The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1922, Page 1

Wy The Weather fe* ronignt THE BIS FORTIETH YEAR \ BISMARCK, CK TRI BUNE [==] AY, FEBRUARY 2 NORTH DAKOTA, PRICE FIVE CENTS STORMS WORST STRIKES EAST OF NO. DAKOTA Bismarck Out of Path of Worst of Storm and Clearing Weather is Predicted SOME_ TRAINS Soo and Mott Line Trains Are Held up by Snow Drifts Which Filled Gullies STALLED ‘Bismarck was not in the path of the worst of the storm which swept south from the Winnipeg region over the Great Lakes, according to reports received by the weather bureau today The worst cf this storm has passed and although ,it is predicted that the| mercury will drop somewhat here to night it, is expected to, be. somewhat + warmer tomorrow. | The snowfall which amounted tc abcut 3 1-2 inches brought the total! amount on the ground where it had! not been disturbed to 9 1-2 inches. | The high wind which whipped the snow about as it fell caused it to drift badly in many places. Automo- bile travel was well nigh impossible Four snowpl 's Were put into oper- ation on the, Svo line to clear up the! most track. The North Soo did not arrive last evening, having been stopped near|ter rcof collapsed, ca Ruso, in the northern edge of Mc-| UU ere Lean county where the snow had drifted to a depth of several fez: in a cus. The 25 passengers on the train: were taken into town, a quarter of a| mile away from the train, and were; to remain there until the track was | cleared. All freight trains made their! way thnoug; heavy drifts. Trains Annulled A train from Max to Sanish was an-j nulled as was the North Soo due to leave here at 7 o'clock this morning. | The South Soo was to go out this) morning and it was expecied that the track would soon be cleared. Snow} was siill drifting on the prairies, however,/and reports over the Soo} said that it was storming around ‘Hankinson this: morning. Northern Pacific reports said that a train on the, Mott branch was stranded near Elgin last night, but was able to get through later, and that the Kill- deer branch experienced_no great dif- ficulty. Main linetraitis weré able to get through but were late. The Pingree branch train arrived in Wil- ton on time last night, but was stop-| ped today, according to a report from y but teams and sleds jirjured, whi day. 1 cave-in Saturday, January 29, and § ond Assistant Postmaster Gene . H. Shaugnessy, one of those seriously death is reported to- Under the weight of snow from the severe blizzard the capital has xperienced in years, the whole thea- ying the bal- MUSCLE SHOALS PLAN OF FORD SENT CONGRESS Secretary Weeks Avoids Making Specific Recommendation in His Letter MUST SPEND MORE MONEY ays $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 Must be Spent by U. S. to Complete Project Jamestown. t Little trouble was experienced’ by the North Dakota Independent Tele- phone Company and the ‘Hughes Elec- tric Company with their lines. It was said at the telephone company offices that there were only two or threo cases of trouble on toll lines and very litle trouble on local lines. lights of thé Hughes Company were out last night but it was said they would be ion tonight. ' The weather bureau’s summary of the January- weather issued today shewed that the temperature during the month averaged above normal. The average was 8 degrees above zero, as compared to a normal of 6.7 above. The percentage of sunshine for the’ month, which was 56 per cent, was 3 per cent above normal. There were 11 clear days, 9 partly cloudy and 11 listed as: cloudy, CALL TAXIS IN MANDAN, | Supt. C. L. Love of the Mandan pub-| lic schools .n order to test the fury! of the blizzard sent four children to! their homes, accompanied by elders. Two of them arrived home and two; had to have help. As a result he! pressed into service all the taxicabs: of the town into service to take the! younger children home. | BLIZZARD Fargo, seb, 2—The blizzard which} ck Fargo jJast night moved at! the speed of ordinary storms, | Washington, Feb. 2.