The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1922, Page 1

- WEATHER - FORECAST. — Unset- tled,. but generally fair tonight and Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 GUARD TROOPS FIRED ON FR GREAT ANXIETY IS FELT OVER NORTHCLIFFE LABOR OFFICE REMAINS OPEN IN THIS CITY Will Not Close Without Spe- cific Orders, H. A. Bro- copp, in Charge, Says ‘NEED IS HELD GREAT Applications to Bismarck Of- fice Come from All Over “Western North Dakota TO REMAIN OPEN. Minot, N. D., Aug. 4.—Because of the threatened labor shortage in the northwest, which promises to become more acute by the dis- continuance of the federal em- ployment bureau in Minot, the office wilf be maintained for sev- eral days further during the rush of laborers to this section, Clyde Nelson, in charge of the bureau under former federal supervision said today. Although no provision is made for remuneration for Mr. Nel- son’s service, he plans to keep the office open-and take:care of the handling of transient labor for harvesting and threshing. Commissioner of Agriculture and} | Labor J.;A. Kitchen. returning from Minneapolis this afternoon, said thai he had received no official word that the federal labor bureau would with- draw special agents in North Dakota. None have been withdrawn yet, so far as he is informed, he said. Mr. Kitchen is the federal director for North Dakota. The Bismarck labor office, he said, would be kept open regardless of any action with regard to special agents. Mora than 1,000 harvest hands were sent from the Twin Cities during the first three days of August on direct orders, he said. He predicted a large influx of ‘harvest workers this week. Placing Workers. Herman A. Brocopp, in gharge of the local office, was busy placing har- vest workers today and said the of- fice woyld not be closed unless Mr. Kitchen ordered it closed... »,.. Two hundred harvest workers have ‘been sent out-of the Bismarck office to various points in western North Dakota. The office now has applica- tions from farmers or’ organizations for 300 harvest workers immediately. A splendid spirit of co-operation exists over the western section uf the state according to Mr. Brocopp. In many towns the banks, Town Criers clubs or other organizations are act- ing as clearing howses for farm work- ers, Orders are sent in for a cer- tain number of harvest workers and they are distributed after reaching the towns to which they are sent. Special Rate Attracts. The special rate from the Twin Cities is beginning to bring in har- vest workers to the western part of the state, Mr. Brocopp sai There were esveral here this morning thac hud come from outside of the state. Although the harvest in the western part of the state fs said to be far- ther advanced than in the eastern part, nevertheless there is a ten- dency among harvest workers comin; from the Twin Cities to stop at towns in the eastern part of the state: There is ag yet no shortage of farm workers in the western part of the state that is causing alarm, but there are plenty ce jobs open to workers, and with the harvest get- ting into full swing the need wii! grow. The need of maintaining the clearing house here in Bismarck I» held to be very important if western North Dakota is to be supplied with harvest workers. HOPES FOR RULING CHANGE, Fargo, N. D., Aug. 4.—Two special assistants. of the local federal em- ployment office were still on the job today despite yesterday’s order tak- ing eight special agents of the fed- eral employment «service in North Dakota off the pay roll effective last night. They were working without pay, Mrs. M. B. Bowe, in charge of the office said. “I am stifl hoping something can be: done to keep the federal offices throughout the state open because 1 realize the, absolute need for them at this time,” she said. The special agents at the Grand Forks!and Devils Lake offices had in- dicated intention of also remaining on the job today, she added. BAD LIGHTING EFFECTS HARMFUL Fargo,'N. D., Aug. 4.—Optometrists should fight bad lighting effects harmful to the eyes in school, factory and home as well as to carry on their professional work in individual cases, Dr. E. H. Kienkenapp, Faribault, Minn., told the state association in session here today. Officers and 1923 meeting place were chosen late this forenoon. Dean E. S. Keen of the agriculturai college, and Earl Reinecke, Fargo, ad- dressed the North Dakota Retail Jewelers association convention here this afternoon, Reineke speaking on development of wireless. Mandan was expected to make a strong bid for the 1923 state conven- tion later in the afternoon and of- ficers were to be elected. By expelling the air within their bodies, aquatic birds make them- selves héavier than air when diving. -THE