The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1922, Page 1

The Weather Unsettled |) Last Edition FORTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS DEMOCRAT BLOCKS BONUS IRRIGATIO TWO IDEAS ON IRRIGATION T0 BE CONSIDERED Large Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Bismarck and Small Project Plans Discussed COMMITTEE IS NAMED All Subjects Before Irrigation Congress. to go Before Resolutions Committee Delegates to the state furigation congress, meeting in the state capitol today undertook the formulation of a definite expression of the conference upon the methods to be pursued in the development of irrigation jn North and South Dakota and Montana. Fol- lowing the opening session yesterday afterncon the various proposals and ideas of the individuals present, many of whom had made a deep study of the question, were given to the con- gress in speeches and resolutions. These thoughts expressed by the dele- gates were to be shaped in commit: tees and in consjderation of definite action by the conference as a whole. Two major proposals for action were developed from the individual expression, One proposes the build-j ing by the government of a huge dam! across the Missouri river at Bismarck, | to conserve waters of the river for; irrigation and to develop hydro-elec- tric power. The second is the build- ing of dams on smaller streams such! as the Heart and. Cannonball rivers, impounding the water to be used for; irrigating comparatively small tracts of land. Spokesmen for the two projects; presented their views at length to the congress. Many delegates held that there should be a joint develop-) ment of the two - projécts. R. N. Stevens, of Devils Lake, stressed .the importance of the Missouri river proj- ect while Joseph M. Devine, of Mor-} ton county, urged that the project of| impounding waters of. small streams be carried on first. A. comprehensive report’ was made to the congress by George McMahon, assistant state engineer, in charge of reclamation and. irrigation engineer: ingest" : Realizing the work accomplished by! Mr. McMahon, delegates were prepared to introduce a resolution asking the next session of the legislature to ap- propriate $25,000 to pay for the em- ployment of three irrigation engineers} for two years, and to make’ possible exhaustive investigation by them. Committee Appointed. The claims of proponents of develop. ment of small irrigation projects and those urging a program to secure) mammoth hydro-electric plant and ir- rigation dam in Missouri river were placed before the resolutions commit- tee. Representatives of differing ideas were placed upon the committee. With all phases of irrigation possi-} bilities in the state placed before the congress through speeches from floor the resolutions committee of which) R. J. List of Bowman, county was named chairman, was expected to thrash out; during the day all questions and evolve a definite plan of action for the con- gress. C. C. Converse, state tax commis- sioner detailed the the congress the his. tory of the Williston and lower Yellow. stone irrigation projects and told dele- gates that if ‘North Dakota farmers un-} dertook to farm by irrigation the must be prepared to revolutionize their methods, to farm small tracts in- ' tensively rather than whole sections | of land. The Williston, North Dakota. | project failed at the start because this necessary change of method was not made, he said, but added that many farmers now are profiting more upon 80 acres of land tracts than previous- ly upon sections. Throne Shaky Though reports of an open'revolu: tion in Bulgaria Boris must guard conioe, mine against outbreaks by extreme’ elo. ments, BORMAN HEADS TELEPHONE MEN OF NO. DAKOTA Abercrombie Man Is_ Elected President in Annual Con- vention in Mandan TAXATION IS DISCUSSED C. C. Converse, State Tax Com- missioner, Appears Before Convention M. M. Borman, of Abercrombie, was elected president of the North Dakota Telephone Men’s Association in the closing session of the annual convention in Mandan today. H. A. Brown, of Cooperstown, was elected vice-president and A. J. McGinnis, of Dazey,, was chosen. secretary. Resolutions plan of ‘six traffic schools and six plant schools in different parts of the state for phone company employes, and standing committees were ord- ered named on legislative, public re- lations, taxation, plant schools, traf- \ fic‘, commission and accounting. There’s nothing new about govern- mental regulation of public utilities —the Puritans used to regulate the} price of beer—and such regulation is here to stay, (E. A. Prendergast of ‘Minneapolis, general solicitor of the North} (estern Befl Telophone cfm- | pany told telephone men in Mandan today. “In all rate proceedings I advise j getting away from a spirit of controv-| ersy that leads to litigation,” he said. “Get at the facts, tell your full story to the publicw. It has a right to de- manq good service at reasonable rates and you have a right to demand a fair return for your stockholders.” Telling the phone men that they are paying too much taxes because a3 a people we are sepnding too much money, and showing the large amount (Continued on Page 3) | -—% Weather Report : | 2 —> For twenty-four hours ending at 7 A. M. today. Temperature at 7 A. M Temperature at noon. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation : Highest wind velocity - Weather Forecasts i For Bismarck and vicinity: Unset-/ > Gen. Williams Presides The conference was opened by ‘A, Williams, who was president o' the state irrigation association at the E.} last congress held J ry 25-26, 1905, in Bismarck. troduced Chief Justice Luther Ht Birdzell, of the supreme ourt, who outlined the scope and purpose of the present con- gress. At the very start of the conference the proposals of delegates to con- serve the spring flood waters of the (Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in Montana, South and North Dakota was urged as an important measure of prevention of the oft-times disastrous flooding of the lower Mississippi riv- er. The delegates present were chief- Stations Temp. Precipi- State ly from Norti Dakota, although Mon- \ High- Low- tation of wea- tana and South Dakota were repre- est. ¢ est.t ther sented. Amenia 68 49 eldy Messages wrlre read from Sens: | Bismarck .. 74 54 cldy tors McCumber and Ladd and Con-|Bowhells .. 5 4G cldy gressmen Burtness, ‘Young and Sin-| Bottineau . 43 eldy clair of North Dakota, the Governor | Dunn Center 59 52 cldy of Montana and South Dakota, Sen- Devils Lake 58 46 eldy ator Norbeck of South Dakota _and Dickinson .59 52 eldy other officials of Montana and North | Ellendale... Dakota. Invitations had been €X-jFessenden . 61 43 38 eldy tended to the Governors of South Da- | Grand Forks 59 49 24 eld; (Continued on Page 2) Jamestown. 64 50 06 eldy el Langdon .. 62 44 36 eldy RAINS IN N. D. Larimore .. 60 46 50 eldy The weather renort today , shows| Lisbon 4 50 08 eldy| - that practically all sections in Bis-| Minot 65 40 04 eldy marck trade_ territory received good Napoleon . 65 50 03 eldy showers again last night, which, to-| Pembina 62 45 10 ely gether with cooler weather, are held} Williston 58 50 18 rain to be great aid to growing crops. The} Moorhead . 70 52 0 cldy rains were not heavy enough to do ORRIS W. ROBERTS, damage. Meteorologist. ft! probable showers; tled weather tonight and Friday, not much change in temperature. For North D: ‘ ther tonight and Friday, Pp showers; not much change in tem- perature. General akota: Unsettled wea-| probable} Weather Conditions. Mountain States eastward to Upper Lakes region. The rain was general in North Dakcta and eastern South Dakota. It is slightly cooler in the northern Plains States and slightly warmer in southern Plains States. adopted approved a} i | | The low has moved to the Upper} Great Lakes region and showers have, occurred from the northern Rocky; the} WOMAN KILLED IN DOWNPOUR And Into the Missouri River HOUSES ARE Good Rains Reported in North Dakota _ Pierre, S. D., June 8.—One woman is reported missing and several hun- dred dollars property damage is the result locally of a terrific rainstorm which swept this section late night and earlv this morning. The woman missing is said to be an Indian squaw, one of a party of Indians camped in a gully. According to reports she was caught in a wall of water from sur- rounding hills and was carried into Capital Lake and from there through its outlet to the Missouri river. Two and one-third inches of rain fell. Basements throughout the city were flooded and houses near the river have a foot or two feet of water above their first floors, Cattlemen fear many young cattle may have been killed. LARGER CROPS ARE FORECAST BY US.BXPERTS Winter Wheat Crep Bids Fair to Approach Within Striking Distance of Record Washington, June 8.—Larger_ crops than last year were forecast today by ter wheat showed improvement to the extent of 22,000,000 bushels since May 1 with a forecast of 607,000,000 or the fourth largest ever grown. The spring wheat area is 1,000,000 acres less than last year but produc- tion fs forecast at 247,000,000 or 39,- 000,000 more than the 1921 crop. BELLERK TAKEN BY BRITISH Irish Town Without Loss of Life Belfast, June 8 (By the A. P.)— Belleek was occupied today by British troops which advanced this morning to take the salient from the Irish ir- regular forces holding it. The fort overlooking Belleek was first captur- ed by the British troops and then the town was taken possession of by the ‘military. ! At the ‘New Townards military headquarters this afternoon it was stated that Belleek was retaken with- out loss of life and that no prisoners were taken. BUS LINES TO. BE TRIED OUT Fargo, June 8.