The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1922, Page 1

The Weather Probably. Showers FORTIETH YEAR E BIS: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TRIBUNE TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1922 | Last Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS FAMOUS ONE-GUN FIGHTER KILLED FEDERATION OF LABOR CHANGES MANY METHODS Adopts Recommendations of Committees on Officers For Improving Work of Body HEAR’ SENATOR BAKER Nonpartisan League Candidate _For Governor Outlines His. Program to Delegates NAME OFFICERS ‘Lee Brundage, of Minot, was re-elected president of the State Federation of Labor this after- noon over Frank Milhollan, of Bismarck, by a vote of 32 to 23. Other officers chosen are: ‘Secretary-Treas.—A. M.: Aune, Grand Forks, re-elected. Vice-Presidents—Miners—G. R. Cole, Wilton; building trades, Ju- lius ‘Ladehoff, Bismarck; railroad workers, Fred Brosseau, Grand Forks; women workers, Mrs. Mar- garet Froates; vice-president-at- BUD BALLEW By NEA Service. Wichita Falls, Tex., May 9.—Bud Ballew was fast on the draw. Six notches on his gun proved it. : But Chief of Police J. W. McCor- mick, former Toxas Ranger, was CITY BODY IN DISCUSSION OF ‘NOISE PROTESTS Resolution Introduced to Abate Hughes Electric System ‘As a Nuisance DISCUSSION THEN FOLLOWS Matter is Deferred on Promise POREMAN SAYS BANK NOT ALONE CAUSE OF JURY Refutes Announcement Made as To Purpose of Investigation Held in Fargo Port Huron, Mich, May 9.—Jo- seph ‘Lobert, a Huron county far- mer, and his wife fought to the death at their farm home yester- day. A butcher knife and an axe figured in the tragedy, each In- flicting wounds which caused the death of the other. The bodies of the farmer and his wife were found by their old- SEEK GOLD OF THE LUSITANIA OTHER MATTERS ARE UP Says That Grand Jury Is’ To Of Utility Owner to Seek to Remedy Matter The city commission meeting last night was given over largely to a dis- cussion of a resolution introduced by Commissioner H. A. Thompson direct- ing that legal action be taken to abate the system of the Hughes Electric |company in discharging ashes as a nuisance. A petition had been filed sometime agg by a number of business men on Main street and Fourth street complaining of the noise made by the ash conveyor and the dirt. The mat- ter was referred to the city attorney large, Frank Milhollan, Bismarck. — Introduction by the committee on officers: reports of teh recommenda- tions for changes in the constitution and by-laws and methods of conduct- ing work of state federation of labor today delayed consideration of reso- lutions and election of officers election of officers was made a special order: of business for this afternoon. The report of the committee on of- ficers reports was:read by J. F. Dixon, of Fargo. Among the recommenda- tions of the committee are: Commend- ing the work of President Brundage and Secretary Aune for the past year, declaring that in spite of!a decline in membership: due to the industrial de- pression achievements had been made by the federation, urging that quarter- iy meetings of the executive board be dispensed with in interest of economy and meetings be he'd at the ‘call of the president. That action be taken with the A. FL. and international faster. McCormick answered a disturbance call here and found Bud. “Bud reached for his gun,” said the chief. “I beat’him to it.” A revol- ver was found on 'Bajlew’s body. Ballew, who was 45, came to In- dian Territory when 14. He won a reputation as a gun wielder when a deputy sheriff and was noted all through the southwest. He was in the cattle business, near Lon2 Grove, where he owned a ranch. His. widow and. a son, 19, survive. SCORIA FIRM T0 BE ESTABLISHED Main Office to be Maintained unions to require all unions to be- come affiliated with federation, urging members to try and elect labor repre- fei sentatives to the legislature, urging| Articles of incorporation for the appointment of labor legislative repre- | Scoria Construction company with a In Bismarck . sentative to seek labor legislation at | capital stock of $100,000 will be filed next legislature, placing salary of sec-| with the secretary of state by Paul E. retary-treasurer on percentage of p2r|Zimmerman, of Dickinson, Walter capita tax collected basis, make dues Stratton of Bismiarck and Hanson payable monthly instead of quarterly | Evesmitp of Fargo, the