The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 1

For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably Satur- day; rising temperature, ESTABLISHED 1873 CON GRESS PLANS ! WATER FAMINE CAUSESDRIVE | ON CITY HALL: Federal Building Objective of 2,000 Rioters Last Night ALDERMEN ATTACKED What Started Out in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions Ends in Bloodshed (By the Associated. Press.) Mexico. City, Dec.1.—Federal troops: guarded a badly battered municipal ‘building today while the city counted the casualties of a pitched. battle between the police.| and.a mob which attempted to storm the building -last night. The death list a8:a result of the fighting stood at 17 early today, while 18 persons are known to have been seriously injured and 33 slightly hurt. Itwas thought that a closer check might | reveal further casualties. The city, after a night of wild rat itement, found its main plaza be- fore ihe municiyal building a sham- bles of broken af glass, bers and stone—evidence of the anger of the mob eich forced its way into the buildi half an hour after the police rifles had taken their toll. The trouble which lasted for more than six hours, started when a crowd marched to the city hall to protest against . the aldermen who are held responsible for conditions leading to the water famine. The demonstration was intended by the la unions that organized it as a peaceful protest, and several hundred persons paraded the down- town strect before proceeding to the hall to voice their adverse senti- ments against the city government. Those protestants were reinforced along the route’snd when the meni-/ the cipal building . was reached, 2,000 crowd numbered more than persons. . : Yelling invectives ‘ against the aldermen, the mob gave emphasis | to its words by hurling stones and other missiles. When one. leader suggested the hall be entered, the, demonstrators made a_ concerted rush forward. The, police guards met their advance by firing their rifles over the heads of the crowd, which, however, did not check its course. Then the police aimed their rifles poing blank and fired with deadly effect. Staggered by the bullets the de. monstrators retired ci ‘ing with them their dead and wounded. But in half an hour they returned ‘and several of their number, break- ing windows, entered the hall and began to set fire to its contents. Valuable documents, some of which dated back several centuries, were tossed into the streets. By this time the federal troops had arrived but the intruders were not ejected before the building had heen fired in.many places and the furniture wrecked. A line of hose which the fire department was able to bring into play despite the water shortage, was successful in holding back the crowds outside, Several sporadic attempts to con- tinue the demonstration were made in the steceeding hours but | when the demonstrators returned to the attack they found a cordon of sever- al hundred soldiers about the build- ing and contented themselves with jecring and hooting officials in gen- eral including some members of the federal government. County Attorney Defies Governor On Dry Issue (By the Associated Press) Tulsa, Okla., Dee. 1.—Still main- taining “that the people don’t want prohibition,” but taking‘a slightly different tack in his defiance of the governor and the attorney general’s department, Courlty Attorney W. F. Seaver, met Assistant State Attorney Clifford W. King here today to ex- plain his dismissal of cases against alleged liquor law violators. County Attorney Seaver said he welcomed the visit of the assistant attorney general and would give him every assistance in his investigation. Two days ago Seaver, challenged the whole Attorney General’s Staff to come to Tulsa and see “what they could do about it.” Seaver explained today that he dis- missed a rumber of liquor charges wing to the state prohibitory sta- tuucs, under which he claimed it was almost impossible to obtain convic- tions, INTERCOLLEGE CONFERENCE New York, Dec. 1,—Five college presidents were expected here today to attend the annual meeting of the Inter-Fraternity conference repre- senting 52 fraternities in ninety Am- erican colleges and Universities. In- vitations to attend also had been accepted former’ Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, and ex-Secretary of War Newton D. Ba- ker. More, than 200 delegates were expected, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1922 HHERE IS A NEW Phiiadetphia Cite Exbettirent Se oes - FOUNDER OF FORUM IDEA EDWAR. By NEA Service, ~ Philadelphia, Dee. 1—Olga off was playing. the piano cn the} stage!’ The great Academy. of Mu-j sic in Philadelphia was, crowded to| the doors. Three thousand persons | were in the auditorium, and over 150; sat on the stage. Not a person in! that vast audience as much as moved! junder the spell of the wizardry of the playing until at the closé, and| then as with one a2ccord a_ perfect story of applause echoed throughout the building. Player and audience‘ were in perfect accord. Only the night before the same crowded house had greeted dem- onstration of radio, and two even-| ings previous Mark Sullivan, the} Washington correspendent, had thrilled the audience with a talk on the Turkish-Grecian situation. i A New York man had come over, and as he sat in the great audience} he said : “I don’t know but that this is the greatest thing that Hdward Bok has done.” “And vet,” sgid the friend at his! side, a “a year ago you said this| could not be done in New York,, let’ alone Philadelphia.” | “T know it,” was the answer “and! if I had not seen it I still would! not believe wy i Year Proves Its Worth. | --\It was the Philadelphia Forum in| action |! And yet a year ago, even | in Philadelphia, it: was believed it | could not be done. And Edward Bok } was told so. But he merely smile, I got four organizations toget! “sold” them the idea partially if al fully, prepared a program and with-/ in six weeks the membership hadj{ leaped up to over four thousand and} the announcement went forth that! no further members could he re-| ceived. For the moment that the prepared budget is covered by~the memberships, the books are closed for the season and a waiting list for| the following season is started. Last year was the first year. Four) thousand five hundred members were | received at $10 per year, for the | budget was $45,000. This year the budget wes increased to $72,000; the; membership was raised to $15 per, ! Samar-[ year, and 300 reserved seats were; Woolwine was quoted as stated he} 235 feet long and 37 fect wide. She} sold at per year. Again the’ membership list was closed a few days after the first lecture was giv | en, } There are 75 events given from! October to May, so that each event! costs 2 member 20 cents. A varied program covering the entire range) of an intelligent and well-ordered , life is given. In music, for instance, | ‘Olga Samarofi, Josef Hofmann, the} Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Car-! lo Grand Opera Company, the Bach | Choir are given. In literature, Wil-! liam Lyon Phelps gives seven talks on the books of the day worth read- ing. The foremost authors, like Sin- clair Lewis, Hugh Walpole, irving Bacheller, are all given. Varied Programs Are Given. In civics, there is a regular month-| ly current events evenings, three by Mark Sullivan, three by Senator Pep- per. Last year Vice President Cool- idge had the current events evenings. A world figure like Clemenceau speaks before The Forum upon his American visit. The Mount Everest climbers will have their story told by one of the climbers with moving pictures. On Armistice Day, Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassa- dor, spoke. The birthdays of Lin- (Continued on Page 6) KIND OF FORUM FORUM +0- D BOK... ' Philadelphia’s Forum: | Provides 75 entertainments for its members’ for-‘a+€£5" yearly :fee- Brings a’ whole opétatic company! to its city ‘to present opera: for} Forum members. Conducts regularly current events, | literature and ‘civics evenings, in charge of men of.national reputation. Arranges for lectures and speech- es by werld-famous men and women visiting America. Starts promptly at 8:30 p. m., and closes doors at that time, Limits speakers to one hour. Conducts a question box for half an hour after each speech or lec- ture, - Presents | Hhiladelphia Symphony | Orchestra, Olga Samaroff, Josef Hof- mann, the Bach Choir and other mu- sical features of that class, Gives six big dances, each attend-| ed by 3,000 people. Publishes and distributes a maga- zine to its members. Does ell of this with but one paid) official. | NEW TRIAL FOR | BURCH UNDER CONSIDERATION Prosecutor Made Threat to! ' Try Kennedy Murder Sus- / | GALESWEEPS - ‘|day as the result of freak Thanks- jdown especially in the vicinity of ; the NORTHWEST ON THANKSGIVING High Winds and Snow Report- ed) Over North Dakota And Minnesota . —— MUCH DAMAGE DONE! Gales in Twin Cigies Biecks| Signs and Windows—Storm Over Great Lakes | (By the Associated Press). St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 1.