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

WEATHER FORECAST Showers and thunderstor: ‘srobably tonight and Friday. % THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS TOWN SAVED FROM LAVA FLOW RAIN SPOUT IS AGAIN TURNED ONNO. DAKOTA \Western Part of State Re- ceives More Good Rains, Reports Here Show SOME HEAVY FALLS Fullerton Reports Five Inches To Soe Line, a New Record For The Year Fargo, June 21.—Mere than three inches of rain fell in Far- go and Moorhead last night, ac- cording to the guage of the Moorhead weather bureau. In Clay county Minnesota $50,000 damage was done to crops, and buildings. The loss was. divid- ed about $25,000 to crops and 000 to buildings in and around Dilworth. Damages estimated at from $8,000 to $10,000 was done to the railroad shops located in Dillworth by wind and to box cars in the rd, roofs being blown from them, The rain was cne of the heav- jest_in sometime and was of benefit to crops inmost the eastern counties of the state, The spout turned Ds; i the eas: s to function, The entire the state received good rains last night, south+ on North last few days n in con- western part of and in some places in the eastern part of the state the rain nmounted almost to cloudbursts. Rain fell northern McLean county, which had missed some of the rains received in other sections of the state. in report of the Soo line divi juarters here today reads: Bisfiarck and including Pollock line during Heaviest points report as in inches: Napoleon, Lehr, Fredonia, two inches each; one; Merricourt, Pollock, three inches; Fullerton, five inches. Good rain this morning Bismarek to Max, still raining (10 a. m, to- day) Drake to Sanish, with three to four hours rain, This puts divisions in good shape for moisture and will be great help to crops north of here.” The heavy rain night, follows Kulm, ain at Fullerton, five inches, the heaviest in North Dakota this r, but no report was received that any damage was’ caused by the downpour, Some Heavy Falls weather bureau’s _ report 41 inches. rain at Dickinson, t Bismarck, .20 at Dunn Center, inche Napoleon, for the southwestern part of the state. It also shows 3.26 inches at Moorhead, Minnesota, across the Red River from Fargo, 2.85 inches at Lisbon, 2.65 inches at Ellendale, 1.75 inches at Jamestown, and 1.15 inches at enia. iReports from Edmonton, Montana; Helena, Montana, Miles some other points were ng because wire communica- tion was interrupted by storms, The showers fell all through the Plains States. The local forecast is au for more thundershowers with cool- er weather Friday. FORD WANTS T0 BUILD DAM IN WISCONSIN Asks to Construct 400 Foot Dam on Menominee River Havre, Madison, Wi June 21.—The railroad commission announced to- day that the Ford Motor Co. of De- detroit had applied for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam!in the Menominee river in Florence county, Wisconsin, According to specifications includ- ed in the application it is to be 30ft. high and 400 feet long. It will de- “Wretope 25,000,000 kilowatt hours 4@ year, the energy: to be used for the Ford manufacturing plant in Michi- gan. : The dam site is three miles west of Ironwood, Michigan, on the Me- omihee river, which is the boun- y line between Michigan and isconsin, The application recites “that the Ford company’ is engaged in the milling and application business and needs large amounts of power. Edsel Ford, president of the com- pany, signed the request for a per- mit, Crows fatten and thrive in famine- stricken Russia, as people will not eat them. , stantinople has only three fac- that employ more than 100 avorkmen each. + [__ Only Worn Gott Mine Manager — | WOULD MOVE In all this world there is si gold and gem mine. She is Mi a designer of fancy gowns and mil REPORTS SHOW RAIN HALTED CROP DAMAGE Was Badly Needed in Almost} All Parts of the State on Last Saturday CH, D CONDITIONS NG Ceunty Extension Division Reports Show Condition Before Rains Began Fargo, N, D., June 21.