The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1922, Page 1

% WEATHER FORECAST — Gener- not much change in temperature., ally fair tonight and Thursday; ESTABLISHED 1873 WATER UTILITY TAKES CASE TO FEDERAL COURT Asks Injunction Against Rail-; road Commiss'on to Prevent Enforcement Present Rates HEARING ON AUGUST 24 Plea of Company to go Before Three Federal Judges In St. Paul Suit to have the present water rates is Bismarck declared confiscatory was filed in United States district court|, at Fargo by attorneys for the Bis- marck Water Supply company. No- tice also was ‘seryed of the intention ‘of the company to make a motion for an interlocutory injunction prevent- ing the state railroad commission or the attorney ‘general from any at- tempt to compel the plaintiff to main- tain the present rates until just and reasonable rates are established by law. The water company sets’ out that the railroad commission held a hear- ing, which ended May 4, on the sub- ject of rates, that the plaintiff moved for the establishment of temporary rates but that this was denied, and ‘that the railroad commission had never given a decision on the ques- tion of permanent rates. Delay Is Alleged. Alleging delay on the part of the railroad commission in determining the matter to the injury of the plain- tiffs, the complaint says: “In spite of the fact that the time for the fil- ing of briefs fixed by the said board at the close of the hearing,.expired on July: 20th, 1922, the said board not only has not completed its appraisal of the property and tts audit of the plaintiff’s books, but has’ taken no steps to begin such appraisal or audi and plaintiff is iwformed and be- lieves that it is not the intention of the board to begin said appraisal and audit in the near future and plaintiff avers thav evengif the board should now begin said appraisal and its audit! of the plaintiff's books it would be many“months before a finai actermination of the value of the planti#’s property apd of a pétma- nent schedule’ of rates’ by the com- mission.” The water company avers in the camplaint that for the fiseal year, ending Sept. 20, 1922, its net revenue will be but a fraction of. one per cent of the net worth of the property, says it will not have no current funds with which to pay any part of de- linquent taxes and penalty, no cash reserve to meet taxes for the year 1922 and other ¢harges. It asserts that the existing rates have been grossly inadequate and insufficient and have resulted in a continuing confiscation of the property. Reports Set Out. “By reason of these facts it is and for sometime past has heen impos- sible for it to borrow money for any purpose or to attract the investment of capital,” says the complaint. Vari- ous schedules and reports of auditors are set out. The prayer of the company asks: That the rates and charges be de- clared in violation of the federal con- stitution in that they constitute con- fiscation of property; that the de- fendants be restrained, until just and reasonable rates are established, from compelling the plaintiff, tis of- ficers, etc., to maintain in force the present rates; that they be restrain- ed from taking any steps to maintain these in force. The plaintiff company is represent- ed by Davis, Serevance and Morgan, St. Paul, and Zuger and Tillotson, Bismarck. Hear Motion Aug. 24. The motion for temporary injunc- tion, to be heard in St. Paul, Aug. 24, will be before three federal judges. Recently the electric utility of Minot obtained an injunction against the railroad commission similar to the one asked here. A conference was expected to be held this afternoon or tomorrow morning. between the railroad com-! missioners and the attorney-general to determine action to be taken by the defendants in the case. Many Donations For Russia Carson, S. D., Aug. 21—Father Heinz, of Raleigh, and R, Dubbs, of New Leipzig, were in Carson last week after a busy few days soliciting donations for Russia. The congregation of St. Gertrude’s church near Releigh, gave 29 horses and 16 cows. St. Gabried’s church near Shields gave 12 cows and two horses. This is considered remark- ably well as the church is only com- posed of 18 families. All of the members of St. Vincent church have not been solocited an. four cows and three horses have bee= donated, 4 Father Heinz stated that the stock would be shipped sometime be- tween August 27th and September 2nd. He also said that’ it would be sent to communities where needed and there given to the most needy. The stock will not fall into the hands of, the soviet government as it remains American property. The first keyless watch is said to have been made by a Frenchman in 1754, |THE BI | | i hours time. On tie ent, .to Seattle for _the LARGE YIELDS IN STARK C0. Bear Out Predictions of Excellent Crop Dickinson, N. D., Aug... 21.