—Interrupt- ed wire communication, delayed train service, half a dozen persons if- jured and damage which, probably will run into several hundred thous- and dollars was the toll revealed to- | giving weather in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and western Wis-} consin. High winds and snow was reported in various sections of. the Northwest. Rain fell in Minnesota and parts of South Dakota, while! most of North Dakota was blanketed with several inches of snow. A gale was\sweeping Lake Superior. Hundreds of telephone and tele- graph and power wire poles were twin cities and in and about Aberdeen, S. D. Near the latter place | 200 poles belonging to the Dakota Central Telephone Company were broken off following sleet, a light snow and winds. Scores of plate glass windows were smashed and numerous signs fell in; Minneapolis and St. Paul. Several, persons were hurt by falling signs | and in automobile accidents attribu. ted to the storm. An airplane was torn from its moorings near St. Paul and wrecked. Two freighters were swept out jn to the harbor at Duluth and #. bullex; ‘tin was posted warning of a further violent storm on’ Lake Superior. Temperatures dropped consider- ably. THREE DEGREES ABOVE Fargo, N. D., Dec./ 1.—The mer- | cury dropped to three degrees above | zero at Moorhead, Minn., last night acording to. R. E. Spencer, U. S. ob- server there. It was to four below { at Williston, N. D., and ten below at Havre, Montana. SEVEN LIVES LOST. 1 Calumet, Mich., Dee. 1.—Captain Nason Bernard and six members of the crew of the Canadian steamer Maplehurst lost their lives early to- day when the ship broke up a mile west of Portage Lake Canal during a heavy gale. Nine others of the crew were rescued, one at a time, jumping from the bridge into a life boat. , According to the coast guard ser- vice Captain Benard and the others lost their lives because they declin- ¢ed to jump from the bridge. The rescue was effected in the teeth of a gale of hurricane propor- | tions. The life*board ran along side ‘of the ship repeatedly, only to be washed back. The men were taken off one at a time, jumped from the bridge into the life boat. The Maplehurst was ound from | Loraine, Ohio, to Port Arthur With | | 1800 tons of coal. SHIP GROUNDED. Duluth, Minn., Des. 1.—With a 48- mile an hour southwest gale raging} pect Ten Times 1 ae | (By the Associated Press) _| Log Angeles, Dec. 1.—Whethér| Arthur C. Burch will be tried for a fourth time.and Mrs. Madalynne ; Obenchain .. caird time for the mur-, der of J. Belton Kennedy will be: decided “in a day or two,” accord. | jing to Thomas Lee Woolwine, d g| trict attorney. Some time ago Mr. | uld try Burch and Mrs, Obenchain | intly indicted for the Kennedy mur-; j der by the Los Angeles county grand jury “ten times, if neces- sary.” “Before making a definite decision | as to whether either Burch or Mrs. | Obenchain will be tried again,” said ‘the district attorney, “I must go into | some matters very thoroughly. 1} must think over some phases of thej cases first.” | ‘DE PALMA TO SERVE TEN DAYS | FOR SPEEDING) ——: Jf (By the Associated Press) Fresno, Cal., Dec. 1.—Judge R. G. Cornell of Chewchill, and wet wea- ther at Los Angeles kept Ralph De- Palma from beginning today a ten day term in the Madera county jail for speeding. The race at Los Ange- les ,in which DaPalma is entered was postponed until Sunday and De- Palma was allowed, until 2 o’clock Monday afternoon to present himself to begin serving the sentence. “Thank’s, judge, I'll be there,” was DePalma’s reply to the judge's {after beaten against the lower part early today local mariners advised} of the wreck of the Canadian steam-j er Maplehurst, asserted the belief} that the ship grounded because of the low water at the upper end of} portage Lake ship Canal, swung | arougd against the breakwater andj was beaten to pieces by the waves. | In that even only masterful work by} the coast guard could have rescued | members of the crew, mariners de- | y clared. i Of Elks Sunday | The Maplehurst was a stcel ship, was owned by the Canadian Stcam-| Former Governor John Burke will ship Lines of Montreal. According] be speaker at the annual Memorial to a ‘message ‘received at the local | United States engineer's office, the} wreck occurred at 3 a. m. LIST OF. DEAD Duluth, Dec. 1—Captain Nason Bernard and ‘ten members of the crew of the Canadian Steamer Maplehurst perished during a sever-) a- gale early today when the ship; of the breakwater at the west end of the Portage Lake Canal, Lake Superiou, sank in twenty five feet | of water, according to telephone! message to the Associated Press from the Calument, (Mich.) News. Nine other members of the crew were rescued by the coast guard. The dead: Captain Nason Bernard, Kingston, Career of Illinois Congressman; {it was not until yesterday afternoon | Sis visit in view of several threaten- AID TO FARMERS | RIOT IN MEXICO CITY FATAL TO SEVENTEEN |FAINTING SPELLS LEAD T0 DEATH { dR. MANN HOUSE WHIP PASSES AWAY! Ends Suldenly — Death Due to Pneumonia URGED FOR SPEAKER Declined, However, to Allow} His Name to be Used Again By Friends (By the Associated Press) Washington, Dec, 1.