The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1922, Page 1

- conference in a downtown building. WEATHER FORECAST—Clou- dy tonight, and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature, ‘ TABLISHED 1873 | RAIL IN LABOR 10 ASK CHANGES IN COURT ORDER Judge Wilkinson Grants Con- tinuation of Writ for Ten Day Period ATTACK ON DAUGHERTY Government Restricts Case to Citing Murders, Bombings And Other Incidents (By the Assotiated Press) Chicago, Sept. 12—With the gov- ernment’s temporary injunction against striking railway shopmen ex- tended for another ten day period beginning today, hearing on Attor- ney General Daugherty’s application for a permanent~restraining order! “continued today with a vigorous’ ef- fert on the part of counsel for the strikers to obtain modification .of the edict. As the second day of the hearing began, Attorney General Daugherty had made no suggestion of resolu-j tion for modification of the bill. Mr. Daugherty took no active part in the proceedings during the pre-’ liminary stage, but ‘sat at the gov- ernment table ‘surrounded «by his aides, the heaviest battery ef’ coun- sel the government has ever thrown into a court action of this kind. Through the early stage of the hear- ing Blackburn Esterline, assistant to! the solicitor general, acted as spokes- jan for the government forces. Will Seek: Modification With the temporary order extend- ea after he lost his motion to dis- miss the entire proceedings, Donald R. Richberg, attorney for B, M. Jew- ell, head of :the railway employes’; department of the American Federa- tion of Labor, and John Scott, Secre- tary of the ofganization, served no- tice his. next move would bé for prompt modification of the injunc- tion. : Mr. Richberg explained that he and Frank L.) Mulholland of Toledo, Ohio, were representing Mr. Jewell and Mr. Scott’ personally. » Although the'-early part of the hearing was given over to Mr. Rich- berg for his attack on ‘the Attorney General and: the injunction, the gov: crnment got in with some of its sens sational charges of. murder, sabot- age, terrorism and other forms of lawlessness. Destruction and Intimidation “Since the commencement of the present railroad. strike acts of de-| predation have been committed in} practically every state and judicial district in the United States,” a statement by the Attorney General’s staff said. “The efforts of the per- petrators are concentrated upon two erds—destruction and intimidation. The means to attain these ends arc| almost indescribable. In fact one, must believe that anything suggest: | ed to the imagination. of the vandals | or their conspirators is immediately put into effect. a : “The. venom of the participants in; this strike has not ceased with ordi- nary assaults, bombing, dynamiting, wrecking of trains, or minor depre-| dations, but has béen in many In- stances satisfied only with the tak- ing of human life,” ee Enumerates 25 Murders Here the statement ° enumerated reports of 25 murders and other fa- talities attributed to strike causes. 's also pointed out the suffering and inconvenience of passengers strand- ed in the deserts of California and Arizona when train crews quit, and declared that 5,500 deputy United] States marshals had been assigned to the protection of interstate com- merce and the mails, Mail trains discontinued as a’ re- sult of strike conditions were set dcwn as approximately 950 and the damage to California fruit growers; alone through transportation tie-ups | was estimated at $75,000,000. “Dynamiting, bombing, setting fire to railroad property and bridges are a few of the most dangerous means adopted against the railroad com: panies,” the statement continued. ° Many Derailments “Many derailments have occurred. The gencral scheme adopted has been; to remove spikes from the tracks; often on curves, causing them to} spread when subject to the pressure) of a train. 