The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1922, Page 1

The Weather FAIR HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Last Edition FORTY-NINTH YEAR : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW RAIL WORKERS’ PAY CUT FORE | THEIR ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED GRADE CROSSING . ELIMINATION 18 ASKED ON ROAD Government Engineers Take Plans For Road to Mandan Up With N. P. SLIGHT DELAY CAUSED Government Adopts Rule Re- quiring Abolition of Grade Crossings on New Roads Government engineers, passing on plans for the roadway to be built from the west end of the new vehicular bildge across the Missouri river, tem Porarily caused a hitch in plans by asking that arrangements be made for elimination of a railroad grade cross- ing on the road, W. H. Robinson, state engineer, who has returned from Min- neapolis where he was called in con- ference with engineers of the Bureau of Good Roads, said that goverment engineers called in engineers for the Northern Pacific railroad, who did not give a decision but did not offer ob- jection to the proposal to build a via- duct over the track. Delay was caused in approving plans for the road from the bridge to Man- dan on this account, the engineer said. They had, however, approved the plans with slight modifications and it is expected that as soon as arrange- ments are completed for the building of the viaduct they will give authority to begin work on the road to Mandan. The government road engineers have adopted a rule that they will not approve expenditure of government money to aid the building of a primary highway which includes a grade cross ing of a railroad, unless the crossing is of minor consequence. The road from the west end of the bridge to Mandan would cross the main line of the Northern Pacific railroad. This rule regarding grade crossings prevents consideration of any other route between Bismarck and the east end of the bridge, than the route chos- en by the highway commission, Mr. Robinson said. This road provides for an underpass of Northern Pacific tracks on lower Main Street, the road to.be on the sauth side of the railroad grom the underpass to the bridge. Because of ‘the agreement reached between the highway ‘commission and This is Marilyn Miller the dancer, and (inset) Jack ‘Pickford, the movie star and brother of that particularly MARY'S DIVORCE | ISHELD 0, K Nevada Supreme Court Quashes| Service of Summons | Carson, Nev., June 1.—Mary ‘Pick- ford’s divorce from Owen’ Moore, was court affirmed the order’ of District} Judge Frank P, Langan, quashing serv- ice of summons in the action brought | commissioners of Morton county for the building of a road on the west side of the river the government has approved an $80,000 estimate on the ‘bridge, which has been held up, the engineer said. ROAD BUILDING by Attorney General Fowler to set aside the decree granted the movie star, ra Legal action was started shortly af- ter the Moore-Pickford divorce. in} which - Attorney General Fowler; charged that the writ of separation had been obtained by the screen stars through fraudulent means and ‘he sought to have the decree set aside. When the matter came before Judge sustained. when the Nevada supreme}... bright light in the cinema firmament, Mary Pickford, who are to be wed soon, the public has just been inform- ed. JUDICIAL PROBE NEXT STEP IN MATHILDE’S CASE Chicago, June 1.—Judicial inves- tigation of Max Oser’s eligibility and qualifications as a husband for Mathilde McCormick is the next step in the international romance of John D. Rockefeller’s 17-year-old grand-daughter, Today Mathilde has as a guar- dian her father, who is: said to’ be ready to give his consent to her marriage to the Swiss horseman who was her riding master during her girlhood days in the Alps. FREIGHT RATES ARE DISCUSSED 12 BALLOONS IN NATIONAL RACE Some of Them Take Easterly Direction While Others Go To The Southwest MANY ARE _ SIGHTED Five Are. Believed To Be Travel- ing Towards Canada in North- easterly Direction Chicago, June 1 (By the A. P.)— Drifting their uncharted way twelve of the 13 giant gas bags which took to the air in the 13th national balloon race at Milwaukee yesterday were believed to be sailing across distant skies at dawn today. Last night seven were floating in directions almost di- rectly opposite the others. THREE ARE SIGHTED Springfield, Ill., June 1.—Three bal- loons in the national balloon race had passed over Sangamon county fly- ing southwest, according to reports here this morning. FIVE OVER MICHIGAN Detroit, Mich., June 1.—Five bal- loons passed over southern Michigan this morning. DROP MESSAGES Milwaukee, June 1.—The balloon piloted by S. M. McGibben, of St. Lou- is, passed over Whiteside, Mo. at 9:10 a. m., according to word received at the Aero Club of Wisconsin. The bal- loon dropped messages on the city which were sent back here. It was going in a scuthwesterly direction. TWO OTHERS SIGHTED Champaign, I]., June 1.—Two bal- loons passed over the city this morn- rection. ONE BALLOON LANDS Fort Yayne, Ind.. June 1.