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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
ARKANSAS HAS UNUSUAL SYSTEM OF
HANDLING PRISONERS, ACCORDING TO
WARDEN Lee, WHO VISITED PRISON

1900 prisoners connected with tie
Little Rock penitentiary, but only .6
Of them are kept in the main cell
he ase, Warden Lee was informed.
The others are employed on two
farms. each Of which is 20 miles
from the main buildings Of the
prison. Negro prisoners are en-
ployed on one farm while white pris-
oners are at the other.
Only Three Paid Employss
The institution has only three paid
men-the warden and two farm
superintendents./ All other employees
are inmates, VIII, work without pay
except that allowed them BY law. All
guards are selected from among the
longtime inmates, with the prom tse
that lenicncy win b shown them 3oT
good work.
The prisoners who. work on the
farms are locked in bunkhouses : q
night. with guards on duty over all
quarters. Bunks are three tt6rd
high.
The main prison II used only for
t..ecking In and checking out rris.
oners. All work, even the finger
CONTINUED on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
STATE LEGION
!. OFFICIALS AT
MEETING HERE
N. D. Commander and Adju.
tanat Give Talks at Lloyd
Spetz Post Session
LUNCH AND CARD PARTY
Vets Bureau Director, Service
Commissioner and Deputy
Also Guests
LUNCH AND CARD PARTY

Members of several Legion posts
in this part of the state were guests
Of the Lloyd Spetz post here last
night when officers Of the North
Dakota department, American Le-
gion. paid the local post m official
visit.
Included among the speakers
were A. j. Rulon Of jamestown.
state commander; Jack Williams of
Fargo, state adiutant; Ben Everson
Of Washburn. district deputy for the
fourth judicial district; Ted Hover
son Of Fargo, director Of the u. S
Veterans bureau for North Dakota
and T. O. Kraabel Of Fargo, state
veterans service commissioner.
Following the business session
lunch was served. followed by q
smoker. Bridge was played 1t 10
tables, with prizes being awarded
to AL Personius and r. G. Guam.
At the business session Oscar
Boutrous was appointed sergeant at
arms to succeed Harry Rosenthal
resigned.
Legion to Get Out the Vote
Outlining the Legion's campaign
this year to get out the vote at all
elections, State Adjutant Williams
urged all Legionnaires to take an
active interest in politics. 1.-THE
Legion is not interested in the
political belief of any member, but
all members Of the order should see
that everyone goes to the polls and
exercises his or her right Of suf-
frage," Williams said.
Williams described the growth of
the Legion IN the last decade, de-
spite the opposition Of various or
carnations. He urged all men,
bers to take m active part in com.
munity improvement and better.
ment. -.ss----.
Mr.. Kraabel told Of the work be-
ing done by the veterans service
commissioner in behalf Of disabled
ex-service men, and explained what
the government will do for those
whose disability is traceable to army
service.
District Deputy Everson compli-
mented the Bismarck post on it's
fine membership showing, and en-
(Continued on page twol
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
APPEAL NOTED
TN MEDIATELY;;
BOND Is GIVEN
Defendant Now Has 40 Days
10 Perfect Appeal and
Record in Case
SENATE ACTION BALKED
d. c. Supreme Court Holds
Grounds For Refusing to
Testify Frivolous

Washington, Feb. 23.-(AP)-For
a fleeting moment today the senate
got it's hands on Robert W. Stewart,
chairman Of the board Of the STAN
dard Oil company Of Indiana, but he
quickly slipped away, into the arms
Of the courts which once before had
taken him from the congressional
grasp.
A writ of habeas corpus, which the
oil man obtained after the senate
had arrested him for refusing to an.
swer questions of the Teapot Dome
committee, was dismissed by Justice
Bailey in the District of Columbia
supreme court, and for q moment
the waiting senate sergeant at arms
really had custody Of the reluctant
witness.
But it was only a theoretical con-
troll, for Stewards attorneys imme-
diately noted an appeal and placed
a bond Of $4,000 for him, and now
he has 40 days in which to perfect
the appeal and the record in the
case for the court of appeals.
The court held the grounds on
which the oil man refused to testify
on the question Of the liberty bonds
Of the Continental Trading company
'were frivolous and without legal
basis"
1.-THE writ Of habeas corpus will be
discharged AID the petitioner re-
manded to the custody Of the re-
spondents," he said.
The courts action and the appeal
means that Stewart now cannot be
taken before the senate until after
the supreme court decides the is
sue. II the court Of appeals deci-
sion is against the oil man, he will
appeal to the highest tribunal. This
way means q year or longer before
the final decision.
Stewart, with his counsel, sat in
the last row of the court, waiting
for his case to be called. About Is
minutes after the decision was
handed down, the defendant left
the court room and went to the Of
flee of the clerk to arrange bond.
Hopkins, Starr and Hopkins, Chi
cago attorneys, formed the Stewart
legal staff today, and appeared with
him as he made bond.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
LINDY C0NFERS
WITH BUSINESS
MEN AT DETROIT
Rumor Links Famous Flyer
and Major Lanphier With
New Project

