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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
State Has Legal Title to Build.
ing Formerly Occupied
by National Guard
NO MISLEADING IS FOUND
Supreme Court Rules Plai: tiffs
in Action Have No lnte..
est IN Armory

c. b. Little. Edmond A. Hughes
and Mary H. Hughes have All cqult-
able lien upon property formerly &C.
cupied as an armory by the Bismarck
national guard company. the supreme
court held In a decision announced
today.
The state of North Dakota has a
legal title iii trust for the benefit Of
the militia company but Little and
the Hughes have an equitable title,
the court has ruled.
Plaintiffs In the action against
Little and the Hughes, Company A,
First Regiment, National Guard
Training school. have no interest by
this latest ruling In q case that has
been In and out OF the courts for tho
past 10 years.
Further the court stated in an opin-
ion that Little and Hughes acted In
good faith and were not actuatcd by
improper motives during their ncgo-
tiations for acquiring title to the
property.
Is Valuable Property
Growth OF the city Of Bismarck
during the past decade has made the
disputed property one Of the most
valuable business properties In the
business district.
The armory case, so-callcd, has at
tracted statewide attention during the
past decade. It has had more differ
ent legal phases and court pleadings
than any other case presented to the
supreme court in the past 10 years.
History of the case reveals a maze
of legal actions. In October. 1919.
Hughes and Little acquired title to
the armory by a warranty deed from
Company A Training school. The
deed was signed by Captain John w
Murphy and Lynn Sperry. More than
$4,000 vas paid for property, more
than the property was worth, SUBJ
sequent testimony In court has shown
In the spring Of 1920. Bismarck
firm Of attorneys brought action to
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
BLOODY TWENTIETH
WARD CANDIDATE IS
WARNED OF MURDER
Voters Near University wit Be
Taken for Ride II They
Go to Polls
CAPONE.ELLER GANGS UNITE
Reign OF Terror Due to Rack.
eteers Charged by candi-
dates in Some Wards

Chicago. FEB. 25.-(R)-Tomorrow
Chicago elects aldermen. Latest news
from the more active fronts follows:
Candidate In bloody twentieth"
ward threatened with death unless
he quits race.
Bullet, stray tr deliberate. cuts neat
hole IN windshield of automobile
carrying campaign captains of candi-
date In fourth. ward.
Voters living within rifle range Of
the University Of Chicago campus
receive telephone warnings they viii
be taken for ride" II they show up
at the polls tomorrow.
Workers for one candidate m.
nounce they will not be out election
day because Of q fear that 1t might
not be healthy.
The campaign In the bloody
twentieth" Is described as even more
highly charged with possibilities than
9 year ago when . negro lawyer.
Octavius Granady. was shot dead In
the street. Oranady was q candidate
Tor ward committeeman opposing
Morris Eller, city collector and at
present under indictment as q result
OF the disturbances In his ward last
year.
Capone Name Prominent
The name of Al Capone has been
prominent IN the bloody twentieth"
campaign, the charge being made
that Caponc followers and the Filler
supporters have united In an effort
to defeat Alderman A. J. Prignano.
State representative William v. Pa
CELL Is Prignano's opposition.
Speaking Of affairs In this ward
IN radio address yesterday, Albert
r. Bunker. head Of the Civic safety
commission. said:
Il sat In conference Saturday with
several public officials and heard
them say that the chances Of prir.
nAno to live through Tuesday III the
ward where he was born and where
ne has always lived, were slightly
less than even"
1t was Brunker who told Of threats
made against Prignano's life.
Mayors Group Shot At
In the fourth ward, police were
told. workers for Alderman B.. A.
Cronson were shot upon as they were
driving on the outer drive several
days ago. Cronson Is. q leader Of the
Mayor Thompson group.
Specific cases Of intimidation were
reported to police and the states at
torney from Hyde Park in the fifth
ward where Alderman Leonard J.
Grossman, floor leader for Mayor
Thompson, is opposed by Charles
Scribner Eaton, former alderman.
The Eaton forces described it as =
reign Of terror" and blamed It on m
overflow Of racketeers" from the
twentieth ward.
William Russell. commissioner OF
police, took notice Of the numerous
complaints and charges by arranging
extra details Of officers in the
bloody twentieth" and other wards
where trouble was anticipated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
SECRET WAR TREATY.
R0USES H0LLANDERS
Authenticity Of Franco-6elgian
Military Pact Not DETER
mined in Amsterdam

