The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Sat- urday. Probably thundershowers. THE BIS MARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BANK LOSSES ON DECREASE _ REPORT SHOWS Bank of North Dakota Pre- sent Book Loss Is Cut to $25,000 by C: R. Green WITHDRAWALS HEAVY Money Deposited by County Treasurers Does Not Stay in Bank Long Moncy. deposited in the Bank of Narth Dakota from collection taxes by county trea ret the bank made today in conformity with the call of the state examiner for bank statements, shows. The statement of the bank of April 3, 0,676.17 while the nent as of June 30 shows but g7 due county “treasurers. ‘The bank shows, after meeting heavy withdrawals, cash and due from Danks and trust companies $1,281,- 119.37, as compared to $3,648,327.80 o3 April 3. Heavy advances have been made to the North Daketa State Mill and ‘levator Association, operating the Grand Forks and Drake state mills. The June 30 statement shows $683,- 3 ndvanced to the mill and eleva- operating account as compared 3 § A further decrease in the losses charged against the bank at present 1 shown under the management of Green. The June ‘ows loss over €arnings to 188.04, April 3 showed it to 723.87 and the statement of ember 29 showed loss over $142,664.61. s no great change in the to closed banks. Officials, in 8 ing of losses, always state that until there is a final settlement of these accounts it is not knawn just vhat losses the bank has sustained. Loans to open banks on June 30 $734,786.41; on April 3, $783,- 9. Redeposits in closed banks, June 30, $218,969.80; loans to closed _ banks, $417,566.89; receivers’ certifi- ates proof of claims, $932,620.67. On April 8, redeposits in closed banks, $254,381.60; loans to closed banks, $281,597.36; receivers’ certifi- cates proof of claims, $757,392.56. An increase in the amount loaned the farm loan department from $1,- $51,597.45 on April 3 to $2,568,606.76 on June 30 is shown. The deposit statement. of the bank as of June 30 shows sinking funds due treasurers, $494,733.50; certifi- cates of deposit $2,164,390.66; indiv- idual de 614.58; county tre $483,803.47; city treasur- ,412.89;. township — treasurers 75; school treasurers $480,- state treasurers $2,839,968.04. ur treasurer as interest on bonds of the bank series, $90,505.49. PLAN LABOR FOR HARVEST Workers Moving Northward Toward Spring Wheat Belt Kansas City, Mo., July 6.—Approx- imately 20,000,000 acres of wheat are yet to be harvested in Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, George ¥. Tucker, field dirgctor of the farm labor bureau, said here last night just before his departure on a tour of the northern section of the wheat belt, The wheat harvest in southern and eastern parts of South Dakota will start about July 16, Mr. -Tucker de- clared, and will move northward as the season advances, Dr. Tucker said he would make Omaha his headquarters throughout the Neraska harvest. Abput te July 15 he said he would go to Aber- |, deen, S. D., for three weeks to direct the farm labor in that state. | “GLAD 10 GET |, BACKINULS. Conditions Are Bad in Swe- den, Local Man Says Higa glad to get back,” said Oscar achman on his return yesterday. with his wife from a trip to Europe. They spent most of their time in Sweden. - “Conditions over there in Sweden are tough,” he said. “There were strikes which laid the men up five or six months during the winter and prices are high. People are leaving as fast as they can.” 1 ~~ Mr. Bachman was not impressed with the political system over there. Tha government does too much, he “wgaid, and he also did not enthuse over the government /doles—banding: out money to unemployed. } “Its a good:way to make Sweden -RADICA of | urers does not! tin there long, the statement of | , showed there was due county | 30. state-| Irmigrants on the S. S. Guilio harbor. It was one of 11 boats car midnight cf the | | ' cernedly eating “pie” as the drama RUST IS HELD NOT SERIOUS Spreading but Agricultural College Officials Do Not Believe It Heavy Fargo, July 6—Officials at th state agricultural experiment @tation said today that black stem rust i North Dakota was slowly increasing, e the situation was not likely to prove serious in the near future unless un- expected developments prove serious. GENERAL IN VALLEY. Minneapolis, July 6.