The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS vdrtly cloudy tonight arid Tuesday. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, , MONDAY, MAY uM, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS 50 DIE IN TEXAS TORNADO, REPORT _ SOVIET SEEKS TO PLACATE BRITISH CONFERENCE IS ‘ASKED BY RUSS ON ULTIMATUM Offers Compensation for Engi- neer’s Family; Asks Return Compensation DISAVOW RED BODY Claims Note Objected To By British as Offensive was Withdrawn BRIT FORM ndon, May 14—In o circles the reply of the Russian ov Kovernment to the British note considered as avoiding a rupture. Sutis- f ion is expressed at what the Uvitish consider an about face on the part of Moscow in its at- Vitude toward Great Britain. ‘ While the British government dy to discuss accredited Lord Curzon is determin- to maintain all the points raised in the British notes and to t tolerate long discoursive explanations frem Moscow, it is Yndiexsed, British Moscow, May 14- to Great Britain, the which was given out today, is couch-! in conciliatory terms. Expressing sevetful surprise at the British al- matum, it proposes @ conference at time and place anged with and at which representatives of | governments will discus: . the secondary questions raised the British note but will also regular fully the relations be~ tween Russia and Great Britain. The note set forth what it de-| clares are certain errors in the Brit- s with regard to the propa- panda by Ru. inthe Near East. hile admitting that Russia natur- sent money to Ru repre- iyes in Persia it says that Brit- are over-suspicious in thinking Russ the east other than for propa The note disavows respons: nit | for the third (Moscow) internation- ale. It offers to settle by arbitra- tion the questions ised by sian seizures of Russian colliers and | compensate the families of Charles Hadison, an English civ ¢ ecuted in Russian in 1920, and of other British subject in whose case 2 claim was made if the British will} ce to give compensation for the ons imprisonment of several Rus- s s in England and India. With regard to the two notes sent to England signed by “Weinstein” which Hr. Hodgson, British agent in Moscow, returned, complaining text of note sh th that they were couched in offensive | language the reply says the first jt retumed, was never sent again § the British government and there- fore must be regarded, as extant, while the second latter did not con- tain anything offensive. The notes were in reply to Mr. Hodgson’s pro- test over the execution of Monsig- nor Butchva. The note declares that despite mis- understandings Russia greatly ‘appre | ciates’ friendly relations with Great Britain. CAMP AIDES ARE NAMED, County Chairmen Are Appoint- ed by W. C. MacFadden W. C. MacFaden, as civilian aide to the Secretary of War in North Dakota, is naming county chairmen to have charge of citizens military training camp work for their res- pective communities. The civilian training camp which \\ North Dakota boys will attend is to Ybe held at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. County chairman named includ Burleigh, Rotary club of Bismarck; Eddy, K. B. Van Meter, New Rock- ford; Emmons, J, D. Meier, Linton; Foster, Guy oCok, Carrington; Me- Intosh, M. J. Ruemmele, Ashley; ‘Adams, Ira T. Hall, Hettinger; Bow- man, M. S, Bryne, Bowman; Dunn, © R. Meredith, Killdeer; Golden Val- ley, 0, A, Heller, Beach; Hettinger, R. E. Trousler, Mott; Mercer, Roy Seibert, Hazen; Motron, Capt. E, R. Griffin, Mandan; MeLean, D. P. Rob- inson, Garrison; Oliver, B. 8. Wil- cox, Center; Sioux, A, 0. Schirian- sky, Solen; Stark, L. R. Baird, Dick- inson. va COMPANIES ADMITTED, Companies admitted to stock sell- ing privileges by the ‘state, Blue Sky Commission include: Roth Company, Inc., Minneapolis, wholesale hardware; Mouse River Oil and Refining Co., Kramer; Colonel- Kevin Oil Co., Fargo; Public Tire Ngee gration, Bismarck, The ‘latter <ompany wil] not sell stock, but sell certificates entitling purchaser to ob- tain tires from company at discount. viet Russia’s| not | a has no use for money in| Rus-/ TCHINA’S By NEA Service. ew York, May practically no professional bandits, in the se understood in western cont he occupation is one which ordi- narily peaceful, law-abiding farmers take to, without considering they're doing anything out of the way, when- ever a crop failure makes it impos- sible for them to live, for a season, off the land, Food Impelling Factor. Throughout very jarge districts the country produces, under normal conditions, only just enough to scantily support the population. If there’s an extra large crop, there may be a small surplus. If there's a partial failure, responding number of people starve, unless they overflow other districts and forcibly whatever they need. A regular army