The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1922, Page 1

Ae » » ' ’ \. victory in November. WEATHER FORECAST — Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 ACTION TAKEN : T0 SAFEGUARD DGE ROADS Increasing Number of Acci- dents on Both Sides of River Causes Action TRAFFIC INCREASES -Road Between Hills West of City to Be Widened. Guide-posts to Mandan Authorities on both sides of the river are; taking action to prevent the rapidly increasmg number of au- tomobile accidents on the roads be- tween Bismarck nad Mandan ,which have been a result of the vastly in- creased traffic ove, the new bridge. Several automobiles have tipped over on the Mandav hide near “death curve,” at the railroad track cross- | ings there, and there have been some accidents in»the low stretch of the road between two hills just beyond the edge of the pacing in Bismarck. None have as yet resulted seriously. Last night a threshing machine sep- arator went off in the low place be-, tween the hills just west of the pav- ing in Bismarck. Authorities on the west side of the river have placed a number of white posts around the curve on the west side of the railroad tracks just be- fore the entry into Mandan, the posts being fairly close together and being placed as guide-posts for motorists. Street Commissioner French n- nounced ‘that the Bismarck street force would be used tomorrow to wid- en the road between the hills on this side of the bridge, where many ac- cidents and more near accidents have occurred. It is pienned to widen it several feet and to place white posts along the sides. The police are continuing their anti-speeding campaign, several more arrests being made sist night. About 3m:persons have been notified/of fail- ure to have tail lights on automobiles burning, in thé last two days, and un- less authorities «re -notified the motorists have corrected the matte, arrests will follow, it-is stated. Denies Tourists Arrested. Chief Martinesow denied emphati- | cally that the police were arresting tourists for speeding. He declared the only persons ..ot. constant: resir dents of the city who have been ar+ rested have been people who visit the city frequently, and he asserted that two parties of tourists reported 40. be speeding thig..week were, pe mitted. to. go. and’-the charges. dis missed. ' ! POMERENE PREDICTS A 6.0.P, DEFEAT Ohio Senater Vigorously As- sails Administration of President Harding (By the Associated Press) Columbus, 0., Aug. 22.—Charging that the republican administration at Washington had repudiated its campaign pledges of 1920 and that great part of the legislation by the present congress had been for the benefit of the big business, rather! than the ordinary citizen. Senator Pomerene delivering the keynote ad- dress at the democrat state conven- tion here today, predicted a democrat After March 4, next, there will still tbe one democrat senator in Wash- ington from Ohio and more than half of the house delegation from Ohio will be democratic, he said.’ Bitter criticism of the republican tariff bill which he termed “the greatest piece of ‘pork barrel’ legis- lation in the history of congress,” formed the major part of the ad-| dress which also touched upon what) Senator Pomerene declare the com- plete failure of th® administration to enact constructive legislation. Re-| publican revenue legislation placed the burden of taxation upon persons’ and businesses of smaller income and relieved wealthy persons and corpor- | ations earning excessive profits, he! declared. A Cigarette Causes . $2,000 Prairie Fire! A cigarette butt dropped by Ed- ward Creviston, an employe of J. E.| Shesak who lives 15 miles southwest | of the city was given a valuation of ; $2,000 by State Fire Marshal R. M.) ‘Middaugh, A fire which was started | by this lighted cigarette butt burned 100 tons of hay in stack, 200 acres of | grass land, and some hay in wind-| rows before it was checked by the} heroic fighting of Mr. Chesak and neighbors. Had the tire been started | about two weeks later when the grass was drier, the damage would have been far~ greater, stated Mr. Middaugh. SCHOOL AID North ‘Dakota’s common schools will receive $201,857.30 in the near| future as a result of the certifying, to the State superintendent of pub- lic instruction by the state auditor! of the amouns accruing-in the quar-j ter ending July 31 to the interest, and income funds of the schools and | through fines, forfeitures and penal- | ties. The moneys will be distributed | WHEAT.. WEIGHS MRS. SARAH BYFIELD; and INSETS, WALTER CANDLER (LEFT) AND CLYDE K. BYFIELD (RIGHT) By NEA Service Aticats, Ga. Aug. 22.