The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Showers probably tonight and Ahursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. | FINAL EDITION | “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS | THOUSANDS FLEE FROM HOMES STORM TAKES TOLL IN MINNESOTA ~~~ y eee (. ers probably tonight and Thursday. 5 ARE KNOWN | \ DEAD; FOREST | FIRES RAGING Heat and Storms Combined to) Cause Deaths of Several In Two States REPORT RANGEI S LOST! Rumored That Several Are Entrapped By Fires in The North Woods ” RANGERS LOST 1, June 20.— Uncon- firmed reports reaching the village of Orr today stated that nine men, pr pably for- est fire fighters, have been lost hear Ethlet Lak sides by fires in the National REPOR St. Pa “4 rve, according to advices ved at the state forestry headquarters here today. | Paul, June 20.—Storms and| fires took a heavy toll of property | demage and lives in Minnesota and} northern Wisconsin, according to} rts received here today. ive known deaths, three attri-| luted to heat and two to storms, were reported in Minnesota. No certimate of the property damage 4 by the storms was avail- but it was‘ believed it would everal hundred thousand dol- wo men died in Minneapoli: * overcome by the heat. Paul one man hanged him. self on account of Tt health age veted by the heat. The maximum temperature here yesterday was 8. At Duluth Charles Anderson, 35, end an unidentified man were drowned during the storm when the wind blew the rigging of the hoat to which they were clinging into St. Louis Bay. A terrific wind and rain-storm caused considerable damage in the region of the Iron Range in north- ern Minnesota. Tho wind reached! a velocity of 80 miles an hour at Duluth. Four men were hurt, two serious- | ly, when a roof collapsed on them at Duluth. Om Minnesota Points trees were uprooted and small buildings blown away. A threatening forest firé was re- ported in the Barrens, between Ashland, Wisconsin, and Iron River, and assistance was asked from Ashland. Reports from} go nucopia were that fires there) Were beyond control. The section is partly settled. HEARS OF NO DEATHS Ely, Minn., June 20.—Echo Lake, where nine men are reported lost in forest fires, is near Buyck, a sate ranger station, but wires to, that point were down today as the! result of yesterday's storm. Superviser Dahlgren of the Su-! rerior National Forest at Ely talked to his ranger at Byuck at 4 p. m. yesterday. The national for- est ranger has 100 men there. He knew potbing:p of apy toi DBE of life. if THE E WEATHER o » For Pea and vicinity: Show- af- ( ry | For North Dakota: Showers pro- bably tonight and Thursday. Cooler southeast portion tonight, General Weather Conditions Showers fell in Montana, North, Dakota, Minn. and northern Towa! during the past 24 hours and fair weather prevails in the lower Mis- sissippi Valley and over the middle and southern Plains States. The precipitation was light and seattered in western and northern North Da-} kota, Temperatures are quite high in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. Road Conditions The roads throughout the Staté are generally in good condition, — but very slippery in places due’ to recent rains. A Amenia .. 78 58 53 C BISMARCK 72, 5B? 36 PC , Bottineau 81 51 0 C WBowbells 77 52,43 PC \Devils Lake - 16 58.04 -Cl Dickinson % 51 0 Cl Ellendale 73 59 .44 Cl Fessenden . 19 68 05 C Grand Forks - 76 638 28 C Larimore ... - 80 60 80 C \Lisbon 1 57 34 € {Minot 82.50 0 F “Pembina ......... 81,54 0 © Williston ... 76 4 14 Cl Moorhead .. 76 64 66 Cl ©, clear{ “PC, part cloudy; Cl, cloudy; F, foggy. Orris W, Roberts, Meteorologist. FEEL ‘EARTH SHOCK. Rome, June 20.—A slight earth- quake was felt at Pisa at 9:25 o'clock this morning. The early report made | nothing ta indicate that “her” hus- no mention of damage. tt Be Wie Star-Spangled Banner” ‘was written by Francis Rept Key in }inine: ‘costumes 1814, 4 N ‘drafted here Autos phasticad Sel parses Street . kish accident occurred in an uptown New York street, just off) when twe automobiles tumbled out of the second story win- dow of a garage. Passing crowds returning from theaters narrowly Gotapea death wien a mechanic tried to move one machine and it rammed into another so hard that both were propelled through the window. Picture yhows the first machine overturned and the second | lying on its side. OFFER ENDOF (“to's Given RESISTANCE IN | COMPENS SATION Dr. Edward ©. Ernst, medical dir- | lector, U. 8. Employes Compensation | | Commission, was in Bismarck today on a tour of inspection of various ‘ compensation commissioners and_es- | pecially to consider the case of V. F German hepionnes and Em-) Townsend, rural mail carrier of El- re