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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
SILVER LINING
OF DARK CLOUD
SHOWN FARMERS
American Farmer Will Never
Be Reduced to Status Of
Peasant, Taber Says

Cleveland, Nov. j.-tH-Dis-
cour;ging the idea that the Amer
lean farmer ever will yt reduced to
the status of peasant, Louis ].
Taber, master of the National
Grange, gave the farme,s a peep at
the silver linin Of agriculture's
dark cloud" in IN address before
the national convention here today.
Predictions that the nation will
go hungry because the farmer has
failed to keep step with mechanical
and scientific progress arc untrue,
Mr.. Taber saiL.
'Mlch Il at will never happen is
predic.ed about the farmer" he
said. "The American farmer will
never become q peasal.t. Despite
the present dark cloud, 4he future
shows q silver lining Of an efficient
and prosperous agriculture"
Figures Belle Charges
Mr.. -Taber attacked charges which
he said were found in the press that
the farmer has MT i:ept up with
other industries ip efficiency. He
quoted figures compiled by rural
economists Of the Kansas ,gricul-
tural college which indicated that
in the Mis- sipni valley section
alone the farmer has increased his
efficiency 81 per cent. measured by
the volume Of food production per
man, while the manufa 4rers of
the nation have shown an efficiency
increase of 81 per cent.
Leslie r. Smit' Hadley Mass,
executive secretary of the grange,
told the delegates that little thought
is given to the cross roads farmer
in the cries +. relief made by "po-
liti-al and so-called fari. leaders" !"
LEADERS ar many anc loud in
their der lands that congress enact
measr res for fam relief but too
many of them e working the issue
as a pawn to advance t.. personal
interests" Saith said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
MURDERED MAN
HAD TWO WIVES,
POLICE LEARN
Stories Coincide With State
ments of BrOther-in-law,
Sought as Slayer

Highlands, N. j., Nov. 1G.-(AP)
Stories Of two women that they
were the wives of Herbert O. Mel
sterknecht, inventor and engineer,
who was shot dead while telephon-
ing in his workshop, were regarded
BY authorities today as furnishing q
motiv- that doyetailed with state
ments attributed to brother-in-law
sought as the slayer.
Police say that Alex Schreiber, y
brother of Mrs. Sophia Meister-
knecht, had charged that the inven-
tors marriage to his sister was big
amous. Irving Parker, lobster
man, said Schneider had run from
the workshop after the shooting and
handed him card with his name and
address on it, with the words: II
have shot my brother-in-law."
Was Never Divorced
Mrs. Susan Meisterknecht, coming
from Yonkers with her 15-year-old
daughter, told police she had never
been divorced from the inventor but
that he had left her about two
years ago when he told her he loved
the woman who later became known
as the second Mrs. Meisterknecht.
At the parting, he made her sign =
document that she had been only his
housekeeper. He had sent her money
since then, she asserted, but she had
only seen him once, at the funeral
Of their son, who died last month.
After the funeral, she said, he had
written her letters intimating de.
sires for q reconciliation.
She declared she had known moth
ing about the other Mrs. Meister.
knecht beyond information given her
by three men who called on her re-
Gently, saying they were Cleveland
detectives and asking her if she had
been divorced from Meisterknecht.
She told them she had not been, and
they left.
Placed Under Bond
Mrs. Sophie Schreiber Meister-
knecht is under $4,000 bonds as .
material witness. She told police
that her brother had repeatedly
called the inventor a "bad char
acter," and charged he was not de
yorced from his first wife.
Monday, she said, he tried to take
her back to Cleveland. Forty.five
minutes before Meisterknecht was
slain, he left, she said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
President Coolidge Not Com
mitted 70 Any Particular
Plan, But Is Still Working
on Study of Farm Question
Begun Last Fa1-Opposes
Tariff Cut

