The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST—Fair to- night and Thursday; warmer to- night, ESTABLISHED. 1873 Wire of Associated Press) THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ===] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 11922 PRICE FIVE CENTS EXHIBITORS AT FAIR LEARN HERMIT WAITS FORTY YEARS FOR * dances, the carnival shows and races . and a running race, OF AWARDS Farmers of Slope Country Take Great Interest in Livestock Judging TODAY, BISMARCK DAY Last Night’s Crowd Was the! Largest Yet at the Mis- souri Slope Fair While fireworks, boxing matches, provided much amusement for many at the Missouri Slope Fair today, farmers, stockmen and exhibitors were finding their greatest interest in the results of the judging in’ the various classes of entries. The live- stock judging was completed, the poultry awards made and some awards were yet to be made in some of the other departments. There was an enormous crowd on the fair grounds last night. Officials declare they are satisfied with the attendance, but.-have issued no ac- curate statements of the attendance thus fi The midway “barkers” ap-! parently were satisfied, for the crowd was jn better mood than the last two yeas and money flowed a/ little more frhely. The shetland pony exhibit, the Indian dances and the| fireworks display drew a crowded grandstand last night, several hun- dred attended the boxing match, and dances and the shows were well pat- ronized, aa ae, , Today is known as “Bismarck Day” at the fair, and the road between this city and the fairgrounds was ex- pected to be lined more thickly than ever with automobiles. The usual racing program was scheduled for this afternoon and tomorrow after- noon, there being two harness or three harness races, the relay race Ben Bird, 14 years old, repeated; his success in the relay race, one heat of which is\run each day. He! captured the second heat yesterday,| beating R. B. Olson. The latter was| cheered wuen, after changing horses | for the last half-mile lap, to save | time he. rode pis horse the distance ; without cinching his saddle: The, event in which riders were separated from their horses and required to) catch and saddle them and ride a half mile was not so successful. They had difficulty in esihing the horses and it was sometime before <three could do so and complete the race. Uthe Toof, owned by’Jeff May of Bismarck, got away to a bad start but beat out the field in the half- mile running race. Uthe Toof and Little Ford, owned by Mrs. M. ¥. Hibbs of Bismarck, are Kentucky thoroughbreds and are by far the fastest running ‘horses at the races. Blue Finch captured the 2:22 special trot, the time being rather slow. The ladies style driving contest, postponed from Monday, was sched- uled for today, as was the automo- bile economy driving contest and other events. ¢—_$____—_-_——_* | ‘LIVESTOCK AWARDS | ‘Awards made on horses follow: British draft, Clyesdale, English Sire: Filly, 2 years old and-under 3—1 and 2, Finch Bros. Moorhead, Minn. Belgians Stallion, 4 years old and over—1, Finch Bros. | Stallion, 3 to 4 years old—1 and 2,/ Finch Bros. % i Stallion, 2 years old and under 3— 1, Finch Bros. = Stallion, 1 to 2 years—1 and 2, Finch Bros. Brood mares, 3 years old and over —1, Finch Bros. : Best stallion-and 3 of get—1, Finch Bros. Produce of one mare, 2 head— Finch Bros. } Senior champion stallion, 3 years and over—Finch Bros. | Junior champion stallion, 2 years and under 3—Finch Bros. Standard Bred and Morgan: | Stallion, 4 years old and over1 | i | Registered | A. Stewart; 2, W. S. Casselman, Bismarck. Percheron and French draft— Stallion, 4 years old and over—1.| Finch Bros. 2, John Dawson. / Foal, cither sex—i. Finch Bros. | Brood mares, 3 years old and over) —1, Finch Bros. 2, Finch Bros. | Produce of one mare, 2 head—l1.! Finch. | here—a bride whom he left waiting Room Is Always Open for the Woman He Knows Will Come Some Day By Phillip J. Sinnott Marshfield, Ore., Aug. 30—-Through the long years “Sailor Jack,” the mystery man of Oregon, has waited in his lonely cabin in the hills near here for the coming of a bride. Forty years of seclusion, hidden from his fellow men in a pine shack, high up in the hills surrounding Marshfield, with his sole com- panions an old rooster and three serawny cows, has not shattered his dreams of romance and marriage. “Sailor Jack,” now more than 80 years old, will have to offer “her” a bridal chamber kept in readiness for nearly half a century. The boudoir lacks the feminine touch, however, for the hermit sacrificed vanity to necessity, A chest of drawers, hewed from the majestic firs of his hills, a bed fzom the same firs’ and a redwood