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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
Democratic Chairman
Denies Getting $1,5OO

jamestown, May 11.-tP1-E. ].
Hughes of Dickinson, chairman of
the North Dakota Democratic state
central committee, today said he
had received $500, and not $1,000,
from Governor Smiths presidential
campaign manager.
George R. Van Nance, Smiths
campaign manager, told the U. S.
senate campaign investigating COM
mittee yesterday that the Smith or
ganization in North Dakota got
$500.
II did not receive $1,000 from
Van Nance or any other person. -
Hughes said. II was sent $500 to
pay my personal expenses to the
Democratic National convention
next month, and that is the purpose
l shall use it for"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
LITTLE CHANCE Seen OF ACTION ON
ANY OTHER FARM RELIEF BILL this
SESSION If M'NARY MEASURE FAILS
Today in Congress

Senate fcrges ahead with tax
debate and plans to hold me.
morial services for Senator Will
lis. Ohio; house continues con-
sideraticn of emergency officers
rCtire.ncnt measure.
Senate campaign funds COM
mittce examines Senator Wat
son, Republican, Indiana, and
Hoover and Curtis organization
workers.
Admiral Hughes, chief of
naval operations, appears before
senate naval committee investi.
eating S-4 sinking.
House judiciary, agriculture
and banking committees cor
slider legislation in their respec-
tive fields.
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Answers Score of Questions on
Legal Problems Which Puz-
zle County Officials-Urges
Care in Sale of Property
Taken Over by Counties

Minot, May 11.-(R-A short
course in the law affecting the
operation Of county auditors offices
was given here yesterday by Attor-
ney General George F. Shafer te
tn. North Dakota men.
The attorney general answered
more than score Of questions or
legal problems which have puzzled
the auditors during the last year. Ir
addition to four formal questions
which had been filed in q question
box, the attorney general answered
numerous others which were asked
from the floor.
Most of Shafer's address was de.
voted to a discussion Of the tax
question and the authority of coun-
ty auditors under certain conditions
Care should be used, Shafer said, in
handling situations with regard to
the sale of property taken over by
counties because of nonpayment of
taxes. The law has been changed
during the last year and some sit
uations are subject to the old law
and some to the new law, he ex-
planned.
A recent decision of the supreme
court, he said, laid down some new
law on the right of persons having
an interest in property to redeem it.
Morton County Case Cited
After the county had taken tax
deed in case involving Morton
county and the Bank of North Da-
kota with reference to property on
which the bank had a mortgage but
which was taken over by the county
on tax deed. the bank was forced to
pay both general property and hail
taxes in order to assert its right to
the land, Shafer said. He pointed
out, however, that the law giving
persons with an interest in real
estate prior right in the matter of
repurchase was changed at the last
regular legislative session and that
such priority Of redemption rights
no longer exists.
Shafer urged that the auditors
exercise caution in the sale Of land
to which the county has acquired
titleship because of the fact that
some other person has a better right
to the land. 1t often happens. he
said. that the county acquires title
to land simply because some one
else with better right does not as
sert his claim. If such land is held
by the county it sometimes devolves
upon the purchaser to defend his
title against the claim Of someone
who has a better title than the coun-
ty had in the first place, the attor-
ney general explained.
New Legislation Needed
New legislation is necessary,
Shafer said, in cases where a land
owner redeems his property from
sale for general property taxes but
fails to redeem from state hail
taxes. In such cases, he suggested
that the county auditors credit the
amount paid on the certificate issued
at the tax sale and let the certifi-
cate holder wait for the payment of
the hail taxes. That, he said, is the
common sense course.
In cases where deeds to mineral
rights have been issued by proper
ty holder who subsequently fails to
pay taxes, the taxes must be paid
bv the holder of the mineral rights
title if he wishes to assert his
claim, Shafer said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
K. T. MEETING
WILL OPEN AT
MIN0T MAY 22
Tarcred Commandery, Bis
marck. Will Have Drill
Team in Contest

