The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1921, Page 1

AD) 4 (} y G NK The Weather FAIR AND WARMER FORTIETH YEAR NOWAR TAXON TICKETS AFTER MIDNIGHT SAT. Bismarck Travelers and Ship- pers Will Save Approximate- ly $6,000 Per Month TRAVEL LIGHT DEC. 31 Railroad Officials Expect Trave! To Be Very, Light During Change After midnight Saturday there will be no more war tax on transportation tickets, Pullman tickets, express ship- ment or freight. This will mean ,a saving approximately of $6,000 per month to the traveling public of Bis marck and the shippers of express an freignt. divided in the rato of $2,500 on tickets, $2,800 on freight and about $650 on express. A circular cancelling the tax on freight and passenger transportation has been received from the Northern Pacific headquarters at St. Paul by Agent McDonald. Freight Transportation. Prepaid Freight Charges. Prepaid shipments accepted for transportation before’ midnight of December 31, 1921, are subject to the tax regu- lations regardless of when they arrive at destination. If the prepay col- lected is insufficient the tax applies if the additional amount is collected from the shipper, but it does not apply ’ if it is collected from the consignee. Prepaid shipments received after midnight of December 31, 1921, are not ; subject to war tax. Collect freight shipment reachipg destination before midnight of December 31, are ‘subject to the tax regardless of the date on which the charges are collected. Collect shipments reaching destina- tion after midnight of December 31, 1921, are not subject to the tax. Undercharges collected after mid- night, of December 31, 1921, applying on shipments arriving at destination ‘before midnight of December 31, are subject to the tax. Refund of the tax must.not be made ” on overcharges adjusted after Decem- ber 31, 1921. Claims for refund of tax must be filed by claimant with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the U, S. Treasury Department accom- panied by’teftificate within four years from time the tax was paid, claim be- Sing harred by statute after that period. Passenger Transportation Tickets sold during December, 1921. | On all tickets or scrip books sold be- fore midnight of December 31, 1921, that are for the use, or may be used in whole or in part, before midnight of that dete, the agent must collect the tax, except that tax will not be col- lected from passengers heretofore ex- empt from payment thereof, such as county, state and federal offigers, etc., who present ‘the!prescribed form of exemption certificate. Tax should not be collected on. tick- ets or scrip books sold during Decem- ber, 1921, that cannot be used before January 1, 1922. The treasury decision provides that tax applicable to the portion of the ticket or scrip book which is unused after midnight, December 31, will be . Tefunded. Refund of the tax must not be made after December 31, when agents. re- deem tickets. . Claim for refund of tax must be filed by claimant with the Commissioner of Internal revenue in the same manner the freight tax claims are filed. When a scrip book issued prior to January 1, 1922, is presented on or af- ter January 1, in payment for tickets, checking baggage, etc., and does not bear endorsement indicating tax re- fund certificate had been issued there- on, agent is supposed to issue a form fund. for that purpose governing the re- ‘Tax should be collected on storage, parking of cars and other miscellan- eous passenger services completed: be- fore midnight of December 31, Parlor car tickets will cease being taxed at midnight December 31. BANK POSITIONS _ HELD BY WOMEN St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28.—for the, first time in this vicinity women are bank directors. Two women are among the directors of the Security National Bank Savings and Trust company which opened here Dec. 20. They are Mrs, Edwin H. Steedman and Mrs. Elias Michael. Both are ac- tive in civic, child welfare and other activities in St. Louis. Mrs, Michael said the bank would be operated on an investment basis in- stead cf for discount. She declared the purposes of the new institution are insurance of securities, encourage- ment of savings and sound trusts for heirs, whom she added, the bank will attempt to teach to administer their own estates. rf The capitalization of the institution Was announced as $250,000, $50,000 of which is surplus and $75,000 reserve. HOUSES STAY EMPTY, Beacontree, Eng.,. Dec. 28.