3 “Jt would be almost impossible to, enumerate the various assaults which have been perpetrated. Whip- pings were resoted to in practically every instance where strikers were able to lay their hands upon those whom thé railroads have secured to take their places. When they could) not be apprehended, stones were thrown at them. Shots were fired and other acts, equally detestable, | were indulged in. Tarrings and fea-| therings are included in the list, and in many cases.” : Commenting upon the/ impeach- ment resolution against him offered by Representative Keller, Minnesota Attorney General Daugherty said Mr. Keller “has. a grievance based ‘on the fact that he could not control the départment of justice in a case, he was peysonally interested in.” Mr. Jewell with his policy com- mittee of 90, today resumed their Neither Mr. Jewell nor members of the shoperafts executive council would discuss what had transpired in| their meeting. Judge James H. Wilkerson today --% ===|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE a BISARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1922 yo (Leased Wire of Associated Press) NCTION IS EXTENDED Burmese Romance’ | | AGREEMENT REACHED ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON M'CUMBER - FORDEY TARIFF BILL; FACING FIGHT ON RESTORED DYE LICENSING ITEM GOES T0 HOUSE OEE SUE el FEES ; House Leaders Predict Final Believed Explorer Action Tomorrow on Tariff | Has Started Flight Bill Despite Opposition of Toward-North al ) Democrats { | : (By the Associated Press. Copenhagen, Sept. 12.—It: is gen-| erally believed here that Captain | ; Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explor- | |er, has already undertaken his flight z ! across the North Pole.from Northern List of Items Agreed Upon alaska. This belief is further ; strengthened by the fact that the Shows Agricultural Prod-; cr vegian government has asked the ucts. Carryin:; igh’ well known Danish explorer, Captain! z ying Very Hig Gottfried Hansen, to undertake a‘ Protecticn Against Foreign relief expedition. ale | Captain Hansen, who is busy work- Competition ing out a:scheme for the exploration of Western Greenland next. spring, : | is unable to accede to the request but | jin an interview emphasizes the ne- | cessity of sending an urgent relicf | expedition to pick up Amundsen, | j whose airplane crossing, in his opil ion, is extraordinary dangerous, ‘jit{ {being virtually impossible to land {anywhere on the rough poplar ice. ! without serious accident. | Advices from Nome, Alaska, on, | August 29 to the Associated. Press | j were that Captain Amundsen had! definitely abandoned for this year} | his plan to fly over the pole, believ- jing the season was too far advanced to permit of success. Captain Amund-| | sen’s ship, the Maud, was last report-| { ed to be frozen in the ice near Wran- CHIEF RATES GIV ? (By the Associated Press) * Washngton, Sept. 12.—The administifation tariff bill as finally perfected in conference was presented today in the house and the conference re- port on it bearing the signa- tures of the republican mana- gers, will be called up tomor- rom with expectation that it will be dispesed of not later than Thursday. The measure then will go to the senate but because of opposition to the dye embargo. and other pro- visions, action theré may be celayed a week or more. CRISIS PASSED IN CONDITION OF PATIENT Physician’s Bulletins Show Improvement in Case of President’s Wife |A COMFORTABLE NIGHT ‘Chief Executive Delays Offi- cial Business Awaiting Re- covery of Mrs. Harding (By the Associated Press) x Washintgon, Sept. 12—The crisis in Mrs. Harding's condition “seems {to have been passed,” an official bulletin issued by attending physi- cians at 9:35 a. m. today said. ’ The text of the bulletin, signed by Brigadier General C. E. Sawyer, White House physician, follows: “Mrs, Harding’s condition 8 a, m.! | Temperature 98.8; pulse 94; respir- ation 82. Early part of night rest- less. Latter part comfortable. Gen- i i | | | { ‘It Is to Laugh! “the girl with the million-dollar legs, amused gt the flapper whe | BONUS BILL 10 HARDING WON'T REACH ENTOMBED MEN i | ber, Dorothy Skeels, Dorothy Lan- ders, Edna Patzman, Vivian Murphy LAST EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS é CONTEST WARMS IN ELECTION OF PAGEANT QUEEN Organizations Supporting Candidates Get Busy as the Pageant Day Nears GIVE STANDINGS FRIDAY Details of Pageant’ Committee Work are Announced by The Committee The contest for Sismarck’s Queen of the Pageant, to be crowned next Monday night in the historical pageant amid splendor, is warming up. Organizations supporting. rival candidates began pushing votes in the ballot boxes at a lively rate to- day, in anticipatioy. of the announce- ment of the standings in the contest to be made Friday by