The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1920, Page 1

4 ie ‘ ™ mite " on ’ eae 4 a io e > y ‘ ‘ a ‘: ra £ ’ ft 1 Zz ; ; my } ! f i bei | i } 4 = ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ane LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS N. D. OFFICIALS HELD AT’ RAULT ON WHEAT PRICE Failure to Act to Save Car Sup- ply May Cost State Heavily FARMERS ARE THE LOSERS Elevators Unable to Pay on Present Market Because of Lack of Cars Failure to grasp the railroad situ- ation is costing North Dakota thou- sands, perhaps’ millions of dol- fais. es North Dakota is paying, and will continue to pay, in the opinion of well informed men, because the ,situation now faced by the state was not rec- ognized in time. Not until the grain crop was ready for harvest, and only after Minnesota officials led the way, did North Da- kota officials take action to get enough cars to move the state’s crop. “Elevators are buying wheat at the December delivery price now instead of the cash price,” said an official of the state government today. Mr. Mc- Govern charges that the farmers will lose millions of dollars. Car Supply Short. “The reason for this,” he continued, “is because elevators have no assur- ance of an adequate car supply. The situation may be relieved in time, but the prospects are that these elevators may have to hold a large part of the grain for three -months or more. That means they will sell the wheat at about the time December prices be- come cash prices. They must bortow money to pay the farmers for- their wheat. If they paid the cash price which now rules on the Minneapolis market they will lose money; if they pay the December price they may make or lose money, but more prob-| ably will ‘break even’ on a normal profit.” If the state officials had recognized the situation months ago; had gone to the Interstate Commerce Commission and-demanded that the railroads serv- ing North Dakota be returned their own. cars, the situation would have been saved. But only a few weeks ago was concerted’ action taken. Grain cars ‘now are moving west in large quantities. Just how may are mov- ing is undetermined, but there is ay improvement in the situation. Some railroad officials expect the movement to continue for two or three months before’ there is a really: adequate supply of cars on hand. Minnesota Acted First. The seriousness of the situation, it was pointed out today, was first real- ized by Governor Burnquist, of Min- nesota, who started action in which North Dakota and South Dakota fol- lowed. He already had ‘an organiza- tion working before these other states joined in. When the matter was fin- ally impressed on the Interstate Com- merce Commission prompt action was taken with rate cases hanging fire, with traffic congestion in big cities constantly facing the commission and with the outlaw strikes in progress, the northwest was not given volyn- tary attention. tary attention. It was the Bankers’ association, at its convention at Val- ley City, that started action! in the state. Empty Advice. Many farmers want immediately to sell their grain to liquidate debts, al- though J. A. McGovern, deputy state grain inspector, advises them to hold it. A large part of the crop will have to be held, because elevators soon will be filled up and will not be clean- ed out as rapidly as they should. Mc- Govern’s advice, therefore, is consid- ered by many a waste of words. Had the officials of the state fore- seen the situation the results might have been entirely different, it is held by many shippers. Loeal Price Higher Not all wheat is being bought on the December price.’ The Russell- Miller company, for example, which manufactures flour buys wheat on the “straight arrival” price in Minneap- /olis, which is higher than the De- cember price. It can do this because it sells flour and can sell ahead enough to warrant; this price. The same thing can be done with any flour mill, but the line elevator, 1 grain man explains, can only get money for his wheat when he sells it, and he faces the prospect of not being able to sell’ it until the Decem- ber price becomes the cash price. FAIR BOOSTERS HELP KILLDEER IN CELEBRATION; The Mandan business men, who are boosting the Missouri Slope fair, laid over in Killdeer last night to help them celebrate the evening. Many people joined the boosters at Halliday, Dodge and Werner, and ar- Tangements were made for the Man-| dan train to wait until 12 o’clock last night so that the Mandan people coull join in the enterta‘nment. A band concert, followed by a pro- gram of entertainment and a dance in the evening, furnished a good time for the visitors. The booster’s special arrived in Mandan. at five o'clock this morning. CHIEFS AWAY, AND | CLERKS RUN STATE ¢ (ncaa CHARLESTON, W. Va.