Minot, N. D., May 1l.--fF)--Dele-
gates from all principal North Da-
kota points will assemble in Minot
May % and 23 for the 39th annual
state conclavc Of the Grand Com
mandery knights Templar Of which
Archie D. McCannel Of Minot is
grand commander.
Services in the Presbyterian
church Of Minot will officially open
the convention Tuesday morning.
The sermon will be given by w. j.
Hutcheson. grand prelate.
A parade Of all knights ct the
Masonic order, dressed in the Of
ficial uniform and accompanied by
the districts bands, will form at 2
p. m. in front of the Masonic temple
and parade through the principal
streets of Minot to the Playground.
A competitive drill and dress parade
are also scheduled for the afternoon.
1t is expected that the following
communicates will have representa-
tives in the competitive drill: Tan
cred No. /, Bismarck; Cyrenc No.
7, Devils Lake; Zion No. 9, New
Rockford; DeMolay No. 10. Minot;
Lorraine No. 13, Bottineau; Couer
de Lion No. Is, Mandan and possibly
St. Andemar No. 3 Of Grand Forks.
In addition to these teams De
Molay No. 10 will have two COM
panies for the dress parade; Lor-
raine. one company; Temple Com
mandery No. II, and Dickinson, one
company. =,
Judges of the competitive drill
will be Sir knights l.. R. Baird.
George H. Russ, Jr., and Edward
S. Person.
The grand ball, an annual affair
Of the convention, will take place at
Parker Auditorium, at 8 p. m. Tues
day.
Plans for triennial convention at
Detroit, Mich, in July, will be re-
viewed by the delegates Wednesday.
Reports Of the grand commander
and Of the various officers will also
be given. Election Of officers for the
following year will precede ad-
journment of the conclave early
Wednesday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
Hearings Are Held
on 3 Applications

Hearings on three applications for
certificates to operate public utility
plants were being held at the state
capitol today. Two Of the applica-
tions were made by the Montana
Dakota Power company.
In one application the Montana
Dakota company asked permission
to supply electricity to Rhome, Grit
fin, Buffalo Springs and Gascoyne,
and in the other it sought an appli-
cation to construct and operate =
transmission line from Yarmouth
to Bowman and Hettinger.
The application Of r. A. Bott Of
Hettinger to construct and operate
= public utility plant at Rhome was
expected to be heard this afternoon.
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ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING
SHOULDERS IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, May 11.--(P)-Tsinan
has been cleared Of Nationalists by
the Japanese after a week of bloode
shed. but anti-foreign feeling today
was smoldering in Shanghai.
It was considered extremely risk,
for foreigners to venture into ma.
tive territory. Japanese troops pa
trolled the japanese section Of tbs
foreign city.
Japanese residents Of Canton
were evacuated to Shameen, tha
foreign settlement. and Hongkongs
A run on the Taiwan bank, a Jap.
anese institution in Canton. by
Chinese depositors because of this
Tsinan clashes resulted in foreign
banks, especially American ones
gaining accounts.
A strong anti-Japanese boycott
was under way in Canton. The city
was placarded with anti-Japanese
posters.
Efforts were also being made to
effect an anti-Japanese boycott in
Shanghai. Chinese department
stores attempting to dispose OF
Japanese goods cut prices heavily.
Only five Americans were believed
to be in Tsinan, including two Amer.
lean consuls-Edwin F. Stanton and
Ernest B. Price of Foochow.
Nationalist advices said the Jap.
arese in Shnntung were in complete
control of Tsinan, the entire Shan
tung railway, the south end of the
bridge across the Yellow river anc
the city Of Kotien, Is miles east of
Tsinan.
DR.. c. c. WI, former foreign min
lister of the Marking Nationalist
government, has been asked to 60 tt
Continued on page two)
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Men Who Flew Across Top of
World Are Now Aboard Sail
ing Vessel Hobby..Aviators'
Departure from Spitzbergen
Was Spectacular One