—The Great North- ern Railway will this summer estab- lish experimentally bus lines in Min- nesota, Montana and Washington with elimination of passenger trains in view where traffic is light, accord- ing to a letter from W. P. Kinney, vice-president, and traffic director, made public today by N. E. Williams, traffic expert of the Fargo Commer- cial Club. “No lines will be established _ in North Dakota,” the letter said. The Fargo-Devils Lake line is too heavily patronized to permit of motor bus ser- vice only. 1 FEAR SAILORS Occupy i i | Vladivostok, June 8.—(By the A. P.) |_Wight enlisted men from the U. S. ' gunboat New Orleans are feared to | have been drowned in a sailing mishap {at Amur Bay. There has been no | trace of the men since Sunday. | AIRPLANE HIT BY LIGHTNING Detroit, Mich., June 8—The all- metal plane in which Capt. Eddie Rickenbacher was attempting a cross-country flight to San Fran- cisco, was wrecked when struck by a bolt of lightning 20 minutes before Rickenbacher and his par- tv were to have taken off for Chicago, IN $0, DAKOTA Swept Out of Gully Into Lake FLOODED Terrific Storm Hits Pierre — last the Department of Agriculture: Win-' OF U.S, DROWNED TROOPS GUARD BALKAN COUPLE AT MARRIAGE Soldiers Lining Pathway to Church are Ordered to Shoot On Suspicion SPLENDOR’ IN CEREMONY King. Alexander of Jugoslavia and Princes Marie of Roumania Wed PRECAUTIONS TAKEN Belgrade, June 8 (By the A. P.) —Elaborate precautions were ta- ken to guard King Alexander and Princess ‘Manie of Roumania dur- ing their wedding festivities to- day. The €ntire route of the bridal party from the palace to the cathedral was lined with double rows of soldiers and gen- darmes with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. Their orders were to shoot immediately, ,it is understood, if they noticed any suspicious movement. Residents of the city living along the streets through which the procession passed were for- bidden to open their windows without special police permission. Belgrade, June 8—Medieval pomp and splendor marked the wedding here today of King Alexander of Jug- oslavia and Princess Marie of Ru- mania. Nearly every nation in the Old and New World was represented at the ceremony, which linked the dynasties of three Balkan countries, forming a powerful barrier against |future wars in this turbulent part of Europe. The event probably will re- main unmatched for a long tim? in Balkan annals for political sig- | nificance; the lavishness and beauty of its settings; the enthusiasm and fervor of the people; the picturesque- ness of the processions, and the quaintness of th> Presents to the bride and groom, The bridal acyn was an antique creation of white™ crepe Georgette, with long court train, embroidered in pure silver and crystals, and the Princess wore over her tulle veil a shower of scintillating gold strands, ‘She was a picture of girlish beauty. dignity and grace as she was escort7d to the altar by her father, King Ferdi- nand of Rumania. From her should- ers fell a large court mantle in bril- | liant silver, at the lower end of which j the double arms of Rumania and Jug- oslavia were embroidered in silver and gold. King Alexander presented his bride with a massive crown of gold, set with (iamonds and rubies, each province of Jugoslavia having contributed a precious stone to the diademy King Alexander of Jugoslavia, sec ond gon of the lute King Peter of Ser-| bia, became heir apparent to his fath- er’s throne in 1909 when his elder brother, Prince George renounced his rights as a quel to g bitter press campaign in which an almost endless list og outrages were charged against him. The campaign was intensified by charges that the royal youngster had murdered one of his servants during a fit of anger. Seybia, upon its liberation from the Austrians, became the predominant state in the organization of Jugoslavia, therefore it was certain that its Prince Regents, as Alexander had been desig-| nated when King Peter retired in 1914, was headed straight for the new throne. i ‘He had won the respect and esteem of the Balkans in many ways, but} chiefly through his efforts to unite the} Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, formerly under the Austrian yoke. These en- deavorg won him the title of “Peace- maker.” His action in appointing gov: | ernors for Serbia, Montenegro, Slav-| onia, Bosnia, Dalmatia and Croatia | also was warmly approved. King Peter died in August, 1921, at (Continued on Page 3) FUTURES BILL 1S OPPOSED Washington, June 8.—Opposition | to the passage of the Capper-Tinch-' er bill which would reinforce the fu-| tures trading act to mect the recent) decision of the supreme court was ex- pressed today before the house agri- i | | 1 | N CONGRESS FRAMING PROGRAM | | | EXPECT SINCLAIR FOR CONFERENCE; Congressman J. H. Sinclair, of the; Third North Dakota distri pected in Bismarck this afternoon to! attend the final session of the irri- gation congress and then to go to his} home in Kenmare preparatory — to! making speeches during the present campaign, HUGHESTO AID — IN DISPUTE Steps Taken to Settle Chilean-; Peruvian Difficulty ‘Washington, June 8.