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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
0'C0NN0R GETS
'3-YEAR TERM IN
STATE PRISON
Released on $4,000 Bonds
Pending High Courts Ac-
tiCn on Notice of Appeal

Grand Forks, N. D., March ,12-
(AP)-Three years in the state
penitentiary was the sentence pro-
nounced this morning upon w. v.
O'Connor, former treasurer of the
closed First Savings bank of Grand
Forks, by District Judge NJ. J..
Englert. O'Connor was convicted
Of charge of embezzlement by a
jury last Sunday.
Notice of appeal to the state SUI
preme court was filed with the
clerk Of court Immediately follow
ing the sentence by Attorney C. F.
Peterson Of counsel for O'Connor.
A stay of execution was granted
by Judge Englert and O'Connor
was released upon furnishing
bonds set at $4,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
FARMER IS NOW EXPERIENCING HIS
GREATEST PERIOD OF SUFFERING, IF.
REED, FEDERATION PRESIDENT, SAYS

role in "The Music Master" now in
the finishing stages at the VIM Fox
Motion Picture Studios.
The nearest approach to the above
record is held by John Barrymore.
when he was personally appearing in
Richard ILL.," and his film version
of "Dr Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" was be-
ing shown at the Cameo Theatre
Curiously enough the above record
of two appearances has been again
equaled by Norman Trevor. when he
was appearing in the stage version
of "The Goose Hangs High" and was
playing role in 1.-THE Wages of Vir-
ture,' at Broadway Picture Thea
ire.
Record May Stand
There are many instances Of actors
appearing in two stage productions
at the same time. as we'll rs being in
stage production, and in a picture
at the same time, but Mr.. Trevor's
record of the three simultaneous APP
pearances bids fair to stand for a
considerable period of time, then
again the record may be shattered
any day, it is one Of those curious
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Farm Meeting Held
Here Next Monday;
Three Men to Speak

A. X. kroh, Charles +. COLLISION
and l.. +. Campbell, making "A trip
in the western part of the state un-
der the auspices of the Greater
North Dakota assoc iation, will speak
at county farm meeting to be held
here Monday.
The gathering will be held in the
Palace theatre at l:30 with II. S.
Russell. county chairman of the
Greater North Dakota associat ion,
and X. {. Newcomer, Morton county
agent, in charge.
COLLISION will talk on Cow Paths
and Auto Trails" kroh will talk on
THE Farmers Problem and Camp
bell will talk on Forage Crops. .
kroh and COLLISION are members of
the staff of the Minneapolis Tribune,
while Campbell is connected with the
Northern Pacific.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
COUNTY FEED ARRIVING

Linton--The first feed to be re-
ceived in the county under the pro-
visions of the seed and feed loan
act has arrived at Hague and may
be available soon in all parts of the
county. The commissioners met last
week to pass upon applications and
are meeting again this week in con-
nection with the same matter. Five
hundred applications have been re-
ceived for feed or seed, or both, ac
cording to E. T. Atha, county auditor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Addresses 1000 Farmers at
an All-Farmers' Day Pro-
gram at Aberdeen-Pur-
chasing Power Reduced.
Says Reed, and Crops Sold
at Less Than Cost of Pro-
ductiOn

Aberdeen, S. d., March l2.-(P)-
While other groups in our national
life are enjoying their greatest pros
perity, the farmer is now experiencing
his greatest period Of suffering, j. r.
Reed. president of the Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federation, told 1000
farmers at IAN all-farmers' day pro-
gram here today.
Mr.. Reed spoke on the general sub
ject Of the proposed st. Lawrence
waterway and its effect on the agri-
cultural situation in the northwest.
Agriculture, he said, is confronted
today with the most far reaching
problem it has ever faced" for never
before has agriculture's position in
our national economic structure been
placed ct such disadvantage in com
parison with industry, commerce and
labor"
Notwithstanding the fact that
production has been abundant and
the purchasing power Of the con-
sumner has never been better, agri-
culture languishes," he said.
Disastrous Results
ain the great middlewest, where
farming is the principal business, the
VI TIC SpASau
with disastrous results to all in
dependent interests.
1T is not necessary for me to re-
late to you the fact that last year
many farmers were compelled to sell
their crops for less than cost of pro-
duction or to tell you that at the end
of 1926 the farmers purchasing
power was lower than for 1923, 1924
and 1925.
1.-THE total value Of crops in 1926
was over one billion dollars less than
in 1925 and a billion and a half less
than 1924. In South Dakota the gross
value of all crops produced in 1926
was $64, 100000 less than 1925 and
S1lS.O00.0OO less than 1924. These
comparisons are based on December l
local prices of the different COM
modities and show in general way
the relation between the three years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Barn Is Damaged
By Fire Wednesday

