The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 1

_ RECALL INSTITUTION BUDGETS REDUC WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday, probably snow tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [== ESTABLISHED 1873 HOME BUILDERS WILL CONTINUE TOLOSE MONEY UNLESS LOAN OF BANK OF N. Association Stands to Lose Al Plan of Settlement Based For Payment For Houses, Exceed Receipts From Home Buyers, According to! Figures of the Association— Knotty Problem Before | that intrigues even as it pouts. Legislature in Settlement of the Affairs of Association. Unless the legislature takes steps to wipe out the loan D, 1S WIPED OUT; bout $10,000 a Year on Any: on Method Provided by Law Because Interest Charge Will i | made by the Bank of North Dakota to the Home Building | Association the association will, under any plan of settle- ment based on present laws, year in addition to operating expenses. _ : The question facing the legislature is this: Interest on} lose approximately $10,000 a the loan and accrued interest to Dec. 31, 1922, from the Bank of North Dakota loan is $: 26,467.56 a year. Payments on , 50 homes on $4,000 a year as provided in the 20-year amor- | tization table would be $15,990.00. There would be on this | basis, assuming all payments would be made as provided by | law, an annual deficit of $10,447.56 a This would, of course, be year. | reduced if the loan were re- duced, or avoided if the loan were written off the bank books. | State offic'als had hoped to have atter a? amounts to be paid for puilt by the Home Building s AGI settied by the tme the slature convened, but the supreme directing District 't decision : anes Pugh to take additional tales ‘mony upon spec fied points, probably will make it impossible to get a court decision to establish this untl the session has adjourned. 5 The liabilities of the associat on orig nal loans of $413,716.16 ar m a rate of 6 percent, the first loan being made on October 15, 1920; accrued interest, no interest having been paid the bank, of $27,409.90 to Tye. 31, 1922; the appropriation of $100,000 made by the leg slature, and unsvettied claims of about $2,500. Assets of Association "The assets of the association con- sist of the state’s equity in the hou- ses built by the association. This is placed on the books at $330,000. As ed by Judge Pugh’s decis'on it was $171,000. Other resources, in- cluding notes, accounts, receivab.e, furniture and fixtures are estimated at $50,000, It was estimated by Governor Nes- tos that defic t would be $250,000 to $315,000, varying in accordance to any decision handed down by the su- preme court. There were 60 home buyers. Of seven are keeping up their pay- n amounts based upon PI but u the estimates they claim were given them as the cost of the houses. For- ty-three are not paying anything, awaiting the act’on of the courts. Disputed claims include a $1,500 claim of the Rapid City Plaster Co., a South Dakota firm; about $500 by the Barrens Manufactur:ng Company and other claims of about $500. McClintock House Sold One house, that of John N. Hagan, was abandoned. Another, built by _ McClintock in Fargo, was not accepted by him, Payments made by him were refunded. This house, listed on the books of the association as costing $7,300.00, was sold to the highest bidder, Mrs. Anna Johnson, for $5,210.00. She pa‘d $1,210.00 in cash and is paying the remaining $4,000 under the amortization plan. The provision of law which, in opinion of officials, makes the Home Bu‘lding law inoperative, is that bonds cannot be issued until one-half the cost of the house is paid. This is construed to mean until one-half of the $4,000 to be paid in 20 years under the amortization table, is paid. Thus bonds could not be issued un- t'l 10 years after the house was built. The law provided for a cash pay- ment and permitted the payment of} $4,000 in monthly installments ex- tending over a period of 20 years. These payments would be $28.65 per month. The legislature may be asked to amend the law to permit the asso- ciation to permit’ either a longer amortizat on period, or a higher amount to be paid than $4,000. This for the reason, it ‘is stated, that many persons for whom homes were built say that if the court decision should require them to pay a higher amount than they expected, could not pay the cash difference be- tween $4,000 and the cost fixed, i Jamestown Club Holds Meeting -. Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 10— The annual meeting of the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce was held last night, at which William Hall was named president, Andy Haas was re- elected secretary for the tenth time. President Coulter of the Agricultur- al College spoke. ——_————_—— HAIL LOSEES LESS Hail did less damage in North Da- kota last year than it did the year before according to figures announc- ed at the capitol, * The state auditor's office yesterday finished issuance af hail warrant “for $2,650,575. These compare with $3,606,027 for last year: ~ WOMAN MEMBER PROTESTS ANY LOSS OF TINE * the Bank of North Dakota at | Mrs. Minnie Craig Objects to Deserting Assembly for Mandan Meeting HER PROTEST IS LOST Bills Repealing License Law, Creating City Planning, Among Those Introduced Bills providing for repeal of the state pool hall license law and per- mitting cities to create city planning commissions were among the eight bills to be tossed into the hopper of the house of representatives yester- day afternoon. The repeal measure was sponsored by Rep. Trubshaw, Barnes county, and the city planning measure by Rep. Jardine, Cass coun- ity, on request of Fargo people. Rep. Paul Johnson, Pembina, who is collaborating with former Justice |Robinson of the supreme court, con- tributed four more bills to the light grist of the house, while Rep. Jack- son, Ramsey, introduced oney and Reps. Cart and Anderson of Burleigh introduced one jointly. The house, with its program still in the making planned to attend meeting of the Missouri Slope Irriga- tion association. Mrs, Craig Objects Rep. Mrs. Minnie: Craig, Benson county, protested against this pro- posal to end the Wednesday session early, declaring she had come to Bismarck to attend an “economy ses- economy. She declared she was op- didn’t believe in attending any ban- quets during the session. corteously but definitely, expressed rigation has been widely discussed and may be the subject of bills intro- duced, the members could with pro- ‘fit attend the Mandan meeting at a time when routine work would per- mit. Four gallant representatives, sion” and that she hadn’t seen much | posed to “fiddling around and spend-j ing the state’s money” and that she| Several male members of the house | belief that since the problem of ir-| } BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923 BY ROY GIBBONS. NEA Staff Correspondent. Chicago, Jan, s0—Elizabeth (“Honey”) Sullivan, 21, who police say is confessed queen of a bandit gang of cight sleek-combed youths, | bemoans the loss of her pear-han- died automatic while in ja‘l here pre- | liminary to facing a score of robbery! charges. | | No big Amazon, this holdup! tigress de luxe, clad in her up-to-the-| minute regalia, She is a fragile slip, with wide staring eyes and a mouth From behind the bars of the jail here Elizabeth told the story of her life—how she first took up banditry quest of thrills and con- tinued it to secure money to fill her| hope chest to be used when she was to wed her alleged bandit “shei She said: “I wanted excitement like most girls do. I wanted to wear the latest! clothes and be a flapper up to the| hninute. | “All gay long I worked in my! mothers candy store and life looked| pretty stale inside the little shop| when I watched the automobiles} filled with women all dolled up paso) by and me with valy,one glad rag! ' ' | ‘to my name and no vice to go. “About a year eso I met Glen. Me! |got to be my sheik’tnd we planned| {to get married some day, althcugh;| jhes not 21 yet. | | Both of us decided in order to] {bring up a family properly and live) in these modern babygrand apare | ments we'd have to have lots of coin| and the only way left for us to get! jit quick was with a gun. H | Needed Cash. | | “Maybe I was working’ for my! hope chest. Glen and his bunch| were swell dressers they used; to! hang around mothers shop in the} Jafternoons when they got out of! high school and often they told mej that I could have the swell clothes/| they had too, if I'd only go out) with them. They said they'd show, me how to get them: “But the clothes really weren’t| what I wanted so much as it was a nest-egg for me and Glen to set