of bandits could be stamped out. But it doesn’t work that way. One year banditry will be rife if country. be any of it at all there be rampant somewhere else. Some civil troubles began, this condition has been aggravated by the presence of large bodies of sol- diers, scattered over the whole coun- try. An army will be recruited say in Yunnan province and Hupeh, far to the northward. a cor- must into Troops Unable to Cope. The necessity for its presence in Hupeh having passed, it’s simply | disbanded on the spot and not the slightest thought is ever given by those who organized it to the prob- lem of getting any of the soldiers home. Naturally they stay in Hupeh, where they can live only by viplence, | since the province already has as | large a population as it can support. | Or, if they go home, they can do so only by living on the country the traveled through. Policing China, to suppress out- |lawry of this sort, means having forces sufficient to cope with armed bands often numbering thousands, almost anywhere at almost any time. | This, too, is in a countzy lacking | meang for the rapid transportation {of troops ,with a population around | 400,000,000 and an area nearly the ‘ size of the continental United States. | By NEA Service. i Hoboken, N. | looming li direct cause lying | banditry. | ‘That sums up eye-witness stories of hand-to-hand contact with ma- —Poverty— | rauders of the type that a few days | 1 zo swept down upon a train in ' Shantung and carried off many Amer- | icans and other foreigners. Word-pictures of contact with , freebooters are contained in dis |.China Rev. Raphael Vance and Rev. Timothy McDermott, Passionist priests—to the editor of The Sign, | monthly magazine of the order. | fastness of the Shantung district, | ! and by long experience intimately un- derstand the psychology and motivat- ing forces lying behind the roving bands of pillagers. Terrorize Populace. make little or no resistance. the war was over it was commonly believed that soldiers, disbanded, ‘bandit business’ simultaneously. “Twice last week bandits came down from the mountains and stormed the eastern gate of the city, burning and destroying property. They came with- out warning. It is a daily occurrence | for several of these bandits to be be- headed along the river near the mis- sion. Looked Upon as Gods. } “They go to their death like mar- ‘tyrs and are very often reputed as gods by the people and always by | their fellow robbers. They have ab- solutely no fear of death. In one year over a thousand were summar- ily executed here in Yuan Chow; but their numbers are increasing alarm- ingly. “Now we are expecting another more serious attack, because a few days ago their commander-in-chief was captured through treachery, and executed. Some of these chief- tains have thousands of men under command in regular military fash- ion. Very often when the leaders make peace with the government, their men are all made regular sol- dier ey long since have passed the asking stage. They beg no alms' now. What they want they take— by force if necessary. “Nearly all are still in. uniform. Through the southern provinces they march in military fashion, pil- laging, burning, kidnaping and mur- dering as they move along. Respect Old Glory. The term’soldiers and robbers has has come to be synonymous to many in China. Only a few months back several thousands of these robbers besieged Yuan Chow for more than a week| They had the town cut off from all water supplies. Pestilence soon broke out causing untold hard- ship and misery. x “While speaking of the robbers, I (Continued on Page 3.) BANDIT LIFE BARED BY PRIESTS take | ‘ome particular section of the | The next year there won't | , but it will | behind C inese | patches by two missionaries now in | These two men have penetrated the | “The ordinary peopie fear these | men,” Father Raphael writes, “and | When | would take to their guns and ee « FIND BODIES 14.—China has | 4 | | Fr. Vanee, C. P. Fr. Me Dermott, C. WOULD SEVER — LAST BONDTO NATIONAL N, P. Nonpartisan League State Com- mittee Demands Nonparti- , san Leader be Turned Over | Now “TOWNLEY ORGAN” sent to’ Basis of New Conflict Laid at mains was Meeting, if Townley and Friends Resist Basis of a new conflict with and the A.C.) | Townley national Nonparti- san League executiv laid the North executive committe uf committee committee Dakota was by league at a meeting in argo Satur The state that the Nonpartisan Lead ly, official publication of partisan League of the turned over to the st: committee, ‘This is the same cours a the state committee pursued’ h the national committee in res pect to the Courier-News whén the [first disagreement broke out _be- | tween the Liederbach and other fac- | tions of the league. The Nonpartisan Leader is pub-! lished