The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and probably Sun- day, ESTABLISHED 1878 ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS FLOOD MENACES CANADIAN CITY MRS. PHILLIPS, SLAYER, FOUND, POLICE HEAR. \ Escaped “Hammer Murder-! ess” Said to be Located by By U. S. in Honduras NION WITH HER, COMPS Husband Arrested as Police ‘Investigate Mis Connection With Escape ORDER DETENTION. ramento, Calif., April 21— t and dentention of the ing companion of the wo- in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ved to be Mrs. Clara Phil- lips has been requested of the | state department of Governor Richardson, it was announced to- | day at the Governor's office. i Sacramento, Calif, April 21 Sheriff W. I. Traeger of Los Angele: expected to confer with Governor! Friend W. Richardsen here tod. regarding steps to be taken to cure the extradition of a woman be lieved to be Mrs, Claka Phillips, es-| caped “hammer murderese” ané her} mule companion said to be Jesse C.} Carson from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. | Sheriff Traeger was in San Fran-| sterday when he was inform-; ed Governor Richardson had been} notified by the United States Depart- | ment of State of thé presence of the pair together with a woman said to ciseo 5 be Mrs. Carson in Tegucigalpa. The! state department said its information came from the American legation there, :ind asked if extradition of the woman was desired. (Tyx governors office official notification from Angeles sheriff, fhat | Mrs, had been convicted of slaying Mrs. Albert Tremaine Meadows, 20- widow, July 12, 1922, Following her| conviction Mrs. Phillips escaped from the Los Angeles county jail Decem- her 5, last. The woman unde picion at Tegucigalpa is using the name of Mrs. Robert Young, the stale department said? ‘Late last night Los Angeles police arrested Mrs. Phil- lips’ husband to investigate his con- nection, if any, with her escape. | Officers in Los Angeles also said; the extradition of Carson would ve} requested. They expressed the opin-| ion that Carson is a distant relative | of Mrs. Phillips. He is believed to} be wanted in Los Angeles. TRACED MOVEME! Los Angeles, Cali. April 21.—In} discussing reports from Sacramento that Mrs. Clara Phillips and Carson, wanted here on an arson charge, have | heen located in Honduras, Stewart Flenham, county fire warden, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times! today said he thought he could grace! practically all of the movements of{ Mrs. Phillips and Carson since they vanished from Los Angeles. The fire warden said he had reason to believe that M8. Phillips and Car- son had been close friends and while | withholding any information as tc. how Mrs. Phillips escaped jail and| where she coneeated herself after- wards the officer declared’ that; on! the night of Dee. 28, Phitt fave j Carson $2,200 to take to s. Phil- lips,and the two planned: 4 The time how the woman and Chrson were to| leave the country. According to Flenham, Carson and| Mrs, Phillips, went to New Orleans about Jan, 15 and apparently had plenty ‘of money; From that city they went to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and then to Mexico City. From there, he declared, Carson wrote to friends in Los Angeles he had made a killing in oil and land transactions and mentioned Mrs. PA&tllips as “a good pal.” But the government of the United States was said to have taken w hand in the search and Mrs. Phi lips and Carson, learning of this, fled to Guatemala, then to Salvador and later to Honduras. requested CONTRACTORS RESUME WORK Get in Field-Again on State Roads After Winter Delay Many contractors*who were forced to suspend operations during the win- ter now are resuming road work, a cording to reports to the State High- way Commission. _ Contractors wif resume grading operations next week on the follow- ing federal aid projects: No. 139, Emmons county, Lipton to Strass- burg; No. 141, Mefifosh county, Ash- ley west, 12 miles; No. 142, Logan county, east of Napoleon; No. 147, Sargent county, Milnor south” and east. In Cass county construction of a steel gnd conerete bridge across the Sheyenne river pear Haggart has be- gun.’ In Ward couftty work has been resumed on the concrete structures on the state highway running from Minot south to Max. Efforts will be made to reduce the cost of engineering supervision on all state and federal aid work and to co-operate with the various coun- ty boards in reducing the cost of all highway construction, according to Chief Engineer Black. {chot, direeted to Mi { proval to, Governor Nestos for North ; NEWEST U. S. Here are four of the eight 16-inch guns. being S. Colorado, twin Ss. ship of the U. | S. navy. The guns shown here have a range of moi APPEALS TO FLORIDANS T0600 BEYOND WHIPPING BOSS IN PROBE; ASKS WOMEN TO = * ’ Amos Pinchot Declares That} As a Sportsman He Is Ap- palled at. Developments Shown in the Tabert Case in Florida joridans to look be- yond the whipping bosses in their efforts to fix responsibility for con- ditions revealed in the case of Mar- tin Tabert, North Dakota boy who died in a Florida convict camp, is made to prominent club women of Florida by Amos Pinchot, New York lawyer: and brother of the Governor of Pennsylvania. A copy of the appeal of Mr. Elizabeth Skin- ner, state president of the Florida Federation of Women's clubs; Mrs. W. S. Jennings, vice president of the National Federation of Women’s clubs, Mrs. Robert Morris Seymour, chairman of the committee on ap- plied education of the legislative com- mittee of women's clubs and others, was recvived here today. “If the people of Florida want to find out who is actually responsibie for young Tabert's death and for the degradation and breaking of thousands of helpless men and boys in peonage and state ‘camps, they should obviously look over the heads of the Higginbothams, wrote Mr. Pinchot. “They should single out the men who put the peonage laws and regulations on the statute ‘books, and especially they should drag to; the bar of public opinion, and if the) facts warrant, of justice, the legisia-! tors and officials who have not acted | An appeal to to repeal these laws and regulations, because, while they listened to the voices of the turpentine and lumber | companies, they, at the same time,| remained blind and deaf to the drama! enacted in the forests, swamps and; stockades.” | Makes Way Easier. | The day's mail to the Governor's | office here also brought from R. J./ Caldwell, Broadway and Park avenue,! New York, a letter expressing ap- Dakota’s action in the Tabert case! and saying “It would have been much | more difficult to correct the evil in| any other way than the way North! Dakota did it, and I believe everyone: owes you a debt of gratitude which ; they should take pains to exprass.” Mr. Pinchot, in his lengthy com-! munication, appealed to Floridans,' as a sportsman. i “My reason for writing you is, perhaps a peculiar one,” he began’ his letter, “It is, that for years back,! during vacations, I have visited Flor-| ida as a sportsman and spent: witi my son, who was at school there, many happy days in what seemed to be perhaps the most beautiful part; of America, I take a personal inter-; est in Florida and feel for the state! a strong affection. Therefore, to me, as to many other northern} sportsmen with whom I ‘have talked. the disclosures of the Florida peon- age camps have come with an ugly shock. For all Florida sportsmen, I think the peonage disclosures have clouded the skies and darkened the waters of their old hugting and fish- ing grounds. “I think I may say to you with confidence that northern sportsmen sincerely hope that the people of Florida will see the usefulness, in- deed ‘the injustice of blaming the murders and beastial floggings, which have put.your state on trial before American public opinion, ,on men like Higginbotham alone. We hope Florida will not rest content with the conviction and punishment of such men, but qill look behind them #o those who are more really responsible, For neither Higgin- botham, the whipping boss, nér the camp guards who stood by, day after day, watching young Tabert’s flog- gings (the camp guards who, as the witness, John T. Gardner, says, were changed ‘often, most of the young men of the district taking a part in serving), are actually the guilty par- ties. They “are merely the instrn- ments‘through which the guilty -par- ties committed the atrocities, the logical products, the first monstrous (Continued on page three) wan-o-war | WOULD MAKE "WATER WORKS INDEPENDENT Suggestions Advanced to Pro- vide Power Plant, Making Complete City Plant RESOLUTION ADOPTED , ¢ Local Trades and Labor As: sembly Urges Commission \ | ,To Take Action Installation of a power plant in the city waterworks