up in a little love joint of our own with ‘the preacher’ and all the trimmings to go with it. “The first job I pulled was on the} sidewalk. I had- watched the rest of the gang and Glen work when they took me along and decided I could} do as well. { “On my first job it was a man,and| a woman I stuck up. I held the gun! and one of the boys went through their pockets and the woman's hand-! bag. It netted us about 200 iron men ‘and some jewelry.g Leads to More. | “That one seemed so easy that 1 [decided to go in.for the thing in earnest. During the day folks! though I was a sweet young’ thin», jand it thrilled me to think of lead- jing a double life. “Well, after we had been at it | several months with the money com- ing easy and going the same way, Glen and I both decided to put off the marriage act for a while till we got the lay of the land better. At times I was in dread of being cap. tured, but the cops all are a bunch of bums. i “With a few glad rags myself and| jthe rest of the gang dressed in! |proper cake-eating fashion. We were never suspected, | “I'm telling all this because 1) don’t care what happens to me andj \the ouly thing V'm sorry for is be- cause it will hurt my mother. The gang would have been caught long! | ago if it hadn’t been for me, though. | She Was “Sheba.” “I' was the leader and I made them bey orders—after they elected} me their Sheba. Men haven’t any j brains anyway—it takes a woman to j pull the cool and brainy stuff. “Several times I had to use my gun on my own gang and threaten to shoot them for getting funny j when we were in tight pinches. They SHEBA OF BANDIT GANG TELLS HOW SHE MADE HER SHEIKS STEP FAST ‘day there are 143 boys and 43 girls, however, voted in the negative when; they | a division was called for by the speaker. F Among those who favored accept- ing the Mandan invitation were Reps. ‘Anderson and Harrington of Bur- leigh, Twichell of Cass, and Elmer of Morton, who put the motion. For City Planning The bills introduced by Rep. Jar- dine would permit city councils or leity commissions, to consist of three members appointed by the mayor serving without pay and holding reg- ular meetings. of these commissions to investigate, Imatters of city planning, to gather data from their own and other cities 'to make maps and plans dealing with location of buildings, parks and sim- make a report to the city commision. The city commison, or council, would have authority to adopt the recom- mendations forthe betterment of the city with relation to traffic, beauty, utility or preservation of his- torical landmarks, to direct the de- sign and location of statuary and other works of art which might be- come the property of thd city, and the location of bridges, viaducts, street fixtures and other public im provements. Power to Eriforce Orders ‘Power to enforce orders is given ithe city governing body upon adop- tion of such report of a city plan- ning commission. However ,power (Continued on Page Three) It would be the duty’ [ilar public improfements, and to! | often showed the yellow feather. | “But my sheik, Glen, was brave ‘(Continued on pay 8.) FRENCH GET | BRITISH 0.K. London, J: ernment hi sion to move troops through the British occupied territory along the Rhine in pursuance of the French plan for occupation of the Ruhr. -AFTER KLAN! A bill making it unlawful: for any person to appear outside any building in North Dakota “wearing a mask, regalia or oth- er head-covering so worn as to conceal the features and prevent recognition of said person or per- sons” was introduced in the state senate this afternoon by Senators Sperry and’ McCoy. Fine of $25. to. $100, or 10 to | amount. Some hay is grown on rent- 30 days jn. jatl, or both, would fe the penalty for violating. this jaw. og t The bill is regarded as inspir-’ ea by the Ku Klux Klan, activ- ities, \ Bs o ELIZABETH SULLIVAN MANDAN STATE SCHOOL FOUND T00 CROWDED Increase in Number of De- pendent and Delinquent Boys Is Found Cause | | THE COMMITTEE PROBES Superintendent Defends Ming- ling of Delinquents and Dependents * A great increase in the number ot dependent and delinquent boys and{ girls sent to the State Training) school here during the last year’and a half is the primary cause of Over- crowded conditions there, which led to the joint legislative committee in- vestigation of