—Several hundred houses have been completed here, but they cannot be occupied un- til difficulties in regard to the drain- age are straightened out. Many pros- nective tenants are waiting to rent { THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Last Edition BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN SDAY, DECEMBER 28 PRICE FIVE CENTS WINS SIX MEDALS Mrs. John A. Drake, arriving in New {York from Italy where she was dec- jorated with six medals for her work jas president of the U. C. Free Milk - BANDITS GET $30 Hocking Valley Section Is Report ELIMINATE VIRGIN tion in Future Declare Association Columbus, Dec. 262—Announcement nf the southern Ohio coal exchange operating mines in the southern Ohio OHIOCOAL MBN’ toiays Weather TO FIX OWN WAGE SCALEINMINES | i Open Shop Drive Intimated In No Joint Action With That Sec-'. SINN FER ~ ACCEPT TERNS For twenty-four houre ending at noon Dec, 28. | } | Forecast, ' } For North Dakota: Fair tonight and | Thursday; colder tonight, cold wave | in east and south-central Portion: rising temperature Thursday after- hoon, ‘ a SUB QUESTION Express Satisfaction in Conven tion at North Donegal— Held Yesterday * TO NRW PARLEY” ou Eireann to Vote for Treaty Ratification i i j 1 t if | | Fein of North Donegal held at Bun- Tempeiature at 7 a. ms +. 24 Highdst yesterday - 19 Lowest yesterday 9) Lowes: last night . ahaa Precipitation .. None ; i Highest wind vetocity 24-NW r | Sn |EACH DISTRICT PLEASED. {3 SreAT ORI To Dail: Dec, 28.—(By the Associ-! ; ated Press.)—A convention of the Sina} \fictd would discontinue discussion of | Japanese Delegation Indicates r Italy organization. She received he apostolic blessing of Pope Bene- dict. | res ee wage scales in joint action with other; {flelds and proposed an individual scale ; {which wuld not provide a “check off” | Isystem of collection of union dues {was regarded in various lights here That Their Nation Has Gone ''the Limit ;crana has adopted a resolution by ; Unanimots vote expressing satistac-! j tion with the Jrish peace treaty as: tembodying the essential of, Ireland’ ‘treedom and sate-guarding [rejand’s ‘EDITS PAPER FOR 52! YEARS . | BURCH'S FATHER BELIEVES SON Alienists to Answer Hypotheti- cal Question as Test of His. Mentality i { { Los Angeles, Dec. 28—A hypotheti- {cal question which it was said would ; Tequire five hours to read was éx- ‘pected to be put to alfenists called {wy the defense today at the trial of Arthur C, Burch. | Insanity is an element in Burch's | defense and on this question the alien- | sts are expected to give their opin: | cn as to his mental condition. Work {of laying a foundation fior the qu ition took place yesterday. The fathe of the defendant gave a detailed ac count of his -son’s life and declared that he believed him to be insane. The, father’s testimony took up the greater part of the sessions yoster- iday. Other defense witnesses were jealled in an-effort tio impeach testi ‘mony of the prosecution. They in- {cluded Ralph R. ..0 iain, fo husband of ‘Madalynne in, ¢ defendant of Buch. Obenchain testi fied; Mrs. Elizabéth. Besanty and Mrs. \Mary' A. Bailiff had made statements to him at. variance with’ those they made on the witness stand. Became Financially Involved Reverand Burch gave a history of the life of Arthur, to whom he refer- red as “my only son,” declaring the latter was a quiet, studious youth, de- voted to his parents and interested in church and Sunday school work up to at Living Springs, Mont., and made frequent trips there from Evanston. The fathér said the first change he noted in his son’s behavior was de- Arthur, he said, would send home a list of bills and ask .for money to pay them and after the money was forwarded the same bills would be re- turned for payment. Before the Montana venture, he ner. Does Not Know Woman “I. never heard him use_ profanity until August 14, last, when I saw him in the Los Angeles county jail,” Rev- erend Burch said. “Then he used two or three profane expressions.” He said that another time when he to believe His breath was he had any reason drank intoxicants. te to kill him. On cross examination the witness sail he believed his story to be truo at the time he heard it, but after talk TO BE INSANE today. j CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT Coal op ors including McKinney, ! Washington, Dec. 28—The head {secretary of the, exchange, declared] Of the French detegation, it was that the action of their organization understood, presented with an air taken late yesterday was not intend-; of finality, a statement to the ef- jed as a “blow to unionized labor,” but! fect that France should not ac- ithat they were “driven to the move”; cept less than 330,000 tons of aux- by ability of concerns in West Vir- iliary tonnage in addition to a sub- }ginla, and nther fields to undersell| marine tonnage of 90,090. The them. While officials of the union} American compromise would have miners ciation maintained silen given France about 31,000 tons of expr ions of ‘opinion from’ othe submarine tonnage. {quarters ‘indicatol belief that the de- The British and Japanese dele- | ision of the operators was the in- gates are understood to have honor. Reports submitted hefore the; MAJOR GEORGE RB. KELLEY, i ; vote shpwed that each district favored | is ' ratification of the pi | By NEA Service. j The-resolution called upon the six} Pou Ariz, Dec, 28 — Major | | Dail Kireann members representing the George KE. Kelley, publisher of the} | Sinn Weiners not only to vote tor treaty , Dous:as Daily International, has ‘been | but to use their influence to pring | 8, active newspaper editor. 