Green Harbor, Spitzbergen, May
11.-P)-Captain George H. Will
kins and Lieutenant Carl B. Eielson.
who flew across the top of the world
several weeks ago, left Spitzbergen
today aboard the sailing vessel
Hobby bound for Tromsoe, Norway.
The departure of the two aviators
from Green Harbor was spectacu-
lar one, almost as much so as their
arrival in Spitzbergen from Point
Barrow. Alaska. The aviators left
Green Harbor itself just before
midnight in the plane which had
carried them across the polar
regions.
The plane went off in the CLEAN
Of the midnight sun and landed some
distance along the iced border Of
Isfjorden at Bjoerndalen. There
the aviators boarded the Sealer
which was to take them back to
civilization. The plane also was
taken aboard. It is expected that
the Hobby will reach Tromsoc Tues
day.
Given Farewell Festival
After a farewell festival at the
Green Harbor radio station Wednes-
day night, the flyers had a few
hours sleep and then went out to
the ice border to confer with the
Hobby's captain regarding loading
the airplane aboard the vessel.
The flyers had to walk across a
six-mile stretch of ice on snowshoes
to reach the Hobby. They found
that it would be impossible to load
the airplane at Green Harbor and
Captain Wilkins therefore accom-
panied the Hobby along the ice bor-
der to find a favorable spot. This
was found at Bjoerndalen last night
and at IL o'clock Captain Wilkins
and Lieutenant Eielson started with
their plane from Green Harbor.
They circlcd twice over the station
while almost the entire population
stood waving handkerchiefs in the
summer nights sunshine until the
machine disappeared.
13 Italians Aboard
The Hobby left this morning
carrying also IL Italians from the
Mobile polar expedition.
Wednesday nights festival in
honor Of Wilkins and Eielson was a
gala affair, with everybody in
Green Harbor present.
There were Norwegians, Danes,
Germans and Dutch at the party,
wearing all sorts Of costumes from
fur coats and hide trousers to dinner
jackets. There were many speeches
with music furnished by a gramo-
phone.
Station Master 1hlen compliment
ed the guests, saying that Green
Harbor had enjoyed their presence
and their tales of exploration over
the ice fields. He then proposed the
flyers health. Captain Wilkins
responded praising the Arctic ex-
ploration work done by Norwegians.
The 13 Italians who returned
aboard the Hobby today probably
included six Italian airplane
chasseaurs who went to Kings Bay
with every intention Of accompany
ing the Dirigible Italia on its trip
to the pole, to make landing there.
An exchange telegraph dispatch
on May quoted the Danish news
paper Politiken as saying that the
six had decided to 60 back home,
that after having seen the arctic
they were afraid that if they landed
at the pole they might be unable to
regain the airship and might be
stranded there.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11

Walter Hagen Wins British Open Golf Championship at Sandwich
WILKINS AND EIELS0N LEAVE GREEN
HARB0R TODAY FOR TR0MS0E, NORWAY
Airplane Crashes
Into Automobile

Seville. Spain. May H.
(AP)-Attempting to take off
on a flight to break duration
and distance records, the air
plane Jesus Del Gran Poder
crashed into an automobile this
morning. The lower right wing
was considerably damaged maxi
ing a flight impossible.
The plane started down the
runway with Captains Ignacio
Jiminez and Francisco lglesias
for an unannounced destination
at 6:15 a. m. The air drome
was crowded with people who
cheered the flyers.
Suddenly the plane plunged
into a military automobile in
its path. preventing the flight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
Progress Toward Final Dis
position of Bill Slows Up as
Tentative Date For Ad-
jcurnment Grows Nearer
Presidential Veto Almost
Certain

Washington, May 11.-(N-Mc-
Nary -Haugen farm relief or moth
ing, seems to be the situation facing
congress and President Coolidge as
the tentative date for adjournment
grows nearer and progress toward
final disposition of the bill by con-
gress slows up.
While both the senate and house
passed the measure by substantial
margins. there were differences in
the two bills requiring conference
action between the two bodies. The
first conference held yesterday, a
week after passage by the house,
failed to bring a settlement and
further meetings have been called.
Senator McNary, Republican, Ore
gon, co-author of the bill and man.
ager Of the conferees, is demanding
an early decision on the final form
Of the bill, but he admitted after the
first meeting tSat several days
probably will be required to get the
measure down to the White House.
There is little dor bt in the minds
Of congressional leaders that the
president again will veto the bill.
1t has been made known that the
modified measure meets only part
Of Mr.. Coolidge's objections to the
bill passed last session and vetoed
by him.
Congressional leaders have set
May 19, but May 26 seems more
likely as the adjournment date.
Even with two more weeks, however,
it is not believed that time would be
had in which to put through any
other farm relief legislation should
the president put his veto on the
new McNary-Haugen measure.
There is considerable doubt that this
bill could be passed over q veto.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL SHAFER GIVES
COUNTY AUDITORS SHORT COURSE IN
LAW AT MIN0T STATE CONVENTION
Zone OratOrical
Contest Tonight