Amsterdam. Holland, Feb. 25.-(F1-
Publication of alleged provisions Of q
secret Franco-Belgian military treaty
excited considerable discussion in
Holland today.
According to Utretsch Bagblad. lead
ing provincial paper, the convention
came into its hands by "fortuitous
circumstances" and publication was
withheld until satisfactory guarantees
Of its authenticity were secured. The
treaty was negotiated in 1920 at
Brussels, the paper says.
BY the terms Of the treaty the two
countries would make common cause
In the event either is ut war with
Germany or any power assisted by
Germany, each placing Ill its avail
able forces at the disposal Of the 9TH
er.
Mobilization shall be instantaneous
and spontaneous without prior con-
Sultation Immediately after q cause
for invoking the treaty has been es-
tablished. Acts Of aggression are not
confined to the Rhine frontier but
apply to any front.
Belgium r. set q minimum Of co.,
GOO men for mobilization, while
Frances minimum is placed at 1,20O,-
600 men. One article provides that
each shall undertake simultaneously
q vigorous offensive, compelling Ger
many to fight Ut once both north and
south Of the common front.
The duration Of the agreement Is
set Ut 3 years, each contracting par
ty being entitled to ahrogate It With
one years notice. Constant contacts
between the military Of the two
nations necessary to carry out the
conventions provisions are provided
for.
Among It's provisions IS one declar-
ing against Z separate peace Ii the
event both are Ut war with the same
nation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Proposed legislative investigations Killed
Hughes Has Equitable Lien
On North Dakota Property
Stribling-Sharkey
Fight Party on Air

Blow.by-blow reports Of the
Young Stribling Jack Sharkcy
heavyweight boxing elimination
contest q Miami Beach Wedncs-
day night will be broadcast over
hoskins Meyer radio broadcast.
ing station KFYR, Il was an.
nounced today.
Hoskins- Meyer and The Bis
marck Tribune are cooperating In
giving the program.
Expert writer's OF the Associated
Press will file ow-by blow re-
ports Of the struggle from the
rlnEsidc and reports will be nut
on the air ~ soon ~ received
ut the Tribune office.
The fight reports will be put on
the air ut 3 p. M. Central Stan.
dard time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
4 PERSONS DEAD AS
TORNADO RIPS over
NORTHEAST TEXAS
Twister Strips Path 40 Yards
Wide and Half a Mile Long
Through Community

Dallas. Tex, Feb. 25.-tP)-Four
persons were killed and dozen in
jured In severe wind storms that
struck northeast Texas communities
early today.
A tornado ripped a path 40 yards
wide and about half q mile long
across the southeast corner Of Cooper,
Delta county, killing Mr.. and Mrs. w.
N. Jones. Twelve houses were de-
stroyed and number Of others dam
aged.
Troy Young, 81, Mrs. william Dun
can. 60, and an unidentified woman
were injured seriously. Mrs. Dun
cans husband was slightly hurt when
their home was destroyed.
The community church and two
houses were demolished at the Craig
Tranquil community, three miles
from Cooper, several persons being
injured.
At Grand Prairie, 10 miles from
Dallas. two negroes. After Gibson, Is,
and hts wife, %, were killed. Their
home was destroyed. Three MEM
bers Of the family Of J. B. TrigC and
one member Of the w. E. Smallwood
family were seriously injured.
The storm. while not equally violent
at other points. seemed to have been
. part Of q general disturbance over
northeast Texas. A heavy rain, with
large hailstones. fell in Dallas and
adjoining communities last night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
DESPONDENT YOUNG
LAWYER HACKS son
AND WIFE, SUICIDES
Little Boy Has Small Chance
to Live After His Head Is
Cashed, Doctors Say

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Feb. 25.-(R)
Worry over financial losses was
blamed by police today for the act Of
young attorne..' who hacked his
wife ana small son in an attempt
to kill them, then committed suicide
by poison.
Gabriel 8. Youngwood, -. died in
Mount Vernon hospital yesterday
where his wife Helen, %, and their
four year -old son, George. lay near
death from wounds inflicted BY
Youngwood with Ratchet.
Mrs. Youngwood said she was
awakened BY 9 blow to sc her hug
band bending over her. He ratned
blows On her head and body despite
her pleadings, nuttering g he struck:
y am soing mad. ! an going
mad"
Apparently believing he had killed
hts wife, YoungWood went to thu
room where the child slept and struck
him several times, 1rocturing his sll1ll
ana cutting Z deep gash In his side.
Surgeons said the child had small
chance for recovery.
From tho little boys room. thu
father went 70 the basement q thu
home where he took poison.
Mrs. Youugwood crawled to tale
phone and called police. When they
arrived tho husband met them at The
door.
'10o ahead and shoot ma" Young
wood said to tho policemen, @lve
talen poison. but 4 won't work fart
,nouela..
0k1omdg 1aid YouugWood had made
Bovoral I'D investments Ia real estate
and also had bean specializing e the
stock naarket.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
STATEMENT Will Be
PRESENTED SENATE
ON KILLING ACTIONS
Attorney General States SoIons
Would Set a Dangerous
Precedent by Probes
RESOLUTIONS ARE REFUSED
Mismanagement Mistreatmsnt
and immortality Had Been
Charged institutions