Fire. of unknown origin, caused
several hundred dollars damage We'd
nesday night when barn in the rear
Of the Charles Roth home was de-
stroyed. Handicapped by low pres
sure Of the water, the city fire de-
partment was unable to fight the
fire as fully as necessary. The loss
on the structure was partially COW
cred by insurance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Large Number to
Attend Chamber of
Commerce Banquet

A large attendance is expected at
the annual membership banquet and
meeting of the Mandan Chamber of
Commerce, to be held Monday eve
ming at the Lewis and Clark hotel,
according to A. W. Furness, secretary
of the chamber.
A. r. kroh, Greater North Dakota
Association man, will be the principal
speaker, talking on some subject re-
lating to commercial clubs. The an
nual report of the secretary will be
filed and other business matters
taken up
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12

ment said, are being expanded and
revised continually to make them Of
the greatest value to producers. In
quiries by farmers and broadcasters
for more specific market informa-
tion shows steadily growing use Of
radios by farmers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
PERFECTLY USELESS

Mrs. Newrich docking over house
plan): And what's this thing here
going to be?
Architect: That's an Italian stair
case.
"Just waste of money. We prob
ably won't ever have any Italians
coming to see us.'-AnSwers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Personal and
Social News of
Mandan Vicinity
NAME CHARITY COMMITTEES

NAME CHARITY COMMITTEE
Mrs. A. VI. Render, Mrs. J. p. Hess
and Mrs. Anton Grunenfclder have
been named as the charity members
of the Catholic Daughters of Amer
lea for 1927. With the Elks lodge
and the Salvation Army, the c. d. A.
cares for all the charity work of the
city
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12

tise widely to the world that bank
ers from other states must come
to our aid, when such is not the
case"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
LEAVE FOR ST. PAUL

Mrs. Melger Herner and daughter,
Monica, left last evening for st. Paul
where they will visit relatives for
few days.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
FATHER Is III.

FATHER IS ILL
Mrs. |. T. Larson and daughter
have gone to Minneapolis, called by
the illness of Mrs. Larson's father
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
ORCHESTRA ENTERTAINS

The S. S. Madison orchestra enter
tanned fifteen couples at a dapcing
party Thursday evening at the
Knights of Pythias hall. A chop
suey luncheon was served at the con-
clusion Of the evening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
pARTNERSHlP

-
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership lately subsisting be-.
tween Fl. c. Arnold and George ~
Little, doing business under the firm
name and style of LOCK WOOD AC-
.CESSORY COMPANY. at Bismarck,
North Dakota, was on the 10th day
of March, 1927. dissolved by mutual
consent. and that the business in
future will be carried on by the
said II. c. Arnold alone under the
name Of LOCK- WOOD ACCESSORY,
and that said IL. c. Arnold will col
lect and receive all moneys payable
to the late firm aforesaid.
Dated March 10th, 1927.
LOCK WOOD ACCESSORY
COMPANY,
BY III. c. Arnold,
George L. Little.
IS I2-17
Less, than 25 per cent of Boston's
population is native born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07
Insists Surety Firms
Want Criminals Held
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In the December IL issue of your
paper, there appeared an article signed
by one of your special writer's, MIR, I
A. Fleming. This article contained a
number of general statements to the
effect that bonding corporations care
nothing for the punishment of the
criminal" which statements / wish to
correct in the interest of accuracy and
justice.
While / am not in a position to
speak for all Of the surety compa pisss
/ can tell you that prison sentences
totaling more than 800 years were OBJ
tanned against embezzlers, forgers and
other wrongdOers in 1925 by the Ma
tional Surety Co. More than 125
criminals received terms ranging from
s months to 10 years through court
proceedings brought by this one bond
ing company alone.
In addition to the above, many prose
cutions We're brought against other
wrongdoers who received indeter.
inmate or suspended sentences or who
We're placed on parole or probation
after being directed by the courts to
make complete restitution, or who alb.
seconded and are now being traced
under indictments and with court war.
rants.
For the surety company to compro
mise with criminals would be not only
Illegal and unethical. but unbusiness
like. since compromise would encour
age criminals to continue and increase
their activities. Indeed, for a surety
company to compromise with criminals
would be business suicide.
E. NJ. ALLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07