—Reports to versity of Minnesota xperimental farm here from investigating special- ists indicate that the spread of black stem rust in the Red River nounced today. The rust has been noticed as far north as the Canadian line. Recent messages indicate that the infection is much lighter than in July last year and experts expressed belief that the crops are likely to escape severe damage. WILL REARGUE BUILDER CASE Supreme Court Takes Action in George E. Wallace Case The supreme court will hear re- argument before decision in the state home ‘building association case against’ George E, Wallace, \ for whom a home was built in Bismarck. The case is expected to decide many points involved in settlement of the price on many homes built. by the state association. The rgargument is set for July 13. ‘Two of the present judges ascended to the bench after the original ar- gument in the case, which was sent back to District Judge Pugh for ad- ditional’ testimony and finding of facts and conclusiong of law. Judge Johnson, who was Attorney-General when the case was instituted, is dis- qualified and a district judge will be called to sit in his place. SELLS ALL COAL “FOR 5 YEARS n, 8, D,, July 6—Announce- ‘Aber ment way-made today by J. B. Slo: son, president, that Haynes Coal Company had contracted entire out-) pot of its. lignite mines Bt. Haynes, North Dakota, fot a peftod of five years to Reeves Coal & Dock ‘Com- pany, of Minneapolis. Annual pro- duction is to be 100,000 tons or more and the contract involved $1,500,000. _ AFFIRMS DISTRICT COURT © The supreme court has affirmed District. Judge C. M. Cooley in the case of Farmers and Merchants ¢ Bank of Tolna, plaintiff and jlfarit, against H. L. Stavn and a’ Stavn, defendants. Judge Coo-' ley opened: and vacated a judgment’ a country of lazy people,” he said. |as to Lena Stavn. LS ast day of the old quota period and then ra Ellis island before the new quota wi Insect are Tony and Angelo, future Americans, uncon- IN NO. DAKOTA but that the infection was light and © plant difease authorities at the Uni- | Valley has become general, it was an-| 41516 area is said toe from 70 to 75, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923 ic x AP When 12,000 Immigrants Raced for, Entrance to S. © rying esare salute the Statue of 1 ore than 12,000 immigr lito fi perty exhausted. race is run. FRENCH NAVAL LEADER DIES .—Viee-Admiral Ferdi- t Paris, July 6 | 1 time chief of the Frgnch naval gen- eral staff, dieq at his home today | after a long illness. He was head oi the French nava} advisory bodies at the Washington armament confer- sence. HAIL FALLS ' Much Damage Done at Points on Missouri Slope Mandan, July 6—Hail fell in vari- ous points of the Missouri Slope last night, doing the gr.atest damage in ithe vicinity of Gladstone, Stark ‘ county. i one point near Gladstone that it cov- ‘ered the ground to a depth of several j inches, reports said, | The damage generally in the Glad- per cent, Hail also is reported in the ter- ritory south of Hebron in Morton county and considerable damage was done by hail and wind south of Car- son, FIGHT MOVIES IN CHICAGO Display Scenes Around Shel- by, Not Actual Fighting Chicago, July 6.—Motion picture films showing scenes around Shelby preceding the Dempsey-Gibbons fight there July 4, but not showing the | actual fighting, were submitted to the federal authorities here today for in- bspection. It was said that the gov- ernment authorities probably woula permit the pictures to be exhibited. It was at first reported that the film of the fighting had been seized on account of a government law for- bidding pictures of exhibitions of this sort. Companies owning the films notified the federal authorities of their presence in Chicago. Big Crowd Celebrates Fourth at Hazen t Hazen, N. D., July 6—A_ record crowd estimated at 3000 attended the Fourth celebration here under the auspices of the Hazen Community club. The day opened with a mammoth street parade including many fine floats and novel comedy stunts. The afternoon program was headed by a baseball game between New Salem and Stanton the farmer’ team win- ning by a 9 to 5 score. The celebration came to a close ‘with two dances which lasted until a late hour. RECEIPTS AT ROUNDUP $17,800 é { : Receipts at the Mandan round-up were announced today as $17,800.00, the receipts on: the Fourth of, July being $9,386.00.’ he The profit on the Round-y; estimated at $2,000. ants W | nand Jean Jacques de Bon, for a long | WEST OF HERE The hail was so severe at| i i 1 | the vessel steams into New York tood outside the harbor until acceptance of the passengers at SAYSREVUETO BE IN CITY IS SEASON'S BEST Bismarck Fortunate in Get- ting “Spice of 1922,” for Auditorium “Spice of 1922,” the Winter Gar den revue which is to show at the Auditorium in Bismarck on July 11, is declared by G. Horace Mortimer, advance agent for the production, who was here yesterday, to be the biggest musical show making a trip to the Pacific Coast this year. The show, he said, opened June 19, 1922 in New York, and has been playing a solid- year. It comes to Bismarck from Detroit, C Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St. “Engagements were cancelled the cast because we are now over- due on the Pacific Coast,” he said. “We will play Bismarck because it breaks the cross-country trip, com- ing here from Minneapolis, and stop- ping at Billings and Spokane only before reaching the const. The show is so big that if we play to ca- patity business here we will not make dny money.” The revue carries, 100 people, and special 70-foot baggage cars are necesary to carry scenery to the coast. There is an all-star cast, he said, which includes such’ musical come- dy favorites and vaudeville head- liners as El Brondel and Flo Bert, Georgie Price, Arman Kaliz, Sam Hearn, Florence Browne, Johnny Lerkes, Alide Ridnor, Betty Jones, Martha Troop and Arthur-Corey. The book of the show was written by Jack Lait, noted author, play- wright, newspaper and war corres- pondent. in WEATHER FORECASTS For Bigparck and vicinity: Part- lyscloudy Yonight and Saturday, pro- bably scattered thundershowers. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy ténight and Saturday, probably scattered thundershowers. Not: much change in temperature. General Weather Conditions Showers and thunderstorms have occurred from the Great Lakes re- gion northwestward through the Dakotas and northern Montana to the Pacific Coast. Over an inch of! precipitation fell in parts of North Dakota and Montana, The weather is fair in the southern Plains States ‘and over the Southwest. Tempera- tures are slightly lower over the northern Rocky Mountain region this morning, but! changes in all} sections ,havg been slight. North Dakota Corn and wheat Stations. Amenia . BISMARCK Bottineau Devils Lake Dickinson Dunn Center . Grand Forks . Jamestown Larimore Lisbon .. Minot Napoleon Pembina . Williston Moorhead C, lear’ cloudy. ** Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. TURE TO EXAMINE CLOSELY NEW - BANKCHARTERS State Guaranty Fund Com- mission to Determine Ap- plication of New Banks ADOPT RESOLUTION No Payments of Deposit Be- fore Court Rule on Priority of Payment The Guaranty Fund’ Commission will, in conformity with a law of the 1923 legislature, examine care- fully all the applications for admit- tance of newly organized banks to participate in the Guaranty Fund, a revolution to that effect having been adopted by the comm learned today. sion, it was der the new law rewriting the fuaranty Fund act the commission y uct upon the cases of banks al- y members that, in the belief of the commission, have not lived up to all regulations and may re- quire conformance to a standard for admission of banks. Under the resolution the com- mission will require from new banks a list of the stockholders, number of shares, stock paid in and other in- formation, and it also has ruled that the bank will not be entitled to receive deposits until the applica- tion for membership under the Guaranty Fund has been acted upon and a certificate signed by the chairman and secretary delivered. The commission, it was learned, does not look with disfavor upon suits instituted to force payment of deposits of the first banks to close of the present closed list. If a suit had not been instituted in the dis- trict court of Stark county by de- positors, of the Security State Bank of New England, first of the pres- ent list of closed banks to fail, to force payment of depositors the commission itself probably would ave “taken some action to bring the question into court, according to one member. me . Depositors in the New England bank case contend that the en assets of the Guaranty. Fund. Com- mission should be used to pny off the depositors of banks in order of closing. Depositors of some of the banks which closed later hold that the division should be made pro rata among depositors of all closed banks. It is this question which the courts jwill