the committee. Ballot boxes have been placed at ten downtown stores. There is a vote with each pageant ticket, and workers in the various organizations are going after those coupons. The candidates in the con- test for the biggest honor of the pageant, all proposed involuntarily by friends in various organizations, are: Evelyn George, Christine Hu- and Gwendolyn Jones. | As framed the bill is esti. | Miss Sylvia Helen Forde of Eng: mated roughly by the exverts land is to marry Prince Maung | to raise approximately $400,- | Maung Gyi, of Mandalay, son of | 00,000 in revenue on the basis | Theebaw, last king of Burma of the present voiume of the import trade. The level of its | rate, according to the experts, is slightly below the level in | the Payne-Aldrich bill the last republican —protractive tariff bht is considerably above the level of the Democratic Under- wood law now in force. | restraining order pending complet- ion of the government's effort to | Show that the dominant purpose of the alleged conspiracy is the des-! jtruction of interstate commerce. Citing supreme court decisions in ithe Coronado coal case, retail lum-; ber dealers case, and the Patton} cotton, corner. prosecution, Judge i i | Washington, Sept. 12.—Presen-| | Wilkersén’ said the question, raised ‘ation in the House today of the: by. the government’s allegation was conference Teport on the tariff} ‘g'vital one and should be settied be- Dill, with its restored dye licens} \fore the. request for modification of 18 embargo provision was plan-: ned by the republican conferees. | the present order can be acted’on. Consideration of the report 1d 5 wou A FAST TRIP| The bill will become effective im-| Visits Ten Towns in “Two mediately after President Harding, signs it, replacing both the Under-j Hours Advertising Pageant wod and emergency tariff acts. It is; designed to, large extent, its fram-| ers have said, to meet the unusual world economic situation and more peculiarly to protect American in- rustries from the lust cost industries | in Germany and the countries carv- ed out of* Austria-Hungary, i Opponents have defended the tar- “Fish” Hassell, covered ten towns iff in the long senate discussion of in two hours and a half, advertising| it 28 the best balanaed protective the bridge celebration and pageant. | tariff bill ever wryten and the first Leaving Bismarck at 12:05 p.m. he| Such megsur® to accord agriculture flew over Baldwin, Wilton, Wash-|® Profer need of protection. Dem- burn, Underwood, Coleharbor, Gar-! ocratic opponents on‘ the other hand, rison, Beulah, Hazen, Stanton and ; have assailed it as the most “in- Center, dropping literature prepared | iquitious” tariff ever presented to by Bismarck merchants, and return- | the American congréss, as certain to increase the cost of living by sev- At Wilton the flyer ran into rain| eral. billions of dollars«a year and ‘MANY CONTESTS eral appearances improved. Enlarge- ment due to. nephrosis decreasing. Laboratory findings favorable. Crisis | | seemed to have been passed. Surgical j procedure deemed unnecessary for gell island. the present.” RIGHT STATES | jas “the best news” that has come ‘from the bedside of the patient since ;her condition became critical last; week. It showed a drop of 1-2 degrees in temperature from last night and jthe nearest approach to normal in | temperature since she became seri- ously ill, Both pulse and respiration this. morning were slightly above! /last night's readings, but the phy-} sician in attendance was emphasized | these might be expected to vary. i Interest Centers Upon Pos- sible Fate of Senator Lodge Who Is Opposed « POINDEXTER FACES FIVE| Newherryiam Will Be’ ‘Yasue letin Was jssued there was not- Taste veraion. which faa. existed at the Again in Michigan Sen- atorial Fight White. House and in official circles close to the President and Mrs. Har- ding. The cabinet session today, how- ever, was called off as well as the : President’s semi-weekly meeting with ‘ newspaper men. This action was tak- ‘en, it was explained to permit. the President to remain near Mrs. Har- ding and to conserve his strength. (Continued on Page 2) RUSH OF CARS TONORTAWEST 10 BE ASKED (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Sept.. 12—Primaries in eight states include four in which contests for the nominations for United States senator is expected