Detroit, Feb. 23.-R-An answer
TO the ever present question Of what
Col. Lindbergh proposes to do next
may hinge on . conference today
between the transatlantic flyer
business men and Major Thomas G
Larphier Of Selfridge field.
Although rumor has linked Ma.
jor Lanphier, flight commander at
the army air base, and the flying
colonel with q reported new air
transportation project between Chi.
cago and New York, with Detroit
Buffalo and Ithaca, N. T.. as ter
minals, verification was not forth.
coming.
Lindbergh refused to discuss the
report. Lanphier said that, % he
was still In the United States army
he was prevented from taking part
in private enterprise. He would
not intimate whether he con-
templated resigning.
Lindbergh arrived unannounced
(Contirue n --ge two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
PHONE MEN TO
TALK SHOP AT
DEVILS LAKE
Annual Convention Of n. d
Association Will Be Held
March 6, Z and 8

Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 23.-(F
Problems which every Nerth Da-
kots telephone company manager
must meet are to be discussed 1t the
annual convention Of the North Da-
kots Telephone association here
March 6, Z and 8, according to an
nouncement by F. r. Irons Of Stark
weather, secretary.
One Of the featu .es Of the conven.
tion will be m accounting school
which will be in charge Of Charles
F. Martin, statistician for the state
railroad board. Martin inspccts the
reports Of al the telephone compa-
nies in the state and will be given
m opportunity to explain how they
can improve their present methods
and his ideas Of what should be
standard practice in telephone ac-
counting.
Other subjects listed on the tenta-
tive program for the convention are:
'Outsid Transmission Problems
by A. L. Erickson, manager Of the
Hector Telephone company, Hector.
Mimi; Subscribers Sets and Gen.
tral Office Transmission" by the
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
$4,000 ACRES
OF STATE LAND
TO BE LEASED
Land Commissioner Expects
Heavy Demand For State
Land This Year

Approximately $4,000 acres OF
state-owned land will be leased to
private individuals during March.
according to announcement today
by Land Commissioner w. f. By
erly.
In 13 Of the 53 counties in tho
state the public leasings will be con-
Quoted by the county auditor. Leas-
ings in the other counties will be
supervised by agents of the land de-
partment, four of whom have been
detailed for that purpose.
The state owns approximately
100000 acres Of which one-third
will be leased this year, Bycrly said.
The remainder is still under lease to
individuals who obtained the leases
in prior years. Although the land
may be leased for from one to five
years, the duration of the average
lease is three years, he said.
Byerly expects q heavy demand
for state land this year, with conse.
quent high prices for the l,ases. In
many cases, he said, it is mucs
cheaper for farmers to lease state
land than to own land of their own.
In farming leased land they pay no
taxes Of any kind and are relieved
of the necessity Of making improve
nlentS.
Counties in which the leasing will
be managed by county auditors are
Barnes, Cass. Dickey, Grand Forks,
Griggs, La Moure, Pembina, Ran.
som, Richland. Sargent, Steele, Trail
and Walsh. In these counties the
amount Of land to be leased is small,
Byerly said, and less work is in
volved than in counties where more
land still is held by the state. Leas-
ings in the counties named will be
conducted on March 16.
Burleigh County. March Is
Leasing dates for other counties
follow: Adams, March 26; Benson,
(C0ntinUed On na0A tr0l
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
INJURIES PUT /
THREE PE0PLB|
IN H0SPITAl
Thirty Guests Of H0stelry AN
Still Missing-65 Were 4
Registered
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS
Fire Started in Linen ROom
Shortly Before Daybreak-
Cause Not Learned
BUSINESS BLOCK BURN

