
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
DOHENY MUST
GIVE UP NAVAL
OIL CONTRACTS
Supreme Courts Decision To-
day Amounts to Complete
Victory For Government
DEALS INVOLVED FRAUD
Fall Policy. Under Which
Leases We're Made. We're
Illegal. Court Holds

Washington. Feb. 2S.-(P) Edward
l.. Doheny must give up the naval oil
leases and contracts awarded him
when Albert B. Fall was secretary
of the interior. Nor will he receive
back the money he spent in ATTEMPT
ing to carry the agreements into
effect.
In an opinion amounting to a COM
plete victory for the government, the
supreme court held today that the
agreements not only were tainted by
fraud. but that the Fall leasing
policy under which they were made
was illegal.
1t was under this same policy that
the Teapot Dome lease was given I
Harry F. Sinclair. although the sui,
to cancel that lease was not directly
involved in today's finding.
Lower Court Upheld
The opinion Of the court was an
nounced by Justice Butler and there
was no dissent. 1t completely af-
firmed the findings Of the court of
appeals. holding that the Doheny
leases and contracts are invalid and
that Doheny is entitled to no compen-
sation.
The decision cancelled both the
tease ana the contract. confirming
the findings of the lower court.
The highest tribunal based its de-
cision on evidence deduced in the
trial court and previously brought to
light in the famous senate oil in
quiry. showing how the negotiations
were conducted without competitive
bidding and in secrecy and how be-
fore the deal was consummated
Doheny sent Fall 100000 in little
black bag.
The final finding today was taken
without regard for the verdict of u
jary~in i lecal sAIlrt .hernnwhich ac )
quilted Fall and Dohenv Of a GRIM
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
BOlshevik Plot Is
Found in Hungary

Budapest. Hungary, Feb. 28.-(P---
Police said TODAY they had unearthed
widespread bolshevik plot centered
in Budapest and with ramifications in
the principal cities in Hungary.
Five bersons were under arrest, in
cluding Zoltan Szanto, brother OF
Bella Szanto. who was war commits
sary during the soviet dictatorship in
Hungary. He was caught at from
tier station as he was trying to make
his way out Of the country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28

ashington, Feb. 28.-GR-Having
hung up a near short session record
for speed in enacting legislation, the
69th congress entered it's final week
today with its right wing aflutter
and its left calmly coasting in to-
ward the nine months Adjournment
Friday.
One guess was as good as another
as to the outcome in the senate--the
right wing which has become en-
meshed in tangled skein of parlia-
mentary maneuvers. In the house it
was quite different story. 1t had
only the chaff to clean up after har-
vesting bumper bill crop.
The senate also had Il great amount
Of accomplishment behind it. but
Messrs. Filibuster and Cloture, long
and short debate advocates who have
been locking horns, were expected co
enact the final scenes of the four
and IL half day performance.
To Vote on ClOture
Today had been set aside in that
body for votes on petitions to clamp
the one-hour debate restriction on
the $l25, 100000 public buildings bill
and the administration prohibition
and customs reorganization meas
urcs, but there were predictions that
these would meet the same fate as
those Of Saturday when attempts
failed to limit discussion on the
Boulder Canyon dam and emergency
officers retirement bills.
Senator McNary, Republican, Ore.
gon, co-author of the farm bill re.
jccted by President Coolidge. also
had hoped to obtain vote on pro-
posal to override the veto, but this
had been conceded as hopeless
effort.
Failure of cloturc for the prohi ibi
tion and buildings measures would
!. produce, leaders believed. battle
froyal among advocates of the alien
property, Boulder Canyon and off.
GERS bills, as we'll as supporters oi
half a dozen other measures.
Furthc filibustcring is in prospect
by opponents of tho dam and Off.
GERS bills, while the vets are form.
ing solid front against the prohi.
bitiOn measure.
More Storm Clouds
More storm clouds are gathering
rs a result of proposals Of Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, to con.
tinue the life Of his campaign funds
investigating committee, and oil
Chairman Borah of the foreign rela.
tions committee that it be empower.
ed to sit during the summer recess.
Meanwhile, Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, Massachusetts,, has announced
his intention to ask for appointment
.of u committee Of Is senators tt
make sweeping inquiry into the
economic state of the nation, the OBJ.
ject of which will be to "find sound
and sane solutions to our economic
problems" Farm conditions wouic
receive particular attention.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Man Leaps to His
} Death in Icy Waters
of Milwaukee River

Milwaukee, Feb. 2s.-LR)-For 81
seconds last night in the dark, icy
waters Of the Milwaukee river, an un-
identified man balanced his life in
his hands. He weighed it carefully
and then chose death.
Bridge tenders saw the man climb
to the top of the rail. As they ran
toward him. ne waved ,:d. his hand. smii.
thrown after him and fell within
eight feet Of him.
Then the man swan few strokes
and grasped the life preserver. As
Ahef bridge tenders began to pull IN
tfN line attached to it, the man again
smiled at his rcscuers, then deliber-
atcly pushed the life preserver away
and sank.
Tovty-five minutes later police 70
covered the body.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
CRASH KILLS
TWO AMERICAN
AR MY FLIERS
Capt. WOOlsey and Lieut.. Ben.
ton, Members of Goodwill
Tour, Are Victims