—Balloon No. 11 in the national balloon race landed six miles north of here shortly before noon. BALLOON FLIES: LOW Alton, Ill, June 1.—A ‘silver-color- ed balloon was. sighted over Alton at 1:15 p. m. flying’ low. It continued in the direction. of ,St. Louis. It was dropping -verylow ‘over Alton ~-until ballast was unloaded. TOWNLEY BACK IN CAMPAIGN Former Head of National N. League Visits \City ARBSCATTERED ONE DEAD, OVER MILLION DAMAGE IS CAUSED WHEN FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES SWEEP WASHINGTON AND OREGON AREAS Seattle, Wash. June. 1.—One person was known to be dead, an- other believed to have perished, scores homeless and vast areas of timber land in western Washing- ton and Oregon were blazing or smoldering waste today as a re- sult of forest and brush fires which late yesterday got beyond control. : Damage in Washington was esti- mated at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,- 000. ‘At least 25 homes in and near SNOW FALLS IN SHEYENNE, Sheyenne, Wyo., June 1\—Snow fell generally in central and south- ern iWyoming yesterday and to- day Sheyenne is having the first white June day within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. It began to snow here yesterday afternoon and continued into the night. The temperature was moderate, WCUMBER WON'T MAKE EXTENSIVE PERSONAL FIGHT Senator Says That Duties in Washington Prevent His En- trance Into Long Campaign | Cedar Falls, Wash., have been razed by fire. A special trainload of provisions and fire-fighting ap- paratus was held ready to be rush- ed to Cedar Falls and other points if necessary to aid refugees. Log. ging camps at Stillwater and Sauk have been burned and the towns of Sauk, North Bend, Forbes, and Kanaskat were threatened. Four hundred men were fight- ing the flames near Bend, Oregon, where 2,000 acres had been burned over. MCUMBER ASKS INVESTIGATION ON IRRIGATION Senior Senator from North Dakota Introduces Bill Providing Fund TALKS WITH DIRECTOR Situation With Respect to Irri- gation Made Public as Re- sult of Investigation Senator McCumber has prepar-c 2 bill appropriating $100,000 to in i. gate irrigation projects in North Da- kota as a preliminary to further Con- gressional action authorizing a gen- eral plan for the execution of projects that may be ‘selected as feasible, As far back as 1902 Senator Mc- Senator Porter J. McCumber will|Cumber secured the passage of a law TO DEPEND UPON FRIENDS time in North Dakota in his primary|viding that the Secretary of the In-} campaign. In a letter sent to friends | terior should “expend the major por- | from Washington Senator McCum-|tion of the funds arising from the sale ber states that he must, therefore, de-|of public lands within cach state and pend upon hjs friends during the territory hereinbefore named for the | campaign. benefit of arid and semi-arid lands When several senators began to| within the limits of such state or ter- leave Congress about three weeks |ritory.” One of the states named in ago to go back and prepare for their |the above section was North Dakota. campaigns Senator McCumber “lec- The money received from the sale of tured” the senate, declaring that the’|public land as named in the act was members should stay on the ‘job. to become a revolving fund, to be paid In his letter Senator McCumber|back by the beneficiaries and to be SAYS" used over and’over again. “T have submitted my candidacy for} At that time the Buford and Wil- reelection to the Senate of the United|liston projects were in the limelight States to the voters of the State of|for improvement but those projects North Dakota. were not pleasing to many people who “Owing to the fact that as chair-| were involved in their execution. The man of the Committee on Finance I|cost of construction was large, and shall have charge in the Senate of the |many farmers questioned the wisdom Tariff Bill and the Soldiers’ Com-|of the plan which contemplated turn- pensation Bill until they are enacted jing over to the irrigation association into laws, it will be impossible for me of all their land excent 40 acres to spend much, if any, time in my which was to be retained. Then too primary campaign. I am, therefore, that section of the country which had suffered from drought was provident- compelled to rely upon my friends to jdo hat they be ee me while T am |ially favored by sufficient rainfall to CAST * —_———_—_. MANY CLASSES OF EMPLOYES 70 FEEL NEW CUT Delay in Compilation of Minor- ity Report all that Holds Back Announcement REDUCTION IS $50,000,000 Blacksmiths, Boiler - makers, Sheet Metal Workers, Elec- trical Workers Included Chicago, June 1 —(By the — Delay in compilation of the meaty Teport by the labor members of the board is all that withholds announce. Ment of another slash of $50,000,000 tom the wages of railroad employes ieee railroad labor board, it was said This cut which is to follow 50,- 000,000 reduction in the Wasson fi 000 maintenance of way employes will ” affect all blacksmiths, boiler-makers, sheet metal workers, electrical work- ers, car