to indicate to some extent the trend of public opinion on National political sympathies, ‘ Massachusetts, Michigan, Wash- ington and Vermont today are toi choose senatorial candidates, Senator Poindexter of Washing- ton, has five opponents, one a wos man, who has received endorsement of some labor organizations. Senator Townsend of Michigan has two ‘opponents who have attacked him for his defnse of his colleague Senator Newberry. ed home at 2:35 p. m. and flew through the rain‘ most of, as a vehicle to entgle American man- the time’‘after, that, facturers to contthue war prices. , Today Hassell will fly over Mc-| Both republitans and democrats Kenzie, Sterling, Driscoll, Steele,| wil take the fight over the bill to Dawson, Napoleon, Wishek, Linton,| the ‘country in the coming political Hazelton, Braddock and Moffitt. campaigns. 4 Despite the ‘prospective fight sn Blam the dye embargo, which represent atives Fish, Republican New York, and Woodruff, Republican, Mich- igan, declared they were prepared to make in the house leaders gen- erally predicted final action on the report by that body tomorrow or Thursday, it»being their under- standing that the Democrats plan- ned‘a protracted'fight. In the sen- ate there were predictions the bill might be under discussion for a week or two. The more important rates in the administration ‘tariff bill as finally agreed upon in conference are: AGRICULTURAL .PRODUCIS | Cattle, Form—1-2 to 2 cents a pound; Payne-Aldrich from $2 a head to 27 1-2 per cent ad valorem; ‘ Underwood free. I * Sheep and goats $2 a head; fresh | lambs 4 cents a pound; hogs half; ‘cent a pound; fresh pork 3-4c a pound; bacon, ham and shoulder, 2 cents a pound; lard Ie a pound; lard compounds and substitutes 4 cents a pound; milk fresh, 2 1-2 cents a gallon; buttermilk 1 cent e Derailment Upon Strikers: (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 12.—Derailment of an express train on the Michigan Central railroad near Gary, Indiana, August 20, which resulted in the death of two railroad employes and injury of two passengers was caused by “malicious tampering..with the track,” according to a report issued today by the Bureau of Safety-of the Interstate’ Commerce. Commission. ae a ee | The Weather. . | For, twenty-four hours ending af noon today: . te adie Temperature at 7-a. m. Temperature at noon Highest . yesterday: Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Pregipitation Highest wind velocity ‘Weather Forecasts - For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy deferred hearing on the motion of attorneys for the rail strike leaders| for modification of the temporary tonight and Wednesday; h change in couiparaturan not much} 4 gallon; cream 20 cents a gallon. For North Dakota: Clotdy tonight} Milk( condensed or evaporated and Wednesday; probably showers] Sweetened, 1 1-2 cents a pound, east portion, not much change in batter and cleomargaring and oth- temperature. er butter substitutes cents a General Weather Conditions -pound. Cheese and substitutes 5 Showers have occurred in Minne-| cents pound; Payne-Aldrich 6 cents, sota and Nosth Dakots bat elsewhere! Underwood 20 per cent. i over the Region the weather is gen-| poultry, li 3 : 2 : ‘y, live 8 cents a pound erally fair, Cool ‘weather prevails in poultry dead, 6 cents a pound. Eggs ‘Amonia .... 63 43. .05. p.e.{f poultry in the shell 8 cents a Bismarck .. 70 43 | .08 eldy| dozen. Honey 3 cents a pound. Rottinean - 59 40 p.c. Hasek nae valued up to owbells ... $150 eacl each; valued over Devils Lake 64 44 0 , cldy| $150 each, 20 per cent. Fresh or Dickinson .. 68 39 \0 © eldy) frozen salmon, mackerel and hali- Dunn Center 67 42 07 ~—_—rrain| hut 2/cents a poung. Herring and Ellendale . 74 40 9 foggy! mackerel, pickled of salted, id t Fessenden . 67 40. 05 —eldy P eds: 2acen Grand Forks 68 42 02 —_eldy| ® Pound. TancEtGe 8, A 0 (Continued on Page 6) Langdon .. 61 AT -28 eldy DE pe Ia ROTTS Larimore .. 58 43 44 cldy ASSIGNMENTS REDUCED. Lisbon .... 67 39 0. p.c.y Regulations recently promulgated Minot ..... 65 33 © 05 p.c.| by Adjutant General G. A. Frasez Napoleot, : 3 40 05 fogry} regarding assignment and sale of Pembina .. 58 41 20 eld¥ | soldier bonus claims has resulted in Moorhead ©. 