—When the officials are away ,the clerks will—run the state! For two whole days every state house offi- cial was absent from the city mak- ing speeches and the clerks ran the entire government. TAKES UP. BIG © | TREASURY POST Quanes QEwina. S PARKER GILBERT. WASHINGTON—S. Parker Gilbert of New Jersey has taken up his im- portant duties as the new ass’stant secretary of the treasury. Gilbert was associated with R. C. Leffing-; well, his predecessor, for years, GAS RATE IS INCREASED BY NEW SURCHARGE Bismarck Gas Company Author- ized to Add 25 Per Cent to " Bills After Sept. 1 ORDER OF COMMISSION (ji Loss in Operating Plant Under Present Rates Is Shown, Company Claimed A surcharge of 25 per cent on gas bills in Bismarck, effective Septem- ber 1, is authorized by the. state rail- road commission, in an order issued today. i iThe action was taken by the com- mission on the petition of the gas cbmpany, on which. a hearing was held several weeks ago. ; The present rates of the company, on which the 25 per cent surcharge is authorized, are as follows: First 10,- 000 cubic feet, $2.45 per thousand; 10,000 to 20,000 cubic fect, $2,20 per 'thousand; 20,000 to 30,000, $2.00 per thousand; 30,000 to 50,000, $1.60 per thousand; 50,000 to 70,000, $1.60 per thousand; over 70,000, $1.30 per thou- sand. A discount of 20 cents per thousand cubic feet is allowed on bills paid by the tenth of the month, following that in which gas was consumed. The minimum service charge is $2.00. For Four Months. The commission’s order provides that the surcharge authorized shall remain in effect for a period of four months from September. 1 and further states that “at the end of which four months period the commission may further order continue of said rates and surcharge for a further period, or may change or otherwise modify the rates and charges of the Bismarck Gas company.” The commission requires the Bis- marck Gas company to keep a record of its revenues and expenses and file a monthly report. The company is required’ to install on or before Oc- tober 1, 1920, a suitable calorimeter outfit for testing the heating value of jthe gas, and the gas shall be tested in a laboratory to be designated and |dequipped to meet the approval of the |commission. The company is further required to make tests of its gas man- ufactured for the amount of hydro- gen sulphide contained in it. Meter Record Required. The company is required, after Oc- tober 1, upon complaint filed with it questioning the. accuracy of any me- ter to make a test of the meter and keep a record. The company is re- {quired to purchase and install suit- able recording pressure gauges. The purpose of these iristallations, it is stated in the order, is to aid in mak- ing a study of costs and efficiency. The commission on May 26, 1919, in- creased the rates of the company above the franchise rates to a maxi- mum rate of $2.45 per 1000. Near the! {expiration of the time of this order the company petitioned for further in- creases. Representing the company before the commission was Frans. 1. Ployhar, president, of the Valley City company, and C. B. Hawley, superin- tendent. Says Company Lost Money. The commisison states that a check of the company’s finances showed a loss for the_year ending May 31, 1 of $712.07. Seven per cent i ered by the commission as a reason- able return on the investment. The history of the case, as set out in the records of the commission, says that there is a great increase in the cost of manufacturing gas. In its formal request for an increase in gas rates the company had asked a rate of $3 per thousand for the first 10,- 000 cubic feet, and corresponding in- creases for other quantities, the rec- |ord sets out. EASTERN MAN IN ROOSEVELT’S JOB Washington, Aug. 26.— Gordon Woodbury, formerly a member of the New Hampshire legislature, has been appointed assistant secretary of the O'CONNOR TALKS jfarmers to lose millions of dollars, army to succeed Franklin D. Roose- velt. ON GRAIN GRADE AND INSPECTION Says. League Law Has Cost Farmers a Great Deal of Money and Is Unfair LEAGUE JUDGE HIT IT Quotes Jurist as Saying That Act Is Providing a Huge System of Graft Minot, Aug. 26.—The necessity of upholding the struéture of govern- ment based upon the national and state constitution was emphasized ly J. F. T. O'Connor, in an address here in which he also went into the sub ject of grain grade and inspection act of the state. The speaker avoided abuse during his speech. In going into’ detail into the grain grading act he declared that the league leaders were causing the and that they were not only giving the tarmers less for their Nockage but had spent over a hundred thousand dollars to do it. In Pecullay.Situation “The farmers at Embden, North Da- kota, found themselves in 4 peculiar situation,” he said. “Cong passed a grain gradmg law wh provided for inspectors of grain, for grades and for weighing the same and also pro- vided that any person who violated this law which applied to all inter- state shipments could be fined a thou- sind dollars) and imprisoned for a year or both. “The state of North Dakcta passed a grain grading law which provided for grades, inspectors