The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 25, 1921, Page 1

. THE BIS FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS NATION-WIDE SW BURLEIGH COUNTY TAKES PLACE AMONG FIRST TEN COUNTIES IN NO. DAKOTA INDAIRY PRODUCTION Value of Dairy Cattle Shows Steady Increase in Last Ten Years, | Burleigh Moving From 18th to: 10th Position; Huge Quanti- ties of Cream Shipped From Towns Tributary to Bismarck, ! Records of Local Railroads Show. peals’ For Protection Against Lawlessness PROTEST MARTIAL The value of dairy cattle has shown a steady increase in Bur-! leigh county in the last ten years, the 1920 census reports of the; government, now being issued, show. The percentage of increase for Burleigh county during that period is notably larger than for the rest of North Dakota, says A. J. Surratt, statistician for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Crop Estimates, in submitting figures to} G. N. Keniston, secretary of the Commercial club, for use of the, commerce club’s special committee named to investgiate stock |: conditions. | During this period Burleigh county moved up from 18th place; among the counties in the state to 10th place in the number of ~-An urgent dairy cattle. i “The number of dairy cattle in Bur- H i i Washington, Aug. 25- jappeal for federal troops to restore forder and prevent further lawlessness | ing on Mingo County Where Martial Law is in Force Logan, W. Va. A »—About , 50 Logan county citizens were un- der arms here at daybreak prepar- ed to hurry to Boone county border where, rding tu ad- vices, office Sherlit Do party Marmet as a recelved at the Chatn, a leigh county has increased from 5,662 in 1910 to 11,766 in 1920, or an Leal crease of 107.8 per cent compared to} the gain of 77.8 per cent for the state,” says Mr. Surratt. “All cattle] as ito the number of “invaders.” THOUSANDS OF MINERS MARCH: TROOPS ASKED Gevernor of West Virginia Ap- LAW Great Crowds, Reported March-; N ASIDE WORK FOR Washington, Aug. Congress put aside its work last night for 30 days after a determined fight against the janti-beer bill had forged those in jcharge of it to withdraw it for action next fall, | Senators opposing the bill held the jfloor until its manager saw no hope of a vote and had it laid aside. | Announcement of adoption the |house of the recess resolution was jmade to the senate while Senator ‘Stanley, Democrat, Kentucky, was in the midst of a speech attacking pro- visions of the anti-beer bill. TO CELEBRATE By Bismarck and Mandan ' Assemblies SPEAKERS ARE CHOS ON LABOR DAY Joint Observance Will Be Held) woDAY RECESS RESULTED FROM BROKEN GIRDERS | Airship Cut in Half By Breaking} | of Alloyed Girders Be- | fore Explosion 43 TOTAL | Investigation of Crash Will Be | In the Hands of British Air Commission GIRDERS BROKE Howden, England, Aug. 25.— | (By the Associated -Press).—The | cause of the disaster to the ZR-2, according to the best information here, was the collapse of longitud- inal girders amidship, made of an |. aluminum alloy, cutting the air- } ship in half. An explosion of either hydrogen or gasoline oc | curred immediately after the gird- | er gave away but the explosion, it i is declared, was not the cause of | the breaking up of the airship. CASUALTIES London, Aug. 25.—(By the Asso-; for the county increased from 19,538 to 35,200, an increase of 80 per cent compared to 79.4 per cent for the} state. Swine numbers for the county | show an increase from 5,075 to 8,210,/ on the part of striking miners in the | ] | Mingo county coal fields of West Vir N ginia was received today at the war { department. | The request for troops made by Gov- ; Wilton Union Men’s Baseball! Team Issues Challenge to Picked Team ciated Pre: 'ZR-2 at Hull last evening, willbe ac- ‘corded a great public funetal, prob- ).—The American and \British victims of the disaster to the; Commander Louis H. Maxfield, of the American navy, who was to com- mand the ZR-2 in her flight across ithe Atlantic, is reported among the ivictims of the airship crash, His home | as in St. Paul, Minn, | Arr ee IRISH DO NOT or a gain of 61.8 per cent, compare to 38.2 per cent for the state. Th number of all poultry for the county jernor Morgan, of West Virgin-a, said J. Moen, Well Known in Slope ‘that a force of 1,000 men was needed. 3 Acting Secretaray of War Wainwright | Country, Succumbs After ‘immediately ordered Brigad‘er-Gener-| Long Illness shows an increase from 49,543 to 84.