The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1921, Page 1

a> “in the levy gala as follows: “The levy FORTIETH:YEAR | * gC BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921 FOR 1924 FIXED BYSTATEBOARD, Telephonic Communication Re-| sults in Levy Being Certified to County Auditors INCREASE OVER YEAR AGO} Levy Including Soldiers Bonus: Will be 3.38 Mills as Com- pared to 1.9 Last Year George FE. Wallace, state tax com- missioner, has certified out to the cqunty auditors the levy for the state for the year 1921. In this levy 2.28) mills is for the general fund and .10; for interest. onxreal:patate bonds re-: for whose death Johnson wa cently sold bythe Bank of North Da- kota and fot the first time in years, no levy is necessary for thé state bond | sinking fund, There is a 1 mill sol-| diers bonus levy, The old state bonds at this time have:been retired until | they are practically, wiped out and! there are funds:on hand from former | levies to take care of the sinking fund | CRISIS IN RAIL A |WOMAN’S REVELATION IS EXPECTED STATE oot | TO FREE A WISCONSIN LIFER, Isays Girl Was Killed By’ Parent and Not Prisoner iSILENT. FOR 10 iMeanwhile — Convict ! 1 $5000 ‘py N. E. A. Service. i "taaison, Wis., Oct. 14—John A,! [zohneon, a life-termer, who h: cell in the penitentiary Wa j while the te is gathe dencis expected to show tb cent. Atter 10 years Martin Lemberger | has beeen urrsted charged with the| year-old daughter, | sent (o | prison, The trial of Lemberger will i be held within the coming month | For 10 years Johnson has heen pro- ; testing his innocence, athough he! pleaded guilty. He has always claim- «d that he made this plea to save | himself from a mob which the officers | had told him were storming the Jail! to lynch him, murder of his five- this year. The total tevy for 1921 as announced | by Mr. ‘Wallace will be general fund, 2,28 mills; interest. on. real Le | bonds, .10; soldiors bonus, 1 mill; to- | tal 3.38, Last year it was general fund, | 1.044 mills; state bond sinking fund, | .05 mills; state bond interest, .056) mills; soldiers bonus, .75 mills; total! 1,9 mills. Amounts to be raised this year are! general fund, $3,141,840; real estate bonds interest $137,735; soldiers bon- | us, $1,377,855. ! Amounts last year, general fund, $1,566,555; state bond sinking fund, | $71,791; state bond interest, $83,840; | soldiers bonus, $,125,000. Soldiers bonus nets little more in 1921 than last year although rate increased because | of decreased valuation made by the | state board. i Mr, Wallace got in touch with some! members of the state board of equal- ization over'the telephone, and the! tax levy is certified out,to the audi-| tors with assurance that when the! state board meets, probably not until | after election, it will formally pass the levy, (Members of the state board’ are the ‘Governor, Attorney-General, ' Comm} ae of Agriculture and. La- | bor, State-Tyeasurer and Commission- | er of Insuragce: ** | ‘Mr. Walk in discussing the raise for 1921 has increased over 1920 for | various reasons. The legislature ‘at! its last, ses3ion appropriated more! money than had ever been appropriat- | | estate ; After entering the penitentiary, | Johnson wrote letter after letter to) state officials, repeating, “1 am inno- ‘ of nt! {never committed this crime. Inquiry Ordered ‘Finally an investigation was order ed} by Gov. Blaine on an application for | a pardon. Into the hearing came a, woman who demanded that the offic- | ‘ials listen to her story. Her face was; lined with worry. She said she was Mrs. May Soren-: son and had known the Lembergers for years. “The day following the murder,” she swore, ‘“Lemberger’s littlo boy, | Alois, confessed to me that his father | killed the child.” Little Annie Lemberger disappeared r from her home Sept. 5, 1911. e was about six years old, At first it was thought she had been kidnaped.| Searching parties were organized and | the whole community was ramsacked from cellar to garret. | Johnson, known to police as “Dog: Skin” Johnson, was taken to the. po-; lice station. There was no definite; - information ‘pointing to his guilt. His; previous court record, however, placed him under suspicion.’ And he eon tes | sed under the third degree... . Father’s Threat Martin Lemberger and his wife have continued to make their home: at (Madison. Whenever there’ was any | talk of a pardon for Johnson, Lember- | fer would issue a statement that “if Johnson is given his freedom, I will take care of him.” i 1 | | ' By | MURDER CASE sag | YEARS | Pleads | For Justice—May Receive | 10 years of his sentence, sits in hia | ‘case caused the errest of Mr. and Mrs. ro ‘KU KLUX HEAD ‘CANADIAN. FIGURES IN GIRL _ WITNESS STAND William J. Bimini’ Head of Or-. | ing of Committee ak | TELLS oF ORDER'S PURPOSE; i Declares That if Organization! is Found. Unworthy He Will: |; i | I | { | 1 Help to Destroy 1 j witness, William J. Simmons, founder yand imperial ‘wizard of the Kw Klux} ) Klan under physician's care, the house : rules committee brepared today to | continue its inquiry into the organ- ! ization and activities of the order. 1 j Simmons was found to be sufferifg | from “bronchitis and nervous. eX-) alt | Washington, Oct. 14--Wilh its star j Thaustion,” it was said yesterday after! this q@allapse on the stand and the at- | {tending physicians doubted whether: he would be able to undergo the cross- : jexamination which was scheduled. | Solemn Stillness Prevails H ; A solemn stillness prevailed at! times while’ the wizard, holding aloft !| the ritual of the Kl 1 parts of | the oath taken by Klans: during | the hearing yesterday afternoon. i And then in husky tones he told the | committee that while Julius | Caesar ; had his ‘Brutus and Washington his; Benedict Arnold, he, too, as inner | wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, could en- { ter that fellowship because he had | sutfered from the treasonable conduct | of those within. i “If this organization is unworthy let me know and | will destroy it,” ; he exclaimed, “but if it is not, then | let it stand.” ; Turning to the crowd, Simmons de- | clared he wanted to “call upon the! Father to forgive those who had per- | sectted the Klan” and as the words } Above, Mrs. May Sorenson, whose revelations in the Lemberger murder ‘Martin Lemberger (in center) and |jeft nig lipg, he tumbled into a heap. | may free from prison John A. Johnson ; The first dramatic incident of the? (below). day was the sudden appearance of | nnn ne | Senator Thomas E. Watson of Geor- | ‘gia, who edged his way through the} ! crowd, stepped up und seized the wiz- | Hl ard by the. hand. Whispering some- | thing, he turned and sat down, but aj moment later he was on his feet, de- | manding the right to question the wit- 3) ness in “the interest of fair play.” -Watsonis Insistent., = KILLED BY. W. W. ss 3 o | Reported That Morton County | that the witness was getting that, and | that it wasmnot in line with the regular | Man is Victim in Montana {procedure to permit questions by out-) i siders, Peter J. Renner,-27, who disappeared | | Senator Watson insisted he had the| right, first announcing, however, that! from Glen Ullin, August 7, was mur-/ ne was not a Klansman, although in COLLAPSES ON der Breaks Down Under Grill- |. LaUokan, Ontario, Oct. 14.—- tam Chambers, Toronto -rescued alter being lost. for: two weeks in the woods, almost starved to death for lack Dr. Chambers arrived here last night on a little strapped to the bow of 2 motorboat, weakened from cold and hunger. He said he had seen plenty of partridges and that he had not laéked am- munition but refrained trom SLOGANIS“NO. ILLITERACY IN _N. DAK. BY 1924”; With the slogan “No Illiteracy in North Dakota by 1924” a con- ference was held at Mandan this ‘afternoon by State Superintendent of Public Instruction.“ Minnie. J. Nielson. Mrs. Cora Wilson Stew- art, creator of the moonlight schools in which illiteracy was fought in the Kentucky hills, was present. The conference was held in connection with the meeting of the southwestern. division -of the state teachers’ association and embraced educators, representa- tives of American Legion Posts and others, OFFICERS OF TEACHERS ARE NAMED TODAY Dickinson ‘Given Next Place Of Meeting of Southwestern Section \ Officers of the southwestern section of the North Dakota State Teachers association in session at Mandan, were! chosen today as follows: ete E. Running, of Dickinson, presi- dent Buiiley Fox, Mott, vice president. H. O. Pippen, of Dickinson, secre- tary-treasurer, Dickinson was given the next'place of meeting. Standing committees’ to’ supervise the work of eliminating illiteracy iu the district is one of the chief ven- tures to be launched jy the conven- tion Minnie Nielson address tion last night, Miss Nie i the conven-| ‘CANADIAN PHYSICIAN RESCUED IN WOODS ON VERGE OF STARVATION Ison assert-| birds because he id oby two Indians, nally had shot: a it under yl selt to eat th He saii one of the air men engaged in the search for hinv had | flown