gin, who froze both hands and feet ployes Make Propositions | just winter. Amputation of both] hands and feet was necess: For End of Struggle erfigld, Germany, June 20—Pas-| sive resistance will be abandoned in the Ruhr valley on eight conditioris, is indemnification by the French and | Belgians for all products of private ; i PEyeuE ma arandnniG: Sacre Eth gevernment reported to e been 2 by representatives of the employers and ‘employes author- ized to act in the matter. Other stipulations are the rémoval| of the France-Belgian railway ad-| ministration, the return of all pery State Railroad Commi Consider Matter on July 19 and 20 sons depdrted, and the release of — those persons’ imprisonedy the re-| The state railroad’s general ine nunciation of all measures of force, | vestigation into telephone rates the nullification of all restrictive charges by the major companies of} control methods, the restoration of } telephone and telegraph service and | the indemnification for all wounded and the families of those killed: |the state will result in fz on |July 20, Chairman Frank Milhollan of the commission announced today. It is expected the hearing, which will include a consideration of rates are preparing to confiscate and requi-| charged by the North Dakota Inde- sition a force of Germans to oper-| Pendent and the Northwestern Bell ate all the Ruhr, valley industries,|ComPanies in the state, will occupy! the output of which may be turned |‘? 4a to the account of “eparations. A] decree to this end is in the course of preparation and will be promul: | gated in a few days. Duesseldorf, June 20.—The French will line” tele- arge, it line 19 the comm on. sts against “other being made by some companies, This ¢ phone is explained, is made by one when telephohe messages travel over eWORK HOURS REDUCED Duesseldorf, June 20—The indus- trial crisfs is becoming more acute here. The working hours have been reduced from 24 weekly to 16 in many plants. MILITARY RULE IS AUTHORIZED Atlanta, Ga. June 20.—Governor ick today ‘signed an order au- ng Adjutant General’ Cope to! establish military rule at Savan where a. mob threatened the different lines of two companies. commission has made all telephone companies in the state respondents in the hearing to be held on this subject on June, 19. Coco Cola R Founder Marries Atlanta, Ga, , June 20.—-A. G.! Candler Sr., aged 72, capitalist of | Atlanta and founder of the Coco Cola Co. was, martied here today to Mrs, May Little Fagin, 35, a steno- grapher with offices in the Candler building. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal couple left for| Washington, D.C. ~ Australian coal cent water, BLUE-EYED SLAYER OF INSURANCE MAN HELD MAN IN WOMAN’S CLOTHES Police Hold Fred G. Thompson Who Is Alleged to Have Lived A Dual Role For Many Years — Widow of Man Killed Identifies Him, As Robber and Slayer jail carly today to capture a negro held on a charge of attacking a white wo- man, ‘in the event the situation de- manded such action. * A twenty-one-story skyscraper will soon occupy the gite of old Ft. Dear- is about 3 per born, d bed hair after the latest millinery creations, ‘he was taken immediately efore Mrs, Tesmer even before the identity was established. The widow of Tesmer who has scrutinized scores of suspects said Chicago, June 20—The alleged slayer of Rithard Tesmer, wealthy Chicego insurance man; is in jail to- day—not the blue-eyed girl bandit whom the police expected to find but a.man who, for 13 years has lived the dual role of man and woman. In jall|without faltering that he was Na of this time he was the legal “wife”|person dressed as a woman ‘who shot of the man in whose honfe he was|ber husband down after robbing them of a trifling amount with the aid of a. male companion. The stspect, called himself Fred C. Thompson and Mrs. Frances Par- arrested yesterday although there is band had been deceived by the mas- querade. Attired'in one of hla regular fem- his hennaed wig slaying and ‘said he would be able hits wisps of the fashion’s bob- to prove an alibi, AH ion to. Because of several complaints, the; RIVER BRIDGE NEWROADTO 1° AQGEPTED | State and Federal Engineers Inspect Highway, and Take It From Contractors ‘FINE BRIDGE AAAROSS SLE First Link in Paved Highway Which May Lead From | | Penitentiary to Mandan | | The concrete road leading from! Main berty street to the North Dakota Li been formally accepted from the Haggart Memorial Bridge has Construction Company, after in jtion by S. pec R. Sharts, senior highway Bureau of Public Black, chief engineer highway commission ; cc, commission eon Lengineer, Ww. Roads of the land J. A. | struction engine ae | The ae road ‘mark t concrete | Burleigh