The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally Fair , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TU ISDAY, OCTOBER TRICK EXPOSED TO FOMENT HATE OF STATE WOMEN Letter from Nonpartisan League Headquarters’ Asks for Resolutions AGAINST MISS NIELSON Sea i] She is Called Tool of Capitalists, Grain Gamblers in Vicious Attack A trick to stir up hatred against Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state superin- tendent of instruction, was exposed here today. Several days ago Miss Nielson re- ceived a resolution signed by 2 small number of people, condemning her for statements she was alleged to have made in a speech in Minneap olis. The petition was adopted at meeting of a woman's Nonpartisan club, ‘The ‘secret of the start: of the r olution was revealed when, by mis- take, a letter from Nonpartisan league headquarters in North Dakota was sent in with a resolution. The let- ter accompanied a resolution which the woman’s Nonpartisan clubs were asked to sign and send to Miss Niel- son. : The effort apparently has met with signal failure. Less than 10 resolu- tions have come to Miss Nielson and most of them contain but a few names The letter to the clubs asking en- dorsement of the resolution is so vi- cious that it is believed to have been too much for women of North Da- kota to endorse. In it Miss Nielson is accused of having told the people of Minneapolis that the farmers and workers of North Dakota were “na tionalizing or preparing to nationalize their women.” She also is accused to supporting grain gamblers, and “obeys mandates of capitalists.” Reaction Follows Friends of Miss Nielson declare that such vicious and untruthful attacks react to her credit. She never men- tioned the words, “free Jove,” in hei Minneapqlis speech, they say. She has mage the open statement tha: she is not fighting members of the Nonpartisan league, but is fighting against Socialism in the schools. Miss Nielson’s father was a pioneer farmer of North Dakota, having farm- ed in -the state since 1880, and now owning acfarm and operating it.” He was the originator of the “open wheat market” bill for farmers. ‘The new attack on Miss ‘Nielson fol lows the same tactics followed twe years ago when Neil C. McDonald made his vicious attack upon her At that time Miss Nielson was ac- cused of: being alternately a candi- date of grain gamblers, “pink tea) so- ciety women” and the book trust. The qualifications of Miss Nielson were) attacked, which was answered by the Nonpartisan supreme court which found her qualified, with four years of high /school, four years of college, and éxtensive teaching and executive: experience. From League Oifice The letter which was sent out tu women with the resolutions they were asked to adopt and sign, is on sta- tionery of “The National Federation ot Women’s Nonpartisan clubs, North Dakota branch,” and is signed by Rose McDonnell, state secretary. The circular letter, addressed to presidents of women’s Nonpartisan clubs, fol- lows, in part: “Dear President: “Enclosed you will find a set ot resolutions which we are requesting each club to. sign and send direct to Miss Nielson as a denunciation of the stand she has taken agaipst our state and people in her speeches in, Minnesota. ..“Miss Nielson has told the people of Minneapolis that the farmers ana workers of North Dakota are Free Lovers, and were nationalizing or pre- paring to nationalize their women We women are workers, and there- fore, when Miss’ Nielson denounces the North Dakota government as im- moral, she is hitting us. She wants to hit us as she is with the Grain Gamblers and others who are fighting the Farmers and Workers in Minne- sota.” After declaring that the Nonparti- san league strengthened her office after Neil McDonald \had fough’ her) the letter declares “she wants additional power so that she may obey the mandates of the Capitalists oj the Twin Cities. Because the peop! of North Dakota refuse to grant he? these additional powers, she returns to Minneapolis to tell her autocrats that we must truly be all Bolshevists We do not care what she reports te the Minneapolis Masters, but we refuse. to be classed as Free-Lovers Bolshevists, etc.” The club women are asked to senc the resolutions to Miss Nielson, and to “crush out this new menace be- fore it has a chance