incorporators, ane employment of a full-time organ-| The new firm will perfect their or- zer, nization at ,pnce and tablish .All recommendations were adopted Radauuartors at aetaak Nieves with the exception of that relating to/o?. conducting ‘a gencral engineering, change in the séecretary’s salary. and contracting business. Branch Resolutions.Presented. offices will be maintained at Dickin- Resolutions presented to the federa- |S" and at Scoria station on the Not Fats d ition to the pro-|thern Pacific in Billings county where tion included opposition to the p: F posed repeal ‘of the teachers’ salary facts of ‘scoria have been purchased Jaw which will be voted on in North an the snpcduct will be quarried with Dakota at the June primaries; urging |* eae ae i ae On oe th passage of the soldier bonus act by|, 1 nha ac laneciiltycne ibe new, firm the national ‘congress; criticising the |‘? Maxe 2 specialty of highway con- reyes Fonti _ {struction and the furnishing of scoria state printing and publication com. ft ites fextics Faves for road projects. This product has mission for appointing. E. Crary t state printer because he is not a mem- found much favor with road builders during the past few years, and there ber of the typographical union; en- pe i dorsing the aitiance with the Nonpar- Is ai he Rata pete well tisan league and favoring nomination |,nown in Dickinson. Mr, Zimmerman of candidates of that body; providing |)),5 heen in the: contracting business for ‘publication of a labor year book,| here tor many years. As civil engi- for action. Mr. Thompson's resolution was a8 follows: “Whereas there exists in the c'ty of Bismarck at present a com- mon nuisance consisting of an appar- atug operated by the Hughes Electric company for the purpose ,of cleaning boilers of their electric plant, and “Whereas, in the operation {df said apparatus particles of ashes, soot and other debris are blown into the air to the annoyance and inquiry of adja- cent property owners, and G paratus causes steam to be blown at all hours of the day and night, to the great discomfort and injury of resi- dents in the vicinity of the plant, “Therefore, be it resolved that the clty attorney of the city of Bismarck bo and is hereby directed to take ‘ac- tion forthwith legally to abate this nuisance.” Discussion Follows, Discussion of the resolution follow- ed. 0. 'W. Roberts, weather observer, said that the dirt which blew from the plant since the new system of ash con- peyors was installed a few months ago caused damage to tho instruments, that some did not register correctly and that as a government official he said something must be done. He said that as a resident he also protested be- cause he could not sleep with a win- dow open because of the dirt and sleep was interrupted because of the noise. He said this condition had not obtained during his 16 years service in the weather bureau or residence here until the last few months. Mr. Roberts sald he knew of travel- ing men who’ would not-stop in Bis- marck anymore, but went to a Man- dan hotel, because of the noise. Mr. Hughes Called, Commissioner ‘s‘hompson and Mayor ‘Lenhart referred to the petitioners who said damage was caused their stores and offices, ‘Commissioner Larson suggested that Commissioner Henzler, being engaged in mechanical work,, investigate. Mr. tenzler said ho jhad already investi- gated and that (Mr. Roberts stated facts. Mr. Roberts, said it had been referred to the city attorney with pow- er to act. Investigate Any Violation Of Law it Finds Philadelphia, Pa, May 9—An expedition for salvaging the ‘Lus- itania and other ships that have Fargo, May 9.—F. V. Hutchinson, foreman of the grand jury sitting in|, Cass county district court, today is- sued a statement in which he tried to correct prevailing improssions con- cerning’ the ‘purpose for which the grand jury was called. He ‘commented on the fact that a recent bank failure in the city had ya been ascribed as the reason for the calling of the jury but declared that COMMITTEE 10 start from this city May 25. The steamship Blakely has been char- tered by thi Lusitania Salvaging Company. Estimatee of gold that lies at the bottom of the: sea run” into the millions. it ig the duty of the body to investi- gate any law violation of which it has knowledge or which may be brought to its attention “The statement’ follows: “In view of the fact that a grand jury is but