BI Can Have Tea The Valley City franchise in the Dakota baseball league is transferred to Bismarck, and the club will known asthe Bismarck club for the remainder of the season, President M. E. Cantillon said today on ar- riving. in Bismarck for the opening game with Aberdeen. It had been understood by local officials that the games of the Valley City team, merely were transferred here, but Mr. Cantillon was firm in his declaration that the basebalt team is the Bismarck team from now on, + Asked what must be done here in order that Bismarck may have & Dakota league team next year, he re- plied: “Simply show that. you want ® team by supporting it.” DEMOCRATS 0 , HALT VOTE.ON TARIFF BILL Object to Limitation of De: bate Until Sugar Sections Are Disposed of Washington, Aug. 4.—The attempt to fix by unanimous consent a dat. for a final vote on the administration tariff bill’appeared to have been defi- nitely abandoned today, but private negotiations were under way looking to at least some curtailment of dis- cussion. Some Republicans believed these might lead to results but cer- tain Democratic senators were under- stood to object to limitation of de- bate until after the sections of the bill dealing with duties on sugar and hides had been disposed of. While proceeding with debate on the: bill’ today’ the: senate awaited i report from the: committee on..con- tingent expenses on the resolution introduced yesterday by Senator {Gooding of Idaho, chairman of the | Republican-agricultural-tariff - bloc, proposing investigation by a special senate committee into the financia: interests of senators or their rela- tives in any industry, property or commodity affected by the adoption or rejection of duties proposed in the; pending bill. Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wis- consin, in upsetting plans’ of Repub- lican and Democratic leaders yester- day for a final vote on the bill on August 17, explained he could not consent to any arrangement undcr which important amendments might be acted upon without discussion. BISMARCK BEST: TRADE CENTER Mill City Man Holds It Logical Distributing Center for Western N. Dakota Bismarck is the logical distributing center for 30 counties in western North Dakota, P. E. Banahan of Min neapolis, who has made some investi- gation of this territory, said today. With the growth of this section Twin City houses cannot always give the service desired throughgut the \territory, he has found, and an in- crease in the number of distributing organizations in western North Da- kota is predicted. No other city in the territory offers as good opportunity to economically distribute goods to western Nort. Dakota, Mr. Banahan declared. He has found that a distributing house can reach 30 counties, more than half the number in the state,.better from Bis- marck than from any other point. CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST FRANK MUNSEY Washington, Aug. 4.—Frank A. Munsey, owner and publisher of the New York Herald, was charged to- day in the senate by Senator Good- ing of Idaho, chairman of the Repub- lican agricultural tariff bloc witt fighting the administration tariff biil in the interest of his investments in Europe. 52 BUSHEL WHEAT YIELD CLAIMED Wessington Springs, S. D., Aug. 4.—Fern Coldt, who has a farm near here reports what is believ- ed to be the top wheat yield any- where this season. From a four- teen acre field of winter wheat Coldt has threshed 728 bushels, or an average of fifty-two bush- els to the acre. The grain is of excellent quality and tested six- ty-two pounds to the bushel. Teething causes convulsions amonz young bears. FRANCHISE TRANSFERRED TO-CITY; — CANTILLON HERE TO SEE GAME President of Dakota League Corrects Impression Regarding the Transfer of the Valley City Club to Bismarck — for Remainder of the Season. — City m Next Year i The Dakota league ie having a successful year and should have a better year in 1923, Mr, Cantillon said. Valley City, he said, was the only weak spot on the circuit, the town being too small to support a team. The Valley City club is composed of good ball players, Cantillon said, and should win‘half their games at least. Everett Dean, star ‘infielder, who was injured a few days ago, was unable to accompany the’ team here. Jenson, league umpire, will arbi- trate the game called at 6:15 today. Admission charges will be 75 cents for the grandstand and 55 cents for the bleachers, Cantillon said. This fs a reduction from the charge made in most other cities on the circuit. SENATOR REED’S MAJORITY SINKS TO LOW FIGURE; (By the Associated Press) i St, Louis, Aug. 4.