under the ¢:rection of the, National executive eprivmittee of the; league. It is called a “Townley Organ” by many leaguer gue membership fee in North Dak- ota contributes to its support. Townley’s position has been that [the state organ of the league must | | be kept in the nagtonal committee's | hands to prevent it getting in the} hands of a faction of the North! Dakota league. He is, however,! \ said to be willing to turn the Lead- er over to the state committee. Chairman W. J, Church Walter} Welford and Mrs. C. A, Fisher three | of the league's exceutive committee} | of five were at the meeting in Far- go. They have been criticized in! respect to the sale of the Courier-| |News. They passed 0 saying that “the method of sale of} | the Courier-News did not commend litself to the committee” but stat- ed also that the committee had vol- untarily turned the paper over to the league national committee be-| ‘cause it could not finance it, and! coneluded, “We, therefore, are the} last ones to criticize the sale of the |paper except as to the manner in which it was consummated.” , i |. Senator Lynn J: Frazier and Chris | |Levang former state. committeemen, were present at the meeting, which | was warm in spots, acording to re- ‘ports. Among those who appeared \before it were John Andrews, P. L. | Arrhus, John Bloom, William Lemke and N, S. Davies, the latter editor | \of the Nonpartisan Lender. | The entire quéstion of a new lea-| jeue daily in the state was left to; \the judgment of the individuals in| | the league—the committee thus avoiding cither endorsement of | John Andrews’, “rrogressive” or/ Senator Frazier’s new league daily plan, The committee declared it! would go ahead with the league re- ‘organization work, WILLARD 10 MEET FIRPO. Winner to Get Get Chance at Jack, Dempsey, Rickard Says rnoon. d Week-: the Non- State, be executive ec ! New York, May 14—Jess Willard, who scored a come-back in the ring| ‘Argentine heavy, will meet May 30, and the winner will meet Jack Demp- sey Labor Day, according to plans of Tex Rickard. Willard beat Floyd Johnson, Iowa heavy, being awarded a technical knockout when the Iowan quit in the llth round. Firpo sent Jack Mc- Auliffe the second crashing to the canvass in the third round. The receipts at the bouts, head- liners of a card staged at Yankee stadium, were $390,000, the attend- ance being 67,000, . \ only OF AVIATORS IN MOUNTAINS IN FLORIDA CAMP CASE ‘US. INDICTS 3 SOUTHWEST N. D. AHEAD OF OTHER SECTIONS IN SEEDING, REPORTS SAY Good Weather of Last Few Days Has Permitted Farmers to| Make Much Progress in Farm Work For the Spring and Summer Season. Col. Marshall, U. 8. A., of Wis- Sheriff Who , inprtond Mar- consin, and Lieut. Weber Bre} Dead FLEW PLANES TOO LOW ‘COMPANY HEAD _ALSO Believed That Air Pilots Struck Tall Pine Trees Crossing Mountains ains of two men near the wreckage of an airplane im amack mountain t of here positively identified as those of Col. z 8 ha ut. Charles here awaited from relatives of the going ahead with plans, for disposing of the bodi Lieut. Weber’s father, the Rev. Weber lives in Denver and learned of the possible iden- tifie son's remains from the Associated Press dispatch. Col. Marshall’s home is in Darlington, Ww instructions men before 3. officers’ re- completed yesterday oy army officers and newspapermen | who were led to the spot where the airplane and the bodies were found Identification of the /Suturday by W. F, McCain, cattle-| The lea-| Floridan Towns Seek to Com- man. Indications were that the aialane | in which Col. Marshall and Lieut. Weber were attempting to fly from San . Diego to Tuscon, Ariz, had flown too low over a pine forest and strubk some of the trees and) eiished to the ground. The air- plane also had caught fire, ee anded ably after it struck the ground. As the skulls of the aviators were crushed it is believed they died instantly on striking the ground. STRONG DRIVE ON SOLONS IS BEING URGED, pel Action on Flogging in Legislature Evidence of a strong drive on structionist members of the state! senate” of Florida in the fight being | made on the convict lease system as a result of exposures in the inv tigation into the death of Martin bert, North Dakota youth, who died in a convict lease camp -- Florida, is | contained in copies of a resolution adopted in a mass meeting of Hills- borough and Pinellas county citizens | at Oldsmar, Florida, received at the office of Governor Nestos. Under the heading “Hold Mass Meetings to abolish the lease and | lash—it is time for the people of | Florida to act,” the resolutions de- nounced both convict leasing and flogging of prisoners jn unmeasured terms, “One of these reselutions, with a! report from a Tampa newspaper | about the Oldsmar mass meeting, has ! “ob- | has | been sent to every senator, represen- | tative, mayor, Board of Trade newspaper in Florida,” said W. E.