found Underwood transferred to the
Senate. He entered the upper house
no untried man. He quickly found
his niche, an important one. 1t was
but a short time, as years go. until
he became the Democratic leader OF
the Senate.
In the Senate Mr.. Underwood, a
comparative newcomer, met certain
| jealousies. His leadership in that
body, however, was able and con-
structiye. The Senator from Alabama
was a foe of national prohibition.
policy which many of his Democratic
| colleagues, particularly those from
the South, supported. He opposed the
invasion Of the States rights involved
in the prohibitory law. His attitude
on this question brought a strong
fight against him when he ran for
reelection in 1920. But he won.
Had the democracy of the South
more confidence in the vote-getting
powers of a Southern Democrat, Sen
ator Underwood might have been the
choice of his party for the presidency
In 1924 or earlier The feeling still
maintains among them that a south
erner cannot be elected President. AS
it was, his candidacy in the Madison
Square Garden convention in 1924 was
the signal for a Ku klux ana anti
Ku Klux contest. Senator Underwood
made no concealment of his antaso-
nism to the hooded order.
No one has ever doubted or chal'
lenged the courage of Senator Under
wood. A keen intellect, a great par
Humanitarian, a forceful debater, he
endeared himself to many by his per-
sonal charm and his frankness Whlle
winning, by his great abilities, the ad-
rniration of all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07

going over in his mind who would
make the best chairman.
One thing has been definitely de-
cided, however, and that is that any
one who comes before this subcom'
mittee for a hearing is going to be
treated courteously and as one who
has some information to bring that
might be helpful to the committee.
The system of browbeating that is
employed before some other commit
tees of the House will be barred. The
new chairman will enter upon his
duties with very definite rule that
all witnesses are to be treated in "a
dignified and courteous fashion.
So District officials and District peo-
pie can await the announcement of
the name of the new chairman of the
District appropriations subcommittee
with confidence that he will be the
best man obtainable. For Mr.. Mad
den, in conformity with his past rec
ord, intends conscientiously to carry
out his important share in the re-
sponsibility that follows power given
by the Constitution to Congress to
exercise exclusive jurisdiction over
the National Capital,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07
Sees Little Necessity
For Debate on Divorces

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Apparently, the Thinkers Associa
ton of Denver found little food for
reflection in the debate on marriage
and divorce which it staged the other
night. Judge Ben E. Lindsey argued
for his "companionate marriage" pro-
poSal, while Rev. b. A. Jenkins of
Kansas City upheld the conventional
marriage system.
The Judge thinks the marriage code
would be improved by new provision
permitting the contracting parties to
get an annulment if they find the
agreement unsatisfactory" This would
not do at all, the clergyman asserted,
because it would make release from
marriage, which must be for keeps,
too easy and permit "unscrupulous
men and women to fit from marriage
to marriage like butterflies from flower
to flower" What else. we should like
to know, is being done?
With divorce as easy as it is almost
everywhere in the country and certain
cities or States here and abroad bid
ding for the business" is there neces-
sity for an annulment provision?
People who find their marriages un-
satisfactory slip the bonds by the di-
vorce route as readily and with no
more scandal than would result from
annulments permitted under the Lind
sey scheme. People simply will not
stay married when it does not suit
them to do so. Why, then, bother to
change the regulations? Or why
bother to oppose a change that, being
legalized, would not alter the situa-
ton?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07
A Mystery.