—With United States Senator James A. Reed lead- ing by 6,887 votes, Breckenridgo Long, his’ opponent for the Demo- cratic. senatorial nomination, based. his hopes on the official count being made today to overcome the sena- tor’s, plurality. In*3,629 precincts out of 3,848 in the state, the vote stood: Reed, 189,- 321; Long, 182,484, Experienced observers of Missouri politics, who have made a study of | the vote by counties, agreed that it) was virtually impossible for Long to surpass Reed’s lead with the limited number of precincts yet to be heard from. R. R. Brewster, Republican nominee will poll a plurality of ap- proximately 20,000 over his five op- ponents, William Sacks, light wine and beer advocate, three progressives and one soldier. LOSING HEART (By the Associated Press) Dublin, Aug. 4.—The irregulars have apaprently abandoned intentions ‘TWO. MORE KILLED to make a stand on the banks of the River Suir. National troos entered Carrick-On-Suir yesterday, the 300 ic regulars who had occupied the town fleeing across the hills toward Dun- NEXT MOVE FOR RAIL PEACE IS NOT INDIGATED Speculation As to Turn of Events Only Development ‘ in Peace Maneuvers _ Switchman at Edgemont, S. D. Is Shot and Carpenter Is | Beaten to Death. (By the Associated Pre: Madleonvilley Ky. Auge tem Kentucky national guard troops. today were on guard at Earling— ton, where official say a seriou situation has developed between striking Louisville and Nashville | shopmen and the men employed to take their places. The troopa were taken to Earlington from | this city in motor trucks. § te Chicago, Aug. 4.-—Developments in| the railroad strike were confined to speculation as to what the next peace move would be and reports of vio- lence from various points during the past 24 hours, . Union officials today were awaiting word from President Harding with regard to thejr message of accept- ance of his proposals for ending the walkout. Railroad executives and strike leaders still maintained their attitudes on the questions of senior- ity, the executives insisting that rights of men who stayed at work and new men be respected, and union chiefs holding out for restoration of rights to strikers. . Two deaths resulted from viclence, one in Edgemont, S. D., where & switchman of the Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy #as shot and the other in Chicago, where a carpenter employed in the Illinois Central shops was beaten to death, A repair man in the Illinois Central shops in Chicago was beaten into insensibility because he refused to join the strik- ers. At Waco, Texas, a guard in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas sho was shot through the groin during at argument with a fireman. i ‘A: Union ‘Pacific trainmaster:,wab seized on the ‘main street of Las Vegas, Nevada, taken several miles out in to the desert and given a coat o ftar,and excelsior by a number of men, At the same town four women attacked the wife of a Union Pacific roundhouse foreman .as she was car- rying dinner to her husband. She was beaten severely. Two men were injured and half a dozen windows in a passenger coach were broken when a crowd of men stoned an Illinois Central train at New Orleans. At Birmingham, Ala., ‘two white men were wounded, a negro womai GERMAN BANKS TRANSFER CASH PARIS REPORTS Money Hurriedly Withdrawn in Fear of Seizure by French Government PENALTIES EFFECTIVE French Decree Against Ger- mans for Failure to Pay Effective Tomorrow (By: the Associated Press) Paris, ‘Aug. 4—German ' banks within the last 48 hours have trans- ferred to Holland and Switzerland between 60,000,000 and 70,000,000 French francs which had been on de-| posit in American and other foreign banks in Paris, The Associated Press learned this afternoon, The money was_ hurriedly with- drawn, it was understood in antici- pation of iis being seized by the French government as part of the penalties to be imposed upon Ger- many for her refusal to pay the 2,000,000 pounds installment due for private debts contracted before the war with Frenchmen. : These penalties are to become ef- fective at noon tomorrow and al- though their exact nature has been! carfully guarded by the government it has been assumed that all German bank deposits in. France, Alsace Lor- raine and possibly in occupied terri- tory would be confiscated to meet this payment. DEBT QUESTION BEFOREBRITISH Wide Attention Attracted by! United States Attitude (By the Associated Press) London, Aug. 4.