The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1922, Page 2

PLANS BIG BXPANSION Northern States Power Co. to Invest 80 Million in Betterments uW ST. PAUL PLANT, Company Serves Many Towns In North and South Dakota (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dee. 27.—A power devel- opment program from Minneapolis end St. Paul involving $80,000,000 und.expected to increase by 306,000 horsepower the electric generating pacity of the Northern States Pow- ér Company serving 350 cities in Minnesota, the Dakota’s, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Towa,, was announced today by the Byllesby Engineering and Management Corporftion. “The program covers a construction period <<of ten years. Work is to start at once on con- .Struction of a new steam turbine generating station in St. Paul for which approximately forty acres have been acquired on the Mississippi ri- ver, near the high bridge, the an- “nouncement states. The first gener- ating unit to be’ installed would be of 40,000 horsepower, the largest sizs manufactured, it was added. The first unit is to be followed immediately by an additional horse- power capacity of 60,000, making an al capacity of 100,000 horsepow- r, it was stated. During the ten year. eriod 100,000 horsepower additional team generating capacity will be in- talled at the Riverside station linneapolis which now has a capaci- <y of 103,000 horsepower and to the ew power ‘plant in St. Paul. Total jew steam generating capacity to be natalled will ba 200,000 horsepower, ihe’ announcement continued, !Dhe fedéyal water powgr commis- on,” it stated, “has authorized Nor- thern States Power. Company to. pro- with development of the power vesourees. of. the St. Croix and upper M sissippi rivers’ and ‘106,000 horse- er. of, additional ~ hydro-electric ergy. willbe added by the con- naetion-+ of the following water “On the St. Croix river: “Nevers Dam Power’ site, 11 miles “above ,the.present St. Croix Falls taylor Fail) hydro-electric, plant, © capacity: 27,000 ‘horsepower. “Kettle-river rapids, 28 miles north sot Nevers, Dam, capacity 33,01 yesepower, Mee Ores Falis (Taylor. Falls), ca- pasity. to” be increased ‘by 10, .. horsepower. =" “On the Mississippi river: fee s. At Otsego, capacity °20,000 horse- power. * At Monticello, capacity 16,000. + “A water storage dam is to be built "nthe St:, Croix,,river / eight. miles ubove Kettle river rapids. “In order -to. distribute the*addi- tional power, a new power tranemis- <=sion loop will be built around the win Cities, with necessary sub-sta- tions and other equipment.” THE WEATHER 1 WEATHER, REPORT. .» For twerity-four hours ending at =Snoon today. ‘emperature at 7a. m.. + 30 <‘lemperature af noon . 36 Highest, yesterday 41 owest yesterday a ighest wind velocity . a WEATHER FORECAST. For Bismarck and vicinity: cloudy tonight..and Thursday. For North Dakgta: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; somewhat “warmer east portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The ‘pressure is low over the ex- tr@pe Northwest and in the lower “Mississippi valley and rain occurred in those sections, but elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Moderate temperatures prevail in all sections xeept in the upper Great Lakes =tegion where high pressure is ac- ompanied by colder weather. ORRIS W. ROBERTS,* Meteorologist. “PARK SITES IN ‘VICINITY MANY SAYS SPEAKER / (Continued trom Page'1) of gifts placed Le the base of the tree, : ‘Send ‘Them to Sanja Claus “In the case of a very well-to-do “family, friends of Santa Claus host _ve made a friendly call, in the Partly oped that Santa Claus was ti orried for fear he would n “enough for the poor kiddies. The next morning when their own toys came they. were afraid they had had too much and sent half of them back to Santa’ Glaus, and of all the ‘happy part of their Christmas, I am told, . the-happiest. part was that = “they could split f'fty-fifty with the needy, ‘One place there was a baby, the whole juvenile section of the south side was’on the trail of Sante Claus and he ‘sat by the bed and. talked About the first Christmas story— and there wasn’t much difference,- singing, on the outside—and whill “Santa ‘could not see the star: could at least see the reflectiop of i¢ in Hank’s face.