Washington, Nov. 16.-(F-With
the converting Of congress only
three weeks away, the administra-
tion is bending efforts to meet the
four-year-old farm relief problem
but as yet there are no indications
that President Coolidge IL commit
ted to any particular plan.
Two Lets have emerged from q
conflict of generalities, namely,
that the president is unalterably
opposed to an equalization fee of
the type embodied in the vetoed
McNary-Haugen bill, and that the
administration is prepared to re-
sist any attempt to revise the tariff
structure by those who contend that
this would bring relief to the
farmer.
Still Studying Questions
From views expressed at the
White House it has been learned
that Mr.. Coolidge has not COM
pleted tn study Of the farm ques-
tion which he undertook early this
fall. The president is keeping in
touch with leaders Of congress who
are trying to work out a bill and his
attention recently has been at
tracted to the report of a business
mems nmission headed by
Charles Nagel, former assistant
secretary Of the commerce depart
ment. While this report suggests
the advisability Of downward revi-
sion Of the tariff as q factor in
helping the farmer-a policy which
Mr.. Coolidge opposes-the presi-
dent does believe that the facts
which he commission developed are
worthy of careful study in that they
may throw new light on the prob
lem.
Leaving no doubt of the presi-
dents opposition to changing tariff
schedules, it has been disclosed at
the White House-that Mr.. Coolidge
regards the, free trade barrier as
one Of the farmers principal bull
warks. Without it, he believes,
business and labor could not pros
per and the country's ability to pur-1
chase the farmers products would
be correspondingly diminished.
Hope for Compromise
While the president is attempt
ing to reach conclusion as to the
best course to M pursued on behalf
of agriculture, Senator McNary Of
Oregon and other leaders Of con-
gress are trying to bring to an
agreement those still insisting upon
the McNary.Haugen bill and those
opposed to its equalization fee
plan. That his task may be dif-
ficult has been indicated by Rep
resentative Dickinson Of Iowa, one
Of the house farm leaders who has
predicted that q farm bill with m
fee either will be pass
ed and approved this. winter or i'll
will be an issue in the next elec-
tion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
Woman Unconscious
Since October 20

st. Paul, Nov. 16.-N-..Irs. ,Jo-
seph Dect Of St. Paul, injured in an
automobile accident October 20,
after which she gave birth to twins,
today entered the 9th consecutive
day which she has been unconscious.
Struck by an. automobile es she
was crossing Z street intersection,
Mrs. Dech was taken TO : local hos
pital in IN unconscious condition. A
few hours after reaching the hos
pital, the twins, .. BOY and . Girl,
were born.
Opiates have besn administered
and she ha. rallied .at times into
semi-consciousness. At such times
she has been. given liquid foods.
There has been virtually no change
in. her condition since the accident
occurred, however. Mrs. Dech Is e
years old. The twins are getting
along nicely. -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
Candy Recommended
as Part. Of Diet For
Persons Reducing

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 16.-fR-
Candy or other sweets as m add
tion to- he diet Of those who would
reduce was suggested BY DR.. James
s. McLester Of the University Of
Alabama in .. clinical address be-
fore the Southern Medical associa-
tion yesterday.
However, the sweets must come
ct the end Of the meal and Be in.
cluded IN the caloric total, Dr.. Nc
Lester said. The main thing in
reducing" !" he added, sis to keep the
patient Satisfied, and to spare him
the pangs Of hunger. A bit of
sweets at the end of the meal gives
him q feeling Of satisfaction."
"Freak diets" are 70 be avoided.
and one can reduce on milk, meat
and eggs in scientifically regulated
quantities % well % anything else,
At the same time protecting the
body protein, be declared.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
GOVERNMENT is
ASKED TO BACK
FLOOD CONTROL
Sentiment at Meeting sFavors
Billion Dollar Expenditure
Over a Decade

st. Louis, Nov. 16.-(AP) Al
though sponsoring no program for
flood control. the Mississippi Valley
association has adjourned with q
strong sentiment in favor of biz
lion dollar expenditure by the gov
ernment over q decade. Delegates
to the annual convention Of the as
sociation, which adjourned yester.
day, adopted set of resolutions
which ask that the government fl
nance all flood control; that water
way development, while second to
flood protection, be continued with
no delay. The resolutions left to
the army engineers the solution of
how the Mississippi was to be kept
from repeating its devastation Of
last spring.
The method Of cxpending the
money would be decided after the
army engineers make their plans for
curbing the river.
President James E. Smith of st
Louis was reelected.
In one Of the closing addresses Of
the conference, Senator Harry
Hawes Of Missouri stressed his con.
tention that the problem Of curbing
tho Mississippi river falls upon con-
gress alone.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
Democratic Candidate Says He
Struck Former Executive
After the Latter Had Called
Him a Liar San d e r S
Charges False Campaign
Statements