52 years | about ratification, Failure to do so! pi oh em in Arizona—-and has never | would be regarded as betrayal of the aca aU ie ie | i ountry and gross, fe ran the gamut from printer's | contempt for the Irish opinion. devil to editor at Poplar Bluffs, Mo. | Then he went along with the gold and| BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mineral rush to the southwest. London, Dec. 28—It has heen learn- | tial move in an effort to establish “open shop” conditions in the Hock- ing Valley field where all the hold- asfneiation arc located. tet, would be submitted early \pril. A.B. OLSON GOES TO ROCHESTER: | IS PROMOTED | in Manager of Gamble-Robinson Fruit Company Gets Well: at cca “Merited Promotion A. B. Olson, who for several years has been manager of the Gene Rone ingon Fruit company of this city, has received a well merited promotion and will become manager of the Rochester, Minnesota, branch of the company af- ter January 1. (Mr. Olson {s to be suc- ceeded by C. R. Simpson of Valley City, who has'been manager of the Gamble-Robinson Fruit company triends of both Mr. Olson in Bismarck and Mr. Simpson in Valley City are pleased to learn of the good fortune of both Gamble-Robinson employees. ception in regard to money matters.|In commenting on Bismarck’s yew) American delegation. ‘manager at the Gamble-Robinson Fruit Company, the Valley City Times Record has this to say: “C. R. Simpson, who/has been man-! ager of the Gamble-Robinson Fruit Co., in this city for several years, has said, Arthur never used alcohol or} been transferred to the position’ of| tobacco, or talked in a profane man-} manager of the Bismarck house. This! ts by way. of.a promotion which his many friends ‘inthe city are glad to see him receive. | tainly entitled to the added, respansi- bility as he has been a large factor in the success of the company at this point. Mr, Simpson is what is popu- Fs ye repeats larly known as a “live wire” and is} is son jail was the first wislteds tas nity he | always looking out for the best in-| teres: of his company and the city which is such a valuable addition to our cit; ings of the seventy members of the! { The new wage proposal, it was indi- Mr. Simpson is cer-; stated that in view of the French’ stand, they would both feel com.’ pelled to reserve action on the tonnage ratio for auxiliary craft alloted Great Br.tain and Japan under the ‘American pian. Cast- ing aside the possibility of har- monizing views on submarine ton- nage, the American delegation brought forth a new Proposal to limit the -s'ze of submarine and other auxiliary to a maximum of 10,000 tons. Washington, Dec, 28.—(By the Aé- | sociated Press.)—The submarine con- LA FOLLETE discussing a plan to leave the whole! question of auxiliary warship tonnage! ~ a later international conference, | i ‘m So far consideration of the project Alleges Agreement With Ly has been ‘entirely informal, with con-| Organization to Restore State ference leaders ‘Outwardly reflecting a . il Rat hope .that the "present. negotiations! Control,of Rail may yet bring the submarine problem —_. ‘tess to a solution. In many quarters, how- BY ASSOCIATED PRESS ever, there are growing signs of dis-| | Washington, Dec. 28—Charges were couragement over the prospect and an! made by senator LaFollette of 'Wis- accompanying tendency to examine; Se Se ee atieen sealed i jast night, carefully the possibilities of thé post- railroads and of the coal,.steel and lumber interests at a “secret” meeting ponement plan. ‘| In highest American official circles, | held in: Washington, December 9, at- |tempted to obtain from farm organ- iit'was said today that a concrete pro-/ ‘posal for a future conference might! tration. leaders and did obtain from ‘be laid before the arms delegates | such leaders adherence to an agree- ed from reliable sources, says a Cen itral News dispatch fom Dubfin to- {day, that at a secret meeting of the Dail, leaders representing both. the ‘supporters and opponents of the | Anglo-Irish treaty that a compromise was reached which will insure the ratification of the pact. ‘ { Ui about three years ag, when he be- | branch in that city. This