seldom called in our state it is pos- sible that their exists a misapprehen- sion in ‘the public mind as to the man- ner and method cf its deliberation and BE CONTINUED Meeting Held in Courthouse sunk ip the last few years will \ FARMER AND WIFE FIGHT T0 THE DEATH: BUTCHER KNIFE, AXE ARE WEAPONS USED er children on their return from school. The only details of the tragedy were obtained from a 4-year-old daughter, who with two other chil- dren, aged 6 months and the other two years, were at home at the time. The six-months-old baby in the struggle between the par- ents suffered serious wounds on tee upper right arm from the nife, ENTIRE FAMILY OF FIVE PERISH IN HOME FIRE Blaze Believed to Have Started In Illinois Home From | An Incubator Mareng, Ill, May 9.—Five persons were burned to death here lage last night in a fire which-destroyed the home of August Bourge, Jr, ( ‘The dead are: Mr. Bourke, 35, and BLOW AIMED AT PROPAGANDA OF THE COMMUNISTS British Demand Activities ° in Other Countries Cease If Agreement is Made GERMANS URGE CAUTION Want Russians to Avoid Doing » Anything to Cause France And Belgium to Quit Genoa, May 9.—(By the A. P.)— English and Italian delegates to the {economic conference met today with the members of the Russian delega- tion and began working out a new formula concerning the restoration of foreign property in Russia, said an announcement this afternoon by the French delegation. The annouhce- met said it was hoped to devise a new cause in the Russian memorandum which would satisfy Belgium and therefore France. % Tho Russians, it is forecast, will be firm in their opposition to the first four ‘children, Harold, 9; Walter, 5; /clause of «the: allied memorandum Helen, 3, and Verna, 2. The mother|which forbids’ their agitation against and two children, one a six-months-|changes in the present territorial old baby, were saved by the father | boundaries and insist that they shall who lost his life in an attempt to|suppress all attempts in their terri- |Save the remaining children, The fire|tory to assist revolutionary move- “Whereas, the operation of the ap-| ne giand Jurv must consider and 12-| Burleigh county was continued by del- as to the purpose for which a grand jury was called in Cass county, Whiie it is perhaps true that the occasion for calling this grand jury in Cass county was: the collapse of a local bank sometime ago the fact is that vestigate all charges of law voilation vithin Cass county that .may be orought to its attention of which it nay have or acquire knowledge. “The jury and th- states ‘attorney vill. gladly listen to any competent witnesses who have knowledge on any srimes in Casg county. “The grand jury therefore, and tho ittorneys representing the state want che public to know that any person vho has knowledge of any offenses sommitted or alleged to have been is said to have started from an incu- baton in the basement of the home. The family was asleep. Appoints Same Campaign Committee for Primary The campaign committee which con- ducted the last anti-league fight in ; egates to a meeting held in the court- vacancies, Henry McCullough, of Baldwin, was After brief discussion it was decided i ii ‘| that the campaign committee should | Brainerd Minnesota Man Kills Wife’s Father and Mother house last night for the purpose of} ANOTHER PHONE selecting a committee. The commit- 5 tee also was empowered to fill any} R 0 named chairman of the meeting andj R OFFICERS Mrs. T. H. Poole was named secretary. Soa be continued. The members a‘ the committee are B, T. Burke, EB, a. urgingg propaanda work be carried on to disseminate information con- cerning the union label and others. The convention will conclude its business today. Yesterday afternoon neer for the state railway commission, Mr. Stratton has done much work in the county, making his headquarters in Dickinson a great deal of the time. Mr. Evesmith is at the head of the “eal business_men, it heard B, F. Baker, Nonpartisan| yenith Ligni Oo eee league candidate for the gubernatorial | 4, we vas ee iiterseen ie ond nomination, speak, and a telegram county. was sent by individuals to former ‘s Governor Frazier, asking him to ‘come aaa to.the: meeting.,, Last night the dele- gates “were,-guests of the Bismarck and .Mandan Trades and Labor _as- semblies:at,,a banquet at the. McPen- zie hotel... Earlier the delegates were given a ride to various points of in- : terest in and around Bismarck by lo- Wir ane Senator Baker old the, delegates Dickinson Normal Expects Big that the political fight in North Da- kota in the coming primaries was for Summer School a program which centered its efforts Suan Sg toward the upbuilding of the home| Dickinson, N. D., May 9.