county, and from the east end of Main street to \the bridge provided the longest! stretch of paved highway in this section of the state, The plans j were to eventually continue the j Paving cast to the penitentiary. |" Participation by the federal jernment and the Northern Pacific railroad in the project lessened the | expense to local taxpayers, since half the total cost government and railroad. The total estimated cost of | project was $74,800 as shown by the highway commission, The grading jcost was put at $10,000 and the pav- ing $42,000. Of this the govern- ment paid 39 percent while Burleigh ‘the comple highway in being because the government does {not allow more than $20,000 a mile jon concrete roads, a figure set some years ago before the cost of con- ially. Removes Grade Crossing The underpass which removes the grade crossing between marck and the ‘bridge cost und emergency and contingency lowance was $6,800, bringing the to- \tal to $74,800, according to records of the state highway commission. Federal aid to the extent of § 000 was provided, and the Northern Pacifte paid $8,000 of the underpass! cost, the government paying the re- mainder on this. The road, an 18-foot concrete! roadway, has also gravel “should- ers” on either side of three feet in! width, and is designed with a max- imum grade of four percent. The} concrete is 8 fches in the center! and 7 1-2 inches thick on the side. | |The traffic between Mandan and: | Bismarck since the opening of the} North Dakota Liberty Mem Bridge has exceeded the expecta-! tions of most people, and emph ed the need of a good road between | the two cities. It is hoped by Mor- ton county to eventually pave fiom j Mandan to the new bridge, giving ay | six-mile paved highway between the Twin Cities of the Slope. Another Underpass It was expected that Morton coun- ty would be able to make arrange- ments to let paving contracts this year, but this now is doubtful, How- ever, the Northern Pacific railroad has taken a step toward removing! | one of the greatest objections to! the highway on the west side of! | the river. It agreed to build an | underpass. Bids will be reevived i July 6. The underpass will allow cars to ‘pass under both the main line and north line tracks east of Mandan. To do this it will be necessary for, the railroad to raise tracks a dis-| tance of several hundred feet cither |way from the underpass. The cross- ing will be at the juncture of the: main’ line and north lin€ tracks, The cost of this underpass has been esti- mated at $75,000. The work of completing the sra- vel ‘highway from the bridge to Mandan is progressing slowly. The extreme eastern end of Main street,| Mahdan, is now torn up in the re- building process. It is expected the gravel highway wiil be completed’ this year. The concrete highway from Bis- marck to the bridge was provided for by the board of county commis-| sioners with a membership as fol-j lows: E. A, Patterson, C. A. Swan- son, Victor Moynier, Grant Palms, C. L. Malone. Easement for oe right-of-way was given by Capt. I. P. Baker, A bill was pushed through, the legislature tn 1921, one of the purposés of which was to make it possible for the’ concrete highway. expected between Bismarck and| Mandan to be lighted by the prison electric lighting plant, and thus greatly reduce the cost of main- tenance gov | paid by the | the | county paid 61 percent, this division | crete road making increased mater- |” | Washburn, {man and McHenry counties. | Dakota on June 1 show on the whole ELECTRICAL STORM HITS TELEPHONES Some Lines Put Out of Com- ion in This Section by Last Night’s Storm” mi: MANY HEAVY SHOWER | ‘the activity of the Ku Klux Klan o: Rain Is Reported Generally, In This Section of State In Last 24 Hours thunder storms occurred in| ions of North Dakota last ording to reports received Sever many ni he The number lightning in| Bismarck of telephone line: put a out of commission, and trouble also was re- ported southwest of here to Flasher ac a result, No reports of —barns| or houses Being struck had been re- reported a severe and in the southeast the state about o'clock morning, which y rain and ne damage had rt of there storm| | | hail, been but no report- extensive ed. Jamestown reported a heavy thu last night with almost an the weather station derstorm jinch of rain, i there reporting .92. | Several other points in the state reported heavy showe dine | dications were for showers again, s of the last three ion existing have ny | Reports! with’ con-| ituation| with respect to crops a is time. | The four corners of the state are lin wonderful shape, according to 0.