washstand compose the furniture, | except for one clumsy cedar chair. The \back yard is ‘filled with. firs and redwoods, rising more: than 200 feet straight from the back door. The bride’s view from her front win- dow will be down a cliff a thousand feet high, and on either side will be still more towering trees. So sure is “Sailor Jack” that she will come that each morning he wends his way down the narrow path through the trees to the logging road (his only connecting link with! civilization) to meet her. He has made the daily trips for 40 years— eyer since he deserted a bride at the church door in the little settlement | while he disappeared into foreign countries, A year afterward he returned and} cleared a narrow path among the! trees. He built a shack of four! rooms, more than enough for his! simple wants, but he was counting) on the future and a wife. He saw/ his abandoned bride often. He, Pleaded forgiveness. It was never| given. | But still “Sailor Jack” dreams of , a bride, perhaps the one he deserted, ' perhaps another. For, he\ says, a! man who has lived all his life in the open is never too old to marrys | POPE ACCEPTS - AUTO, GIFT OF ASSOCIATE H | Rome, Aug. 30.—After trying out) in the Vatican gardens the automo-| bile presented to him by the Milan | archdiocese, Pope Pius has had it; duly registered by the Italian author | ities, The government officials were rath-} THE CABIN WHERE “SAILOR JACK” HOPES TO INSTALL HIS BRIDE, AND (INSET) “SAILOR JACK.” HEAVY LOSS OF |Sinks Off Kamchatka Aug. 26 "ed to the scene of the disaster.” VETERAN DIES Senior champion stallion, 3 years | er embarrassed in fulfilling the papal old and over—t1, Finch Bros. lrequest. After lengthy discussion of Junior champion stallion, 2 years|the case they included the car in the; old and under—1, Kinch Bros. | | diplomatic class and it consequently Cattle awards made yesterday bears the license number CD (Corps | low: | Diplomatque), 55-325, i | The car will be used for the first} a ian’ sehool: |time in the streets of Rome on Sep-} ed ees old and over—1. Bis-| tember 7, when it will transport the} marck Indian school. 2, same. imew Madonna of Loretto to the! Junior fearing Hee at Bis-| church of Santa Maria Maggiore. a ndian_ school. maunior heifer calf—1. Bismarck | dian school. “| rieiatnd champion cow or Keifer, age—1. Bismarck Indian school. Holstein Cattle Bull, 9 years old and over—t. State Training School. 2, Mrs. Jen- nie Moran, Bismarck. Portland, Oregon, Aug. 30.—Revi-| Bull, 2 years and under 31. T.' sion of the book of common prayer, i Knoble, Buchanan, Stutsman’ inctuding the proposal to eliminate Laie ‘ ‘telle| the bride’s promise to “obey” and Senior yearling bull—1. Sawtelle} } 1° bridegroom’s endowment of the’ and Stowell, Flasher. ibeiie: with hi ak z Senior bull calf—1. North Dakota | bride with his worldly goods, from Holstein Breeding Circuit, New the marriage ceremony, were among Salem. | the religious problems up for con- ‘Junior bull calf—1. A. 0, Weeks; | sideration before the 139 bishops of 2—Zackmeir. Bros.; 3—Sawtelle and the Episcopal church in the ’United Stowell. | States, at informal conferences of Cow, 8 years old and over—1—T.| the members of the House of Bishops H. Knoble; 2—T. H. Nnoble; 3—N.) starting today. The proposal to change the book of common prayer has been pend- 3 Mrs, Jennie | ing for six years and involves in ad- dition to the change in the marriage about 200 other proposed Guernsey Cattle f Bull, 3 years old and over—1. Bis- ener ea i Episcopal ‘Church | May Cut Out Word | “Obey” in Ceremony) D, Holstein Breeding Circuit. | Cow or heifer, 2 years old, under | 3 years—1—Sawtelle and Stowell; j ° 2—T. H. Knoble; Moran. Senior yearling heifer—1—Sawtelle ; ceremony, (Continued on Page 3) changes. : | the machine went completely over! ‘EXPERTS ON UNKNOWN BRIDE! ~ WAR DEVICE Science of the Battlefields, Employed in Attempt to} Rescué‘Bmtombed Men i | TO USE THE GEOPHON Fellow Workmen from Mines) in that Section Leave Work to Join Relief Party | pan a | San Francisco, Cal., Aug, 30.—The } science of war was called upon today! to assist the rescue crews trying to! Feach the miners entombed in the| Argonaut mine at Jackson. Will J. French, chairman of the State Indus- trial Accident Commission, announc- | ed that a Geophone used during the AlD MINERS = safe of the Farmers and Mer- : | automobiles, it is believed. All wires STATES FUEL war to locate enemy gins by deteet- ing sounds at points distant from the! instrument is being rushed up from! Berkeley, and that Dr. L, H. Duschak, | expert on gas and for the commis-! sion, is on his way to Jackson | The Geophone will be used in the} tunnel through which it is hoped to! effect a rescue It is so delicatel adjusted, according to Mr. French, that it will detect the noice of «| falling leaf 100 fect away. It is hop- ed through the instrument to detect, the distance and location of any| noises, that might be made by the: trapped miners, Dr. Duschak will ‘test the gases in! the mine both before and after the tunnel is cleared to determine how! far the rescuers may go. MINERS RUSH TO RESCUE. Jackson, Cal., Aug. 30.