The Bismarck Tribune from Bismarck, North Dakota • 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHEB-1873 PROBING FIGHT FILM ALLEGATION PIONEER WHO LIVED IN CITY 50 YEARS DIES Thomas McGowan Dies at Spokane, Washington, Body Being Brought Here CAME HERE AFTER WAR Was Veteran of Civil War, and Then Struck Out Into the Northwest Thomas McGowan, one of the earliest pioneers in Bismarck and a resident of the city for over GO years, died in the west where he went only recently for the benefit of his health, according to received here today. The body will be brought to Bisnmrek for burial, arriving Sunday night. Mr. was over 80 years of age, according to friends. Mr.

McGowan came here in the fall of 1872, accordnig to a close friend who had known him since the early days. He was one of the many young men who left the east after the Civil War to strike out for themselves in the adventurous west. Mr. McGowan first went into Nebraska and Wyoming and helped to build the Union Pacific Railroad, which was pushed through after the war in spite of hostile Indians. He heard of the development in the great Northwest andudecided to cast his fortunes in this direction.

When Mr. McGowan came to Bismarck shortly after it was founded in 1872, he established a hotel on Main street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, on the site on which there is now a brick building which he owns. The hotel, according to Joseph Dietrich, was of frame sides with a canvass top to it, serving many of the pioneers who came into the city at that time. Later on Mr. McGowan established the Custer House on Fifth street, which came to be, a widely known hotel.

It was named after General Custer, and many army officers and others of the early days who became igures in the history topped at that hotel. Mr. McGowin kept closely to his business, ac- Vtrding to friends, and did not go after public office. He was active, however, in the development of Bisnarck, then a frontier hamlet. He ownership of the site of the 'uster Hotel, now replaced by building, on Fifth street at iihe time of his He resided.

408 1-2 Main street, on the second floor of the store building he own'd. Mr. McGowan is survived by his vidow, who accompanied him west, nd one foster son, John. Mr. McGowan left here for Spoi ano, Washington, about two weeks Friends say that he was urgd not to go by physicians, who feard the effect of the trip over the lountains, but he sought health afer having suffered illness in the last ear or two.

The body will lie in state in Wfcbb Brothers parlors und may be viewed by friends Monday. The funeral will ie held Tuesday morning at, 8:30 from St. Pro-Catheral. WOULD RUN L.JLFRAZIER Montana Farmer Labor. Men Urged Him for Vice- President Helena, Montana, Mar.

signed by voters in 17 Montana -ounties were filed with the Secreary of State yesterday requesting hat the names of Senator Robert M. jaFollette of Wisconsin and Lynn J. of North Dakota be placed the primary ballot as candidates or president and vice-president repectively, on the Farmer-Labor ticket. Unless they object the names must he printed on the ballot as provided by the Montana law. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon, today.

Temperature at 7 a. in Highest yesterday 32 Lowest Yesterday 20 Lowest last night 14 Precipitation 0 Highest wind velocity 10 WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperarture.

WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area over the northern Rocky Mountain region yesterday morning his moved southward to Utah and the pressure is high the northern states from the upper Mississippi Valley westward to the Pacific Coast. Precipitation occurred at most places in the Rocky Mountain region and southern Pla.ns States. Unsettled weather, with light scattered precipitation, prevails in all other sections. Temperature changes during the past 24 hours has been slight. 1 In 1 i AynHHlm- Secretary of just before resigning.

8 sworn in as a major in the Marine Reserves neral John A. Lejeurie (left). Theodore Rooseveit. assistant secretory of navy, i shown on WHAT YOU VOTE ON NEXT TUESDAY The is the third and last of a scries of articles on candidates and issues to come before the voters next Tuesday, the intent of the articles being solely to furnish voters with information to aid them in formirfg opinions. Fuller information concerning the to he voted on may be obtained in the publicity pamphlet.

