The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1922, Page 1

by Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicnity: Fair and slightly warmer tonight. ‘THE BIS ESTABLISHED 1873." FEAR MA U. S. POWER TO MAI ASKSCONGRESSTOGIVERAIL | LABOR BOARD WANTS NATIONAL COAL BODY * President in Address to Con- gress Says He'll Use U. S. Power to Keep Trains Go- ing. DEPLORES | VIOLENCE] Asks For End of “Warfer on Unions of, Labor”—and De- mands Unions Men. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 18. — Pesident Harding in an ad- dress to congress today on the industrial situation declared that the rights of employes and employers alike to con- duct their business must: be recognized,and he also deplor- cd what he.termed “warfare on the unions of labor,” Pesiden¢ Harding. announ- ced to congress and the coun- try today that*his adminis- tration having exhausted every means for ‘assettlemant of the rail and coal strikes now was resolved “to. use all the power of the government to maintain transportation and sustain. the right of men to work.” Groups who take the law in- to their own hands, the jpres- ident said, and attempt to control for their own purposes the resources of the whole people can only ‘be ‘regarded as perils to public safety. He said neither employers nor employes could entirely escape, responsibility for the present industrial situation, but he condemned in particular the “shocking crimes at Herrin, Illinois,” and described recent railway troubles as “a‘ state of lawlessness shocking to every conception of American law and order.” y Supporting his request for a temporary national coal agency, President Harding warned congress that , al- though the “skies are clear- ing,” in the coal situation a recurrence of difficulty might be expected next April, when now being Restrain) CK TRIBUNE === (Leased Wire of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS epee STRIKE MUST END NOW SAYS WARREN STONE Chief of Engineers and Allied Crafts Bringing Pressure To Bear“ MORE POWER; DE VALERA IS REPORTED DEAD (By the Associated Press) | HARDING . IS HOPEFUL ublin, Aug. 18—Rumors were extensively circualted in Dublin today that Eamon De Va- lera, Republican leader, was dead.- Countess Markievicg, former member of the Dail Eireann who hab been closely associated with Mr. De Valera in championing the Republican cause when questioned said Mr. De Valera was suffering from a slight chill but that his conditfen was not serious and gave no cause for y anxiety. q EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PLAN — TS OUTLINED: Representative of Veterans Bureau Tells of New Serv- ice Arrangements Mediation Committee Repe- senting All Unions Meet Executives of Roads WOULD END STRIKE New York, Aug. 18.—Heads of the five big railroad brother- “hoods, serving as mediators, to- day pressed their efforts to end the nation-wide shopmen’s strike —a striwe which Waffen S. Stone, leader of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers, asserted thig morning, must. stop here and. now. b The brotherhood men put in two Aours with railway execu- tives this“ morning and then went into. executive session shortly after 2 o'clock with the heads of the sixteen stationary crafts. Later in the day the me- diators were scheduled to re- sume their conferegce. New York, Aug.'18.—The strike of rallway craft umions will be settled here, Warren S. Stone of the Broth erhood of Railway Engineers declar- ed today as the committee of rail brotherhoods finished: sev. formal conferences before “meeting the rail executives to continue their work of mediation. Belief that -no definite agreement for settlement of thes shop ergfts strike ;would be reached today was expressed by Warren S. Stone, head of'the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- ineers, shortly before one o'clock on leaving the conference, between broth- erhood men and executives. Railway-. exetutives.and_ brother- hood chiefs went:into session at 10:80 o’tlock this morning in another _ Fred -R, Brady, assistant, employ- |} ment representative of the . United States’ Veterans Bureau, was in Bis-| marck yesterday talking over ways; of obtaining cooperation between; the Federal Employment pureau, the (American Legion, and the recently | ) organized employment service sec- j tion of the U. S. Veterans Bugeau |which is a new branch of the net- , Vice, and has -headquarters in Far- go. a ‘ | “The government feels. that, its) full obligation to the