—-Death ast night ended the legislative career of Representative James R. Mann of | the second Illinois district, long ra- ted’ as a giant of the house. Returning here two wecks' ago for the opening of the special session of congress Mr. Mann who had ser- | ved his’ people for upwards of al quarter century, took part in the | jpreliminary work of the house. A week ago he was forced to stay at | home because of a cold, which he| failed to shake off. His~conditidn at | first was not regarded serious, and | after pneumonia had developed that | it became alarming. Early in the eve- | ning he rallied, but there was a change for the worse as the night wore on. Shortly before midnight with his wife and his physicians at the bedside, the veteran of many a congressional battle died peacefully. Counting on his strength for ‘a possible house upheaval when the | Republican majority was cut to less than a score in the last electior his friends again set to work quietly in his behalf but the Illinois member who months before had declared he never would accept the speakership or the leadership quickly ended the move when he heard of it by reiter- ating what he said then, That it would have required. a powerful, ef- fort to beat him if he had gone ‘out for either of these places was the opinion freely held in the house. Funeral services will be held in the house of representatives chamber tomorrow afternoon, after whch the body will be taken to Chicago for iburial. The funeral party will leave Washington at 6:50 p. m., tomorrow, arriving in Chicago Sunday. THREAT MADE AGAINST LIFE , OF CLEMENCEAU (By the “Associated Press) St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1.—Georges | Clemenceau, former premier of | France, who is touring the United States to bring closer together the relations of his and this country, planned‘ to spend today in seclusion at the home of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., publisher of, the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch, in St! Louis county. Tombrrow morning “the Tiger” is to head an automobile parade through the main thoroughfares of the city. He is to deliver his fourth | formal address in America at two| o'clock. Chief of Police O’Brian announced ; that added precautions have been taken to protect Clemenceau during ing letters, received at Mayor Henry W. Kiel’s office in regard to the Tiger’s visit. i ‘JOHN BURKE WILL SPEAK To Deliver Memorial Address! service of the Elks lodge of Bis-} marck, at the Eltinge theater ,Sun- day afternoon at 3 p.m. Elks of the! lodge and from. neighboring cities are expected to attend, and the general public in invited. i The Elks will give a smoker. to- night in the club rooms in comple- ments to members of the Elks band. WINTHR WORK UNSATISFACTORY, | Winter work on roads practised | jdast year in North Dakota did not | "prove satisfactory, and the state; highway commission will not seek} to have work done on federal sid | projects this winter, H. 0. Wray, assistant chief engineer said, The Ont; Chief engineer C. A. Dunn, Kingston, Oft; First mate Frank Smith, Beavermills, Ont; Second mate Steve LaLone, Berry Hill, Ont; Duncon Mollette, oiler, St. Zobrique, Ont; Max McCoster, fireman, Syd- ney, N. S; Hughes, Steward, Montre- al; Herman Wheeler, Kingston, Ont; Jack Wooden, Wheeler, Hamil- ton, Ont; Charles Pieleau, Wheeler, authority of continuance obtained over the long distance telephone. St. Zobrique, Ont; Edward Pieleau, wheeler, St, Zobrique, Ont. pay offered farm labor in the work , done last year was not sufficient to| be of much aid to farmers and wotk itself was not entirely satisfactory, Mr. Wray Said, The state of Minnes sota is planning upon extensive gravel surfacing work this winter. August is the healthiest month in the year except for very young jmesday his condition had become) ’ (Leased Wire of Associated Press) OF ONE, PERHAPS Fainting spells, with resultunt in- juries caused the death of G. E, Dig- by’ of Sanger and the serious if not fatal injury to Fred Digby of near Mandan, Saturday and Sunday. The men are brothers. Fred was riding Horseback on a lonely readin the country Saturday, when he fainted. Hours afterwards, chance passers upon the road found him-and rushed him to Mandan for treatment. Porcini NEPHEW DIES FROM PNEUMONIA: For Several Years Treasurer | Of Standard Oil i Company — 1 | New York, Dec. 1.—Members of his} family today attributed the death last night of Wm, Goodsell Rocke- feller, son of the late William Rocke- | feller, to a cold contracted at the Yale-Harvard football game last Sat- urday, Avery Rockefeller, a freshman at Lale, said his uncle, has complained of a cold soon after he and his par- ty left the Yale bowl. Last Monday Mr. Rockefeller left his office com- plaining of a chill and his physician! .ordered him to bed. The illness de-| veloped into pneumonia, and by Wed- critical. At his bedside last night were sev- eral members of his family, not in- cluding his wife who is in Europe. For several ‘years prior to 1911] when when he resigned, Mr. Rocke-| feller was treasurer of the Standard Oil’ Company “of New” York.” Sincé then, however, he had withdrawn} from’ many of his business connec-/| tions.