—Prospects and elgciign of -offgrjals, who wouldjat the present time are that the lar- admiatstdr? aifairs {4d that end. A/gest enrollment of the Dickinson. Nor- government is sought ‘which will func-|mal School will be in attendance at tion to protest the large majority of|the summer sessions this year, accord- the citizens, ‘he said. ing to President S. T, May. President “There is no socialist on our ticket,”|May is basing this prediction on the he waid. “Most of us have been affil-| exceptionally large number of in- fated with the Republican purty most |quiries he has had relative to the sum- of our lives and generally are found; mer school work. in agreement with its principles. 1) With 144 students in attendance at will not say that I agree with every-|the Normal at the present time—the thing the present national administra-|largest in the history of the schoo. tion has done, for I don’t.” at this time of the year—there are The biggest thing before the peo-|a large nnmber of new students ea-| ple in the state, he said, is obtaining | pected commencing next week, as this an adequate rural credits department.|is the time for the closing of the He asserted that bankers of\the state|seven months’ schools, and many of have received an averae of 2.40 iper|the teachers of these schools are plan+/ cent commission for making loans,j ning on coming to Dickinson for sum-| approximately a third of. the total)mer work. The Normal ‘school wiil interest charge. This he said, deprives | begin a preliminary summer term next the farmers of necessities ard does|Monday for the accommodation of not add to the wealth of the state, | those teachers whose schools are clos- Wants Credit at Cost ing at this time. “What we want,” he said, “is credit’ The_largest increase enrollment, for the farmers on long-time Icans at | however, is expected with the close of cost, without the excessive commis-|the nine-month schools and the open- sion charges that have been and are|ing of the first summer term at the being made.” | normal. He condemned the farm loan de- partment of the Bark of North Da- kota as it now functions. He assert- ed that when the league administra-' tion had sold bonds last fall the new DAISY CAMPAIGN: - WILL BE MADE administration went into court to de- feat the action taken, and that the tac- tics had been to obstruct and delayj the functioning of the rural credits} depariment. THe s:serted thet fiyures of the state farm bureau showed that 5,000 farmers left the state Lefore last | October 15, that farm mortgages are| being foreclosed at a tremendous rate and good citizens lost to the state. He; Fargo, N. D., Mary 9.—Jack Wil- liams, department adjutant of tho American Legion, today announced that a state wide daisy campaign wWill| Cameron is a good speaker and will be opened on the morning of May 27th to continue through ‘Memorial day. ‘On that date two hundred twenty- one posts of the American Legion will! american and Civil Wars and all citi- | - sell the daisy, their national flower, | ‘Mr. ‘fhompson moved adoption of hig resolution and iMr, Henzler sec- onded it. Mr, French suggested Mr. Hughes be called to the city hall to discuss the matter. Mr. Hughes ap- peared and discussed the matter. He said that work had been done to clim- inate the dirt, that the noise had been cut down but that it was still some- thing to be overcome. At the conclu- sion it was decided to defer the mat- ter while ‘Mr. Hughes sought to rem- edy it. ‘ Bills were allowed as follows: iM, E. Henzleor, searchlight....$ ae a) , M, Webb, auto siren ..¥,. y ff. A. Thompson, truck siren 30.00 Wachter Transfer Co. 6.25 Modern Machine Works 2.50 33.80 «+ 11.25 seen 1.76 +» 164.75 170.50 24,45 20.00 Standard Oil Co, SJ. King ..... Bismarck Motor Co. . Street and Sewer Dept. Wachter Transfer ‘Co. . ‘Bismarck Tribune .... Fire department payroll Farmer Labor Record 2.34 Quick Print Co. ... 1.00 Jager, Transfer Co. . 20,00 Clerk district court,..... 5.00 Harris and Woodmansee .. 1,35 Business Service Co,, work on water company accounts ..... 43.60 Paul Wachter .......+.