system, to make the plant entirely municipally-owned concern, inde- pendent of any other utility and free from the effect of any action by the railroad commission, is occupy- ing much attention of officials and citizens, Three proposals have gested, That the city install with the waterworks system a steam plant, an electric plant and use oil- burning engines to provide electric power. Under the proposed plans for a new water works system, | whereby the water would be handled t through more basins than at pres- jent, cost of power will be an import- jaunt factor in the cost of operations Jand therefore in the cost of water. Although lignite coal shipments} Those favoring a power system have dropped — steadily winter| point out that more than. a year ago passed, they topped 100,000 tons inj the railroad commission abrogated a the state for March, according to re-| contract the water company held for ports to the North Dakota ruilroad/electrie power for pumping water, commission. The reports gave weck-| jumping the cost so.greatly that it ly shipments during March as {had a marked effect in the gcommis- lows: week ending March 10, ion’s vetion to increase water rates. tons; March 17, 31,400 tons; March; Under the present utility laws, the + 19,382 tons; March 31, 19,658 tons,! railroad cofhmission has no power proposed new jounted on the U. S. S. West Virginta, newest of the U. i { than 32,000 yards. | \ i i been sug- FIGHT SYSTEM | COAL SHIPMENTS ‘ HIGH IN MARCH and for the week ending April 7,/over municipally owned plants, but 16.388 tons. The figures are esti-) would have power’ to regulate mates based upon partial reports! charges made by any utility furnish- from shipping gente jing service to a municipally owned plant. To Permit Bids |the company that the method has shown that it is possible to burt’ crude oil for power at a saving a #4 ; Save much money in the operation Fear of Intervention By | of a new water plant. U.S, Britain | The Bismarck Trades and Labor jing Monday night will adopt addi- }over steam plants. Testimonials ‘Assembly, at a meeting Wednesday Is | tional specifications _ permitting FOE BUT N firm to bid on installation of oil- from many cities and a local manu- {facturing plant were submitted to night, adopted a resolution favoring 77) @ municipal water plant and also UNIFIED, fav i burning engines. It is claimed by Germans Are Deterred By back the claim that the city would oring a complete power plant. ' Favor Commission Action | The resolution follows: WHEREAS, The City Commission jof Bismarck did on April 17, 1923, ladopt a resolution to submit to the vould obtain assurances from the! yoters of Bismarck on May 14 the BY William Cologne, April would fight France right wow if she Philip Simms. 21. — “Germany | United States and Great Britain that! matter of issuing bonds for the pur- they would not intervene." ipose of constructing a municipally An American of high standing in | owned waterworks system or pur- Germany, a man closely acquainted | chase and improve the present plant; with leading Germans all: over the| and country, who knows the people and/ WHEREAS, the waterworks plant, the language as well or better than{@S now operated, relies upon anoth- he knows his own, made this state-!er public utility corporation for pow- ment to me while on his way through /er with which to pump water to the this city. ireservoirs,‘and it appears that no “Before the Ruhr occupation,” ne | §Pecific provision has been made un- “Germany was split up into all; der the plans and specifications of sorts of factions fighting among| the City Commission to equip the themselves. The Ruhr has brought} (Continued on page three.) FUNFEST SET . FOR TONIGHT nid, im: and Republicans-—all hate the! French today with a personal bit: terness not apparent even during the} crucial days of the war. Hatred-Rolls Up. “As the French stay on; as inci-/ dent follows incident in the Ruhr,! and as tales of. riding whips used by | the French on German civilians go! « the rounds—true or false makes not} the slightest difference—this hatred igoes on rolling up. i “Experts say the Germans could; not possibly make war against the/ French. The latter have all the ma-; chinery and the Germans none. | “But experts also ‘said prior to) The first annual karnival of the 1914 that a general European war: Bismarck high school will be stuged could not happen because