—Unusually early damage from contained reports of to drouth are the weekly reports of crop conditions re- ceived from 23 county extension agents at the offite of the North Da- kota Extension division, For the period ending last Saturday the re- ports indicated that permanent dam- age has been caused to the crops in localities in the northeastern and the central part of the state, and that rain was needed in every local- ity. The situation has been temporarily alleviated, however, according to} U. S. Weather Burean officials who report rains in practically every sec- tion of North Dakota since last Sat- urday night. Rainfall at Fargo Tues- day ang early Wednesday morning totalled 67 inch; Bismarck .34;, Wil- liston .14, and Devils Lake .04, Insects seem to be particularly active this year, although not epi- demic in any locality. Cutworm ac- tivities, hitherto largely confined to the Slope district, are spreading in a northeastern direction, but are not as serious in any locality as they were a year ago. The false chinch bug is damaging flax fields and gar- dens in a number of localities, and many districts report grasshoppers at work, although the sttuation is no- where. serious. That the rye crop of the state will not exceed one-half of the 1922 pro- duction is indicated by the reports from every district of poor stands, damage from drouth, and of many fields being plowed up. Hail damage was very light last week, according to information re- ceived from Martin 8, Hagen, mana- Ber of the state hail insurance de- partment. There was no heavy dam- age in any locality, and the reports of losses by counties include Barnes 1, Benson 3, Bottineau 15, Burke 12, Cass 5, Dickey 18, Divide 6, Eddy 2, Foster 6, Grand Forks 2, Kidder 4, LaMoure 11, McHenry 12, McLean 5, Renville 26, Sioux 1, Stutsman 28, Traill 3, Walsh 3, Wells 2,) Williama in 2. from LaMoure county, but no speci- mens of the red stage of black stem rust of wheat have yet been. found. The jeaf*rust is a distinctively sep- arate disease, and ordinarily causes little damage to whéat in this state. Individual reports from the vari- ous counties for the period ending last Saturday follow: Grand For! , “AN grains are in fairly good con- mn. with the exception of winter which generally shows a very poor stand. Rain is badly needed (Continued on Page- 8) crops | Leaf rust.‘on) wheat is reported aid to be but one woman manager of a s Ruth Johnson of Livingston, All stones are mined and cut under Mont. her direction. She formerly was linery in Chicago and Los Angeles. JOURNALISTS HAVE A TOUGH TIME IN MEXICO Mexico City, June 21. Tulido, a journalist, was wounded yesterday in the of the Chamber of Deputies. shot, according to witne: jtimes by Col. Filiberto j member of the Chamber, Tulido recently: published stories attacking Gomez, Gomez was not arrested “because of parliamentary immunity. WAR VIOLATORS | ARE RELEASED BY PRESIDENT Score of Prisoners Convicted During the War Are Ordered Freed Alejandro mortally corridor He w: three Gomez, a es, Washington, June 21.—Immediate release of more than a score of fed- eral prisoners convicted of violating | war laws but with continued deten- ‘tion of almost as many more yesterday by President ! Harding before leaving on his west- ern trip. The president acted on 158 pardon and commutation cases, a record |breaking number 1m the opinion of department of justice officials, He granted 30 conditional and 14 un- conditional commutations, one full pardon, restored full rights to 27 former prisoners and denied 84 ap- plications for pardons or commuta- tions. He also ordered remission of fines in two cases. Interest centered in the cases of those convicted of violating the espionage, draft and other war laws, whose aPplications had been pressed by various organizations find per- sons of prominence. These num- bered 48 and the president granted commutations to 27 but denied ap- plications in 21 cases, including o group of twenty alleged © members of the industrial workers of the world convicted at Sacramento, Cal. Two convicted there, however had their sentences commuted condition- al on their deportation, Sentences of 22 alleged I. W. W~ members convicted in the celebrated Chiengo trials and sent to Leaven- worth penitentiary were commuted to expire at once. Three of four alleged I, W. W. members convicted at Wichita Kansas receive commu- tations. * EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL BEGUN Moltall, N. D., aun, 21.