and weighing the same and provided that if this law was violated, that for a first of-j tense, there was imposed a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more thaa one hundred dollars or confine u ent n both and for each succeeding’ offense the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days or both and for each succeeding offense, a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred or be confined in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety or bgth. These farmers had their own elevator and they could not com- ply. with both laws. They did not cire to be imprisoned by the United States government and they had no desire to be imprisoned by the state of North Dakota. There was only one thing. these farmers could do and that was to ask the court which law they should follow. Ladd’s Tests “The sworn testimony of the mzn- ager of that farmers elevator befor2) Judge Amidon discloses that he was grading wheat that tested fifty-four pounds to the bushel as No. 3 wheut. A representative from Mr. Ladd’s de- partthent compelled him to grade this wheat as No. 4‘which meant a loss to the farmers of about ten cents a bush- el. The manager of the farmers’ cle- vator ingisted that as he was given No. 3 for this wheat in Minneapolis, be should Le allowed to give the farm- ars No. 3 but this the inspector denied him the right to do. “The attitude of the league leaders say that the farmers must lose this ten cents a bushel on their grain which loss would amount to about five million dollars and that they have no right to go into the court and ask redress, When this law was before the supreme court of ‘North Dakota, the Nonpartisan judge who received the highest vote, said: ‘The act is a long, ill-constructed, ungramatical, multifarious, hodge-podge document.’ “It was Senate Bill 314, and again this learned Nonpartisan judge! says about this grain grading act: ‘It should be entitled thus: an act to cre- ate a huge grafting system and to de- ny farmers the right to sell their grains without paying to some in- spector an unknown and unlimited graft on each and every load. 37 N. D. 635.” “The present law provides that sev- enty thousand dollars bi-annually may be:expended to enforce this law. The; farmers have paid over one hundred thousand dollars for the privilege of getting ten cents a bushel less for their wheat. We take our position with the farmers and against those who claim they have no right to get the full market value for this wheat and their dockage. “The elevators even before the pas- sage of the grain acts have paid for dockage; they are paying for dock- age today and we_ believe that the farmers are entitled to pay for their wheat and for dockage that has a value.” ———______—_e | WEATHER REPORT | > For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Aug. 26. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday «. Hy Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation .. Highest wind velocity Foreca: For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; probably unset- tled in the northwest portion; warm- er in the southeast portion and cooler tonight; slightly cooler Friday in the west and north portion. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ...-+- . 52 Williston .. . 68 Grand Forks 53 St. Paul .. 58 Winnipeg 62 Helena... . BA Chicago .. “64 Swift Current . 56 Kansas City .. -. 60 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. i! New Rockford, N. D., Aug. 26.— RUSSIANS SLIP OUT OF POLISH _ FORGES’ TRAP Remnants of the Fourth Army Reported Surrounded Again, However START FLANK MOVEMENT River Passage Also Forced by Polish Troops, Says Offi- cial Statement Warsaw, Aug. 26;—Remnants of the Fourth Bolshevik ‘army, which were cut off. by the Polish advance in the region ‘of Kolno ‘have succeeded in cutting their way through to the east- ward after a battle lasting ten hours, according to-an official statement is- sued here. The Soviet troops car--- | ried out a regrouping maneuver and succeeded in making their way out; of the trap which had closed upon them, but at last accounts were sur-| rounded by a more numerous force of the Fourth Polish army. | The Fifth Polish army. continues its’ work of rounding tip detachments of Bolsheviki in the tegion west of the railroad) running from Modlin to: Mlawa, Carry Flankiig Movement On the. central frgnt, the Poles have carried out a flanging movemen’ to the north ‘and ha¥e occupied Knys-’ zyn, 15 miles ngrthwest of Bialys- tok and Stawisk Stawiski, 12 miles: northeast of Lomz3. Occupation 2 these towns with the capture of Kol- no completes the work of forging a ring around the Fifteenth Bolshevik army. Other Soviet forces have re- assembled at various places, and are making ‘repeated attacks in their at- tempt to break the Polish cordon. Nine attacks were made in the region of.Kolno yesterday, but all are said; to have been repulsed with enor- mous losses. it In the maneuver which resulted in