the school yesterday. On June 30, 1921, there were 50 boys and 12 girls in the school. To- according to W. F. McClelland, who is in charge of the school. The dormitories in the two build- ings occupied by the boys are jammea| full of beds. One room about 45) d by 25 feet contains 36 one room about 30 by 15, 15 and another about 45 by 25, beds. These are placed together in almost} solid rows with aisles about nine, inches wide between the rows. The boys climb over the top—or the bot- tom—when they go to bed. Some of the boys have been sleep- ing in school rooms, officers’ rooms and in the basement of the main building. At the girls cottage each or nearly each of the girls is provided with a room—these are very narrow and small—with the exception of one room which contains five beds. Are Too Crowded. Both the main or administration building and the cottage of the small- er boys has one “day room,” where the lads have to keep all their clothes, toooth brushes, ete. These too are crowded, according, to Mr. McClelland, one room of 20 by 22 feet holding all the belongings of about 90 boys. Another criti¢dism which has been made against the training school as now situated and constituted has been lack of adequate land on which the boys might farm. | The school has about 752 acres of | lan, mostly in the hills which lie just behind the school, Mr, McClel- land says, and of this only about 160 acres are tillable — an insufficient ed land, twenty miles down the river, and this has to he baled and ship- ped to the school. During the years of drouth the problem of feed was a considerable one, the superintend- ent adds. ; Another criticism has been that, due to cxowded conditions, delin- quents and dependents, boys and girls live in separute buildings. This is especially bad, some investigators have said becgase the school is sup- posed to harbor subnormal juveniles among others. With this Superintendent McClel- land does not agree, however. “Talk of these boys and girls being sub- normal or abnormal is bunk,” he de- clared. The appearance of most ot the boys and girls about the school would seem to beur him out in this for they were for the greater part wholesome looking and intelligent looking. Two Kinds, He Says. “Teddy Rossevelt never said a truer word than that ‘there are two kinds of boys—tall and short!” he adde “There aren’t any good or bad boyd.” There has been ‘pre criticism of thy location of the sthool because of the freshets which flood the land about +the’ institution in’ the spring, and which have flooded basements there in the past, , , This condition could be remedied by raising the buildings on high (Continued on Page Three) ~ 4 INCREASES IN DEPARTMENTS OFFSET THIS With Agricultural College Not Belgian Correspondent Says Completed Total Amount Near $7,000,000 NEAR THE 1921 FIGURE| BELGIANS ON Last Days Pruning Gives Present Status’ Balance With Two Years Ago Expenditures totalling about $6,- 813,000 have been recommended thus far by,the budget board accord ng to unofficin} figures compiled yesterday by W. J. Chureh, a member of the board. These figures include all state department appropriat’ons as well as appropriations for some *such other matters as state fairs, bounties, etc., they also include all of the state in- titution recommendat ons except that for. the North Dakota Agricultural college which will be announced soon It is expected that th’s will be near $1,000,000. Mr, Church's recapitulation showed that ‘all the institutions except the agricultural college had requested a | total of $5,931,000 and had rece ved recommendations for $3,600,000, a cut of $2,331,000. Cut Institutions The institution recommendat ons for the next two years are actually about $444,000 less than they were for the last two, he adds. The state departments are about $400,000 more, Half of the $444,000 saved in this manner has been recommended for: expenditure in the education depart- ment where plans are to give more state aid to rural and h’gh schools, the Benson county member of the board continued. The bonus is one item of expense wh'ch must still be taken care of, Mr. Church said, and is not included in the foregoing figures. Delinquent interest and money for state indus- tr'es must also be provided. Departments Raised The budget board lopped about $200,000 from requests of