-) 121, or a gain of 70.2 per cent com-/ pared to 41 per cent for the state. Commendable Record. | —_— jamin Harrison, Indianapolis, to hold “This is a very commendable rec-j mt TES troops available for quick dispatch} ord and convincing proof of the prog: UNDERWOOD GIRL D jto React viteinia ‘coal elds: Beal ss that Burleigh county farmers are: = | eer pen , {vost marshal-general of the A. E. F./ 1 Read, commander of the Fifth corps rea, with headquarters at Fort Ben- Preparations are going forward rap-, idly for the Labor Day celebration to be held under the joint auspices of the} Bismarck and Mandan labor blies in Mandan. September 5. assem- Committees, which are composed of labor union members of both cities, expect great crowds from many towns in western North Dakota. Wilton has sent word that 75 automobiles will ‘ably in London, it is considered cer-! tain. Forty-three persons, Americans, perished. Meanwhile all England profoundly | stirred by the destruction of the giant| {dirigible—the greatest of all air dis- jasters—is giving expression to its ‘feeling of mourning and sympathy for {the bereaved. In London the atmos- {phere today is akin to that which fol-: ilowed the receipt of news of a serious CLOSE DOOR ON MORE PARLEYS Reply to Lloyd George’s Letter Permits Further Negoti- 16 cf them: DLE IS REVEALED onan pure ZR-2 DISASTER | 22 soutanne $60,000,000 1s "POSSIBLE TOTAL OF OPERATIONS Deputy United States Attorney Unfolds Details of One of Greatest Swindles | WANTED CHAIN OF BANKS Twenty Companies Involved In Scheme To Be Extended Over Entire Country Chicago, Aug. 25. — (By the Associated Press.) —With $27,- 000,000 in stocks, bonds, notes jand other securities—some good ‘and some bad—in their posses- sion federal agents today renew- ed their search for the end of the ‘golden rainbow which John W. | Worthington, Charles W. French jand their associates spread across the country in what the jagents believe to be one of the lgreatest “swindle trusts” on jrecord. | Col. John V. Clinnin assistant !United States district attorney, in | charge of the investigation, today fix- ed $50,000,000 as a conservative min- imum for the total operations. Twenty companies said to have been organized by French with a cap- ital stock of $21,000,000 and in which he was selling stock, are under in- ' vestigation. heme to Buy Banks. A scheme for buying a chain of ii he line of diversified! ,,. , ri n + . Via mat ter cattiaiee Mr. Surratt, “The; Miss Gannon, Accomplished ‘and designated commander of the new bring at least 300 to the celebration. disaster during war days, | ations, Report ' pants the Chenon ve che outstanding feature of this splendi sain larmy district of Washington, and Col.| A special train will be run from: . . j eee | tle these alleged spurt utstanding Musician, Passes Away Blamarek td‘Maidan on the mornite| English Brides Weep. jdle these alleged spurious notes and record is the remarkable gain in the; ‘Stanley H. Ford were ordered to pro-| It was at Howden, Hull, Leeds and} ANSWER GIVEN BRITISH | 8¢¢"ities—is said to have been un- SH; of Labor Day. The Wilton contingen dairy industry. The number of dairy After Short Illness cattie in the county was more than, |Va. to conduct an investigation | |to conditions in the trouble areas, S. J. Moen, prominent resident of: GENEROU: ATEMENT. i Braddock, died today in a local hospit- | Charlestown, Va., Aug. as doubled during 1910-1920 period. In comparing Burleigh county with other counties in the state I find that the county has moved up from the rank of 18th county in importance from the standpoint of dairy cattle numbers; in 1920. In/28e po praca Ura eae ranks as! about five months ago. ;men from Marmet, West Virginia, to- | Mr. Moen was president of the firm! ward Mingo county with the inten- one or une ten leading dairy counties |g L. M. Doerschlag company, a Brad- | tion of pretesting against the main- f i i jdock merchandising firm. He had been} tenance of Martial law in the Tug “It 1s my opinion that by increasing |i, Braddock for about 14 years andi river fields, Governor Morgan said in the acreage of farm feed crops, espe-| yas well known in this section of the| a statement issued here this afternoon cially corn, and continuing the PrOB-| state, He was prominent in Masonic| hefore he had called for federal ress alone tes mare ana ae [circles and was a veteran of the World | troops. stock’ line, “i War, Mr. Moen was in the 88th divis-: ———- ifying headway during the past ten ion and was to have been sent to the! MARCHING TO MINGO CO, years, the farmers in Burleigh county front on Nov. 11, 1918, the day of the) Racina, W. Va., Aug. 25.