—Re- markable wheat yields for all Stark county are forecasted in the thresh- ing of the wheat in the’ Dickinson vicinity this week. The first yield reported was that of 80 acres on the Joe Pavel farm southwest of the city, operated by Matt Hoestner, where the entire field yielded and average of 23 bushels to the acre. The grain was of the Marquis variety, weighed out 63 pounds to the bushel and graded No. 1 Northern Spring when marketed at. local mill. Threshing of a 30 acre field of Marquis wheat on the Joe Carroll farm just across the Heart river, ceuth of the city Thursday, devel- oped, an average ‘yield of 24 bushels to the.acre, Like-grain,on the Pavel farm this pounds to the bushel and tested out as No. 1 Northern Spring., Thresh- ing of a mueh larger field on the Carroll place will:not be complete until late this (Friday) evening: It is expected that this field will show a much larger average yield as the standing grain was much heavier and the heads well filled. While some shortage of Jabor has been reported in the county the situ- ation is not acute in any locality. Scores of men who have come Dick- inson within the past week under the low fare rates offered by the rail- roads have been placed on many farms at the prevailing was of $4 per day for harvesting. The free employment bureau estab- lished at the’Red Cross rooms un- der the auspices of the Dickinson Rotary club has been instrumental in placing large number bf the men. Miss Delia Spears, executive secre- tary of the Red Cross, who is in charge of the bureau states that for the most part the men seeking work are of a better class and are willing to work for a -reasonable wage. There are others, however, who have come to the bureau, looked overthe register and turned away with the statement that they would not go out to the farmrs unless they were guaranteed $5 or $6 per day. They were not placed. GRADED NO. ‘1, Garrison, N. D., Aug. 21.—The first load of new wheat was brought into Garrison Monday and to the Farmers elevator by Wm. McElwain, of Platt township. Mr, McElwain, who has a threshing machine of his own, thresh- ed out Monday two loads of bundles and got from the two loads, 41 bus- {hels. The wheat was marquis and graded No. 1 dark northern and | weighed 58 pounds to the bushel. On an estimate that it takes about three- quarters of an acve this year to pro- duce a load of bundles, the estimated yield of the field is around 26 bushels to the acre. The price paid per bus- hel was 91 cents. 9,000 BANKS USE XMAS SAVINGS Fargo, N. D., Aug. 21.—Approxi- mately 9,000 Banks of the country are using Christmas saving club plans, according to W. C. MacFad- den, secretary of the North Dakota Bankers’ Association. In a letter to dorses more general use of savings clubs to promote the saving habit in North Dakota. About 20 per cent of the Christmas savers are converted into regular patrons of savings de- country, he says. , In 1921, $140,000,000 were accum- ualted for the Christmas season through the Christmas clubs, accord- ing to the letter. NURSE RESIGNS. Washburn, N. D., Aug. 21.—At a special meeting of the executive com | m Tacoma, Wi third speech. ARERETURNED | Early Threshing ; Returns wheat weighed’ ‘ out 63, members of the organization he en-' partments of banks throughout the ; S BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1922 ‘Three cities demanded the presence of Hanford MacNider in three you see the national commander of the Amer- ‘ash., to Bremerton, Wash. Then he IELD OF OATS AVERAGES 75 BU. Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 21.— Twenty-five tenths acre plots of Early Mountain oats threshed at the Dickinson experimental sta- | tion last week yielded an aver- |! age of 75 bushels per acre. Su- perintendent LeRoy Moomaw stated that the maximum yield for any one plot was 87.5 bush- els while the lowest was 60 bu- shels, Barley, threshed at the farm, yielded an average of 60 bushels per acre, MARSHAL SHOT Marshal at Stanley Murdered in Cold Blood ~—_- IS BOUND OVER. Stanley, N. D., Aug. 21.—Harry Carter, under arrest here charged with killing Charles A. Madson, 68, village marshal, was bound over to district qurt under $2, 000 bonds at’ the conclusion of a preliminary: hearing. ona charge * of first degree murder late Sat- urday ‘before Justice George W. Wilson. Carter asgerts that he is from Spperior, Wis., but re- fuses to give the names of any relatives or friends he might have had there. ‘According to Jeputy Sheriff Don Alger, Carter is a member of the I, W. W. organization, Funeral services for Charles | Madison, the. murdered man will be held tomorrow at 10 a. m., from the Presbyterian church here, the, Rev. Morrow.officiating. Stanley,.N. D., Aug. 21.