The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair TH CK TR THIRTY-NINTH YEAR " (BISMARCK, Ni ORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS BiG TRUCK TOUR INVADES SOUTH 500 TERRITORY AWARD FINAL BRIDGE CON , COMPANIES PLAN TO RUSH! WORK: SAYSHEWILL .|BRITISH FLAG IN ACTS; High Winds, Bad Roads and Hot Radiators Give Trucks Good Test AUTOMOBILES TOO SPEEDY Halt Made at Hazelton Until the Heavier Machines Catch Up (By Staff Correspondent.) Hazelton, May 18.— With flag be- decked automobiles parading the streets of Hazelton, the Bismarck PREDICT COMPLETION NEXT FALL All contracts for the erection of the Bismarck-Mandan bridge are awarded today. * The final acts of the state highway commission, and the boards of county commissioners of ‘Burleigh and Mor- ton counties, were taken at a meeting which ended after 6 o'clock last night. The bridge will be built by the Foun- } dation company and the American ‘Bridge company, both of Chicago. It ; Was announced yesterday. that th» ; Foundation company had been award- ;ed contracts for the building of the jconcrete approaches and the piers. ;the American Bridge company had ‘been awarded contracts for furnish- ing the steel and erecting the super- structure. Complete in 16 Months ; Today announcement was made that | Good Roads Ship By Truck Boosters! Capt, Isaac P. Baker, who has been arrived here at eleven-thirty o'clock. instrumental in aiding the bridge pro- As soon as the pilot car containing P. ject from its inception, believes that R. Field, director of the tour made its appearance over the hill leading into Hazelton. the local band welcomed it can be opened to traffic by the fall; of 121. It is estimated by engineers that it will ‘require from sixteen to! eighteen months to complete the mam- | ‘tem. The estimates| of the companie; was as follows: Approaches, $327,119- |.00; piers, $295.819.00; furnishing steel, $319, 017.00, erecting super- structure, $142,474.00. This makes a j total of $1,084,529,’ to which an esti- | mated profit of ten per cent is added, | making the total sost $1,192,871.90. _ As the contractprs’ protits increase ; in proportion to ‘ae ‘anrount in which | the estimates of the work are decreas- ed, there are some, who believe the final cost will be less than $1,000,000. \ Part of Road System |. “This will be the first,great, free bridge over the Missouri river be; tween Sioux City, la., and Benton, Montana, the headwaters of the ri- ver,” said Capt. Baker today. ‘It will be built without hardship to‘ anyone, with the federal government. paying half of the cost, the state ap- proximately one-third of the cost and the counties of Burleigh and (Morton ‘ paying approximately $200,000. . _“All of the senators and representa- tives in Congress of the northwest have aided in obtaining federal aid P.D. NORTON TRY FOR SENATE Former Congressman to An- nounce ‘His, Candidacy Soon GRONNA IS IN THE RING Frank White of Valley City is Out With Formal An- nouncement There probably’, will not be any dearth of candidates for the United States senate. P, D. Norton, of Man- dan, former congressman in the Third District, announced in Fargo today that he-would be a: candidate for the United States senate. He was an TURKS LOWERED BLACK SEA PORT Bolshevik Administration Takes Over Government of Tervizond As Peace Treaty Protest BLOW IS AT ARMENIANS Balkan Jealousies Stirred Up by Action of Ottoman Revolt —Resisting Greeks Constantinople, May 18.—-Trevizond, an important port on the Black sea coast of Asia Minor, has been taken over by a local bolshevik administra- tion, according to advices received here. The population hauled down the Bri- the tourists with a lively air. | moth structure PACKED WITH PEOPLE Work is to begin immediately, and The main street was packed with the approaches and part of the pier people to lend a lusty welcome to the work will be completed by November, Bismarck touring boosters. The pace when the American Bridge company set by the automobiles was too fast Will take up the work of putting the for the heavy trucks and they fell be- steel in place. hind shortly after leaving Bismarck. | Cost May Decrease Stops were made two or three times! en route to enable the trucks to catch up with the automobiles. However. the trucks were several miles behind when the head of the tour reached Hazelton. It is planned to remain here until the trucks arrive. Frayne Baker {s in charge of the truck trail. BAD ROADS ENCOUNTERED The only trouble encountered by the tourists were bad roads and over- heated radiators. The roads from Bis- marck to the Emmons county line are in frightful condition; no signs of any dragging or work of any nature could be discovered by the Good Roads Boosters. Practically every one of the 75 business men in the tour com- mented on this fact all along the route from Bismarck to Hazelton. FARMERS BOOST TRIP Farmers and thetr familfes waved friendly greetings to the tourists and whenever a stop was made to fill a boiling radiator, the farmer seule say, “Well you are out on a good mission. and I surely hope you will-accomplish sometHing. We are badly in need of good: roads. At one of the early stops made to permit the slower trucks to catch up with the automobiles, Fields intro- duced the tourists: to the liguid re- freshments which the refreshment committee consisting of Bert Finney and Joe Breslow prepared. Dusty roads, a strong wind and a blazing sun made the pop taste very good in fact some of it was poured in one au- tomobile radiator and the car went the 27 miles into Hazelton without using a drop of gasoline. TO SPEND NIGHT AT WISHEK ‘Linton, N. D., May 18.