—“Bunk and fromeup,” says Walter T. Candler, son of Georgia’s Coca Cola king and vice-president of a local bank, in answer to; suits. for $125,000 filed by ‘Clyde K, Byfield, aa ABOVE GRADE An extra-fine grade of wheat was threshed on the farm of one of the Hewlitt Brothers, 15 miles south of Elgin, Grant county, J. B. Saylor re- pounds, or two pounds above No. 1 requirements, and yielded better than 25 bushels to he acre. miles “northeast of Braddock, rye wheat 25 hushels, according to re- ports here. STOCK JUDGING CONTESTS HELD GOOD FOR YOUNG Develop Deep Impressions on Minds of Young People, J. H. Sheppard Says : Fargo, N. D., Aug. 22.—Stock Judging contests are a good thing because they leave deep impressions on the minds of the young people taking part, according to J. H. Shep- perd of the Agricultural College who tests of the International Livestock Exposition for the last 16 years. Often the young men taking part become so interested in fine cattle or stock generally, that they decide then and there to have thoroughbred stock of their own, Mr. Shepperd letin which is ready for distribution. A summary, made after tracing the history of men who had taken part in the international contests showed according to the bulletin that of the 439 men whose records were avail- able, 44 percent were teachers and investigators in the Agricultural Colleges of the United States and Canada; 41 percent were ‘farmers and breeders; about 7 percent were agricultural editors, secretaries of breeders associations and livestock commission men; while 8 percent were engaged in other work. The judging contests are of com- paratively late origin, having been initiated during the last twenty years. The %ld school of livestock judging was made up of the horse trader, stock buyer, shipper and farmer breeder, according to the bulletin. Since then it is a conserva- tive estimate to say that 150,000 young persons have received syste- matic courses in livestock up to the end bf ‘the 1921 school year the. writ- er_ says. He adds by comparing scientific interest in agriculture now. with that of thirty years ago that when he graduated in 1891 from the Iowa Agricultural College he had the “doubtful distinction of being the by the State superintendent’s office on the basis of students in school. only agricultural student in college.” HE B “BUNK,” SAYS HE—BUT THE BYFIELDS FILE SUITS FOR $125,000 AGAINST CANDLER “AUXILIARY 10-~ ported today. The wheat tested 62; On the farm of Mr. Albright, 2 1-2) threshed 30 bushels to the acre and! has had charge of. the college con-: says~in.an Agricultural college bul-* i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1922 1 | auto dealer, and Sarah Byfield, his wife, But the Byfields insist the money | should be paid them, and have filed} suits for the amount, alleging Cand- ler attempted to attack Mrs. Byfield in-her stateroom on the liner Beren- garia, en route to France. "LEGION PLANS PALL MEETING ‘State Convention to Be Held in Valley City on Sep- | tember 13 and 14 Valley City, N. D., Aug. 22—Wo- | men of the American Legion auxili- ary organization here are making extensive plans for entertainment. of the second annual convention of the North Dakota department to be held here September 13 and 14. A banquet, followed by dancing, éards and en- tertainment including’ music by the | Valley City American Legion quar- tette, has been planned for the eve- ining of the first convention day. H The visitors will. be taken on an du-| | tomobile tour of the city on the aft- ernoon of ‘the second day, the pro- gram including a_ picnic: lunch at! Chauauqua park and music by the municipal band. . Among the speakers to address; the convention are ‘the>following: | : A national vice president of the auxiliary—probably Mrs. W. H. Cud- i worth, Milwaukee, national chairman of the hospitalization and welfare; fare committce of the legion. (She is the woman who originated the | idea of keeping well filled cookie | jars in hospitals). ; William T. Kroll, formerly of Far- gom liason officer of the 10th dis-| trict of the legion is expected to re-! | present the national legion \head- | | quarters at Indianapolis. | H. F. Dickensheets, of the veter- ‘ans bureau at Minneapolis; Philip R. Bangs, Grand Forks, national committeeman. of the legion; Mack} V. Traynor, Devils Lake, state com- | mander and Jack Williams, Fargo, state adjutant, are to be other speak- ers. ji Among the ‘reports to be given are those by: | Mrs. A. L. Knauf, Jamestown, de- | partment chairman of the North Da- kota hospitalization and welfare com- mittee. i | Miss Abbie Hurley, Fargo, depart-| | ment secretary. | Mrs, Eugene Fenelon, Devils Lake, department