Voters of the state will express themselves Tuesday on candidates for President, national committeeman, presidential electors and candidates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the three referred election and bank laws, as previously explained, and in addition will express themselves on the Fedge lien bill, an initiated law, regarded by many as one of the most farreaching proposals made to the voters. The Fedge, or farm labor lie law, provides briefly: That rs of a family, the farmer, wife and children, over 16 years of age, may have a lien on the crop for labor services performed during the year. The measure is an amendment to existing laws which provide that laborers employed on farms may have a lien to secure their wages. Defeated In Legislature The hedge measure was proposed in the legislature last winter by Hen Fedge and, was defeated. It is argued for the lien bill that it will provide that a wife and children will not work on a farm all summer and then see themselves prevented from any compensation because other lien holders take practically all of the crop.

It is argued against the measure that while it may have a laudable purpose, it will defeat its own end and will injure the farmer anil his family more than it will help. John Lee Is Warden, Inmate The name John Lee may or may not mean a lot in the state penitentiary here. 'The name or John J. Leo, warden all listen when it is mentioned. But the name of John Lee, prisoner, does not get so much attention.

Warden John J. Lee went to Minot this week to bring here to serve a term in prison Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Stampede, N. to serve sentences of five years each.

Judge Home From Carrington Judge Fred Jansonius of the district court has returned from Carrington where ha wU urt for three weeks. Judgw Jansonius will remain here until Wednesday when he opens a term of court in Kidder county, which probably will last but a few days. FEBRUARY WARMEST FOR ENTIRE STATE HISTORY, RECORDS SHOW The weather throughout Dakota during February, 1924, was the warmest iiv the climatological history of the State, according to a report today of the Bismarck weather bureau. The average temperature was 20.3 degrees, or 12.4 degrees above the normal. The next warmest February was in 1921 when an average of 19.9 degrees was recorded, the next warmest was 17.4 degrees in 1916.

The coldest was degrees in 1904. The highest temperature recorded in the State during February, 1924, was 67 degrees at Elbowoods on the 11th, this was also the highest temperature, ever recorded in the State! for the month. The lowest temperature recorded HIS LAST DAY It is explained by those opposing the measure that tenant farmers in particular nntst depend on liens given on their crops in order to borrow money with which to finance their work, person or corporation that lends money, naturally, demands god security. But if the lender knows that the wife and children can file liens which would perhaps take up so much of the crop that tlie lender of money could not get pay, the farmer would he unable to borrow. Therefore, it is argued, the hill woulrl absolutely put some farmers out of business, for the line right can not be waived.

Since many farmers buy farms on contracts under which parts of crops are given; since their security would be destroyed by the bill; many farmers would he prevented from purchasing farms, it is argued. Two Amendments Two constitutional amendments are to be vot'd on. ITiey wore approved by the legislature, being submitted to the people for adoption. The first, on the state bond issue, merely corrects what the Farm Loan Department of the Bank of North Dakota hold is a defect in the rural credits law. The new amendment provides that rural credits bonds may run 110 days from the date of issue, instead of 30 years from the time of passage of the law, which was in 1919.

At present farm loans can only be on a 26-year amortization basis because of this; if the new amendment passed they can be made on a 30-year basis, as originally intended by the law. The second one, provides that in counties of 6,000 population or less the county judge shall also be clerk of court. The measure merely provides for economy in such a county, where there is not enough work for two officials. TO REGULATE BEE SHIPPING Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Issues Order The shipment of bees on combs into North Dakota will be regulated by Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Kitchen under authority of an act of the last legislature, because of danger of diseases of honey bees being introduced, he announced today. The regulation provides that shipment or movement into the state of North Dakota from other states and coqntries, of bees, queen bees, used or second hand hives, honey combs, frames and all other used beekeeping fixtures is hereby prohibited, with the exception that this regulation does not affect the shipment into the state of live bees in cages when these are not accompanied by combs or was -27 degrees at Hansboro and Willow City on the 21st.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in the State during February was -54 degrees in 1893. The average precipitation Train and melted snow) for the month was 0.41 'inch, or 0.08 inch below the normal. The average snowfall was 4.2 inches. The average number of days with 0.01 inch or more of precipitation was 3. There were 14 clear days, 6 partly cloudy days and 9 cloudy days.