—Charles A. Madison, 58, village marshal, was murdered in cold blood early: Satur- day morning by a transient laborer, it is alleged, whom he placed under arrest, The murderer, who is said to have tured in a feld near the fair grounds wheré he had taken refuge after sleeping in a ‘haystack in Stanley during thé ‘night. ; He’ was taken from a grain. shock in the field where he sought to es- cape posses which organized under Sheriff Forrest Rice immediately after the tragedy. Madison’s own revolver, a Colt, 45, was used in taking his life. Four people who saw the stranger while he was being arrested’ have. identi- fied him. The prisoner gave-his name as Harry Carter. Madison whs called to the Com- mercial hotel about midnight to quell a disturbance started by Carter who ran from the building with the ar- rival of the officer. He was caught and in brought to submission by use of the marshal’s club, ‘The man declared he “had enough” and Madison was about to take him to jail. Withy Madison off his guard Carter attacked him, grabbed his gun and, it is said, shot the marshal in BEING TAXED Ft. Yates, N. D., Aug. 21.—As yet but one-third, approximately, of all the land in Sioux county is taxable. Records in the county auditor’s office for ‘this year show that 231,350.58 acres in the county are listed for tax- ation. There are about 700,000 acres in the whole county. Deducting the taxable acreage from this leaves ap- proximately. 468,650 acres that are not as/yet subject to taxation. This represents Indian land for which pat- ent-in-fees have not been issued and a certain amount of homestead land on which final proofs have not been made. LIGNITE COAL IS IN DEMAND Carson, N. D., Aug. 21.—J. A. Staf- ne,.of Leith, states that ‘he will op- erate three coal mines in the Leith vicinity. He has more orders for coal now than he can possibly fill. He has an order from Chicago for 1000 mittee of the MeLean County Chapter| cary of coal. He will fill all orders American Red Cross, held on Aug. 11,) in North Dakota and northern South Miss Lyngstad, who has been county) pakota and eastern Minnesota first. nurse for McLean county during the past two years, resigned her position to take effect Sept. 1. No one knows when jet first came into use, BY TRANSIENT resisting arrest he was; SURRENDER OF GERMAN MINES FRENCH DEMAND Will Not Consent to. Morato- rium for Germany Without Adequate Guarantee -~ ADHERES‘ TO POLICY | | Premier Poincare Denies In- tent on Part of France to Ruin Germany (By the Associated Press) Bar-Le-Due, France, Aug. 21.— France will not consent to a mora- {torium of any character to Germany | unless the German state mines of tl. Ruhr and the National forests. are | placed in the hanve of the allies: as/ | a guarantee, and no matter what happens France will 1% depart from this policy: s Such was the position of the French government with regard to the repar- ations question as outlined this after- noon by Premier Poincare ‘at ‘the opening session of the general coun- cil of the department of the Meuse. The premier disvfaimed any desire on the part of France to ruin Ger- many under the guise of a demani for a productive guarantees. “The day Germany recogni: loy- ally her obligations toward France and carries them out with good grace, declared M, Poincare, “We will nov refuse to examine with her the best methods of assurivg the prompt and regular execution of the treaty of Versailles.” ° “Contrary to certain British spokes- | men,” continued the head of the French cabinet, “we are neither Neros ‘nor even Bismarcks.. We are simply | a good people who were brutally at- tacked and whose .native soil was ravished, All we asked is the oppor- | tunity to continue in practice .our | daily tasks.” Premier Poincare ridiculed - recent charges in certain Germany circles that France sought to enslave the German people in revenge for the de- j vastation wrought during the war. LW.W.NUMBERED WITH STRIKERS Chicago, Aug. 21.