secretary. | Mrs. W. E. Hunt, Fargo, national | executive committee woman. a The convention opens at 9:30 the} | morning of the thirteenth. A. G. ! Bonhus, mayor of Valley City and ‘Mts. C. J. Fisher, mother of the boy ‘the Edgar A. Fisher (Valley City) | post was named for will deliver ad- idresses of welcome, Mrs. H. S. de- MaLaussene, Crosby, will deliver the response. Mrs. deMalaussene’s French name is explained by the fact that she married a soldier of that} nationality whom she nursed in France during the war. Mrs. Fenelon and Miss Hurley will 1 i if i i jof the eternal triangle for Mr. gnd | intimated she might take some legal |tarium to Mrs. Wakefjeld’s home in } also was admitted that Mrs, Ken- ‘fifty cents a bushef for their corn.” OFFERS WIFE BOUNTY FOR, HER HUSBAND, Widow of “Jack” Spreckles ‘Wants Married Man for Herself and Will Pay / OFFERS $100 A MONTH In Love With Rodney Ken- dricks, Newspaper Artist, and Would Buy Him (By the Associated Pres San Francisco, Aug. 22.—What seemed yesterday to be a solution Mrs. .Rodney Kendricks and Edith Huntington Spreckles W: field of San Francisco. and San. Sal to, today did not seem quite so like- ly to work out. | Mrs, Wakeifeld who was the first wife of the late “Jack” Spreckles, son of John D. Spreckles, Sr., Paci-' fic coast capitalist, according to:her published admission, made an offer of “$100 a month for the rest of‘her life” to Mrs. Kendrick, if she would deliver Kendrick, .a newspaper ar- tist, so that Mrs. Wakefield could marry him. That is,.as soon as Mes. Wakefield herself secured a divoree. The offer yesterds it was. undér- stood, would probably ~be accepted, but early today ‘the artist’s wife rs, action other than divorce and that she would consult an attorney be- fore doing anything. ‘ Mrs. Kendrick Ill According to the version of the case which all ‘of’'the persons in- volved give, Mr. and Mrs, Kendrick are separated. Mrs. Kendrick is ill and has spent much of her time in sanatariums. Mrs. Wakefield and Kendrick fell in love with each other and finally agreed they would marry if they could get their freedom and Mrs. Kendrick and her baby could live with them if she wished or be “taken care of.” Mrs. Kendrick, the versions agree in saying, was brought from a sana- San Salito, where she ‘remained for several weeks. as a guest, receiving care and medical attention. home, the three persons aver, that Mrs. Kendrick revealed she no long- er loved her husband and the revel- ther with her offer, followed ‘it, It drick gave her wedding. ring to Mrs. Wakefield saying that under the conditions she did not want it, and that she was “sick, weary. and Jusianed.”’, eer re ‘™ Hubband! Agrees The husband admitting acquiesance in the plan. ‘ Mrs. Wakefield is 39, Kendrick is 32 and his wife is 24. Mrs. Wakefield hag three children the oldest of which is 19. Spreckles was their father, Mrs. Wakefield was bequeathed $50,000 in “Jack” Spreckle’s will. The San Franciseo Chronicle this morning published a story it was said on what the paper declared to be reliable authority that the elder It was while in Mrs. Wakefield’s! ation that Mrs, Wakefield did, toge-! AMERICAN BOY .STOWAWAY HAS THRILLING TIME (By the Associated Press) Paris, Aug. 22.—When 14 year old Herman Jasper ran away from his home in Binghamton, New York, bound for a personal- ly conducted sight seeing tour | of Europe, he did not visualise his journey as ending in a garb- age can on the Boulevard Des Italiens in Paris. But that is where a policeman found him wrapped in peaceful slumber ‘at four o'clock this morning—and now Herman is awaiting completion of arrange- ments to return him to Bing- ton. e adventurous youth crossed the Atlantic asa stowaway on the liner Finland. He was dis- covered during the voyage and was detained at Antwerp for de- portation but escaped, going to Brussels and thence over the French frontier. At Hirson he was again captured this time by General Darmes but once more showed his elusiveness finally reaching Paris where he was waiting a chance to visit the battlefields. Herman's parents said to have offered $500 reward for hia safe retugn. ne eee CLAIM WRECK WAS DUE TO POOR ENGINE: Cook County Attorney Can Find No Evidence of Sabotage Plots (By the Associated Press) Chicago,” Aug. 22.