—The age- old tradition of the sea, that never a distressed mariner may be passed by, ' has a parallel in the annals of miners, | From all over the Lodi county, even! from Nevada have come miners eager | to do their part in carrying aid to! the men traped in the Argonaut mine. | “You see,” said one self described “hard rock man,” it may be our turn next, i RANKIN AND WHEELER LEAD ' IN MONTANA Race for Senate Probably Will Be Fought Out in Fall Between These Two The Niitka is a second class cruis- ae er of 3,420 tons displacement. It] Helena, Mont., Aug. 30.—Returns' was launched in 1901. Kamchatka is| from yesterday’s primary today gave! a town on the east coast of the| Wellington D, Rankin, brother of Peninsula of Kamchatka in the|Jeanette Rankin, and state attorney southwest region of the Bering Sea.| general, a margin over Congressman Carl Riddick for the Republican nom- ination for United States senator. One hundred and forty-eight out of 1,534 precincts in the state gave Rankin, 3,134; Riddick, 2,986; Pray,! 1,886; Anderson 1,081; Siegfreidt, 693, One hundred and twenty-three pre-| cinets in the state gave Burton K. Wheeler of Butte, a comfortable lead for the democratic nomination for! LIFE FEARED ON JAP CRUISER During Typhoon.—Second Class Ship —-— (By the Associated Press) Tokio, Aug. 80—The Japanese cruiser Niitka is reported sunk in a typhoon off Kamchatka on August 26 and a heavy loss of life is feared according to an extra edition of the Hugai Shogyo Shimpo, a commercial newspaper today. The Japanese cruiser Niitaka went down in a typhoon off the Kamchat- ka coast’ August 26, with virtually: all hands, according to confirmed ad- vices received by the admiralty. The naval report jeaid. that. practically fione ‘of-her screw: of-300 was saved. The destroyer Maki has been order- IN RAIL CRASH Milwaukee Train Bearing Red I Arrow jitche: the senate with 2,365 votes to 1,01b/ Men Ditched for Tom Stout of Lewiston, his near- : —— est opponent. Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 30. — Al In the race for the Republican nom- wreek, just west of Waukesha, of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad train due here from Manidson, at 11 o'clock, bearing Red Arrow men from the thirty-second division gathering at Madison, caused the death of Har- ination for the lower house of con- gress from the first district, Hinton Jay McCormick of Missoula led with 2,460 votes. For the Democratic nomination, 77 a ath of Har-| precincts showed John M, Evans of | ry True, Madison, and serious injury|isgoula, leading with 1447; Byron | to a number of others. It is not) Cooney ‘of Butte, 1,299; Mrs, Mag- Known wagtner ong otner: parsengers zie Hathaway of ‘Stevensville, 774, were killed. Six Arrow men are said | 5; it ee to be severely injured. velee others, ane ihc i n the second district 62 precincts The engine, tender and baggage car| showed Scott Leavitt of Great Falls and two passenget coaches were hurl-| leading for the Republican nomina- jed.'Into® at; ditehs tion with 672 votes. Four or five men who were work- ing on the track atthe time are said) A TWIST HEPT OF TWO AUTOS to be missing. If’ is thought they are pinned beneath the wreckage. Henry Stroud, chief of the Bureau (By the associated Press) ' St. Cloud, Minn,, Aug. 30.—Wen-| of Investigation of the Federal I%- partment of Justice, received info:- mation at’ noon which indicated the dell A. Holt, 20, brought back from | Wreck hed been, ple-tad: < | Duluth by Sheriff Schoener for theft | Sand and gravel, he said, had bees. | of a car admitted in court today he> placed inside the rails and hacked] Cro, “two. automobiles: Tiring of! so tight the flanges of the wheels working at the Fergus Falls state striking it would derail the train. | hospital he stole a car and came to niin rae St. Cloud with it. As it was a cheap! INJURED UNDER can he abandoned %t and took a bet-; j ter one at night out of a local ga- CORN BINDER) tage here. He drove this to St. Paul - and Minneapolis and Duluth where; (By, the Associated Press) | in a wild ride he broke a wheel Fargo, N. D,, Aug. 30.