action is al-' within a few days. Presilent Hard- ment not to push legislation to re came interested in 2 ranching venture | 80 by the way of promotion and the ings was. said to feel such a confer- peal the commonly called guaranty ; ence would be a logical development section of the transportation act, and ‘of his policy of international consul-.t)> restore state control of state rates. tation ‘and it was indicated he had; The Wisconsin Senator made_ his | communicated his desires to the charges in elaborating on his asser- | ;tion “That a plan is afoot to perpetu- jate fundamental provisions of the transportation act, embodied in Sec- tion 15-A: (The. guaranty section of which a portion expires next March 1), and to render permanent the ‘in- | Japan Has Gone Limit, ; Last night the submarine tangle ap- | parently was as far as. ever from a )@ettlement despite a conference he- | tween the American delegates and the tojerable conditions which have made ‘plenipotentiaries of Japan and the transportation system for the France. the two powers who are hold- past two years an instrument for the ing out against the American com-. exploitation of the American people.” romise proposal. | In substantiation of his’ charges Mi The naval committee will resume its LaFollette made public what he des row, but neither the cribed as “a pret report ot HneRAe: co be in tion of the conference” hel ere De- Ergnca nor Janay ee eee atone cember 9, which he branded “as a conspiracy to betray not only the farmers but the consuming and the producing millions of the nation.” ‘This report was made public by the senator without an explanation of its ;P {sessions tomo! ‘a position to modify {to the American plan. | The negotiations over Shantung also took on a more serious aspect today | when the Japanese after receipt of the reason, Mr. Burch said his son|i@ which he resides. He was instru-| fresh instructions from Tokio, let it, source, as follows: changed in his relations to the Jat-| mental in obtaining the erection of | be known that they were not prepared 's wife and child early in 1920-and| the fine office and warehouse which’ to make any further concessions in; , 1 i at one time;declared his wife tried | tis company built here last year and | their exchanges with the Chinese over’ was held in Washington at which high LaFollette’s Statement is “On December 9 a secret meeting | the Tsing Tao-Tsinanifu officials of the railroads, the coal and sts, attempted enlist the farmers in an agreement return of I railroad, The Chinese already have steel and lumber inte: “He § an active’ member of the declared they can go nO further to Commercial Club, being the present! toward a compromise, but in some wh ereby all agitation by the farm in- In his early days in Arizona he had} ito chroncle the daily exploits of Red-| i Eye Dick, Six-Shooter Peter and other ! pioneer gentry. , PPG RAED RAG NS Nae |BIG ELK CLASS IS TO BE INITIATED The class to be initiated into the ; Bismarck lodge of Elks on Friday, | January 20, is growing and it is pre- i dicted that at least 25. will be taken into the organization. A big time wiil be held on this occasion and many oui jof town Elks will be present. Prac- | tically two-thirds of the candidates to be initiated are out of town people jand each candidate will no doubt be responsible for a number of Elks from his home town being present. CHARGE WOMAN. i i i | | WITH THEFT OF AUTO AND BONDS Clinton, Ia., Young Lady Arrest- ed in Chicago After Long Hunt Chicago, Dec. ' 28—Miss Kathleen Bates, Clinton, Iowa, who claims to be the sole heir to a $100,000 estate of her uncle in the east, was to be re- turned to Clinton today to stand ‘trial on charges of stealing two $100 bonds and an automobile which she. drove here. Miss Bates was taken into custody yesterday, ending a three months search. She is said to have told officers that’) she stole the car which she sold here for $30. It was charged that the wo man who conducts a bond brokerage in Clinton wrote to Miss Pearl Boyd in Green River asking the loan of two one hundred dollar bonds. Upon re- ceipt of the bonds Miss Bates is charged with having changed the name of Miss Boyd to her own. MAY USE MANY UNEMPLOYED AS ing with his daughter-in-law; came to] president of this club, one of the most conference circles there still is hope terests for repeal of section 15-A and 000 WHISKEY HAUL CRIME WAVE _ CAUSES DEATH TN NBW YORK Twenty-five Bandits Raid Dis- tillery in Kentucky and Loot Stores | \OVERPOWER GUARDS | Highwaymen Rob Agent in Gotham and Mur- der Him 1 1 | Louisville, Dec. 28,—Twenty-five bandits swooped down upon the Blue {Ribbon distillery at Eminence, Ky., early today, locked five guards in the bifice of the plant and stole 325 cases ‘of bottled in bond whisky valued at | $30,000, according to a report to ; Louisville police. e The report said that all the robbers were men and heavily armed. Two automobile trucks werefused to haul the liquor away said the report which added that the truck took the road toward Louisville. Soon after the bandits departed, the five guards who were bound with rope ‘elegsed themselves and notified the Henry county authorities. All cities within a sixty-mile radius were noti- fied to watch for the bandits. ‘KILL INSURANCE BROKER. New York, Dec. 28.