—Declaring the, “real cause” of the Michigan Cen- tral wreck at Gary, Indiana, early Sunday “was clearly an unfit loco- motive,” characterizing the railroads charges that the wreck was due to plotters as a “hastily patched up ex- planation to place the blame for it upon the striking shopmen instead of on the railroad, where it belongs,” J. F. McGrath, vice president of the Railway Employees department of the American Federation of Labor today said the wreck did not differ “a particle from wrecks reported, each day from various parts of the coun- try.” McGrath's statement followed the verdict’ of the coroner’s jury which ‘found that the engineer and firemen of the wrecked express came to their death “as a result of a plot to wreck ‘It also followed ‘an announcement by. States Attorney Crowe's office admitting the failure to discover Sabotage plots in correspondence seized in raids on the offices of Wil- liam Z. Foster, radical leader and head of the trades union educational league. Federal investigators asserted Fos- ter had been under close surveil- ance for a long time and declared they would ‘have known if train wrecking was to have played a part in the “one big union” program of Spreckle’s is coming to San Franeis- co to “take a hand’ in the case.” Iowa Farmers Are Settling Obligations; Bumper Corn Crop Des. Moines, Ia., Aug. 22.—Farmers of Iowa are rapidly Mquidating their debts and with the prospects being bright for bumper crop of. corn this year, they face an era of prosperit: uneaualed for several years past, a cording to Grant McPherrin, chair- man of the Iowa division of the war finance corporation and presi- dent of a local bank, in an addres prepared for delivery today by radio to bankers of Cedar, Clay, Floyd, Ringold, and Story counties, The to- tal debt of the faimers has been re- duced from, twenty-four millions to seventeen millions since March 1, Mr, McPherrin stated “The, war finance corporation has reduced its loans wy the rate of $30,- 000 a day since August 1, and in July, a total of a million dollars was paid back,” he said. “With a bump- er crop of corn expected it woula urge every banker in the state to get behind the farmers and assisy them in marketing their crops. Fa: mers should receive from forty tu Mr. McPherrin’s address was by broadcast with the Idea that it woul be heard by the groups of banks gathered at picnics in the five sep- arate counties., He was followed by Governor N. E. Kendall, who also was on the program for a radio talk, TRANSIENT HELD AT DICKINSON Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 22.—Benja- min White, transient, for the past three weeks employed as a harvest hand on the William David farm northeast \of the-city, is ‘lodged in the county jail awaiting the return of Judge Thomas H. Pugh of the dis- trict. court who will hear his plea on a charge of grand larceny. White was apprehended at Medora by Sheriff Will of Billings county, upon advice that he was wanted here on a charge of grand larceny in con- nection with stealing a saddle from ‘Mr. David. At a.hearing before Jus- tice A. P. Folsom Tuesday after be- ing brought back from Medora by Sheriff George J. Brown, White ad- open headquarters for preliminary convention work in a local hotel Sep- tember 10. Miss Hurley has been en-; dorsed for reelection to her position as department: secretary of North| Dakota at a meeting of the Fargo) organization. | bai mitted taking a horse and saddle from the Davis farm. After he had admitted his guilt, 1 for the accused was fixed at $1,000 by Judge Folsom, unable to furnish it, however, he was returned to jail. Foster and his followers. Foster's activities so far as Fed- eral and state investigators could learn, have been confined to his ef- forts to convert trades union ists to his “one big union” idea. rr | THE WEATHER | —_——__* For twenty-four edd ending at * noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m 66 Temperature at noon. 88 Highest yesterday 865 Lowest yesterday - 64 Lowest last night. «. 65 Precipitation ... . os | Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. General Weather Conditions The pressure is low in all sections | except in the extreme Northwest and | light showers have occurred at many stations in the Rocky Mountain reg- ion, Middle Plains States, Upper) Mississippi Valley and in the Great} Lakes Region. Tuesday, August 22, 1922, H L In,. Amenia .. .. «-86 65 «00s cl’'r Bismarck. .. ..90 6o 6.00 clr Bottineau .. ..84 56 «00 pee Bowbells. .. -.86 5102s clr | Devils Lake. ..84 64 00 p.c Dickinson. .. ..88 53 00 cldy Dunn Center ..86 56 .00 p.c Ellendale. .. ..89 54 00 cl’'r Fessenden .. ..87 61 00 cldy Grand Forks. ..83 62 .00 cldy Jamestown . 85 57 «00s cl'r Langdon. .5'.8b © 08 Be Larimore. .. ..85 62 00 p.c Lisbon. .. +90 48 00 cl’r Minot. .- 88 50 «600 op. Napoleon. .....92 65.00 el’r Pembina. .. ..84 58.00 clr Williston. BF 66 00 cl’r Moorhead .. ..82 56 «600 op. | ‘Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist, Escaped Convicts Evading Posse; Sioux Falls, 8, D., Aug. 22.