- “Twenty-two months ago I damé to Bigtharek for the first time.»No sone ‘erected me when I got off the dra'n and there were. not twenty -people em the platform. I came:in veda the went.® A little later: is tome a baby,’ kids ‘or angels or ced ally do so would’ have~beert*to ruin in on the same train from the west this time to stay. Last Friday without anyone know- ing who I was, I came in with my. small self all smothered up and lost lin the clothes of service, and while |Teddy, Foch and the like had com- mittees out to meet them, I had a crowd. | ‘@ guess that is what you fellows stand for—lose yourself in service | and your stunt will go over.’ | W. G..Stevenson and R. F. Flint | !who are soon to leave: the city, were recipients of rememberances Janda hearty farewell. TRISH CONSUL ISWARNEDT0 GIVE UP POST On Job After ier Warning Limit | But Says He Has Resigned | New York, Dec. 27.—Daniel J. Mc- Grath, acting consul here for the Irish Free State, who was threatened by an anonmyous letter written with death unless he gave up his post by December 26, was at his desk today but announced that he expected to) be relieved of further duties within 24 hours. He declined to: say who the new consul would be, The letter, dated December 12 and signed “Competent military -author- ity,” charged Mr. McGrath with re- sponsibility for the execution of Rory O'Connor and other Irish Re- publican leaders. Instead of quit- ting, his post, Mr. McGrath: merely issuéd a statement setting forth-that he had resigned the vice consulship, as a’ protest: against the executions, and was continuing only until a suc- cessor had been named. The consulate was closed yester- day, giving rise te-reports that Mr. McGrath “had*obeyed the’ warning contained jn the threatening letter. He explained today\that. the closing was in honor of the feast‘of St. Stephen, prommartyr’ of, the Roman Catholic church.“ WOMAN SENATOR HAS “OPEN MIND” Cineinnat:, 0., 0., Dee, sc, 27—Hamilton county’s first woman state senator, Mrs. Nettfe B. Loughead, a repub- lican, will go ‘to the Ohio upper house. with: an open nind to co-op- erate in formulating constructive legislation, she said following her election November: 7: Although Mrs, Loughead’ has been | in public life for ten years,-this is her first venture into politics. A member of severgl clubs, and educal tional societies, "ane ah is inte ested ‘in philanthropic work and hi aken keén interest in the maintai ing of the various children's’ insti- tutions in ‘Cincitinati: During” ‘the war she was an active worker in the various. war drives. Her lection campaigh'"was of ‘straight pol: type. During the last two weeks: preceeding the elec- tion, she was & speaker at every re- publican “mass: meeting, stressing the importance of women in pol urging them te cééoperate wi men, >" CAPITOL. . Little Ben Alexander, the’ talented boy actor who cried his way to fame |; as “the little brother” in D. W. Grif- fiths’,| “Heart's of the’ World,” has another: appealing role in “In. the Name of ‘the Law,” an Enfory John- and scheduled for presentation ‘at ‘the Capitol’ theater’on Monday. Little Ben .was born in Goldfield, Nevada; and, ‘although only nine, has more honors and adventures crowded into the short span of his life than ysually fall to the lot ‘of ordinary_mortals in half a cefftury. ‘It is due_to his mother’s under- standing and innafe dramatic instinct that the youngster is today’ charm- ane thousands via the silver sheet the stage. His sympathetic re- action to fairy tales at the tender age 0f two years tonvinced Mrs. Alexander that little Ben was des- tined: to become an actor and 80, when'‘he was’ just <fout, she took tpi to ‘a motion picture ‘studio in lollywood. It was not, diffeult to ‘attract the attention, of directors, to the bright little chap and before long , Ben found’ himself playing a cupid’ part with Fanny Ward in “Each Pearl a Tear.” Other