the occupation of Lomza, the Poles took more than 2,000 prisoners and 9 cannon. The military authorities expressed the belief today that although cruwih- ed in the north the Bolsheviki plan to renew their offensive with Lem- berg as the ‘objgctiye. Regarding the! thern Soviet of- fensive Generals aut. delayed, that, the Russian offensive there had been so completely crushed that he con- siders it impossible for the Soviet forces to resume an organized move- ment against the Poles for weeks, and perhaps for months. General Haller said there were in- dications that armies of Russian work- men were’ being grouped at: various points for possible use against the Poles and that these armies might be thrown against the Poles at anv time. General Haller said there also were indications that the Soviet muni- tion factories. under German foremen were working night and day and that | many German munition experts wera being employed. FORCE RIVER PASSAGE London, Aug. 26.—Polish troops yesterday, after hard fighting, captur- ed the fortress of Ostrolenka, 22 miles southwest of Lomza, and forced a passage of the Narew river, the Central News’ Warsaw correspondent today says it is officially stated in the Polish capital. RUSH RESERVES UP Warsaw, Aug. 26.—Russian Soviet reserves are reported being brought up on the southern front in great numbers, according to information in the hands of the Polish General Hal-} ler, Reserves from distances behind the Bolshevik north front also are being brought up. GERMANS USE. ‘ | | | PEAT FOR FUEL; Berlin, Aug. 26.—Peat will probably come into more extensive use as domestic and industrial fuel in Ger- many as a consequence of the Spa; agreement. The municipality of Ber- lin has ‘started a turf digging plant on its property at Blankenfelde, where 20 tons of peat are already be- ing produced daily. Mixed with coal, the peat is used to help feeding the boiler fires at Municipal power sta- tions. In Saxony too, the threatened coal famine in the coming winter is caus- ing concern. Finance Minister Rein- hold has drawn up an extensive tree felling program in the state forests, and potatoes are to be grown on the clearings. | NEW ROCKFORD DAILY PAPER IS FORCED TO QUIT — ~ —Y i | \ | The publication of the Daily i; Transcript has been discontinued. and the paper will be published | twice weekly. | The publishers announced that ! the paper is _heing discontinued “owing to the high cost and scar- elty of print paper, and the extra- | ordi y hich prices of everything | it ta to publish a newspaper.” | Expressing regret at the neces- {| sity of discontinuing the daily is- ‘| ‘sue the publishers say “as a busl- j Ness proposition we find that this : is the only solution until the cost ; of materials reaches a lever where | it will be possible to meet them | | with the necessarily limited pa- | tronage of a city of this size.” t {North Dakota Federation of Wool j when the price is low, as it is at the {ja fine ‘year for the farmer to get BODY OF YOUNG WOMAN FOUND SLAIN IN WOODS IS IDENTIFIED Wife of Rail Employe Is Identified;.Diamond Rings Are Missing From Body When Discovered in Woods; Husband Refuses to View Her Face Grantwood, N. J. Aug. 26.—The body of a young woman, found slain ! in the Grantwood woods’ yesterday, today was identified as that of Mrs. Blanche Schulz, of New York. The identification was made by the wom- an’s husband, Frank Schulz. ‘ Schulz, who is an employe of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, immediately identified the clothing worn by the dead woman. He would not look at the body but told the po- lice his wife had a mole on her back | | —s NEW DESCRIPTION i OF VAMP IS GIVEN te DES MOINES—Charles Kohn, of Storm Lake, Iowa, feared his wife was playing into the hands of a former suitor. After her absence from home he came here to look for her. Kohn described his wife as follows: “Short, neat and tidy, aged 35, with curls down her back and weighing about 245 pounds.” Have you seen her? GRAIN RATE CUT BY LAKE ROUTES TO AID TRAFFIC Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Orders a Readjust- ment of Rates * Washington, Aug. 26.—Steps to stimulate the movement of grain across the) Great Lakes from the west in order to relieve the car sit- uation were taken today by the In- terstate Commerce Commission in ordering readjustment of grain freight rates from ports on Lake Erie to ‘the Atlantic seaboara. The modification permits increases of only 30 per cent in domestic rates and 25 per cent in-export rates, in- stead of the flat 40 per cent increase recently ‘authorized by the commis- sion. They are to ‘apply on grain shipments from Buffalo, Erie and Fairport to the Atlantic seaboard. As a result of the commission’s or- der lake and tail rates ‘trom ‘the wyst will be about three cents per 100 pounds less than the all-rail rates. Railroad experts expect this to re- sult in increased grain shipments from ports on Lake Superior and Michigan, thus releasing large