decide, and which the commis- | sion is understood to desire to have "| decided, A. G. Divét of Fargo will assist Attorney-General Shafer in present- ing the position of the Guaranty Fund that depositors of all closed banks should share equally in the funds on hand. TO ABOLISH 12-HOUR DAY U. S. Steel Corporation Prom- “ises This Action New York, July 6—Entrance into the United States of a labor supply from Mexico, the Phillipines, Canada and a few European countries soon will make possible the abolishment of the 12 hour day in the steel indus- try, E. H. Gary, président of the board of the United States Steel Corporation, announced today. Mr. Gary declared the 12-hour day would be abolished within a reason- able length of time. As the supply of labor increases, he said, the long day gradually would be abolished and he pointed out that the supply was now increasing. He estimated that the change would require 60,000 additional em- ploges and would increase the cost of finished steel products by 15 per cent. Mr, Gary's announcement followed the.-actian of President Harding in making public before sailing from Tacoma “to ,Alaska correapondence passing between him and the Amer, ican Iron id Steel Institute in which «directors, of the institute pledged themselves to abolish the 12- hour day when sufficient labor was assured, FIVE KILLED i ~ Rockford, Il., ly 6—Five men are dead and 10 serious): injured: ,| Kere in hospitals today as a result '| of the derailment of a Chicago, Mil- waukee- gnd St. Paul fast freight train last night at Fairdale, Iinois. ‘The dead Ki The wreck rail, officials stated, ; INRATL CRASH PRICE FIVE CENTS EW PARTY OPEN PARLEY DECIDING COAL WAGE SCALES: Operators and Anthracite) Miners Begin Meeting to Determine Question OR WORK? Hffort to be Made to Settle; Ditferences—Operators to Reject Wage Boost STRIKE Aulantic City, NJ J. July Thy Amhracne mine workers Lo- day peescied thea demand tor an increase 1n Wages to the cout operators in a joint session. John L. Léwss, Internauional president of the miners’ uni made an address explaining ihe demand of uke miners. c= Atluntie City, N. J., July 6.—Nego- | tiations that probably wil) take the better part of the next two months | begin here today between the anthra- cite operators and the miners to work out a new contract if possible, to replace the wage agreement whici expires August 31, More than 100 men_ representing | either the miners or the coal com; panies and affecting 165,000 workers in the anthracite fields of Pennsyl- vania have gathered for the joint conference, At today’s meeting It was planned for miners to formally present the demands adopted at the Scranton convention last week. According to reports here the coal operators are expected to flatly re-} fuse the demands. Whether they will do so at today’s meeting or adjourn to consider -a more formal answer was not publicly known. The gemands of the miners call for a 20 per cent increase in the con- tract wage scales and §2 a day in- crease for all men paid by the day. There are other demands, such as ful recognition of the union, an 8- hour day for all employes regardless of occupation, coal to be puid by. weight where it.s now paid for by car and a two-year contract. It is expected that no material progress will be made tp the negoti- ations until toward the end of the month, ILLNESS OF JUROR BAR IN BOSS’ TRIAL Mistrial ‘Will Be Declared It Iliness Continues, Florida Judge Says .Lake City, Fla., July 6—The con- dition of a juror who is suffering from an attack of appendicitis to- day may decide the course of a trial of Walter Higginbotham, charged with the murder of Martin Tabert of North Dakota. The juror was ill yesterday and although he was reported to be improved last night Judge McMullan announced that in the event the jur- or is forced to go through an opera- tion or is unable to attend sessions of the court a mis-trial will be de- clared and, the trial will go over un- til the next term of court. Because of the juror’s indisposition brief sessions of the trial were held yesterday. The defense closed its case and the state began the introduction of rebuttal testimony. Witnesses were.called who testified that Dr. T, C. Jones, physician who attended Taert ‘after he was alleged to have been severely beaten by Higginboth- am while the. latter was a whipping boss for the Putnam Lumber Co., said Tabert had been beaten to death. Other witnesses were called to give impeaching testimony for the state. TRIAL HALTED. Lake City, Fla., July 6.