| W. Roberts, weather observer here. Crops in the vicinity of Bismarck,| have improved greatly, he said, The} Sheyenne und Jumes River valle are in excellent shape. The poorest crops in this are the stubbled in wheat Other fields are in much Some stubbled in tion fields. bette: grain is! ck, superintendent of the Soo line here, said that crops generally are pretty good on his di- vision, except for winter rye. Mote in this week is necessary in some sections. Rain last night cove: the South Soo territory pretty well, but did not extend north of Wilton. The rain the previous night which had been reported extending as far as Ruso and Max did not go beyond he said. Beach Satisfied J. C, Taylor of the International Harveste id that in telephone conversation with a Glendive repre- sentative this morning he was told that crops in extreme western North Dakota and eastern Montana were in splendid shape, and that a Beach representative reported that crops in that section looked the best in many years. Dickinson had a good rain last night. Conditions over the entire Slope are said to be better outside of Mor-/ ton and Burleigh counties, but thes counties received good rains the} last two days. The Killdeer line! crops are in good shape, according | to reports to the Jaternational Har-; vester Co.. Fewer Hail Claims Predictions of lighter hail loss {this summer than last year is made} by Martin Hagen, manager of the state hail insurance department. There have been 418 loss claims} made to the state department to date this year, which is 732 less jthan the number on the same date last year. The loss claims of 1923| were boosted Monday by receipt of; 104 claims, most of them from Stuts- and fifty additional } claims were reported this nforning, thesg from Bottineau, Pierce and other northern counties. Two hail losses have been reported in Bur- leigh county, these around Regan. > Livestock Conditions The report of the U, S. Bureau of Crop Estimates, Grand Forks, on} livestock conditions as of June 1 follows: “Reports from stockmen in, North! A hundred much improvement in pasture con-' dition, a slight improvement in range condition, no change in condi tion of cattle and a small gain in} conditfon of ‘sheep as compared with! verages of these inquiries a month | go. Condition of pastures on June 1 was 86 per cent of a normal or a gain of 10 pbints over May 1; ranges 88: percent or a gain of 4 joints; cattle 88 percent or no ‘change, from preceding _tonth; sheep 91 percent or a gain of 2 points. The effect of the late spring has not been entirely offset yet in case of cattle condition which, how- ever, will not reflect-an improve- Morton county dedicated the high-|ment or decline as quickly as pas~ way between » Mandan. and trees hi route of bs “new road, Ahe|tures and rango reports. rick, denied all Knowledge. of the|bridge as a soldiers’ memorial, and| pear to be in a generally excellent been plantéd along the condition. Sheep ap- The, big. improvement in eer ‘on Page 8) | Resigned as Deputy Comm r| he NORTH DAKOTANS FIGHT FOR PRICE. AID TO WHEAT GROWERS AT CHICAGO CONFERENCE; TAKING ACTIVE PART FIERY CROSS NEAR LISBON Lisbon, N. D., June 20.—A consia erable flurry of excitement was caus ed here late one evening last week when a large cross was observed by the residents of Lisbon burning on the top of one of the highest hills just north of the city. It is not known whether the cross was due to | some practical joker. RG. CATRON, | FORMER STATE : _ OFFICIAL, DIES:: ecumbs at Cottage on Lake Dorset, Minnesota, From Tuberculo: HAD ° SOUGHT HEA loner, Agriculture and Labor, To Go To Lake Robert G. Catron, former De- puty Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, died at Dorset, Minneso- ta, this morning ing to a tel by missioner of Agriculture and Labor J, A. Kitchen from Mrs. Catron to- day. He will be buried in James-} town Friday. | Mr. on for several week. although hi death at this time} came as a shock here. Following an attack of influenza last winter Mr. Catron failed to recover his Ith and several weeks ago he re- signed his state position, effective | June 1, and with his wife went to a cottage of his wife's y nts ona lake near Dorset, Minnesota, During their residence here Mr. Catron assumed the deputyship | following the reéall election in Oct- ober, 1921, they had made many! friends in Bismarck. received Com graphic message with tuberculosis, since | Mr. Catron was 82 years old, hav i been born in r county, Ili- in 1891, of American parent: He was educated in the public] schools of Westfield and Westfie ld | College, took a commer course | and specialized .in political economy and histor; and taught in the D son, Iowa, Normal for sev years. He settled on a farm miles north of Jamestown a years ago, and