—Bandits added ‘another murder to the growing list jin New York today when three men {attacked and killed Haves, an insur- j ance salesman in the east New’ York ‘section of Brooklyn. Haves bravely ‘fought the trio when they attempted {to hold him up. He was felled by a | blow on the head and shot in the groin. WHAT IT COST TOOPERATETHE HAIL INS, DEPT, The Ratio of Overheard Ex- .-'penses Is Below Last Year’s Figures TOTAL EXPENSES LARGER Number of acres insured in the Hail Insurance Department of the State of North Dakota increased west of the Missouri River and decreased east according to the preliminary report of the Hail Insurance Department which has just been made public. All but two counties west of the river increas- ed their insurance ovgr that carried in 1920, Adams and Golden Valley be- ing the exceptions. While the largest increase in individual counties oc- curred in other parts of the state, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Het- tinger, McKenzie, Mercer, Morton, Ol- iver, Sioux, Slope and Stark increased the number of acres insured by 235,174. Bottineau, nestling along the Canad- ian line led the increase with 90,022 while its neighbor to the south, Mc- Henry county was second with an in- crease of 50,078. Twenty-four of the tifty-three counties of the state showed increases, The total state acreage was smaller than that for 1920, due in part to the withdrawal of lands upon which the crops were not worth insuring. The government also reports a smaller amount of land in cultivation than in’ 1920. The total acreage insured in the state at the minimum of $7.00 was 11,432,882 while 737,050 were listed for $3.00 additional per acre, the total amount of the risk for the state being $82,240,32057. These figures are ap- proximate only as some of the county the. conclusion it was /a delusion. | i ch testified in response to tha District Aittrney’s \questioning he never knew Arthur was “running with the Obenchain woman.” He said he did not personally know Mrs. ;Obenchain. He said Arthur had told ‘ + was “running with women” in ‘Montana. Grand-Daughter Of Norway Statesman Dies in Wisconsin Janesville, Dec. 28—Mrs. Antonia Hanson, 83, a native of Norway, ana grandaughter of Jan Staub, one of the framers of the Norway constitution, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Lee Elkhorn, today. She was. the mother of Walter Hanson, said to be the inyentor.of the first visible typewriter, who died before it was placed on the market. ESE TSUN A Bs ACTOR DIES London, Dec. 28—The death of Sir John Hare, noted English actor and manager, was announced today. He was 77 years old. SIXTY-FIFTH ANN popular Rotarians, in the city and a member of other lodges here. Any- tiing Bob goes into he supports w! heartedly and his leaving will be a loss ts the city. Bismarck is to be congratulated on Mr. Simpson’s addi- tien to their city. Mr. and Mrs. Simp- 3on expect to move to Bismarck about January 10th. The new manager for Gamhle Robinson company is Mr. Roy Nantz of Fairmont, N, D., who will arrive here the first of January, Mr. Nantz is well spoken of by the people of Fairmount. He is a married man and has one child. We extend our hearticst, welcome to Mr. Nantz. } » FORMER GOVERNOR STRICKEN Raleigh, ‘N. C., Dec. 28—Former Gov- ernor Thomas Walter Pickett, who suffered a stroke of Paralysis at his home here last night, died this mora- ing without having regained conscfous- ness. AMERICAN BOOKS LOSE Christchurch, N. Z., Dec. 28—Brit- ish books and magazines are return- ing here to their pre-war popularity, taken from them’ by American publi- cations, eee eae IVERSARY IS hole- | for the restoration of state control pees two groups may be brought, ove. intrastate rates’ should cei 08! . 