56.46 04 foggy | 2, 8Feat reduction of assignments, ac- ORRIS W. ROBERTS, signments, ‘According to the adjutant Meteorologist. general’s office, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts has done little speech making on his campaign while his opponent, Joseph Walker, has stumped the state vigor- ously. Four Democrats seek the. senatorial nomination. Two Southern states have Demo- cratic primaries. In South Carolina former Governor Cole D. Blease and Thomas G. McLeod are opponents in the principal contest for the gub- ernatorial nomination. In Georgia, three women break the state’s tradi- tions by entering the race for state assembly. \ In Louisiana one congressman and several state judicial officers are to be, nominated. North Dakoa Representatives Of Car Committee to Appear Before I. C. C. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion will be asked to declare an emergency exists in car distribution in North Dakota and othet north- western states and direct movement of grain cars to this section of the country by a committec representing the state railroad commissions of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Representatives Geo. Young and J. H. Sinclair and Chairman Milhollan of Colorado and Arizona nominate| the railroad commission will repre- state tickets, with a number of-con-| sent the state before the commission gressmen. Senator A. S. Hurst of in Washington on Saturday of this Arizona is unopposed for the Demo-| week. Immediately .after the morning cratic nomination and no Republi-|_ While North Wakota is held to can candidate has yet been named] have been thus fur in better shape to oppose him in November. for cars than South Dakota the in- creasing receipts of grains will soon congest country elevators to a point where they cannot hold the grain, and farmers will be required to ship same thei? grain because of lack of stor- age facilities and inability to finance ports to the commission, With regard to the fuel situation i no change has occurred, according to Washington, Sept. 12—The gov-# officials. W. H. Stutsman and Frank ernment today sold its fleet of war Milhollan, of the state commission, built wooden ships, the shipping] declared that there is no justification hoard accepting a bid of $750,000] for charging a price for coal mined made by Geo. D. Perry, an attorney] Within the state, greater than the of firm of Lent and Humphrey, of price obtaining last year. They said San Franesco, for 226 of the vessels.| that some retailers haa notified them The bid accepted at a competitive | that mine prices had been raised sale conducted by, Chairman Lasker] and they had been required to raise ahd members of the shipping board| the retail price, their customers com- and the action leaves the government| Plaining. The commissioners said with only 10 wooden ships on its|the retailers were not responsible. hends, The ships sold today repre-} There is probability of shipments sented a cost of $300,000,000. of ‘bituminous coal in the state but pena no likelihood of any anthracite coal APPROVE STOCK SALE coming into North Dakota from the Norh Dakota’s Blue Sky Commis-| east, they added. sion has approver of the sale st stock for the building of a starcl factory at Minot. O. B.. Herigstad KU KLUX KLAN appeared before the commission showing the men back of the pro- HOLDS CONCLAVE position and explaining that the pro- Grand Forks, Sept. 12.— posed company expected to errect a] Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plant to rost about $50,000 and havej held a conclave in a grove 22 the same ready for work so as to| miles west of here Monday take a part at least of the present] night. So far as is known srop of potatoes. The men backing} this is the first conclave of the the proposition are experienced busi-} Klan to be held in North Da- ness men according to the attorney. | kota, yn would say something. BEFORE FRIDAY $10,000 in Rewards To Be! Given Rescuers Who Find Miners First i (By the Associated Press) Jackson, Cal., Sept. 12.