married Miss Broderson in 1914, Mr. Catron ws Midway township Stutsman county township supervi six few Hilda president of the school board, chairman of the sers and a member of the Stutsman County Republi Central Committee. He was ap- pointed deputy commissioner of agriculture and labor on November 23, 1921. The office of © Agriculture and Labor will be ed Friday as a tribute to Mr. and several of those in the will attend the services. J, A. Kitchen, W. F. Reynolds and Mrs. Sadie Dodd of the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor will attend the funeral and Thomas Hall will go as representa- tive of the farmers’ institute divi- sion, of which Mr. Catron had charge. office COUNTY PAYS BRIDGE COST Burleigh Finishes Paying Her Part on the Bridge Burléigh county has paid the last of its share of the cost of the North Dakota Liberty Memorial bridge over the Missouri river, County Auditor Frank Johnson said today. The tota] cost, according to the record submit- ted to the county, was $1,358,738.51. The share of the federal government was $661,612.39, state of North Da- kota, $454,000; Burleigh and Morton counties, $121,563.06, Burleigh county received credit for $16,000 state aid, lessening the actual cash paid out, and also allow- ances for advances to C. A. P. Turn- er, consulting engineer. About 10,000 floating mines have been recovered and dismantled sinee the war, according to the Marine Ministry of Denmark. fi Under an old Pennsylvania law, the arrest or imprisonment of any woman for failure to pay taxes is prohibited. jcommittee: rH! had oven seriously ill| ‘Anderson, is of help to North ‘two Membérs of Delegation Are Appointed on the Ri lutions Committee, and Seek to Put Through Reso- lution Formulated by North Dakotans, Which Has Sup- port of Senator Capper. D- (Special To The Tribune) Chicago, July 20.—North Dakota is jwell represented in the national |wheut conference held here yester | day and today, and is taking a large t in formulating the organization resolutions, havingr two mem- DeNault of Jamestown, in of Bismarck, on the The delegation will present the following plank, which has the sup- port of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, and others of weight, but |which will be fought both in the {committee and on the floor by the | Northwesterners if defeated in the “Resolved as an emer- geney measure id until such times as the results of other measures, jsuch as co-operative marketing, con- trol of production 4 }of consumption can) | tive, that thi stimulation made effec conference urges con- \eress to stabilize the price of wheat nd to that revive the United | States Grain Corporation act, amend- ed in such a way as to: (1) “Make the duty of said corpor- | ation to secure for the wheat grow- ‘ers of the United States, as far as may be possible, the cost of produc- tion plus a re: ble profit. (2) “To provide adequate capital in an amount not less than was ap- rropriated for the United States Grain Corporation during the war. (3) “To give full power to the | United States Grain Corporation to purchase as much of the wheat crop of the nation shall be deemed | necessary to stabilize the pric “Be is further resolved that in or- der to give speedy relief the presi- jdent is respectfully urged to call an! extraordinary session of and that the chairman of this confer- ence appoint a committee whose duty | it shall be to wait upon the presi- end ;dent and present these resolutions.” | Congr: acquainta man Young with through his Chatrman Sidney kotans in the committee appoint- ments ang has much influence for, the good of the state. Governor Nestos presided at a ban- quet last night at the house, where the conference in tion during and at the eng of his ad- dress. Addres is b today covered viewpoints, but the real work of the conference is being done in the reso- lutions committee, where many inter- ests are contesting, but the sponsors of the above plank feel they have enough votes to carry it in practical ly the present form, Representatives of Society Equity also endorse the plank. W. F. Cushing of Beach, editor of the Beach Advance, is active in the North Dakota delegation. WILL INSPECT MANDAN PLANT City eae to view. Wa- near future to make a visit to Man- dan to inspect the water works sys- tem of that city and the method of administration used, In the commission meeting Monday night L. Van Hook, on behalf ofthe Bismarck Development company, of- fered the city four lots in a triangu- lar piece on Broadway, just west of the swimming pool, the lots running into the intersection of Mandan and Broadway, in return for abatement of taxes of $730 on some other prop- erty of the company. The matter’ was taken under ad- visement. ° The commission resolved itself in- to a board of equalization after a brief session. Want To Know About New Plan : Of Financing Inquiries are ‘being made by many final concerns regarding sale of certifigltes of indebtedness and bonds ‘after July 1 when counties, cities, school districts and other political sub-divisions are required to go on a cash basis, Tax Commi sioner C. C. Converse said today. The representative of one financial house, he said, was here making a study of the law and would prepare a pamphlet with a view of acquaint ing investors with the the securities, congress | Da-! Sherman } held, and was given a great eva- | many | of | nature of|- LAVA STREAM MOVING UPON ITALIAN TOWN ome Hone That There Is Let- up in Fury of Volcano but Stream Moves Upon Town ROAL ARE BLOCKED Little. Towns Clinging to Mountain Side Are Evacu- ated by Inhabitants Catania, Italy, June ,20.—Some of the latest rep from the country side stricken by Mount Etna’s erup rise to the hope that the fury of the mountain may have | passed its period of greatest inten sity. The situation is generally re garded here as being practically un changed with the mighty stream of lava bearing slowly ‘but inevitably on Linguaglossa. The lava has sub merged the station at Cerro anc blocked the road between Catiglion and Linguaglossa, The quantity of ash emitted by the crater is now more abundant thar ever. It penetrates everywhere and burys the entire landscape under a powdery blanket. Indecd the whole region has taken on a note of warning and sadness which together with the ‘oppressive smoke gives the country the aspect of a dead land. One by one the little cling to the mountatn’s points have been evacuated, thei inhabitants fleeing with such 0% their household possessions as they can carry. However, the road to the towns more remote from Etna were strewn with the possessions of the fleeing villagers, who, weakeneq by ‘fear and the heat, have been com- pelled to abandon their Thousands of the homeless refu- gees already are being cared for by the Red Cross corps. + towns tha’ outermos* t REACHES OU SKIRTS, ! Catania, Italy, June 20.—The great Java torrent from Mount Etna, bear- ing in its flow ma: arth and volcanic stone, has reached the houses on the outskirts of Lingus- glossa. Green fields, orange groves land vineyards have been swallowed | up, and for miles around the atmos- | Phere is suffocating with a rain of | black smoke ang ashes which is cov- ering the lovely countryside like } pall, S Several of the small houses i ae aglossa have been razed by fr: quent earth shocks, and the litt | town, which is was thought might | | spared, is directly in the line of tl | lava; the molten stream is travelir bout forty yards an hour, and ur ~|less some miracle happens, Linguag lossa will go under during the nigh | Confronting it is a lava bed 8¢ yards wide and nearly 36 feet deep Smaller torrents of lava, diverte |from the central stream, threate | the villages of Randazzo and Bront fiom which so many tourists mal the ent of Etna, Francavilla, Ca tiglione, Giardini and riume Fredé Patrol With Ftanes. The work of clearing the threate jed towns is being carried out wi ‘the greatest energy and admirab organization. Discipline is necessa to induce the terrified inhabitants jabandon their homes, but their 1: moval is carried out with sympat and kindness. Airplanes are bei used for the first time to watch t progress of the eruption ang spec signaling stations have been esta lished at various’ strategical poin Special units of the Red Cross ha been despatched to care for t homeless wanderers. WON'T FIX MOTOR RATES Railroad Commission to Leave Matter to Operators The state railroad commiss probably will not attempt to rates to be charged by inter-city r tor bus lines when these lines co under the commigsion’s control v der a new law effective July 1, Cex missioner Fay Harding said ‘toda The commissicy, he added, was clined to let the motor bus ope tors fix their own charges, and g: erally the same charges are now ing made. Thecommission, he adé will watch the experience of ‘h companies before acting under ti powers given it by the legislature to fix rates, Applications for license to oper- ate such lines have been sent to 4!! motor bus operators making inquizy so that the new system may be in stalled July 1, Mr. Harding’ Said. Some controversy has arisen with insurance companies’ over the matter of endorsement on. liability bonds which inter-city motor bus: companies are required to give to Protect passengers, and the ineur- ance companies manifes! in the law have been nike € mit information on this pelt Dry wane is opener ‘one- third water.