New Orleans, Nov. 16.-4Pl-A
torn shirt sleeve and a cuff button
have become symbolic Of the polit-
ical differences which led to a fist
fight yesterday between Louisiana
gubernatorial candidate, Huey o.
Long, and former governor Of the
state, j. Y. Sanders.
From the lobby of the Roosevelt
hotel, across which witnesses say the
hand to hand encounter ragged. the
scene shifted last night to q po-
litical rally where Long was speak
ing in the interest of his race for
nomination in the Democratic pri-
mary Of January.
Keeping Sleeve as a Trophy
Holding aloft shirt sleeve from
which dangled a cuff button. Long
announced to the gathering that he
was keeping the trophy he said he
had torn from the arm Of his oppon-
ent "for Sanders or his friends to
come and GET
A member Of the audience volun-
teered, saying:
why didn't you hold Sanders in
stead of running away from him ?
I'll como and get the cuff button if
you want me to"
The man started toward the
speakers stand, but was detained
by police, who arrested him on
charge of disturbing the peace"
Stories Differ
Long declared after the fight in
the Roosevelt. lobby that he struck
Sapders when the former governor
called him "liar," while Sanders
contended that the fight started
after he had met Long in the dining
room and accused him of making q
false campaign statement about
him.
Onlookers declared that the fis-
ticuffs began in the Venetian room
of the hotel, and continued in an
elevator, where the combat was
quelled by friends and attendants Of
the hotel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
MOdificati0nist Is
Winner in Denver

Denver, Nov. 16.-(AP) - With
keen interest developed bX wet and
dry issue in long campaign, Dem
YER yesterday cast . record ballot
for IN off-year election here in NAM
ing s. Harrison White, Democratic
advocate Of modif fication Of the Vol
stead act, to succeed the late Rep
resentative William n. Vail. Repub-
lican.
white led Francis J. Knauss, Re-
publican dry candidate, by l,76O
votes, complete unofficial returns
showed. White had 32,166 votes and
Kn1uss 27,ll7.
While White had not advanced
specific plans for promoting his
modification program, be has indi-
Gated he favored government sale Of
liquor. He said he would confer
with other citizens before outlining
. definite policy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16

Barge Found Guilty Of
Killing Wheelock Banker
Police Kill Two
in Pistol Duel

Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, No. is.
-(AP)-TwO men were killed
and two others were wounded in
4 pistol duel which resulted
when R0ckcastle county officers
attempted to arrest Lloyd Jen.
nings, IS, and Jones Durham,
IL, for moonshining.
Jennings and Durham were
fatally wounded in an exchange
Of shots. Sheriff John Griffith
was seriously wounded and Dep
My Sheriff Noah kipton was
shot through the hand. The Of
ficers alleged that Jennings and
Durham we're selling whisky on
q highway. When they were
accOsted, according to Deputy
Sheriff kipton, they opened fire
with pistols.
The officials returned their.
fire and dropped their alleged
assailants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
ADMINISTRATION IS ENDEAVORINC TO
FIND SOLUTION TO FARM AID PROBLEM
Two Are Dead From
Coal Gas Poisoning

Minneapolis, Nov. l6.-(AP)
"A man and = boy were found
dead in their beds from coal
gas poisoning here today.
The victims are John Tomas
ko. 40 years old, and Michael
Peluf, Is years old, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Peluf.
The victims, who occupied
separate rooms on the ground
floor OF a two-story building.
retired last night after . heater
in the living room had been fill.
Cd with coal. They left the
doOrs.of their reosns Opea.
When Mrs. Peluf, mother OF
the boy, got up at S .. m, to.
day, she smelled coal gas as
soon q she opened her bedroom
door. She found the living room
filled with the poison fumes
and her son and the roomer
overcome.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
DAMAGE SUIT
DISMISSED BY
JUDGE MILLER
Joe Paulus, Suing State of
South Dakota For $4,000,
Not u. S. Citizen

Because the testimony showed that
the plaintiff is an alien and under
the laws of the United States not
allowed to bring suit in federal
court, the case of Joe Paulus,
Haynes, N. D., bringing suit for
$4,000 against the state of South
Dakota, was dismissed by Judge An
drew Miller in the federal district
court of North Dakota Tuesday.
The plaintiff had sued for dam
ares, alleging manent disability
as a result Of an accident in coal
mine owned by the state Of Soutr
Dakota.
Paulus, the plaintiff, must sue the
defendant in the district in which
the defendant resides or he may
bring suit in federal court when he
has become q citizen of the United
States, court officials said.
Dietrich Pleads Guilty
When he entered . plea Of guilty
on q charge Of violating the federal
prohibition laws, Jacob Dietrich,
Ashley, was fined 5000 for having
liquor in his possession by Judge
Miller Tuesday.
Martin J. Sullivan, jamestown,
was sentenced to serve 80 days in
the Stutsman county jail for imper-
sonating an officer Of the United
States when he pleaded guilty to the
charge.
In the case of the Fidelity and De-
posit company Of Maryland vs.. the
New Leipzig Equity Exchange ct al,
the plaintiff IS suing for the recov-
cry Of $11,676.O7 with interest from
July 26, 1921. The case involves q
nc.e and evidence is being heard to.
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
Keeps Books With
Notches on Sticks