over the spot. where he was standing but that he was unable fo attract the fller’s attention, OLD ELEVATOR BONDS OF STATE | ~ ARE CANCELLED ‘Industrial Commission Turns| Back Issue of $120,000 | | to Treasurer \ | New mill and elevator bonds of the! | issue the Industrial Commission now jis offering for sale are being prepared. Carrying out an intention announc- ied sometime ago, the Industrial Com- (eee yesterday cancelled the out- standing mil and_ elevator bonds | be to $120,000, bearing 5 per | cent interest, and will issue new bonds | and will issue new pnonds bearing 6 ber cent interest. The Industrial Commission got back a mortgage of $5,000,000 in so doing.) | There had been $120,000 of mill and ‘elevator bonds isued. Gi this amount} $25,100 had heen sold. ‘The Industris! Commission desired iv increase the {rate of interest on the bonds it now is ‘trying to sell to 6 per cent. It was | necessary, therefore, to cancel the old} ‘honds issued ince the mortgage was! | based on 5 per cent bonds. The com: mission was unable to find the hold- ers of $1,400 of bonds «nd placed cash | with the ‘state treasurer in lieu of j these ‘bonds, together with interest {money to redeem thein. | The Industrial Commission had is-; {sued a $5,000,000 mortgage on the Drake mill and propertyto be ac. ‘quired: It. is expected a new mort- | gage will be executed on the mill and | elevator property, on which the new 6/ per cent bonds will be based, _.__PRICE FIN FIVE CENTS FFAIRS IMPENL. DS WAGE GUTS ARE HELD NECESSARY FOR RATE CUTS While Rail Heads Consider Low- er Ratés, Labor Council Con- siders Strike ' i | FURTHER CUTS DEMANDED |Labor Board Decision Restoring Piece Work Complicates Situation IMMEDIATE CUT PROPOSED, Chicago, Oct. 14.—Immediate redue- tion of freight rates on agricultural products for a trial period of from ; 60 to 90 days pending further wage reductions was one of the prince’ iples presented to high railroad officers_of | the conference of railroad executives today. A general policy of wage and freight rates was the dominating topic under discussion, Realization that the legal steps* necessary to lower wages and trans- portation charges would delay any benefits to the public :ndefinitely was said to be responsible for a definite proposal to aid agricultural produc- tion. According to ratlroad officials a temporary reduction of rates on farm products was thought to be possible with comparatively i:tde delay. A | tentative reduction of 10 per cent was suggested. STONE MEETING, Chicago, Oct. 14.—Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother- hood of Locomotove Engineers, today requested a conference with the railroad executives in session here on behalf of the six big raile road unions which have yoted to strike. Officers of 16 railroad unions went Into session shortly before noon at one hotel while more than 100 rallread presidents are eeting at another, The railroad presidents notifled Mr. Stone by. telephone that. his. request would be considered at thelr meeting. When. the road executives. met at 11 o'clock it:-was: understood they would vote to ask the United States Raflroad Labor Board for further wage reductions promis- ing to pass all future cuts along to the public in lower freight and passenger rates. ° dered by the I. W. W. near Baker, ! sympathy with its aims, and the chair- ed before in the history of the state.| Then on Aug. 28, 1920, Maude E. (Mont., it was learned by. Morton coun- |man cut thnough the colloquy by di | ing that it was “zero hour” in answer ‘Lodi, | AD, RNS Chicago, Oct. 14.—Confronted by 2 | bossible railroad strike over wage 3 (No party is responsible for this be-/ Bunker, a school teacher of ito the general question and theme of | reductions, ‘ cause the power was divided. The| Wis., wrote to Gov. Philipp, stating | ty authgrities today, | recting the senator to proceed. The! the aucation ae O'Clock Is It in| | trom anesthe: palarbeine. coma § house and the senate being opposed |that a relative of Lemberger had told | ‘Ronnér deserted his wife and child, | senator merety asked the wizard if he/| ‘Raucation In North Yakota.” Mrs.! IN M Will Be Held 0: | sates; railway executives meeting to- to each other politically. The 1921|her that the father had committed the | #¢cording to county authorities. Ai knew of the big salaries being voted | stewart asserted that North’ Dalta NeXt lecting ill Be Held On) to aoclarel that teanopartation logialature appropriated practically! crime. She said she could not sleep| letter addressed to the mayor of An-| hy congress for shipping board law- | i ‘ould eliminate all flliteracy by 1924. $1,000,000 more than the preceding / since she had learned of the injustice, | telope was opened by authorities at) yers reaching as high as $35,000 which | e mde tiorning’ Biol iL Booler, | legislature. | Mrs. Johnson hired lawyers with|Glen Ullin and information which led | the §eople had to pay. With that Mr president of the Minot Normal, and Monday It Is Announced charges would ‘be decreased in pro- | portion to future reductions, The executives, it was reported, q “In’ addition to this, the deflation; money earned by washing. 