--Elud- ing the posses who yesterday morn- ing were thought to be only a few minutes behind them, the four con- victs who escaped last Thursday from the South Dakota penitentiary here were still at large this morning. No trace of the men has been found since they were seen passing through Beav- er Creek, Minn., 14 8 o'clock Monday morning, | governor (Leased COAL BODY TO ACT ONLY FOR PUBLIC GOOD President Harding to Insist; that Body Be Made Up of Impartial Representatives BILL IS REPORTED Senator Borah’s Measure to Create Coal Commission 0. K.’d by Committee (By the Associated Press) Chicago, INL, Aug. 22.—An agreement to settle’ the Illinois coal strike was reached this af- ternoon by the subcommittee of Illinois operators and miners scale committees, the Associated Press learned this afternoon,. Washington, Aug. 22—While the senate labor committee was taking the first formal action toward ,crea- tion of the coal fact finding commis- sion recommended by President Hard- ing the president let is be known to- day that he was disposed to insist that the investigating body be made up exclusively of impartial represen- tative of the public without speial reporting for eithee mine operators or employes. A bill for a commission on which the president would be free to choos representatives of she operators, miners or the public as he saw fit, was favorably reported by the senate committee. At the same time ‘the house interstate commerce commis- sion, working independently refused to strike from its tentative bill a provision which would expressly pro- hibit membership on the commission by any person having any interest or connection with the coal industry. The house committee’s bill also was \favorably reported after a number | of changes were made from the form in which originally it was drafted by ; Chairman Winslow, as perfected it provides for a commission of mine} i members while the measure drawn by | the senate committee specifies that, | the membership shall be five. In each | bill the commission is provided sweeping powers of investigation. The settlement. plan is simply a renewal of the 1922 wage contract which is in accordance with the re- cent Cleveland agreement for settle- ment of the nation wide coal strike | which began April 1 last. Although the settlement plan had not been signed, the leaders in the sub - committee neonference were agroed:.that the.,ratification <of..the agreement would. not..be long de- layed. oa Sis “I am going home tonight,” said K. K. Kavanaugh, president of the fifth and'ninth district operators as- sociation, in, emphasizing the fact that an agreement had been reached. Peace in the soft coal industry had spread ‘today to Illinois and Iowa | and Indiana, operators and miners were reported on the verge of a set- jtlement. The recent Cleveland set- | tlement plan negotiated between the International union of united mine workers and operators from seven | states was the basis for agreements | in Illinois today and Iowa yesterday. CONSIDERING FINAL DETAILS. (By the Associated Press) Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 22.—Work of the joint sub-scale committee of the Indiana bituminous coal opera- tors association and the union min- ‘ers centering around the establish- ment of the wage contract that ex- |pired at the beginning of the strike { almost five months ago was virtually completed today resulting in ¢ meet- ing this afternoon of all members of the scale committee with the vitw of considering the final details of a set- tlement, Chicago Will Have Fuel Administrator (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 22.—Appointment of the Cook county and down state fuel distribution advisory committees by Governor Small was announced today. Both committees were re- quested to meet with Robert Medill, state fuel administrator, in Chicago, Thursday morning. Announcement of the personnel of the committeees has not yet been made. It is known however, that the approved the list yesterday and that today’s notifica- tions of the Thursday meeting were going forward to the committee mem- bers. How far the committee may be able to go in a price fixing direction is not yet known, but Fuel Distribu- tor Medill stated that no price fix- ing powers were attached to the com- mittees and that the fuel shorage situation would have to be controll- ed through methods of distribution. Mr. Medill is known to regard the fuel shortage in Illinois as serious and only yesterday announced that there was insufficient coal supplies for the first two classes of essential) requirementd, including households. COAL COMPANY BOOSTS ¢ OUTPUT The Washburn Lignite Coal com- pany, which opened {ts mine Satur- day following the signing of a wage agreement, will increase its eapacity, according to G. W. Stewart of Wilton, | in Bismarck today. Production rose | to 1,000 tons yesterday, he said. The; immediate production was made pos- sible, it was stated, to. the foresight of W. P. Macomber, president and a Nas ISMARCK TRIBUNE Wire of Associated Press) YEGGMEN UNABLE TO REACH CASH IN DWIGHT BANK Dwight, N. D., Aug. 22.