the various state departments and miscellaneous | state expens¢ items for the b'ennium to! 1923-25 in its recommendations the legislature, according to figures made public by D. C. state auditor. The total recommended, however, —$3,213,018—"s about $400,000 over the present appropriation, The miscellaneous items include such matters as wolf bounty and numerous others which find no place under other headings, Among the increases is an item of about $200,000 additional for rural, graded and high schools, according to Mr. Po ndexter. Rail Dept, Amount The board of railroad comm ssion- ers were granted about $35,000 more than for the last biennum to permit | them to employ a public utility attor- ney; telephone supervisor and addi- tional engineer'ng and accounting talent so that it may funct on ac- cording to law. The item of miscellaneous re- funds is a new one, according to Mr. Poindexter to provide for handling of deficits in accordance w.th the constitution. The item of game and fish appears. The money for this is taken from the hunting licenses colleeted by this department. (Continued on Page Three.) ‘A.C, DIRECTOR ED BY BOARD Poindexter, | * FRENCH MOVE AS PREPARED U. S. TROOPS.ON RHINE PRICE FIVE CENTS TIME TS RIPE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAST U.S. TROOPS IN EUROPE, IS DECISION OF PRES. HARDING FOR BATTLES | Withdrawal to be Carried Out in Orderly Fashion and Imme- diately, It Is Indicated—Transport Ready to Sail for Europe—Bearing of Resolution of Senate on Decision of It Is “As if Enemy Position Is to be Attacked Send Trains With Soldiers — Berlin Reports no Further French Advance VES NOTICE ON GER- MANY. Paris, Jan. 9. na note deliv- ered to the German embassy, France ennounces assumption of Germanys coal interests in the Rhur district at 4 p. m. today. The formal notification took place practically without demon- stration no spectators but the usual attaches being present. Raids were made in the com- | munist districts vor the leaders charged with stirring up revolt against the French troops of oc- cupation in the Rhur valley. In 2 short while five leading com- munists were arrested. Amsterdam, Jan, 10—The morning newspapers assert that nine divisions compr’sing 120,000 men will partici- pate in the French Ruhr movement. German railway author tigs, it 1s announced, have received orders to hold 73 military trains in readiness. It is sad here the French hrre will oceupy the railways, bridges and viaducts as well as the mines and | manufactur ng plants in order to guard xgainst any sabotage by Ger- man workers. The newspapers comment the | French are preparing “as ifvan en- emy position were to be attacked.” Advance Not Reported Berlin, Jan. 10.—No further ad- vance by the French was reported from any pont in the unoccupied area early today. The troops which | arrived last night at Muelheim, 15 miles northeast of Dusseldorf and | at Speldorf nearby have been w th- drawn in the dircetion of Duisburg. Belgians Move Brussels, Jan. 10.—The first Bel- gian troops to be put into motion for cooperat'on with the French in oc- cupying the Ruhr entrained here in four tra'ns for Aix La Chapelle, | They totalled 1,800 men. Tanks for the Ruhr have left di- rectly from Ghent. The troops from Brussels comprise infantry, machine gunners, cavalry, | and transport service men. The men were selected from various regi- ments for ,their proficiency. The commander-'n-chief is Gener- al Borremans. READY TO GO (By the Associated Press.) +! Paris, Jan, 10.—The time for lift- ing the curtain in the latest act of the post-war drama—the French in- vasion of the Ruhr—was still a sec ret ‘today although the actors were in their places with their parts well learned under the tutelage of the! French military command. Every| preparation for the final order to} “go ahead” has been made with clock like precision. The concensus of opinon — herej this morning was that the advance! would not begin until midnight to-! night or early tomorrow. j Various reasons were offered in| support of this belief, chief among them being the fact that the foreign i office had not received Premier Mus-' solini’s reply to M. Poincare’s pro- posals that Italy join France and Belgium in formally notifying ‘Ger- mang of their intention to impose WILL ACT IN Accept City Commission’s Invitation