—(By the A, P.) —Steps have heen taken to lay before the state department the differences | over Tacna-Arica which have brought] the Chilean:Peruvian conference here to a standstill, It was indicated today that the move did not involve a formal request for mediation but simply for the purpose of informing the United States gov- ernment ag host to the conference re- garding the delicate situation reached in the negotiations. The general exp ion was that an offer of “good offices” by Secretary | Hughes would be the result, It was}, said that neither side would be bound ‘by any compromise suggestions the sec- retary might make but that the whole procedure would be an entirely infor-; mal effort by the Washington govern- ment to avert.a break. FORMER LINCOLN OFFICER WINNER Major Oscar Westover, formerly a first lieutenant in‘ the Fourteenth In-| fantry; ; station at Fort Lincoln, | Bismarck, and his aid, Lieutenant C.| F. Bond, have been declared the win- ners of the Milwaukee balloon race | which started May 31. Major West- over’s craft landed in the province of | ij Quebec, covering approxmately 8 miles in 17 hours and 15 minutes the air. First prize was $1,000. Ma- jor Westover went from Lincoln to West Point as an instructor. He is one of the crack shots in the army jand was on the army rifle team which ‘participated in the national _ rifle matches at Camp Ferry, Ohio, in 1911. The New Testament was first di- vided into verses by Robert Stevens, a printer, in 1551. culture committee by Louis F. Gates, formerly president of the Chicago) Board of Trade. He declared the bill | contained a er” in the proposition | to substantiate for state supervision. | HOLD ATTORNEY IN CONTEMPT, New York, June 8—Thomas L. Chadbourne, who promoted the Re- public-Midvale-Indland steel merger today was adjudged in contempt by the Lockwood legislative commission when he refused to turn over experts’ reports on the seven companies which were originally intended to be brought into the consolidation. fm 1921 there were two divorces to every five marriages in Oregon, Chicago, June 8.—Declaring that there is no talk of a strike among railway workers, the presidents of six Chicago roads last night issued a joint statement charging that all threats of a walkout were being in- spired by union leaders. The statement, which was signed by H. E. Byram, of the Chicago, Mjl- waukee and St. Paul; Hale Holden, the Burlington; W. H. Finley, the Northwestern; J. E. Gorman, Rock Island; C. H. Markham, Illinois Cen- tral; and S. M. Felton, Chicago Great Western, follows in part: “Threats of a strike, made by lead- ers of the railroad labor unions, are ; Romance Binding, Balkan Nations lot 1 $144,000 i KING ALEXANDER AND BRIDE BANKRUPTCY PLEA IS FILED BY JW.BRINTON {Says Liabilities Aggregate Many} Times More. Than His Assets St. Paul, June 8 (By the A. P.)—| iJ. W. Brinton, of St. Paul, formerly connected with _the Nonpartisan Icague in North Dakota, today filed a petition in bankruptcy in United States district court here setting lia- bilities in which he is at least jointly responsible with others at $250,066.27 | and assets at $815.85. The petition claimed that the lia- bilities were incurred through in- dorsement of notes specified for A. C. Townley, the United States Sisal Trust, the Consumers United Stores, and the league itself. _ Many of the indorsements, the peti- tion states, were made jointly with J. R. Waters and L. A. Simpson of Dickinson. Brinton, the petition stat, does not know the whereabouts nolders of -notes aggregating sued in the interest of Townley, the Publishers National Service Bureau of Fargo, the league press bureau, and the Consumers United Stores Co. Twenty-two of these notes for $2,000 cach were issued to Townley, the petition alleges. j Holders of the notes listed in the petition included several banks in| North Dakota, GERMAN LOAN IS ABANDONED Paris, June 8—(By the A. P.)— All idea of an international loan to Germany has been given up by the committee of bankers and they are meeting today to agree upon the form of their report to this effect which will be submitted to the reparations commission. KOHLSTEDT INSTALLED DAKOTA WESLEYAN HEAD Mitchell, S. D., June 8—Dr. E. D. Kohlstedt recently was installed as president of Dakota Wesleyan Uni- versity, succeeding Dr. W. B. Scher- merhorn, retiring head of the uni- versity. Prominent educators from all parts of the state were present. Antwerp, Belgium, is the center of the human hair industry. NO DESIRE FOR RAILROAD STRIKE ON PART OF WORKERS, SAY RAIL CHIEFS ing whether the men themselves, that is, the railroad employes, really are in sympathy with resistance of the decisions of the United States rail- road