— Welcomed ‘by ‘a committee which turned the key of Linton over to the Bismarck Good Roads Ship by Truck boosters, the au- tomobile tourists minus the truck sec- tion reached Linton at 1:30 this after- noon. The Linton band was playing. as the long string of )automobiles wended its way thru the principle streets. Their hunger accentuated by their sixty-six milé ride from Bis- marck, the Good Roads Ship by Truck caravan gladly and promptly accepted the invitation of the Linton business men to be their guests for dinner. After the dinner which was served in the two hotels here, the Elks band, ‘under the leadership of ‘Spencer Boise, entertained the people with several selections. A light shower fell during the stop at Linton but only sufficient to lay the dust. -Present plans are for the truck division of the tour to go from Linton to Wishek and remain there over night instead of trying to make, the trip to Ashiey. The auto- mobiles left Linton at 3 o'clock head- ed for Ashley and towns enroute be- fore picking up the southward trail The Bismarck boosters stopped off a short time at Linton’s pretty ‘park where the Elks band entertained with several more selections. LANGER OPENS BIG CAMPAIGN: AT WOODWORTH Central Committee to Devise Ways and Means at Fargo Tomorrow William Langer will make the key- note of his campaign Friday evening at Woodworth, Stutsman county. It will be a meeting especially arranged for the farmers of that section and indications are that the fighting at- torney general will have a large crowd. Plans for a vigorous campaign against Townleyism will be discussed at Fargo tomorrow when the delegates elected at Minot will gather and con- sider ways and means with members of the Anti-Townley Republican state Major. The exact cost of the bridge cannot | be determined, as the contracts are let on a sliding scale, cost plus sys- MEN HURT WHILE IN SERVICE CAN GET ASSISTANCE ' ‘Washington, May 18.—A bulletin, “New Provisions For Compensation and Medical and Surgical Care and Supplies Under the War Risks Act,” and officially listed as “LD-30,” is an- nounced by Director R. G. Cholmeley- Jones of the bureau of war risk in- surance as ready. for distribution. . The circular, which is addressed to former service men and a copy of , which may be obtained from the bu- {reau of war risk insurance, sets forth ‘the warning that a certificate of in- jury from the bureau, withingone year from the date of discharge or resig- nation, is necessary to preserve eli- gibility for compensation on the part of anyone who received injury or con- tracted disease while in the service, ‘MORRIS T0 RUN; PETITIONS NOW BEING SIGNED Former Service Man Has Not | Withdrawn from Race for j Register of Deeds Petitions are being circulated in Burleigh county for the candidacy of Leo Morris for: the office of register of deeds on the anti-Townley ticket. Mr. Morris received the endorsement for this office at the county conven- tion of anti-Townleyites and the cir. culation of his petitions puts at rest all rumors that Morris would not run thereby leaving the field open to Ri- chard Penwarden, present county treasurer and a candidate for the of- fice of register of deeds. Morris, who. has been employed as rural carrier with the postoffice, has resigned that position so that he car take an active part in the county campaign against the Nonpartisan league ticket. He is a resident o! the northern part of the county. where he is very well known and his friends predict that he will win at the primaries. Morris is an ex-service man and spent sixteen months of his service overseas. He a member of the famous fifth division and saw heavy fighting in several of the larger bat tles. He was twice cited for bravery during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Morris is very much opposed to the {leadership of the ‘Nonpartisan league ‘and the. socialistic portions of the ; league program. 