Shelby, N. c.. Feb. 23.-(F-.
Three persons are dead and three
others arc in a hospital as a resul5
Of fire which destroyed the Cen
trail hotel here early today. Tn
dead and injured list may mount
as 30 of the 65 registered guests
have not been accounted for.
The known dead arc J. r. Hen.
derson and II. H. Carmichael 81
Charlotte, N. c., and Henry Kerr.
55-year-old clerk. who died from
burns received while awakening
guests.
Flames had been checked and
firemen were able to enter the
building.
The injured:
A. B. Stagg, salesman, Char.
lottc. both legs broken in jump
from third floor window; man
named Epps, Charlotte, injured in
jumping from upper floor; Miss EN-.
ma Frick, hands cut and burned.
Spurgeon Hewitt, assistant man.
ager Of the hotel, saved the register
in which IS guests were entered.
Thirty guests have not been located
but it was said that this did not nec-
essarily mean they had been killed
as 1t was impossible to make q CONF
plete check. Il
Cause Not Determined
The fire originated in the linen.
room from an undetermined cause
shortly before daybreak. Henry
karr, the aged clerk, ran from room
to room on the upper floors of the
building, awakening guests. He kept
at his task even when the flames
were lcaping along the Railways and
finally staggered to the street to be
taken to u hospital in q dying con-
dition.
Miss Frick, who had an apartment
in the hotel, sought to fight the fire
with an cxtinguisher placed in o
hallway. Her hands were badly cut
when she broke window to ret to
the cxtineilisher and she was slight.
" burned.
The hotel occupies the upper floors
Of the block. In the buildings are
located the First National bank, the
Cleveland Drug company, Cleveland
Building e. Loan association, the A,
Y. Wray Mercantile company, the
Stevenson Drug company and the
Key club, q club for men.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Secretary Of Commerce Makes
Position on Prohibition En-.
forcement Known in Answer
to Question Asked by Sena-
tor Borah Of Idaho

Warrington, Feb. 23.AReDs-
elaring the United State: has de
0bosately undertaken . great socia!
and economic experiment, noble in
motive and far reaching in purpose" /"
Secretary Hoover o ! residential
candidate, today pledged himself TO
support the prohibition amendment.
1hs sscretary's position was
quootionnaife directed at him by
Senator Borah. Of Idaho. who has
qtissed oil candidates on the wst
Ard dry question. 4is letter d..
elared than any holder Of the pref
id6ntial office had I solemn duty
70 support the laws.
The declaration was the first made
by Mr.. Hoover on , political subject
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
REMUS TAKES
STAND TO TELL
LIFE HISTORY
Hearing Now Under Way on
Petition For Writ to Free
Him From Asylum

Lima, Ohio, Feb. s3.-tP-Ceorx<
Remus took the stand today, a {
state witness in the hearing before
the court Of appeals on his applica.
ton for release from the state hos.
pital for the criminal insane.
When the hearing was resumed to.
day, Walker X. Sibbald Of state
counsel demanded an explanation
from the defense q to why Remus
had not testified.
D. c. Henderson, one Of Remus
attorneys, said that the defense be.
lieved he could add nothing to the
testimony and that he would only
prolong the hearing II called. Hen.
derson invited the state to call
Remus if it wanted his testimony
and Sibbald Immediately summoned
him.
Remus took the stand and
launched into an account Of his life
He was permitted to talk on without
questioning. :.
The thsxfmg Is on 4~petition for 4
writ Of habeas corpus to free Remus
from the hospital whore he va.
committed after . jury at Cincin.
natl had acquitted him Of the mur-
der of his wife, Imogene, on the
ground of insanity.
Remus killed her last October 6,
He maintained th~ act was ;Aorally
right. alleging that she had been
unfaithful and had stolen his for.
tune while he was serving . liquor
sentence in the federal penitentiary
1T Atlanta.
Remus began the story Of his life
in IN even, unruffled tone. He told
how he entered the drug business in
Chicago. how he sold his store for
$500, investing the profits in real
estate which later. made him z net
profit Of $4,000 and how he then
entered the law profession. He said
he defended Is murderets in one
year but, because of the strain Of
constantly appearing before juries,
turned to defending bootleggers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
D0ings in Congress


(By The Associated Press)
Senate considers government
operation Of Muscle Shoals %
proposed in Norris resolution.
Teapot Dome committee Of
senate resumes inquiry.
Interstate commerce commit.
tee continues senate hearings
on confirmation Of John ].
Esch ~ member interstate com.
merce commission.
One senate judiciary sub
committee continues inquiry IN.
to Abraham F. Meyers activi.
ties in Baltimore bakery case
as another considers Jones bill
to increase penalties for prohi.
bition law violations.
Senste banking and currency
committso consldess taxin4
bank shares. ~ y
House continues csasjdera-
tion Of District Of Columbia
appropriations bill - committeeS
debate neval buildihg, farm re-
lief and reapportionment pro-
possls.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Four Are Hurt in
Crash at Crossing