++0+ 42.00 Business Service Co. (Trans. Bacteriologists report) . F, H. Carpenter Lbr. Co. Bismarck Furniture and Uphol- stery Co. ... ‘Police payroll . ‘Service Taxi Co. . WASHBURN TO OBSERVE MAY 30th Washburn, N, D., May 9.—Washburn will observe Memorial day, Tuesday, |May 30. A committee consisting of | Hugh H. McCulloch, L. R. Burgum and | Carl Poterson will have charge of the arrangements representing the Legion. In the forenoon appropriate exer- |cises will be held at Riverview ceme- \tery and the graves of the soldier dead 40 84.00 | 2.35 1 jdren, In the afternoon, the program will be put on at the park. Hon, Scott Cameron, attorney at law of Bismarck, will be the orator of the day. Mr.) deliver an address suitable for the oc- | casion. | Veterans of the ‘World, Spanish- | zens are invited to spend the day at} will be decorated by the school chil-| 1 ave | Wanner, J. C. Anderson, J. M. Thomp- committed in Cass county or have p its LY yersonal knowledge of any fact. or|Son, H. P. Goddard, Mrs. Welch, Mrs. throw light on any matters {hat may Orr, Mrs. Blexrud. The motion to} vome ‘before the grand jury -elther continue the committee was made by with relations to the Scandinavian |Atthur Van Horn, 4 Amercan bank or any other method| There was general discussion of the will be heard by the grand jury and|2oming campaign. Speakers included. ziven opportunity to present any Sen. Lynn Sperry, L. FE. Heaton andj facts. + Victor Anderson, candidates for the ‘The desire of the grand jury is to legislature. There were informal Te- get the actual facts from competent ports made of the sentiment in the; witnesses with reference to any of-/county and the convention. expressed | tenses that may have been committed| belief that a vigorous campaign in this county. Any person having should be made. The meeting was at- competent evidence which we may|tended by about 20 persons, of whom hear under‘the law as given -us-by: the several were from the\ country. . The. court will be gladly heard. chairman and__ secretary ~ Wéfé “in- (Signed) FV. Hutchinson, foreman. structed to inform the representa- ci AEE tives in the missing precincts of the SEEK PUBLICITY The meeting was called to order by _ |E. G. Wanner, he having been re- quested to do so by H. P. Goddard. BY DEPUTY IS RESTING WELL Beach, N. D., May 9.—Henry Junker, action taken, , The publicity pamphlet issued by|Golden Valley county farmer, who! the state preceding. the primary elec-|was shot Saturday night, is resting | tion will be the largest in years, it) well in the hospital here. Junker was was indicated today, the last day for|shot when Sheriff Stockwell and bis) receiving copy for the book, son, a deputy, went to a place where Among the candidates who will be|T. E. Hudson, Beach banker, had ‘been represented in it are: Senator Mc- 4 : Cumber, three pages; Congressman The shot which etruck Junker in Young, one page; Governor Nestos, the. shoulder was fired by Deputy one page; H. L. Stegner, candidate for Sheriff Stockwell and not by his fa- Governor, one page; Obert Olson can- ther, as previously reported. didate for treasurer, one page; 1. H.|_, State’s Attorney Oppegard is inves- Aaker, candidate for secretary of tigating the affair. missioner, one page. submitted to the voters at the pri-| Rogers, Hough and Manton today filed ants in the government's Sherman state, one page; W. H. Stutsman, can- Sey IR ATT didate for the supreme court, one page; N. J. Bothne, candidate for the It was not expected that there mary election. =, a dissolution order against the Amer- APPROACH PLAN anti-trust law suit begun 12 years ago. supreme court, one page; A. D. Mc- . ORDER FILED would be space taken in the pamphlet ee eT in Sugar. Refining company and 1S CONSIDERED'804D contracts Secretary of State Gets Much Copy From Candidates ordered to deposit money. Kinnon, candidate for railroad com- for argument on the measures to be! New York, May 9.