veterans whom , it has given vocational training, will | not end until it has procured thefh employment which “is suitable to! yin | their training,” said Mr. Brady. As| ‘fort to end the aaticn-wide shop- a result, a recognition of the re-| Ors Strike: habilitation division in the central| Ringing in their ears was the state- | office has been made in which a new, ent of Warren 8. Stone, head of the section, the employment. service de- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engincers, partment has been added.” ;made this morning at an earlier con- “The aim of the employment serv-| ference with labur leaders that the | ice section is to procure employment | craft unions strike must be settled | opportunities, establish necessary j here. At a conference between Mr. Jewell contacts to accomplish this pur-| pose; to find opportunities for em-/and the mediatiun committee which ployment and act as a celaring house | preceded the sesgion with the execu- for all such opportunities; to fol-| tives, it was understood a more-defi- ‘low up the rehabilitated veteran on!nite proposal for a settlement had | the job for the purpose of assisting, been worked out, but nothin coneert “him to meet the difficulties of his|in its natare could be learned from ! new position, and to promote the/ official sources. = good will of the public toward the| “Officials of the railroad shop work- rehabilitated veteran.” — .. .. [ers have been in constant touch with | The employment section will list) the mediation coimittee of five since all employment openings for meni the negotiations began yesterday,” and bring them into contact with said Mr. Jewell, official spokesman | prospective employers. bie} the em-/for the labor forces. “It, is impos- a q certain BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922 Y TRAPPED BY FIRES NTAIN TRANSPORTATION--HARDING beiTHT01 WOMAN GETS TRAINS MOVE FOUR DAYS FOR BETTER ASMEN WATCHING GAME RESUME WORK watched a friendly stud poker game between her husband and Albert Em- | Big Four Succeed in Clearing| Transportation Blockades- merson of Chicage and another man ata local hotel last night Mrs. William That Menaced Traffic Ekkes, Moorhead, Minn., was sen- tenced to four days in the jail on a, charge of “disorderly conduct” in police court here today. The two men were given the same sentence for playing the game, whilé Norman j McClure, whose plea of guilty forced | the others to make the same plea, jas released upon promise to leave j town. MAY USESTATE FIGURES IN | PARLEYS CONTINUING Disorders Incident to - Rail Strike ‘Continue in Some Sections (ty the Associ&ted Press) Chicago, Aug. {8.—Transportation blockades caused by train crew vwalk- outs cleared away today as’ ratfroad heads and leaders of the train sery- ice unions met in NewsYork in an- other parley for peace in the shop- men’s strike, fe While their lea@ers were shoulder- ing the issues of striking shop crafts, members of thé urdnsportation broth. trhdbds who quit their posts in vari- ous parts of the .ountry, returned to their jobs and stranded traffic’. wei moving again, In the far west where the, tie-up Tata ¥es was most effective, conditions‘improv-| ,USe of the farm loan department ed rapidly and railroad officials an-| of the Bank of North Dakota by the nounced the resumption of almost| #tate board of equalization in check- normal transponwcion, The Atchi-| ing values of farm lands in various son, Topeka and Santa Fe, Union Pa-| Parts of the state probably will be cific, Western Pacific and Southern| ™ade, Governor Nestos told county | Pacifie reported striking trainmen| 2ditors of. the state in meeting back on their jobs and trains. mak- here with Tax Commissioner C. C. is schedules on time. Converse and members of the state Disorders inuident to the raft| board of equalization. strike continued meanwhile. Three| |The theory advanced is that valu- workers employed in railroad shops able information as to actual values at Cincinnati were attacked and se-| °f farm lands is in the hands of the verely beaten. A round housn em | state department, including a man’s {ploye of thé Texas and Pacific at |Dallas, Texas, was injured by a bomb whigh shafterea the rdof of the building. A tear bomb used by po- lice in dispersing a crowd of striking |Governor Explains Idea to The County Auditors in Session Here LAND VALUES TALKED land, the estimate: of an appraiser and usually of others, The auditors | were informed by the Governor that