—Crushed) which led to police investigation and beneath a corn binder John Hubner, | identification of the car as one re-/ Sr., 79, of Fargo, is in a local hos-} norted stolen here. { pital today believed fatally injured. | i He was found Monday by his son/ Reinhold who operates the Huhner} farm in Cass county. He had gotten | under the machine to make some ad- justment and the team started run- ning it partly over him. He yelled} “Whoa” stopping the téam before | him and in some manner dragged | himself out where he was found two! |failed at the conference called by hours later. |Governor Preus with the coal dock SEES INDICTED | cus wih the ot HELPING STATE) seca tine‘ sot igare be etalsh - jed’ and maintained if possible in (By the Associated Press) | order that the public might know at Marion, Ill, Aug. 30.—Attorney | this time what it will be required General Brundage of Illinois, this at-| to pay. The dock operators refused ternoon stated that he believed that! to have any part in such an agree- a number of persons to be indicted! ment, pointing out that no one can by the grand jury investigating the | now tell what the prices will be. Herrin massacre would turn state’s! | The Canadian and Michigan ports evidence. Twent¥-two persons were: bidding for lake coal are certain to killed in the mine war June 21 andjforce up the price, the operators 22, | said. P. F. Herrly, of the Pittsburgh St. Paul, Aug. 30.—Efforts to reach a price to be charged for coal in the Northwest this fall and winter (By the Associated Press) | i jand we .are advised that they have little or no coal for distribution in (Leased SAFE IS BLOWN; Loot 18 31,000 COAL CONTROL | ormane a8 ane ote) BILL, TO PASS {who early yesterday blew the vault chants bank here. They escaped in leading into the city wer cut. About $3,000 in cash in the safe and Liberty Bonds worth $800 in safety deposit’ boxes were taken. A hole was blown through the ¢ault door and the combination forced. The safe door was entirely blown off. a Lines of Government Operation May Fail WILL INCLUDE CARRIERS Johnson of South Dakota Seeks to Have Administra- tion Take Over Roads DISTRIBUTION PLAN IS GIVES Washington, Aug. 30.—Warned o: attempts to amend the administra- tion’s coal distribution bill by adding provisions already rejected, republi- can leaders declared today it would be passed before adjournment today, sbstantially as framed, On the heels of the announcement by Representa- tive Johnson, Republican, South Da- 2 ard of Railroad Commis-| sioners Makes Report Upon Conditions Found HOW COAL IS ORDERED! The board of railroad commission erg as state fuel directors has made | a canvass of the fuel situation in North Dakota. Reports have been 8 ited by dealers in coal and by tors of lignite mines, says a statenfient of the board issued today. It continues: The reports of dealers indicate that the supply of anthracite and bituminous coal is practically ex- hausted and while orders have been placed with wholesalers, there is no guarantee of delivery. In fact, the Commission hag communicated by wire and letter with various whole- salers in Minnesota and Wisconsin, deavor to get through an amendment giving the president authority to take over railroads and mines which fail- ed in public service, Representative Anderson, Republican, Minnesota, up- set party plans by making public the text of an amendment for creating a Federal coal buying and selling agency. The latter plan was first sug- gested by the president in his ad- dress to congress, but in drafting the distributing bill, the Interstate Com- merce Committee abandoned it, an- nouncing at the same time that it had acted with presidential approval. Leaders said the Johnson and An- derson proposals would be thrown out on points of order, as not ger- mane to the bill itself, and that both would be defeated if put to a vote. Special Department. Attorney General Daugherty was completing plans today for a special department of justice organization to investigate alleged illegal stoppage of transportation service incident to the rail strike in the west, Government officials are confronted by a condition of equipment main- {tenance by railroads, which the in- terstate commerce commission report North Dakota. It is therefore appar- ent that many dealers and institu- tions must appeal to the State Fuel Directors for coal to be obtained through the Federal Fuel Director since a great number of institutions in North Dakota are not equipped to burn lignite. Coal ordered through the Federa! Fuel Director will not be consigned to, individual concerns in North Da-! kota. Blanks furnished by this Com- mission must be filled out and re- turned to the board as State Fuel Directors. All coal shipped into North Dakota through the Federai Fuel Director will be consigned to! the Board of