—A jury is being drawn in district court here ito try Conrad Iverson of Mohall, charged with embezzling $3,400 in Reénvillé county Red Cross funds, who pleaded not guilty when ye raigned before Judge C. W. of Devils Lake. Iverson was te retary and treasurer of the Ren- ville county chapter of the Cross. He was arrested last Suly. Tollin Syverson of Sherwood, was ordered charged. with embezzling approxi-| Pt’ of commissioner of immigra- bank ang_the directors are: mately 9400, trom a Sherwood lum- tion are understood to be D, Ship- pei ber firm is now in Minnesota, but ig reported to be on his way here to|John Gammons, Farg. ws J. Siljan, c "D. Milloy, O. J, , be arraigned, REGULATORY OFFICE HERE State Board of Administration To Direct This Department After July 1 UNDER NEW GOES LAW Removal of Offices to Capitol Ig Dependent Upon the Availability of Office Headquarters for the administra tion of the regulatory laws of the} state will in the capitol sufficient office space be able, unwer a resolution | y the state board of admin istration in meeting here yesterday afternoon, The time is indefinite, and may not be for many months. The regulatory work is placed under the general supervision of the state board of administration after July 1, under new laws enact ed by the 19 legislature. The leg-} islature’s action was taken in part upon the recommendation of Presi- dent John Lee Coulter of the Agri cultural College and a committee named by Governor Nestos to con- sider the matter. President. Coulter the regulatory from the duties tive force of the Agricultual Col- lege, holding that its purpose was not the same as that of the college, which was an educational institu- tion. He had expre belief that since it was an xaministrative de- partment the administration should be conducted from the state capitol. The board of administration mem- hers discussed the work of the de- artment under the new law with C. P. Guthrie, state food . edmmis- sioner and chemist, and went ov the budget prepared by Mr. Guthrie for the ensuing y provides for expenditures of 1.00 for one year, | The legislature appropriated $44,- 000 for the work of the division for two years, but it is expected to be self-sustaining, because of fees te The only material readjustment in fees to be charged after July 1, ac- cording to Mr. Guthrie, is that the oil inspection fee is reduced from 3 to 2 1-2 cents per barrel. The new regulatory division centralize administration of food, hotel, oil and similar tion. be state whenever N had urged that work be removed $50,- will pure inspec- WEATHER FORECASTS Fog Bismarck and vicinity: ers and thunderstorms prot nightsand Frid Cooler Fr For North Dakots thunderstorms probable ranieet Friday. Cooler Friday. General Weather Conditions Showers fell throughout Plains States and at f places over the Rocky Mount: gion, The rain was very heavy eastern North Dakota and we: Minnesota and light rain is falling generally throughout western North Dakota this morning. Temperature are high from the Mississippi V: ley eastward, but cool weather pre- vails over the Plains States and Rocky Motntain region. Road Conditions Roads are very muddy in the tern part of the State but th mostly good in the western half Corn and. wheat. Stations. Amenia BISMARCK Bottineau Devils Lake Dickinson Dunn Center . Ellendale Grand Forks Jamestown Larimore . Lisbon Minot Napoleon Pembina Williston Moorhead C, cloud; cloudy. Orris W, Roberts, Meteorologist. APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE Two Important Posts To Be Filled By Governor Show- the! are High Low Preci. 89 60 115 © 79 62 By EU . 82 80 cl cl PC 74 60 86 64 rain; . 3.26 Cl R, PC, part ve the administra- |" The budget | R [monarch stood on CONFERENCE QN WHEAT IN Price - Fixing Resolution I Defeated by Narrow Mar- gin at Conference RESOLUTIONS Interstate Freight Rates By The I. C. CONFERENC EAD Chicago, June 21. —The National Wheat Conference inaugurated by Governors in seven states endeavor- inge to find means to stabilize wheat prices adjourned late last night after failing to adopt a resolution for xovernment fixed price on wheat. A resolution demanding that the government buy at $1.50 a bushel all wheat not disposed of in regular sales was defea In fts steaq the resolutions cammittee was instruct- ed to insert in its report the sense of the conference “that the price of wheat should be stabilized.” Chicago, June 21 council composed of of all branches of the industry, formed yester- day at the concluding ion of the two day meeting called by Governor A. 0. Preus of Minnesota, for the ADJOURNED. a The repre- ives industry, Resolutions adopted by the confer- ence approved the investigation ht rates on grain products now being conducted by the Interstate Commerce Commission; urged devel- opment of water ways, and suggest- ed the stabilization of wheat values in the United States, Other resolu- tions approved a campaign to in- crease domestic consumption, sug- sted feeding of lower ¢ to livestock, and urged scientifie study the problems of the industry by elements. A resolution introduced by Ch les S, Barrett, of