—Henry Ford’s Proposal for the government project at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was sub- mitte to congress today by Secretary Weeks, for “such action as congress may deem appropriate.” The only suggestions contained in the letter related to specific clauses and the desirability of amendment which would, in the event of the pro- posal being accepted Iby copgreks, further safeguard the government’s interest. / | Otherwise the secretary of war care- fully avoids reterence to congressional action involving the acceptance or rejection of the offer. “In the event Mr. Ford’s proposal ‘is accepted,” Secretary Weeks declared, “the government must make new ap- propriations amounting to ~ tween 40 and 50 million dollars of whic. Mr. Ford will have the benefit for approximately 100 years at 4 per cent,” Must Spend Money In the event the offer is rejected the Secretary gave it as his opinion “that dam ‘No. 2, Wilson dam, should be completed by the government.” “If this were done,” he continues, “the government may itseif under- take to sell the products to the b advantage. In such case the arnow of the government’s proposed invest- gent would be very materially re- duced.” The secretary also suggested a mod- | | ification ‘by Congress so that in event al EB. | ccording to weather bureau officials.!the oyerating company to be created They said its velocity was 300 miles failed to carry out performance of the in 24 hours, as compared to a usual| contract some penalty could be im- 400 miles. Four and a half inches of} snow fell. The wind velocity was 22) miles per hour. A number of trains} on all railroads running into Fargo! were tied up for hours last night and} the roads have all their snow fight-| ing equipment in action today. Many | people stayed in hotels downtown last night ‘to avoid the hardship of going home through the blizzard. At Minot a number of trains’ were delayed at surrounding junction points during the night but were preparing! being made to make to get underway tcday, CHESTNUT HEADS N. D. SECRETARIES Fargo, N. D., Feb. 2—W. P. Chest- nut, secretary of the Fargo commer- cial club was elected president of the North Dakota Federation of Civic and Commerce organizations at the annuai convention of the organization held here. The other officers elected are: Thomas H. Sullivan of Mandan, vice president; W. W. Blain, Grand Forks, second ‘vice-president; C. E. Louns- ‘berry of Wahpeton, secretary-treas- urer. Resolutions were adopted urging legislation authorizing cities to levy money by taxation for bands and for the registration of title to automo- piles to guard against theft. The or- ganization also went on record for lower freight rates and the elimina- tion of discrimination in rates in fa- vor of any city. United States has 319,000,000 acres of cultivated lands, | telegrapher posed, Kenmare, N. telegraphers, repre every station in Montana met here to discuss 1 ‘ special interest to both railroads and G. W. general end G. Hough, local ) chairman | chairman of the order of railroad tele- | graphers, both of ‘Minneapolis, w the principal speakers. An effort is ‘the meetings and Kenmare nm headqua regular annual al | permanent convent | i WIRE FROM ved here locally the senate had confirmed dhim pectedthat Mr -Milller willl leave Inmates of North Dakota's peniten- tiary were voluminoug readers during the first month $f 1922 according to the report of the librarian just made public. Ten hundred and twenty-five polttercat volumes were issued during [| the commission are: | THEATER DISASTER SCENE; ONE OF VICTIMS vony down with it. The theater was lo-! ed in the heart of Washington's jonable northwest quarter. The The Washington theater di ranks with the Conways Theater dis- 3 in Brooklyn in 1876 which killed | the. Iroquois Theater disaster cago in 1903 with a death toll of 575, | > >) Today’s Weather | ———— lq For twenty-four hours ending a noon February 2. Temperature at 7 a.m. . Highest yes E Lowest ) Lowest night . ecipitation ... Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecast Bismarck and Vicinity: 2 2 v iv i | Fair | tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: For Generally fair west pcertion, somewhat unsettled: ‘east portion tonight and Friday; war- | mer tonight in extreme west portion. | _ Weather Conditions | The storm center this morning is} over the northern lake region and snow and high winds have continued | from the Dakotas and Iowa eastward. {Fair weather prevails over western ections and temperatures are rising | jin the extreme northwest, but readings ‘ are considerably below zero in Sas- katchewan and southward over cast- ern Montana and extreme western North Dakcta. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. i — ] ASK GLOSING OF STATIONS \ if t Many Petitions Received By! Public Service Body Numerous petitions are being — re-; ceived by the state raifroad commis: | sion from railroads for authority to close small stations in the state, ap- parently as a part of an economy pro- | gram, ‘Vigorous dissent has been en- tered by citizens of many towns. Among the petitions filed with the’ commission this week along this line | are: , | Application of N. P. to close Dover! siation from Jan. 1 to April 1 is de-! nied. } Application ef G. Jat Silver Leat is denied. | ‘Appliceticn of N. FP. to discontinue | ithdrawn. ven Milwaukeg to dis- at Griffin. given Milwaukee to at Freda, of Leal, peti- lag stop for Nos. to close station d en tion for making Leal 197 and 108, ing will be held at New Bng- eb, 2, on che application of the » for permission to revise on New ngland-Mobridge line to tri-weekly service. Anong other actions on ‘file with Petition by QOt- ;to Mueller to sell and R. K. Hafner |to buy. the Zap Telephone Company ster 2 FIRE CALLS | No Great Damage is Done, Fire 1U.$, PREPARING | TOACTIF MINE - STRIKECALLE D ’ Attorney General Daughe rty | Says Department of Justic j¢ | Is Working Out Plan | i i ‘SCALE BODY 10 M EET Miners Committee to Tak @ Up _ Drafting of New Wage Scale i During Next Week | of the The Attorney-General sai: closely watching the coa} in |velopments as well as the i the was lustry de- proposed ers of America which wi’ ine demands of the miner |the wage agreement witb ‘tors which expires March in Indianapolis next Wed A John L. Lewis, interna’ ident, announced here tod 1 formulate 3 to replace ; the opera- 31 will meet tional presi- ay. FILM LEADER William D. Taylor found, Dead| RAISED T0 98 ithe largest film comp: nationally known in the odustry, was found de Edward H. Shaughnessy, Second Assistant Postmaster-gen- eral, Dies in Hospital here today-under cire the police said indicat Washington, Feb. 2—Edward H. CARDINAL G0 Shaughnessy, of Chicago, second asst. postihaster-general, died here early , ial today at Walter Reid hospital from IN SEO] rt STON injuries received at the Knockerbock- | “had been shot through After the first inve: thought he had suffere but closer examinatic | bullet wounds. er theater disaster Saturday night. | Although his injuries were critical he had shown impnovement and his death was unexpected. { 5 jAtthnding physicians said his death | followed a sudden, heart collapse Rome, a shortly after midnight., Mr. Shaugh- Peete eae nessv’s wife and 10-year-old daughter, Cotjege which is to Ruth, both of whom are “now recover- 5 She i ing in another hospital from injuries S0° ' Pope Benedi received in the disaster, had not been tings today. Fifty-t: informed of his death early today, into seclusion last n ight and were cut ne death brings the fatality list oft from commun’ ation until their to 98, ‘task should be done. ¢ | The first ballot {be taken until Frid { for one ofj ies here and Motion picture wi at his home xinstances that 4d murder, He | the neck. tigation it was iia hentorrhage, f, disclosed the First Ballot For N Bw Pope Prob- ably Comes] jpmorrow f y’ the Associated ve of the Sacred choose a succes- ct began its sit- yo Cardinals wénc yw morning. DURING NIGHT SPECIAL BONUS 72—The soldiers out of , special ped first and soc- d_ tobacco levie: bclared today be- and means com- Washington, Feb ‘bonus must be pa = |taxes such as iner¢ Two fire calls were received by the ond class postage fire department night, hut little | Secretary Mellon damage was occ ned. {fore the house wa The department was called ‘to the! mittee: * home cf Leonard Reed near Twen-|,, Secretary Mello ty-fi . ier that it would rst and Rosser streets about; ‘ ne 4 ‘depend upon the Department Reports reiterated his be- p impracticable to jreign debt for 7 P. M., but before the department: O°? : ug ac reached there it was reported the fire] imancing the pro Bed ae ay. ed Gan out The fire had originated | sed compensat mi. plan’ because = ;the revenue from that source is pro- from a range and was quickly put | plemati 1 ¥ our. | Theso The department was called to. 719} special sources W Fifth street about 9:30 P. M., where! retary: stimate 4 of revenue from sro made by the Sec- jline at Zap; request of Mathias Grew~ er and others against Hannes Light and Power Company, Glen Ullin, ask- ing meter tests; hearing at Glen Ul- lin on Feb. 3 to investigate rates, charges, practi of ‘Hannes Light and Power Company. MILLER | STATES CONFIRMATION TOOK PLACE TODAY from Andrew Miller were to the effect that the United States senate late today confirmed him as federal judgefl A télegrom received from Mr. Millar stated that in executive session. It is ex- Washington for home today. the month to the less than 250 men and two or three women now at home in the big institution. This is an aver- age of about 35 volumes for each day, and according to the librarians few of jthe volumes are withdrawn from the shelves and not read, a house owned by W, S. Casselman,;; One cent sinere thay fire department reported, cyerheated chimney caused a which ate through the roof. The bla was extinguished with chemicals. , ee in first class ad class postage to that branch of the nt, $30,000,000, e tax, 50 cents on Increase tobac i tax, 2 cents a ‘round, $5,000,000; A license tax ~~ | power on autom St. Paul, Feb. 2.