\ At the time of his death he was listed on the board of directors of only. seven corporations, Mr. Rockefeller was born in this) city in 1870. He graduated from Yale! in 1892 and later he married Elsie Stillman; daughter of the late James Stillman, president of the National City bank. He is survived besides his widow, by four sons, Wm. A., Godfrey S., James §&., and J. Sterling Rockefel- ler, and a daughter, Miss Almira G. Rockefeller. QPPOSEDTO JUDGE COLE IN BANK CASE Affidavit of Prejudice Filed In Asset Sale Liti- | gation Fargo, N. D., Dec. Phil Bangs of Grand Forks, counsel for John Vallely, receiver of the Peoples State Bank in that city, this morn- ing filed an affidavit of prejudice against Judge’ A, T. Cole, and conse- quently no-arguments were made on the petition of Allan McManus, Ole | Knutson and other to enjoin the}! banking board from disposing of the | | bank’s assets and to remove Vallely | as receiver. Early this week, Judge Cole sign- ed a temporary restraining order, citing the banking board and Valle- | ly to show cause today why the ina| junction should not be made perma-/ nent. The case now will go over! until the supreme court appoints a judge to hear the argument. New Holstein : Champ Announced! A new champion for North Da-! kota has been announced by the; Holstein-Friesian Associations of | America for the 305 day d n’ of | the Senior two year old class. She is} Concordia Duchess Ondit, owned by L, E. O'Connor of Grand Forks, N. D, She made 12640.7 lbs. of milk énd | 413.64 Ibs, of butterfat, equivalent to | 517.0 Ibs. of butter. CONTEST CLOSES |; IN 4 DAYS i | Only four days are left in The Tribune’s Contest on the subject, “Bismarck and the Future.” Manu- |! scripts mailed or brought |; in later than Dec. 5 will |; not be judged. The time |} is short. Write and send || in your Essay immedi- ]| children. ately. TO HIS. BROTHER, NEAR MANDAN i reported to Have escaped, most FATAL INJURY Yesterday, his brother, a merchant of Sanger)Oliver county, started out to visit him. A short distance from the home where his brother was in Mandan, he fainted at the wheel of his car, the machine swerved, went across the curbing and strucx the corner of a brick garage. Mr, Dig- by was dead when, spectators reach- ed him, his neck being, broken. Fred Dibgy is suffering from cussion of the brain and serious ternal injuries. LOCAL UTILITY CASEST0 BE ACTED UPON Hughes Electric Company Making More Than Reason- able Return, Chairman Says n- n- TO CONDUCT HEARING Action on the Bismarck Water Supply and Hughes Electrie company cases hy the state railroad commis- sion in the near future was prom- ised today by Chairman Frank Mil- hollan. The decision in the water company case, which was started sev. eral months ago, will be made be- fore the first of the year, he said, and stated that the commission's em- ployes had started work on the Hughes Electric company case. No intimation is, given by the commis- sion of the probable decision in the water company case. Rates fixed for the Hughes Electric {company for the year ending June 1 had developed mgre than,a reason- abt” return, ‘the ‘chairman: said, and action in some phases of the matter had been held up because of this, until investigation could be made. The commission received a petition from the company after June 1 to continue the rgtes for another year, the chairman said, and the request, ; Was not granted because the commis- sion case, but the car shortage and other matters prevented it from doing so, the chairman said. He said he hoped the commission could hear the case this month, No action was taken on the petition also because the rates established had developed more than a reasonable return, changes in oper- ation were made and the company! had asked to reopen the valuation matter to present additional testi- mony. This request was granted but the matter has not been heard, he said. Judge Haupt of St. Paul Dies Of Heart Disease (By the “Associated Press) St. Paul, Dec. 1—Charles (. Haupt, judge of the Ramsey county district court since 1917, died early today at his home here after a brief illness from heart disease. He was 68 years old. FOUR DIE IN HOTEL FIRE (By the Associated Press) Portland, Ore., Dec. 1—Four men lost their lives in a fire early today in the Benhur Hotel formerly known as the Oak Hotel, in the business | district here. None of the dead had | been identified several hours after the fire. All th other guests were of The them in their night clothing. building was destroyed. The number of injured had not been determined at day break. The fire broke out in the hotel {furnace room, Taxicab drivers and police worked heroically to arouse the guests until an explosion on the third floor forced the rescuers from the building. The cause has not been determined. The loss is estimated at $60,000. MRS. KERR GETS HONOR MEDAL Alma Fargo, N. D., Dec. 1.