to cause con tention in our fanks.?) The letter is filled with untruths from start to finish, so flagrant that the letter is ridiculous, Miss Nielson’s friends say. One of the petitions bearing a few names comes from Leith and is head- ed by Mrs. Cahill, wife of J. H. Ca- hill, of “red flag fame.” Another is signed by Mrs. Agnes Stuckey, of Gar- rison, whose husband is said to have signed Kate Richards O’Hare’s bond, One purports to come from Velva but was mailed in Fargo. Notwithstanding ‘the underground attacks being made on Miss Nielson, she is not making a stump campaign but is daily attending to her duties as (Continued on Page 4.) HALLOWE'EN PARADE OF BOYS AND GIRLS TO FEATURE TOWN CRIERS’ CELEBRATION Community Affair is Planned ,for Oct. 30, in Which Parents May Join in Evening Fun With Children of, thé City— Everyone Hallowe’en goblins will parade the streets of Bismarck Saturday night, Oct. 30. A big Hallowe'en celebration will be held on that night under the auspices of the Town Crie club. While the boys and girls of the town will be the headliners of the celebration, it will be one in which old and young may join as well. The Town Criers hope that many people from the county and neighborin= towns will join in the harvest festival. Plans now are being developed by a committee composed of Spen- -cer Boise, chairman, C. F, Bolt and R. B. Loubek. feature of the evening probably will be a costume parade by the boys and girls of the city, SHALL PUBLIC HAVE CHECK ON This is Question Put to Them in First of Initiated Measures \ BUSINESS PRINCIPLE Editor's Not is is the first of a series of articles dis ine~ the important initiated measures to be voted upon by the people at the general election Nov. 2. th Dakota al- to be spent Shall the people vi Nor ow millions of doll vithout an accounting? This, in brief, is the question be- ore the people in the first of the five aitiated measures to be voted on No- ember 2. This initiated measure is styled Examination of State industries.” It oes not affect) their continuation, heir method of management or hange a policy. It merely provides hat‘ if millions of doilars are spent m state industries that there shall be un accounting. . From time immemorial govern- nents, nationdl, state and local, have srotected their public treasuries by equiring strict accounting. ‘North Jakpta does this in most of her de- yartments. There is’ an auditing voard to check state bills; there is an xaminer and deputies to check coun- y and state officials. . Why Oppose It? Mr. Townley’s newspapers and speakers ask people to vote against nis measure. Yet the measure is ,imply putting into effect in new de~ vartments of the state government 2 volicy- that has been observed since statehood, of checking public offi- fals. No man who handles monies or a private concern expects to(do so vithout being checked. No business aan permits his money to be handled vithout an accounting. It is argued by some people that his initiated measure is not needed ecause the law under which the 3ank of North Dakota was established srovides for an examination of the nk. That law, it is true, provides dr a cursery nination of the bank mit no examination is provided for ‘ther industries such as the Home suilders’ association, Mill and Eleva- or association, Workmen's Compensa- ion bureau, e doker in Law. There is a “joker” in the bank ex- mination law which prevents thé examiner from examining the li- ties of the Bank of North Da- He can only examine the as- sets, the law says, “in its possession ; nd under its control.” And this ex- _miner is appointed by the Governo vho also is chairman of the commis" sion charged with administe sank of North Dakota. Thousands of Nonpartisan nembers, by their votes on referred neasures in the June primary, indi- ‘ated that they are opposed to placing 00 great power in one man. The same wrinciple is involved in this initiated neasure. Any Nonpartisan league hember who votes “yes” on this law s only demanding that sound business orinciples obtain—that_his represen- (Continued on Page 4 ; HUNGER STRIKE ACTION PLACED BEFORE VATICAN Rome, Oct. 19.