—Ten feet were gained in the 3,600 foot drift in the Kennedy mine last night by rescuers who are digging through from ‘that mine to the Argonaut’ mine where 47 men are entombed. | The men on the 3,600 foot level had! 8% feet to go before they reached the rock which forms the last barrier be- | tween the diggers and victims. Five} additional: feet were gained. in the rock on the 3,900 foot level, leaving 8 balance. of-182.feet to go before; the workers on this. leve] reached the Argonaut. It was announced there was no! possible chance of reaching the men{ before Friday. »From Seattle came word that J. W.: Bullock, owner of another mine near | the Argonaut, had begun raising a fund with which to reward the first | crew to break through into the Ar-| gonaut. It was expected that would! reach $5,000, The mine’s officials al-| ready have offered one reward of $5,000 for this. SPARK BURNS BLOCK (By the Associated Press) Bonesteel, S. D., Sept. 12—Fire, ap- parently ‘starting from a spark from a railroad train, burned half a block | of buildings in the heart of the city; Monday afternoon, causing damage estimated at $75,000. The conflagra- | tion is the worst Bonesteel has ever | experienced and for a time threaten-' ed to spread over the whole business | section, i | PIONEERS PASS H eBach, N. D., Sept. 12.—C. J.! Strum, a pioneer farmer was fa-| ally injured when while stooping | near a threshing engine, he was} strulk in the head by a fly-wheel. | Oscar Lingk, one of the pioneer | farmers of the north country ,died | at his home of tuberculosis at the ' age of 65. VALUATION IS | NEARING END Water Company Figures to Be Finished in 2 Weeks The valuation of the property of the Bismarck Water Supply Com- pany being made by the engineering department of the state railroad com- ‘mission will be completed perhaps in a couple of weeks, according to E. H. Morris, chief engineer. The work is taking longer than usual because of lack of assistance -and because spe- cia] methods of valuation are being used, Mr. Morris said. An account- ant was to begin work today under Mr. Morris’ supervision to aid in finishing up the work. The railroad commission, it is an- nounced, will proceed to hold another hearing after the valuation is com- pleted to give the company and the city opportunity to take exceptions to the report of the engineering de- partment. After these exceptions are noted the railroad commission will proceed to fixing permanent rates. GETS SCHOLARSHIP Rolf Harmsen, ,graduate of the State School for the Deaf at Devils Lake, has received a five year's schol- arship at Gallaudet College, Wash- ington, D. C., and wil] leave for that school immediately. Harmsen will be remembered as the star athlete of the Deaf School. His home is at) Hazen, N. D. | Things are so dull for paragraph: ers we wish Bryan or Volva or Len- IN FEW DAYS Interest on Foreign Debt and Reclamation to Pay Com- pensation Sa (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 12.—The sol- diers’ bonus bill was today in tae form that it will go to President Harding perhaps within ten days or two weeks, Provisions. added by the senate and believed by some opponents to make it possibly more objectionable to the executive than it was in the form passed by the House were elim- inated by the conferees, who mt un- expectedly yesterday and perfected the measure within three hours. Those provisions were: Payment of the bonus out of in- terest from the $11,000,000,000 'for- eign debt and the Smith-McNary re- clamation plan, The bill was to be reported to the house today,, but action: on it both there and in the Senate was to fol- low disposition of the confeyence re- port on the tariff measure. HALE ELECTED OVER CURTIS ~-BY 26,892 Maine Majorities Regarded as Satisfactory and What Conservatives Expected ee (By the Associated Press) Portland, Me., Sept. 12,—Revised figures on the election in Maine yesterday with 44 small towns miss- irg, today showed Senator Frederick Hale, Republican, re-elected over his Democratic opponent, former Gover- nor Oakley C, Curtis, by a majority of 26,392 votes. Fi Latest returns on the congression- al vote show majorities for the four present representatives, all Repub- licans, ranging from 4,200 to 10,000, as compared with Republican mar- gins ranging from 14,000 to 19,000 in 1920. Governor Baxter said the majori- ties given the Republican candidates were entirely satisfactory and about what conservative political observers expected. GEOLOGISTS SEES DRIFT IN CONTINENTS (By the Associated Press) London, Sept. 12.