One Of the curiosities of human ma.
ture is the failure Of a man to be an.
noyed by the barking of his own dog.
The neighbours dog is a COMPOUNDED
nuisance, but Rover is so cute. The
dog down the block that keeps one
awake at night ought to be turned
over to the police, but Rover is just a
good watchdog.
Now there are two sorts of barking
dogs, as all fanciers know. The first
is the dog that barks when there is
something to bark about, and the sec.
ond is the perpetual barker.
The real watchdog is mans oldest
friend among the animals. When early
man lived in caves the Fido of that
day stood at the entrance and set
up a mighty barking when Bruin
came into view.
The true watchdog draws his bark, "
as the pugilists might say. When he
barks it means something. He uses
discrimination. He has his tongue
we'll under control. Papers blowing
along interest him, but do not cause
him 70 open up his muffler. He waits
for the real enemy.
The perpetual barker, on the other
paw, is as f1ighty as flapper at a
movie. He giggles necessarily. He
barks at the slightest provocation. Let
window be raised block away, he
must out and at 'em.
Every stray bit of paper that blows
is faced with perfect uproar of zip
ping. The highest football arouses
him to mighty wrath. Everything
that moves seems to him the enemy.
Such a dog is nuisance-to every
one except his owner. That gentle
man sleeps sweetly while the yowling
continues. One hundred neighbors
toss on their beds, cursing all dogs
and this one in particular, but the
owner of the barking dog sleeps peace
fully.
How he can do so, and why, is and
must continue to be mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07

What is home without mirrors or
| clocks?
Perfect" said Templeton Jones. in
| distinction from the rest of mankind.
| Clocks, Jones averred, are ticking
nufsances; as for looking glasses, they
| are entirely unnecessary.
Jones being a handsome fellow, his
| dislike for mirrors is not the result
| or seeing himself in them. His spleen
lies deeper. He believes that Il house
| ought to be free from distracting in
| fluences.
While mirrors. he admits. have their
uses. they introduce Earring notes
into a home, according to Jones. Ac-
cording to Jones, they are to be legiti-
mately used to shave in front of, If
a man, or to put on ones hat by, if
q woman.
! Other use they have none.
AS for clocks. Templeton Jones had
most decided views upon them, even
more drastic, If possible, than upon
| looking glasses.
| Believing, as he does, that alice
in Wonderland and Alice Through
| the Looking Glass" are two of the
greatest stories ever written, our ac-
quaintance is willing to admit some
good in mirrors, If no more than to
have inspired such writer.
| AttChS, OIt the OlneT smell, are W DS
| condemned Fundamentally as noise.
makers. disturbers of the proper quiet
of good homes, contemners Of silence.
Clocks, from alarm to mantel and
grandfather types. are fit only for
| other peoples homes, if one is will
| ing to take Jones word for it,
| X X X
| He so brides himself upon his acute
sense of hearing that a watch any
place in the house is Immediately de-
| tected Every watch in the house
must be placed away in a drawer at
night.
other members of the family from
/ time to time have sought to fool the
! head of the household, since it is
commonly held that his dislike of
| tickers is mostly matter of the
| imagination.
| Every time, however, Mr.. Jones has
spotted the offending timepiece. and
| has called out, There is a clock tick
| ing some place.
Search has invariably proved the
| truth of his assertion, SO that this
trick is no longer INDUCED in. All
watches are dutifully laid away to
| sleep.
AS for clocks, there are none--or,
| at least, there were none until re-
Gently.
The tick-tock of clocks Infatuated
Jones. Especially the busy tick-tick-
tick tick of alarm clocks drove him to
distraction.
Even large affairs were continually
making all sorts of minor clicks, from
time to time, in the most unexpected
manner.
Cuckoo clocks and chimes of various
sorts were insufferable. To have a
silly bird forever popping out of a
door and barking it's head off at one
was simply unforgivable.
While Jones admired the neat dex-
terity of the cuckoo's entrances and
exits, and the experimentation Of his
performance with that of standard
time, he honestly believed that GER
tain foreign clock makers had wasted
their undeniable genius.
The pleasant chimes of the grand
father clocks seemed absolutely I'M
necessary, too, in the home. Their
Ginning every quarter of an hour was
well enough for a hotel lobby, or some
one else's home, but Templeton Jones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