—Pope Benedict, ac- cording to information secured today, las referred the problem of the status of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork. ind other Irish hunger strikers to the ‘ongregation of the Holy office. Many urgent appeals to make some yronouncement regarding the hunger itrikers have been received by the Yope, on the question whether the ; to the tune of band mus is Invited ic, With jack o’lanterns glowing and Hal- lowe’en spirits abroad. Instead of the mischievous Bis- marck youth to roam at largé over the city seeking enjoyment in Hal- lowe’en pranks, a “safe and sane” party was decided upon, in which boys and girls of the city may take part downtown under the watchful eyes of their parents, and have a lot more fun than in other way. The Town Criers also are plan- ning an elaborate display of elec- tion returns for the pgople of the city: on election night. Special facilities for obtaining returns are to be provided. Because of the lateness of closing the polls in North Dakota the returns will be chiefly national returns. ‘BUTTER, POULTRY league | TO COME DOWN {ol go, Oct. Prices on butter, ‘eggs and poultry will continue to de- cline during the next month, Frank C. Heilman, chairman of the general ex- ecutive committee of the tional Poultry, Butter and Egg association. told the organization at its convention here today. With cold, dry /weather, which would stimulate buying, eggs will take a decided price drop, he said. OFFERS $1,000 REWARD FOR MILLS PROFITS | Pay This to Frazier if Drake _ Mill Can Show Profit Mandan, Oct. 1 artin Burgess, « | well to,do Burleigh county farmer ; Who owns a farm just across the river |from the Boley farm,*was in Mandan yesterday calling on*gome of his old time friends. , Mr. Burgess was. for+ merly a strong Nonpartisan leaguer, but long since became convinced that under the leadership of Town- Burleigh County Farmer Would F HUNGER STRIKE OF IRISH TAKES “SERIOUS ASPECT Men Suffer from Depression of; Death if First of 11 Who Refuse Food MILITARY AT FUNERAL! British Guard Fitzgerald Hearse, Causing Deep Resentment Among Irish . Cork, Oct. 19.—The condition of the | Itish hunger strikers in Cork jail has! become worse as the result of depres- sion caused by the death Sunday of} Michael Fitzgerald, first of the 11 to] succumb. Joseph Murphy, who was very low; Monday, has rallied, as the result of} medical treatment but his case is still regarded as the most critical. | Severe collapses were suffered by! two of the striker’ I To prevent Irish volunteers from | marching in the funeral pro when 1 Fitzgerald, telegram to Pre: 1D iu LAST EDITION ae Z -—- 19, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS CHILL SPREADS OVER ENGLAND AS COAL STRIKE IS MADE COMPLETE Premier Lloyd George Expected to Go to Parliament with State- ment Which May Lead to Settlement of the Strike— No Rioting is Reported London, Oct. 19---Premier Lloyd | gland, Scotland and Wales. Sharp George was expected to make declara- | autumn weather prevails over the tions today at the opening of British isles and belief was expressed session of the British parliament re- Re taane. queued hate a die lative to the situation resulting from | strike .No announcement so far has the strike of coal miners which be-}been made by the national union of gan Saturday, and measures taken by | railway men and the transport work the government to meet the is. ers union relatives to joining the Laborite members of the house of | striking miners i commons have been for several days; The first untoward incident dir in conference with leaders of the | connected with the coal strike occu miners federation and other great’ la-jed at Ton-Y-Pandy in south Wales at bor organizations and London $j midnight, when some young colliers hopeful that they had reached some | collected and started to sing “The decision which would tend to bring | Red Flag,” causing. the police to inter- the tly about a solution of questions that|vene. Stone throwing occurred but brought about the walk-out of the|the crowd was dispersed coal digger A considerable ntmber ot idlers Great Br coal mining indus- try shas been almost completely par- alized by the strike. Reports of idle pits come from all coal fields in En- ~~ RAIN GAMBLING IS ATTACKED H., Stuhr, cro grain expe in Bismarck, visited White Hall, the scene of yes- terday’s ‘rioting, this morning, seek- ing signs of the damage done to pub: lic buildings. en nnn KILLINGS NOT ‘PROMISCUOUS,’ specialist and! opened offic