good parts followed. One of them was his -remarkable portrayal of ‘the tragic little boy in “Hearts of the World,’ which es- tablished him as a prodigy. ’ THE ELTINGE. Richard Barthelmess literally slaves as a farm boy in his latest First: National starring vehicle, “The ‘Bond Boy,” whicha,comes to the Eltinge theater for today and tomorro' “The Bond Boy” is a picturization of George Washington Ogden’s cele- brated story of the same name. - It deals with the tragic and romantic experience ‘of a youth who, in order to save his widowed mother from the. poorhouse, pat himself to be bound out to a villainous old farmer for a period of four years at a pit- tance of ten dollars a ménth- “From sun up to ‘dark young Joe Newbolt slaves for old Isom Chase, | whose frivolous wife becomes enam- ered of the youth. But Joe ignores her attentions: The -plot takes a great dramatic twist when Joe‘ is charged with the murder of the old, farmer, who has accidentally shot himself. Joe re- fuseg to tell what he knows, because fhe good name of the farmer's wife. ‘And s0 he is sentenced to die for a crime thatyhe did not commit. “But Joe doesnt die.” He escapes ‘and the plot comes to a most satis- factory.and romantic ending. Com- j@dy on the program will be furnished hby Lloyd “Ham? cope aS in “The eee a 2 ee Lioness |Dinner to be Held in Legion of state house officials generally for the matter. ceived offers of support from some membefs of the legislatdre but has said that ‘he is not, anyactive candi- date. stood to be taken by Roy. A. Johnson of Cass county; John Carr of James- town and others, by Independent officials, members of 1. AT T THE MOVIES |}; is serious danger’ of the Near East conference becoming: abortive if the oda.” son production’ releaséd by ona ate Seéretary Curzon, Great Bri- Britishnever will ‘abandon: the ‘Mo- !sul oil, vilayet, as requested by the Turkish delegation and.that no pro- longation of the Near East confer- ence can influente the. British gov; ernment to recede ‘from .the posi- tion it has tek on th matter, the Standard Oil company of Indi- capital $250,000,000. meet here tomorrow to fleclaring a stock dividénd of 100 oan and gave: himeelf op. CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER - ie . ‘ ; Fargo, N. D., Dee. f | jing here yesterday: preliminary: plans :* ‘ a Hor the establishment @f a’ regional nS g : | board for the handling of the crop | transportation problem in the north- | west were discussed and approved, H. ‘i. Governor Not Expected to i B. Fuller, secretary of the state fi aie Any Part in Pré ‘| bureau federation announced tod liminary to Legislature. | _ The meeting was called by | PB. GET-TOGETHER PLANNED \ Elmer Knutson, St. sota, agricultural Hall Night Preceding Opening of Session 8 —- be held at’ Minneapolis ae 16.; and ‘business interests for the plan. Governor Nestos will take no part|Minnesota, North and South’ in any fight, for the speakership of) and Montana will be Fepresen) | the house of réprésentatives, should} the board... Saistgeucns Siete eS COPRERING © SAID CAUSED. BY COAL LACK, Any one of a number of men mer tioned, for ‘the position are compe: | tent to fill the position, in the opin: ion of the Governor, it is understool. There also appears to be mo. favorite the speaktrship, and except ' where personal friendship. may: ‘swerve some, it does not appear ‘that the Reports reaching here indicate: no One North kote and One strong desire upon the part of any|- Minnesota Pont Report house members to be speaker. C. H. Ail 2 4 Starke of Dickinson, who-has been} Suffering mentioned for the position, *has»re- | administration. will take a’ hand in St. Paul, Dec. 27.