—The announce- ment by the United States treasury department transmitted through the Associated Press, that the Balfour note’ will-not--affect ..the. American, policy ‘toward the payment of war. debts has attracted universal -atten- tion here. ‘ This together with the emphatic statement by the chancellor of the exchequer in the house of commons that Great Britain has ‘no intention of suggesting any alteration of finan- cial obligations to the United States gave a somewhat new direction to this morning’s newspaper comment; on the qusction of inter-allied debts. There was, on the whole, a less anxious note to the editorials. The prospect of next week's conference now tends to overshadow the Bal- garvan. Before the evacuation they | wounded, and another negro woman] four note and hope is eagerly ex- destroyed all the Suir bridges. injured severely by being trampled pressed that it will lead to some ar- As the government troops had pre-| upon in a clash between non-union| rangement between the European viously taken Cahir, west of Clon mel, they now dominate the way east through the Suir valley toward Wat-| lice reports said. The white men and| through the reparations and cogna' erford and Clonmel, which is men- aced from two sides and cannot bold out long. The nationals have already captured Butlerstown Castle near Waterford. Mullinahone, county Tipperary; Wind Gap, in Kilkenny and other small towns have been taken by the government forces. BELL RITES SBT FOR TODAY Famous Inventor to Be Laid to Rest in Granite Tomb Sidney, N. S., Aug. 4.—The body of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, will be laid to rest this evening from, the home on Beinn Bhreagh mountain which he had occupied for 35 succes- sive summers.; At sunset interment will be made in a granite tomb blast- ed in the summit of the mountain, a part of the Bell estate. The body will be borne to its burial place on the highest point in eastern Nova Scotia by the members of the Bell estate. There it will be laid away in its lofty lookout with simple ceremonies and to the singing of Robert Louis Stevenson’s requiem: “Under the wide and starry sky; “Dig the grave and let me lie; “Glad did I live and gladly die; “And I laid me down with a will.” ROBBERS ENTER ORISKA STORE Fargo, N. D., Aug. 4.— Robbers whose work was believed similar to that shown in looting stores at Tow- er City, Tuesday, entered a generai store at Oriska, Barnes county and got away with merchandise and casa valued at $800. EDWARD CLEARY DIES IN LONDON London, Aug. 4.—An inquest was ordered held today on the body of Edward Cleary, an American known the world over as a theatrical produc- er, actor, playwright, promoter, war correspondent and adventurer. He died yesterday while buying a tic- ket at a London railroad station. workers and striking shopmen of the St. Louis-San Francisco railroad, po- one of the negro women were shot. One of the men was seriously wound- ed. Mayor Cowart, of Waycross, Ga. revoked the licenses of two barbe shops, where barbers refused to shave non-union men. The shops continued to operate, but the pro- prietors and parbers were summoned in court to answer charges of doing business without licenses. 17 IN COURT Springfield, Ill., Aug. 4.—Seventeen men charged violation of in- junction writs issued to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Chicago and Alton railroads were brought to the federal court here today. Light are from Roundhouse and nine from Beardstown. Failing to give bond for their appearance before Judge Fitzhenry, they were ‘sent to jail. SHOP CRAFTS TO MEET Washington, Aug. ‘.—Represent- atives of the six striking shop crafts unions on the Southern railway will meet in Washington tomorrow with H. W. Miller, vice-president in charge of operations on the system, to consider proposals for settlement of the strike on the basis suggested by President Harding to the execu tives of all the railroads. ANSWERS SUIT ALLEGING LIBEL: Huron, S. D., Aug. 4—The Huron- ite, Huron’s daily evening paper, 18 answering through its columns, charges alleging libel brought by the Northwestern Railroad company 1” connection with a story printed by the paper Monday evening, concern- ing an alleged shipment of strike breakers brought into the local Northwestern roundhouse. The pa- per in its answer, goes into the mat- ter of the authority upon which it based the original article. —— GIVES EVIDENCE IN CASE TODAY —_ Testimony of George M. Hogue, secretary of the game and fish com- mission, in the civil suit instituted by Attorney” General Johnson as 2 result of purchase of lands in Kid- der county by the board was to be taken in Steele this afternoon, with | Attorney General Johnson and Wil- liam Lemke as attorneys for plaintiff and defendants. allies which will avert the ugly menace hanging over the continent ite questions., The supposed division of opinion in the cabinet regarding the British policy toward the debt problem, seems responsible for another revival of the report that Premeir Lloyd George coniemplates an early elec- tion. (By the Associated Press) London, Aug. 4.