—A crowd are laying the foundation for the s@f-' sioning of the armistice. | of men estimated at between 5,000 and est plan of farming for that section Of} yneral services will be held in, 6,000 reached here this morning from the state.” i Braddock Sunday afternoon; the body; Marmiet where they bad been in camp Shiny ibeing taken there Sunday morning. Many openly said they were march- Mueh Cream Shipped. ithe Masons will have charge of the’ ing to Mingo county where martial Great quantities of cream are NOW! govices and it is expected that the! law, declared several months ago by being handled by the railroads Oper®t| Legion will be represented. {Governor Morgan, is still in force. ing in and out of Bismarck, the ol ‘A wife survives. ‘They were apparently without leaders ures of the local companies show. Al or \and straggled into town although a total of 3,463 cans were received in! GIRL SUCCUMBS compact body held the main highway. Bismarck during that period. During} Miss Hazel Belle Gannon, of Under-! While it was declared by some of the the same month Wishek reported 1,541/ wood, died this morning in Bismarck ; men who talked with citizens here that cans of cream shipped, Napoleon, 1,-| after a short illness, at the age of 17\the majority of the marchers were 302; Lehr, 1,135; Ashley, 2,171, and years. Miss Gannon, the daughter of ' miners determined to carry out their many other stations from 100 to 700,Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Gannon, of! protest against what they termed the cans. 5 Underwood, was an accomplished|‘mine guard system” they admitted During June the following number | Young lady, an especially fine music: | that others were included in their of cans was received from N. P.j/an, and was a student at Fargo col- | ranks, branch lines as follows: Killdeer| lege. She had spent the early part of; A 3 tt. 2,509 cans; | the summer in Fargo. A father, moth-! a“ ine see ae aye eeacs main line | er. two brothers and a sister are left | ie a ait % {to mourn her loss. The body will be} ae j e east, 442 cans. } fs . | Ww. ial after a long illness from Brights! pyery resource of the state will be 25.— disease. Mr. Moen was 35 years of| used to uphold the law in the situa- ‘ceed immediately to Charlestown, W.|! and was brought to the hospital: tion created by the march of armedj | will drive to Bismarck, ars here {and go to Mandan on the special train. ;at 1 A, M. (Mandan t {turn to Bismarck. j The events of the day wi!l be held jat the Migsourf’ Slope fair grounds, except the parade at 10:30 A.M. A Picnic with various kinds of sports will feature the morning program. in the afternoon there-will be speaking, with Governor Frazier and N. C. O'Connor, secretary of the 'l'ypograph- ical Union of, Minneapolis, as the chief | speakers, The Wilton union men have \issued a challenge for a baseball game between the Wilton team and a picked team of union, men. A boxing ime), on the re- ‘Lee McDonald of Mandan, will be held {in the livestock pavilion at night, the , bout being in the hands of a private | Promoter. A bowery dance will be conducted downtown tn Mandan dw ! ing the day and in the evening. The funds derived from the pro- | ceeds of the day will be used in enter- {taining the next convention of the i be held in Bismarck next May. When the convention was voted to Bismarck | the Mandan and 'Bismarck labor union | tertainment. SCHEDULE FOR PHONE VALUES | IS ADOPTED | A schedule for valuation of tele- ‘phone property in the state, approved match between Krause of Killdeer and} { state federation of labor, which is to} men decided to co-operate in the en-!thought several of the girders broke. } neighboring towns, however, where lived the wives and relatives of many ‘of the men whose lives were snapped The special train will leave Mandan ‘out, that the loss was most keenly felt.| \ In these places, too, were the English ‘brides of nine of the American men who came here for the trans-ocean flight. The American dead included two |members of the American Legion. | As the dirigible was still under Brit- over to the American authorities, all investigation of the calamity will be nn the hands of the British Royal Air ! Commission, | Foremost among the expressions of condolence was one from King George. HAPPENED IN FIVE SECONDS Hull, England, Aug. 25.