—First reports of actual ‘suffering e@ result of the coal shortage were received to- day by C. P. White, rorthwest <fed- eral-fuel distributor, in letters from Stregter, N. D, and Marble, Minn. The same. “position is under- efforts toward. relieving tion in’ those comunities, Willian KreKow, county comm sioner’ of: ‘Stutsman county, writing from his home at , Streeter, “asks that some relief be given that com= munity immed itely to Trerent fur- ther suffering. “I have never before seen’ the suf- A get-together dinner will be held the situa- the state senate and House of, repre- sentatives on the night of January 1 here, preceding the: opening: of the legislature on the next day. The dinner will be held'in the American Legion hall at 6:80 p..m., and Gover- ind 6 SA Poe pectadcte: take cther omeals are eX" \tering of the ‘people for want of As a Step toward determining the hard coal,.'to keep: the children themselves. from freezing,” he said legislative program of ‘educators 02 |; the state a meeting was being held here today by the legislative commit: |, tee of the North Dakota State Teach- ers association, with State Superin- tendent Miss Minnie Nielsoft. The state board of administration “also was to confer with a number of: in- stitutional heads in the state on bud-|ing unless coal can be obt {get and other matters. Among the|within the next.few days. heads of educational _institutions|- here are:_ 8. . May, Dickinson Nor- H ANDICAP OF { N mali Thomas F: Kane, president; Je-| ° NATUREIS NO _ OBSTACLE seph Kennedy, dean, University of North Dakota; John Lee Coulter, Washington, Dec. {Dees #7--Nature sh n: ps ate no dbstacle to manyxpeo- president; Arland Weeks, dean, Agri- and the most -shining; example as recei od “only, ty ard > cok during the entire seasoni, he’ said. C. ‘H. Dockeray «of * Marble also ks that ‘imediate ‘relief be forthe ming for that: comunity whe: declares ‘there will. be much cultural College; Geo. A. McFarland, Minot Normal; R,:M. barman dale Industrial Normal. » Who, borg without legs, driven a rural mail delivery’ route out of that town for twenty ‘years and--never complained. ° Jones’ ‘route was standard length, 25.5 miles out of . Burlington, and SER DANGER OF BREAKDOWN fe ag mined aly tour dupe from the job, and those because of. ill- Find Difficulty culty of Resch a : / So interested were post office de Agreement with Turks partment officials, who only recent- ly had his: case led: to their at- tention, that Assistant», Postmaster General Bellamy wrote him \p-letter. of congratulation for his etficient service “petformed | in’ spite of a physical defect_that well might have discouraged a person of less fortun- ate temperment, arid with less de-- termination to succeed in life Be- fore becoming a letter cartier, Jones: was a farmer. “It seems to “the?” Mr, . Bellamy wrote Mr. Jones, “that your success may ‘be not only interesting to all carriers, but-an ‘inspiration to any ene who may feel that he is labor- ig. under unusual or. inguperior dif- feulties and an. encouragement to them to press on in the’ penforthance @f duties which choice of cittum- j stance may require of him.” So Ship ‘Whisky. o— London, Dec. 27.—A Reuters dis- patch from: Lausenne* says: “There Turks persist in their present meth- Lausanne, Dec. 27.—Through For- fain informed Turkey today that the DR. W. F. CRAFTS, REFORMER, DIES| Washington, Dec. 27.~“Dr, ‘Wiibur F. Crafts, for 28 years superintend- ent’ of the International Reform Bu- reau: which he founded and widely known because, of his activities on behalf ‘of prohibjtion and similar, movements, diedi at a hospital-here today of pneumonia.. He was’ 73 yeats old. WILL INCREASE CAPITAL :STOCK Chicago, Dec. 27.- Stockholders of discovery that Dootleggers have been shipping- brandy and’ whisky in ten ounce tubes wrapped‘in-the papers, according tp federal officials. taken into custody yesterday by Fred Gardner, in: charge of ‘the treagury special agents offce. Search was contemplated oeey, for the abebscrip: ana, in a special meeting today at Whiting, Ind., voted to increase the stock from . $140,000,000 to Directors will meet consider per. sant to\ stockholders of record December 28, U.S. FOREIGN MOTIVE ! POWER Washington, Dec. *27.—Further in- creases in America’s foreign trade were reflected today in figures com- piled by the department: of commerce, showing exports of cotton and lin- ters for Novembet to have been 858,- 387 bales values at:$108,387,719.