The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1922, Page 1

_The Weather Generally Fair Last Edition ==|THE BISMARCK TRIBUN NY KILLED IN SOUTHERN STORMS 7 MORPHY NAMED (GET THE “KICK” AND AVOID THE LAW, AS SUCCESSOR | oo — GRONNA OUT IN OPEN: ASKS FOR DON’T FORGET THAT FATHER . AND SON BANQUET THIS EV _ ISMOONSHINER’S SLOGAN, GOVERNMENT NINE KILLED IN DON’T ‘FORGET . a eee See CHEMIST FINDS IN INVESTIGATION OKLAHOMA TOWN Quickly, and Anything is Good For Mash That Provides Supt. of Grafton) Schools is Ap- < t _a Wallop-Denatured Alcohol Now Being Used ; pointed to State Board of | a a HomeBiewenss > D. R. Poole of Winnipeg, is the speaker of the evening. Judge.Chris- Administration 2 ba tees tianson will be toastmaster. There will be something doing every minute. : ¢ A . f : ‘ Ingenuity of man is reflected in the numerous methods used in con- ; Boys eee a oe a dads are to come anyway provided they LONG: A. SUPERINTENDENT |sttucting “hootch” stills and the reckless abandon of one in search of. the have registere . J, Ma 5 | “kick” is shown in the ingredients used and carelessness with which it is H made, says C.°J. West, of Minneapolis, government chemist, who has ex- | Rotarians are urged to be at the High School Gymnasium at 5:45 this evening to assist in the preliminaries for the Father and Son banquet |which takes place this evening at 6:15. } ‘ j Enters Race Against, McCumber For Senator, Announcement in Courier-News, Says Louisiana Towns Reported Prac- tically Obliterated and Many Persons Killed : | ee ON LEAGUE PLATFORM! ARKANSAS ALSO IN PATH IN CASE Numerous complaints are being re- ceived by the State Humane Society of suffering of stock on ranges, it was said today by Geo. B. Newcomb, super- Bidding For Their Votes fe repre ! Asle J. Gronna is now in the open, COMPLAINTS OF in the 1920 primary in which Gronna denounced Nonpartisans in bitter at- partisan league platform was received with some surprise, but reports have, organ follows: ‘ I am a ‘candidate for United States 16 years, I refer you to my record in Dut suffering animals out of a misery the house and the senate. I stand! sure to eventuate in death.” . His formal candidacy for the sen- TACK OF CARE: tacks on them and their proposed gov-, reached Bismarck that for several senator on the Republican ticket, and squarely upop that record. I renew A statement issued by Mr. Newcomb Former Senator, Radical Oppon-|at the High School. atorship is announced in today’s Far- go Courier-News, with a bid for sup- port of the Nonpartisan league. OF CTOCK MADE ernmental changes as socialistic. 5 .. The announcement of Gronna was Humane Society Receives Re- forecast in The Tribune several days} ports of Many Animals days he has frequently been in confer-|STATEMENT ence with ‘P. L. Aarhus, manager of| the Courier-News. The formal an- ‘I most respectfully ask for the vote| intendent of the society. i : and support of citizens of our state, Members of the society and others regardless of factional politics. “Hav-| are advised to “in plainly spoken my solemn pledge to the people of|and J, C. Wilson, district superintend- North Dakota to give faithful and ef- aa ee Peri ‘ ficient service to the people of the} «Because of the very numerous com- ent of League in 1920, Now Everything is all set. Let’s Go! Gronna, was defeated by Senator Ladd ago. His announcement on a Non- “* ‘Down” on the Range nouncement as printed in the league ing served the people of this state for; words be actuated by humaneness and state and the nation, regardless of plaints pertaining to the suffering of “ factions, In the future as in the past,; stgck on the range coming to tae of- I shall refuse to be controlled by po-! fice of the State Humane Society since litical bosses or other sinister influ-' the recent unusual storms, the super- ences aetemenal to representative! intendent of the society thinking it government. best requested an opinion from the i have often been asked if I favor office of the attorney general as to the the farmers’ program. My answer has} proper procedure when immediate ac- always been that I favor any pro- tion seemed necessary from the stand- gram that is economically sound and’ point of humaneness and that opinion just. I favor any program which can |i, hereby given in. substence: possibly improve the conditions of the “Recognizing the peculiar situation farmer. I am opposed to any Pro-/ in the state at tiis time due to drouth gram based upon a false economic/ ang financial stress many farmers find Principle, and which turns out to be| themselves unable to Procure neces. only a fake and a swindle. sary feed for’ their stock other than For Farmers’ Program from the range and the neavy blanket I believe in constructive’ things,| of snow has made it difficult to obtain and