it was not the intention of the board | necessarily to absolutely take such shopmen at Topeka, Kan., routed the! ¢; A police also, A third attempt to dyna- | {izes but se bee, them. in, its equal- mité tracks.of the Louisville and Nashville in Alabama, occurred, at Grace near' Birmingham. Shots’ were exchanged between j workers and strikers at the Colton) California plant of the Pacific Frui Express, The fght started when rocks were thrown at workers as they emerged from the plant. Eight strik- ers were arrested, CAN'T STOP ON ~NEW BRIDG ;Got to See Moonlight From County auditors,.in. most: of the counties of the state made state- ments td ‘the state board,. giving their ideas as to the proper values be placed this year by the state board. Most of the auditors urged that_no change. be ‘made from the present values ‘as certified to the state Board,” seounty; Andrew Blewett, auditor of Stutsman county and Hans Ander- son, auditor of Grand Forks coun- | ‘were assessed too high as compared ' to the assessment on farm lands in other parts of the state. Auditor Felson of Pembina county made a similar protest. Mr. Tucker, after urging his point, . Hy listened.to thé description of the as- Some Other Point, Police | ,¢ssments in Richland county by | Hold Auditor Burton with respect to cer- | | tain portions of thescounty which { he said were over-assessed, and then told the state board that in compari- ‘gon two townships bordering on Its all right to view the moonlight over the Missouri, but not from an -nutomobile standing in the new Mis- VALUATIONS W. R. Tucker, auditor of Cass} ty, all asserted to the state board; ‘that farm lands in their counties! PEN WARDEN KIDNAPED BY FOUR INMATES Convicts Escape From South Dakota Prison After Wounding Deputy 1 | i ;}RIOT IN TAILOR SHOP Hbid up Guards with Knives And Compel Them to Open Gates (By the Associated Press) Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 18.—An ‘all night search by posses formed "by state, county ‘and city officers ;and members’ of the local post of the American Legion had failed to- | day to-pick up the trail of four con- )victs who late yesterday escaped from the South Dakota penitentiary here, kidnaped Warden George T. Jameson and severely wounded de- | puty Warden Arthur Muchow. Muchow was reported recovering j from knife wownds received when he attempted to quiet a commotion that occurred yesterday afternoon in the prison tailor shop. The convicts— Henry Coffee, Joe Foreman. Joe Teel j and J, B, King—assailed the deputy and when Warden Jameson, who had j heard the cries of Muchow rushed to the shop he was held up at the point of knives and forced to lead the way for the quartet through the prison gates, A tourists car, parked outside the prison walls, was commandeered bv _ the convicts who forced the ward- ‘en to get into the machine with |own estimate of the value of his’ them. A guard on the wall who wit-| nessed the escape was unwilling to | risk a shot fearing a bullet might \'strike the warden. |. Fleeing north, the convicts aban- | doned the auto at Ellis and appropri- ated another car, At Crooks, South Dakota, the warden was bound and | Placed in a country church from | which he escaped. an hour tater. |. Jameson, upon his return early | today said he had not been manhan- i dled by the convicts who even pre- ! pared a rude bed on the floor « . church, He said they could not have | traveled far as the automobile was giving them trouble, The convicts were all serving sen- tences for grand larceny and were regarded by prison’ authorities as ; among the most desperate inmates ' of the prison. Coffee is a negro. ‘WOULD ENJOIN APPOINTMENT Game Warden McGrath Be- gins Proceedings 0. McGrath, up to three months LIN FORESTS MAY BE INCREASED UNESS SETTLERS GET OUT AHEAD OF FLAMES Fierce Fires Are Burning in Northern Minnesota and Call Is Sent Out For Aid—Fire Burning Fiercely in the Neigh- borhood of Kelsey. ‘ _ HOPEFUL BUT FEARFUL Duluth, Minn., Aug. 18.—(By The Associated Press.) — Hopeful that the comparative light wind of today would not strengthen until complete control of the situation could be gained, state officials here in charge of the forest fire s‘tua- tion this afternoon were pressing into service every available man for duty in the fire zone. Casualty reports still were unconfirmed at 1 p. m. while unofficial figures on the death toll placed it variously from six to ten It is recognized, however, that in the confusion jseveral reported dead may be among the refugees who con- tinue to stream into the larger towns and cities MAY 90 BEYOND TWELVE Duluth, Minn.,-Aug. 18.