Kansas City. May 11.-(AP)
"A Ncrth Dakota girl will COM
pete with six boys in the eighth
zone national oratorical contest
here tonight en- "The Constitu-
tion."
The winner here tonight will
enter the finals at Washington
May 26, with seven other semi
final victors, all Of when will
receive a trip to Europe.
The scmifinalists for this
zone are: Miss Renee Pattcr-
son. N. d.: Wilbur f. Johnson,
Everett. Wash; Willard Schen-
del, Billings. Mont; VIM. Leuck,
Beaver Dam. Wis: ebert Bar
clay. Minneapolis: Thomas
Clark, Elkhart, Iowa. and Elmer
Norquist, Kansas City.
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GENE SARAZEN
Is RUNNER UP:
C0MPST0N 3RD
Hagen Scores Pair of 72's in
Final Rounds to Be
Crowned Victor
MAKES HIS 3RD VICTORY
Scores 292 for ~ Holes
Sarazen Gets 294 and Comp.
stOn Has 295

Sandwich, England, May 11.-Up
Walter Hagen won the British
open golf championship today with
a score Of 292 for 72 holes. Hagen
scored pair of 72's in the final
rounds to win. It was Hagcn's
third victory in the British title
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11
Festival Winners to
Be Announced Tonight

Fargo, N. D., May 11.-(AP)-
Winners in the agricultural and
home economics contests of the
21st annual inter-high school May
festival at the North Dakota agri-
cultural college, will be announced
at the annual banquet held for vo-
cational contestants at $50 tonight.
The festival opened yesterday and
will end Saturday.
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VN0HVY 11ss6SSA WIIIT zoo.
Hagen played great golf in the
final 3S holes, coming out of trouble
with deadly accuracy and putting
well on the hole although he missed
short putt at the 18th hole which
would have clipped another stroke
from his card.
Hagen has won the open cham
pionship Of the United States twice
and the American P. G. A. cham
pionship five times, the last four
years in succession.
His first British cup was at Sand
wich where he won today.
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CAMPBELL SUPPORTS HOOVER

Hardin, Mont, May II.-H7..
Thomas D. Campbell, whose agri-
cultural operations over 6o,oOU
acres in southern Montana and
North Dakota have given him the
title Of the worlds largest wheat
farmer, yesterday announced him
SELF as a supporter OF Herbert
Hoover for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination.
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aMzHEE!SsS. aMt}Z{ M$i$fS$S. SIS s
May II

May IL
1647-Peter Stuyvesant became
governor Of New Amsterdam.
1665-Colonies Of New Haven and
Connecticut united.
1S58-Minnesota admitted to the
Union.
1864-General Grant sent his IA
nous telegram: II propose to
fight it out on this line if It
takes all summer"
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event. He won
in 1922 and 1924.
Gene Sarazen,
another Amer
lean pro, was
runner up with a
score Of 294 and
Archie Compston,
British profess
sion, who defeat
ed Hagen in a
challenge match
before the open,
18 up and II to
play, followed
1v,.<k ONE
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11

While bronze tablets are affixed
to six houses in which Charles
Dickens lived in London, there is
not . single statue to the great
novelist in the metropolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-11

The flag Of the President Of the
United States shows the presidents
seal, bronze on . blue background,
in each corner Of which is , large
white star.
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LETTER FROM MEMBER OF
MISSION BRINGS DETAILS