—Many members; of the Industrial Workers of the World are numbered among the rail- road strikers, and a number of them} “have demonstrated their opposition; {to military despotism by quitting ‘their jobs,” according to a state- ment by Martin Carlson, general secretary of the railroad workers industrial union, a part of the I. W.! W. organization, according to an-, ;nouncement by the general defense committee today. - Carlson’s state- ent was called forth by recent ‘statements of attorney generalj Daugherty that he believed there was a relation between the railroad strikes and the I. W. W. and that , W.’s are willing to take over some’ responsibility of railway transporta-; , tion and even the govérnment itself! ;in the west.” ; Carlson was quoted as also saying! that the I. W. W.’s were “willing and eager” to take over all responsibili- ity for railroad transportation and for, the conguct of all other pri ‘ductive industries,” He denied, how- ‘ever, that the organization sought control of the reins of the govern- ment, |‘ WEATHER REPORT |For twenty-four hours ending at: i noon today: jTemperaturd at 7.9, m 60 Temperature at noon. o» 82 Highest yesterday .. 89 i Lowest yesterday . rae. > ; Lowest last night. 68 Precipitation ... ‘Highest wind velocity Weather Forec: | For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen-| ferally fair tonight and Tuesday; not | imuch change in temperature. For North Dakota: ‘Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature., i} General Weather Conditions General showers have accompanied an area of low pressure extending from eastern North Dakota to Lake Michigan and southward to Missouri. Elsewhere over the region the weath- er is generally fair. Moderately high temperatunres prevail. H 16 | Lo oIn W jAmenia .. .. ..88 53 .25 cldy Bismarck. .. 58 00s cl’r Bottineau. 64 31 clay Bowbells. .. 50 24 cl’r Devils Lake. » 56 1G fogy Dickinson .. 44 «405 cl'r Dunn Center ..87 49 42 cl'r Ellendale. .. ..85 68° «00 cl’r Fessenden .. 65 1,53 p. & Grand Forks. 5280 cldy Jamestown . 58 RG cldy Langdon... .: Bo. 22 lr Larimore 62 112 cldy Lisbon. 54 13. eldy Minot . 46 bu scl’r Napoleon, .. ..91.- 51 .00 fogy Pembina.. .. ..82 45 10 cldy Williston. .. ..86 50.20 cl’r Moorhead. .. ..82 56.08 cldy The above record is for the 48 hours ending at 7 a. m., Aug. 21. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. DISORDERS IN RAIL CENTERS STILL CONTINUE Union and Non-Union Forces Clash Throughout the Coun- try—Troops in Readiness GUNMEN ARE IMPORTED Executives of Big Four Prom- ise That There Will be no Sympathetic Walkout (By the Associated Press) i Chicago, Aug. 21.—Disorder, con-! tinued to flare in the rail strike dur- ing the early hours of its eighth week despite peace negotiations pending at New York and assurances by chiefs of the “big four” that no sympathetic strike of\train service employes. impends to bring complete paralysia to railroad transportation. On the Atlantic side new disorders occurred at Columbia, S. C. where eleven men; brought in to work in| the shops of the Southern railway) were attacked by a crowd of strike sympathizers, Hostilities broke out again in San Bernardino, Calif:, where four men, employes of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe shops were attacked and beaten. oy Shots were exchanged by guards; and an unknown man in the Rio Grande Western: yards at Burnham, Colorado, @ suburb of Denver. Thr man who answered a guard’s chal- lenge by emptying a gun at him, was believed to have been badly wound- ed. He escaped, leaving a trail of blood. a Near Riot Hurrying to Kansas City, follow-| ing a near riot in the Chicago, Rock} Island and Pacific shops there, Gov- ernor Allen of Kansas gave Harry Burton, Mayor, 24 hours in which to restore. order, threatening to send troops if the situation was not im- proved.’ * Goyernor, Allen said he was in- formed that gunmen had been im- ported to intimidate men in the shops. Sixteen. hundred national guards- men stood ready at Fort Riley to; answer, to, Governor's call, Mayor Burton promised that city authorities would ‘take. evéry. atep. possible to preserve order. 5 » Official complications ardse at Carbine, New York, where chief of police Manning, a policeman and two deputy sHeriffs were arreste on federal warrants charging them with resisting and interfering with Unit- ed’ Etates Marshall Williams and his:deputies in the discharge of their duties. Chief Manning is said to have instigated the holdup of Deputy United States marshall on their way to serve restraining orders on strik- ers at Livingston, Ky. Troops were held in readiness to entrain for Spencer, N. C., where the situation had been tense for several jays. Following earlier outbreaks a section of water main supplying the Southern railway shops at Spencer was blown up, Yardmen of. the St. Louis-Louis- ville line of the Southern Railway at Princeton, Indiana, who had been | on strike since Saturday morning been positively identified, was cap- there