—(By the ‘ican members of the crew of the ZR-2 | were killed by the explosion which |followed the buckling and snapping of jgirders amidship, said Flight Lieuten- jant S. A, Wann in command of the jdraft as navigating officer at the time lof the disaster, in a statement to the jAssociated Press today. Lieut. Wann said the ship had run | ; jbeautifully at 60 knots an hour and} that he had slowed to 50 knots when| ithere came a violent cracking. He ‘The whole thing happened in five sec- jonds, “Before the moment of the acci- jdent,” said Lieut. Wann, “the craft had been sailing perfectiy, She had been passing through varids difficult tests and the speed had been reduced when suddenly while crossing the broad estuary of the Humber I heard the rumbling and cracking of girders lish authority, not yet being_.turned} Associated Press)—Most of the Amer-! Dublin, Aug. 25.—(By Associat. ed Press.)—The Irish Republican cabinet’s reply to the letter of Prime Minister Lloyd George = | “leaves an unmistakable open- | Ing” for a continuation of the | | peace negotiations, according to | one who has text. | i ' | London, Ai 5.—(By the Asso viat| ; ed Press.) he reply of the Irish{ Republican cabinet to Prime Minister | Lloyd George's letter of Aug. 13 in | which Mr. Lloyd George denied Ire-! ‘land's right to secession and declines! | to refer the question of the relations | | between southern and northern Ire- iland to foreign arbitration was re-} | ceived at No. 10 Downing street, the| prime minister's official residence at! |1 o'clock this afternoon. | The reply was presented by Com-! jmandant Robert Barton, of the Irish Republican Army. He was accom-| {panied by Art O'Brien, president of| {the Gaelic league in London and by | Commandant Joseph Mc It is learned that here do not regard today’s communi- cation as terminating the negotiations | although the contents of the reply are | being withheld pending a cabinet con- j ference and an agreement between tie jlrish and British on a joint com-! j munique to be ied to the press. | | FORMER LOCAL | covered. With the voluntary appearance at | the federal building today of H. L. Thornburg, whom Clinnin character- izes as the “dummy” president of a small Wisconsin bank purchased by French and his friends: early this ear, the assistant district attorney ! revealed the trail which led from John W. Worthington, under indictment as the “master mind” of mail robberies totalling $6,000,000, to Krench. and his associates. Agents Watch Office. When Worthington’s office was aided several weks ago his books revealed numerous deals with French. The latter was indicted, questioned and then released. He returned to a loop hotel where he maintained a palatial suite. Mean- time dictaphones had been placea throughout the suite, telephone wi tapped, arrangements made to scan the contents of French’s waste paper basket and two department of justice agents installed in an adjoining room. From the information gained, depart- ment of justice “agents were on hand each time a deal was attempted and the persons involved warned in advance. FIND PLOT70 KILL OBREGON Mexico City, Aug. 25.—(By the Associated Press.)—The discovery of an alleged plot to assassinate @'by the state board of equalization, was/ th 0] announced today. There are not many and the airship pitched forward. I tq al. ! In addition to the figures as to num- | taken to Undere ood for burial. i bers of livestock in Burleigh county | ae the census report places the value of BURNSTAD HERD | aan alleged plot to eer MAN ARRESTED Fargo, Aug. 25.—On order of United! tiughes Electric company, asking | Poles. c1a6s Sea else per mile, reduced total value of poultry and eggs PrO-jstates District Judge Amidon issued | judgment for $1,464.76 for compensa | 1 " fata in the year, $184,449.00; the to-| yesterday, the St. Paul Cattle Loan |itue seer iileged to be due ane (340.00 to $36.00. ‘Toll wire, tron wire, tal value of poultry and eggs sold, ! company will foreclose a chattel mort-| costs in the case. The suit is filed |Teduced from ath ie ares vite $70,528.00. gage on 360 head of cattle and 208; py the attorney general and Philip iron, reduced from $ 5 to $1 ; Ww pen i pie eree e e horses, and their increase, all regis-/jfott, bureau member, as attorneys. instruments on farm lines are owns tered, and sell same to satisfy $14,503 ‘The complaint alleges that the com- |DY Subscriber, reduced from $12 to § dairy cattle held in the county on; i “Ag soon as human: ossible 1} i in th r January 1, 1920, at $739,644.00; the JUDGMENT GIVEN ' The state workmen's compensation {Changes over es penta ee i28"] emptied water ballasts enable the! | sesas Cates Lopee cahmaotee a value of swine at $151,679.00; tne; TeUEESS | bureau has instituted suit against the |¥¢2'- ec chanees ‘ ;| craft to resume its normal position! a | a small body of troops in the W. E. Earley is Held on Worth-; state, of Morelos, Anaz, Saavedra and Ssaranno Gonzale Gomez, ac- cording to an announcement by the chief of police of Mexico City. DEALERS ARE value of all poultry, $74,831.00; the! | but at this time a tremendous explo-} ass KE, reduced from: sion occurred. The great ship seem- ed to halt a moment and then pitch) | forward. | “The concussion threw me down in{ the navigator’s car, where I was pin- ned by the wreck. The section of the less Check Charge stock salesman, for-| Bismarck, was ar-| rested at Valley City on information mer resident of T AND CP. cue on A Ade nove piven py pany was notified on July 30 to pay Lees poles, class A, the most ex- craft in which I was riding remained | foruished We the. sheritl's office of SIGNING FOR WHEAT BY H . P. Burnstad, Napoleon, N. D., ranch-| the premium within ten days and that | rensive equipment used by telephone above water and I was rescued after county, according to information DODGE AUTOS er; in January, 1920. iit failed to do so. vee anied fe nehanged, being imprisoned for 15 minutes.| Teaching here. Earley is charged TO SAVE SEED] 1:, owing to decrease in value of Sg aca oaen That’s all I can say about it.” with cashing ral worthless checks a Each day brings to Bismarck deal- Washburn, N. D. Aug. 25.—Adolph Reimers, of Washburn, called at the county agricultural agent's office on Monday and brought in a sample of the Kota wheat he raised this summer from three or four handfuls of seed that he got from Mr. Norling last spring. Mr. Reimers is going to thresh livestock the proceeds of the sale do not cover the amount due, judgment was granted against Burnstad for the remainder. The point at issue between the par- ties was whether the loan company was entitled to the increase. j ‘MELTING SNOW PROVIDES WATER IN MIDSUMMER Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Aug. 25.— 'to provide water for cement is th ; Melting snow in midsummer in order + BEST OFFICERS LOST New York, Aug. 25—The pick of the American lighter-than-air naval forces was among the officers and men who perished in the ZR-2. Aero- nautical authorities here declared that the six officers and ten men of the United States navy, who died in the tragedy represented the best American KITCHEN SECRETS on Fargo firms and also ig wanted at New Rockford on a similar charge. He was to be arraigned before Jus- tice of the Peace H. F, Fuller in Far- go. Earley left Bismarck about a year and a half ago, after having made this city his headquarters fortwo or three years. He promoted several com- NEW SALEM MEN i means adopted by the Landscape En- ; panies while here and sold stock to ers throughout this territory to sign up contracts for next season in the sale of Dodge Brothers cars and trucks Mr. E. C, Ewing, factory represen- tative of Dodge Bros. is now in Bis- marck assisting M. B. Gilman, the lo- cal dealer, in signing contracts with the dealers who are arriving to make their new contracts. this wehat by hand so as to save every kernel for seed. He has also arrang- ed with Mr. Norling to order two more bushels of this wheat for next spring’s planting. . Kota is a new brand of- spring wheat very much like Marquis, ex- cept that it is quite resistant to rust. According to Professor Bolley it is about third on the list,when it comes to resisting rust. Farmers who are interested in this wheat should write the county agri- cultural agent. ‘gineering Department of the National | ARE ARRESTED Service in the construction of a new, FETS. i lookout station and shelter at the top ; Fargo, Aug. 25—Adam Brown and‘ of Mount Washburn here. j George Becker, both farmers living; situated more than 10,000 feet above | near New Salem, Morton county, N. D..! the sea level, the building of this pic are charged with violation of the fed-| tyuresque stone structure presented eral prohibition laws in warrants is-) water problem that threatened to} sued for their arrest in United States! stump engineers. They hit upon us-i district court here yesterday. On the! put recently the summer weather ha: Brown farm, it is alleged, federalj ing artificial means of melting snow, agents found four gallons of moon-|jelted it so rapidly that work has had ; shine whisky and a copper distilling) to he rushed to keep it from running’ apparatus. Two gallons of moonshine} oyt, New ranger stations and com- knowledge of the construction and op- eration of dirigibles. Commander Louis H. Maxfield, 37, was of St. Paul, Minn, His wife and two children were with him at How- den, England. He commanded a naval air station in France during the war. He received the cross of the Legion of Honor and the United States navy cross. HOPE PROGRAM CONTINUES Washington, Aug. 25.