Proposals to investigate the North
Dakota Wheat Growers association
and the board Of administration. state
penitentiary and state training school
were killed by the senate state affairs
committee today.
The investigation Of the wheat
growers association was proposed IN .
resolution offered by Senator Dell
Patterson, Renville county. That to
investigate the state board Of admin
istration and the prison and training
school management was offered by
G. J. Olson, Barnes county.
The committee decided that, In
each case, a statement will be pre-
sented to the senate giving the rea-
sons for declining to make the inves-
LEGATIONS asked.
At the invitation Of q subcommit-
tee, appointed to the legal phases Of
the proposal to investigate the wheat
growers, Attorney General Jim Nor
ris appeared before the committee to-
day. Morris advised that the legis-
.ature has right to investigate prt-
vate corporations, as proposed but
that 1t cannot delegate this authority
to his or any other state department.
He suggested that 1t would be setting
a DANGEROUS precedent for the legisla-
ture to launch the investigation.
After hearing Morris the commit.
tee went into executive session ana
decided to kill the resolution.
Serious Charges Made
AS introduced the resolution made
serious charges against the manage"
ment Of the wheat growers, which u
the largest cooperative doing business
in North, pakQta Several, -heesang9
were held BY the committee ii which
various persos,s, most Of them FORM
er members of the cooperative, out
tined reasons why the investigation
should Be made and representatives
of the cooperative submitted testi.
mony opposing the resolution.
Olson alleged that prisoners ct the
penitentiary were mistreateo, tnet
relatives Of board members were paid
exorbitant salaries; that the board
was guilty Of collision in purchasing
land for the state penitentiary and
that 1t violated the law In the sale OF
twine from the prison twtne plant.
It also charged that ineffictency
and immortality existed at the state
training school and that 1t was q
rendezvous for bootleggers.
All Of the charges had been fatty
denied by the board Of administra-
tion and the management Of the
training school and an investigation
courted by them.
Malice Attack Basis
Il am glad the personal spite OF
one man has not been allowed to
wreck North Dakota's largest COOPER
alive association" Fred w. Mclean.
attorney for the association, said
after the committee had taken action.
1.-THE Wheat Growers association y
built on public confidence. Copeland
sought to destroy that confidence by
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Former Grand Forks Boy Is
the Most Successful Wheat
Farmer in United States
EDUCATED At UNIVERSITY
Persuades Franklin K. Lane
and ]. P. Morgan to Back.
Stupendous War Task

Hardin, Mont, Feb. 25.-(NEA)-
Thomas .. Campbell, known as the
wheat king Of the world" may be-
come secretary Of agriculture under
President Hoover.
With Campbell in tie cabinet,
farmers would have as their leader a
man who in the last ten years has
developed into the most successful
wheat farmer In America.
Since 1918 he has had in this Sec
ton Of the c. lntry about 10000
acres under cultivation. AS high Is
$1,000 acres Of this land has been In
wheat In one year. ind while adverse
conditions cut the profits Of other
farr:ers In "a years, Campbell en-
joyed prosperity.
Modernize farming, efficiency, and
the use Of ;nachir ~ Oh q large scale
are responsible for the success Of this
47-year-old western wheat farmer.
When Campbell was II his father 3
illness forced him to assume good
deal Of the responsibility connected
with running The family farm, q tract
Of 400 acres near Grand Forks, N. D.
Has Two College Degrees
In addition > running this farm
he went to the University Of North
Dakota ct Grand Forks, where he
crowded two four-year courses into
five years and emerged with two de-
grees-M. E. and r. A. DESTROYS Of
further training in mechanical en-
cheering. he attended Cornell uni.
verSity, but this course was soon in.
terrupted when hts father became In
creasingly Ill.
He went bae to the farm. He con-
tinued to image It until he married,
and then moved to California, where
he experimental in agricultural de-
velopments until the United States
entered the VOID war.
Realizing the need Of wheat TO
supply the my az ,oSs seas. Camp
bell went to Frankie. K. -1ane, then
secretary Of the interior, with the
suggestion that Va :; quantities Of
wheat could be cultivated on two In
dian reservations In Montana tho
Grow and Fort Peck reservations.
Lane looked on the plan with ap-
pcoval and advised Campbell to 50
ahead. M
Campbell was comparatively un.
known Of the time but, undaunted,
hs presented himself to . group !:
Few York capitalists, -nong whom
WAS J. =. Morgan. He succeeded In
G,tting from them 12O00O00 "a
finance his project
GoGD Peer Start
He inWndint0ly see $50 00 acres
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
SHAFER'S Mill AND
ELEVATOR ATTITUDE
LINKED With ROADS
Governor Will Not Veto Bonner
Highway Bill, Author Of
Measure Believes