4 period which has 6vertaken the whole civilized world, caused a material ated governor, last January, the John-! According to the information re-/ mons, the committee learned that the| leaders and members of the British: 904 tes ¢ slump in the income tax colloctions,/ son family renewed their efforts to| ceived, Renner was shot about Sep- | total membership of the Klan, herald-j cabinet convened at 11. o'clock this! ner) transferring ito « Anes interatate i hoth of persons and corporations, ‘obtain a pardon, | tember 22. ‘ed as having passed the half million| morning in Prime Minister Lloyd! © e s a “The capital stock tax law is in| litigation and is now awaiting disposal | i in the Supreme Court of the United) States. The railway companies have! failed to pay several years taxes un-; der this law, waiting the decision of | the. courts. “In addition to the above, there has; ‘been a general failure of collection of | taxes, which in some parts of the; state, has seriously embarrassed lo- cal govornment. At this time there) is approximately 50 per cent of the! real property taxes. unpaid, also, the| taxes on bank stock, with few excep- ; tions, remain’ unpaid at this time and! the blood-stainel pillow slips from the | from @ survey received today. are in litigation. These conditions | made it necessary to levy 125.per cent | of the amount which. otherwisé would | When John J. Blaine was inaugur- | Woman's Story ‘Mrs. Sorenson told-the pardon board she was called to the Lemberger home | the morning of the disappearance of | the child and found the mother weep- | ing. After a time little Alois told. ait that the father had hit the child o the head with a beer bottle at a “beer | party” the night before; that his ais-| ter had died in a few minutes; and| that the father hid the body under | tub in the cellar, Then # man was paid $25 to throw the body in the lake. | Mrs, Sorenson said she had seen} bed where Annie had beon laid; she} found the nightgown worn by the child, soaked in blood, and the mother | ‘to the identification of Renner's body, ! watson left, Miss Mary Elizabeth Downey, state London, Oct. 14. (By the Associated identified buricd at Baker, Mont. | Through the testimony of Mr. Sim-} jmark, actually was around 90,000, The witness declared that its: laa east and west had heen Breat- | ‘er than in the south, but his eal prevented questioning designed | ‘bring out facts bearing on some ithe present strongholds of the oreani | zation, _ Asked if he had hot ‘claimed | UNEMPLOYMENT Chicago, Oct. 14.—Unemployment | {neu so, but. tha ut he was ite gen- | was shown to be dec! ing ina num: |erally, not by the card. i ber of the more important cities in Not Under Law i Illinols, with several reporting cous Representative Garrett, Democrat, | ditions-approaching novinal in returns) ‘Tennessee, took the. witness in hand | {to find out something about its rev- declared injenue and profits, asking if the mem- j{ “ats while fac-| bership fees had been listed as dona- | were reported | \ Hank rather than fees to prevent col- Construction work full swing at several tories and railroad: librarian, addressed the convention, | Pf€88.)—The conference of Sinn Fein| George's official residence in Down- ing street with a view of reaching; ;an agreement for settlement of the | Irish question, adjourned a t 1:30 raclock untiY Monda POLICEMAN IN bbers ho: of propaganda, said no hitch inj Opens Fire,jony; “on Ro Wh ‘negotiations thus far had occurred Enter Restaurant and that the Sin Fein delegates ' | anticipated prolonged pres precedings. GUMMER ASKS TRIAL CHANGED Moorhead, Oct. 14.