—Despite the loss of the ZR-2 before actually be- The readers of The Tribune are fortunate because they learn all the delicious secrets of Sis- many people. IT’S ALL RIGHT IF YOU DO HAVE That tired feeling this morn. Ing was exeusabl The weather purean records sa Last night was equal to the hot. test nights of the summer, the and a completely equipped 10-gallon| munity houses for motorists are also still was alleged to be the property} jeing built by the landscape division of George Becker. ADVANCE WOOL MONEY. Washburn, Ni Do Aug. ai The Me- Lean County Shtep and Wool Grow- ers Association hae received word that WEATHER REPORT. the directors of the North Dakota] For twenty-four hours ending at FedePation of Wool Growers Associa-| noon Aug. 25. tions have made arrangements to ad-{Temperature at 7 A. M. vance eight cents a pound to all the}Highest yesterday 1921 shippers on merchantable wool| Lowest yesterday . when such a request is made by the] Lowest last night shipper. Interest charges on thee ad-| Precipitation yance will be held to a minimum. | Highest wind velocity All the 1921 shinpers who wish to Forecast. ‘ take advantage of the advance should} For North Dakota: Generally fair write direct to North Dakota Federa-] tonight and Friday, preceded by show- tion of Wool ‘Growers Associations,}ers this afternoon or tonight in the 623 1-2 N. P. avenue, Fargo, N. D. southeast portion; cooler, SOLDIERS’ REUNION, The Minnesota Veteran Cavalry As- sociation composed of Brackett’s Bat- talion, First Minnesota Mounted Rang- 73!ers, Hatch’s Independent Battalion 89 55 . 72 .None 24-SE day, September 7th, 1921. reunion. . and the Second Minnesota Cavalry will hold their 18th annual reunion In the Old Soldiers Tent, neat to the Old Settlers Log Cabin, on the state fair grounds, at 10 A. M. sharp Wednes- Members | receiving this notice please pass it} along to other comrades and _have| your local paper call attention to the| i coming naval property, officers of the bureau of aeronautics hope the navy will be permitted to continue its rigid airship program. They point out that America already has a gigantic hang- ar at Lakehurst, N. J. PLACES BLAME ON UNITED STATES y Panama, Aug. 25.—A manifesto to scrap-books for daily refer- Jj|the people of Panama was issued by ence, |President Porras giving a detailed Turn to the Woman’s Page, fj |sketch of the events leading up to the right’ now, and begin your ac- B'surrender of Coto to Costa Rica, the quaintance with Sister Mary. blame being placed on the United lowest temperature being 72. The breeze which made the early ev ing pleasant died down during the nicht. The thermometer kept reht on climbing this morning, reaching 86 at 11 o'clock with a prospective maximum of 92 in the day. Bismarck isn’t alone in the ree currence of the torrid wave, how: ever, The Northern Plains east the Rocky Meuntains is cove by a blanket of heat, The weather report says it will be cooler tonight, however. Heavy showers were reported at Botti- neau, Devils Lake and Dickinson ter Mary’s kitchen. On the Woman’s Page, each day, Sister Mary reveals some of her wonderful recipes and tells of those culinary myste- ries which result in flaky pie- crust and Angel Food cake. The coming bride looks to Sister Mary for advice in kitchen artistry. In _ thou- sands of homes Sister Mary’s articles are carefully kept in The dealrs who have already mada their"new contracts are from the fol- lowing named places: Killdeer, Dick- j inson, Hebron. Linton, Hazelton, Cen- ter, Washburn, Steele, Mandan. There will be altogether twenty-five dealers who will sign new contracts from reports given by Mr. Gilman. BEER RULES ARE BEING HELD UP Washington, Aug. 25.—Decision to withhold issuance of medical beer reg- ulations pending congressional action on proposed anti-beer legislation, was reached today by Secretary Mellon in conference with Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. CREW LANDING IN LIFE BOATS Seattle, Wash, Aug. 25.—Life boats from the Canadian freighter Import- er are making for land with the ship in a sinking condition, says a radio message received here today from the States government. last. night. steamship Cordova.’ 7 tole