—Mrs. Kerr, formerly of Valley City, and for the past two years in Asia-Minor with the American Near East relief, was presented with a’ “distinguished service medal” of that organ.zation ‘or faithful, service at a Thanksgiv- |ing- service held at the Gethsemene She had been connected with the rescue work at Sidon and had charge of an or- phanage near Trebizonde. Miss Kerr expects to return to Asia carly in 1923, Obsolete warships, ° filled with rubble, are being used to strengthen the seawall at Dartmouth, England. jquestion, the program contemplates hoped to get’ to work on the! LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS SURVEY OF CONDITIONS CONSIDERED President Harding Holds Con- ference Upon Agricul- tural Status TO USE FARM BOARD Proposes . to ‘Increase Loan Limit from $10,000 To $25,000 (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec, 1—The admin- istration had ready today a definite program of legislation for the finan- cial relief of farmers formulated in agreement with senate leaders on both the agriculture and banking committees and to be pressed with their support at the short session of congress, Approved at a conference yesterday between President Hard- ing, Secretary Wallace and 15 Re- publican senators headed by Senator Lodge, majority senator leader, and Senator Watson of Indiana, who has been making an active survey of the utilization of the federal farm loan board as the agency for extensjon ,| of larger and more liberal credits, both as to interest rates and time, to meet the present agricultural ne- cessity. The relief plan designed to reach the small farmer as well as the large cattle raisers and grain grow- ers was outlined in a statement fol- lowing the conference by Secretary Wallace and Senator Lodge. It is pro- posed by use of the farm loan board as the medium of government relief to make it available to the thousands of small farmers who need it and who, in the opinion of those at the conferences-have not shared as have the larger grain and cattle producers, in the credit relief afforded by the war finance corporation because of the limitations under. which it is op- erated. Specifically the plan proposes an increase in the maximum loan limit of the federal farm banks from $10,000 to $25,000, amendment of the farm loan act to provide for the ' rediscount of agricultural produc- tion and marketing paper, with a maximum credit period of throc years and creation of a division in the farm bank system to deal spe- cifically with this class jof credits. Provision for the voluntary creaticn jof livestock and agricultural credit ! associations to deal primarily with livestock loans also is proposed. 864,903 TONS OF LIGNITE 1924 OUTPUT U. 3S. Geological Survey Gives Value at Over $2,000,000 Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.—Norti | Dakota’s coal mines produced 864,903 ! net tons of ceal during 1921, accord- ing to statistics just completed by {the United States Geological Survey. The State’s coal output, which is ex- {elusive of product of wagon mines, ‘was valued at $2,329,500, or an aver- age of $2.69 per ton. In its mining and preparation for market 1,064 employes were utilized, each working jan average of 194 days of the year. Miners and loads numbered 566, all lother underground workers 209 and surface employes, 289. Burleigh county was the leading coal producing county of the State with an output of 237,424 tons, val- ued at $651,000 and a total and a total number of 282 workers, aver- aging 171 days worked. Mercer county was second with 129,908 tons, valued at $359,000 and a total number of 168 workers, aver- aging 265 days worked. ‘Burke county was third with 123,- 722 tons, valued at $301,000 and a) total number of 83 workers, averag- ing 177 days worked. IRISH BILL IS ADVANCED (By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. 1—The Irish con: tution bill passed wnamended today; through the committee stage in the house of Lords. It will receive its third and final reading on Monday. VOLCANOIS IN ERUPTION (By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. 1—The volcano of| Stromboli, on the Island of that name off the coast of Sicily, is in violent eruption, says as dispatch to| the, Central News from Rome today,