—Is the American continent drifting Westward and slowly leaving Europe behind, is the theory propounded to the savants of the British association at Hull by the Germany geologist Wegener. Dr. Wegener declares the various continents originally were joined at the poles, but that now they are slowly drifting away from the poles and from east to west. America is moving westward faster than Eur- ope, he said, and Greenland _ still fester than America. He added this movement had been proven by ex- periments at observatories in Ear- ope and at Washington. . VACATES ORDER Judge H. L. Berry of the Sixth Judicial District has vacated the temporary order prefenting R. BB. Murphy of Grafton from interferinb with the duties of J. I. Cahill as a member of the State Board of Ad- dinistration. This clears the court record, and allows the court record of Burleigh county, in which Judye Coffee issued an order seating Mr. Murphy to be the one effecting upon the action of the board. The cour: order of Judge Coffee became effect- ife September 5th when serded upon attorneys for Mr. Cahill. As each organization agrees that the candidate who has the lead in the first publishea announcement of standings on Friday_workers have been instructed to make their hard- est efforts in the next three days. The Pageant Queen committee will’ hold a meeting tonight to consider details, The out-of-door stage selected for the pageant, just beyond the Country club, has been approved by the di- rectors of the pageant as an ideal site. | People will be esated on the hill about the open-air stage. Peo- ple, preparing to attend the pageant should provide themselves with a cushion, coat or blanket, they are reminded, Policing of the grounds will be under ‘the direction of Chris Henzler and E,.G. Wanner. Mounted police will patrol the area, to prohibit any- one not having a ticket to take a seat in the natural ampitheater and to direct traffic. The pageant is to be given at 7:45 p. m. Monday night, and giant search- lights and other brilliant scenic ef- fects are expected to bring to the production a fantastic setting impos- sible during the day-time. It is announced that transportation will be provided for taking the cast to the grounds from the Presbyte- rian church the night of the pageant, and also to Mandan on Tuesday and Wednesday. The relics committee is getting ready to place hundreds of priceless relics and pictures in downtown windows» today or, tomorrow. Announcement of costume fittings was made as follows: 2 to 6 p. m. today, all Indian women; for Indian men, 2 to 6 p. m. today and 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Wednesday, at Presby- teran church, Also men in the Ver- endrye scene and men in the Bis- marck scene. On Wednesday, 3 to 5 DP. My, ladies of the Bismarck scene and quadrille will have a costume fitting and the men in the scene from\3 to 6 p. m. somorrow, all fit- tings at the Presbyterian church. The Custer troupe rehearsal will be at 6:45 in the Legion hall tonight, instead of as previously announced. There is still need for the loan of firearms and horses for the pageant, and persons willing to aid the com- mittee are asked to call 313. 20 TRAINS ABANDONED (By the Associated Press) Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 12.—Abar donment of nearly a score of train: of the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincin nati and St. Louis railroad, effect- ive tomorrow was announced here last night. Elimination of these trains was for the purpose of facili- tating the movement of coal, H. A. Worcester, vice president of the road, who was in St. Louis, stated in a telegram. Mail officials say these are tho first regular trains of the Big Four to be taken from service since the strike began, July 1. CANADA HAS BUMPER CROP (By the Associated Press) Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 12—A bumper wheat crop throughout Canada amounting to more than 85,000,000,- 000 bushels more than last year, and with a yield of over four bushels more per acre than in 1921, indica- ted by the preliminary estimates of dominion bureau of statistics, The estimate of the total yield of fall and spring wheat for all Canada this year is 388,733,000 bushels from 22,630,- 900 acres as against the 1921 final estimate of 300,858,100 bushels from 23,261,224 acres. The yield per acre this year is estimated at 17.25 bush- els compared with 13 bushels in 1921, ESTATE 10 MILLION London, Sept. 12—Lord North- cliffe’s will, which was sworn to to- day for provisional probate purposes leaves a gross estate valued at $10,- 000,000.