'MEN CAN ENLIST FOR SERVICE IN HA- _ WAIIAN ISLANDS The war department has. just noti- fied the army recruiting office here that enlistments in the medical de- ‘partment for three year periods with service in Hawaii are now authorized. Only a limited number of men will be sent to the islands, the circuiar states. The air service requires a number of men who have had practical ex- perience as photographers, or mov- ing picture camerman, also radio telegraph and telephone operators and radio mechanics. Enlistments for ‘one year in the tank corps is now authorized. { ‘SPRING NAVIGATION OPENS ON MISSOURI | Spring navigation has been opened ,on the Missouri river. central committee. The Packet Benton, owned by the Frank Streeter, candidate for lieu-;' Benton Packet company, with Capt. tenant governor and A. O. Birche-| Joseph Leach in charge, left yester- nough, the fighting parson of St. Tho-j day, carrying a load of coal from Bi: | mas, addressed record breaking} marck to Standing Rock Indian reser- crowds in ‘Barnes county yesterday. | vation. Enthusiasm was at a high pitch. These! This is the first boat to make a were the first campaign addresses by, trip this spring. Capt. I. P. Baker Streeter and he made a profound im- announced that other packets will be pression by the manner in which he placed in service as the needs of the handled the state issues, business require. earnest worker at the Anti-Townley|tish flag and raised’ the bolshevik em- {Republican conventic:. at. Minot and addressed the delegates. It wag Jlem, and established a temporary government, following a great demon- for the bridge. Senator T. J. Walsh, Known then that he was a receptive] stration. of ‘Montana, said that it is an essen- tial part of the general plan of road construction in the northwest, in con- nection with which the state of Mon- tana is expending large sums.” ! The companies which were awarded the contracts are among the largest in the country and have the equipment fo sxpedite the work, Capt. Baker | sala: ODDFELLOWS OF STATE T0 MEET IN DICKINSON State Grand Lodge of I. 0. O. F. and Rebekahs Will be Enjoyable Affair es i Dickinson, May 18.—Dickinson Odd- | jfellows are commencing preparations | for the entertainment of the State’ Grande ‘Lodge of * Oddfellows. and Rebekahs, which convenes in_ the! Queen City on June 1st, 2nd. and 3rd. | It is estimated that close to a thou-! sand delegates will’be in this city for those three days. Banquets and entertainments are being arranged by the local lodge, An automobile trip to the Bad Lands wili be one of the features. and’ the Dick- inson boys dre inventorying all the autos in town to secure enough to car- ty all the visitors. Don’t: be selfish with your car, but phone the commit- | tee they can depend on you for a load. The Dickinson lodge has engaged field against Townleyism in the June | central committee, was in F the Municipal band to furnish music for all three days. Thus the visit- ors will be assured real music, for we contend there are few bands in the’ state that can equal ours. | Obtain Quarters i A committee has been appointed to look out for accommodations for this number of delegates. and probably a canvas will be made to secure rooms in private homes if the attendance is as large as is now expected. If you have any spare rooms you could let ‘or these days, it will be considered a favor if you let any of the local Odd- fellow know of them soon. ' One of the main events of the busi- ness session will be the selection of the site for the state Oddfellows home which is to be erected next year. Sev. eral towns are making a strong bid for this home, but the Dickinson lodge hope their bid will be the strongest— they’re going to try and make it 80, anyway. The location calls for a site of sixty acres of land on which the Grand Lodge will erect a $100,000 building, and the grounds will be im-! proved to the highest point of effi- ciency. Dickinson Oddfellows have their site all picked out and have an option on the same, and it will take an awful stiff fight to get the appro- priation away fram them. Every cit- izen of Dickinson should be back of the boys in an effort to land this home Printer Tingle, one of our booster Oddfellows, is preparing a neat souvenir program for the con- vention, which will contain full de- tails of the three days’ “doings”, i MISS JULIA BUDLONG IS MADE DR. OF DIVINITY ' Miss Julia N. Budlong. daughter of ‘Mrs. M. C, Budlong, formerly librari- an at the state reference library, has just been granted a degree of bache-| lor of divinity and the ‘Pacific Unitari- an School for the Ministry at 'Berke-! ley, Calif. Miss Budlong has accepted ; a position to fill the Unitarian church | pulpit at Kalamazoo, Mich., during | May and June. Miss Budlong is one| of the few ordained ministers in the j United States. Miss Budlong, who is now known as The Reverend Julia! N. Budlong, has a host of friends in this city who are pleased with her splendid success and achievment. REPORT FOOD RIOTS IN SPANISH TOWNS Madrid. May 18.