| Bolles of Oldsmar, in a communica- | tion to the Governor. The resolution declares that “the good people of the state of ‘Florida, | who ar vastly in tne majority, have been disgraced by a limited number of men who make money out of the | convict lease system.” | The resolution says that “we now most earnestly ask all other towns | and cities in the state of Florida, to | call mass meetings, to- express the | voice of public opinion in most clear, | | unmistakable and emphatic language, | in order that those obstructionist | members of our state legislature | shall see.the light of reason and common sense, and be willing to do! as the great majority of the people | of this good state want them to do, that is, to abolish the lease and lasn ; system forever.” PUBLICATIONS IN CONTEST; Donald Jones, editor of “Pep” and Bruce Murphy, editor of “Prairie Breezes,” Bismarck high here Saturday, and Luis Firpo, the! school’s two publications, will at- tend the Northern Interscholastic Press Association meeting at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, this week, and‘ the state high school conference. Both the “Pep” and “Prairie Breezes” will be entered in com- petition for awards for the best high school papers published. Frazier Here U, S. Senator Lynn J. Frazier was in Bigmarck today conferring with friends, | botham, convi tin Tabert Faces Federal Court cue Superintendent of Lumber Company Is Charg- ed With Conspiracy Tallahass: J. R. Jones of Leon the principals in the Martin flogging as taken into © tody by today on Jones was Pensacola, Fla, with William F superintendent’ of the Putnam ine ber company, Walter Higgin- ipping boss, fol lowing an into death of Ned Thompson, an aged ne gro. Federal authorities ntendent y Cupperly of Pens instructions today not to se warrant against Higginbotham unti after he on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Jones was $2,000, OFFICERS OF B, AND P. W. OF issued on bail STATE} NAMED, | Minot Woman Succeeds “ai June Sth in the supreme. court, Beach of Bismarck in President’s Chair aa MEETING H E RE today by Attorney-General we Putnam ill leave this to arrest | rict At-! » the in h by farmers in southwest th Dakota than in any other! state ording to adv from various cente ther of the last, few permitted farmers to@ake nal opr in this seetion, considerable 1 of the part of the | f the weather bu however, is ‘un t first part of the week and generally fair] t thereafter, with cool at the begin and normal temperature there local forecast indicates | and unsettled weather tonight | day. | fell in four — pl in the} seeding which i | northern The reau f ettled, forecs cloudy Rain INDICTMENTS IN BANK CASES ARGUED JUNE 5 ‘Motion Served on Defendants For Return in Supreme Court on That Date the: d 1 is tried in the state court! q \STATUS UNCHANGED, | ernie: of Supreme Court Brings No Action on Juris- i | ; diction or Merits | Notice of a poten returnable on for; the x District {hearing in of te’s petition Judge in | review | McKeni decision | indictments the | American bank cases was for George quashing in Scandinavian ieorge | Shafer to attorneys for the defen- Miss Julia G, McDonough of Minot | ants was elected state ing J B. y afternoon ion of the Business and Profe club in Jamestown, Miss McDonough is Enp at the Minot s has taken an work and is club leader. Other officers elected were: president succeed- ing s of the Women's sional e normal Miss | Medora Knox, Grand Forks, national Miss Ella Von Dar tate vice presi- mes A. Murphy, Jame town, recording secretary;Mrs, Car-{ rie Lewis, Devils Lake, correspond- ing secretagy; Miss Inga Nordhaug, Fargo, treasurer; Miss Mabel C.| Kunz, Dickinson, Miss Lucas, Lisbon, regional Miss Knox is the ladies ready to wear and stores at Grand Forks and Devils Lake. Miss Von Demarus nected with the mutual agency at Valley City Lewis is a bookkeeper ant in the De’ Lake office. Mrs. Murphy directors. and Mis: telephone town, Miss Beach Honored Miss Beach, the,retiring president, was presented with the federation pin at the afternoon session in ac- knowledgement of her two years of faithful service. The resolutions committee went on record as favoring the strict en- forcement of the laws passed by the | 1923 legislature ‘recommended by the children’s code commission, es- | pecially relative to the compulsory school attendance, The state feder- ations are urged by the national fed- eration to keep the boys and girls in school until they finish high school at least, and especially to keep the girls in high school. ! The clubwomen also favored the JUDGE NUESSLE formation of scholarship funds as {urged by the national federation, | | each club to foster a state fund, to | |be