Railroad Commission-! ers and re-consigned by the Board te its destination. A consumer making application to the State Fuel Directors for coal must arrange with his bank for payment by making the necessary deposit or by securing a loan of funds, within the! limits “of the’National Banking Laws, and the State Banking Laws, sufficient to pay for the coal for which he is asking at the time it is loaded in the cars at the mines. With the payment so secured, the banks, it is thought, will be willing to furnish the neces- sary guarantee of payment for the coal. This unsual way of securing payment was made necessary by the fact that coal under orders of the Federal Fuel Directors moves to cus- tomers about whom the shipper may have no knowledge and with whom ne never had any previous business. There is no anthracite coal avail- able for distribution at the present by the Federal Fuel Director. A representative of the Board of Railroad Commissioners will be sent to the Minnesota Docks on or about September 1 and will remain there until the emergency has passed. 300 LOSE LIVES WHEN BOAT SINKS Reported Cruiser Chacabuco the matter of inspection (of locomo- tives) by carriers which gives cause for grave concern.” Responding to a senate resolution on the questios the commission said railroads were failing to make all the improvements required by law. Of 4,085 locomotives on 162 railroads inspected by the commission’s own staff of inspectors, it was reported, 2,456 were found de- fective, although many of the defects were of minor importance, 169 un- safe to operate. Outstanding developments rail-coal -situation was an ord the Interstate Commerce Commi: formally relaxing some of its prior- ity control and coal distribution. Priority still will be given sections of the Northwest requiring rail. ship- | ments to supplement lake movement of coal and railroads whose fuel needs are pressing. Also,'{n a sec- ond class priority of shipment will be granted to coal for public utilities and institutions, domestic and build- ing heating and common carriers, with several other classes of cbnsum- ers, in the o> 3 SIGN AGREEMENT. uminous coal strike in the Pittsburgt. district came to an end shortly after noon today when the Pittsburgh Coal company, the largest commercial pro- ‘ducer of the region signed an agree- United Mine Workers. This company was the last in the district to accep’ the union terms under the Cleveland agreement. MUST USE LIGNITE. North Dakota lignite must take the place of at least thirty per cent of North Dakota according to Governo: Was Lost and Only 13 R. A. Nestos. The governor had just | j returned from St, Paul when he mad: Saved the announcement, having talked there with the men interested in the securing of fuel for the northwest, ineluding C, P. White federal distri- bution agent at St. Paul. “Mr, White is absolutely certain,” declared the governor, “that nothing | but the most unusual of fall seasons |wiil allow more than sixty per cent | of the usual coal supply to reach the ‘head of the lakes before shipping is stopped. Even with the most carc- ful distribution, this will mean at (By the Associated Press) Santiago, Chile, Aug. 30.—Latest wireless reports from the cruiser Chacabuco, are to the effect that only thirtedy persons of the 322 abroad the steamship Itata were res- sued when the vessel sank off ¢ quimbo yesterday. The Chachuco is rushing the survivors to Coquimbo, where crowds line the Mole awaiting their arrival. AS WRITTEN | Attempts to Amend it Along; kota, and others that they would en-| | of 6,695. shows a “very general letdown in! Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 30.—The bit-! ment with the district officers of the | the bituminous coal usually used in| | ‘OATS AVERAGES SEVENTY BUSHELS Carson, N. D,, Aug. 30—Morris Chalgrin, of near Leith, finished threshing 3,000 bushels of oats last Saturday that averaged 70 bushels per acre, His field of wheat aver- | aged 26 bushels per acre. | Roy Emch, of near Leith, threshed his oats that averaged 61 bushels per aere, JOHNSON LEAD IS INCREASED IN CALIFORNIA i Senator Has 32,000 Majority With the Vote About One- Third Reported (By the Associated Press) San Francisco, Aug, 30.—Rey turns from yesterday’s prim- ary, coming in slowly today served to increase the lead of Hiram W. Johnson, incumbent, over C. C. Moore, in the hotly contested race for nomination for United States senator, to ap- proximately 30,000. San Francisco, Johnson’s home town, with only eight precincts unreported, showed a plurality of nearly 20,000 for him, (By the Associated Press) | San Francisco, Cal., ‘Aug. 30.