are “indications that the I. W. Teturned to work and freight and passenger traffic which had been tied up was restored. SEES PASSAGE OF BONUS BILL Washington, Aug. 21. — Hanford MaeNider, national commander ox the American Legion, in a statement to- day’ declared a personal; canvass of the bonus bill situation, showed that a majority of the senate including both parties favored the bill and is pledged for its passage. Mr..MacNider predicted that the bonus bill which is slated for senate consideration beginning Wednesday | would be passed by the senate this week and added: | “The American Legion has abso- lute confidence in the good faith and integrity of the senators pledged the vote for the bill. It realizes that they believe in the justice of the cause of the soldier and knows that they will keep the faith they have pledged and pass the bill now.” LOCAL GOLFERS LOSE AT JIMTOWN Bismarck golfers, playing at James- town yesterday in a return inter-city mast Jost to Jamestown 7 to 1 on the three-point scoring system. The lo- cal men, however, hud the satisfaction of registering the low medal score. The Bismarck men who made the trip were E, B. Cox, C. S. Haines, A. S. Bolster. E. L. Patyrson, C W. Nich- ols and Frayne Baker They report they were royally entertained by the Jamestown Country club members. LABOR SITUATI IN GRANT COUNTY Carson, N. D., Aug. 20.—The farm labor situation has been somewhat relieved in some lIccalities the past week by increasec number of labor- ers who are willing to work could be used at from $3 to $4 per day, Many of the laborers going through the county are asking more wages than any one could afford to pay and consequently are not stopping. sR aT CK TRIBUNE [===] : were (Leased Wire of Associated Press) PRISON TERM FOR S C. PANDOLFO, FORMER HEAD OF PAN MOTOR CO., _ AFFIRMED BY U.S. CIRCUIT COURT Sentence Is Ten Years in Penitentiary and Payment of $4,,000 Fine for Use of the Mails to Defraud. — Marks Climax in Prosecutions Begun After Com- pany was Involved in Difficulties (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Aug: 21.—Sentence of Samuel C. Pandolfo, formerly head of the Pan Motor Company of St. Cloud, Minnesota, to ten years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $4,000 on conviction of a charge of using the mails to defraud was af- firmed today by the United States circuit court of appeals. The Pan Motor Company had head- quarters at St. Cloud, Minnesota, and the government” prosecution in United States District Court more than a year ago was based on the sale stock through the mails. It was charged that Pandolfo represented that the company had assets of $2,- 000,000 and that automobiles actual- ly were being built and sold. More than $1,000,000 was alleged to have been realized by stock sales through- out the country. Witnesses from. many cities: ap- peared against Pandolfo and the trial lasted several weeks. A jury found Pandolfo guilty but an appeal was. taken, It is alleged by the government that the company was not actually building and selling automobiles al- though there was evidence that a few models has been turned out. The company’s circulars mailed vir- tually from, coast to coast represent- ed 5 cars were being sold at $1,485 each. ROBBED WHILE | SITTING IN CAR (By the Associated Press) Minneapolis, Aug. 21.—While he sat with his 12-year-old daughter in a parked car, E. E. Martin of Robbinsdale, collector for the Pure’ Oil Company was held up by two auto bandits and robbed of ‘a agtchel containing $2,000 shortly before noon today. The daylight holdup was enact- ed while two women were sum- monin ga policeman who lives nearby, The bandits escaped. ONE UNION PROPAGANDA 1S DISCLOSED Authorities Raid Offices of Educational League in Chi- cago for Evidence (By the Associated Press) . Chicago, Aug. .2lrOffices of the ‘Trades Union-*Rduedtional League were raided and correspondence and private papers of William Z. Foster, |, head of the leaghe and one of the foremost radical leaders of America seized. by States Attorney Crowe and detectives late last night, following investigation into the wrecking of a Michigan Central train at Gary, Indiana, early yester- day and the discovery of two sticks of dynamite on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, Foster was said to be in Joliet where it was reported he spent se eral days after he was ordered out of Colorado by state authorities. Examination: of Foster's papers, the states attorney said, bared a widespread “one big union” propa- ganda among railroad workers and gave valuable information concern- ing a systematic series of radical meetings