— Serious disturbs, ances. caused by shortage of food,} have occurred at Cacares and Hervas| in western Spain, according to advices! received here. Shops were attac edj by mobs. Similar disturbances are reported in the southern part of the country. More than 3.000 women par- ticipated in a demonstration and calshed with the police, one woman, being wounded. candidate. The Tribune received the following dispatch from Fargo today: ‘Former Congressman P. D. Norton of Mandan who is in the city today stated to a representative of The Tri- bune that after congulting with a num- ber of his friends throughout the state, he has decided to become a candidate at the primaries an June 30 for the Republican nomination for United States Senator. “The former congressman believes that a very substantial majority of the independent, thoughtful and intel- ligent Republican electors of the state really desire to have in the United States senate from ‘North Dakota dur- ing the next six years, a man who ‘s entirely free from binding obligations ‘to any political boss and who has both the experience and courage nec- essary to support and carry out honest economic and political determinations in the interest of all the people. “Mr. Norton will make a formal an- nouncement of his candidacy and his platform this week.” ‘Mr. Norton served several terms in Congress and was defeated by a very close margin at the last election when the league endorsed Sinclair. Pro, viously to that he served the state as secretary of state and was succeeded in that office by Thomas Hall, Frank White of Valley City today issued a formal’ announcement for United States Senator. In a paid ad- vertisement: wired*#0. the “Pribunes he says: “I hereby announce myself as 2 candidate for United States senator on the Republican ticket subject to the vote of the people at the June pri- maries. My position on state and na- tional questions will be set forth in the press ‘and in public addresses.” Senator 'Gronna is about to make his formal announcement. He has wired that he endorses the Minot platform| Forks democrats will attend. Svein-| and his friends expect him to take the primaries. The following telegram re- ceived locally today sets forth his po- sition: “Since the month of November last, I have repeatedly told: intimate friends that my personal desire was to retire from public life, at least temporarily. T have so far refrained from doing any political work in the interest of my candidacy for re-election. I have not sent one single note to any one asking support at either of the con- ventions held in the state and have heretofore assumed no reponsibility for platforms adopted. “It seems that a few friends actuated by the best of motives proposed my Mame in the Fargo convention. Pei- sonally I was not responsible for this action and I could not and would not follow the leadership of Townley or Lemke, After advice with friends, I feel it my duty to do my bit to help restore a just and safe government for North Dakota and also help in the re contruction work of our National Government. “My associates in Congress regard- less of party request me to do so. I therefore announce my candidacy for re-election. I have studied the plat: form of the Republican party adopted at the Minot convention and I approve of it in toto. Having conferred wita the Republican leaders, I have no hes- itancy in saying that I believe the National platform will be acceptable to every Republican. I therefore again ask the support of the people of my state in the primaries and general election and I pledge myself to work for their best interests.” It is not known yet whether the Anti-Townley Republican state central committee which meets soon, will for- mally endorse any candidates for United States senate. ’ WEATHER REPORT l For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Tuesday, May 18. {Temperature at 7 a. m.. 57 Temperature at noon. ae: Highest yesterday . 718 Lowest yesterday . s Lowest last night. Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity. Forecast For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler tonight and in the east portion Wednesday. Lowest Temperatures In some quarters, it is considéred a move on the part of the Turkish na- tionals as a protest against the peace terms fixed by the allies, and the blow is intended to prevent Trevizond' from becoming the port for free Armenia, TURKS RESIST GREEKS Constantinople. May 1% —Clashes between the Greeks and the Turks in West Smyrna, where the Turks are taking the offensive are reported, and the Turks are taking the offensive are reported, and the Turks are taking the offensive . They have received rein- forcements preparatory to further moves against the Greeks. Fighting has occurred between Mamgnisa and Menamen. The Turk- ish command at Adrionople has sent word that a thousand troops from Bul- garia are prepared to resist the Greeks, when they begin the occupa- tion of Thrace. DEMOCRATS WILL MERT AT FARGO TO PICK TICKET Convention Will be Held Tomor- row; J. G. T. O’Connor Slated for Governorship Fargo, 'N. D., May 18.