the prin-'tonight under the auspices of the ‘cipal nations were already hard!twelve organizations of the school. pressed for money: |The gymnasium and class rooms of Experts’ Opinions. “When the war broke out regard-! less, these same experts said it couid not last a year;because all concerned would go bankrupt. Yet the war lasted over four years. | “I am not expecting war between; Supported by Twelve Organizations on the performance. The purpose of the karnival is to support the activ- ities of the school. The athlctes of the school will be rewarded with sweaters for their work on the grid- iron and basketball’ floor, and it is France and Germany. But let us| planned to help defray the expenses not forget in that connection the|of the musical contestants to the human equation—super-heated anger jstate meet to be held at Grand Forks and desperation, the feeling that any-)in May. As there is.no revenue to thing would be better than the way j|the track season, it is also planned, things are. if possible, to aid this form of ‘And then there is the rest of ' athletics. Europe. Germany might find allies among other desperatg- nations. In ‘any ‘event Gefmany might start something she could not finish but. which might ‘nevertheless kindle this half of the world.” a show and the building will be open at seven o'clock, and the shows will start at that time and run till 8:30, when the minstrel and vaudeville show will be presented in the assembly. There will be five or six acts, after which the side shows and booths will again be opened and run the rest of the evening. NO TRACE OF. FARMER. Williston, N. D,, April 21.—Victor Bergquist, a farmer living 30 miles northwest of this city, disappeared from his héme on Monday, April 2, and up to this time no trace of him has been found. At the time he left home he was traced to a point 12 miles northwest of here but from this point no clue could be/found of him, kind to be staged for a good many working faithfully this week to it » success, ' First. Annual “Karnival” Is| ithe high school will be used to put! The plans as started’ by, the Squir-! rel club—the senior boys’ organiza-; tion—are to give each class, club, etc,.) a stand, The doors of; ee “GET BUSY, IT | MEANS MONEY” SHERIFF SAID Jailer Tells of Order Given By Man Who Incarcerated Martin Tabert $20 A HEAD North Dakota Man Says Lum- ber Company Doctor’s | Story Is Untrue | | WANTED. | | } . April 21.—Sher- jiff J. R. Jones instructed him and other deputy sheriffs of Leon coun- ty “to get busy for to me,” after the sheriff had made a contract with the Putnam Lumber [company to receive $20 a head for prisoners Icased to them, Jerry M. i Poppel, former jailer, today told the legislative investigating committee finguiring into the death of Martin Tabert of North Dakota and other reported brutalities to prisoners. They were to include Dr. T. Cap- ers Jones, who prepared Tabert for burial and who previously told the jcommittee that Tabert was suffer- ing from a serious skin disease which super-induced pneumonia and Dr. Baughn of Tallahassee, who examin- ed Tabert here when he was arres for beating his way trai Mr. Grimson announced thi Dr. Baughn’s testimony will be to the effect that Tabert was not suf- fering from the skin diseased refer- rimson said, would support testi- mony previously given that Tabert received as many as 100 or more lashes from Walter Higginbotham, the camp “whipping boss,” who 15/ now under indictment for first de- gree murder as a result of Tabert's | deat To Refute Story. | Witnesses for the Putnam Lumber company, owners of the convict ping was light and but a few blows were given. Higginbotham also tes- tified to this. ‘Further action by the general as- sembly was expected in the matter of abolishing the convict: lease sys tem and corporal punishment. SHOWER FOOD | FROM AIR ON | Ten Marooned People Receive Sticcor, Northfort Re- ports Say ADMITTED A HOAX. Northfort, Mich., April 21. Edward Horn, one of the three men who risked their lives to | travel across slush island and | open water last week and who re- ported nine men and one women were on South Fox island in star- vation, resulting in six airplanes being rushed to this part of the state, to relieve the supposed suf- ferers toflay admitted to newspa- per men that his story was a hoax. : Horn admitted the starvation tal was part of a plan to obtain tobacco for the wood cutters on the island. A’ “tobacco rebellion” against Nels Ask, foreman of the camp, prompted “he tale. Horn said. The wood-cutters, sufferers ! through a month's abstinence from tobacco and believing Ask had a supply for himself and { would not share with them, dele- gated Horn and his two com- 4 panions to cross the ice, tell that the colony could net exist more than a week unless help came and depend upon the expected food supply to include rations of tobacco. « \Northfort, Mich, April wood-cutters of South Fox 21.