nt the following dent Wilson: moved*from the chy z sious gambling in futures, ‘wind) (y rounded the church and six lorries of| operations’ in federal grain standards iv] soldiers and an armored « affecting food values is unlawful and ae the mourners’ catriaye. common decency demands it should: . + expr sp) teverish excitement prevailed. Volunteers in long rows lined Pat-! rick street to make a path for the} funeral. | 3 \ London, Oct. 19---The condition of| Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of Cork, was} unchanged tod: the 68th day, of his hunger strike, said the Irish selt- determination league bulletin today. | “The Lord Mayor's memory seems! to be weakening,” adds the bulletin | mut he is conscious and determined. ; dis sight is affected and doctors fear signs of scurvy are developing. | i MILL CITY DIVORCES ON | THE INCREASE Meeting of District Bench Will jley, Lemke and Frazier the tapmers, | would not get anywhere éxcept deep* ‘er in debt. Burgess says he has made a He has ‘proposition to Gov. Frazier. ‘put up $1,000 to be paid to the gover-|ces in Minneapolis have so multiplied pefore of {nor or the league, or to any, cause |that the situation will ‘be brought to tons. | the governor may direct if the gov- ,ernor will allow an honest investiga- tion of the Drake mill to be made, and if such investigation shows that ;the mill has made a profit. Goy. Frazier has not a ‘ offer. P ' The fact is that ‘the Drake mili has been a money losing proposition , despite the fact that it pays no |more for wheat than private owned jmills, and that it sells flour at a ‘higher pri It will be remembered that about year ago the league papers were giving figures to show jthat the mill had made a profit. If ‘it was making a profit today there lis no question the fact would be {mentioned in the league literature ‘that is» flooding the state, but the |league newspapers and circulars are very silent on the subject. DISTRICT ODD. "FELLOWS MEET cepted the | 100 Guests from Neighboring. | Cities will be Present at | Meeting Odd Fellows of the Slope district are gathering in Bismarck for the district meeting tonight at the Odd! under exi Fellows hall. ; Plans are made for the entertain- ment of 100 guests from many neigh- boring cities. District deputy grand | master, C. H. Armstro: of Richard- ton, will preside. G. Keniston, of | Bismarck, district secretary | Following benefit, which will be served at 6:30 p. m. by the Daugh- ters of Rebekah, initiatory ceremonies | will be held, in which the feature will |be the conferring of degrees on a large, class of Bismarck carfdidates by 14 past noble grands. | Grand Secretary Don McDonald, of Grand Forks, will be here for the dis- trict meeting, and is expected to ad- dress the assembly. . | ee .WHEAT AFFECTED | BY BRITISH AND | U.S. SITUATION i IN GITY TODAY] teath of the prisoners as a result of | Chicago, Oct. 19.—General selling do heir hunger strikes would make them! largely to disturbed industrial condi- uicides. The congregation settles|tions in Great Britain led to fr set questions of faith and morals andj backs in wheat values today. ser- udges heresy. created by Paul III in 1542,;lowering of commodity prices must originally called the Holy continue tended also té emphasize nquisition. The present Pontiff modi- | bearish sentiment. Besides it was re- ied it and added to it the congregation | ported that Kansas bankers had’ been of the index, which has to do with! warned by the state bank commission- iterature. . |er’s office that farmers should be The process in matters coming be-jurged to sell their wheat. Opening Be Held. tg; Consider | Situation ! Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 19.