I would not raise a finger against | sufficient from this source and conse- any program which could possibly be| quently much stock ‘is down.’ of benefit to the farmer. I have al-| “The legal procedure is to notify ways said that the farmer should! owner whenever possible either direct transact his own business, and I wel-| ot by publication and when such is come the day when he shall be in aj not possible and stock ‘is down’ and position to be able to fix his own| apparently worthless the justice of the prices and conduct'the business on the! peace should ‘be notified and with the farm according to the same rule and! two others should appraise the stock. system that. other business is being] If said justice is not available and the conducted: ‘In this way only will hej case demands immediate action then succeed, and when. the farmer makes| the humane act would be to secure/ a success it is possible for all kinds of] any person or persons and if agreed} business to prosper. among them said stock is worthless I favor the early completion of! destroy the same in which event it the state mill and elevator and there| would be wise to make a record of; is no reason why it shorld not be} such action. In plainly spoken words completed by August first, 1922. We} be actuated by numaneness and put should give this plant a fair trial in} suffering animals out of a misery sure} operating it. The building of the mill! to eventuate in death, is only the beginning. We must look | “However, where it appears stock is into every phase of the industry and | wilfully neglected or otherwise: cruelly the operating expenses must be taken| treated (abused) upon complaint to into account. | the office of the society joVestiestion ‘ corimi ‘| will be made and if the findings war-j rhe r vi PET RATER TEN rant the same will be turned over to against North Dakota is unjust. (the state’s attorney with whom is} Here is a comparison of North Da-} lodged the power to prosecute.” kota and Minnesota ‘state rates on} wheat, carloads: e ' 50 miles haul 11 cents North Da- 50 ‘mile haul, 8 cents Minnesota, 100 mile haul 15 1-2 cents North Dakota. : oat mile haul, 22 1-2 cents North! peifast, March 14.—The casualty akota. hi ie aera F ‘ | list from the activities of gun men and; 200 mile haul, 14 cents Minnesota. | nomb throwers in the last ten weeks ' aaete mils dhaul, 26 cents Ndrth | totaled 83 dead and 157 seriously ‘ota. Northern 300 mile haul, 16 cents, Minnesota. eee Legit deem wos ideas 400 mile haul, 29 cents, North | ~ cal Dakota. | 400 mile haul, 17 1-2 cents Minne-/ MISSISSIPPI | a CAUSES TROUBLE In Minnesota 15 1-2 cents per hun- red Bounds pall Haul = catlond of Thousands of acres of productive Wheat a distance of 260 miles, in| nq along the Mississippi river bot- month: Dakols this rate will only pay! toms hetween Ortonville and Monte- F 1k f North Dakot: | video are flooded from a depth of from| or Bank o| el Gate | two to six feet as a result of the con-| The Bank of North Dakota could) tinued thaw. and should be made a real farmers’) Farmers jiving on the bottoms south| bank to finance the farmer and the! of this city ‘nave been forced to move! state industries. A scientific rural; their cattle to higier ground. credit law on the amortization plan| z should be enacted in substantially the | Same form as the federal rural creait| Hard To Select J ury act. -It should provide for the forma- To Try Arbuckle’ tion of farm loan associations, the! mortgages to run to the bank or the}. {who had not been so engaged. j when she passed away; Mrs. George state and then be used as a basis for farm loan bonds. The bonds should be exempt from taxation. I am con- fident that such bonds would sell in the markets at a premium and at a rate of interest not to exceed four and one half per cent. The rate of interest tothe farmer should be five per cent plus one per cent to apply on the principal each year. At this rate the sum borrowed would bepaid in thirty-four years;- but the, farmer San Francisco, Calif., March 14.— With one juror passed temporarily ef- , forts to select 12 persons to try Fatty Arbuckle for the third time, continued today. It is expected by both prose-| cution and defense that most if not all! the week will be consumed in the se-} lection of a jury. Little public interest js being shown in the case here. Renews Argument (FISHING, GOLF could pay any part of the sum ‘bor- rowed at any interest paying date, or In Obenchain Case: could pay it in full after the first five H years. ’ If the farmer could be properly financed it would go a long ways in Los Angeles, March 14.—Argument in the case of Mrs. Madalynne Oben-| chain, on trial for the murder of J. Rotarians who have not been selected as “Dads” will be taken care of; WORLD LEAGUE 1S PROPOSED Washington, March 14.