were open throughout the month, there wds but little snow covering allowing livestock to ra'nge freely, thus saving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of feed to farmers and stockmen, says the report. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924 LA FOLLETTE IS WILLING, AVERS NEW PARTY HAN Declares Before Minnesota Group Senator Will Lead Third Party Fight i St. Cloud. March indorsing the calling of a national convention for a third party to be led by Senator Robert M. La- I'ollotto of Wisconsin as a candidate for president, were adopted late yesterday at the state convention of the Minnesota party.

Adoption of the resolution was follower by prolonged cheering and came after William Mahoney, St. Paul labor leader, had outlined the plans for the national convention, called earlier in the week at a conference in St. Paul. The convention will he held in Minneapolis June 17. In making his recommendation for indorsement of the third party to be headed by Mr.

Mr. Mahoney declared that the eyes of the nation were on Minnesota, waiting for this state to take the lead. Says LaFollette Willing He said he had talked to Senator LaFollette in Washington recently and added that he was certain the i scon sin senator would assume the leadership of a third party. On motion of Ed Kaplain, delegate Irom Beltrami county, the convention went on record as opposed to the indorsement of any state candidates at this time. The convention adopted state and national platforms recommending drastic changes in governmental policies.

Agricultural relief measures before congress were indorsed in resolutions and the work done in congress by Senator Magnus Johnson and Henrik Shipstead and Representative Knude efald, all of Minnesota, was com mended. MUCH INTEREST IN INSTITUTES An indication of interest being shown in institutes was reported here by W. F. Reynolds, state dairy commissioner, who spoke at the International Harvester Company's institute at Makoti. He said that 3,425 people attended six meetings in two days.

PRISONER WHO ESCAPED HELD Confesses to Chief Martineson Here of Escaping in So. Dak. Basil Oliver, 22, who escaped from jail at Mclntosh, S. where he was serving a six months sentence, or. March 8, confessed here to Chief of Police Martineson after having applied for lodging at the police station and was questioned.

He also admitted stealing automobile in Aberdeen, S. Chief Martineson said home is in Marietta, Illinois was charged with forging some express company money orders, according to Corson county officials here to take him back to Mclntosh to selrve the rest of his jqil sentence. Aberdeen officials have been of his confession of the theft of an automobile. Oliver slept in the Mandan jail over night before coming to Bismarck, and stole two coat buttons there, according to local police. After being giv6n lodging here he was given a grilling by Martineson and confessed he was an escaped prisoner.

When he escaped at Mclntosh he had but twp months left to serve of bis jail sentence, according to Sheriff A. C. Strifcgel and States Attorney Harry li. Wilmsen of Corson county. I MOULDING OF IS NECESSITY Governor, in Fargo Speech, Tells W.

C. T. U. to Continue Its Activities NEED MORAL SUPPORT Says Question of Law Enforcement Is One of the Most Important Today Fargo, X. ar Women's Christian Temperance Union, while entitled to look with pride on its half- century of achievement, still has a task ahead in moulding opinion in favor of the ideals of the organization, Governor 15.