Union City, Geo! gia, president of the National Farm urging a world economic to be called by the Unit- ed States, was lost by a rising vote of 25 to 56. Price Guarantee Fails A substitute resolution by Pr dent Tromble of the Kansas Farme Union, demanding a spe: session of congress for the enactment of a measure creating a government grain purchasing corporation to guarantee a price of not less than $1.50 a bushel for the 1923 harvest, lost, approximately a two one vote. The following were named to tl first board of directors of the na- 1 wheat council to serve for a d of one year Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Federa piel AL Wal lisher; Julius FI ati, president Company; by to shmann of Cincin- of the Fleishmann Alexander Legg president of the International Har- ter company; F. Edson White dent @& Armour and Co, H. E. Byram, president of the Chicag Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad; George C. Jewett, of Portland, Ore., general manager of the Wheat Growers Associated Ine, Robert W. Bingham of Louisville, lisher of the Louisv Journal; Alexander dent of the Taggart Baking Co. In- dianapolis, Ind., and Sidney Ander- son, representative from Minnesota, pr SEEKS DRY DATA IN KING TUT'S TOMB New Yérk, June 21,—William E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson is going to Egypt to visit the tomb of King Tut to discover how the ancient the dry ques- tion. “Pussyfoot” will sail for England on the George Washington on June 23. Later he will go to South Afri- ca and work his way over land to Tut's tomb im search of dry data. Williams County Large Depositor In Defunct Bank Williston, N. D., June 21,—The Williams County Sta-e pank of this city, which was closed Tuesday by the board of directors, due, it was Two important appointments to state positions will be before Gov- ernor Nestos when he returns this week from the National Wheat Con- ference in Chicago. ! The’ term of R, T. Muir, member of the! state board of administration, expires June 30, and Dr. J. H. Worst will retire as commissioner of immi- gration at that time. There are many applications for both, positions, it» is understood. Among the active candidates for the ley, ‘Dickinson; Joseph ‘ Grand Forks, stated to depleted reserve, is now undergoing an investigation by A. RK. Reep, state bank examiner. Williams county is probably the largest depositor in the closed bank. On April 30, according to the county treasurer's statement, the balance of county funds on deposit in the insti- tution totalled $108,695.56 on demand and $24,000 on time deposit, a total of $132,695.46. This total has been somewhat reduced it {s declared, but is still large. L, J, Rodman is president of the A. A. J, Rodman, B. — Schor- ‘ge, F. J. Wilkinson, A. R. Veitch, Helland and L. C. Wingate. CHICAGO ENDS Would Have investigation of} national | nsideration of the problems of the) of | HOME FOLKS AS On Ha Parkersburg, Board — Pres' Special Train, 21 President Harding hours with home folks ident ding’s Ww. V June pent a few the today as special train carrying: him to th of Ohis Mi the his West coast crossed the state and then through Indiana and Louis where will dress, nois enroute to St. woutive deliver first formal The Presidential train, entering Ohio in the early morning hours after traveling a portion of Maryland and West Virginia,/completed about 0 miles of the 15,000 miles to the ifie Coast, Alaska, Pa and Porto Rico, Mr. Harding was glad to be indicated he m his native merely back TODAY LONGEST wg OF YEAR; 15 HRS. 55 MIN. Today's i th ¢ “the day of the year. It is 15 hours and utes from sunrise to sunset in Bismarck ety weather bu ruenu figures show. The sur rise was at ie m. and the sunset iv at S342 p.m. the day will be ta trifle, and in a Tew weeks the change will be noticeable, Figuring the le longest eth one way of day in sof hours —-it longest days om dune tf nting the hours and minutes today ts one minute lon than the next longest | day in the year. ‘OCEAN SHIPS | USESEALS OF of the year, th {| to 2s. Co Another Liner Sets Sail From England, Determined to Take Booze in U.S. Port GRAVE PROBLE Whether U.S. ¢ Of Foreign UP Government » 21 which st Saturday Southampton, The Cunard line: sailed for New York bore sufficient alcoholic Liquor her return voyage under the kind of lock and seal as that used by the White Star Liner Olympic, which sailed yesterday, it was learn ed today. same PROBLEM. June -Seeretary a of confer- RAVE Washington, | Mellon began series | the ship liquor question resulting from detertaination of foreign ship- ping companies to bring liquors into American waters under the custom seals of their government. Prior to the deliberations the sec- retary said there was no doubt of the genera) right to seize contraband liquor within American waters but added the question whether an agent of the American government dared destroy: a foreign government. seal presented a grave problem. Sentence Garvey To 5 Years in Pen New York, June 21.