—Peter Ness, po-j liceman, was shot through the left} eye early this morning by one of two robbers who attempted to hold up 4 restaurant, He was taken toa hospital | i where his condition was said to be; serious. .Ness was waiting in aj also will consider a proposal to seek | an amendment to the transportation justing authority now vested in the railroad labor board. Demand Further Cuts The railway executives declined to indicate what definite steps were tin- der discussion for proposing further ; Wage reductions which under their | plan would be necessary before | shippers could expect freight reduc- tions. The July wage reduction of 12 per- cent ordered by the railroad labor board, the executives declared, mere- ly staved off bankruptcy for many roads, The strike vote of the Brotherhoods and shoperafts -resulting from this wage cut, it was declared by the exe- cutives, was but a force to ward off te be levied. -In time of course when! had torn it from her und put it into| adding to their forces. Work for many ‘lection of federal corporation taxes.| restaurant when the robbers entered, | | any further wage reduction. Some these real property taxes are paid, it| the stove. ‘ .| also was provided jy extensive muni-|Simmons replied there was never @} having previously beef notified by} | of the union leaders admitted that will mean a reduction in taxatton| “I held my tongue for 10 years,” she’ cipal improvements. | thoughtsof that, declaring that when’ Geo, Panschot, son of the Proprietor; Youth Accused of Murder Says) the vote did. not mean a general some time in the future, Experience | said, “becayse Martin Lemberger had | ———— + ;the tax law first became effective, ho! of the drug store, that an attempt, ; walkout of the railroad employes has taught that there is always a loss | threatened to choke-me if I should re-| ARCHITECT, WELL _ went to the revenue office at Atlanta) would be made to hold up the place. | Fargo Sentiment Against | although it was reported that October in the collection of taxes which ap-| veal anything.” | | (Continued on Page 3) When two men entered, drew re-; Hi ! 30 had been tentatively agreed upon ! proximate 10 per cent. | Arraigned in court, Lemberger has | KNOWN, IS OD —— volvers and shouted “hands up” Ness am {by the union heads for sectional Y Educational Cost ! pleaded not guilty and his bail was | opened fire. In. the return fire he; ——_ | strikes of the employes if strikes “The educational appropriation by/ fixed at $10,000, |-Grand Forks, N. D., 5 N.D., Oct. 4—W. J. i | was shot through the head. | . Fargo,-Oct. 14.—Attorneys for Wil-; were finally decided upon. the last session of the legislature in-| Should Lemberger be convicted | ‘awards, well” known architect at} No trace has been found of the men | liam Gummer, hotel clerk, held for RESTORE PIECE WORK. creased over the appropriation two | Johnson will be freed and will be paid Grand Forks died Sunday evening | who fled from the place after the: trial in epinection with the death of Chicago, cb 442 rae akon BUC ’ ie eat ae $5,000. from an illness of several months. Mr. | shooting. Henly aca “application with ‘Judge | Railroad Labor Board today autho:- ni diciary increased but 2.61 per cent,/ | awards enenged HEA it HOWAT SUPPORT | Cole for charge of venue. Hearing | ized the railroads to op=n negotiations kj while the cost of maintaining the pen- 6 PRISONERS | 1892 to 1902, when he came to Grand | | !on the request is set for October 20. | with the unions for th» restoration of at al and charitable institutions increas- ‘Forks and opened an architect's of- | IS REQUESTED. , The application claims that pre- | piece work barred by one rule of the | ed 11.17 per cent. ‘fice, At the time of his death he was'| judice against the defendent in Fargo | shopcrafts national agre2ment entered “On the other hand, the following | decreases were made: Per Cent! Legislature . 26.23 | State Departments . MAKE ESCAPE D., Oct. 14.—six! Valley City, president of the state board of archi- | tecture. | ; \ W EATH ER REPORP’ H j | ing Alexander Howatt as a i r that it would be difficult | Topeka, Kan., Oct. 14.—Describing, a a hat | og. be the action of John L. Lewis in depos | a “treacher- | our desertion to the rauks of the In- a jury. Gummer’s trial ori- | ; Binally was set for the November: term of district court here. into under the late railroad adminis- trotian The board today handed down a supplemental decision amendment, 17 more rules of the shopcrafts agree- (Military Appropriation . | prisoners escaped from the county, For cit hours ending at, dustrial Court supporters,” W. E.