—Federal Judges ical other corporate and individual defend- Engineers and Members of High- way Commission Meet ———_ jhas been a rendezous bor bidders and A meoting was being held in Man-|others interested in the state.and fed- dan this afternoon inan effort to reach |eral aid highway project to be extend- a working agreement between the jed sixteen miles; more this year in Morton county board and the. state |Logan county, which, when completed, highway commission to permit thejwill provide a good roadway to the approach to the. vehicular bridge|eastern part of the county. across the Missouri to be built soon, There were in all about twenty pro- C. A. P. Turner, designer of the | posals submitted to the board of coun- bridge Engineer Hathaway of the|ty commissioners, . U, S. Bureau of Public Roads, State; Tbe highest bid was 41, cents per Engineer W. H. Robinson, and some|yard by an Iowa firm and the lowest members of the state highway com- | was 27 cents, by Jacob Herr, Jr., of mission attended the meeting. Wishek. R. S. Burnstad of Burnstad, WILL DISCUSS varie contracts for excavation snd RATE MATTERS grad'ng has been awarded Mr. Herr. The'N, D. Metal Culvert Co,, of Far- go, secured the contract for furnish- ing $4,090 worth of metal culverts to be used. And Shoots Grandfather Brainerd, Minny May 9.—B. M. Brandt 22, shot and killed James McPherson, his wife’s father, 50, and ‘Mrs. J. B. McPherson, his wife’s mo- ther, 70, and then shot through the knee his wife’s grandfather, J. B. McPherson, 77, late yesterday in the yard of the McPherson home in Bar- rows, a mining town seven miles south of Brainerd. Two Instantly Killed Shots through the heart instantly killed the two. The grandmother top- pled .over_in.the yard,-, James McPherson lay at the barn door, dead, with his pipe still in his mouth, i Neighbors seized Brandt and hur- ried: him to Brainerd in the Barrows 'bus, where he was lodged in the county jail. Brandt claimed that his wife's peo- ple were influencing her to stay away from him, It was. alleged that Brandt had been drinking moonshine at the time of the shooting. Calls to Sheriff ‘When Brandt was taken to the store ‘and post office in Barrows, while ments in other states. The Soviet representatives take this as an attempt to limit all communistic propaganda throughout the world and it is regarded by the Bolshevists as a direct thrust at the third interna- tionale which maintains its headquar- ters in Moscow. ‘Dr, Wirth; the German chancellor, Dr. Walter Rathenau, the foreign min- ister, and other members of the Ger- man delegation displayed activity to- day in an effort to induce the Rus- sians to give the memorandum from the allies such an answer as would justify France and Belgium withdraw- ing from the conference. Such with- drawal, the Germans argued, would only serve the interest of Russia's enemies. Belgium, although not participating in todav’s conference, is being kept in touch with the informal negotiations. CABINET DISCUSSES QUESTION Washington May 9.—A_ discussion of the Russian problem as it ig affes‘ ed by the negotiations at Genoa occu pied .most of today’s session of the cabinet. It developed an opinion that the attitude of the allied government toward the Soviet regime had shaped up at Genoa in virtual agreement with the policies of the United States. After the cabinet meeting it was said by administration officials that there had been general agreement among the cabinet members that the work now proceeding at: Genoa was going forward largely along lines which had previously been laid down by the state department. BRITISHER DOES NOT PRESS CASE Suitor of Mary Culbertson Not waiting for the bus, he called up the sheriff of Crow Wing county, saying: “Come down to Barrows and get Yet at Embassy me. I have killed a couple.” parcel SA The McPherson family formerly! Washington, May 9.—Alexander lived in the vicimity of ‘Little Falls,| Robertson, British war veteran, did coming to Barrows about a year 4g0.|not press his case before the British 10 CLEAN UP ~ CAPITOL YARD Board of Administration Directs Action Taken The board of administration, in meeting here, ordered the capitol grounds to be put in first class shape. Austin Reid will be employed to supervise the work and will be given use of penitentiary labor in so doing, He is instructed to thoroughly clean the premises. It is likely that effort will bo made to replace some of the trees which have died in the last two or three years. ‘ t The board has appointed Peter Reid custodian of the third floor of the LOGAN COUNTY |Bank of North Dakota buiding, this floor being occupied by the railroad Napoleon, N. D., May 9.