in railroad centers. No Arrests Made No arrests were made at the time of the raid but a long list of names of radical leaders were unearthed, Mr. Crowe announced. The states attorney’s investiga- tion began immediately of the report of ‘the. Michigan Central wreck at Gary was received here, along with the report by railroad officials that the train had been deliberately ditch- ed by plotters, Spikes were removed when ties and rails loosened, railroad officials said, The express train,, engineer and firemen of which were killed when engine and cars piled, up in the Indi- ana sand, was running five hours late and an hour ahead of one of the fastest New York-Chicago limiteds. It was believed the plotters planned to wreck the passenger train. The raid on Foster’s headquarters was planned after hurried communi- cations with authorities in other rail centers where disorders have occur- red and where meetings of railroad men have been addressed by radical leaders, Investigation of the “trade union educational league” headed by W. B. Foster, who conducted the 1919 steel strike, was ended this afternoon, so far 4s the state’s attorney’s office was concerned, assistant state’s at- torney W. F. McLaughlin announced. Examination of the papers seized in the league’s office in a raid disclos- ed no evidence that Foster advo- ented violence in connection with railroad strike or otherwise, Mr. Mc- Laughlin said. WISCONSIN IS | AFTER COAL (By the Associated Press) Madison, Wis., Aug. 21—J. D. Mor- rissey, representing the Wisconsin fuel committee, left for Washington today to determine what has become of the priority coal supposed to have been allotted and shipped to this state. The Wisconsin fuel committee again today was without word of the 50,000 tons of coal which it had been informed would be on the docks last week, nor had it heard anything concerning the 400,000 tons sold to be available for the present week. A blowfish can inflate twice its natural size, itself to TARIFF BILL NOW GOBS 70 CONFERENCE Received from Senate Thir- teen Months After its Pass- age in Lower Body FIND 2,000 DIFFERENCES Position of Valuation May be Decided by Direct Vote of House Washington, Aug. 21.—Republican leaders in the house planned to send the tariff bill to. conference today under a special rule when the meas- ure was received. from the: senate, just thirteen. months after the for- mer body first acted upon it. , Repre- sentatives Fordney . of Michigan, Green: of: Iowa, and ‘Longworth of|' Ohio, Republicans, and.Garner of. Texsis;Collier of Mississippi, Demu- crats, were listed as the probable house conferees. 3 The ‘task! of composing the 2,000 odd differences between the senate and house will be begun this week -by the conference committee. The posi- tion of the house on the valuation question may be decided by a direct vote of that body, with the general expectation that it will accept the senate foreign vacuation plan, with the so-called flexible tariff provisions, instead of, the American valuation provision, which is previously adopt- MAY NOT GUT VALUATIONS Law May Bar State Board from Taking Action The state board of equalization en- tered today upon consideration of sessments of lands and other proper- ty in the’ state as reported by the county boards, for the purpose of making final valuations for taxation purposes. Most of, the members of the board are known to have favored a reduc- tion in the assessed valuation of property in the state of from 10 to 20 per cent, believing that assessed values have been so high as to per- mit a comparatively low tax rate to yield too great returns in many in- stances. In considering a reduction of the assessed valuation, however, members of the board discovered the they were confronted with a provi- sion made by the 1919 legislature which apparently makes it impossible to reduce the valuations as a whole. ‘A section of the law enacted in the special session of 1919, said: “The (state board of equalization’ shall not reduce the aggregate valuation uf ali the property in the state as returned by the several county auditors more than one per centum of the whole valuation in the iaw thereof.” Inves- tigation is being conducted to deter- mine whether later enactments could be construed in such way as to per- mit the state board to make the de- creases proposed, ; There have been many complaints in the state of the result of the change in the valuation of property which was made beginning with 1919, whereby property, with exceptions, was to be assessed at true cash value. The growth of the assessed valua- tions is shown by the following to- tals: 1918, $403,022,258; 1919, $1, 523,746,929; 1920, $2,544,7,614, 1921, $1,378,000,000, The sudden in- crease in the assessed valuation in- creased greatly the limit of taxation throughout the state. WORK ARMY FRAUDS. Leith, N, D., Aug. 20.