—Unable to force the money safe after blowiing a hole through the side of the vaul.: of the First State bank early yester- day, robbers escaped without loot al- though there was $2,000 cash in the safe. A hole large enough to admit a man’s body was blown in the vault. SALOON MAN KILLS TWO WHO. TRIED HOLDUP Bandits Beat Him but He Re- covers in Time to Shoot Assailants THIRD MAN ESCAPES St. Paul Holdup Ends Fatally for Per’ etrators.—Every Bullet Takes Effect St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 22.—Bush Lee, a highway man, died early otday from wounds inflictvd by a soft drink saloon keeper who also shot to death another bandit when the two, with a companion, robbed the saloon late last night. “The three had clubbed Nick ballin the proprietor, rifled the cash yegis ter and were fleeing from the place when Ballis, regaining consciousness fired at the men, five shots taking effect, The third bandit escaped in an. automobile, Though still somewhat dazed, every shot Ballis fired took effect. The highwayman was rdentified today by Frank Commer as Walter Hanson, alias avis of Sioux City, Iowa. Chief Sommers said Hanson came to St. Paul yesterday morning. Lee and the third bandit whose) identity has not been’ learned, left Hanson’ where he fell on the bar- room ‘flopr, raced across the street to ‘their automobile, the blood from Lee’s wounds leaving a crimson trail. Shortly’ after, detectives took Lee into custody when they saw a pri- vate automobile ambulance in front of West Tenth street hotel. To the last the wounded man, though real- inzing he was dying, maintained a ‘stubborn silence., He refused to ad- mit he was connected with the hold- up or another question regarding the third member of the bandit gang. The bodies of Lee“ahd Hansor were taken to the county morgue, where post mortem examinations were made by Coroner Ingerson. Lee’s story to the police concerning his injuries was that he was shot by a: jealous suitor who becuny en- raged over the former’s attentions to the suitor’s sweetheart. Lee, according to Chief Sommers, recently was under arrest in Minno apolis on suspicion of murder, Som- mers said ee came ¢o St. Paul recen. ly from Wabasha, Minn. Mystery Surrounds Men Rescued When Airplane Is Wrecked (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 22.—Search to lo- cate the airplane Ambassador ll, missing since Sunday was called off early today when 2 fishing. smack ar- rived at Long Beach, 40 miles from here, bringing W. T. Miller, -pilot, Harold Thompson, Mechanician and the one passenger of the seaplane. Drawn and haggard from exposure with nothing to eat and only a little water, the three men refused to tell of their adventures until they had recovered from the exhaustion caused by their experience. The identity of the passenger was not learned it being said that he did not wish to cause his family any anxiety. Considerable mystery was thrown about the experiences of the three men. Major B. L, Smith, a former army man and operating head of the com- pany which owned the Ambassador, met Miller, Thompson and the mys- terious passenger before going to his office this morning. It was then announced that Major Smith would give out @ statement later in the day, but that none of the men who were in the seaplane would tell their experiences to re- ports. LOCATE SEAPLANE. Detroit, Aug. 22.—Occupants of the seaplane for which an ex- tended search was made off New York yesterday and last night were not hopelessly adrift for 43 hours, as previously reported but during that time were passengers aboard a fishing smack after they had been taken aboard the vessel, | Charles F, Redden of Cleveland, president of the Aero Marine company, owner of the seaplane told of the Associated Press here today. Sewer Warrants Are Authorized The city commission, in meeting last night, approved issuance of $36,- 000 of sewer warrants to pay for the} new main sewer to be construcvsd in Front street and extending beyond it. The commission in its meeting also authorized the city attorney to be present in St. Paul, Aug. 24, when the motion for an interlocutory in-} general manager, in having every- thing in readiness in anticipation of the Cleveland stree settlement, junction against the