-Octo- ber exports of cotton totalled 98,664 Be bales valued at $03,923,760. | pa ‘ ou Remorse Cause : as oer OF; Surrender Sioux City, Te, Dec, 27—Over-| whelmed- with remorse. when on Christmas day he attended church for the first time in years, William F. Gobin, a cofict who escaped from the ‘penitentiary. at Fort Madison; about two and’a half years ago, walk- ed-into police headquarters yester-4 BISMARCK TRIBUNE s Coleman, Minneapolis ‘district. mana- ger, car service division, American Railway Association. and attended by) Cloud, | Migne-| SEESCOALDEVELOPMENT | export’ of’ that] body.; They received the promise of; |thorough cooperatidn on the part of the farm bureau federation, civic The first meeting of the board will akota/ don. Mr. Wh'te immediately directed’ his’ vIn Newspapers Canadian papers brought about the Twelve regular: subscribers were The week end will de- -mand many formal Cleaning, pressing or altering. © Great strides have yheen made in the dévelopment. of\water power in Montana, ‘Mr. Yegen said. ‘The Anaconda Copper. company has developed: 300,000 horse-power, of wee it sells 150, 000 horse ‘power, he said. Mr, Yegen, who widbolt hag been Prominent in, Montana politics and development, said that among .the scores of problems ‘of legislation now being talked: of in Montana, most prominent is the question of taXation.. There is demand, he said, for the change in method of taxation of mineral lands. Under jthe state constitution thée~mineral lands are taxed at the price’ paid the government, and only improve- ments are ‘taxed at’ full+ value. There also is\some demand for a Guaranty Bank Deposits law be- cause of the failure of nymerous ‘Yanks, “he.said. BISMARCK HAS BRIGH? FUTURE SAYS VISITOR Chris Yegen, (Prominent Mon-| tanan, Early Settler Here, ; Discusses Opportunity Bismarek has, remarkable pros- pects for, rapid grqwth and ad- | vancément, in the opinion of Christ Yegen of Billings, Montana, a prominent banker and mine owner, who is visiting his brother, John Yegen, here. Mr. Yegen first saw | Bismarck in March, 1879, and then ‘went ‘to Glendive, Montana, to the end of the Northern: Pacific rail- road in* October, 1880, later going farther west. pey, who yesterday said he had t . “The new dridge will be the| knowledge of “theca ‘appearance ae maRing of Bismarck,” Mr. Yegen|Mrs, Kat@ Mitchell ‘Trostell,"a tele- remarked. He saig the -city was|graph office manager, Was-identified wonderfully situated ag .a distri-|/by police early today as William} uting \center—being a railroad | Decker, recently pronounced a men- ‘center. with lines radiating in every|tal defective by the psychopathje Kos- direction and having the adyantage ~s of Missouri river transportation. “Someday some one is going to wake up and see all this, and then ‘Bismarck is going to shoot right aliead,” Mr.. Yegen said. Among other things, he is inter- ested in seeing railroad’ in the Northwest; develop use of Montana nd ‘North Dakota coal. He pre- dicted the time is not far distant when the great raliroads will jall be electrified; when there will be central electric stations along ‘the: line producing eléctricity through | use of coal or steam. It wNl re- uire a great deal-of capital/to able the roads-to change to method, he,said,but roads canfiot) ‘continue fotevef to haul coal from Illinois, Ohio and ,Pennsylvania to the Northwest to run. their roads, using half their equipment inethe | winter to supply their owa power. | Montana, he sald, has *more coal} than Alaska, much. of’ a s3mi-| bitumjnous'type. Thd lignite ‘coal j | fields of North Dakota, he said, will! be developed. number of old acquaintances, Informant Held As Incompetent. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dec. 27—John R. Ship-! Mary’s screaming chal- lenge rang through the court room— ~~ Hopelessly tangled An a network’ of “questions— Bewltderea by the Pros- ecutor’s craity attack— ~Her heart breaking— her brain reeling— She bared her amazing secret to the world! See" the smashing trial Seene in the ~greatest, _,heart .. drama * of decade... . “IN THE NAME OF .. THE-LA Like the Hammers. of Thorgit deals shattering blows to deceit, hypoc | risy. and selfishness— V4 _ thefr places shayles a glorious mon- ument to . the home- binding ties of love and human sympathy, - CAPITOL IONDAY: and TUESDAY — R. S. ENGE, D.C. Ph. C. Chiropractor * Consultation Free Suite 9, 11 — Lucas Block Phone‘ 260 \ S and in DAILY BD SENICE fp. BISMARCK, ae DAKOTA w Kaowh ell over the Northwest for Quality MAIL US YOUR FILMS %, \ GET THE HABIT ‘Of Sending Your Hides and Furs To Us For The Best Tanning; save money ‘by having YOUR OWN epldearans furs madg into useful artic such as rabes; coats, fur sets; chokers, rugs, mittens, gloves, caps, buckskin, oak Harness, lace and sole leath- er. Wg also.do taxidermy and repair’ work, We are. always.in the market for raw hides, furs,:}{ and junk; Write for: free Baie lists and tags. THE BISMARCK HWE s FUR CO. “TONIGHT and Tomorrow HERBERT RAWLINSON Order Your Coal To- day . tats el SY a The New Salem Lig- —in— - nite Oval Co.. “DON’T SHOOT”, Rest dry Fy mined coat inthe state, —also— PHONE738 Two Reel Century Chas. Rigler, Mgr. Come “LIVE WIRES” 4 Friday, an po lee Zane Grey’s fam- i ous ry: ‘THEU. PoTRAIL ~ Parties” rties.‘ Have .your ° tfit: attended to’ to- y. It may need pital. Police said he ha for claiming knowledge of crimes of public interest after first. attracting attention by suicide attempts. Arthur Foster, arrested in connec- tion with the alleged death of Mrs, Trostell today still maintained his innocence, | iS Decker made his alleged revelations while receiving treatment at a h pital for relief from a self-adminis- tered poison, \ © A BATTLE OF WITS, \ ‘ ? Dresden, Dec. 27.—Freshy instances of ingenuity ‘are’ brought to light in | the battle of wits which Germanys border officials are waging against smugglers. - On the Bohemian line the author- ities operated fora time on the: prin- ciple that every German’ coat has, or should have, a German lining. They previously had lost much time’ in While here Mr. Yegen met, a} 2rguing with travelers as to whether daily _ The chtire. stock and fixtures- of George Coleman, Laskin: Block, will » besold.atauction Everything must be sold regardless of prices offered, as the store must. be vacated Saturday’ night. Auction starts inthe) * and will continue until everything j is cer al L WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922 or-not Yhe clothing in their posses- sion at departure had been brought ing with them, or was of material newly acquired in Germany. | These, discussions were, obviated finally by stamping the linings of all articles of clothing at the time of entry into ~ the, country. { REMOVE COIN ee 34) FROM BOY , R T a penehant’ " Kehland, Wis, Dec, Dec, 27.— Vernor * Justice, four year oldson of Mr and Mrs, John Justice has been op erated upon for the removal of a s 1- ver quarter,-which the little fellow had swallowed. ‘The ‘silver piece was lodged in the tube leading’ tc the stomach and a fleuroscope was necessary to. find it. It was ex- tracted without the aid of the knife. « - \ »Y é Ni ‘ oro AFTERNQON AT.2:30, is H.Fisher, Trustee for: » George Coleman. ; TONIGHT WEDNESDAY . and THURSDAY RICHARD: . | + BARTHLEMESS . In-“The Bond Boy” The finest BartHlemess has given: The story of a boy who passed through slavery for\his mother—gnd to the shadows of the gallows to save a woman. eae George W. Ogden’s famous story bigger still in motion pictures. An eseape and a: chase as exciting as the screen can ~ By ‘arrangement with the Goodfellows the Orphans of the Storm give way to Santa Claus tonight. Bis- “marck and Mandan screen patrons are enjoying the novelty, of. seeing the, latest pnd greatest D. W. Griffith production, simultaneously with” cities as Minneapolis and St. Paul. 12 reel production, ofthe master of the screén Play. : is now showing {exclusively for the first’ time: in F ’ North Dakota, AN 27th and 28th, at'8:30 p. m. Prices: Reserved seats, $1.25. Gallery 50c and war Lloyd Hamilton Comedy i “THE SPEEDERS NOTICE! such This, wofderful the Bismarck Aputorie, Dec. q tax. Seats on Sale at Harris & Woodmansee. ' Phone 587. ! Presented by the H UNITED ARTISTS - }