—Marcus Ga vey,: self-elected provisional _ pres dent of Africa, was sentenced today to the Atlanta penitentiary for five years for fleecing the public through the sale of Black Star Line stock. ' Leland Schuster and H. R. Morgan, students of the University of North Dakota, stopped here today on a hik- ing trip to Seattle. They are not making the trip on a whger or He any other reason except #% spend t summer on the Pacitte Coast, and they are quite willing to accept au- tomobile rides. They found people so hospitable that they walked only 25 miles between Grand Forks and Bismarck, via Fargo, getting free auto rides most of the way. ANOTHER HIKER, Raymond. Bell, War Veteran and globe trotter, who is hiking toward the Pacific Coast, is expected to ar- rive in Bismarck tonight. Bell start- ed out on a hike around the world. On his present trip he left Maine, April: 28, 1922, Mrs. Myra R. Collins, veteran pe- destrienne, of Pasadena, Cal., ar- rived in Bismarck yesterday on the OWN NATIONS: | n Break Seal; ences today in an effort to clear up} | PRESIDENT HARDING GREETED BY SPECIAL TRAIN SPEEDS THROUGH MIDDLE WEST state, even though hour Complete relaxation obse the President since his departure rday from Washington already to have had ou beneficial only for a few ved) by oth mem he and) Mrs, rs of their party thoroughly enjoyed the trip thus far and they planned to yet much rest as possible before arriving. in St. Louis. ‘The plans to rest did not prevent them from continuing to ap- on the tform of in came to _ those who ap nt party will leave sas City shortly be Harding told that they had as halt and to gre peared at every pe The presidential St. Louis for Kan; fore midnight CITY BOARD SELLS BONDS | Bonds and | Warrants Financing of Water Plant Are Sold at Par OTHER BONDS SOLD Refunding Bonds to City on a Cash Basi Place The city ion ected comm the ants to last of the chase of the plant of the Bismarck Water Supply tensions for sale bonds and w finance Company to and the ex- proposed The bid of five houses for the cepted. The syndicate the system. City obligations Twin bond was ace headed by Ballard and Co. with ensen of that company ‘spokesman, offered — par for $225,000 five-percent bonds ma- turing in equal amounts from one to 20 years; r for approximately $450,000 of water works ment warrants bearing 6 3-4 t, maturing three years; and par for $40,000 gene obligation funding bonds to .ma: ture in 10 years. A. supplementary bid was that the city should | the expense of attorneys’ fees for approval of the bond issues and the printing, amounting to about $5,000. The securities are to be taken soon proceedings ean be | pleted and approval of Chie: attorneys obtained, The city originally planned to sell $475,000 of warrants, when it was planned to build a complete new wa- ter works system. With the pur- chase of the old system it is ex-) pected that the total amount neces- y for investment in the water works system will be somewhat less. The $40,000 ue of refunding bonds is for the purpose of puttin | the city on a cash bi quired in a new law. The rate of interest to be the secur 6 percent, is s r than had been anticipated. On the first advertisement for sale of the secur- ities the rate of interest on war- rants was fixed at 6 percent. Decline in the bond market in the last few months, due in part to incre: business activity in big center sorbing money for industrial velopment and sale recently of many millions of dollars of tax-free se- curities in varlous parts of the country are given as reasons for the market weaknes ” condition to the com- above jot Coming World Broth Circus, which was billed to show here soon, has changed plans and is going east, according to word received by City Auditor At- kinson. & reus ‘LONG DISTANCE HIKING BECOMES POPULAR; THREE REACH BISMARCK second lap of her fifth continental hike. She will go by the northern route to New York, then down to Washington, D. C., where she will deliver a letter in person to Pres- ident Harding from the people of Pasadena. She will return