—Both the United | States and Japan have been formally notified of the allied conference which is to begin here Monday. Japan is expected to be represented but it is not known whether Ambassador Harvey, who is on a holiday in Scot- land, will attend cither as an active participant or as an observer. LIGHTNING STARTS FIRES Forest Fires Are Being Fought by Thousands of Men Spokane, Wash., Aug. 4.—From the Rocky mountains in Montana to the Columbia river in Washington and up to 100 miles from the Canadian bor- der, thousands of men are fighting| forest fires. ; Particularly dry weather followed by thunderstorms has made the for- est conditions critical. Lightning has started more fires ehan the rain has checked. A fire in Kaniksu forest, eastern Washington, last night had jumped the Idaho line. _A fire in the hills at the head of the St. Joe river is reported as as- suming .tremendous proportions but is so inaccessible as to make fighting it almost impracticable. Twenty-five other fires started by lightning at the head of the Locksaw Fork of the Clearwater river have been reported under control. A fire on Marble Creek in Idaho, has been burning two weeks, but is at last reported under control. In Montana a fire has burned over 1,000 acres in the Black Feet forest, in excellent stands of timber. At latest reports it was still spreading. | REQUISITION ISSUED. A requisition has been issued by Governor Nestos for the return to Beach, N. D., of Harry Dailey, held in Wyoming, on a charge of “concealing | secretaries of Blue Sky Commissions | mortgage chattels subject to lien.” (Leased (By the Associated Press) London, Aug. 4.—Great anx- lety was felt today over the con- dition of Viscount Northcliffe. There was some increase in the heart weakness previously noted and he, was in a state of general exhaustion. ASSIGNMENTS OF BONUS HELD 0, K. FOR BANKS! When Made with Approval of Adjutant General May Be Listed by State Banks RULES ‘ PROMULGATED Collateral assignments of soldier bonus claims approved by Adjutant General Fraser when made to a stace bank will be approved by bank a | aminers as proper and acceptable bills receivable, i} was announced at the adjutant:general’s office» today, following a conference of .representa- tives of the office with State Exam- iner Semingson. This action, together with other rules made by Adju‘ant General Fru ser, are designed ’to permit former service men to use the soldier bonus certificates to make loans upon a rea- sonable basis and to enable banks to accept them as a matter of business. It is hoped, according to Adjutant General Fraser and R. D. Hoskins, 12 charge of the bonus division, to elim- inate the “bonus shark” entirely and to permit soldiers eo use their cer- tificates to get money on a fair in- terest rate. To Probe Assignments, “Assignments will\be carefully in- vestigated by this office and unless the assignment is in good faith, is conscionable and legal, they will not be filed or paid when reached,” says a circular issued by Adjutant General Fraser. The circular continues, explaining the new assignment form prepares by the adjutant general's office: “This new assignment form was prepared with a very definite purpose That purpose is that in cases where a claimant wishés to anticipate his payment, in a proper case he could borrow a sum of money on the claim and this office requires the amount actually paid the clatmant to be the amount inserted in the note. Evasions Mean Trouble. “This office is going to try and sec if these men cannot receive advances at a rate of interest that is honest, right and proper. All such will re- ceive the utmost consideration by the present adjutant general. Evasions and subterfuge will surely result in trouble before the transaction is con- cluded with payment.” & Following Adjutant General Fra- ser’s condemnation of persons who} seek to make an extraordinary profit | on soldiers bonus certificates, ex- tracts from letters showing extor-! tionate demands made on some-~for- mer service men were made public as follows “T can give you $480 cash for your bonus No. (a very few over 8,000), which bonus amounts to $600. “Here was an offer of 20 per cent! discount on a claim that will be paid within 90 days,” was the comment of Mr. Hoskins. Another letter read: “I can give you $290 cash for your bonus num- ber—which amounts to $525.” This claim, it is stated at the ad- jutant general's office, will be paid in about 18 months, but calling it full | two years, the rate of interest asked / was over 40 per. cent. Another letter made public offered a discount of 50 per cent on a claim, which will run abyut two years. FOR UNIFORM BLUE SKY LAW Endorsement of the enactment of a uniform federal Blue Sky law and} co-operation among the departments of the various states was among the results of the national convention of according to R. J. Murphy, secretary of the North Dakota Commission, whe has returned from the national con- vention at Salt Lake City. Twenty- ~ SMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922 Wire of Associated Press) LAST EDITION | PRICE FIVE VENTS | OM AMBUSH INDIANA MEN EXCHANGE SHOTS WITH. ‘SNIPERS’ AS. COAL, MINES ARE TAKEN OVER BY GOV. W'CRAY Production Will Start with Imported Labor if Necessary, According to Indiana State Officials—Governor Preus of Minnesota Urges Taking Over Four Main Railroads Between Non-Union Coal Field of Kentucky and Lower Lake Ports.