small at first and added to each | This fund is to be available | for loaning to deserving girls and not to be charity fund, Mrs. ee does not favor charity in this work, it being the intention of the national federation to assist girls in securing a high school ed- ‘year. ucation and also on which to build a | business tra‘iingt The resolutions also favored the continuation of the education pro- gram of the national federation, in- cluding study classes and that the in dividual clubs become familiar with the program sponsored by the nat- ional federation and the loan fund. In that a request for the return Arbuckle to the screen had been made the’ fesolutions stat- ed “that we believe if granted would of Roscoe (Continued on Page 3.) Beach of Bismarck at the clos- state convention | a teacher of ctive part in the club a thoroughly efficient proprietor of, millinery | is con- insurance | and account- | conducts the ind; Murphy shorthand school at James- Both the question of jurisdiction | of the supreme court and the merits of the de that_the indictments should reinstated will be argued on that day, the first | | day of the June term. Attorney-General Shafer ed that he and George A Grand Forks, special assistant at- torney-general, will serve a brief on the defendants’ attorneys between now and June 5th, so that no delay in final determination in the matter will be occasioned because of this, | after the hearng in the supreme court. | state's ion be announc- Bangs of a While Judge McKenna nominally is the defendant in the action, the attorney for A. C. Townley, O. E. Mtdred | Lofthus and other indicted in the | Seandinavian-American bank “wr ing cai regarded as the pe sons resist the skate action After the filing on Saturday by Mr. |e d Mr. Bangs of a petition for review of the decision of Judge ‘McKenna, the supreme court took |the matter up in conference, and jlate Saturday clerk of court J. H made the following state- a who will | Newton ment: “In State of North Dakota, ex rel. Gep. F. Shafer, Aitorney-Genjeral, et al v. The District Court of Third | Sudictal Distfiét, Ransom county, \and Hon. Geo M. McKenna, judge thereof, petition for original writ in exercise of superintending con- trol filed in supreme court this day. The Attorney-General will make and file motion, returnable June 5th, the first day of tho June term, as to why peremptory writ, as prayed for in his petition should not be issued. In the meantime no jurisdiction is assumed and the matter will simply maintain its present status until such time as it is presented to the i Court on the motion and a ruling | WILL SPEAK Washburn, May 14- 14- _w. L. Nuessle, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, will deliver the address here lat the Fathers and Sons Banquet, Wednesday eyening, May 16th, Judge Nuessle was a resident of Wash- burn from 1903 to 1913, at which time he moved to Bismarck to take up his duties as sudze of the Sixth | Judicial District. During his resi- dence here ne was a member of the law firm of Hyland & Nuessle and was State’s Attorney of McLean County for four years.. The banquet is under the auspic- es of Fellowship Lodge No. 122, A. F, & A, M. assisted by Washburn Chapter O, E. S. Music will be ren- dered by Herfendal's orchestra and after Judge Nuessle’s address a pic- ture will be shown. A large at- tendance is expected. fea 3] s j today | nebes | these associ trate S hours endin cording to th t. Devils lendale 1 oa The ther pu renu’s 06, I ind Minot ature ab © report ed Lavimor highest temper recorded dureag the period was, at Napotean and the low. at Amenia bureau's folle p interferred trafic ger in srood ther conditions The we report road 1 shower what with all tion rally condi- detours ining section maint ad it Much Py line roads ten days has bee: tate yer on reported improveme. nwll part OLLS Cl LOS E AT 9 O'CLOCK IN ELECTION You still have time to vote. The polls in the city bond election will close at 9 p. m. tonight. The voting places are the same as in the recent city elec- tion. Early this afternoon it was estimated that about 300 votes had been cast. In one ward 30 votes had been cast out of 350 reg- istered. However, it is expected that the vote will be rolled ADVICE SOUGHT IN APPOINTING “COMMISSIONER. | Development ‘Association to be Consulted on Appointment of Man Immigration and development ions of North Dakota will be con- sulted before a Commissioner of Im- migration is uppointed to take office July 1, Governor Nestos made known today. The appropriation of the legisla- ture for the office is small and to ob- | tain effective results the comm: er must co-operate with the various development associations and other agencies in the state, the Governor believes, and for this reason thinks they should have a voice in the