—Fears that the death toll from the forest fires raging in northern Minnesota would go be- yond the reported total of twelve when additional advices are received today from the flame swept areas were express- ed this morn by scores of refugees who are arriving here hourly from all sections of the northwoods. While 400 Minneapolis national guardsmen under com- mand of Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow, continued today the work of succoring the refugees, more than 2,000 forest rangers, settlers,and others redoubled their efforts in fighting ‘the flames, which already have destroyed three small towns —-Cotton, Central Lakes and Whiteface. ‘Fate Unknown Fate of a score of other tiny settlements scattered over St. Louis and Lake counties, north of here hung on the weath- er today. Only rain or a calm day can save these places. Stiff winds weer the chief enemies of the fire fighters yes- terday. The first ray of hope of preventing further serious loss was received at district headquarters of the state for- estry service shortly after midnight when. rangers at Kelsey, 50 miles north of here, the center of the worst blazes report- ed the situation much improved with the wind subsiding and a heavy dew. . Similar advices were received from ‘the vicin- ity of Fairbanks and Eveleth. IO AN AUN AVIATOR SEES ‘New Fires Reported New fires were reported early to- day in several sections however in- cluding one at Cronigan, eight miles northeast of Hinckley and another at Deerwood, “ Emeb and Sherwin, north of Two Harbors neur Lake were becoming menacing while ten miles from Cloquet pest fires were showing increased signs of activity. Mindful of 1918 holocaust in north- | FOREST FIRES I 5 __|.persons abandoned their homes, their Reports After Flying Over) jivestock and in fact everything they owned. The main thought of the The Kelsey Area Near women and children was to reach a haven of safety. Most of the men re- Duluth mained behind to aid fire fighters. Main Roads Crowded Last night and today all main roads leading to Duluth, Evelth and other northern villages were crowd- ed with fleeing women and children, Duluth national guardsmen and other citizens. manned trucks and pleasure automobiles and went far jinto the country to meet the plod- | ding villagers and aided them in reaching hastily established relief stations supervised by the Red Cross here. PEOPLE ORDERED oUT (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., Aug. 18.—Ranger A. B, Gibbs flying in a Minnesota, national guard airplane, returned to Duluth at noon from a trip over the fire district and reported the Kelsey fire burning fiercely. Governor six 'ago chief game warden of. the Sec-! preys immediately dispatched wage contracts ond district, # position recently Ml") trucks to.’ Kelsey to transport the made are to be renewed, un- less a cute( were-provided for the fundamental ills affecting the industry. The president declared a na- tional investigation for con- structive recommendations as ployer seeking a man fo: sible for me, however, .t | 1 position the bureau will furnish in-| Specific commentrat this time “My guy river bridge, ‘The police ban| Richland ebunty’ and also one border: formation in regard to the training | ‘phe chairman ofthe executives wv: this, and made one arrest last night ing on Barnes county were agaessed | i ie | of the applicant, and his experience. | understood to-have informed the sett’) of an autoist alleged to be driving sree i Wetact of bee cll Leet Of Wo: Rere l{.| townspeople and settlers to Duluth. i Mr, Brady said that he did not ask| sto thatthe brotherhood. ghiets ré-| With a spotlight on and stopping on! , Shut or te purten o taxation Mandan has filled injunction procee’-| «we will take no chances” said the for any sympathy for his men but turning to‘thé-eonference after night | the bridge. ‘ to the farm lands from other class: | ing against Mr, Reko'proceeding with governor. “Where there is apparent | only an opportunity. |Giseusdions with leaders of the strik,| The explanation for the action is|°% Of Property was touched upon; the’ ‘duties of that office and has! danger we will order all people to | ine shopmen were ahawing less ef un{ that there is danger of accidents it) Some. auditors, who urged greater b ro Ue Me mana ae eee ain, | Piaces of safety.” DR. WISEHARD - | assessment upon some other classes | against theHtate’ auditor, D.C. Poin-|” “al! employes of the large paper Chief among the scores directing this work, was Governor J. A. Preus of Minnesota, who came. here yesterday to make plans for speed- ing up coal shipments to the north- west. The governor after ordering out five companies of guardsmen and six airplanes, stayed up most of the night ‘arrangeing for cots, food and other comforts at the Duluth | cars are stopped on the bridge. The bridge. also. presents other! Horizontal raises made by the state’ dexter, to ‘compe, ‘that official ‘to pay : mills and saw mill | board, last year in some. towns were, him salary for the last three months, | mil/p ae Cleduct near inclination‘to accept the compromis the fire zone have been ordered out to the conduct of the coal in- dustry to be imperative and! recommended a, government commission to advise as to fair wages and conditions, Immediate legislation to es- tablish temporary a “national coal agency” with’ necessary c&pital to purchase, sell and distribute coal also was urged by the executive. Stating that the Esch-Cum- mins act in establishing the railroad labor board was in- adequate, being with little or no power to enforce its decis- ions, the president recom- mended action to make the board’s__ decisions able and effective against car- riers and employes alike.” Urges Alien Protection © Other executive recommen- dations were for “better pro- tection of aliens and enforce- ment of their treaty rights,” a measure to give federal courts jurisdiction in protect- ing aliens. In discussing the coal situation the president referred to’ what he termed the “shocking crime at Her- rin, Illinois, which so recently sham- ed and horrified the country,” and added the incident was “butchery of human, beings wrought in mad- ness.” Other than the amendment to the Esch-Cummins law to make the rail- road board’s decision the president did not with the railroad strike. Will Maintain Transportation President Harding told congress and the nation that he was resolved| famous American tragedienne, died “to use all the power of the govern-| of: heart disease today at her homo (Continued on Page 7) “enforce-| enforceable !a forty acre tract. recommend | reports an average wheat yield of 25 any legislation to deal immediately | bushels per acre trom a 60-acre field. | Prononal on} seniority. AND FAMILY IN AUTO ACCIDENT | Dr. 0. M. Wisehard of Glen Ulin and family were shaken up in an automobile accident near Driscoll last night. As they were turning a corner, an automobile driven by a {farmer approached. The driver ap- {parently was confused, for he wav- ' ered in his direction and then struck Dr. Wisehard’s car broadside. A baby was thrown from the rear seat into a corneb/of the tonneau, Mrs. Wischard was thrown against a side curtain; which was drawn and |a son was jostled on the rear seat. | ‘No one injured. The automobile of Dr. Wisehard, a large 17-passenger car, was..damaged considerably. If it been a’ lighter car it probably { would have been turned over. HOPEFUL. OY SETTLEMENT. Washington; Aug. 18.—President Harding was told today by Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, one of his advisers in the rail strike that long distance telephone conversations with brotherhood chiefs and repre- sentatives of the railroad executives in New York had disclosed both sides “hopeful of a settlement of the rail strike at today’s meetin.” Discussions of the troublesome seniority issue were declared by the Indiana senator to be based on a plar which roughly would provide: First, that the men who did not go on strike to tne head of the list in seniority. Second, walked out July 1 or later be accord- ed seniority status second to the men who remained at work. Third, that the mew men taken on during the strike pe given a senior- ity ranking beluw the other two {groups and be ietained in employ- ment by the railroad wherever pos- sible. j MOVED 10 BALDWIN. Wilton, N. D, Aug. 18&—Harvey Graham, one of Wilton’s well known citizens, has accepted the position of manager of the Farmers’ Elevator at Baldwin and has already moved wita ‘his family. Harvey was at. one time manager of the local Farmers’ eleva- tor and for the past year was in charge of the city water works.” The Graham family has many friends who regret their departure. Witt Cuyler, chairman. of the associa- tion of railroad éxecutives and lead- er of the executives in the New York over the telephone early today as “quite hopeful.” : PROSPECTS NOT SO BRIGHT Washington, ‘Aug. 18.