—Crea- tion of an association of nations was formally proposed in the sen- ate today by Senater McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, dur- Ing debate on the four-power Pa- cifle treaty. The North Dakota senator read the plank in the Republican plat- form of 1920 regarding such an international agreement and then made his proposal which he said would carry - out the campaign pledge. : MERGER COUNTY H. L.\Stephens Charged . With Having Taken Kidder County Woman To Minnegota (H, L, Stephens of Mercer county pleaded guilty before Judge Miller early this afternoon in federal court to violating fhe Mann act. Stephens was transporting a woman from North Dakota to Minnesota for immoral purposes. . SL. Nichols, assistant district at- torney, who represented the govern- ment’s case said that Stephens had lived in Mercer couny, was a journey- man: plasterer, had a wife and three, children, anu that while he:was cut-| ting hay near Steele in 1920 he be-) came enamored with Mrs. Ada Allen. Mrs. Allen, he said, had several chil-| dren. Mrs. Allen deserted her hus-| band and Stephens his w-fe, (Mr. (Nich- ols said, and they went to Fargo and lived as man and wife. They then went to Pembina and into Minnesota. | Seme time later, he said, Stephens | returned to Mercer county while his wife was absent, visiting her parents | in Missouri, and installed Mrs. Allen in his home. J. (M. Hanley of Mandan, represent- ing the defendant, said that Stephens and his wife and Allen and his wife} tioth had been separated when they; met, and jthat a divorce? was jpending! in one case. He told the court that the oniginal purpose of the Mann ; ‘white slave” act was to prevent com- mercialized vice, but that many per- sons had been charged under the act | fe | said tha: Stephens’ wife was willing} that he come back, that the family had New Appointee | and School Man—Expected | ness before the granfi jury. WATER HEARING board of administration to succeed J. L Cahill, w20_was declared to have for-| j felted his office because of failure to qualify by taking the’ oath of- office j and filing a bond, it was announced to; day at the governor's office. at Mr. Murphy will take his seqt on the ‘board as soon as he. qualifies, it was said. The appointment is for the re- mained of a six-year term, which be- gan last July. Mr. Cahill is stil} serv- : ing on the board from a previous ap-| Methods ofp Procedure | pointment. , | ee | Tae new: appointee has been engag- TO | COMBAT. INCREASE| ed in school work for 25 years, is a Democrat and member of the Demo- Sot the cratic state committee, J. Nelson! Two members*of the city commis- Kelly, of Grand Forks, formerly super-| sion, Commissioners Thompson and ;intendent of schools there, was en-| Larson, were delegated by the com- dorsed by the Democrttic committee! mission at its meeting last night to pfor the position. Mr. Kelly was un-| meet members of the railroad com-| able to accept because business afili-| mission and ascertain the extent of | i aHons would not permit his removai|the inquiry to be made in connections cm Grand Forks to Bismarck and he| With the water hearings set for May fi Joined in a recommendation of Mr.}1. This was decided upon after dis- Pe amined about every variety of mocnshine concocted in the Northwest. A is Democrat/ jest is in Bismarck attending sessions of federal ccurt and will be a wit-| Several Negroes Reported Killed Two Members. To Interview 2"tiles of the aousehold are employed | Railroad Commissioners On | structing a still. Mr. at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, There are just three kinds of stills, pa In Tornado Mr. West says—the “pot” still, the} chamber charge still and the so-called continuous still, and of the three the |moonshiner chooses tie cheapest, which is the first-named, The pot still 1 is not only cheaper but it can be yuick-! [Jy dismantjed and a milk can which! may serve as an integral part of the! sitll may become just a milk contained in a minute or two as a federal agent | approaches. Milk cans, metal parts o2! harness, wash boilers and other similar McAllister, Okla., Mar. 14.— Nine persons were killed and a number seriously injured by a tornado that levelled a path through Gowen, a mining village 15 miles east of here last night, according to F. W. Sames, who returned to his home today after assisting in relief work at the stricken town last night. bp the “home brew” artist in con- Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 14.— Sunrise, Louisiana, and West Bgton Rouge parish was prac- tically obliterated this morning by a tornado. Two persons were killed, 16 injured and a number of dwellings blown down. Pine Bluff, Ark. Mar. 14.