—Divor- the attention of the entire Hennepin county district court bench. A meeting of the full bench will be; held Oct: 30, whem the question of a domestic relations court will be pre-! sented by Judge H. D. Dickinson, sen-! ior member of the bench, as the only, solution to the problem. i Divorce complaints are being filed, almost twice as fast here as the; courts are able to pass upon them,, and more suits of marriage dissolu- | tion have been filed and granted this year than in any other like period. An average of slightly more than, 'S0 divorces a month have been grant- ed by the district courts here, and! since January 1, 1920, up to the mid-| dle of October, a total of 493 com-! plaints were acted upon. This total | is divided up as follows January, 55; February, 53; March, | 58; April, 62; May, 64; June, 70; Sep- tember, 60 and half of October, 32. During July and August, when the ma- jority of judges were on vai cations, ; twenty-one and eighteen dissolution | actions were granted respectively, More than 800 divorce suits, how- aver, are pending on the calendar, ac- cording to Walter A. Ryberg, chief ; deputy clerk of the dis 2 When shown the divore tics | Ryberg, Judge Dick- | i Minneapolis as | compiled by Mr. on chara ritable Ren “The situation,” declared Judge} Dickinson, “is becoming most acute. | | investigation. lin the middle west and in other parts tian situation. ‘such a way as to indicate that the and can be stopped instantly without Hedging is a comm Letter to Tumulty. : Marine Corps Officer Talks on His Report on Haitian Oc- cial necessit GOAL SHORTAGE IN BAST WILL PE OVERCOME Figures of Government Show That Production Increases cupation Washington, Oct. 19-—Denial that he had intended to conv there had been “proscuous killing” of Indtive Haitians by United States Ma- rines during American occupation of .the island between 1915 and 1 made here by Major General ¢ 2 Barnett, former commandant — ot Marines. Ina formal statement which , he said was issued at the request of iSecretary Daniels, General Barnet! ideclared that the statement in his let- {ter of October 2, 1919 to Colonel’ Johu the impression Rapid}. pialy H. Russell, commander of the Maries , a = % in Haiti, that “statement: of counsel Washington, Oct. 19.—Bituminous | showed me practically indiscriminate coal production has reached the 12,- 000,000 ton weekly total ,which the National Coal ociation recently de- clared was necessary to insure against any shortage of the winter supply. ” The geological survey announced | CUOUS- ; today that the output during the week| ‘The letter, written to Colonel Rus- ending October 9, was 12,075,000 tons, | Sell, after General Barnett, then com- an increase of 706,000 tons over pro- | ™andant, had received a report of the duction of the week before. {counsel in the court martial of two The average weekly output for the; Marines charged with the killing of four weeks ending ' October 9, was' natives, was contained in the report placed at 11,728,250 tons, compared of American activities iy the island with an average weekly production recently made puble by the Navy De- approximately 10,500,000 partment and! which resulted in a 3 |board of inquiry being named to i Total production of anthracite coal) iva charge: illega ec! for the week ended O¢tober 9, was vee the charges of illegal execu- estimated at 1,847,000, net tons, as! : Barnett’s Letter compared with 1,804,000 tons for the! por ' preceding week. Shipments were re-| General Barnett, who left Washing- ported to have been the largest since‘ton on Friday for his new post at July. ; jeu Francisco, was recalled to testify With the achievement of the twelve’ before the board. After a conference million ton output a week, “The entire | with Secretary Daniels he issued his soft coal situation has appreciably statement which follows easéd up,” a statement issued tonight | “T have consistently refrained from by the National Coal agsociation said.’ giving out any information and from “Acute shortages in immediate suppl¥' granting any interviews on the Hai- i Any action taken by ime as the commandant of the corps i | Was taken considering only the good jof the corpsiand the proper perform- ‘The movement of bituminous coal to! ance of duty by the corps to which the Great Lakes for train shipment to{! am so proud to belong. My offi- northwestern points, has now reached | cial letter of September 27, 1919, cov- the point where the four thousand ; ered the case fully, but at the request killings of natves had taken place,” was meant to express “without due jprocess of law” and “not as seems ynow to be misinterpreted as “promis- of the country ate now being met in worst of the soft coal stringency i over.” a-day schedule has'been realized. | of the secretary of the navy I should ae like to make it clear, that the state- i ment in my letter of October 2, 1919. Wo as follows, namely, ‘a statement by 4 counsel