num- bers of cars at those ports for return to the grain fields and eliminating | tors stated. the long haul of empty grain cars} 3ome insurance on them, but the in- from the seaboard. JOSEPH DIXON LEADS FIBLD IN MONTANA'S VOTE Has Lead Over H. L. Wilson for Republican Nomination—N. P. Leads for Democratic Place Helena, Aug. 26—Returns receiv- ed early today reduced somewhat the earlier lead of former U. S. Senator Joseph M. Dixon, for the Republican nomination for Governor of Montana, in Tuesday's primary. Complete re- ports from 991 precincts in the state gave him 15,130 to 14,258 for Harry L. Wilson,, his nearest opponent. At- torney General S. C. Ford, was third with 13,500 votes, and the other three candidates were far out-distance. Former United States Attorney B. K. Wheeler, Nonpartisan league can- didate for the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor, had 24,048 on the face of the latest returns to 16,581 for Lieutenant-Governor W. W. Mc- Dowell, and 3,764 for Thomas E. Ca- rey. Wheeler was supported by the Butte radicalists, and their vote swelled his early total. ‘TO BUY SHEEP Agricultural College, N. D., Aug. 26.—That the present is an especially favorable time for North Dakota farmers to begin raising sheeps is the opinion of J. W. Haw of the Agri- cultural college, assistant county agent and secretary maneger of the Growers. “The best time for the farmer to be- | gin raising sheep,” says Mr. Haw, “is present time. In addition to the rea- sonable figure at which breeding ewes can be secured, the fact that there is plenty of hay and other roughage and short grain and much waste in the stubble due to rust, makes this started with a small farm flock. i U. S. HEIRESS TO | WED ENGLISHMAN —+ London, Aug. 26.—It is an- nounced that Miss Eleanor May Guggenheim, daughter of Solo- mon R. Guggenheim, U. S. multi- millionaire, will wed Viscount Stuart, son of Earl and Countess Castlestewart. - SoD fcover them if they were not. |W. H. McMas' which they found as described. Mrs. Schulz, according to her husband, had been employed in a Manhattan de- partment store but had been missing from home since last Saturday night when she left for a visit with a sister near Keyport. He said she had with her $50 and five diamond rings and a wedding ring which were missing. An autopsy showed that the wom- an’s throat had been cut from. ear to ear, and that this caused her death. She also had been struck a heavy blow on the left temple, the physician said. GAS EXPLODES; FIRE DESTROYS TAILORS’ SHOP Explosion at Pressing Machine Starts Fire Which Spreads Rapidly GASOLINE ADDS TO FIRE Fire, starting from a gas explosion, burned out the tailor shop owned by Pappas and Karonis, on Broadway be- tween Third and Fourth streets, short- ly after one o’clock this afternoon. Machine Explodes The fire was caused by the explosion of a pressing macliine. Gas is used in this to generate steam for the steam- ing of clothing and also used to heat -he machine for pressing the clothes. An explosion occurred in this ma- chine ,starting the fire which spread rapidly. No one was injured. The operator of the machine, as it exploded, shouted a warning of ‘Fire!” and the occupants of the shop ran into tHe street. Gasoline was used in the shop for dry cleaning and cleaning hats. The fumes and clothes saturated with gasoline hastened the spread of the flames to all parts of the shop. Fire Put Out The fire department responded very promptly, but the fire spread so quickly that by the time the first stream of water was turned on it great clouds of smoke and tongues of flames were shooting from the front and rear of the little shop. ~Twovstredms Of ‘water quickly sub- jued the-fire. and. saved nearby, build- ngs from farther danger. The building in which the shop was ocated is owned by E. A. Hughes. The zontents of the shop consisting chief- ly of cloths on display, were worth in che neighborhood of $500, the proprie- They said that there was surance would not cover their loss. Smoke Does Damage Smoke from the fire damaged some of the stock of the A. W. Lucas Co., according to Mr. Lucas. “I cannot tell just yet how much damage was done,” Mr. Lucas said. Immediately after the fire many people rushed to the shop to see if their clothes were burned and to re- Ac- cording to the proprietors their in- surance does not cover clothes which were left for cleaning or pressing. A number of these were not burned, however. A. W. Lucas’ stock was damaged by smoke. Mr. Lucas stated that he was awaiting the adjusters and 1s soon as the loss was determined plans for a sale of damaged articles would be announced. DULUTH RIOTS BRING TWENTY MEN TO TRIAL Duluth, Aug. 26.—Date of trial of ged with murder, rioting ing to riot in connection with the recent lynching of three negroes in Duluth is announced by Warren E. Green, county attorney. There are! 20 defendants! Trials will be com- menced simultaneously in three de: partments of district court next Mon: day. Of the men awaiting trial on charges of riot and instigating riot 9 also are charged with murder in the first degree. RIOTING AGAIN BREAKS FORTH Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 26.