—Napoleon |Commission and motor registration bu- reau. R. L, Knause has been named to take an inventory and check the supply department. C. E. BANQUET IS ENJOYABLE One of the most enjoyable affairs of the Christian Endeavor Society con- vention was the banquet held, at the Grand Pacific hotel Saturday night. There were 150 persons in attendance, Mrs, Obert A. Olson read for the guests assembled, Mrs. Menard- Hughes played, and Henry (Halverson and George Humphries sang. Rev. E. P. Gates talked upon “World-Wide Christian Endeavor.” ‘Funds for the year’s work were raised. The enthu- siasm of the members of the society was reflected in their parade from the Washington, May 9.—Fifteen of the leading railroad executives of the country have been invited to a din- ner conference May 20 at the White House to discuss rate adjustments. MOVES PRINTING PLANT Beach, N. D., May 9.—J. J. Hess, who | church ’to the hotel and the energy put in the beautiful decoration. CREATE PARK DISTRICT ‘Beach, N. D., May 9.—The ENRAGED BULL GORES FARMER Drake, N. D., May 9.—Lumner Bed- ner, a farmer near Aylmer, was lead- ing a bull last week, when the animal suddenly attacked him, one horn tear- ing the front of his left leg a distance of |trict of the entire city and it council is considering an ordinance creating a park district in the city|4@y, May 11th and the Seventh Dis- of Beach. This creates a park dis-|ttict holdingg a more extended meet- is| ingg at Minot May 11, 12 and 3. in order to obtain funds to enable} Washburn and. participate in the trib-| will soon publish the Sentinel Butte |8 or 10 inches. | The force of the on- said there had been 68 foreclosures in|them to carry on their service work. Williams county. During the last few years this work Senator Baker assectel that the|has been handled by the state head- new administration had not brought| quarters but the cost of maintaining the flood of money into the state that |this department has been more than |utes to the heroic dead. | BRANTFORD BANK CLOSES | The Farmers State Bank of Brant- ford has closed. according to informa- was predicied. He asserted that in (Continued on Page 3) \the membership dues of the organiza ‘fon could cover, tion reaching here, becahse of insuf- ficient reserve. |Review, bought the plant of the Gold-| to Sentinel Butte, where a number cf ‘experts have been busy setting it ap land getting ready for the first publi- | cation, which will be some time next week, we understand. slaught knocked him down, and the en Valley Progress and has moved it| bull tramped pretty muoh all over his anatomy, ‘whereupon Mr. Bedner be- gan to “holler,” and succeeded in mak- ing noise enough to scare the animal away. Dr. G. H. Coffin was called, and it ig believed he will recover, planned to call a special election on} the same day as the primary election in June to elect a park board which} will have jurisdiction over thig park} district. embassy officials today with the ar- dor with which he ia reported to have pressed his suit for the hands of Miss Mary Culbertson, 21-year-old daughter of Senator Culbertson of Texas. The British veteran was reported to have arrived in Washington on an early train from Newark, \N. J. pre- ‘pared to lay before the embassy: his charges that as an outgrowth of the romance involving the Texas senator's daughter private detectives had kid- napped him and attempted to railroad him out of the country. Up to noon, however, he had not put in his ap- pearance at the embassy and attaches there said they had heard nothing of him. MASONS WILL GATHER HERE District Meeting to be Held in Bismarck, May 10 The annual district meeting of the 14th district, A. F. and A. M., com- prising Hazen, Flasher, Steele, Lin- ton, Mandan and Bismarck will be held at Bismarck Wednesday, May 10 at 3:30 p. m. The program for the meeting fol- lows: 3:30 p. m., conferring of F, C. degree; 6:30 p. m., dinner in dining room Masonic temple, served by the Eastern Star; 8 p. m., talk om “Mason- ic Service.” {. “Equalty of Opportunity,” illus- jtrated by moving pictures, will be presented, by ,Deputy Grand Master E. A. Ripley. The ‘Mandan quartette will furnish music. CLUB WOMEN _ AT DICKINSON Two of the important meetingsg of the ‘North Dakota Women’s Clubs will { city| Pe held this week, with the session of the Third District at Dickinson Thurs- Miss Mary Downey of the North Dakota | Library Association is scheduled to appear at both meetings while Miss Minnie J. Neilson will appear at the (Minot meeting. Dr. H. E. French of the State (Board of Health has also ‘American fuel oil is competing suc- cessfully with Vancouver coal, been announced as a speaker at one of the meetings,