Rucnos Aires. Feb. 22 up, a sor-
rowing nation today was paying hon
age to two American army aviators,
killed in Saturdays crash between
the planes New York and Detroit.
The bodies Of Captain Clinton +
Woolsey and Lieut. John f. Benton
Of California. Pan American Goodwill
fliers, lay in state at the military
club. There was continuous pro-
cessioh Of Argentine citizens past the
bier.
Arrangements were made 20 put the
bodies on the steamship Vauban tn 5
afternoon for the journey to the Unit
ed States. after services at the Epis-
copal Cathedral. Cavalry. artillery
and aviation sections were ordered
to render military honors.
President De Alvear. who on Friday
had greeted the members Of the
Goodwill squadron at Mar Del Plata
the summer capital, returned to
Buenos Aires to attend the services.
THE flight will be resumed tomor-
quay.
Major Herbert A. Dargue. in com.
mani Of the squadron, and Lieut.
AIHHIS W iVSctbt pIlVt vi
the New York, had a narrow escape
from death. Lieutenant Whitehead
was injured in his left ankle when
he touched the ground with his
parachute and walks with some diff,
ficulty.
Accident Described
Major Dargue described how the
Detroit crashed into his niane and
how he escaped with his life.
I'VE were nearing Palomar," l!
miles FROM buenos Aires) he said
"Thc wind was calm. We closed ur
the distance between the planes. ac.
cording to custom, in "A formation re
Sembling diamond, the front and
rear planes higher than the ma.
chimes to the right and left so they
could 90 lower in case Of danger
When the crash occurred the De
troit was to the left Of my plane, the
Continued on page threc)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Pershing's Orderly
During World War
Hanged For Assault

St. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 28.-LP)-Rob-
crt Johnson, 20 year old, negro, was
hanged today for a criminal assault
on a white married woman. Johnson
admitted he attempted to rob the
woman but denied the assault.
The negro had been sentenced to
hang a month ago., but was granted
a reprieve through the intercession n
Of General John J. Pershing, whose
private orderly Johnson had been dur
ikc the war in France.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Children FOrSaken
in Burning House
BY Excited Parents

Chicago, Feb. %. (P) Forsakcn by
their panic-stricken parents. Bruno
Spino, 8. and his brother Frank, 3.
were trapped Sunday in their bed
room as a fire swept through an
apartment building. The children,
overcome by. smoke, were carried d out
by firemen, but died two hours ll.er.
Vincent Spino father. said he
thought his wife was looking after
the children, as he hurriedly escaped.
His wife was found unconscious in a
hallway. After the building had been
practically emptied, firemen found
the Spino children on the third floor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Two Negroes Pay
Supreme Penalty
For Killing Man

Bellcfonte. Pa, Feb. 2S--(A)--
Francis Webb and Max Amos Wilson,
negroes, we're electrocuted in the
Western Penitentiary at Rockview
today for the staying Of Walter Har-
den at Chester, Pa, last September.
Harden was killed while trying to
protect two girl companions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Alleged BOOtlegger
Shot to Death and
Marshal Is Wounded

Fleming, KY, Feb. 28.-LR) John
Wright Of Dunham, a little mountain
town of Letcher county. Kentucky. is
dead and Charles Lawson. deputy
marshal. is in serious condition to-
day as the result of pistol duel in
which the two men engaged Satur-
day.
Lawson, according to reports here.
stopped an automobile in which
Wright and Martin Craft were riding
and charged the, men with having
liquor IN their possession. Craft
fled into the hills hut Wright drew
q revolver and shot II out with Law
SOP.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Government wins Fight To CANCEL LEASES
HOUSE DELAYS ACTION ON BOOST IN
S0LONy PAY TO AWAIT OPINION AS
TO LEGALITY FROM SHAFER'S OFFICE
TOday's Program
in Legislature

House and senate meet at l.
House scheduled to vote on bill
allowing private companies to
write wolkmen's compensation
insurance: also on measure per-
mitting county Withdrawals from
state hail insurance fund.
Senate expected to vote on re-
vived and amended habitual GRIM
inal statute.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
SCLOTURE RULE INVOKED
ON PROHIBITION MEASURE

% washington, rep. zs.-o@?-Ine
voked by the senate today to force
action on the prohibition and Gus
toms reorganization bill put forward
by the administration.
Assistant Secretary Andrews back
ed the measure, which also had the
support Of dry organizations. Some
If the vets in the senate also favored
it, while others threatened a filibus--
ter against it.
The vote was S. for cloture and 81
against, or one more than the requir-
ed two-thirds majority.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED

Napoleon. The golden wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Essig. residents Of Logan county
since 1894, was celebrated last Sun
day ut a social gathering arranged
BY their children. iMr. Essie was mail
carrier from Napoleon to King mn-e
saw service as postmaster at King.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Today's DOings in
Nations Capital

Congress meets ut noon.
House tackles miscellaneous
bills.
Senate faces vote on two clo-
ture petitions.
Senator McNary attempts to
override farm bill veto.
Hearings of Judge Cooper inn
parchment charges continue in
house committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
WEATHER. CnNnJTIONS

The pressure Is high from the Mis-
sissippi Valley to the Rocky Noun
tain region while low pressure area
is centered over the Southwest. Snow
is falling at all places in the Plains
States and along the eastern Rocky
Mountain slope but amounts are small
at most stations. Temperatures are
quite low throughout the Plains
States and in the Canadian Provinces.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS.
Official in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
US. SENATE Is
ALL AFLUT'TER
AS END NEARS
House Has Harvested Bump
er Crop of Bills and Has
Only Chaff to Clean Up
FILIBUSTERS THREATEN
McNary Hopes 10 Have Sen
ate Vote Again on Farm
Bill to Override Veto

Washington, Feb. 28.-(P)-
The senate t0dav declined to
limit debate on the $l25, 900. 900
public buildings bill, Lefeating q
motion to apply the cl0ture rule
10 the measure.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28
Weather Report

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-28

For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday Probably
light snow Not much change in tenn
perature.
For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday. Probably light
snow. Not much change in tempera-
furQ