Governor shafer will not veto the
Bonner highway bill.
Governor Shafer Is not uufriendly
to it.
Governor Skaters attitude on the
management OF the state mill ana
elevator has revealed his attitude on
the management Of the highway de-
partment.
Senator A. r. Bonner. IT,. author 81
. measure to reorgani1e the present
commission and department On =
business basis, made these statements
today.
Ralmors have been current ii legig-
latiye circles that the governor Win
kill the bill, II It passes tho hoaloe.
Tho senate has already approved TIN
measure by vote Of - 70 5.
Where . fight had been expected
on the Bouzer bill In the senate pgipe
to It's passage. the ease With Wlaieh
It IVES approved was . dtstinct Qar-
prise.
Every indications pointed 70 : fight
on partisan lines With tho 1n6opon4.
entS vigorously opposing tno4r al.
leagues measure and the Mo0pGtt3-
Sans backing It. sssV
Sc lGsasnsss Rnaaaso
Similar forecasts O : hosloe hottao
have been made. However,, 5 -
been hruited shout thAt = nna1e
OF the representative fAyue = 1G1n1
nation and uoderuiant Alton e 49, !
methods n tn Statot ttoGk o. lus
ment and the mooslfo1 ponnnozs
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25

Wheat King May Become
Secretary Under Hoover
Thieves Take Phone:
Can't Call C0ppers

st. Paul. Feb. 25.-(P)-Rule No.
for robberies is: Phone the police.
It couldn't be done at the j. l..
Abachten drug store here even after
the robbery was discovered last night.
The stolen object was the pay phone.
taken while the clerks back was
turned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Henry L. Stims0n
Reaches H0ngkOng

Hongkong, Feb. 25.-(P)-Colonel
Henry L. Stimson, governor general
Of the Philippines, and Mrs. Stimson
arrived today from Manila en- route
to the United States where Colonel
6timson Is expected to accept q post
In the cabinet Of Herbert Hoover.
They were guests ct government
house today. A reception and dinner
were on their program for the even
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Widowed Mother Of
Three Is Murdered

Des PLANES. ILL.,, Feb. 25.-tR)-
Mrs. Rose vanturella, widowed moth
er Of three children, was beaten to
death at her home last night. Two Of
her children, returning from visits
with friends, found her body on the
kitchen floor, her head crushed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
LOVE wings way TO
MEXICO CITY, WHERE
MARRIAGE. RUMORED
Flood OF Speculation Follows
Col. lindbergh's Surprise
Flight to Sweetheart
Z HAVE NOTHING TO SAY
No DeniaIs Made That Be-
trothed Pair May Not Haze
Early NuptiaI Plans