| Lions Club Luncheon ment. The opinion was given in the State: Emergency. ... | jail early yesterday morning, througi: | 200M 0c! na ee ‘al Freeman, president of the Kansas | (Members of the Lions club, in| case of Chicago and Northwestern Public Printing . the basement. Word was dispatched | Zemperature a Ure soa state federation of labor, today ap-| weekly luncheof today at the Grand: Railway company agaiust the railway State Fairs Highest _y sterday : 80; pealed to all local unious in the state to authorities in surrounding cities sterday .. Pacific hotel, listened to a discussion | employes’ department of the American Bounties .. and towns to he onthe watch for! Lowes y Al to give financial assistance to the | by J, P. Sells of the effect the Mis-| Federation of Labor, With the excep- Miscellaneous them. owest last night . + 44) Th Ri ht Wa striking miners in the Pittsburgh re-|souri river bridge completion would’ tion of the peace work crder all the State Industries ee ecipitation None e Ag. y ' “From the above figures, it will be} FORKS PEOPLE noticed that the greatest increase is| for education, This does not deal with the local schools but the institutions} of higher learning. HURT IN SPILL Grana Forks, N. D., Oct. 14.—Mrs. Highest wind velocity . Weather’ Fore: { For Bismarck and ¥ Fair} ! tonight and probably Saturday: mod- | | erate temperature. A little ad in The Tribune will reach more of the people you want to get in touch with, than any other medium. ‘ gion. ‘ | have on this section of the state. Re COL. HOUSE VISITS WILSON'S HOME | \ rules dealt with minor and technical shop practices. Crisis More Acute. The railroad crisis was rendered more acute by the decision providing for the restoration of piece work, The “In addition to the levy above men- | | ie, her daughter, Miss Ha-|_ For North Dakota: Fair tonight \ railroad presidents were jubilant tioned, the legislature at its last ses- John a ue Mis Blisebeth wil-| and areal Saturday; -moderate If you have property for sale, | E | ET ] while union leaders feared a effect H sion provided a levy of one millon all | <>, were injured when their Ford) ‘¢mperal ne ther Conditions. insert an ad in our “For Sale’ on their men, more than 80 per cent of the taxable property for the benefit) <eqan overturned on a road near| cau cornea ond TONE Rival column and you will get results. of whom have already \oted to strike of the returned soldiers. Mallory, Minn. Mrs. Wilson, nearly | Low pressure areas are central over rather than accept further wage re- BERRY PICKERS IN SNOWSTORM Carrington. N. D., Oct. 14.—Straw berry pickers were caught in a snow- storm ‘flurry this week, the flakes melting as soon as they reached the ground. ) Fiéwers are in bloom in several parts of the city. 80 years. old, suffered severe bruises and is in the hospital. Arthur Dinnie, son of Mrs. John Dinnie, who was in the car, was un- hart. Able To Be Out Capt. I. P. Baker, who has been con- fined in St, Alexius hospital for sev- eral weeks following an injury sus- tained {n’a fall, is now able to be out of the bogpital, on crutches. ’ Buyers know where to look — they find what they want in these columns, The Bismarck Tribune Phone 32 Manitoba and the north Pacific coast while a high pressure ai region east of the Mi: The temperature is apove normal gen- erally west of the Mississippi river and below normal to the east. Fair weather is general.- The weather in North Dakota will be fair tonight and probably Saturday with moderate tem- perature. ORRTS W. ROBERTS, Washington, Oct. 14.—Col. Ed- win M. House, who so far as known has not seen former Pres- ident Wilson since the reported development of diiverences be- tween them during the peace ne- gotiations at Paris more than two years ago called at his residence here yesterday and }cit his ecard for the former President and Mrs, Wilson, While it had been reported since that time that these differences had heen forgotten, Col. House’s relations with the former presi- dent as confidential adviser on po- litical and internation: during the first six years of his presidency were understood nev- er to have been resumed during his tenure of office after appar- ently being definitely terminated during the peace contercnee, i Meteqediiriatacsy ductions or rules which they oppose. FOREST FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA ‘Deadwood, S. D., Oct, 14—A forest fire is raging along a two-mile front near Buckhorn, Wyoming, in_ the Black Hills National forest. Forest rangers and 40 ranchers and farmers who are battling the flames sent an urgent appeal to Deadwood at mid- night Thursday. Several ranches are threatened with destruction,