to Cali- fornia by the southern route, ex- pecting to arrive in Florida this fall and returning next summer. Carrying a 20-pound pack, Mrs. Collins travels about 20 miles daily. “Health, pleasure and edu- cation are my recompense,” she said, “and of course the fascination grows on one. In 1919 I was in all the national parks, spending four months on the road, I enjoy most the variety and types of people that J meet,” she said. ‘She came into Bismarck yester- day afternoon, walking part way through rain, She was happy, nevertheless, and planned to go on eust today. She accepts automobile rides along the way. a | ANDWARRANTS : For night | pur-} bear| ago bond | to her home|‘ STREAM TURNS INTO VALLEY REPORTS SAY ew Peasants Remaining in Linguaglossa Give Thanks To Saint Patron MUSSOLINI THERE |Premier Enters Devastated Region to Head Relief Work Being Done Italy, June 21.—Unless there is a new and strong emission of lava from Mount Etna, the town of which threatened for the last three days is almost from destruc- the Catania, Linguaglossa, has been y safe reports from The new stream of lava which has been advancing steadily toward the town has deviated into a wide road and is flowing into a neighboring valley which is gradually becoming a veritable lake of fire. The few inhabitants remaining in Linguaglossa described the diver- sion of the lava to a patron saint, Gidio, to whom: prayers and_ gifts were frequently and fervently offer- ed throughout the reign of terror. SLIGHT DECREASE. Catania, Italy, June 21—Heports from the Mount Etna region said there been a slight decrease in the extension of the eruptions while the explosions within the crater are less violent. With the arriva] of Premier Mus- solini in prospect the peasants who have been hourly expecting destruc- tion of their homes from lava flow ‘became more cheerful for such is |the prestige of the Premier that imany of the superstitious believe that he will only have to bring his will to bear on the voleano—Etna is almost to them a living: person the eruption to decrease, even to stop. DREADFUL AREA. ania, June The smiling, fruitful and thickly populuted slopes jof Mount Etna and the surrounding countr the correspondent of saw them in become with “the land of |the past, have now | ghastly suddenness dreadful night.” Through the thick darkness, which can almost be felt, glows the crim- son of the Java fire flowing from the craters, extending for miles and gradually growing darker. As the molten mass cools and hardens, |cracks and crevices appear on the surface through which can be seen | bubbling up of the boitmg lava from beneath, | The fields of Fiume Fieddo, Diana |and Calatabiano, once green and | beautiful, now covered with heavy | deposits of dust and cinders, tremble and heave beneath the feet, while the roaring sounds accompanying |the eruption mingle with the rumb- |lings of lorries through the dark- | ness carrying away the refugees and | their possessions from the doomed illages, * one approaches the volcano, masses of fiery materlal thrown up. from the smaller craters can be seen; they rol] slowly down the mountain- |side, and above them are dense | clouds of smoke and vapor. Orchards and gardens have been consumed in the intense heat long before the lava ‘reaches them, throwing off myriads of sparks, and finally smolder down into grim blackness, At Castiglione, where the progress of the devouring lava stream is slow, but steady, the inhabitants linger in their houses, collecting ang packing their possessions, though doubtless most of these must be abandoned along the road. The living room in almost every house has been trans- formed into a chapel with statues of the Madonna and Saints, ang candles ighted before them, while kneeling figures prostrate themselves in pray- er for protection. The visit of King Victor Emmanuel was the outstand- ing event of the day, tt served to infuse new courag? and spur the helpers ang workers to relieve the sufferers, {0 KILLED 9 5 INTMND RN TW DIN VINE Chicago, June 21—Ten negroes are known to have been killed and at least 25 were injured in a fire which gwept a three-story tenement house here early today. The 160 negro tenants of the building were cut off from escape by the destruc- tion of the main stairway and num- bers jumped to the street from win- dows. Scores: of jheroic rescues made by firemen. The fire started in a furniture store on the ground floor and quick- ly destroyed. the wood tenements. The dead. were taken to yeti’ morgue for, identification. were