railroad commis- sion asked by the Bismarck Water company is heard, PRICE FIVE CENTS SITUATION IN RAIL STRIKE I$ UNCHANGED Sporadic Walkouts, Riots and Beatings Continue. in Many Quarters, SEVERAL FATAL FIGHTS Men Killed Daily in Various Rail Centers Where Feel- ing Is Bitter (By the Associated Press) SITUATION IN BRIEF Railway executives gathering in New York for conference to answer train service brother- hoods mediation propesals for settlement of the shopmens strike, Southern railroad officials run- ning passenger trains result of walkout of engineers and fire- men at Spencer, N. C., on Wash- ington-Atlantic line in protest against ' presence of armed guards, Firemen at Princeton, Ind., on strike on Southern Railway, nion leaders claiming train serv- ice between Louisville and St. Louis suspended, Violence continues, including bombing of railroad men’s hotel at Smithfield, Pa., and kidnaping of eight negro railworkers at Salisbury, N. C. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 22.—Walkouts by trainmen on the Southern Railway resulting in’ tie-ups in North Caro- lina, bombings, beatings and wreck plots marked the nation’s strike sit- uation today as the hour drew closer for new peace negotiations in New York tomorrow. At Huntington, W. Va., a second attempt to dynamite a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. bridge was frus- trated when a track walker fright- ened three men from the trestle. They left a box. of dynamite and 40 feet, of fuse behind. San Bernardino, Calif., remained in a high state of excitement over re- newed outbreaks in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe yards. A strik- ing electrician was killed and al other perhaps fatally wounded in a running. fight, with a negro waiter’ employed at the commissary’ inside the Santa Fe enclosure. According to the: police the negro said he emp tied a:pistol at.five-men who follow- ed him from the shop gates, The situation on the Southern rai way. remained criticgl today os train- men, switchmen and clerks’ called meetings to - decide whether their walkout. at: Spencer should remain permanent -during the -rail: crisis. Numerous prosecutions of persons arrested for violating injunctions restraining interference with rail- road operations were begun in vari- ous parts of the country. DENIES PEACE HOPE BUNK (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 22.—Assertions of L. F. Loree, chairman of the eastern president's conference, that’ talk of peace in the “rail strike was “all bunk” were attacked by the eastern strike committee of shopmen today in a telegram to Bert M. Jewell, presdent of their union, at Washing- ton. “The Loree group of eastern rail- road executives, insignificant in numbers but backed by the biggest powers of the Morgan-Gray open shop interests, is seeking a desperate eleventh hour attempt to scuttle the strike settlement,” said a telegram dispatched by John J. Dowd, ch man of the Metropolitan district strike committee, TROOPS REMOVED (By the Associated Press) Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 22—The eight companies of North Carolina national guard men ordered to Spen- cer near here because of strike dis- orders at Southern railway shops, were ordered removed’ today after members of the train service broth- erhoods had voted to remain idle as long as the troops were retained, & telephone message rom Spencer re- ceived here shortly before noon said. The brotherhood members whose walkout forced company officials to manage trains and caused an almost complete tie up of freight service through Spencer were joined during the forenoon by 250 clerks in the Southern’s offices at Spencer, and here. The clerks declared their in- tention of staying out. until the troops were removed. OFFICIALS SUBSTITUTE Greensboro, N, C., Aug. 22.—With road officials substituting for strik- ing engineers and firemen, who re- fused to work in and around Spencer while state troops are on guard du- ty, the Southern railway today be- gan clearing the virtual tie-up of its passenger transportation service between Washington and Atlanta. Freight trains, however, are not be- ing moved. NO FURTHER ACTION (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 22.—President Harding, although hopeful of success for the New York rail strike settle- ment was said at the white house today to unready to take any other steps than those stated in his recent address to congress. The declaration to congress that the laws would be enforced and the rights of workers to enter railroad service guaranteed it was added, it will remain as the final government statement until there is a change in the situation,