—Another halt in the proceedings of the Hig- ginbotham trial came this afternoon when a: recess until 4 o'clock wai ordered berause of the illness of L, M. Chambers, # juror. Forty-seven citizens of Perry and Pierre county came to the support of Dr. T. Capers Jones, camp physician for the Putnam Lumber Co. this af- ternogn, in the trial. Dr. Jones’ reputation for truth and veracity were characterizeg as excellent by witnesses. They were the last to be put up by the defense in rebuttal, the state having closed its case today. Dr. Jones attended Martin Tabert. BARRYMORE | GIVEN DIVORCE — Providence, R. I, July 6—Ethel Negroes Lose Lives When Milwaukee Freight Is Derailed Barrymore, actress today was grant- ed a divor from Russel G. Colt. son of the late Col. Samuel P. Colt of Britsol, on the grounds of neglect, to provide, -She is granted custody of three children. Tt is understood an interlocutory decree will be entered, whereby Colt will have the children at stated times. ‘ H BOOSTER DAY FOR BALL CLUB NEXT MONDAY Next Monday has been set for baseball booster day. Local fans backing the home team announce they are going to put teams out to sell 1,500 to 2,000 tickets for the game. The locals and Minot will play at 6:15 p. m. on the boost- It be a call to local fans to show their colors, the fans’ committee announces, They want to pack the park to overflowing —want everyone that buys a ticket to be there. ‘The teams selling the tickets) will be calling in a day or two. ‘SPECIAL RATES BY UTILITIES ORDERED OUT Grand Forks Utility Must In- crease’ Street Lighting, Water Power Rates ~—— LIGHTING REDUCED Valuation of Grand Forks Utility Also Is Cut by Railroad Commission The Red River Power company of Grang Forks is forbidden by the state railroad commission in.an or- der issued today from. furnishing electricity under special contract for less than cost of production. The order will affect the street car com- pany in Grand Forks, the rates, paid by that city for pumping water in the municipal water plant and rates for street lighting, as well as about 25 contracts for indivéduals and corpor- ations, The theory of the railroad com- .mission is that if some consumers are served at less than it costs to produce electricity the difference must be made up by other consum- ers, since the utility is guaranteed an 8 per cent return on its invest- ment by law. The decision has a bearing on ar- guments made before the city com- mission of Bismarck last. week when considering the installation of ott burning engines for the city water plant. Under the decision the city could not obtain electric power for the water plant at less than cost of production and a fair profit. This was the contention of those that urged the installation of oil engines. | The rule of the commission, down in the Grand Forks case, follows: “The commission hav- ing found that any service is fur- nished at less than production cost is unreasonable and discriminatory, | resulting in undue and unreasonable | preference in favor of persons en- joying such rates and against all other consumers, the Red River Pow- er company is ordered and directed to remove such discrimination by in- creasing such discriminatory and preferential rates to the general scale of rates provided for herein.” The commission found the cost of producing electricity. in the Grand Forks plant to be 31-2 cents per kil- owatt hour, excluding taxes and of- fice charges. Rates which will be in- creased include that of Grand Forks Street Railway company, which is 21-2 cents per K, W. H., that paia by the city of Grand Forks for pump- ing water in the city water plant, said to be 21-2 cents per K. W. H. and street lighting rates, sa.. to be still lower, ang a number of other spe- cial contracts. 