—Heirs of the $12,- | Si 000,000 ate of the late Mrs, Mary T. Hill, widow of James,J. Hill, the “em- | ‘pire builder,” went into probate court , here today in the contest over appoint- ment of an executor for her estate. Lonis W. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern Railway, has asked that he be named executor while a majority of the children oppose his selection. LEITH UTILITY SOLD. Leith, N. D.. Feb, 2—The Leith Electric Light and Power plant has been sold by stockholders to E. W. Richards of Raleigh for $4,000. The village granted the purchaser a 20- year franchise upon condition of 24-; hour service and not to exceed 28 “cents per kilowatt. ¥ on each bank tax, cents a horse- , $100,000,000, OVER Dublin, Feb. has arisen ove between Ulste was announce %—A serious situation he boundary question Craig, premie: Collins, head sional govel en produces re annually. & ry United Stat worth of min: ‘Washington, Feb. 2—Plans government to cope with the * ftuation iWhich might arise in the eve mt of a strike of coal miners when t he pres- | ent agreement cxpires at th 4 end of jhext menth are heing worke Aout by ; the department of justice, it yas indi- ieated today by “Attorne —patencral ; Daugherty. i junction of the railroad wo with the United Mine Workers to resist ; Wage decreases, but said h g was not jready yet to make knowr {| the gov- ‘eynment’s policy. | SCALE COMMITTEE .T >: MEET | Indianapolis, 2- ne _ scale committee o! ited‘ fine Work- | lesday, Feb. | Dean Babcock Reports Substan- ithe commercial possibilities of lignite from all parts of will probably noy TAX NE -SESSARY BRIN. BOUNDARY and South Ireland, it flicially asa result of today’s confer ce between Sir James |or Ramsey county, Minnesota, in cou- __ Lof Ulster, and Michael | nection with the robbery of an oil it the new Irish pro-/ filling station in Minneapolis, accord- 2,500,000 | TWENTY MEN ENTOMBED IN COAL MINE RESCUERS WORK risk weather predictions very far ahead. But the groundhog takes Explosion in Pennsylvania Coal Mine Mile and Half From a chance—or perhaps those who _ fbélieve him take a chance. i Shaft Disastrous H Anyway, he tells us today that SROUNDHOG SAYS- * Mywhat a shadow: Id due/ FEAR OTHERS ARE DEAD Hundreds of People Gather at . Mouth of Mine; Police Neces- sary to Hold Crowd Back ALL HOPE ABANDONED, Gates, Feb, 2—All hopes for the miners imprisoned by an ex- plosion in the Gates mine was ; bandoned at 2 o’clock this after. ; noon when rescue crews came | Rerose seven bodies in the wo | Ings alfeeted by the blast. Nine bodies had previously heen | brought out. Oificials sald the i men still unaccounted for had | probably perished. | This theory was based on the { | | there is to be six weeks more of cold weather, That is, unless he came out very early when it was cloudy and then went back to a lazy sleep for the rest of the day. For r the morning wore on and tle bright sun came out there was no reason why the groundhog could not see his shadow very ‘plainly, shout “six weeks more of cold weathe and go back to sloep. OF UNIVERSITY IS PROGRESSING fact that the men brought out from asphyxiation 1 injuries, of the reseue crew aries taken In the® he alr had died, had_ perish and not tre Members said that mine to tes yates, Pa., 2—The bodies of nine miners killed in an explosion in the Gates mine of the H. ©. Frick ;Coke Company here today had been brought to the surface at noon frow the entry, one and one-half ‘miles from tial Progress Made and Work the foot of the shaft where the acci- {dent occurred. About Completed |. Twenty men, it was stated, are still iin the mine and experienced miners ' working feverishly to reach them ox- { ] ' TO MAKE MANY TESTS, breaded the opinion that all were ! ad. H IS MUR’ ERED. | “hundreds of persons assembled ‘: fl i from nearby mines and a detail of 10 Material Will Be Put in Form of siate policemen was sent to the shaft to hold them back. In the crowd were said to be many members of the fam- lilies of the dead and missing miners. Elaborate Analyses and ’ Reports Soon Made i j, The men entombed are in a room one and one-half miles from the mouth of the mine. Trained rescue crews the Connellsville coal is about ‘completed according to coal fields are working in relays to the report of Dean E. J.. Babcock of Teach the men. the Engineering Si , A