to Help Bring About Settlement Directors of the Association af Commerce, in meeting last night, d s- posed of much business and made plans for future activities of the body. ni It was reported that a comm'ttee of business mén named by the as- sociation had raised funds to aid the Burleigh County Holste'n circuft in maintaining a superintendent dur:ng the winter, the money being sub- scribed by business men, - The Burleigh county delegation to the legislature met, and various mat- ters of leg'slation were d'scus: by the business men and the legislators. The A. of C, directors acce; invitation of ghe city commission to sit with in asa comm'ttee in endea- vor'ng to find a solution to the wa- ter question in Bismarek. it is probable the directors will h6ld a meeting with the commiss’on. ers in @ short time, and then endet vor to hold a meeting with the of- ficers of the Water company. After obta‘ning the views of both sides, the A. of C. directors may urged joint conference or propose a plan for settlement, , ad point for Essen tonight or in the morning was expected to be forth- |coming after the Italian premier's answer was received, It was generally understood the plan as it is stood today called first for sending engineers into the Ruhr to take over certain mines. The: experts will be. adequately but no: ostentatiously escorted by the mili- tary. It is thought that the dis- traint will be increased in proportion to Germany’s failure to give satis- faction. TO MOYE TONIGHT. (By the Associated Press) Cologne, Jan, .10.-The French Rhine flotilla stationed at Mayence will move to Duesseldor, Ruhrort and Duisbirg tonight. WALLIN RITES _ ARE HELD UP Santa Mon: Cak, Jan. 10.—Fun- eral arrangements for Alfred G. Wal- lin, late chief justice of the North Dakota chief supreme court, who died here yesterday, are dependent on ar- rival of a daughter, Mrs. George Sikes, of Chicago. The ashes will be sent to Chicago it has been an- nounced, . The President Is Not Mad le Apparent by Announcement Of Decision in Regard to Forces in Germany. Washington, Jan. 10.— Withdrawal of American troops Tn announcing his decision The Ame! Allen, ORDERED OUT OF CITY BY KLAN, CLAII Girl Testifying in Bastrop In- vestigation Tells of Visi- tors at Night IDENTIFIES TWO MEN) Claimed They Refused En- treaty of Mother to Per- mit Girl to Remain Rastrop, La., Jan, 10—Add’e. May. Hamilton, known as “daughter of the Klan,” declared on the witness stand in the opening hearing investigat’ on into the slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards she was forced to leaye her home near Mer Rouge and was deported from the state by the “Klu Klux Klan.” She named Dr. B. M. MeKoin, for- mer mayor of Mer Rouge, and “Pink” Krkpatrick as two of the party of men who she testified came to her mother’s home one nght and took her away and put her aboard a train for Little Rock, Ark., the home of her sister. ‘The young woman gave her age as 17. “How do you know the Ku Klux Klan sent you to Little Rock?” Geo. C. Guyon, who began the questioning of the young wontan asked. “Because Dr. McKoin and ‘Pink’ Kirkpatrick and about six others came to my mother’s house about 10:30 o'clock at night and told me they were go’ng to send me away.” “Do you know positively it was Dr. McKoin?” “Yes sir, I recognized Dr, McKoin who was masked but he was the only one doing any talking.” “They came to the house and pull- ed their guns and told my mother that Addie May will have to leave town tonight. My mother asked them what for.” “Because,” said Dr. McKo'n, “Ad- die has been lead'ng an immoral life.” ; “My mother said: ‘why don’t you send others away?” Dr. McKoin said: “we are going to.” My mother got down on her knees and pleaded but they made me leave. They told me that if any- body showed their heads at the door they would blow them off,” “They made me leave without a hat.” “Dr. McKoin struck my mother when she made final plea for me to be allowed to remi My mother room. She begged them to let her go| to the depot. They refused. They put | me in an automob'le and Dr. McKoin | gave me $7.00 for my fare to Little Rock@He told me ‘f I did not catch the train I would be tarred and fea- thered next day.” 16 BURLEIGH STUDENTS AT GRAND FORKS Grand Forks, Jan. 9, 1922.