showed me that practically indiscriminate killing of nat etc was meant by me to express ‘without due process of law,’ and not as now ‘seems to be misinterpreted as ‘promis cuous,’ and [ further meant, of course that such ‘statement of counsel’ would have weight in my mind only whea proved, and in order to have him prove or disprove the truth of these statements.I wrote the letter of Oc- BLECTION LAW ON CO. OFFICES Supreme Court is Asked to Hold Nol only are te nea on ine| ‘That Man May Run in Fall retort am a solder and uot an rcourt calendar, but despite anything | by Petition author. T feel certain that the brig- rourts can do, actions without real | he re heing slipped through every | merit month.” Judge Dickinson pointed out that , ing laws for the trial di-| vorce actions, the judges are power-/ less to correct the condition. | “Tt is high time that the courts ask | members of the legislature for the) creation in this country of a dom: H relations court,” said the judge. “That | seems to be the only reasonable rem- | edy for the situation. Litigents are not so quick to rush into courts for 2) divorce if they know their domestic | life is to become the subject of Invest gation.” eer Kes IMPORTANT DEAL IN REAL ESTATE DOWNTOWN CLOSED; bac eee ca Herman Lasken Buys Business Property and is Expected to Erect Building A downtown real estate deal of im- portance has been closed by F. E. Hedden, of the F. E. Young Real Estate company, by the sale of a 75- tions by a prominent banker here that {toot frontage at the corner of Fitth and Main streets. Herman Lasken, of the Fifth street stationery store, has purchased the property of C. B. Little and Alexander McKenzie. His plan for the future development of the property are not yet fully made. He probably - will ‘ore the congregation is so long that|quotations which ranged from 1% to t generally takes several years toi3% lower were followed by decided ‘each decision. additional drops. erect a new business block. The site now is occupied by frame structures. ‘adier commander, to whom the letter it| Was written, fully understood — my | meaning. whole matter refers to only a very small portion of the Marine orps on duty in Haiti. My full re port shows that duty in general was splendidly performed by the Marines.” The supreme court has before today briefs in a case in which leaders of the Nonpartisan league are back-! ing an assault on the law providing that county officers shall be nominat- ed on, a nonpolitical ballot. | 7p plaintiff John F, Luhm and) the defendant is L. Hughes, county ; auditor of Stark county. Luhm pr sented petitions and demanded that he be put on the ballot for county sheriff. This was denied by the coun-: ty auditor and was. sustained by j Judge Crawford. The supreme court is asked to dt QUALITY MUST BACK ‘CAR, IS DORT POLICY “Theke must be quality back of performances which are being report- cide whether or not under ne Ly ed by Dort owners everywhere an: providing that the two hig cates every day, and in view of the very dates for office shall be candidates) modest advance in the last two rs for election, prevents a man from be- the company cannot lower prices and ing placed’ on the ticket by petition. | yynold its ideals,” says M.-B. Finseh. Nonpartisan leaguers are understood | of the Northwestern Automotive Co., to be backing Luhm. \Dort dealer. : | “The other day J. Alexander, of 4001 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, drove to the salesroom in that City with a ‘touring car’ bought in 1917. He had driven it more than 24,000 miles and DIES SUDDENL \said that he had spent exactly 30 [cents for maintenance outside of fuel eke jand ofl. This summer Mr. Alexander 19.—R, M. Pol- |drove from Greenfield, Indiana, to De- miles over muddy roads af- n, on thirteen and a half gal- R. MM. POLLOCK Fargo, N. D., Oc ve | lock, who participated in the North ;troit, 3 Dakota constitutional convention as | ter ar an active exponent of state prohibi-|!ons of gasoline, an average of bet- tion, died at his home in Fargo today |ter than 1-2 miles per gallon. of heart disease. He was ill only a| “Such cases prove the contention of few minutes. jthe maker that the cars will last — through hardest usuage and that ow- One of the principal railroads jing to the accessibility of parts the running out of London will put in |owner can do his own service work pressed stegl ties. very easily.” FUNDS USED IN CAMPAIGN MUST \ BE PUBLISHED Senate Investigation Committee Directs Democrats and G. O. P. to Make Statement CHAIRMEN ARE: NOTIFIED Hays and White Will Be Sum- moned Before Committee if They Fail to Act St. Louis, Oct. 19.