—The nomi- nating convention of the democratic party will be held in Fargo Wednes- day, and a large number of Grand bjorn Johnson. chairman of the state Fargo yes- terday completing arrangements for the convention. J. F. T. O'Connor of this city, a member of the house of representa- tives during the last two sessions, has been mentioned as the democrat- ic nominee for governor, and there is no doubt that his name will be placed before the convention. Since the special session of the legislature adjourned in December, Mr. O’Con- nor nas received many requests to become the party’s standard bearer, and recently he announced that the convention desire it. There also has been some talk of Dr. L. L. Eckman of this city being nominated as the party’s candidate for secretary of state. John S. Gogin of Osnabrook is the only congressional candidate to come forward so far. There undoubtedly will be others. Franz Shubeck of Ashley, a gradu- ate of the university law school, has been suggested as a candidate for at- torney general. O'CONNOR ENDORSED Dunn Center, N. D., May 18.—J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks was en- dorsed for the nomination for gover- nor ‘at the anti-Townley democratic convention for Dunn county held here recently. The meeting was well at- tended and enthusiastic. CORN TAKES ‘BiG SLUMP Chicago. Ill, May 18.— Sensational breaks in the value of corn took place today. There was a general rush to sell and a death of buyers. July delivery, in which trading was the heaviest, underwent an extreme fall of 7% cents compared to yesterday's close. Indications of financial strain, to- gether with talk of measures to end the widespread railroad congestion ; weer the chief reasons ascribed for the decline. BOOSTERS FOR GREAT LAKE ST. LAWRENCE TIDEWATER MEET AT GRAND FORKS Grand Forks, N. D., May 18.—Hear- ings on the proposed Great Lakes-St. Fargo 509; Lawrence tidewater route are being ii ‘ | held here today before O. Garviner. of Grand Forks : Fl Maine, and Sir William Hurst, of On- St. Paul .. | 4g; tario, members of the international Winnipeg . | 52 joint convention. Delegates from all Chicago .. | 54 Parts of North Dakota and northwest 42. Minnesota are ‘present. Among those who appeared were Governor Frazier, of North Dakota. All the witnesses declared themselves strongly in favor of the proposed deep water way. Swift Current Kansas City .. ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Meteorologist. WIFE DEFENDS MILLIONAIRE RED Chicago—Mrs. Wm. Bross Lloyd is standing loyally by her husband, mil- lionaire member of the Communist party, who is on trial here charged with criminal syndicalism and con- spiracy to overthrow the government, PLAN QUIET ZONES IN VICINITY OF LOCAL HOSPITALS Patients Disturbed by Thought- less Motorists Who Drive With Cut-Outs Open GET STREET LIGHTING BIDS Steps to curb thoughtless motorists who distrub’ patients in the Bismarck and St. Alexius hospitals by driving past. them with. muffler_ cut-outs. wide. open, will be taken by the city com- mission. \ y | It is planned to erect signs in front of each hospital, declaring zones of quiet and directing motorists to drive silently past them. “The patients at the Bismarck hos- pital and the St. Alexius hospital are frequently annoyed by the noises caused by autos passing by in the evening and at night with their muf- fler cut-outs wide open.” said a letter received from the the Quain and Ram- stad clinc. “It would be appreciated by the patients of the two hospitals if the city commission would estab- lish a zone of quiet in the neighbor- hood of the two hospitals.” BIDS FOR STREET LIGHTING The commission at its meeting last night, received a bid from B. K. Skeels for the construction of an ex- tension of the ornamental street light- ing system on Second .street, from Main street to Broadway, and on the north side of Main street, from Sec- ond street to First street. The city specified that the work be completed by July 1 in the ad- vertisement for bids. Only one bid was received. Mr. Skeels offered to furnish each ornamental post, with one lamp in place, globe and connections, for $119.0v each, He offered to furnish the posts, five lamps and connections, for $146 each. The bid also included an offer to furnish cable, conduits and concrete to place the posts in place. Buy Road Grader The commission received two bids for road graders and accepted the bid of the Austin Western Road Ma- chinery company for one road grader. for $428. A letter was received from Attor- ney General William Langer thanking the city for permitting Chief of Police Chris Martineson to work on the ‘Turtle Lake murder case, and highly praising Chief Martineson for his de- tective work in the case. Members of the commission went over plans for the proposed municipal water works yesterday afternoon and today with Arthur C. Brown, of Chi- cago, expert filtration engineer, and Louis P. Wolff, consulting engineer, of St. Paul. No definite conclusions were reach- ed, but the original tentative plans probably will be altered, members of the commission said. LIGHT SHOWERS ARE REPORTED IN STATE Light showers in several sections of the state in the last twenty-four hours failed to develop in to heavy rains, as was indicated by general atmospheric conditions. The weather forecast today is “fair weather tonight and tomorrow.” The barometric pressure was low yesterday and last night but was ris- ing today. Showers were reported at Napoleon. and Jamestown, and a few other cities in the state. POLES DRIVEN BACK London, May 18.