large number of men were in the eu Ha brani Denartmentsor ithe entries and. room. when the explosion State University to the Industrial ocurred. Commission, for its annual report of ‘rhe ming ‘is ‘a’ shaft 680 feet deep 1921. Field work was completed dur-!and che explosion occurred in a .sec- ing the last summer by a force under ‘tion so far back i i § in thé workings’ tnat the direction of Dr. A. G. Leonard and |its force was spent before it could work will be completed and the report ' th the bottom of the shaft and formulated, damage the hoisting machinery, SEEK ELECTION AS SCHOOL RAD field work on the coal deposits was done by Dr. Leonard and his party ‘n Bowman and Slope Counties and thereby all of the field work which could be covered by the provisions of -this bill was completed. During the past year a large amount of work has | been done in the School of Mines, | Formally Announces Candidacy for County Superintemdent of Burlegih Court ef larger and important tests at thei ee! y Mining Sub-Station. Some remaining ageing’ tests are to bo concluded at the School _ Miss Madge Runey, teacher of Eng- of Mines laboratories and after all the lish in the high school,/ today an- cats in ie field workin eonneson nounced that she would jbe a candi- with the Geological Survey, p a Fs survey and the tests of the lignite have date for the position of superintendent. state departments and I think will also s had extensive be very beneficial to the State as a experience in the count}/ both in and whole.” out of Bismarck, In g¢dition to her | After quoting at some length from work as teacher of Tjnglish in the ihis report of a year ago, Dean Bab- high school she heads the staff of the ck continued: \ night school and teachfs a course in already been stated, the field Americanization for [the benefit of Completion of the investigation of analyzing and testing the coal sam-| ! ples collected from the field, to show | itheir quality, character and adapta- bility for various fuel uses. ; In addition to these tests, several | carloads have been shipped from typ- | ical districts in the states for a series been assembled and worked over, a Of schools of Burleigh connty in the report jcovering the whole ie oF next primary election. work and the results will be pub- i i | lished. The results of this survey ann ey af the HO eat and the special investigations of the oe Se diecussed 45: ,p0y pile, candly coal deposits of the State have been @#tes for various county ‘ffices to an- much needed by the land and other nounce her candidacy, Miss Runey_ has “AS | work and most of the tests provided many who desire to he] naturalized. ifor in the bill have been completed far as could be within the pro- ions of the act. ‘This material will be put in the form of a detailed re- port, which will include maps of the coal areas, analyses, tests and a great deal of information as to the quality, ‘hereter nd adptbility of this coal for fuel purposes, together with informa- tion as to whether or not the lands having these deposits seem better suit- Fargo, Feb. 2.—Phe executive coun- jed for better coal development or for cj] of the North IPakota Bankers as- | othe: purposes and in addition to this, gocjation at a meeking in Fargo adopt- there will be included a large amount ¢q resolutions ur ing that taxpayers ‘of other valuable and needed informa- meetings be hed fn every county with tion, It is expected this report pall taxirg officials spresent for the pur- be issued and off the press sometime pose of devising methods of reduc- within the year. ee en Ing taxation. FRENCH FOR wesrerN union ASK TAXPAYERS HOLD MEETINGS Washington{ Feb. 2—Issuance by the state depprtment of a license to the ‘Western /Union Telegraph Com- Pp; , Feb. 2—(By the Associated , pany for the Janding of its Barbardoes Pre -France will be ofl lly rep-|cable at Mimi, Florida, may be ex- resented ut, the, international eco-! pected witkip a few days, it was indi- samic and‘ finance conference. inj|cated today /by pfficials of*the depart- was an-/ment. COMPETING FOR Genoa early next month, it nounced. MINOT MEN HELD i. Minot, N. D., Feb, 2—Arthur R. SKATING HONORS Meservy, George B, Hodge and W. 0. Green. said to be . aa ae eReR RL Saramak, N. Y., Feb. 2—With Wil- have been bound over to district court |); sthinmetz. of Chicago, and Charles /Pewstraw, of Lake Plactd, separatefi only by ten points in the in- ternatiofal amateur outdoor skating champignship the closing events to- day were expected to result in a hard- fought | rontest, } ing to word received here. } Sailors associate the screaming of [eeu with windy weather.