—Five days before the coming election, on Thursday Oct. 28, complete records of the collection and: disbu of the Republican id Democratic parties will be sub- nitted to the public. The senate committee appointed to campaign expenditures he chairmen of the na- nittee of the two parties to file such ‘eports at Chicago on that date. The ‘eports are to cover all activities since the party chairmen testified at he Committee hearing at Chicago sev- ‘ral. weeks ago, In telegrams addressed to Wil! H. days, Republican chairman, and deorge Whit hairman of the Demo- cratic committee, the committee ask- ‘d for lists of subscriptions in ey ot $100, detailed figures on expendi- ures and also a list of all pledges, yromises or underwriting. Senator teed specific nan effort to learn whether any’ ar- ‘angement had been made to meei the leficits which it has been reported soth parties will face after the elec- ion, Meet in Chicago he senatorial committee recessed uter yesterday's session and does not sxpect to meet in until atter N ember 2, provided the party chi nen agree to tile the information asked for. In event they refuse or ail the senators decided to meet in tion and sum- mmittee. jor to the e rmen of the thicago p. non the chi AIRPLANES 10 BATTLE FIRES IN MINNESOTA Fleet is Ready to Speed North- ward if Timber Blazes Break Out St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 19.—A fleet of 89 Minnesota airplanes, ever ready o speed over the North Woods of ‘dinnesota, to photograph the forests showing locations of, fires, and with ficient observers, trained in map- naking to sketch the dangerous forest sections—that likely will be one of the sreat benefits to accrue to the state ‘rom the establishment of observation ind pursuit squadrons in the state. W. T. Cox,! forester, and Lieu- enant W. C. Garis of the staff of Ad- utant Gener F. Rhinow, are wreed that the airplanes can give the itate better forest protection service han it.ever has had. It would not ve possible, Colonel Garis said, to iave the airplanes constantly patroll- ng the forest areas, but Mr. Cox could ‘all on the governor at any time that situation warrants it to have him ord- out airplanes in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the military ‘orces of the state. Eificient: Aid Mr. Cox said that the airplanes vould be very efficient prior to forest i and would be valuable in send- ug information concerning conditions. The thirteen planes to be used, if the »bservation squadron is established n Minnesota, will be two-stead ma- thines with a pilot and an observer. he observer must be trained and ex- verienced in sending radio messages ‘rom the planes ‘as, well as trained yhotographers and: map-makers. “Suppose, for sake of illustration,’ said Mri x, “that there was a fir vbout miles from Duluth. An air- 1 V a message back to the proper ind men could be sent from he nearest available place before a letachment of men could be started mit of Duluth. In times of necessity, it would be well to have six planes that would be sufficient—so that at east two could be in the air at all times.” Colonel Garis said that this close operation between the military and orestry services could result in ex- ellent protection for the forests at 1 slight cost to the state. The esta~ ‘lishment of the observation and pu suit squadvons of the Minnesota ‘air service would mean that the govern- tient would furnish dll the equip- ment for the planes and the build- ing of hangars for the planes would be the only expense for the state. CHARGED WITH LEAVING CHILD Requisition papers have been grant- “d for Theodore West, of Devils Lake, and he has been taken to Minneapolis to answer a charge of abandonment minor child. After Governor ‘azier approved the papers, he was iaken there by F. W. Bret deputy sheriff of Hennepin county, Minne- sota. A new ladder has no rounds, only two steps, one for each foot, which slip up and down on slots along the sides of the ladder. ally asked, for the latter,