A Nestos told a gathering in Fargo last night celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the organization. we are going to secure an adequate enforcement of the prohibition law, we must mould a public sentiment which will give to the law enforcing officials the moral support and the public opinion that will make successful enforcement said Governor Nestos. Quoting President Coolidge in stating that the problems must be taken directly to the American people. Governor Nestos continued: plea is that you and every organization that you can get to cooperate with you, take this problem directly to our people. Take it to the American mothers and when they understand what it means in rearing their sons and daughters, 1 have no hesitancy in predicting that before long there will be an obedience to and enforcement of law and a respect for Flie constitution of our state and nation such as we had not hoped to attain for many decades to come.

implant a spirit of respect for our constitutions and statutory enactments and to arouse our citizenship to a sense of for right civic conditions, is the most important task before our American people today. I know that you will give to this task, as you have given to the task of securing these laws, the very best that is in you of ability, experience and consecration. In this great work, we must make it the stylo to obey the law and dishonorable to drink intoxicating liquors, (Continued on page 3) SAYS GIBBONS IS FAR FROM RETURN MATCH Jack Dempsey Says He Mus Conquer Harry Greb in New York First Butte, Mar. 16. Gibbons must conquer all other contenders or square up his one bad account with middleweight champion Harry Greb in New York before Tex or any other promoter can afford to give him a return match with Jack Dempsey for the world's heavyweight tftle.

At a dinner in his honor here today, Dempsey pointed this out as the reason for the culling off of the proposed return match with Gibbons next June. is a fine fellow, deserves to make up what he lost at Shelby and all that but can't expect New York fans to want or New York promoters to offer him another championship match as long as he refuses to fight in New said the champion. help but feel that if I had been going right at Shelby ip would not have taken the referee's decision to keep me in front and I am us confident that another time I'll Tommy, but business is business and less than a week ago Tex Rickard, the of all promoters now, told me it would be another Shelby financial bubble to give Gibbons a match with me until the fans who always pay the freight are confident back there in the east that Tommy is the logical contender among the big LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING HERE Local Speakers Address League Workers in the City The first Nonpartisan League workers rally held here since the convention was in Patterson all last night. Fred Argast of Moffit, Frank Milhollnn of Bismarck. C.

D. King of Menoken and others spoke on various subjects, principally upon the election laws to be voted on next Tuesday, which they Opposed. Mr. King yrged support ior Senator Hiram Johnson. The meeting was chiefly for the purpose of informing the active league workers.

BRIGHT SKIES AHEAD, CLAIM N.P. OFFICIALS Meeting: in Fargo They Predicted Rusiness Increase in the Northwest ALSO HOPEFUL Soo Lines Head, Speaking in Minot, Tells of Aims For North Dakota largo, March 15. general tone of optimism in the future of North Dakota and the Northwest characterized the meeting here today of a score of locnl counsel of the Northern Pacific Railroad and officials of the road. The meeting was called in order to study the railway situation in North Dakota and to establish better acquaintanceship between officials of the road, according to an announcement of the program committee. Reports from other states encourage us to believe that there is every reason for optimism in the declared Henry lilakeley, assistant vice-president of the road! are bright spots on the Northwest's chart for 1924.

The lumber trade is brisk in Oregon and Washington; sheep are profitable in Montana and the dairy business is carrying Minnesota ahead." Mr. Blakeley also declared that North Dakota is fundamentally sound and that the Northern Pacific railway desired to assist this state as much as possible. Minot, N. March his unbounded faith in North Dakota, T. Jaffray, of Minneapolis, piesideut of the Soo Line and chairman ol the executive committee of the $10,000,000 agricultural credit corporation, last night outlined to Minot businessmen and many northwestern North Dakota visitors what the corporation intends to accomplish in the near future.

Mr. Juflray was the principal speaker at the association of commerce's monthly membership meeting, which was turned 1 into a reception for the visiting Soo Line officials on behalf of northwestern North Dakota. Within 10 Jaffray said, the new corporation hopes to have effected concrete accomplishments along the lines which have been outlined as its objectives. ant Alore Cattle Mr. Jaffray said that he is casting about for a definite plan whereby it will he possible to provide more dairy cattle for the farms of the state.