— Fierce rioting ured here this afternoon and the military fired on a crowd. The casualties, if any, are not known This afternoon’s rioting occurred in Clonallon street, East Belfast. The military fired volleys in the crowd and a number of persons were seen to fall. The fire brigade was} caught between hostile stone throw ing crowds and had to retire. 8. D. CANDIDATES DEBATE PLANNED; Pierre, S. D., Aug. 26.—W. W. Howes, Democratic candidate for; governor, today filed a challenge to rs, Republican candi- date, for a series of 12 joint debates on the issues of the campaign as set up by the different parties in their platforms adopted by the pro- posal meetings last December. PROCLAMATION FOR. SUFFRAGE SIGNED TODAY Secretary Colby’s Name Affixed to Document at His Home This Morning WOMEN WATCH “ANTIS” Head of Party Says That Suf- ragists Will Guard Victory They Have Won Washington, Aug. 26.—The procla- mation announcing officially that the suffrage amendment to the con- stitution had been ratified was sign- ed today by Secretary Colby, of the state department. The document was signed at $3 o'clock this morning at Mr. Colby’s home when the certificate from Gov- ernor Roberts, that the Tennessee logislature had ratified \\the amend- ment was received. Secretary Colby announced |his action on his arrival at his office later. Disappoints Women The announcement disappointed a group of suffrage workers from head- quarters from the National Woman’s Party, who had gathered at the state department, hoping to be present when Mr. Colby attached his signat- ure to the proclamation. Miss “Alice Paul, chairman of the party, was among the number. “We are con- fident that the signature of Secretary Colby completes the suffrage strug- gle in this country, she said. In spite of every obstacle that our op- ponents could put in our way women have won the right to an equal yoice in the affairs of this government.” Will Not Relax “The woman's party will not re- lax its vigilance, however, until it is satisfied that no further attempts will be made to wrest from the wo- men of the United States political equality which they have won. PRICE TUMBLE IN COAL SEEN BY OFFICIALS Already Havé Dropped at Tide- ‘water Price After Investi- gation‘Opens, Claim / Washington, Aug. 26.—Forecast of a tumble in coal prices was made by department of justice officials today, coincident with the announcement of ‘renewed activity” in the campaign against coal profiteers. With produc- tion on the increase, prediction was made that the coal market would follow sugar prices in a break in the near future. Prices have dropped at Baltimore, where thé federal agents started yes- ‘terday to gather evidence against the alleged combination of dealers who were declared to have boosted prices through repeated re-sales. Although interior points have re- ported exorbiant coal prices: in manv instances, it was stated that the “flagrant violations” of the Lever act were confined largely to the Atlantic coast. The department will press its investigation at all points, however, as a part of the program outlined on Monday when the attorney general instructed all United States attorneys to delve into the coal price situation more deeply on the basis of informa- tion that pyramiding of prices had been accomplished through inter- trade rates. “4 The department’s hands are tied at Philadelphia by a court order re- straining the United States attorney from prosecuting profiteers under the Lever act, which was held to be un- constitutional by the court there. But the court will not stay the gathering of evidence, it was said. Federal reserve board officials also reported indications of an impend- ing drop in the coal market. Their information was that transportation conditions with respect to coal had improved, and that, therefore, there would be better distribution. This, of itself, in the opinion of depart- ment of justice officials, should ac- celerate the downward price move- ment. i TWO FINED IN POLICE COURT Police Magistrate E. H. Howell held court Wednesday afternoon and two men paid fines. George Clark pleaded guilty of vio- ’ lating the city speed laws and paid a fine and costs. Jack Pitztugulny was picked up on the street charged with being drunk. He was given a fine of $10 and costs. GOODING NAMED BY IDAHO G. 0. P. Pocatello, Ida., Aug. 26—Frank R. Gooding of Gooding, Idaho, won the nomination for United States senator in the state Republican con- vention today. At Idaho Falls the state Democratic convention renom- inated United States Senator John F. Nugent. ORGANIZE STATE BANK AT CATHAY Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Cathay State bank, cap- ital stock $15,000. The officers are Chris Bahr, Cathay; John Held, Ca- thay; R. M. Stangler, Jamestown.