—At Most anything is used by the moon- shiner that will provide ingredients for the “kick,” Mr, West says. ‘Raisins | are used most extensively, he says, but prunes, pears, apples,most any kind of fruit—small grain of most any! kind,‘ potatoes, and even clover, Mr.| |come to the government laboratory at| Davis says his experience has shown. | Orientals use rice, and many samples of “saka,” the rice “hootch,” Aave least Six negroes and several whites were injured in a tornado which pass- ed through the northern part of this | ecunty early today. The storm pass- ed through northeastern Jefferson and southeastern Lonoke county Minneapolis. “Saka” jis reputed to! have a terrific wallop, and oue which] may even be a complete knock-out. | ahout 1 a. m. wrecking farm houses s The Draw-backs, _ jand buildings, according to passengers ‘Not a great many moonshiners both-|arriving on a train from the storm er to color the liquor, but many en-|se:ticn this morning. gaged “on a commercial scale” find Wires in the storm area are down schoo] and been a school executive in : Murphy, it was ‘said. cussion over the employing of an ac- | ; Mr. Murphy graduated from a uni-|céuntant or a utility rate man in the versity in Nova ‘Scotia, ‘has taught; case. - It had been suggested by City At-j caramel and burnt sugar are satisfac-| aud details are meager. North Dakota, and has occupied his;torney O'Hare that an accountant be Present position at Grafton for several | employed. | years. ‘He hag been active in Demo-! L. P. Hunt, engaged in utility prac- «ratic politiée, he having been a dele.| tice, appeared before the commis- gate to’the San Francisco convention,| sion relative, to employment in’ the a member of the resolutions commit-: matter, and suggested an investiga- tee there and is said to have been high | tion of all phases of the matter should man jn the election in which he was/\be made, going behind the books of named a delegate. the water company. Mr. Hunt said tice for, the cities of Minot, Grand Forks, Fargo and others in this state and larger. cities in other states. Among other cases he said,he pad worked on the telephone cases for the railroad commission, in which TALK ON BONUS he said the commission did not have funds to make a complete investiga- MMI | | EE tion, that the telephone company re-;| A ; fused to furnish the commission with | certain information and then took aE the case into federal court and the Comptroller Crissinger Also Is} commission was unable -to do any- Summoned to Appear on thing. The increase was granted in thig case by an injunctional order. Conflicting Statements | The case is to be heard on its merits spony he sald, and the commission * STE had hopes of defeating the rate in- Washington, Mar. 14.—Seeretary! Greage asked by the North Dakota and Governon Harding of the fedese!| mlependent and Northwestery Bell reserve board will be asked to appear} Slepione seompantcs. before the house ways dnd m2ans Asks If Help Asked. committee this afternoon to give fur-| Commissioner Thompson wanted to! ther statements with regard to the|know if the citizens who instituted bank loan provisions of the soldier’s| the water cases wished! help, saying bonus. none had appeared before the co! ‘Chairman -Fordney said the . bill} mission. Commissioner French sa id! would de reported out as scon as the| ome had spoken to him last Monday, | ithree officials had been heard and hej Saying they intended to ask aid. Com- did not think the measure would ba| missioner Thompson said he was will- amended any further. |ing to spend any money necessary if The motion to call in the thres ad-| the taxpayers wished it, but wanted ministration officers was made by! to know just what the elty was going Representative | Garner, of, Texas,|to “0, saying thatthe city got in a been broken up and-he was nezded to; support her and the children. { Mrs. ‘Stephens was not present bit} was said to be in town. Judge Miller | postponed action until he could inter- view hor. f | | PIONEER OF STATE DIES i Mrs. Elizabeth Allshause Passes’ ranking Democrat, and was adopted | mess in the last cage and started in 13 to 11 after a sharp contest. Seven; ¢apecting a small cost and Spent sev- Republicans joined with six democrats|¢Tal thousand dollars for’ attorney in voting in the affirmative. Two! and other fees. Democrats voted against the motion.| President’ Lenhart sald the city In announcing that Secretary Mel-| ought to combat the rate increase lon, Governor Harding and Comptrol-| plea, as it would involve an increase ler Crissinger would appear before} Of $50,000 a year or more in water the commission in opén session, Chair/.Tates. The opinion was general that man Fordney said it had been decided the commission ought to take action to call them because they had made! in thd cases. icti “th .