—The islahd and “black-strap” today. Out of the sky heralded only:by the triumphant roar of an dirplane motor, bags of food rained down through the black- ness of a late afternoon fog yester- day and were quickly retrived and opened by the nine men and one [voman of the marooned party. |. Not in years, perhaps never be- fore, has Northfort been the scene ‘of so much excitement.. It has been ithe key point in the aerial efforts 'to carry supplies. to the islanders jwhose flight first became known | Wednesday when three men alter- ‘nately rowing boat, battling slush ice, walking on ice and poling an ice-cake raft,'reached here after a 48-hour battle to cross the 18-miles from the island. Planes ofthe United States Army, This will be the first thing of its} of the mail service, of commereiall cf one of the dance halls shortly be- ind of individuals took companies years, and the high school has:beén| the air in the race to reach and suc-| sisted off, exhausted and hysterical. e}cor the islanders who were reported | Examini: starving: ted at red to by. Dr, Jones, when arrested. } Other witnesses to be called, Mr.| up, testified that Tabert’s whit | FOX ISLAND, are eating something besides bread | TO SEE RESULT OF BOYS’ WORK IS _ TOBELIEVE INIT, “DADS” FIND AT _ ENTHUSIASTIC ANNUAL BANQUET HERE LORD CECIL IS i VISITOR AT | WILSON’S HOME ix Hundred “Dads” and “Lads” Gather for Get- Together at High School. | |Si | Washington, April 21.—Woodrow Eat a Lot, Sing a Lot, Hear | Wilson received a cull yesterday af- P ternoon from Lord Robert Cecil, lendid Addresses and British proponent of the league of nations who is in Washington for a| P@Y Tribute to Mothers. ;two day stay. Lord Robert went to the S street home of the forme . y . | president during the afternoon, vis-| CALL FOR AID MADE ited with him for awhile but luter| declined to ‘reveal the subjects dis-| “Seeing is believing.” cusstd. The British leader, who, on jurrival here expressed An old adage and as true as that about the proof of the pudding be- [ing im the eating ‘at the reception he I So it is with Boy Welfare work various American cities, has an ap-) in Bismarck, The 600 “Dads” and Pointment to call tomorrow on Presi-| “Sons” who attended the “Father dent Harding at the White House. Originally it was intended to h. j him pay his respects today, but the call was put over for a day. and Son Banquet” saw what J. J. M. MacLeod is doing for the boys and believed in the work. Seeing for them was believing. Those who have attehded the three events of this kind given in Bis- that is Some tine been developed along ‘FOUR FLIERS { | up at the speakers table beside sea i | ‘soned after dinner artists and per- formed creditably. In camp and in | coming over material has | the woods and upon the athletic field ithe effect of systematic work among the boys has told and will make for better citizenship. | But there were too few “Dads” at ithe meeting last evenin, Those who came in several instances were {forced to father three and boys—they did it graciously and willingly for the men who attended liked the opportunity afforded for j service. to! | Two Others Probably Fatally ; Injured at McCook Field, Dayton, O. { ; WAS AVOIDING BRIDGE Pilot. Swerve Machine Real Event | Avoid Hitting Structure | and Plane Goes Over It was a real boy's event and the (unfortunate boys who failed to se- cure “Dads? and pecked in ut the ’ i windows of the High “Gym” looked Four fliers were | like the “feller that needs a friend.” jalmost instantly killed and two! The banquet — accentuated the; Jothers probably fatally injured at {Need for more adult volunteers who! 112:830 p. m. today when a. Martin air{ #8 “Mac” said will sit in with the Aehy icc MDUMBEY aw HICH hyaniion) its und lend the influence of their way from Rantoul, Ilinois, to Lang-| personality so that the jley field, Va., fell into