men and helpers in the sery- ice of the nations’ railroads, The scale of reduction is said to Mange from 5 to 9 cents an hour. Among the slashes in the impending ‘decision by the board are said to be the following: Apprentices, 5 cents; helpers, 5 cents; mechanics, 7 cents; passenger car men, 7 cents; freight car men, 9 cents, BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS CALLED. Cincinnati, June 1—Edward Fitzger- ald, grand president of the Brother- hood of Railway Clerks, Freight Han- dlers, Express and Station employes Announced today that 16 chiefs of the railway brotherhoods will meet in Cin- cinnati next Tuesday to take up mat- ing traveling in a southwesterly di-|,o¢ be able to spend much, if any,{approved June 17 of that year pro-' ters relating to the welfare of all of them, Some 40 executives are expected to attend the meeting, The meeting was called on instruc- tions of B. M. Jewell, head of the em- Ployes department of the Americano Federation of Labor. IMPROVEMENT OF CROPS BEST BUSINESS: ALD Federal Reserve Board Reports Indicated Yield Outstand- ing Month’s Feature Washington, June 1—Steady im. provement in the indicated yield of the Langan in district court he ruled the make irrigation projects appear of |! fs 5 less importance than was the case| Principal agricultural products.was the decree legal and the matter was then A. C. Townley, formerly president of | performing the duties imposed upon IN CONFERENCE me in the Senate. IS STIMULATED Sharp Decline in Prices Results In Increase A sharp decline in prices hag stimu \lated highway building ‘to an unusual degree in North Dakota recently, ac- cording to W. H. Robinson, state en- gineer. Requests for surveys of pro- posed federal aid projects have been so numerous in the last few weeks that the highway commission engi- neers will be unable to prepare plans for all road work desired, it was said by Mr. Robinson. The first road contracts let tais spring were taken by contractors at prices so much below expectations that much road work which has been held up will now be done this year, Mr. Robinson said. Among the re cent requests from counties for sur- yeys are: Walsh county, 45 miles; Cavalier, 12 miles; McHenry, 15 miles; Steele, nine miles. Some of the engi. neering work has been completed, CONNECTION OF ROADS PLANNED Williston, N. D., June 1.—Federal and state engineers, meeting here last week, made final arrangements for connecting at the North Dakota line the east and west highways between Williston and Bainsville, Mont. They went over the route surveyed from Williston west to the Montana line and decided upon.the western termin- us of this line as the place where the work of the two states should join. The route from Williston to the Montana line is a federal aid project for which contracts were let last week and which is to be completed this year. Work on the Montana side, it is understood, is also planned to be begun soon. Rese See TEACHER SUED. Minot, N. D., June 1—Papers have been served in a $5,000 damage suit of John C. Blair, by Earnest Blair, his guardian, against Lewis ‘Harter, « teacher in the Minot city schools, charging assault and pattery. ‘The complaint alleges that on May taken to the Nevada supreme court by the attorney general. The supreme court ruling legalizes the divorce pro- ceedings as well as the subsequent marriage of Miss ‘Pickford and Doug- las Fairbanks. MARY “VERY HAPPY.” San Francisco, June 1.—“I am very, very happy; more happy than I can express,” said Mary Pickford, when informed of the decision of the. Ne- vada supreme court upholding her di- vorce from Owen Moore, according to her counsel, Gavin McNab, who tele- phoned the news to her in Los An- geles, GOES TO MINNEAPOLIS. Attorney General Sveinbjorn John- son went to Minneapolis today to con- sult with engineers employed by the state in the Minnesota-North Dakota | of taking additional testimony to be; taken for presentation to the supreme | court.» Sameer >—__—_—_ | Weather Report | ¢—_—_————- -—t For twenty-four hours ending at noon June 1, 1922. Weather Forecasts _ | For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair to-/ night and probably Friday; warmer tonight. For Nortl i i h Dakota: Fair tonight and probably Friday; warmer tonight. General Weather Conditions High pressure over the north cen- tral part of the country is accom- panied by generall ir weather from | the Great Lakes r to the north Pacific coast. Sho nve occur’ along the sou ern slope of t Rockies and rain is still falling in th southern Plains States. Temperatures are below normal in all se Stations Temp. Precipi- State High- Low- tation of wea- est. t est. ther Amenia ... 64 46 el’r Bismarck .. G8 44 p.c. Bowbells ... 77 er Bottineau vp clr Devils Lake 68 clr Dunn Center 67 el’r Dickinson.. 60 . Fessenden . 72 Grand Forks 70 Jamestown. 69 * 12, 1922, the defendant assaulted the plaintiff, a 16-year-old lad, by striking and beating him in and upon and about the face and hody and knocked him down and kicked him, treating him in a cruel and excessive manner and form, and with malice and oppres- sion on the part of the defendant.” Funke, Campbell & Eide are.the at- torneys for the plaintiff. Langdon ... 