| Commissioner Thompson asked pa eamenis conflicting a) ene i what had become of the other cases in aad is mittze| Wiich the city expended several thou- pate pieedg the Peri to reinsert! sand dollars for attorney fees. City Away i Mrs. Elizabeth Allshouse, 89 year’ old, who made her a2ome in Bismarc! for many years with her daughter, Mrs. J. L, George, 8t1 Fourth street, passed away at Steele yesterday afte: noon at the home of ‘her daughter, | Mrs. F. O. Smith. Mrs. Allshouse had} lived in this section of the state for about 40 pears, being one of tile pio-| neer residents. She has been at the) home of her daughter in Steele for| several> weeks. Pat Surviving are her son, Thomas, of British: Columbia, who was at Stcele| and Mrs. Smith. Funeral services will be held at! Steele Wednesday afternoon. ie IS POSTPONED Fargo, March 14.—The preliminary hearing of Andy Brown, charged with the murder of Marie Wick, was again postponed here today until March 17 by agreement. ON PROGRAM ‘West Palm Beach, Fla., March 14.—- Fishing and golf constituted today’s vacation program for President Hard- ing before leaving by train for St. e a i he | Attorney O'Hare said the appeal from Soe ae Ta Rte the previous order increasing the ‘And another motion to restore the| t#tes 60 per ¢ent was still pending in eats . ‘district court, that. one case was war-time income surtax rate of 65 Per! thrown out of fedora court and that nt. These were said to have beet enothar case, that to cancel the fran- the only important amendments; chise, wag pending but there appeared rought up. m Immediately afterward ‘the house} ?°t uct use to pursue It immediately | To Hold Meeting convened, discussion of the bonus! Larson measure was participated in. | Commissioner son that the city commissioners confer mr | with the railroad commission to as- RE IN ‘certain just what the situation would be with respect to a hearing, and Comm\sjoner Thompson;. seqonded | the motion. | A special meeting will be held at 2 ‘o'clock Wednesday to consider em- ployment of additional help in the A demurrer was filed in federal) case. court today in the case against Les-) City Attorney O'Hare had informed lie Simpson and Ted Hartung, of| the commission that a stipulation Stark county known as the “box car.”| was about to be entered to permit suggested BROWN HEARING ‘ | The demurrer was argued this after-| the record in the previous water case, noon. Judge Miller. also has under] embracing several hundred pages, to consideration the plea in abatement] be included in this case to aid the iand motion quash filed in this case. | commission and save time. The hearing, which had been set for March 30, was postponed by the com- (Continued on- Page 3) The case of Jacob Verbrugh, who is suing the Beulah Coal Mining company for $52,000, was to go to jury this afternoon. After argument between attorneys Judge Miller held under the statutes the case should go to the jury. GOVERNOR ON - SHORT TRIP Governor R. A. Nestos has left for Canvass Capito}. tory coloring agents, The settlement of Gethesemena The biggest draw-back to the moon-| near the Lonoke county line was the shining business, if one .may draw| scene of the worst damage. from Mr. West's experience, is that be- pe ‘cause of carelessness in' allowing rust RELIEF WORKERS SENT or dirt to get in stills, or use of de-| Wilburton, Okla., Mar. 14.—A par- natured or wood alcohol, the moon-|ty of doctors and relief workers left shine may lead to a trip to the hospi-jhere early today for Gowen and sup- tal. The second biggest draw-back to| plies are being sent by the Red Cross. some might be the lack of assurance |'The village has a population of 700. Six women employes of the capitol made the solicitation there yesterday afternoon in behalf of the Jewish re- lief committee, Judge A. M. Chrietian- son and Secretary of State Thomas Belton Kennedy, were to be resumec soiving the marketing problem. at the opening of court this morning ————___—_. For Governmental Experiments I am a firm believer in the princi- ples that the government should aid (Continued on Page 6) Circassian walnut is heavier than water and will not float. Augustine. Arrangements were made by the president to try his hand at fish- {ing this morning and golf was expect- ed to take up the greater part of the Hall enlisting their assistance. Those participating were Mrs. ©. Dupuis, Fannie Slattery, Misses McDonald, Hilde, Alfson and McQuillan. Their afternoon, solicitation was successful, a short trip, during which he will speak at a community gathering at Finley, Steele county, Tuesday night, get to Grand Forks Wednesday to at- tend to state business and attend a re- union of the Phi Delta Theta frater- nity at the University of North Da- kota, and perhaps goto Duluth for one day’s session of the Rotary conven- tion, he being on the program, of