the Great! better citizenship can be sown, Miami river here. | The boys and their “dads” gather- j One commissioned. officer, Capt.,ed in the High School Assembly and ‘Lawson and five enlisted men, were | after a few minutes of “warning in the plane. Capt. Lawson and S by community “singing — and Biddle “were among the dead tak veryone wus fit for the feed. ‘from the river: ng off with their “Dads” they The ship had just taken off from McCook field when a few hundred! feet in the air the pilot saw he would | Dayton, April 21 where long t: prettily dee bles were arranged ated with flowers and} |be unable to clear the Herman ave- | twen » of the most charming jnue bridge, which adjoins Cook field | high ‘school Is with decorated and swerved his machine around toj baskets sto« ady to serve them. | avoid crashing into the structure. The plane turned over and fell into ihe river. It was a prexiy to be remembered. stght and one long When Dr. E. P. Se suggested three cheers and a tiger r SEL EEEEEEEEEEaen 2 ugEe . 3 | THE WEATHE ‘for the girls, it came from the heart and all who aided in serving felt ns @ | well repaid. For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probabl. unday. Everybody Sings For North Dakota: Fair tonight! 7 and probably Sunday; cooler tonight, Henry Halverson and — George RouthoesCaperti Humphreys started the enthusiasm | by leading the “gang” in a number ‘of favorite tunes, then the banquct prepared by the Methodist ladies her Conditions low in practically , jall sections this morning with cen- | hi ters over the Mississippi Valley and, WS served, Mrs. P. E. Byrne pre- over the Rocky Mountain region.) Sided at the piano for the group Precipitation has occurred from the | Singing. fl Mi: sippi Valley to the Pacific; _ Rev, Geo. B. Newcomb gave the coast except in parts of the Plains! invocation. This was followed by States, southern Rocky Mountain! two fine saxophone solos by Archi- region and extreme northern Rocky; bald McGray, accompanied on the { Mountain region. The precipitation! Piano by R. Delzer. An appropriate was auite heavy in the lower Miss-! reading on “Dad” was given by Bert ouri Valley. Temperatures are high | Dunn. from the Mississippi Valley cast-| “Our Program” was the subject of ward, but lower temperatures pre-|4 brief address by J. J. M. MacLeod vail from the Plains States west-) Who is director—of the Boys’ Work ae ‘in Bismarck. He called for men of Corn and Wheat Christian character to aid him in Stations. High Low Prec, | his work of training the boys. Most Amenia .. . 56. 10, Cl (Continued on Page Three) BISMARCK 52 0° PC| saa ae Bottineau . 49 o c 1S. D. Sanatorium j Der Lake .. 48 14 Cl Dickinson ... a 26 0 C To Be Improved Dunn Center . . 54 0. 3G: Ellendale ++ BL 0 Cll Guster, $. D., April 21—The exca- Fessenden . At 0 Cll vating has been completed for one Grand Fork: 52 038 Cl) of the two large pavilions at the Jamestown 48 03 Cl) State Sanitorium and the foundation Langdon : 14 C© |work is now under way. These two Larimore . ot 0 Cl} buildings when finished will double 'isbon . -11 Cl] the present capacity of the institu- Minot o4 0 © J tion. Napoleon 48 42) Cli een ees Pembina 34 o cl DAILY BIBLE SCHOOL Williston . 66 28 ® Cl Devils Lake, April 21.—-The Daily | Ortis W. Roberts, Meterorologist.| Vacation Bikje school, which is to ummer, will fe ne be held in the city this EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING | begin June 6 and continue until Probletid facing the North Dako-]June 20. The school will be ,con- ducted under the direction of’ the various churches of the city and children between the ages of 4 and 15 years may attend. THREE MARATHON DANCERS ARE SENT TO HOSPITAL IN STATE OF COLLAPSE Washington, April 21.—The seamy side of America’s dance record vogue loomed up today when three victims, @ man and two women, were sent to a hospital here after having col- lapsed at the end of about 48 hours. of dancing in one of the two con- tests now under way if the capital.