— Success against the Poles in fighting on the northern part of the front are reported by the Russian soviet government. An of- ficial message from Moscow says that on Monday the Poles were forced back over the Beresina at one point. MEAT PRICES SLUMP DURING LAST YEAR American Institute of Meat Packers Put Decrease at 16 Percent PROFITEERS DENOUNCED Senator Walsh Puts Burden of High Prices Upon Repub- lican Organization Chicago, Ill, May 18—The whole- sale price of meat has declined 16 per cent during the past year, while the prices of nearly all other necessities have increased, according to the monthly bulletin of the American In- stitute of Meat Packers, issued today. The decline in the price of beef ‘be- tween March, 1919, and March, 1920, averaged four cents a pound, the packers say. The bulletin set forth the following increased reported in other articles while meat declined: Cloth and clothing, 65 per cent; fuel and light- ing, 14 per cent; lumber and building materials, 97 per cent; house furnish- ing goods, 51 per cent; farm products, 5 per cent; food, including meat, 21 per cent; all commodities combined, 26 per cent. DENOUNCE PROFITEERS Washington, May 18. — Profiteering was denounced today in the senate by Senator Walsh, democrat, of Massa- chusetts, who asserted that extortion- ate profits are the principal cause of widespread unrest and that congress is “culpably inactive” in moving to relieve the situation. Senator Walsh pointed to many large diviilends, including stock di- vidends, recently paid by big corpora- tions and declared the public outery against high costs were an acute political problem. Republican leadership and majority in Congress are responsible for the failure to enact anti-profiteering legis- Jation, he declared, adding that the republicans had tried to shift respon- sibility to the presiednt or heads or departments, Recommendations made by Senator Walsh to check profiteer- ing were: senatorial investigation of income tax returns to disclose indi- vidual profits; passage of several pending’ bills, ‘irrcliiding” the packers regulation bill, the ‘McNairy bil to starap out cost prices on shoes, cold storage regulation and other meas- ures. Senator Walsh further urged that Congress inaugurate public trading on a large scale unless extortionate pro- fits are reduced at once, recommend- ing government competition as an al- terable remedy. Although people were resigned to high prices during the war, Senator Walsh said they now de- mand relief. CRAZED MOTHER ABANDONED BABY IN WILD FLIGHT Arouses Babies from Sleep, Tak- ing Four Children and Leaves the Fifth Dickinson, N. D., May 18.—Search that has been made of the Gorham district in Billings county for 3-year- old John Krycorihika, lost when his insane mother aroused her five chil- dren in the dead of the night and took four of them out on the prairie wandering about aimlessly for sev- eral hours, had: failed up to today to reveal the whereabouts of the baby. Mrs. Wasyl Kryvorihka, adjudged insane by the Billings county insan- ity commission, is being held, await- ing the outcome of the search of the missing child that has been con- ducted over a wide district by offi- cials and farmers living within the area. The children, ranging in age from 1 to 9 years old, were aroused late at night from their sleep, and were required to dress. John, the 3-year-old baby, ac- cording to the older children, was left on the doorstep. The older children say they started to take John with them on their unusual trip out on the prairie, but that their mother ordered them to “leave that thing” on the door- step, referring to John. Three hours later the insane moth- er and her four children returned to the home, and little John was gone. School Children Aid Search The disappearance of the baby was reported by older children, and the search was undertaken. Schools in the neighborhood were dismissed, farmers were called together, and the whole district -has been thoroughly covered by searching parties that have worked daily since the case was reported. Officials immediately arrested the mother and took her to the county jail at Medora, where she was ar- raigned before the county insanity board and ordered committed to the asylum at Jamestown. The husband of the woman is em- ployed_as a railroad section hand at Sully Springs, N. D. He told officials that his wife had been acting strangely for some time, but he op- posed sending her to the asylum. The case presents one of the most unusual mysteries officials of this district have had to deal with.