68 Larimore .. 70 Lisbon .... 7 Minot ..... Napoleon Pembina ... Williston .. Moorhead .. 68 eooosssooscooSSosesSsS 46 drainage case on the time and manner /state implement dealers’ association; the National Nonpartisan League, is back in North Dakota to remain un- til the primary. Townley, W. J. Church, candidate for commissioner of agriculture and labor, and Senator Christ Levang, came into Bismarck at noon from Steele, where they held an organization meeting last night. They will go from here to Coleharbor, Meeting Called by Farm Bureau Is Held in Fargo, With Many Present Fargo, June 1—Representatives of various civic, state and commercial bodies of North Dakota were here to- day for a meeting to discuss railroad rates, called by the state farm bureau federation. C. B, Hutchings, of Chicago, traffic manager of the National Farm Bureau, told the meeting that in general the best way to work for lower rates is to properly equip the state railroad yommissfons- with money and author- ity to carry on the work, Among those present were H. P. Smith, of Thompson, president of the held here with leaguers, Mr. Church said the party could continue the organization meetings un-' til June 28, to get out the league vote. Former Governor Frazier is here to attend the high school graduation, two -daughters graduating from high school. He will speak at Wilton Friday night. GOVERNOR T0 OPEN JUNE 5 First Speech of Campaign to be Made at Grand Rapids V. P. Cadieux, of Jamestown, North Dakota Shipping Service; P. J. Cahill, Wilotn, lignite industries; V.E. Smart, Bismarck, traffic expert of the railroad commission; R. P. Flint, state dairy commissioner; U. L. Burdick, former lieutenant governor, was chairman, The North Dakota railroad commis- sion is planning action to secure re- lief from an injunction which now pre- vents it from interfering with intra- Governor Nestos returned to the city last night from Minot, where he de- livered a Memorial day address. | “I feel that the committee positions |when these projects were first which I hold are of immense value to |brought before the public. the State of North Dakota and, in Rendered Act Ineffective fact, to the agricultural and business| The result of these conditions ren- interests of the entire Northwest, and|dered the irrigation act ineffective so that if I am reelected to the United |far as it related to North Dakota. Its States Senate for another term I can| provisions were not taken advantage | accomplish more for the State than|of so that by an act approved June 25, it would be possible for any new man /1910, this provision was repealed. to accomplish who could scarcely| Secretary McCumber has taken this such important. committees, much less | of the Interior and the necessary of- to reach the chairmanship or com-| ficial machinery has been set to work manding position thereon. | As all ef-|to formulate plans for an irrigation fective work must reach into the vot-j project which will do all that was ing precincts of every county, some| previously contemplated except that 2,200 in number, my dependence, up-}a more feasible plan will be evolved on the efforts of my friends is most|that is sure to meet the approval of apparent. the farmers in the sections of the “I have labored diligently to serve |state that have suffered from drought. the people of my State during all the|With the terrible experiences of the years 1 have been in the Senate, and,|last five years the area subject to if reelected, I shall continue my ef-|drought have been brought to a full ferts along this line.” realization of what is needed and with race ERE ORR TTEE accumulated knowledge in possession of the Department of the Interior Sec- retary Fall will be able to direct the Reclamation Service in respect to fu- |ture action. FRE H P H Confers With Davis | . Director A. P. Davis of the United States Reclamation Service has con- Pe eae jferred wif Senator McCumber in re- ‘ashi 1— | spect to these irrigation projects and Washington, June The :Frene after investigation Mr. Davis has written the Senator in an interested government has been informed that the American government will receive state rates, it was brought out in a rate meeting of various state bodies, called by the commission. = The recent reduction approximat- | ing 10 percent granted by the I. C. C.) will not affect intrastate rates, C. B. Hutchings, traffic manager df the! National Farm Bureau, told his hear-| The opening speech of the independ- ent Republican campaign will be at Grand Rapids, la Moure county, on June 5 at 2 p.m. The governor will speak in the auditorium located in the city park and those in charge of the meeting are promising to hoid a far- mers’ picnic in connection with it and a special mission of French financial experts to discuss the nation’s war debt, it was stated today after the second meeting of the allied debt re- funding commission. No definite date