—Senator Watson had another long distance telephone conversation with Mr. Cuyler after the brotherhoods and executive committee went into con- ference today and was informed by Mr. Cuyler, he said, that the pros- pects for settlement were not so bright as they’ appeared prior to the conference. BIG OATS YIELD. | Minot, Aug. 18—A yield of 126 bushels of oats to the acre by weight was reported this afternoon by Charles D. Stearns, who operates the John Ehr farm west ofythe city, the-magnificent return being the first authentic report in Minot of the 1922 oat crop. The result was obtained on Mr. Stearns also Tibet is larger than France, Ger- FAMOUS ACTRESS DEAD. many and Spain combined. London, Aug. 18—Genevieve Ward, in Hampstead, manufacturing center in the world. that the employes who; Senator Watson said that T. De-| conference had expressed himself; Nottingham is the largest lace| ;, 7 insurance: 1921, 214,029; 1922, problems to the police, Bismarck po- lice ‘agree they have authority out to the middle of the bridge but not beyond. And if they start chasing a speeder ‘and don’t get his number they'll probably stop at the half-way | point, There is already the sugges- tion made of ‘a joint patrol of Bis- | marek and Mandan police, or Mor- | ton county authorities, so no « jean run out of danger of the law | Complaints have come to The Tri- | bune that two or three accidents | have narrowly been averted in Bis- | marck because of improper Jights at | street intersections or no lights at j all, in the congested district. In some places, it. is said, lights are placed away from the street inter- sections and drivers have just es- caped accidents at street crossings because they are sq dark that they cannot see other cars. changed. He especially asked that ACREAGE OF | burden on ‘the two western tiers of townships‘ of the country. About 7,000 More Acres in}, "lg Crop in Burleigh Co. || NEWS BRIEFS | An increase in the number of acre8; New York—Ths German mark de- in crop in Burleigh county is shown’ Jined ‘to a new low record price by the county auditor's abstract of: o¢ 99.4 cents per 100. | reports to the hail insurance depart: | e : ment for the present year. R | There are 280.831 acres in crop in| Wellington, Kan—Mrs. Anne. ie the present season as compared to| Beal, 56, former secretary of the Ly 287,605 acres last year. linois Women’s Christian Temperance Withdrawals from the state hail) Union died. insurance :fund are greater than last year, although the additional $3 insurance taken out’ is increased. Comparisons follow: Withdrawals—1921, 67,602 acres; 1922, 80,631 acres. Additional insurance in @orce— 1921, 12,129 acres; 1922, 16,410 acres. Number of acres on which there | protested. The board was informed (that in two towns, the board last year made a horizontal raise which | put) the assessed value ‘of vacant lots ! 50° percent above sael value. The auditor of Walsh county asked the { state board to cut the real estate \assessments certified to it 20 per- cent. Andrew. Blewett of Jamestown, ad- dressing the, board, opened his plea by saying: “Gentlemen, what this ar was a plenty.” He explained that land in western Stutsman county was assessed $30 jan acre while the kind of land in : Kidder county, a bordering county, | was assessed at $15 an acre. The | state board last year, he«said, raise: the Stutsman county assessment 25 percent. This year, he said, the county’ board spent three weeks in going over the values of the county and he believed that they had re- ported to the state board fair as- sessments, and they should not be ive Marion, IL—A call for a scam jury investigation of the Herrin mas sacre was-issued for August 28, Wellsburg, W. Va—Indictments against 216 men were returned fn a grand jury investigation of the Clif- ton mine battle of July 17. Seventy- eight were indicted for murder ane the others for conspiracy, 206,974, ‘board did to Stutsman county last, \of since the time McGrath wue in- i formed he was not a warden, | The ‘order against Mr,-Rero, Which j also’ extendsito che game and fish ‘commission, although signed by Judge | Berry of Mandan, is made return- ‘able, before Judge Lembke at Hettin- | ger, Adams county, Aygust 30th. , i —<—<—$—— BANDITS KILL _ CONTRACTOR: i ! Baltimore, Md., Aug. 18.