/ kings depart" from the congressional
field with the adjournment. Many
members of both houses lost no time
in effecting getaway. But scores
Of Representatives and Senators will
be in and out of Washington for
varying numbers of weeks before
finally returning to more or less de-
voted constituencies. There are al
ways innumerable flag ends of bust
ness clamoring for the attention
which members of Congress, in the
hurly -burly of the short session, are
unable to give. A good many deni-
zens of the big pile beneath the dome
are going abroad during the long re-
cess. Senator Bingham of Connect
cut has already started for the Far
East, and Senators Edge of New Jer-
seye and Sackett of Kentucky are
shortly proceeding to Europe. States
men with reelection campaigns con-
fronting them in 1928 will put in in
tensive spade work between Con-
crosses, digging in and strengthen
ing their fences.
4 X x x
Senators ELECT Ware of Pennsyl-
yania and Smith of Illinois, despite
the sings and arrows of slush fund
fortune, are now on the pay roll of
the Senate and in complete enjoy
ment of all the privileges and per-
quisites of full-fiedged membership
thereof Their rights include prem
ises in the marble Senate Office Build
ing and stats to run them, Ware
has been assigned suite 1913, which,
by the irony of fate, he will inherit
from one of the Democratic Senators
in the forefront of the fight to GUST
the zero boss" when the latter seeks
to take the oath next December.
Smith has been allocated suite 233,
which happens also to be the offices
hitherto inhabited by prominent
anti-slush Senator, young Bob" La
Toilette of Wisconsin and of the
Reed investigating committee. Ware
and Smith began drawing salary at
S83333 a month with the stroke Of
IL high noon on March 4.
Senator Harreld of Oklahoma, who
spent his last forenoon in the cham
Der the day Of adjournment, took oc-
casion to observe a circumstance
probably without parallel in the his
tory of Congress. Since Oklahoma
attained statehood, in 1907, she has
States Senate-~Robert T.. Owen,
Thomas p. Gore. w. P. Pine and
John w. Harreld. The whole quar-
tette, for the first time, were on the
floor Of the Senate together on March
T. Owen and Gore were exercising
the rights OF former members to sit
among their one-time colleagues.
X j. X X
Baron Ago Nathan, the German
Ambassador, who is this month COM
pleting his second year at Washing
ton, is celebrating that event by TAX
ing q tour through the South and
Middle West. The most modern Of
diplomats. Nathan evidently believes
in seeing the world to which he is ac-
credited. Some, but not ALL of the
foreign ENJOYS stationed here take
the trouble now and then to ac-
quaint themselves with the country
that lies beyond the Maryland line
and the Potomac. what can he
know of America who only Washing
ton knows?" can well be asked in
paraphrase of famous English
couplet.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07
Fundamentalism in Diplomacy

Relations with Mexico are shrouded
in mystery President Gales Am
bassador at Washington has gone to
Mexico, leaving the well Informed
State Department in ignorance as to
the cause of his departure. Mean
time, as for itself, our ministry OF
foreign affairs is cloaked in even
more than the ordinary secrecy
which is diplomacy's favorite garb
In consequence the fioodgates OF
speculation are wide open. Dark and
devious developments on both sides
of the Rio Grande are mooted. The
long threatened break in what re-
mains of American Mexican amity
looms for the hundredth time. Gales
propaganda in the United States is
named as the categorical cause OF
the prospective rupture.
At the White House there is neither
mystery nor speculation. OF secrecy,
too, there is no sign. The President,
pursuing the patient tenor of his way,
dQJuTGS LIC COuhkky ~ ASSANAAA1SA ~~~~~~
there is single, cleaning fact in
the Mexican situation. compared to
which all others are incidental and
extraneous. He reiterates that the
sole and exclusive issue is the con-
fiscation of American-owned prop
erty. He suggests that to that propo-
sition, and that alone, the diplomacy
of the United States is being devoted.
From it the energies of this Govern
ment will not be detected.
Mr.. Coolidge is a diplomatic funda-
mentalist. If President Gales let's
that fact, with all its implications,
sink into his consciousness, progress
may supplant stalemate in Ameri-
can Mexican relations. The admin
istration's Grant-like determination
to fight it out on that line is ike
wise not devoid Of Institutional value
for critics nearer home.