some person wi0 purchased perfect- ly labeled bonded whiskey only to find that it was not whiskey or poor whis- key. Counterfeiting of labels has grown to be an art with some boot-leg-| gers. dients are ghoulash sauce, coffee, or tea. 500 Samples a Month. ‘Some 500 to 600 samples a month are received at the government labor- atories in Minneapolis from several states, indicating the diligence of the moonsainer and the federal officers. Denatured’ alcohol is being used a great deal now in making Nquor, Mr. | ‘West finds, and while use of wood al- cohol is somewhat more rare it still is found in some samples. developed some terrific “kicks” very! little of the stuff approaches real whis- | key in the volume percentage of al- cohol, Mr. West finds. MARKET FOR - BONDS BETTER Emmons County and Adams County Issues Are Sold A better market for county bonds of North Dakota was shown in the sub- mission of several bids for county seed; and feed bonds, sold in the office of Commissioner of Agriculture and La-! bor J, A. Kitchen. Emmons county bonds, $125,000 in all, were sold to L. R. Ballinger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, for par and allow-} ance of $1i862.50 for expenses, The bonds bear 6 per cent. Adams county | bonds, totaling $100,000, were sold to Sidney, Spitzer & Co., Toledo, Ohio, ; for par and allowance of $3,750.00 for expenses. They bear 6 per cent, McLean county commissioners de- cided to withdraw their bids for bonds, | and will issue 7 per cent warrants to| provide seed. LOFTHUS AND THATCHER TO GO TO FARGO: Fargo, March 14.—Myron Thatcher, | .of Minneapolis, for whom a warrant! wag issued charging perjury, today} notified Fred Kraemer, Cass county; sheriff, that he would arrive in Fargo; tomorrow to accept service. O. E. Lofthus, of Bismarck, also charged} with perjury, is expected to arrive} here late today or tomorrow, Girl In Leap : From Automobile ‘Kalamazoo, Mich., March 14.—Miss Emmeline Kwakernec, .19, western state normal student, was injured when she jumped from an automobile driven by John Dodge, son of the late millionaire - automobile manufacturer that a bottle perfectly labeled bonded peasy whiskey contains only moonshine. ONE KILLED AT SULPHUR The government chemist admits he’s; Sulphur, Okla., Mar. 14.—One man had many, a chuckle. over. the i}1 luck | was killed and 50 injured-by a tornado that swept the outskirts of Suluhur last night. TORNADO HITS TOWN. Baton Rouge, Ia., March 14.—A tor- (Mr. [West has analyzed some, nado hit the settlement of Sunrise, samples only to find the main ingre-| near here, this morning, killing one person and injuring eight. FORT SCOTT FLOODED. Fort Scott, Kan., March 14.—A rain of 3.5 inches here yesterday and last night caused a flood of the (Marmaton river and Mill creek which inundated north Fort Scott. ‘People moved out of that district and it was almost de- Populated today wita water flowing through it. OF U.S. EXPORTS Analysis Shows That More Wheat Exports Than jn Previoys Years ‘Washington, March {4.—Wheat was \ | king of American agricultural exports Jn 1921, In an analysis of the 1921 exports Jof 32 of the principal agricultural | products grown in the United States made public by the Department of Agricultural it is shown taat more wheat was exported during last, year than in any preceding year in the his- tory of the country and that for the first time export value of wheat and wheat flour exceeded the value of cot- ton. exports. Exports of corn in 1921, including corn meal,'were larger than in any year since 1900. CLOSING IN UPON REBELS Government Forces Gaining The Upper Hand in South Africa London, March 14.— Government forces are Closing in on the revolution- aries from the east and west, accord- ing to advices from South Africa. The main center of resistances are now at Fortsburg and in Jettstown, where the government forces are opposed by heavily armed rebel commandos. GOVERNMENT GAINS UPPERHAND Johannesburg, March 14.—(By the Associated Press.) — Government forces captured Braktan yesterday att- ernoon. It has been a revolutionary stronghold and is 22 miles east of Johannesburg. The.commandos at Fortsburg, five miles west of this place, have been notified by the government that they must evacuate taeir position by 11 o'clock this morning, failing which they will be subject to bombardment, of Detroit, was said this morning to be F phat JAMESTOWN HAS CLUE in a serious condition. v7 Jamestown, N.” D, March—The Aside from denying he was intoxi- cated and asserting it was planned only to give the young woman a little ride Dodge has refused to discuss the Jamestown Radio Club has been or- ganized here with the following offi- cers: Marshall McCarroll, president; Ernest Ellison, vicepresident; and affair, ‘Henry Smith, secretary’and treasurer,