7 . | “The great sp 5 May Change Interpretation. ‘sented at’ the conference were su Meantime the new four power P3- cesstut in obtaining consent of r- cific treaty already signed by the: tain of the farm representatives to United States, Great Britain, France; cuch an agreement. and Japan got back into conference) These Were Present discussions through a suggestion from; “This conference was participated Japanese quarters that the four pow-' by the special committee represent- ‘ers agree not to apply the terms of: ing the railway executives, of which ;the pact to the principaj islands of Mr. Atterbury- of the Pennsylvania 1 janese empire. In view of di jrailnoad, was chairman. It was held thes Japanese a developing in the @t the Racquet club, in Washington, Core ee aetna to the OW Decomber 9, 1921." There had heen inited States as x , # previous conference in New York meaning of the treaty the Japanese, G1 sentember 21, of which J. R. How- were said to be considering the sug- .o lard was made chairman. Thi pres- gestion of ‘such an interpretative ont at the Racquet club meeting were agreement. Batts ‘W.-W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania |-“An interpretation not applying the) railroad, Howard lliott of the Nor- ‘treaty to the major Japanese islands: thern Pacific, W. J. Hanrahan of the would. be a reversal of the under- (Continued on. Page 2) standing said to have existed among) the delegations when the treaty was: signed. It would be adverse also to, the interpretation announced by the American delegation, but in harmony with that voiced by President Hard- ing. Should the Tokio government de-| cide formally to suggest sych an agreement, the move might precipi- tate an intricate situation in the con- ference. ¥ Another suggestion involving inter- esting political considerations came Fargo, Dec. 28.—Over 1,000 cases, civil and criminal, the majority crim- inal, are to be disposed of in the vari- ous terms of court to be held in Jan- uary, according to District Attorney MANY CASES CLUTTER UP CALENDAR OF NORTH DAKOTA FEDERAL COURT NIGHT POLICE | Proposed To Have Residenis Protected Defray Extra Cost of Service Philadelphia, Dec. 28—A plan to use four thousand unemployed men in this city as night watchmen for wages to be paid by contribu weekly by each family in the territory they are to guard, has been suggested to the unemployment committee by |Mayor Moore. The plan it is said has the endorsement of police department official's. First record of discovery of qoal in was near Oltawa, ‘Ill, in j1, Colonel Hildredth announced. Judge | Woodrough of Omaha will preside. |The Fargo term will likely last a | month. / | nhe criminal cases comprise post- ‘ office embezzlement: white slave, au- QUIETLY OBSERVED BY WILSON — Se Washington, Dec. 28.—Former Pres- planted many telegrams were receiv- ident Wilson today quietly celebrated] ed containing greetings. {this 65th birthday at his home here.} Several of the intimate friends of |:While do deviation from the daily pro-} Mr. Wilson called to extend their the homes, today from French circles. It’ was a hint, advanced informally while the delegaticn waited for news of the de- cis'ons cf the cabinet in Paris. that France might he willing to agree to a status auo limitation of submarine strength if the other vowers would gram of the Wilson household wa» greetings in person. . (Continued on Page 2) Hildreth. Federal district court! tomobile thefts, liquor violations and terms which have been postponed from} bank frauds. , Important criminal time to time owing to the difficulty in| cases scheduled for the Devils Lake securing a judge will open January/term are those of H. D. Mitchell of 20 in Minot. Following terms in Dev-/| Oklahoma City. held for oil stock pro- ils Lake and Bismarck, the Fargo ses-| motion; David Ugland and H. H. sion will open coincidently with an| Bergh, bank clerks, accused of frauds auditors have not completed returns to the Tax Commissioner. As announced at the time the as- sessment was made, the big losses in- creased the assessment per acre to 44c for $7.00 and an additional 19c per acre jor the added $3.00 per acre. This made the rate, according to the figures of Mr. Hagan’s report, 63 Per cent up- on the business written. Total ex- penses of the department were larger tor the year 1921 than for the year 1920, but the cost of adjusting land was reduced 15¢ each from $4.60 to $4.45. The ratio of overhead expenses: lis below last year’s figures, 2.8 per ‘cent as to receipts and 3.4 per cent as to loss The expenses of the hail operating ‘department for the eleven months of 1921 preceding December 1, are given in the report as follows: Credit State Hail Operating | Fund, Jan. 1st, 1921. |Adjuste " salaries $30,638.80 Expenses 49,092.94 $150,000.00 +++ 28,937.59 17,820.63 3 398.38 2,311.30 Freight and Ex... | 75.73 Tel. & telegraph 534.57 Furn. & Fix, 1,828.04 Printing ..... 10,551.79 Miscellaneous 92.56 142,273.33 Bal, State Hail Operating Fund, Nov. 30, 1921 + 7,726.67 $500 REWARD IN TIME, Birmingham, Eng., Dec. 28.—Joseph Sedgely, out of work. found a pearl necklace. He received a reward of important grand jury sitting February | and embezzlements. $500, Insurance