7 The railroad commission ordered a reduction in the general “lighting rates in Grand Forks, but made no change in the gas and steam ratés. It foung the value of the Red River Power company, including East Grand Forks property, to be $1,74 339, a “fair present value.” The val- uation asked by. the company was $2,298,274. The commission engi- neers found the construction cost of the plant to be $1,829,469, the addi- tions being made by taking into con- sideration increased costs of labor and mategial since the plant was built. The Grand Forks case originated on petition of the mayor of Grand Forks for lower rates, protest of the company against the previous valua- tion and an order of the commission | on its own motion for investigation. HUNT AUTHOR OF LETTER Sydney, Novia Scotia, July 6—Pro- vincial police today were seeking to run down with a view to possible prosecution the author of a letter signed with the name of J. M. Mac- Lachlan, secretary of District No. 28, United Mine Workers of America, in which coal miners throughout the: province, were urged to strike: in protest against alleged brytality against provincial police and feder- al troops called out to. quell, i orders in the strike of ateel ‘workers. \ {that the FORCE MAY BE USED TO GAIN PARTY'S AIMS Reject Resolutions Declaring Against Force in Chang- ing Government RADICALS CELEBRATE if Representative of Farmers Organizations Withdraw They Lose, They Say Chicago, July 6.—Any weapon may be used in obtaining political con- trol of government by the new Fed- erated Farmer-Labor Party created here last night, it was indicated in the tabling of « resolution by the convention which would have ex- cluded any group from its platform which advocated force or violence or which in any way was affiliated with an organization that sought political satisfaction except through the ballot. This action twice was supported, first by tabling the substitute plat- form of the Farmer-Labor caucus which included suggestions and lat- er by tabling a resolution recom- mended by a majority of the resolu- tions committee. Sentiment of the conference on each occasion was expressed in in- failing voice. The Federal Farmer-Labor party adjourned as a convent on earl date with only routine business of the elected executive committee on its hands. This committee will meet late today to choose an executive counefl. The representatives of tis Work- ers’ Party, an acknowledged branch of the Communists, were jubflant over the outcome. They pointed out Farmer-Labor party was “on the run” eithe? way it went. If it voted to reject the platform then the Farmer-Labor party. was scrap- ped. If_it voted to participate then its organization was merged. Some strength to this argument was lent in the fact that a number of state groups of the Farmer-Labor party served notice in the caucus that they would go with the Federated Party regardless: of official action of their convention. It appeared to observers that the radicals had cap- vtured the convention of the Farmer- Labor party which called delegates {from industrial, economic and farm- fers’ organizations to meet with them in reaching a political unity. common ground of C. E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland, Joseph Manley of New York, Wil- liam Z, Foster of Chicago and W. E. | Suchsy generals in the organization of the new party, are members of the national executive party. Other members of the party include W. M. Ware of/ Fargo, N. D., United Farm- ers Educational League and T. G. Scott, socialist party of Minnesota. SEEK 10,000 NEW MEMBERS Auto Body Will Make Bid All Over State Fargo, July 6.—Organization work to secure the first 10,000 members to the newly formed North Dakota Automobile association, is under way, sponsored by four commercial clubs of the state, The general headquarters ‘for the campaign is at Fargo. The state has been divided into four sections, with Fargo as headquarters for the southwestern, Grand Forks for northeastern, Minot for northwest- ern, and Bismarck for southwestern sections. W. P. Chesnut, secretary of the Fargo Commercial club, is caring for the work in this section; W. W. Blain, secretary of the Grand Forks Commercial club, is in charge in that section; Mr. J. S. Milloy, secre- tary of the Minot Association of Commerce, is directing the cam- paign there; Mr. A. F, Bradley, gec- retary of the Bismarck Commercial club, is in charge of that section. Each is seeking the co-operation of the other commercial clubs in his respective section. Leters are ‘now being addressed to men ip the various towns ip.this part of the state, explaining the plans of the gutomobile ~association, enclosing # sample emblem requext- ae him to solicit the city for mem- ers. Will Open - Mandan Store William Kontos of the Olympia confectionary has. gone to the Twin Cities to purchase fixtures for the Olympia No.2, which is to be open- ed in Mandan ‘soon. ‘A location has been obtained on. Main, street in Mandan. Elaborate’ ingtalled in