for the discussions have been set. way about them. He advises the sen- ator that the amount of money cred- | ited to North Dakota as a result of receipts from the sale of public land exclusive of townsite sales and trans- ferred to the credit of the reclama- tion fund, is over $12,000,000. “In the original reclamation act,” ! they are promising a crowd of several ion. then explained that (thousand farmers and city residents. ii ii ideri i 5 the same day, Governor the commission is considering action! At 5 p.m. th A to have the injunction removed so that | Nestos will speak at Monango, and at '8:30 p. m. at Ellendale. the commission will have authority to; w repulate intrastate rates. i Tuesday, June 6, a meeting is sched- The proposed action of the commis-j uled for 14:30 a. m., at Oakes. sion would be to rescind its former} No other mectings have yet been orders denying the railroad rates in-| scheduled for that day. ; creases, which were ordered by the| ‘The opening speech in Grand Rapids Interstate Commerce Commission. It! will be made in a big Memorial audi- was announced about two weeks ago, torium. by Chairman Milhollan that this ac+) tion was considered, but no definite; ee fe BURGLARS FAIL PRESIDENT OF CHINA QUITS Tokio, June 1 (By the A. P.)— President Hsu Hiagh Chang, of China, has resigned and General Li-LiYuan Hung. who became president follow- ingt he death of Yuan Shih Kai in 1916 has been restored to office, ac- t, traffic expert of the Max, N. D., June 1—Burglars last night failed in an attempt to burn their way. into the Max First National Bank vault with an oxy- acetyline torch, They had cut 6 . ROBERTS, Meteorologist. ORRIS W. wires into the town. They escaped cording to official advices from Pe- . Th c in an automobile, it is believed. ‘king. TO GET CASH states Director Davis, “provision was made that a majority of the funds re- | ceived from any one state should be! spent in that state. This section of | the law was repealed by the act of June 25, 1910, and the money is avail-| able in the reclamation fund for ex-| penditure in accordance with appro- priations made by Congress.” Mr. Davis refers to the Bismarck, | Little Missouri, Mouse River, Nesson, Washburn-Oliver and Bowman proj- ects and says: “These investigations were made during the years 1903-1909, but in (Continued on rage 3) MEDICAL MEN IN SESSION Jamestown, June 1—The North Da- 2 CANDIDATES FOR BOARD Because “of urgent requests com- ing from many citizens of Bismarck,” W. F. Jones and George M. Register have consented and definitely deter-| mined to become candidates for elec- tion to membership on the school board of the city of Bismarck subject to the decision of the electors next Tuesday, June 6, it was announced this afternoon. They will certify to the clerk of the school board this aft- ernoon. Wik eee REPORTED: shington, ne 1,—' : ree bill providing ‘hat Oe fereent ene kota Medical association opened its received as rent, royalties and bonuses|@""Ual meeting here today with more from lands within the naval petrol-| ‘han 100 physicians from all parts of eum reserve of the United States be|the state in attendance. ‘The presi- paid to the state within which the re-|dent’s address was made by Dr. H. E. serves are located was reported today| French, of Grand Forks. The meet- by the house public lands committee.|jing will continue through Friday, | outstanding feature in the economic development of the country during May, according to the monthly sum- mary of business and financial condi- tions issued last night by the Federal Reserve Board. Improvement in the prices of cot- ton, grain and other products was also a feature of the month while business insofar as depended on parent agri- A conference was scheduled to be/hope even to secure assignments onjentire matter up with the Secretary | cultural prospects showed steady im- provement while a good labor demand was noticed. ALLIED DEBT BODY MEETS Washington, June 1.—The allied debt fund commission met today for its second meeting since its creation by Congress to negotiate the funding of the eleven billion dollars owed this country abroad. 17 MINERS ARE KILLED Essen, Germany, June 1 (By the A. P.)—Seventeen miners were killed and 25 others injured in an explosion ~ today in the Helene and Amaloe coal mine belonging to the Krupps. Eight miners are missing. REYNOLDS ON ORGANIZING TRIP W. F. Reynolds, specially employed by State Dairy Commissioner Robert F. Flint to assist in the organization of dairy breeding-testing associations, has gone to Minot to meet with Ward county Guernsey breeders to perfect a breeding-test association. From there be will go to Van Hook, at the re- uest of farmers in that section, to discuss organization of a circuit. LUND BEGINS DUTIES TODAY Ole Lund, recently appointed head of the grain department of the state railroad commission, today assumed {his duties. The grain inspection de- | partment now at the Agricultural Col- lege at Fargo will not be moved here for several days, it was said at the of- { | -a}fice of the railroad commission,