MEXICO City, Fe0. .2c.-(AP)-Wnlle
those who knew kept silent. those who
did not know wondered today II Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh and his H.
ancee, Miss Anne Morrow. would not
be married while he Is In Mexico, and
fly back togethe- to the United
States.
Arrival of the tall young aviator
yesterday at shutdown. and his pre-
cipitatc departure for the Morrow
country hon.. at Cuernavaca set in
motion a veritable flood OF specula-
ton.
Some said that Cuernavaca, set In
idyllic fashion in the mountains 40
miles from Mexico City, having
served as scene Of the courtship of
the two, was to be also their wedding
place.
It was even suggested that Colonel
Lindbergh flew here In q four pas
engcr plane because he expected to
have a passenger" on his trip back,
and might. perhaps. need some extra
room for additional baggage.
Indy Il Reticcnt
If there was no positive information
that such was the intentions of the
betrotl1ed pair neither were there de-
mails. Colonel Lindbcrgh himself was
more than usually reticent as to his
plans In the less thar. an hour he
spent here last night.
Officials at the United States en-
baSsy carried reticence even further,
reporters were refused admission to
the building and were told that Col
onel Lindhergh was not there. al
though they had seen him enter a
few moments before.
A laconic telegram received from
Colonel Lindbergh ut the embassy
yesterday morning announced he was
leaving Eagle Pass, Texas, and would
arrive In Mexico City in the after
noon. Arrival at $3.50 p. m. 7:53 p.
M. e. S. IT, actually was much later
than was anticipated.
Has Nothing To Say
About so people crowded around
him. Reporters he waved away with
the words. Maybe / can see you
later" And again, II have nothing
to say"
Colonel Lindbergh rolled down his
shirtslceves, put on the coat to his
grey suit, donncd q gray fedora hat
with 4 black band. and stepped from
his plane.
An embassy car whisked him to
Mexico City, newspapermen follow
ing. He was in the embassy alto
gether only = few minutes, appearing
shortly afterwards to enter q hired
automobile. He parted questions and
was driven away. It was only from
the chauffeur the reporters learned
his destination was Cuernavaca.
Phones Morrow Home
It was understood that In the few
minutes he was In the embassy he
had telephoned the Morrow home ct
Cuernavaca.
Waving aside the possibility Of a
wedding ct this early date 1t was be-
lieved Mrs. Morrow and her daugh-
tiers, Anne and Elizabeth, might
change their plans Of driving back to
Mexico City this morning and remain
for the duration OF the aviators visit
In the greater seclusion Of Cuerna-
vaca.
Ambassador Morrow himself was
expected back in Mexico City today
to investigate deaths Of two Amer
lean mining engineers in Guanajuato
at the hands Of bandits who kid
mapped them and held them for ran
som last week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
France-tO-HanOi Hon
Flyers Reach Burma

Rangoon, Burma, Feb. 25.-(R-
Joseph Lebrix and Antoine Paillard,
French aviators. who are en- route to
Hanoi. In French Indo- China, arrived
here late today. They planned to
leave ct dawn tomorrow for Bangkok,
Siam.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Explosion Of Bomb
Brings Chicagoans
to Street in Hurry

Chicago. Eeb. 26.-(R- Twenty five
occupants q 4 southside apartment
building ran to the street early today
when Z bomb exploded Ia the doorway
Of = restaurant on the ground floor.
Windows were shattered In nearby
buildings and damage exceeded 1900.
i was the 18th bombing Of the year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
Try AND COLLrCr!

BORDEAUX, France. Eeh. 25.-(R>-A
man hailed Jules Durand. taxi driv-
q. and engaged him 70 60 to Berg
erac. % miles distant. Thinking the
1ere" was aboard. Dslrand drove
bdtnely to Bergera2 where he found
that the man had never got into hts
CAP. Hes trying 70 collect. bat its
difficult.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
MARSHAL FOCH HAS.
new Lung TROUBLE

7 Paris, FEB. Condition Of
Marshal Foch was . matter Of grave
concern to his physicians this morn
Ing. II was known that . new spot
Of pulmonary congestion had ap-
peared On one Of the marshal's lungs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
The Weather

Partly cloudy e cloudy tonight N
Tuesday. Warmer tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
TARDIEU TAKES
DAUDET PARDON
IN AMUSEMENT
CIemency Believed Likely
for French Editor in
Exile Sentence.
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
United Press Stan Correspondent

PARIS. Dec. 2O.-Premier Andre
Tardieu is considering a pardon for
Leon Daudet, bad boy" of French
literary and political circles, and
man Of mystery since his exile
from Paris for what broadly might
be construed in America as con
tempt" of the government.
But whether Daudet, pardoned
and on his native soil, with the
mystery stripped from him, will be
as entertaining a figure as Daudet,
the exile, making secret trips into
France to deliver inspirational adj
dresses to his monarchist friends,
remains to be seen. For the French
people, like everybody else, dearly
love mystery.
Hundreds Of admirers Of this
rCyalist writer, son of the great
Alphonse Daudet, used to flock to
the secret meetings to which Dau-
Diet would fit across the border Ike
a phantom. vanishing again as mys-
teriously as he arrived.
In exile, DaUdet's pen was more
prolific than ever. From his study
in Brussels, he flooded the columns
Of faction Franchise with critical
articles against the French govern
ment, and contributed TO many
other French magazines and news
papers.
He turned out countless political
pamphlets, stories for children, dra-
matte reviews, biographies and liter
airy criticisms. During his exile he
has written several popular novels.
Daudet made his escape from jail,
where he had been sentenced for
SANDER against a chauffeur in whose
automobile the body of Daudet'S
son Philip had been found, by means
of fake telephone call.