—The | majortiy of Senator Hiram W. John-| son over Charles C, Moore, in thi republican senatorial nomination, was increased to 39,233 votes at 9:45 | a. m. today by returns from 2843! complete precincts in the state out} Johnson’s total was 132,- 762; Moore’s 93,529. Governor Stephens had a lead of! } 2,484 over State Treasure Friend W.| Richardson, in returns from 2,804 precincts which gave Stephens 111,| 282; Richardston 108,848. They are! candidates for the republican nomi-) nation for governor. Of the demo-, cratie candidates for nomination for governor, Thomas Lee Woolwine had 20,563 votes and Mattison B. Jones 113,119. Stephens received 190 votes for the prohibition nomination and Jones 179. SENATE TURNS CHANGE DOWN ON THE BONUS Rejects 44 to 27 Bursum Amendment to Pay Half of Bonus in Cash { (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 30.—White House | callers who discussed the bonus with President Harding today came away with the impression that the execu- tive regarded addition of the McNary reclamation and Simmons foreign debt amendments adopted yesterday in the senate as making the measure more objectionable than it was in its! original form, j Washington, Aug. 30.—In its first! vote of the day, the senate rejected, ! 44 to 27, the Bursum amendment; proposing to pay the soldiers bonus |half in cash and half in certificates ' of indebtedness, payable in five! | years. i | Party lines again were broken, 16; republicans, 11 democrats, voting for} the Bursum amendment, and 31 re-| | publicans and 13 democrats opposing. | it. The Smoot proposal to pay the | | bonus by means of a sales tax then| | was taken up. { WORK RESUMED IN S, DAK. MINE! | Aberdeen, S, D., Aug. 30.—Work is | being resumed in the state lignite {coal mine upon terms written by the | state of South Dakota. After an It is understood the Itata was least a thirty per cent decrease in the | aercement was broken by which union carrying a large number of laborers and their families to the nitrate plants of Chuquicamata. The account from the Chacabuco says the Itata was caught in a se- vere gale in the afternoon and was capsized by the heavy seas. The ves- sel went down in five minutes. PRICE FOR |amdunt of bituminous coal available |for North Dakota.” Realization of this shortage at this | time makes it imperative that all lo jeal users arrange to make as large use of lignite as possible, in the opi:- jion of the governor and that where / it is impossible to use lignite thatthe | state turn as far as possible to the | bituminous coal mined in Wyoming and Montana. and Ashland dock company said that | coal may go as high as $7 a ton at | the mines. ‘been taken by the American govern: R. 0. Eastman of the Pursglove! ment looking to the possible dispatch Coal and, Dock Company, declared to Russia of technical commission to that his company was out bid $1.15 a’ survey conditions there but without ton on two cargoes of coal last week | authority to negotiate any agreement and consequently lost the coal to binding upon the United States. bidders in other sections of the | country. | H. E, Smith of the M. A. Hanna! Coal and Dock company said that he! believed there would be no pyramid- | ing of the coal price this year as in’ 1920. All of the operators agreed | that only the legitimate cargoes | would ‘be added to the price they | are required to pay at the mines. i COAL IN NORTHWEST MEET FAILURE Spy To RUSS! n (By the Associated Press) WHEAT TOUCHES NEW LOW MARK (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., Aug. 30.—Wheat was selling at 98 cents per bush- el, the lowest price in seven years, in Fargo today. Washington, Aug. 30.—Steps have | | men agreed to produce coal for state |use only, the state authorities have jecided that fuel must be produced t all hazard to meet the fuel crisis jand the minc must be operated irre- | spective of union dictation. | Radical agitators from Butte ar? | reported to have disrupted the agree- iment made by the local union mem- | bers for working the mine, | The Haynes Coal company is also | resaming under a court order, open- | shop. PATIENT DROWNS. St. Paul, Aug, 30.—Howard Hill of i Duluth, a patient at the School for the Feeble-Minded at Faribault, was drowned in the river while swimming ‘there yesterday, according to a re: port received by the state board of control today. He was 18 years old. ; Eat eekaioees ‘ GRANT REQUEST | (By the Assoclated Press) | Fargo, N. D.. Aug. 30.