Such a plan, he said, would be carrying out the umbitions of the officials of the corporation to carry the aid direct to the farmers. Not more than a week and a half should elapse before the organization has proved of assistance to the closed banks which are worthy of assistance to reopen, or those institutions which are experiencing difficulty in operating, the speaker said. Jaff ray took occasion to condemn the system of assessing high penalties on unpaid taxes in North Dakota, declaring that such a system hurts the credit of the state. He likewise urged drastic cuts in tax levies wherever possible and presented figures which tended to show that the earnings of railroad stocks have decreased alarmingly during the last decade. REVENUE BILL HEARING OFF Senate Postpones Hearing Treasury Officials Until Next Week Washington, Mar.

16. of the revenue bill was held up today because pressure of other work of some members prevented meeting of the Senate finance committee which was forced to put off until next week completion of ita examination of treasury officials as to the condition of government finances. Chairman Smoot plans to take up the rate schedules upon completion of the hearing of treasury officials whose views are being sought to determine the extent of revision deemed necessary in the bill as passed by the house. He announced today, hbwever, that this section probably could not be reached before late next week. CllT EXPECTED Washington, March of the provision in the revenue bill for a 25 percent cut in income taxes payable this year before second installments are due June 15, regardless of the fate of the measure itself, appeared assured la'st night.

Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, predicted passage of provision as a separate resolution the revenue bill becomes law or joining house leaders who recently announced they would seek adoption of a separate resolution providing for the cut if the revenue bill were delayed. AVYSECRETARY iA CURTIS I). WILBUR He succeeds Edwin Denby as Soeio tary of the Navy in the Conlidge Cabinet PROPOSED NEW TAX CUT BILL IS PUBLISHED Provides for 25 Per Cent Cut, With Provision for Reducing Cut to 10 Per Cent INITIATION The State Taxpayers Association, ot which A. L. Martin of Sentinel Butte is president, proposes to initiate a tax limitation which would in general effect limit tax levies to 75 percent of the preceding year, with the condition that voters would increase this to 90 percent of the taxes for the preceding year, thus making a net 10 percent reduction, according to statements of Mr.

Martin. provides that such tion shall be effective during 1924, 1925 and 1926. It is provided that the limitations of levies fixed shall not apply to special assessments, levies for local improvements, levies for sinking funds, levies for interest on bonds, the county tuition levy provided by statute, levies for the purpose of exterminating grasshoppers, nor to any tax or taxes levied pursuant to the hail insurance act. The act further provided: And all levies for any of said purposes- made and included in the levy for 1923, shall be deducted from said levy for 1923, in arriving at the basis to be used for computing the limitations of levy hereunder; anj provided further that inasmuch as the IStli legislative assembly has already made the appropriations for state purposes covering the biennial period from July 1, 1923, to June 30, 1926, inclusive, the limitations of levy contained in this Act shall not apply to state levied made prior to July 1, 1925. Any county, city, village, township school district or park district may reduce the 25 percent cut to a 10 percent cut by a vote.

QUAKE ROCKS MANY TOWNS Villages in Nicaragua Are De stroyed, Says Dispatch Managua, Nicaragua, March 16. The Costa Rican villages of San TSTiiteo, Naranjo, Orotina, San Ramon anj Grecia have been destroyed by earthquakes. The people in the stricken district have left their homes and are camping in the open. Shocks continue with minor intensity and 600 distinct tremors have been felt thus far. RECORDED IN WASHINGTON Washington, Mar.

earthquake about 6,900 miles from Washington was recorded early today on the seismograph at Georgetown University. The shocks began at 6:44 a. m. Eastern Standard Time, reached maximum intensity at 0:21 and ended at 6:50. They were described as pronounced'' by Father Condor, the seismologist.