—Ford’s Road to Heln in Coal Distribution (By the Associated Press) Staunton, Ind. Aug. 4.—Virst hos tilities with the taking over of mines by the state occurred today when were fired upon frof: ambush. The fire was returned by the up over the entire area. the troops and the firing continued national guardsmen on guard duty Ruards and later the firing was taken Automatic rifles were brought into action by tor more than an hour. Despite the fact no local miners had answered Governor McCray’s call for volunteers to man the shafts taken over by the state, officials expected production of coal for state institutions and essential indus- tries to be started in the martial law area today. Following the order- ing of troops into this district the governor announced labor would be imported if state officials made no announcement that would labor had already been contracted that actual digging of coal would Reem NORTH DAKOTA NEAR NORMALCY AVERS EDITOR President Morgan of Press Association Speaks Upon Accomplishments Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 4.—North Dakota has advaneed a long ways in the year since the last meeting of the association, Rilie R. Morgan of Starkweather, president of the North Dakota Press association, told that organization in delivering the annuai address of the president of the asso- ciation here at the opening session today. President Morgan also recom- mended certain changes in the print- ing laws and that the association re- turn to the program of holding a midwinter meeting, recommending that the next session be held at Bis- marck during the session of the leg- islature. pay waintlyes “In order to obtain a true under- standing of the condition of this as- sociation, or any other organization in the state, it is necessary for us to look back hastily over the year that has just passed,” declared Mr. Morgan in. the beginning of his ad- dress. “When we assembled at Jamestown one year ago, the whole world was in a chaotic and disorgan- ized condition, Famine and pesti- lence were satlking about the earth; reconstruction was just beginning; prices were falling; business was disorganized and everywhere men and women appeared to have lost the faith so absolutely essential for per- manent success. In no part of Amer- ica were conditiuns more unfavor- able than in North Dakota. Not only were we passing throughout the af- termath of a great world calamity but the state was governed by men in whom the people had lost confi- dence. Our securities were being peddled about the nation after the fashion sof wildcat oil stock; our crops were not sufficient to meet the current expenses of our people; our eredit was demoralized; and our con- dition was gradually becoming im- possible.” Newspapers Play Part. “In this great work of restoration and reconstruction the newspapers vf North Dakota have played no small part. I do not believe that any fair minded person will deny that the men and women who publish the newspapers of thia state have played a larger part in our restoration and reconstruction than any other class of citizens. It has been a part that any of us may well feel proud to have taken and I deem it our duty to call the world’s attention to the contribu tion which we have made to the state and to the‘people whom we serve. “While the history of North Dakota in the past year has been written in large measure by the clear thinking and intelligent minded newspaper men and women of the state, our work has not been completed. North Dakota has potentialities and possi- bilities that are but faintly appreci- ated by our own people and not at all by the outside world. Let us con- tinue to tell the story of North Da- kota’s greatness in terms that th? whole world can read and under- stand.” President Morgan then discussed the place of the newspaper worker in the state, of the present status uf the North Dakota Press association and of the work accomplished by the secretary-treasurer and of the value to the association of the bulletin. Taking up the question of legislative changes concerning publication mat- ters, he continued: Wants Law Changes. “During the past year it has be- come evident that a few changes should be made in.our present laws dealing with legal publications. 