Shanghai, May 1T Mrs.
William T. Hobart of the American
Methodist mission at Taianfu, near
Tsinan. was killed on Anril % by a
bullet fired through small window
in her bedroom from an opposite
wall during fighting between the
nationalists and northerners.
Details Of Mrs. Hobarts death
were received at the local headquar-
ters Of the mission today in letter
from Kiatainfu written on May ) by
Miss Helen Stumley, a member Of
the mission.
Miss Stumley wrote:
"The killing occurred on April ..
aster the nationalists had arrived
and fighting was proceeding. We
were warned that it vas unsafe tc
leave the compound, but did not
know we were being made targets
Mrs. Hobart left the sitting roo.s
where she had beer feadfHf ar rss-
went to a bedroom. which HTS
small window above the door lng
the city hall. She wa hit b.
bullet through the window fire.
from the wall. She was conscious
~ IIlllIulCS dlIl NllNu III G44N lt0Ni
Lived in Basement
"From that time Oh we lived II
the basement Of the mission build
ing. being fired at every tin1t we
left the building. 1t was not
known what particular group of
southern soldiers was doing the fir
ing. This is the first opportunity
to get out word. No one else was
killed and all the Chinese students
are living in the basement with the
missionaries. The Tianifu people
knew nothing about Tsinan affairs
and didn't even know that the
southerners were near until the
northerners began to retreat.
The present situation of the mis-
sionaries in Tsinan is not known at
the local headquarters but it is not
believed that they have been able to
evacuate the city. All attempts to
communicate with them from
Shanghai have failed.
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WOMAN IS SHOT
DOWN THROUGH
SMALL WINDOW
Mrs. William T. Hobart. At.
tached to the Methodist
Mission, Is Victim
REPORTS JUST RECEIVED
Staying Occurs on April %
During Fighting Between
Two Factions

Pekinr, May 11.-(F-United
States consular adviccs from Using.
tao today revealed that Mrs. Will.
liam r. Hobart. Of the American
Methodist mission at Taianfu, had
been killed on April 90.
The advices gave no details but
the Staying was believed TO have oc-
Cured during the battle between
the northern and southern Chinese
armies for the possession of Taian-
fu, which is about 80 miles south of
Tsnan.
Mrs. Hobart, who was 6S years
old. was born at Flushing. Long
Island. She and her husband have
been missionaries in China since
1882. Both were graduates OF
Northwestern university. They have
four children. Two sons reside AZ
Evanston, ILL.,. and two daughters
arc in the missionary service of The
church in foreign fields.
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Inc high pressure area over AL
berta yesterday morning has moved
southeastward to Saskatchewan and
the Dakotas and cold weather pre-
walls from the eastern Rocky Noun
tain slope eastward to the Great
Lakes region. Readings were below
freezing at many places in North
Dakota early this morning. Precipi-
tation occurred around the border Of
the high pressure area from the
Great Lakes region southwestward
to the southern Plains States and
from there northwestward to south
ern Idaho. Showers were heavy in
parts Of Kansas and the immediate
surrounding districts. Fair weather
prevails over the north-central and
northwestern districts.
Highways throughout the State
are good to excellent.
ORRIS W. ROBERTS.
Official IN charge.
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WEATHER FORECAST

WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Saturday. Rising tenn
perature. Light frost tonight.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Saturday. Rising temperature
Saturday and west and north por-
tions tonight. Light frost tonight.
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Fair tonight and Satul day. Rising
temperature. Light frost tonight.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-18
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Jan. II P)-Lively spec
ulative buying and general excellent
cash demand with abnormal weather,
hoisted the corn market today to the
highest since the middle of December
Corn export business from the United
States tot3led as much as 100000
bushels, and premiums over-topped any
heretofore paid this season.
Closing quotations on corn were
firm, 1sc to 11sc net higher. Wheat
finished u @%c up, oats 3sc decline to
Il c advance and provisions unchanged
to 1Oc down.
Unseasonably mild tempe r'a ture
tending TO hinder the movement OF the
domestic corn crop gave impetus to
corn buying today almost from the
outset. Moreover, Buenos Aires ad-
vices stated that the new Argentine
crop was deteriorating from lack OF
rain. Liverpool dispatches meanwhile
said Argentine offerings were scarce
and that Argentine shippers were ad-
vancing prices rapidly. A further
stimulus was that No! mixed corn at
the Gulf of Mexico was commanding &c
over the Chicago May delivery.
Virtually the highest prices of the
day in the corn market were current
at the close Notwithstanding that rural
offerings to arrive here had enlarged
somewhat as a result of the bulge in
values.
Wheat market upturns were largely
result of corn strength. Export sales
of 100000 bushels of North American
wheat were announced, partly wheat
from the United States. On the other
hand, beneficial rains we're reported in
the Texan Panhandle and portions OF
Oklahoma, but western Kansas re-
mains dry and large acreage of Kan
sas wheat now appears beyond relief
Oats met with free selling although
contract stocks of oats in Chicago are
down to less than 100000 bushels.
Provisions were easy at the last, re-
flecting weakness of the hog market.