FELT IN ENGLAND London, Mar. 16. earth tremor of sufficient violence to overturn light furniture and accompanied by a rumbling noise startled villages of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, yesterday, according to the Daily Mail. The seismologists have no record of it. WILL INDICT DRY OFFICIAL? Chicago, March indictments against 'lb persons, one a high prohibition official, charging them with complicity in the unlawful withdrawal of $900,000 worth of whisky from the Sibley Warehouse and Storage Company lieiie are being prepared, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The official named was formerly connedted with prohibition ment in the Illinois-lowa-Wisconsin district. FINAL EDITION PRODUCER OF FILMS CALLED BY COHMITTEI Tells Probers He Understood That Department of Justice Would Not Bother FUND WAS RAISEI Expenses of Focal Prosecu tions to be Met by Owners, He Asserts Washington. Mar. aside for the moment from the sen sational testimony of Rnxie Stinsor and Ciaston B. Means the Senate eomniittee investigating the Depart nient of Justice today began delvinf into the allegations that exhibition! from the Carpentier-Dempscy figh films had been carried on througl arrangements with Jess W.

Smith Attorney-fienerul Daugherty's late friend, and his associates. F. C. Quimby, who described himself as a New ork motion picture producer, and maker of the fighl film, testified that the arrangement as be understood it was that the rights for showing the fight films, the interstate transportation ot which is prohibited by law, were to be let out to exhibitors in various states and that expenses of local prosecutions and fees were borne out of a fund of the owners. Quiinby said he understood that Jap Mums, Will Orr and Ike Martin Imd the plan to display the films and that Tex Rickard, the promoter, had told him of the plan.

He said he had been told to go ahead with showing the films and that he would not be bothered by the Department of Justice. URGED I', f. Quimby, producer of the fight films, testified that he and Tex promoter, had no intention of showing the films outside of the state of New Jersey and abroad because of the law prohibiting their interstate transportation until Jap Mumma, Will H. Orr and Ike Martin came to him and explained a plan to permit exhibition of the films in the various states without getting into trouble. Referred Smith Orr, Quimby said, referred to the late Joss Smith, Attorney-General Daugherty friend as a friend of his, but.

he (Quimby) said he did not know the Attorney-General. Orr, Mumnia and Martin, Quimby testified, told him to go ahead. "These three gentlemen told me to gp ahead with the pictures and I would not be bothered," he testified. A lawyer named Urion, Quimby said, retained by Orr, Munima and Martin was to designate lawyers in various states who were to look after exhibitions of the films. The plan as he outlined it was that the films were to be shown in each state, first before (some said Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, "the buyer in that state would be hauled up before some justice and fined?" That was the arrangement wasn't While Quimby would not agree to that he testified to a plan of taking fines and then going ahead and showing the pictures was followed in some states and he identified the list of individuals given out last night by Attorney-General Daugherty as those who bad been prosecuted for showing the films as the same men who had been the for the State rights." Under the plans of distribution he outlined in his testimony.

After prosecution in New York, Quimby said somebody in U. S. Attorney Hayward office told him wait a and then go ahead. "Whenever you sold a picture you told the buyer what lawyer to see," suggested Senator Wheeler. you knew if he went to that lawyer he would be fined and then allowed to go That was my DEFENDS DAUGHERTY Washington, Mar 15.

that 'nothing discreditable to Attorney- General Daugherty has been shown in the Senate was expressed today by Chairman Adams of the Republican national committee in a formal statement. ISSUE DENIED Tokio, March 15, that any payments of money ever had been given to Gaston B. Means in an effort to halt prosecution of the Standard Aircraft Company case as Means charged yesterdny before the Daugherty investigating committee was made today by the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, through its principal office here. Records bearing on the matter were destroyed in the earthquake disaster last September, asserted Tunosuke Yasukawa, managing director of the.Mitzui company. He declared, however, that Mitsui officials in Japan knew concerning the alleged payment of to Means and believed it is not possible that such a payment ever was made.

DAUGHERTY DENIES IT Washington, March General Daugherty made 'a general public denial of the insinuations against him made in testimony before the senate investigating committee. "Any inffuence, direct of (Continued on page PRICE FIVE CEN Told To Wait.