1 have heard several suggestions that the old law providing for three of- ficial newspapers in each county be “(Continued on Page 6) Early Morning Fire. The fire department was called to George Miller’s home on Front strce. near the baseball park about 4 o'clock this morning. A mattress was on fire. | The blaze was extinguished with lit- eight states were represented. tle damage. local miners could not be obtained. Although the indicate that outside for they were firm in their opinion Start today. Reports received by Major General Robert Tyndall, in command of the troops said that no one was injured. It was said, however, by some of the men on duty. that one man was slight- ly injured. Make Investigation. Investigation by military officials indicated that although the firing lasted several hours the attacking party was small. It was reported that several men from nearly towns came to this city and annonced that they were going to “get a flock of soldiers.” They fired on an outpost and the fire was immediately return- ed. As a result of this firing when- ever there was any movement in the woods nearly the guards swept the spot with machine gun and rifle fire. Officers in command of the troops belittled the affair saying that it was a minor skirmish. The situation was regarded as quiet despite the firing which began shortly after midnight and continued until daybreak. WANTS ROADS T#KEN OVER. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4.—Governor Preus. announced following the coal conference today that he will ask.the governors of Wisconsin, lowa, North Dakota and South Dakota to join with him in urging the federal government to take over and operate the rail- roads... bauling. coal from the non- union mines to the lower lake ports. The proposal will be made to the four governors at the conference of governors called by Governor Preus for August 10, to consider the coal shortage situation. The governor said that only the speediest recovery by these railroads in serving the mines will deter lum on this sugges- tion. The coal operators, represented at today’s conference by H. E. Smith, president of the Northwest Coal Dock Operators’ association, agreed to pur- chase. at once 1,000,000 tons of coal for delivery to the head of the lakes this month, Governor Preus immediately tele- graphed C. E. Tuttle of the federal coal commission advising him of the operators’ decision. “This amount of coal is absolutely needed for threshing the crops aud !for running our public utilities, in- | cluding railroads,” Governor Preus declared in the telegram. A similar message was sent Mr. Tuttle by Frank B. Kellogg, who joined witn the governor in asking that the 1,- 000,000 tons, which the operators agreed to handle, be rushed to the head of the lakes with the greatest expedition possible. /MAY SHUT OFF SUPPLY (By the Associated rress) Springfield, Ml, Aug. 4.—Acting Governor Fred E. Sterling declared this morning in a statement to the Associated Press that he had re- |.ceived no authoritative word from | Washington threatening to shut off | Minois’ coal supply from other states, but that Secretary Hoover had sent a telegram several days ago which might be construed as containing such an intimation. The telegram Mr. Sterling said had been referred to Robert M. Medill, the state fuel administrator. It con- | tained the advice, Mr. Sterling said, | that “coal producing states would liave to look out for themselves; that coal insofar as possible would be devoted to the needs of the state where it was mined.” Mr. Sterling said he quoted from memory and might be mistaken. Mr. Hoover's telegram, was not made public when received, Mr. Sterling said, but was held for fur- ther explanation and instructions from Washington. When informed that the federal fuel distributor had announced that no instructions have been issued from Washington and none contem- plated cutting Ilinois off from coal outside the state, the acting gover- por said he was greatly pleased, as such an action would cause consid- ' erable commotion among, coal con- sumers, some of whom are entirely dependent on outside coal. TO ACCEPT FORD OFFER (By the Associated Press) Lansing, Mich., Aug. 4.—With re- quests for priority in coal distribu- tion pouring into the office of State Fuel Administrator William W. Potter, the state today shaped its plans to take advantage of Henry Ford’s offer and bring coal into Michigan over the Louisville, and Nashville and Detroit, Toledo and Ironton railroads, the latter controll- ed by Mr. Ford. State officials today sent officis (Continued on Page 3)