—-N. E, Wil- liams, traffic director of the Fargo Commercial Club today announced | the Northern Pacific railway has granted Fargo’s request for “stor- age in transit” privileges on pota- | tees allowing shippers to store pota- | toes in Fargo without additonal | freight carrying costs. LIGNITE COAL OPERATORS WILL FORM PERMANENT BODY HERE 10 ADVERTISE, EXTEND INDUSTRY S Gathering Opens in State Capitol This Morning at Which Problems Are Taken Up CONGRESS CONVENES Fuel : Distribution Gathering Expected to Discuss Fair Price for Coal A representative group of lignite coal operators, getting their meeting at state capitol under way shortly after 11 o'clock today, started the work of perfecting a permanent or- ganization of the North Dakota Lig- nite Operators Association. Follow- ing the call to order by Stanley Washburn, recently named president of the temporay organization, the operators approved in general the verbal report of a plan of organiza- tion submitted by John F. Sullivan of Mandan and directed the commit- tee to submit a full written report for consideration before adjourn- ment today. ‘ In an effort to prevent any lack of harmony which might caused the jealousy between small and large mine operators the ‘ meeting voted that representation be given on the basis of one vote for each mine, that vice-presidents who should also be directors be named from all local mining fields in the state and offi- cers be named who, with the board of directors, should direct the poli- | cies of the organization. Mr. Washburn, in opening the meeting, said that he had not de- sired to head the organization and believed that the best interests of . all might be served by naming an operator interested in one of the smaller mines of the state. He de- clared that, as a representative of the largest mine in the state, he took the position that what serves the state and community best serves best the interest of each individual ! in the association. , “As nearly as I can determine there is demand for 2,000,000 tons of coal each. year in North Dakota ' alone,” he said, “and all of the lig- nite mines have never marketed more than one million tons. I am not in favor of fixing a price on other methods to squeeze out com- petition. Reports that come from the cast indicate -etcarly the seri- ousness of the lack of coal. I am informed Wyoming coal is being quoted at a price which probably would make it $12 to $15 a ton in the Northwest. There is a lack of antharcite coal in the east and the central competitive field must supply this demand. It seems to me not to be @ question of price so much as it is getting the coal to the consumer this fall in the Northwest.” Mr. Sullivan, outlining his tenta- tive plan of organization. said that he believed there should be a wide- spread publicity campaign. In the past, he said, lignite had been adver- tised chiefly on the basis of a sub- stitute, an incorrect theory. He also suggested the possibility of the state establishing a standard for its pro- duct to prevent shipment of inferior products beyond its borders, adding that this is done in Washington in the fruit industry. He was prompt- ed to suggest this for consideration, he said, because he learned of an in- cident in which very inferior coal was being advertised by a Minnesota dealer as North Dakota lignite coal. James S. Milloy, secretary of the Minot Association of Commerce, pre- sented a report for the publicity committee, which urged that the op- erators join in a publicity campaign, ! especially in South Dakota and Min- nesota, and that the mines con- tributed proportionately to the fund, on the basis of output. This afternoon a state fuel distri- bution congress was to convene un- der the direction of Governor Nes- tos. The congress was expected to discuss the price of lignite and other coals, The operators in their session were informed that Secretary of Commerce Hoover had decided the matter of action with regard to price was up to the state authorities. The attitude of Governor Nestos was rep- resented to operators as being that until the exact situation is definite- ly known the matter should be left to the spirit of fair play of the lignite operators and the realization that in building a perma- nent market the operators cannot afford to profiteer. 66 CENTS IS MAN’S ESTATE (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., Aug. 30.—Sixty-six cents was the total wealth of Reiny Caraveau, 60, who committed suicide last’ night, it was revealed today b Duluth police who investigated th: story of Caraveau’s landlady who is said to have expressed the belief that Caraveau was “rich” and that he had owned valuable mining and dcck properties. Efforts to locate relatives have been unsuccessful and Coroner C. C. McComb said the body would be buried in the potter's field. RUTH CRACKS OUT HIS 28TH New York, Aug. 30,—Babe Ruth cracked outhis twenty-eighth home run of the season today in the first inning of the game with Washington. of a price