selec- tion of the new commissioner. Bi fore July 1 it is expected the Gover- nor will call in representatives of | tions and go over the | list of applicants for the position. Among, those mentioned as appli- ts or urged for friends are: | Theod urged hy some members of legisla ture; Harry Rusch and John Gam- mons, Fargo; Ernest Bylin, Tiog D. E. Shipley, Stark county; G Staley, Bismarek; L, J. Siljan, Grand Forks, newspaperman; James Milloy, secretary Minot Association of Com- merce; E. E, Lilhbridge, Dickinson; Joseph Devine, former governor. Mr, Devine, recently appointed motor vehicle registrar, has indicated preference for another state posi- tion, RED BIRDIS DRAWING CARD Many at Lahr Motor Sales To See New Auto Creation G. The show room of the Lahr Motor Sales company attracted visitors Saturday and Sunday not only from Bismarck but from many surrounding towns. All were present for the same purpose—to see the new Overland ‘Red Bird. The new car, a distinct creation, is announced as the first English type car, of Mandalay’ maroon color, khaki topped, larger motor, longer wheel-base, roomier 1 nickeled radiatory bumper-equip- ped both front and rear, new Fisk cord tires, with the fleet lines of a revenue cutter. It is not a “sport model,” but a distinct new creation, different from any other Willys-Overland product or model. The Overland Red Bird contin- ues on display at the Lahr show rooms. fi “While nad | during the past | ty of the! ‘on- | the position by} Nelson, | WIRES BROKEN WHEN NEWS OF DEATHS TOLD | Storms Sweeping Through Sev- eral Towns in Lone Star State Wreck Havoc RANCHER Is VICTIM | He and Two Children Are Kili- ed When Storm Sweeps Over Their Place Big Springs, Tex. May Fifty persons were killed about 100 injure Colorado Cit tor jo sw cording to u— and 3 miles from as, when a t this section ac- unconfirmed: tele- ports this morning. | Since this news was received communication has been cut off » to damage to telephone and The — wor: miles from . Big pt nes, 40 Springs. HITS Worth, long distance REE TOWNS May 14.—A message from the Santa Fe dispatcher’s office at Temple at 11:15 m. said the cyclone hit about 5 m. and loss of life had resulted in Colora Lorain and neighboring The wires are down everywhere. Fort Tex., DEATH IN WAKE Abilene, Tex. May 14.—Joe Richburg and his two children | were killed and a number of per- sons injured in a itornado which {struck south of Colorado City and mowed a path 25 miles long across ; Mitchell county Texas last night. ; Just west of Lorain, six or eight houses were demolished and a inumber of persons are reported fatally injured. A report from Lorain said the {ston did not strike Colorado City, ia RATES TAKE CHINESE SHIP Loot European Passengers oa Boat Out of Hong Kong | | ‘ | Hong Kong, China, passengers terrorized May were 14—Eu- j Tepean among those robbed Paishun Saturd disguised 2 ; erpowered the crew, iled the ship for nearly 24 hours at night without lights and finally left her yesterday at the mouth of a small bay, transferring to a junk loot val- ued at $6,000. The Paishun, which was bound from Hong Kong for Shanghai, re- turned late yesterday afternoon. The chief officer wounded in the forearm by a pirate, was taken to a hospital, | Most of the passengers have lost {all their money and personal ef- ‘fects. The vessel's cargo, a valu- able one, was not disturbed. The steamer left Hong with more than 100 The pirate passengers | about 40. When a point near Swa- ;cow was reached the buccaneer had spread into small parties ‘pre-arranged, worked suddenly and systematically. Soon they had the ship eran their mercy. HARVEY TEAM A. C. WINNER Takes Honors in Stock Judging Contest and the Chinese steamer when was | | Seized near Watow by pir- ates who, passenge: Kong passengers. numbered Fargo, May 14.—Harvey high school's stock judging team won first place in the annual livestock judging contest at the North Dakota | Agricultural college. Ceral Kimbal of Crosby was high point winner in the contest. There were 13 of the 15 Smith- Hughes schools of the state entered in the contest, which was one of the feature events of the May festival and the anntal conference of Smith- Hughes workers in North Dakota high schools. \ The Harvey team was composed of Theo., Jorstad, Craig Montgomery and Kenneth Goldberg. The coach is W. W. Barr. The Grafton team was second; Park River third, Cavalier fourth and Crosby fifth. The 10 highest scoring individuals of the 39 entered in the contest, in the order of their standing were as follows: Ceral Kimbal, Crosby; Wil- liam Hanson, Grafton; Amos Flaten, Park River; Theo. Jorstad, Harvey: Kenneth Goldberg, Harvey; Melvin ‘Anderson, Noltemeier. school near Valley City; Everett Knudson, Graf. ton; Glenn Martin, Park oe Crai | sont alaaasnes ete?