labor board. “The truth is that the men have been expecting a reduction in their wi s and have made or are making preparations to meet the new scale. There is no talk of strike among the men. The disturbing statements read by the public are prepared by leaders of the unions, whose view- point haS been distorted by months of effort before the board to resist the inevitable downward trend of wages. The employes, on the other hand, are in the main sincerely interested in avpearing with such frequency that the time seems opportune for ques- tioning the soundness of their talk. There is a very god reason for doubt- € taking care of their jobs and their homes, and few employes in any in- dustry have more good reasons for doing so,” BILL COMPENSATION BILL I$ GIVEN TOU,S.SENATE Chairman McCumber of Finance Committee Presents Measure With Estimates NO ADDITIONAL TAXES Tetal Amount of Senate Bill Is $250,000,000 Less Than House Measure Washington, June 8—An effort to present the soldiers bonus bill to the senate today was blocked by Senator Williams, Democrat, Mississippi. Chairman McCum- ber of the finance committee gave notice that he would make another effort later in the day to get the measure to the senate calendar, Washington, June 8.—The soldiers ponus bill was formally presented in the senate by Chairman McCumber of the finance committee with an accom- panying report placing the probable cost to the federal government at $3, ‘$45,000,000 spread over a period of 43 years from next January 1. This is ap- proximately a quarter of a billion dol- lars less than the estimates under the house Dill, The senate bill estimate was pre- pared by treasury experts and is based on the theory that 75 per cent of the veterans who would be eligible for compensation, would elect the adjust- ed service certificate option; 221-2 per cent vocational training aid. Should all of the veterans select the certificate plan the total cost would be $4,486,545,975, No Added Taxes. With reference to financing the leg- islation Chairman McCumber’s report said it was hoped the reduction in gov- ernmental expenditures plus the pay- ment of interest on the refunded for- eign government obligations would be sufficient to obviate the imposition of additional taxation. * As to the refunded foreign obliga- tions the hope was expressed that this soon would be obtained and “that it will be possible for the foreign gov- ernment to provide for the immediate payment of interest thereon so that such interest can be used toward de- fraying the expenses authorized un- der this act.” Reduce Cash Payment. Senator McCumber explained that an attempt had been made to reduce a minimum actual cash payment under bill during the next three years, while the treasury is engaged in refunding the nearly seven billions of dollars of maturing government obligation. The estimated cost of the bonus for these three years was $242,000,000. After its presentation to the senate the bonus bill went to the calendar where it will remain until there is an agreement to call it up. As now drafted the legislation would give each veteran the right to select any one of the following plans: Adjusted service pay but only if his adjusted service credit did not exceed $50. Adjusted service certificates with bank and government loan provisions. Vocational training. aid, Farm and home aid. ‘Land settlement aid. The adjusted service certificates payable at the end of 20 years from the date of issue or sooner upon death would have a face value of 3.105 times the total amount of the adjusted ser- vice credit. 200 PROMINENT MEN TO ATTEND CONVENTION aes Milwaukee, Wis., June 8—The lar- gest number of speakers ever brought to a single convention in Milwaukee, of national and international reputa- tion, totaling 200 prominent men, will address the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in their conven- tion here June 11 to 15, inclusive. The convention will be broken up into departmental sessions rather than general meetings. It is in the departmentals that the men who make business move, will exchange views on a given set of conditions, it was said by Homer J. Buckley, chairman of the program committee. : Two of the departmentals which will play an important part in the gathering will be those of church ad- vertising and community advertis« ing. Leading civic workers through- out the country will address these meetings. STATIC HALTS RADIO MUSIC Telephone men in convention at Mandan last night did not dance to the tunes of radio music as they an- ticipated. Static, the bugbear of ra- dio, prevented the feature. “U” COEDS EXCEL MEN IN AVERAGE STANDING Grand Forks, N. D., June 8.—Coeds at the University of North Dakota burn more midnight oil than men students, according to Howard Pat- moro, registrar. Scholastic records for the first semester give the wo- ;men an average of 85.78 percent and [the men 82.97,