—William 'B. Norris, secretary-treasurey of | Hicks, Tase and Norris, Inc., build- ‘ers, who shot to death at Park and | Madison avenue today by unidenti- fied bandits, who robbed him of the | company’s payroll amounting to ap- | proximately $7,0v0. Frederick W. Kuethe, a bookkeeper of the company, who accompanieg Mr. Norris was beaten into insensibility by the rob- | bers, who escaped in an automobile. | COUNTY, CLEARED | OF INSURGENTS | | Belfast, Aug. 18.—Reports were | received in Belfast this morning that | Carlingford and Omeath, county Louth had been cleared of Republi- can insurgents by national army for- ces, GAVE BaD CHECKS. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 18—Star Plum- lev, 19, Fargo youth arrested last night on charge of giving a bad | check for $5 waived preliminary hear- ing in police court this morning and was bound over to the next term of district county court. He told police that he had last Monday married Miss Dolores Anatol of Sharon, 4 “STEAL | $7,000 by State Forester Cox to fight fire | and care for the refugees. j Trucks Pick up Settlers The trucks will pick up settlers in the Kelsey district as far north as Shields, said the governor, The’ population of Kelsey and the sur-j| rounding territory affected by tho| fire is estimated at 200. Outside of the Kelsey and Mark-; ham fire areas there is no grave danger to settlers, Ranger Gibbs re-| ported. The plane piloted by Lieu-| tenant T. G. Williams covered twen-| ty-four townships north and north- ‘west of Duluth, | A forty mile wind is fanning the| fire at Kelsey, the ranger said. Inducted in Service i Every available man in Duluth,| out of work, has been inducted into special service with the state forest-, ry department in the fight against! forest fires. State Forester Cox re-| ports about 2,000 men on duty in| northern Minnesota, in addition to, the national guard troops patrolling the roads. | In a telephone message to his: headquarters at St. Paul, Mr. Cox, directed the office to notify all avail-| abel men in the forestry department in the state to rush to Duluth im- mediately and report to him for: duty. All forestry men in northern} Minnesota, whose territories are not) in danger, were instructed by tele-| graph and telephone this morning to come to Duluth at once. TO RAISE $5,000. Linton, N. D., Aug. 18.—Beginning in September, a drive will be made in Emmons county to raise supplie: Land money to the extent of $5,000 for use among the starving people of, South Russia. An organization ex-| tending over the entire Northwest 1s being perfected to put on this drive, and Emmons county is expected te make a strong response because of the fact that thousands of the starv-! ing people in South Russia are rela-| tives and friends of many of the res- idents here, i armory for.the arrivals from the fire country. Outlook For Relief Scant The outlook for relief in the for- est fire menaced north country of Minnesota was scant early today. The wind continued to blow from the northwest and the United States weather bureau reported no indica- tions that rain would fall within the next 36 hours, With this in mind and fearing the peat, brush and for- est fires might again rage unabated today, foresters and troopers in au- tomobiles and guardsmen in. air- | planes rushed a check of the north country to ascertain the fate of sev- eral towns reported burned and to see what might be done to save other places said to be endangered by flames. Efforts were also being made to reach a burned farm home near Markham, where according to Cap- tain L. J. Moerke, of the Duluth tank corps, an entire family of six lost their lives yesterday. Guards also went into the scorched woods beyond Whiteface to search for the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Donald and two children, reported by refugees to have died in yesterday’s conflaga- tion. Ten Missing The number of missing remained at ten today. Guardsmen who visit- ed the Kelsey fire area expressed the belief that more settlers may have been trapped and burned by the fires. With the return of the guard aviators this morning it is expected that the fate of Central Lakes, Colton, Markham and White- face, reported wiped out, will be known. So dense was the smoke from the burning vegetation yesterday and last night that it was impossible to make a check of the burning area. Meanwhile thousands of guards are attacking the fires to prevent re- kindling by the stiff winds. Troops to Relief Adjutant General Walter F. Rhin- ow has ordered all available men of (Continued on Page 3)