Bagenalstown, Ireland, Nov. 16.-
R)-Thomas Moore, . farm labort
-. said it with sticks and won his
point.
Il He surprised the local court by
appearing with ! bundle Of sticks
70 support Z claim Of wages against
: landed proprietor.
II am no Scholar" said Moore,
80 I got these sticks from time to
time And cut . notch for each shill-
ipg he owed me. My solicitor has
counted them up and there are 406
so that many shillings are due me- =
Moore viii get the money.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
CUBERNAT0RIAL CANDIDATE AND FORMER
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA HAVE FIGHT
Pittsburgh Blast
Toll Reaches rs

Pittsburgh, Nov. l6.-(AP)
Working amid piles of twist.
ed steel and broken brick,
w0rkmen clearing away the
wreckage caused by the ex.
pl0sion of the monster gas
tank Of the Equitable Gas COM
pany had uncovered four bodies
In the shattered plant of the
Pittsburgh Clay Pottery COM
pany.
The known death toll reach.
cd 26 with the finding Of the
bodies, and the death of Edwin
Smith, 81. in a hospital Of i'm
jur;es received in the blast.
More bodies may remain in
the wreckage, and the search
continued today. Officials Of
the pottery company said that
- Of their employees had not
been accounted for. 1t was
believed possible. however. that
1t least some Of this number
might have escaped but failed
to report.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
MTNTOSH AND
HINCKLER ARE
UNHEARD FROM
British Airmen Attempting
Nonstop Flight to India
Last Seen at Kent
NOT ALARMING, HOWEVER
Today's Flight Will Carry
Them Across Widest COun.
try En- Route

London, Nov. 16.-lR)-A cloudy
and snowy night behind them, two
British ai-men, who arc attempting
to achieve the Fl st pons.op flight
to India, today were belle we'd to be
starting on the leg G their flight
which carries them across the wild
est country. southern Russia, the
Caspian s,a and Afghanistan.
The plane Princess Xenia bear
ing Captain r. H. Mcintosh and
Bert Hinckler test pilot, had not
been sighted since it passed over
Mansion air...rome, Kent, England,
more than 12O mile from Upavon,
their tarting point. This ca"sed no
surprise, however, because tn e
plane does not. carry radio and
clouds o er the .,ntinent decreased
visibility. !,
Conditions Not the Best
Starting fr.~ Upavon in an at
temp. to break the distance record
of Clarenc D. Chamt in and
Charles A. Levine, of 1905 miles
made il. the transatlantic plane
Columbia, the Princes Xenia had
good wea her. Cv the continent,
however, conditions were rather un-
favorable, with clouds and snow
over wide area. Captain Mcln-
tosh made an uEsr cessf -ttempt
to span the Atlantic in the same
plane early tn fall
The course the flyers intended to
follow to Karachi, India, more than
1000 miles away, was !; ross Ger
many, Poland, Souther. Ruscia, the
Caspian sea, and A -gfan.stan.
The route would take the airmen
over very wild country, but with fuel
for about % hours, the flyers felt
confiden' of reaching n &C Il.
They expected t. br:n- their plane
I earth in India early tomorrow
.oinr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
50 Murdered by
Wahabi Tribesmen

Basra, Irak. Nov. 16.-(R)-Twen-
ty frontier police and 80 laborers
have been murdered by Wahabi
trjbesmen, who raided . frontier
police post in the Nasiriyen district,
according to the Iatest report te-
ceived here.
The Wahabis were led 81 = BROTH
er Of the famous chief feisal Ed
Dowish, name.. Mazid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16

The City Of Los Angeles pos.
sesses IN electrically operated cot
ton compress whereby cotton can be
pressed until Il weighs q 1-2
pounds per cubic foot. The pres
sure exerted is 2,260 pounds to the
square inch. - -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
MORE SNOW Is PREDICTED
FOR BISMARCK VICINITY

No change in temperature frou
that Of Monday was recorded 81
O. w. Roberto, federal meteoroloeis
at the United States weather bureo1
here today. f*
Prediction of probable snow g
night and Thursday with ! sligt
relief from the cold WAS reportel
with reports 0f continued precipita
ton in the northern STATES and th|
Canadian provinces.
At s =. m. today the merenr|
stood At 3 above zero with the low
est temperature last nfGht q
degree lower. The highest Tuosdn|
was Is above 1erO.
Canada u still held ia thraIf q
sub-xero weather while tho col6o}
point on the wenther map slafn
from North Dakota q 0nooGQ1
with HavFe ropo9t3ne n In1IGl
range from zero to ; b1low.sS {
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
SUPERIOR
Is LASHED BY
SEVERE GALE
Radio Beacons Kept in Opera
tion Throughout Night to
Guide Ships -
SNOWDRIFTS 6 FEET DEEP
Transportation Paralyzed In
Northern Michigan-Tem.
peratures Drop