| Miss Florence Gentry, 19, one of the ictims, collapsed on the floor ta Good Roads, Association will be considered in an executive board meeting in Fargo April 30, Secretary J. E, Kaulfuss announced today. About an hour later two others, Mr, and Mrs. Wallace Mendenhall, who had been dancing in the same contest which began Wednesday. night, collapsed and were sent to the same hospital for observation. At- tending physicians, said they be- lieved that the three were suffering only from acute exhaustion but in- dicated they intended to keep them under observation for any other ef- fects of the dance record venture. Sleep was being given its way to- day as a curative agent. fore midnight last night and was as- ing physicians ordered she be sent to the hospital. ° i four} ecds of a} marched down into the gymnasium} Quain, toastmaster of the evening | SETTLERS FLEE LOWLANDS IN FLOOD AREAS Farms Isolated, Property Damaged, Lives Threat- ened by the Overflows BANKS GIVE WAY Assiniboine Rampages and Overflows Into Town of Portage la Prairie Winnipeg, April 21.—Reports from Portage la Prarie this afternoon de clared that the city is practically iso- lated and is slowly being engulfed by flood waters from the Assiniboine to If the water continues rise, the report says, all the- str will soon be intndated. The water is within a block of the city hall, it river. was reported and is making, rapi strides. In the west end. of the city where nearly every street is und water, several families were reporte! |marooned in their homes. In so: |sections of the city, especially alu: the railroad, the water is so dec lthat it is undermining houses avi Jone or two houses have already co |lapsed Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 21. i Prospects of gradual recession 0% flood waters of central and souther {Manitoba based on reports last nigh! jof un improvement in conditions «: ; Brandon and Morris were dispelle jearly today when reports from Por! rage la Prairie on the Assiniboir river, half way between | Brandon, told of the invasion of th ‘city by a large volume of wate jwhich flooded the railroad yards « residential districts. The ame A southwest, where the banks of U down from \Assiniboine collapsed under ¢ |pressure of the abnormal quantity water flowing eastward. = ~*~ The ice jam which occurred just jeast of Portage la Prairie is holding back the flood waters sending an overflow éver the low lying lands, according to latest c ports. The situation is considered &ttreme grave. Incidents of farms being isolates jly wash-outs on railways, damage {farm property with occasional lo of life to livestock and hardshi suffered by settlers were report throughout the night, besides op mistic reports from Brandon «i Morris. Railroad companies continue ‘make strenuous efforts against gre. | odds to maintain their service. H FLOODS ENTERS TOWN. | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Apr ;21.—A, bank of the Assiniboine riv: |broke southwest of here at 2-o'clo jthis morning and Joosed a torrent ©: \this city. The railroads yards we jinundated and the residence sectic: | invaded. | Householders began |feady to leave at any ous ‘LOST HUBBY WINS VERDICT ' Emmons County Woman's ' Verdict of $2,500 Sustained i | Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oster of Em ;mons county must pay their daugh- \ter-in-law, Karolina, $2,500 for alien tating the affections of her husband funder the decision of the supreme court today, sustaining a verdict in the district court of Emmons county. The jury had cut the amount de- manded by Karolina Oster, who as- serted that she has been robbed of the love of her husband, Jaco! through the prejudice set up in h mind by his parents, from $5,000 io one-half that amount. In rejecting the appeal of the par ents the supreme court, in a deci sion written by Justice Christianso held that District Judge McKer had not erred in instructing the jur that “they can in no event return verdict in favor of the plaintiff une jess they find the acts of the fendants on which the suit is pred cated were occasioned by actuil malice towards the plaintiff,” nor in instructing the jury that “im the event they find the plaintiff entitied to recover, under the evidence and instructions, exemplary damages nity One-Fourth of ‘ Year’s Marriages Prove Failures Minot, April 21.—A total of 2) marriage licenses issued in Ward county during 1922 is offset by ap-.~ proximately one-fourth through :1\- vorces which were granted or were filed and are now pending, accordin.” to figures gathered by Mrs. Mae Gol- berg, clerk of district court, . * | ‘Divorces were granted in §3 “it- stances in Ward county Agst ye and there are about 15 still pending, awaiting a final dectsiowfin: the judge in district court. % f packing time.