Seraton, Pa. Feb. 23.-(AP)
-Four persons, three of them
women, were in q critical condi-
tion today at the Pittsol hos
pital and may not r over from
injuries suffered this morning
when their automobile was
struck by Lehigh Valley
freight train on . grade cross
ing At Dupont.
The injured arc: Hannah
Cunningham. Is: her cOusing,
Mary Cunningham, 80; Mrs.
Beatrice McVey 80. ans: Albert
Gillett. 81, al o. this city.
The three women have broken
skulls. Gille:... :. the driver Of the
automobile. was hurt internally.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Three lives LOST I'M SHEL bY. +. C.. Hotel FIR
Robert W. Stewards Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Dismissed
Lockhart Has Narrow Escape in
Auto Spill at DQyt0na Beach
Three Killed When
Train Strikes Car

Qua1ertown. Pa, Feb. 3D.
F-Three persons, including .
man and wife, were killed
here today when their automo.
bile stalled on q grade crossing
and was struck by . Reading
express train.
The dead are: Andrew An.
ders. IS: his wife, Mrs. Amelia
Anders. IS; and Arthur Mussel.
man, oil of Quakertown.
A fourth occupant Of the car,
Musseiman's wife, Carrie,
jumped from the automobile Z
moment before the crash and
escaped serious injury.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Weather Report

AASSsHAt0esVAS ~ - - ssse ee'''''''
Highest wind velocity ................. 20
WEATHER FORECAST
Tor Bismarck and vicinity: Gen.
orally fair tonight and Friday. Con-
tinued cold.
For North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Friday, except some-
what unsettled north portion. Con-
tinucd cold.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
A well developed high pressure
rca is centered over the northeast
IN Rocky Mountain slope and cold
Gather prevails from the Missis.
ppi valley to the Rocky Mountain
2ion. Temperatures are below
% this morning in Minnesota, the
kotas, Montana and Wyoming.
. Temperature is rising in Alber.
and Saskatchewan. a low pres
% area il centcred over the east.
4 Great Laleeo region and precipi-
lion occurred at most places from
,e Great Lakes westward to the
socky Mountain region. but skies
are clear over the northwest this
ORRIS w. ROBERTS.
Official III charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23

In South America, an extremely
Intoxicating ten il made from the
leaves Of the local variety Of holly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
daz|{4sSE3f$ES$i a;s S3E$ SIS IS. s

FEBRUARY .
1S13-British cutter stCaledonian's
captured u. s. .Albion."
1646-ohn Quincy Adams, ex-presi-
dent Of the United States,
died.
1S61-President-elect Lincoln arrived
at Warrington.
1870 Mississippi admitted to rep
rcscntation in Congress.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Man SOUGHT BY
POLICE IN NEW
JERSEY DEATH
Male Friend Is Believed to
Have Drugged and Robbed
Miss Brown
Somverv;lle NJ T. Feb e3-tPl

Somverville, N. J., Feb .23.-tR)-
A man who is belived to have
drugged, robbed and burned to death
Miss Margaret Brown, 40-year-old
goverress, after leading her to be.
lieve he was taking her to Californis
on wedding journey, was sought by
detectives Of New York and New
Jersey today.
The clue to the slayer cane from
the family Of James Parl Gillespie
Of Park avenne, New York, where
the woman had been employed fol
nine months. She resigned on Mon.
day, after telling her employers she
was withdrawing $1,000 in cash and
$4,000 in bonds from q New York
bank and going to Pasadena, Cali.
fornia, to see sick sister. That
night she was found, her clothing
ablaze, in . patch Of woods near
Bernardsville. She died without
regaining consciousness. One o1
the Gillespie children said Miss
Brown frequently met . man in Cen.
tral park and the family and another
governesS corroborsted this. The
man was known to them only q
"Dr." and in the words Of the MUIR
dered woman was - fine gentleman
with q car"
A blue sedan, similar to the one in
which the DR." took Miss Brown
riding on her days off, was seen
near the spot where the woman was
found.
The report Of the autopsy was
that she came t. her death from
either suffocatio. or burns, but the
peaceful expression Of he. face led
authorities to believe she was. un.
conscious when the match was up.
piled to her clothing, probably from
drugs given h.r by the murderer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
BONDS ARE RETURNED
10 POLICE BY NAIL

Bernardsville, N. J., Feb. 23.-R
Police today announced that
bonds believed to have been taken
from Miss Margaret Brown, who
was ct afire and fatally burned
near here Monday night, were re-
estved by thu police by mail today,
The envelope containing two
bonds and $500 cash was mailed
from Newark and contained Z let
'ter which read:
II an writing you this letter and
sending you these bonds Of Miss
Brown, knowing you will take care
OF them before anyone else gets
them. an very rentorse. ] had
been. drinking"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
The Weather

Generally fair tonight and FridayS
Continued cold. al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-14
Mexican Rail Wreck

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.-Two rail-
road employees were killed and several
passengers injured when broken rail
caused the wreck of a passenger train
at Orozoco on the Guadelajara- Man
zanillo line, according to reports re-
ceived here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-14
British Cain Huge
Bolivia Concession

British imperialists have just is
sued an appeal for British settlers to
go to Bolivia. The men are wanted
to colonize the vast 100000 acre
concessions which have been granted
by the Bolivian government to b.
livian Concessions, Ltd, a British
concern headed by Lord Asquith and
Sir Martin Conway, M. P.
The concessions contain immense
natural wealth in the form of timber,
agricultural, rubber, oil and other min
eral resources. The concessions COM
prise a territory larger than England
itself.
While the imperialists intend to
make British colony out of the con-
cession, the first available colonists
are $50 white INDECENT Russians
whom the British government does
not want to have on its hands at home
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-14
BRITISH CLASS
COLLABORATION
SCORED BY COOK
Calls Employers Meet
"AbsOlute Farce"

LONDON, Jan. 10. The meeting
between the general council of the
British Trade Union Congress and
twenty-seven of England's most pow
erful industrialists yesterday was
branded as farce" by A. J. Cook,
militant secretary of the British Min
ers' Federation.
At meeting of the general coun-
ell held before the conference Cook
declared that the motion of new
creed of goodwill and cooperation"
between capital and labor was "abso-
lutely farcical." He pointed to the
1914 per cent wage cut decreed by
the cotton employers association sew
eral days ago.
The trade union leaders, who spon-
sored the conference, particularly
Ben Turner, secretary of the Trade
Union Congress, declared that they
appreciated the spirit which dicta-
ted the employers invitation" The
trade union leaders who have pushed
the conference thru the general coun-
ell in spite of the protests of the
minority labor movement, are decid-
edly fright" wing and were to large
extent responsible for the failure Of
the British general strike in May
1926.
Yesterdays session of the confer
ence was held behind closed doors,
in room of the Royal Society in
Burlington House.
The employers conference commit
tee is headed by Sir Alfred Mond, the
Marques of Londonderry, Lord Weir,
Lord Ashfield, Sir David Milne-Wat-
son, Sir Hugo Hirst, the Hon. Vernon
Wiley and Conway Davies, who
among them almost completely con-
troll the chemical. shipping, mining,-
iron and steel industries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-14
China PEASANT
CARNIVAL SOON

The Chinese Peasant Carnival to be
held at Manhattan Lyceum on Friday
evening, January 9th, will be one of
the most gay and colorful affairs of
the year according to reports received
by The DAILY WORKER.
This unique Oriental Fiesta,
planned by Chinese residents of New
York City for the Hands Off China
Committee, will be as nearly as pos
sible like such an affair when given
by the peasants in China. Fire eating,
sword juggling, acrobatic stunts.
music, and magic tricks, will be per-
formed by Cantonese workers and
peasants now living in New York
Chinatown. No Oriental entertainer
OF the commercialized American
vaudeville stage has ever shown the
real Chinese performances. The Chi
nese Peasant Carnival will give the
non-Chinese residents of this city the
only opportunity to get a glimpse
of what real Chinese entertainment
means.
A speech by worker from Canton
on the "Signifance of Recent Events
in China" which alone could be the
feature of the evening for those who
do not dance, will follow the enter
tainment. Then, the color-light cos
tune Ball will begin in an atmosphere
of the Orient created by the Chinese
decorators. Here you will find your
friends dressed in the costumes of
European peasants, or changed over
night into Orientals, Hindus, Indo-
Chinese, Koreans, Filippinois, or
Japanese.
Chop Suey and Chow Mein will be
served in the restaurant with chop
sticks).
Tickets are now on sale at book
shops and restaurants, turnout the
city for rs cents. Tickets at the door
are SO cents.