—All kinds of fraud is being perpetrated through- out the west end of the state by trav- eling agents. One scheme is to sell a big bill of goods and collect a part of the money in cash. The agents claim to sell cheaper than manufac- turers’ prices, PRICE FIVE CENTS CONGRESS TO ACT ON PRESIDENTS MESSAGE MacNider Flies to Talk | WAR HARDING BILL FOR COAL BODY IS MADE READY Will Go Before Congress Im- mediately, Chairman Wins- low of House Says | OPERATORS CONFERRING Another Effort to Be Made This Afternoon to End the Anthracite Strike Bulletin, Aug. 21.—A bill to carry into effect President Hard- ing’s resolution for a sweeping government ‘investigation of the coal-industry was introduced to- day by Chairman Winslow of the house. commerce committee after a visit to the White House. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Hope for an agreement between Illinois oper- ators and miners by tomorrow was expected by both sides short- ly after noon today. It was an- nounced officially that the oper- ators had to come extent receded from their positivn on arbitration. There is some hope for an agreement by tomorrow, were substantially the words of lead- ers on both sides which turned the earlier gloomy aspect of the negotiations to a much brighter one. Washington, Aug. 21.—Chairman Winslow of the house commerce com- mittee, after a conference today with President Harding jannounced he would introduce ‘mmediately a bill to create a fact finding coal commis- sion as ‘recommended by the Presi- dent .to his speciy¢ message to con- gress, The measure, Mr. Winslow said would call for appointment by the president of 2.commission of not tu exceed ‘nine members with. the in- structions to repo.t to the chief ex- ecutive and congress by July 1, 1923. The -commission would. have wide | powers of investigation including the \ right ‘to examine the books of vari- ous coal producing companies. Mr,’ Winslow said his commission would meet later in the day. to coh- sidér the measure with & view to im- mediate favorable report. oe EAGER TO SETTLE IT. Philadelphia, Avg. 21.—Representa- ‘tives of anthracite workers and of the men who operate the minés: assene bled here again ‘today for another session of the neg itlations to recon- cile the differences between the two factions which have kept the hard coal mines idle since April 1st: Tu day’s meeting was scheduled for 4 p.m. ‘1 The same personnel of representa- tives, present last week’s parleys were her for today’s session. The mine workers were to sit in consultation this morning while the operators, headed Ly Samuel D. War- riner, president of Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, and chairman of the operators polices committee wer to convene in a separate meeting. Out in the coal fields and in the city offices of the operators their has been a growing conviction the mines must be opened and the men put tu work to save both sides. With ap- proximately 155,000 anthracite work- ers in idleness, mistions of dollars in wages are being lost, while mine property worth otser’ millions: is :go- ing to pieces and prospective buyers are clamoring to be supplied. Both national and state govern- mental influences are being exerted upon the owners and operators to make every concession possible. Rail- road interests, whicn have been losing the profitable haulage of coal have added their Voices, THIRD TICKET PLAN PUT OFF FOR A TIME Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 21.—N. S. Davies, publicity directr of the Non- partisan League, in an interview fol- lowing a meeting of the Committee of 15, named at the League conference at Bismarck July 15 to consider nam- ing a full Republican state ticket here Saturday night. “The Committee of 15 met in con- ference with the League state execu- tive committee, Senator Church, president, and after a full discussion in executive session, action was de- ferred pending the next meeting of the new state Republican committee. The committee adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. The utmost harmony prevailed and the action taken was unanimous.” Two Killed in Fergus Falls Storm Fargo, N. D., Aug. 21—Two men were killed, others injured and num- bers of ‘buildings partly wrecked i last Wednesday’s storm in the vi ity of Fergus Falls, Minn., according to belated reports reachong here. 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