Chicago, Nov. 16. -@- Gales
that lashed Lake Superior and
blizzards that 1uric' parts Of north
crn Wisconsin and uppe. Michigan
in deep snow moved eastward today.
dissipating rain toward the south
but carrying much colder, weather
to wide territory.
Radio beccons were kept IN oper.
alton through the night, guidiue
Lake Su xrior. Nine crafts were IN
shelter in Lily Pod. near tho Port
age lake shipping canal. The
freighter T lluth was overdue 1t
Houghton, Mich. but was believed
Is have go into Whitefisl. Point
to wait for the stoll to ate.
L. kc Shipping Halted
There has been virtuallv no move.'
nlent of vessels n Lake Superior
since MOnd. y night, when the storm
broke. With forecasts last night
for still stronger winds and colder
weather, shipping me said they
would keep boats in harbor prob.
ably throughout today. One boat
the North Star, q 5,OOn- -freighter,
left Duluth yesterta,. but put hack
within two hours, the captain. ex,
planning he could Let make more,
than four miles an hour against the
gale.
Nue., snow 4 ov-r northern
Wisconsin and upper Michigan,
drifts of six feet bein piled in
places between Superior and Ash
land, Wis. Irouwood, Mich, was.
virtually snowbound. Few motor.
cars were able to move on the Ash
land city streets, and bus travel had
to be suspended In the Chequamegon
bay district.
Low Temp. ,atpres corded Il
Everyw here in the effected area
there was a pronounced TEN, erature
drop. Missouri and Kans. ther.
mometers showed sub-freezing read
ings, with similar temperatures pre-
dicted I i. Illinois and Indiana to-
day.
Prorerty. damage was compara-
lively small, but part Of the city
docks at Bayfield,, Wis.,, was torn
away and section of = logging
railroad ne:r there was washed out
in the worst pre-winter storm. since
1905.
North and northwest ' 'nds, car
rying snow, were predicted for the|
upper lakes toby, with storm warn
ings displayed on all the lakes DUR
ing the day. lder weather was
indicated for the ert;re district.
Devils Lake Coolest in u. s.
Near zero re dings were -,sde inI
the Dakotas yesterday, several
points reporting light above. DevilsI
Lake, N. D., had four above, which,
was the lowest in the United States
The Pas, Manitoba, ad 10 below.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
ST. CLOUD HAS WORST
SNOW STORM IN YEARS

st. Paul, Nov. 16.-(AP)-SleiGhd
came into use in the northwest to-
day as residents Of some 'communi-
ties dug their way out Of six-foot
drifts and moro snow fell in others.
In central Minnesota, where st.
Cloud reported . total snowfall Of
1874 inches, highways continued
blocked following the most sewers
snow storm in that section n 1o
years.
Telephone communication IS being
restored after being crippled b.
sleet and snow, particularly id
southwestern Minnesota, while lines
and poles gave way under the IN
usual weight.
The northwests coldeSt tempera1
ture was reported today at Havrel
Mont. which had eight bslow xerd
during the night.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thurs]
day with not much change in tena]
pera.lre is the forecast Ct th(
weather bureau tonight.
Bus and truck service again found
difficulty in central Minnesota afte]
being suspended because Of heavy
snow Tuesday, with st. Cloud appar1
emily the storm center. Ltttlo Fall1
reported highways drifted today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-16
The Weather

Snow probable tonight and
Thursday. Not 80 cold tonight. 4,
The Pleasantville press., 1927-11-25
Twenty Members
Join The Legion
Posts Membership Drive
Ends Nov. 30-Open House
on Jan. l
QUARTERS READY SOON

Twenty members were admitted
to Mainland Post, No. 81, American
Legion, at it's meeting Tuesday
night. According to announcement
made at the meeting, the member
ship drive now in progress will
close November 80, when the ini
tiation fee win be automatically in.
creased.
The War Memorial building un-
der construction on North First
street Will be completed by Decem-
ber 25, it was announced, and plans
were made for an open house party
to be held January l, under the au-
spices of the Post. The public will
be invited to attend the affair and
to inspect the new post quarters.
The lower floor of the building will
be used by the city for police Off
ces and public library.
Members were warned at the
meeting that December 80 will be
the closing date at which war vet
Grams can apply for compensation.