— Bur- | leigh county ranks fifth among the counties of the state in the number of representatives at the University of North Dakota. At present there are 16 people who make their home ‘n the county who are attending the Univers'ty. All of these people are from Bismarck, Besides those people who make their home in the county at present there are six who are graduates of Bismarck high school but who are at present living in soma other town. The total list follow: Wallie Dirlam, Uni Frazier, Charlotte Logan, Sylvia Selle, Christine Huber, Mildred Fra- ser, Eugene Kilmer, Jerome Conway, ster and Morris Deihl, James Kil- ey, Robert Muir, George. Russ, Mar- vin Thorstenson, Arthur Lucas, Ag- nes Parsons. Pauline McFarland, Al- bert Cook, Clement’ Fe'se and Chas. Burke, | ried out as imander, Major-Gene !rangements for winding up finally the affairs of the Army of Occupation. MOVE |from the Rhine was ordered today by President Harding. the state department said the ‘President deemed the time expedient for the recall of. forces ;now at Coblenz an forces remaining in that area number about 1,000 men and it was indicated that the withdrawal order would be ca s soon as the American com- could make the necessary ar- VA SAAANAAAZAAX yA resolution favoring such a with- | drawal was adopted Saturday by the | senate but it was not apparent today how far ‘t had contributed to the President's decision or how far the administration had been influenced by the situat on brought about by the French ‘movement into the Ruh valley. Date is Uncertain The date of actual withdrawal ot the forces will be left to the war department where ‘t was said that | American evacuation of the Coblenz | zone would be conducted in an order- ly fashion. Officials of the state and war de- partments refused té make any ex- planat’on of the decision to recall Major-General Allen and his force other than to repeat that it was con- sidered expedient to complete at this tme American withdrawa] from Europe. Secretary Weeks of the war depart- ment was called to the White House early today and the purpose of the government to withdraw the troops was disclosed before his return to the war department. Transport Ready It was learned that formal orders had-not as yet been sent to General Allen to begin ‘the homeward move- mént although he has knowledge ot tHe plan fox early evacuation and is pfepared to move on short notice. As an indication that no time would be lost it was mado known that the transport St. Mih'el woul leave New oYrk today or tomorroy to bring home the bulk of the Rhin: forces, A few small detachments w: be left for a short time to close t final settlements involvea in tl withdrawal. Secretary Hughes also attende | the conference at the White Hous | which preceded'the disclosure tha jthe troops were to be wthdraw: practically at once. i 1,080°MEN ON RHINE. | Washington, Jan. 10.—The Amer ican foree; on the Rhine which for sometime haye been confined to the |ecity of Coblenz. and vicinity con | prised 107 officers ang 1,080 men, it | was stated in a Coblenz dispatch to jthe Associated Press on Jan. 7. j , The forces were made up of 41 of- {ficers and 850 men ef the 8th infan- | try and in additional quartermaster, | signal corps, engineers and motor | tepair units, | BOYS WANT TO STAY, | _ (By the Associated Press.) | Coblenz, Jan. 10.—The orders for j the withdrawal’ of the American | treops from the Rhine, the news of |which became known through a dis- | patch from the Associated Press of- | fice at Paris, caused much excite- ment as it spread among the men of | the American army forces here. | Many of the’ men were depressed | by the decision as it meant the end of the pleasant army life here, with- |incomes something like 3,000,000 | marks annuafly and upward for the ~ DISCUSSED AT ~ MANDAN MERI ;Many Legislators Attenc j= Slope Association Meet- ing and Banquet Many members of the legislature went to Mandgn this afternoon tc attend the meeting of the Missouri Slope Irrigation association, The meeting began in the Com- mercial club rooms this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and wés, to culminate in a banquet at the-Lewis and Clark hotel at. 6 p.m. Data was to be submitted by ex- perts on the. feasibility. of Slope ir-. rigation projects, ¥ probable the | legislature ‘will. ke. asked to provide One, nstration project liminary. Among: