The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1923, Page 1

. 3 si rahe » PRO /, WEATHER FORECAST ~ Fair tonight and Saturday. Little change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 FRENC _—_—_— \ PROPOSAL IS + LAID BEFORE COMMISSION Decrease in Purely Intra- State Rates Urged to Build 1 Up Milling Business EXPERT IN TESTIMONY State Railroad Commission’s Investigation Into Grain Rates Under Way A scale of intra-state grain rates lower than the scale now in effect was proposed before the railroad commission today in its general in- | vestigation into grain rates in North Dakota by V, E, Smart, traffic expert of the railroad commission. In urging the scale Mr. Smart said that thesreports of the railroads do Ye. ot show that they are earning a fair return on their investment in North Dakota at the present time, but thav proportionately their earnings. in North Dakota are greater than other portions of their systems and tht a discrimination he said existed st North Dakota millers and jed to exist. ™ The hearing also was called to in- quire into rates from North Dakota points to the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks, which Mr. Smart said would benefit by decreased rates. The position of the railroads, as indicated in questioning of P, A. Lee, representing the armtrs Grain D rs’ association, was that the in- ter-state rates from North Dakota points to Minneapolis were too low, and that if there is any discrimina- tion to be removed it should be re- moved by raising those rates instead of decreasing North Dakota intra- state rates. Since the proportion of business moving from point to point \\ within the state is very small as com- d to inter-state movement of grain, a-decrease in the former would benefit. farmers of North Dakota very little while an increase in the latter would cost them a great deal of money, according to Attorney Hag- man of the Great Northern. Rates to Grand Forks, The rates from North Dakota points to Grand Forks on grain in many cases are almost as high as to Minneapolis, though less the distance, Mr, Smart said, urging that this was am impediment in building up the state mill and elevator in Grand Forks. The proportion of intra- state business at present, he said, was about 5 per cent but urged lower ates for building up the grain and flour manufacturing business within the state. . The sale of ri urged by Mr. Smart for North Dakota varied from 4 cents a hundred pounds on wheat for distances less than five miles to 24 cents for distances from 380 to wo miles, the decrease over pro- posed rates varying from 10 to 20 per cent. The rates, he said, would not be as low as the Minnesota scale ince rates that serves id distribotors, nor as low ‘as the inter-state terminal rates plying between North Dakota and Minneapolis and Duluth, “All five of our large carriers have rails direct into Minneapolis and four of them have rails into Duluth,” said Mr. Smart. “This has the effect of giving Minneapolis a single line rate to every consuming market in North ¢ Dakota whereas the North Dakota miller or manufacturer is restricted to a single line rate to a small por- tion of the state and must depend upon joint rates that will permit him to compete with the Minneapolis miller or distributor in reaching the balance of his natural trade terri- First Witness, Mr, Lee opened the testimony this morning and was followed by Mi Smart. He said that the intra grain and flour rate: 0 high as to retard locat business and that some elevator men do not wish to ship to the state mill a Grand Forks because of the high intra-state rate. He said he.was not a traffic man and based his ideas mainly on a compari- - son with the inter e rates. The railroads’ representative replied that sinee practically all grain produced in. North Dakota found its market outside of North Dakota it was to e advantage of North Dakota far- mers to have a lower inter-state rate than intra-state rate, ‘ Present: : Nearly 40 exhibits were submitted in the hearing by 9 Tyaffie Expert Smart of the. railroad commission, showing the history of rate-making Wn North Dakota and rate compari- ‘sons, Railroad construction in’ the heenn in 1872 with the North- ern Pacific at, Fargo, he said,” Rail- road building by decades was given aa followa: 1872 to 1BR2-—AAK. miler: 4822 tn 1899. 1.597 miles: 1892 to 1902 935 miles: 1902 te 1912, 1:56 miles; 1912 to 1922, 7 Dakota since 1916 when the Great Northern extended a line from Wild to Grenora, eluding new Hine tracks: the witness said. | % nurpose of the exhibits he thet the development of th- whent ratsing country wax from er’ to west. Mr. Smart said, the | (Continued on page 7) ‘bit’. ufacturers shoulg not be permit: | its | is Many Exhibits 98% miles, Thera has ; : heen no new xnilrond built in ze authorities have noted all | LOVE MIGHT FLY i = = . agreement’ to co-star with Eddie C comedy. wan VICTIM OF [WW CHARGE Beach, N, D., July 27.—The first als leged I, W. W. outrage in this sec- tion of North Dakota this year oc- curred heré yesterday when Weaver Douglas, a mechanic in a Glendive garage, ) who was returning by freight from Dickinson, N. D., at noon yestérday, was found lying in the local railroad yards with his neck dislocated and a rib broken. It is reported that he had been thrown from the train by members of the I. W. W. because he did not have 4 red\card, Douglas lies now in a Beach hos- pital in g serious condition, All efforts to apprehend the men respon- sible for the act have Zailed, Ve ‘Not that Mary Eaton, late fedtured dancer in the Ziegfeld’s Follies, | I intends to marry soon, but she does object to a theatrical contract that ' wheat farmers indicates that acre: |ALL-WOMAN Howard Douglas, father of the vic: tim, lives at Carlyle, Mont. | MASONIC HOME AT UNIVERSITY IS PROPOSED Grand Forks, July 27.—A Masonic headquarters at the University of North Dakota, in the form of a dor- mitory, which would accommodal 100 or more Masons and sons of M }sons attending the university is b ing advocated by prominent Masor of North Dakota and by the Square club of the state university. A special, committee of the Grand Masonic lodge has been appointed by Grand Master Ralph Miller, of Fargo, to investigate the matter ghd report the next Grand Lodge Ymeeting, The committee is composed of Edwin A. Ripley, past grand master, of Man- dan, Fred C, Callan, of Wahpeton, Fred -A. Bennett, of Grand Forks. Daniel A. Fisk, of Kenmare, and Gil- bert H. Condit, of Westhope, This committee was appointed fol- lowing favorable discussion of the proposed headquarters atthe grand lodge meeting here last. month. The ‘Grand Commandery of North Dakota, | in annual meeting here. last spring, ‘went on record as favoring the pro- Ft ind its completion ts practically sured in- the near. future, it is claimed, as indicated by the interest taken in it throughout the state among Masonic bodies, 4 —_. : Ludington, Mich, July, 27.—(B: Andes Brenly? Noe Galas the _ eageacied Blues.” isting off the statute’ books the blue laws relating to the Sabbath and announced they will be oe I. Virgil Fitch, prosecuting jon county, declared .enforee- ment of.the blue laws will mean; ~ Closing all” billiatd: parlors, ‘3 Shape sone foc hal era nd other’ places .of amusement, nelading bathing beach NFORCEMENT OF BLUE LAWS TO "7 STOP AUTOMOBILING ON SUNDAY \ i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923 IN THE WINDOW! Federal Reserve Agent Says It Means a Bigger Surplus For Exportation 4 w. DIFFERENT INN. Northwest—Corn and Flax On The Increase Minneapolis, July 27.—In spite of. decreased states this year, the net result is above the pre-war level, or an in- eral reserve agent for the Ninth dis- trict, issued today. As a result, he says, America must export 25 percent of the crop as com- pared to 15 percent prior to the was. Discussing this situation Mr. Rich says: “Many of. the spring wheat farm- ers in the Northwest, heeding «the warning of low prices, made acreage a comparison 1s made between the wheat acreage of 1923 and the aver- age prevailing. during the pre-war sota has about 2 1-3 million acres less South Dakota % million acres les North Dakota about 1-6 million acre: Ss less, while Montana has about 2% jon acres more. ‘A similar comparison for winter ages stipulates she shall not wed. That's why she balked at signing anjare much greater in certain states; antor in the fall in a new musical ithe greatest differences appearing ‘= ~ the following: Kansas, over 3 1-4 millions; Oklahoma, 2 millions; Ili-~ nois, nearly 1 1-4 millions; Colora- lion, and Texas, nearly 1 million, “For the United States as a whole, JURY PICTURE | IS TAKEN HERE) (oer r on the ditterent states fea !total of more than 11 million acres jabove the pre-war level or an in- lerease of nearly 24 per cent. Some The all-woman jury which sat in the case of George ‘,Willsey, charged with assault and battery,| of this increase should ‘naturally oe| Since July 6 appeared sooty black absorbed by ,the| today as i i United| having parted last night in utter rales rpemant ‘over the closed shop expected to be mecelved (thelr tRanks! of Juste ee he of population ain ci Casselman at the conclusion of the States during the last 10 years, but case late yesterday. A photd-| such increase has not been far from| grapher was called and a picture 5 per cent. This excess of 11 million| of the jury, together with court-' acres should produce between 140 house officials, was taken. _ and 175 million bushels, and the in- Willsey, after being acquitted |crease in population should absorb of assault and battery on Ed Cloud! about 26,million bushels, indicating | brought an action against Cloud,|that we/are now depending more for debt alleged to have grown] largely upon the export market than out of a ballance due on account! jn pre-war years. It is estimated of hay, pastuyrage, etc., and was) that in pre-war years we exported 15 given a judgment by Justice Cas-/ per cent. of our crop, whereas today selman of about $20. we must export about 25 per cent. B A NKERS T 0 aRerlea ak hel Gene eerenen| TALK FARMING have doubtless been discounted by the trade to such an extent that no Will Talk Over Economic, Problem at Fargo further emphi needs to be added, except that may reasonably be questioned whether the salient facts regarding the world's acreage of bread grains has become fully known to the individual producer.” Decrease In Northwest Mr. Rich reports, however, that significant changes in the Northwesc are seen, with an increase in corn and flax acreage and decrease of spring wheat, durum wheat and rye. Mr. Rich’s report. sa; “Significant, chanj are taking place in the direction followed by agricultural activity in these north- western states. July 1 reports in- dicate increases in corn and flax acreage and production, and de- creases in spring wheat, durum wheat and ryé. The reduction in po- tato acreage is probably contrary © the long time trend owing to the ex Fargo, Sulpo2%s5Fpe bankers ot thgninth fedéra} reserve district will hold a conference with the farmers of this section one day next month for the purpose. of king iver the economic conditions:on ‘hq, farms, tural credit arid marketing problems, it was announced here, The an- nouncement. was’ made following a conference ‘held here in the of- fice of Secretary W. C. Macfadden bf Significant Changes Seen if! spectively, -had been taken for an wheat acreage in many|Ctrrent, rushed to his rescue and that wheat acreage is 11 million acres tempt and but for the kindly inter- ckease of 24 percent, according to the) would have been drowned. After great monthly report of John H. Rich; fed-| exertion the aged man reached shore. cuts at planting time this year. When]. do, 1 million; Missouri, nearly 1 mil-} is al POSE CUT IN STATE GRAIN 'FINDS WHEAT — | FOUR CHILDREN ' ACREAGE OVER} U.S. LARGER! . GIVELIVES TO SAVE AGED MAN Vinnipeg, July 27.—The story o1 how four children ranging in age from 10 to 12 years gave their lives in saving that of their 80-year-old companion was received here today in Lelated details of the drowning in Lake Pike, seven miles from The Pas Tuesday. The children, Bernard and Millie Stitt, aged 12 and 10 respec- tively, children of Barney Stitt, mayor of The Pas, and grandchildren of the aged man, and Ethel and Lamie Bement, aged 11 and 12 re- outing on the lake by the grandfath- er. White bathing the ageq man ap- peared to get in some difficulty and the children, not considering their childish helplessness against a swift A fifth child fol- in their at- were swept away. lowed his compayion vention of an Indian woman also | OPERATORS AND MINERS BREAK’ IN CONFERENCE years 1909-13, it appears that Minne-; Confab Between Anthracite Men and Union Leaders Fail Over Closed Shop WILL MEET AGAIN President of Union Demanded Full Recognition and the .Check-off System Atlantic City, N. J., July 27— |The strike cloud which has hover- ed over anthracite wage confer- ences at the hotel Ambassador operators and miners and the check-off met again to decide whether it would be of any use to continue wage scale nego- tiations. Neither side would see any rift in the clouds, each declaring it was steadfast in the attitude which led to the break in the confer- ence. Each declined to comment on the possibilities of federal in- tervention. The miners have al- ready announced they do not in- tend to arbitrate. The crisis was reported when John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. of America, involved the check-off and “com- plete recognition of the union,” in- terpreted as the closed shop, in a resolution on which the joint com- mittee voted four to four. Mr. Lewis announced that ‘inasmuch as the operators were “arbitrarily re- jecting the proposition the con- ference might as well adjourn.” The miners agreed to attend another session of the conference on the chance that in the mean- time there might be a weakening somewhere. SEND TROOPS “TOGUARD MEN the North Dakota Bankers associa- tion. tremely low prices received last year. This tendency toward a greater di- 5 versity in cereal production in this ah sanintive seceinse i ate district constitutes a good beginning ng “the Base ‘ |for the readjustment that must be Dakota agricultural college. It was stated that this date will be kept | unless it will be impossible to D. h. | Otis, agricultural commissioner for | the American Bankers association, to be present. A telegram was sent to his last evening inviting him to speak at the conference, Holg Conference Here, made to, bring our production into harmony with world needs. “Wheat, rye and flax moved to market during the month of July in larger volume than a year ago and larger than the ten-year average. This, coupled with repeated mention of good prospects for crops in other parts of the United States and for- Among those who attended Wed-!eign countries, depressed all grain nesday’s meeting here were Sécretary | prices in the Minneapolis market Mactfadden, F, A. Irish, of the First {during the ._ month. \Marketing of National bank of Farg® President | live stock was heavy only in the case John Lee Coulter of the North Da-| pt hogs and calves. A continuation kota agricultural college, Dean J, H. | of the apparent’tendency t¢ build up Shepperd of the college and H, B,| sheep herds and dairy hekds prevent- Faller, secretary of the North Da- ed a general decline in: all live stock kota Farm Bureau Federation. prices. Business Increases “The volume of general “business, when measured by individual d 9 increased 8 per cent. luring’ the month of June, whieh incre: fully up to normal for this month ac- cording to the experience of the past four years, Soo Canal tonnage, both east and west bound, indicates Stopping publication and distribu-| much ‘greater improvement. tion of the Ludington Sunday: Ne: year, In spite of this maintenanca of Stopping play: on aft. golf courses | the volume of business, business fail- jeounty. »/ ¢ ures continued unchanged, indicating Arrest of all persons drivitg au-{ that. price ‘matgins , have not been mobiles for sure’ onthe Sab-| satisfactory for the marginal firms. . bath, . pre at i}. “Retail sales of: lumber. ingreased, Mayor H. M. Hallett of Ludington | but depaftment store sales @eclined. announced that he pérsonally would | When comparison is mad with nor- wear out complaints against all per-| mal trends for this season, it appears ons drivii ‘pleasure on Sunday} there has been some Ree The presefy nitnation is the result | tail/stocks, hi oth: of ettorts. of blob-w: mand other and general: me e close dance halls junday. © (Continued om Page 7) Illinois Company Is Called Out to Prevent a Lynching Springfield, 111., July 27.—Troops were ordered to Tamms, Alexan- der county, by Adjutant-General Carlog E. Black at the request of Sheriff James Roach at Cairo that he feared pdépular indignation would result in the lynching . of James Hazelwood and Andrew Corbet, two men held in Tamm's jail tn connection with an gasaulc on eI girl of Tamms. ie call for help, the general said, was received at 1:58 o’clock this morning and by 3:30 o'clock a company of Cairo ‘t was guarding the jail. A DAMAGE BY FIR TOTALS $20,000): Dickinson, N. D., Jaly 27,—A fire of unknown origin totally destroyed buildings occupied by the John General store.and the Farme: bank at G! me, ten mi jay night. is estimated st, $20,000 which is only. partially covered by insurance. ‘The blaze first discovered in the store which. pag been. closed for sev- eral: months, swept rapidly north to the’ bank. Valuable -reco! ‘bnined and the total loss can not be defi imated for some. time. ay Harding. - his official this morning until late in the afternoon the events of one another in rapid clock-like pre- cision.. Loe State |” HARDING FOR MAINTAINING STRONG NAVY President Says it Must be|- Kept to Maximum Under Limitation Agreement SACAJAWEA ASK ONLY EQUALITY Seattle Prepares Big Recep- tioh, for President and His Alaskan Party Seattle, July 27.—President Hard- ing, appearing ‘before the Seattle Press Club after his view in the har- bor of virtually the United. States battle fleet, declared that until the day comes when nations abandoned use of armed forces, Ameriga shall find her asdurance in a navy of the first rank. “We were building two years ago at. a rate that would have placed our sea-power in excess of any other power, but in conviction that arma- ment cost and competition was lead- ing to menacing national burdens we invited an international conference to fix limitations.” The president add- ed: ft “We asked equality with the first rank for ourselves and were accord- ed it. Let us hope that our Congress with the cordial sanction of the American people will continue that first rank. I believe obligation to the world means the most exacting restriction of our maintenance with- in the maximum limitation fixed by the conference and I believe our clear duty to ourselves is to maintain the equality provided in that maxi- mum until a new baptism of interna- tional conscience prescribes a joint action toward reduction or complete abolishment,” In addition to his observations on the questions of naval power. Mr. Harding snid that “those of us who think we know a great lot about news- paper-malling may learn some very simple fundamentals by going to Sophie Braslau, contralto, _ is playing the role of Sacajawea, In- dian heroine in “Americanus,” a pageant being held at Seattle Wash. She will sing the presi- dent’s favorite, “The Sweetest: Story Ever Told,” when the Hard- ing party attends the pageant. _ They don’t spell Sakakawea as it is spelled in North Dakota.) YOUNG WOULD REVIVE GRAIN CORPORATION Congressman, in Speech at Valley City, Urges’ Crea- ‘tion of This Body © editor and publisher who succeeds in maintaining a daily issue in a town of 8,000 to 12,000 people where the circulation maximum cannot exceed 200 or 300 copies. I refgained from an exacting analysis of the relation of the value of advertising to its cost: but the community value of the publication will remain unchallenged The big asset in the successful A kan sheet is the home news and when INSTEAD OF GUARANTEE Would Give Grain Corporation Capital of $50,000,000 the final is of the making of To Buy, Sell Wheat a newspaper is written here is the secret.of both newspaper successes. — ADOPT RESOLUTIONS Give me a newspaper which gives a true reflex @f the community it serves and I know I am reading an index to dependable public opinion as well as a potent agent in mould- ing that opinion.” PARTISANSHIP FORGOTTEN Seattle, Wash, July 27—With partisanship forgotten Seattle was ready today to welcome the home-coming of the President of the United States and the “first lady,” Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. A crowded program for the President’s teception was declared perfected and from the time he and arty appeared at the harbetr entiance at’ nine o‘clock they entered Jamestown, N. D., July 27.— Resolutions adopted here at a conference of farmers and busi- ness men urged revival by Con- gress of the United States Grain Corporation providing $60,000,000 working capital for it, giving it power to sell and buy wheat and urging ‘the president to call an extra session of Congress to con- sider enactment of the legislation proposed. Jamestown, N. D., July 27.—-Con- gressman George M. Young in an address here yesterday strongly rged North Dakota people in every Une of business and of every pro- fession to get solidly back of al proposal to revive the United States Grain Corporation for the purpose of advancing the price of wheat, and as a substitute for the proposals which have been many times made for a definite Government guaranty, which it has been found Congre: will mot give, chiefly because east- tern and southern farmers believe TO SUPPORT TEAM ‘Statement to the public: The attendance at the ball ames during the present ser- ies is very disappointing. The local club is now playing ex- thé’ da were expected to follow The feature of the President's visit will be his speech at the (Continued on Page 2) properly handled, can put in whe: farmers pockets just as much money as from a definite guaranty, and that Congress will pass such law if the people of the west of all callings will show that they are in earnest, Congressman Young, said: “Wheat farmers, particularly in the hard wheat states, are in a dreadful extremity at this time. They took heavy losses upon. the PRICE FIVE CENTS H MAY MODIFY RUHR S STAND RATE certo OF BRITISH SUGGESTIONS Would Quit the Ruhr if Ger- many Gives up Her Pas- sive Resistance GERMANS’ FIRST STEP French Premier Makes Plain That Reparations Payments Must Be Guaranteed Paris, July 27—The French re- ply to the tish reparation note will be delivered in London to- morrow or Sunday. It accepts some: of the British suggestions and asks for further light on others. It maintains the principle of the Franco-Belgian declaration to the effect that passive resis- tance must be given up before ne- gotiations with Germany are un- dertaken, ,. Premier Poincare’s note accept- ing some of the British questions and expressing wish to have future light on the British views on others is regarded in French official circles as conciliatory. It is supposed on the best authority nevertheless, to maintain absolute- ly the principles laid down by the French and Belgians in January. Occupation of the Ruhr will be maintained until the payment of reparations is assured and that the Ruhr will be evacuated only in por- portion to payment made and no negotiations entered into with Ger- many until her passive resistance ceases, The. French premier . expresses willingness to modify the occupa- tion when this “resistance ends making it as nearly what the Bri ish call “invisible” as the neces- tities of the situation and’ the ob- ject of the occupation permit. MODIFY ‘SENTENCE Duesseldorf, July 27.-The death sentence upon Paul George, German ehginger, for the Badische Aniline Company of Ludwigshaven has been ‘commuted to imprisonment for life at hard labor, it was: announced to- day, this action being taken by P; dent Millerand of France. The gineer was convicted of sabotage by F imigai e at Mayence on June FARMERS CUT LATE WHEAT Grain. Ripened Fast This Week, Says Visitor in City Farmers in Burleigh county are right in the midst of wheat cutting, LF. H. Trygg, of Gibbs township, said while in the city today. Practically all of the rye is cut, most of the early wheat and oats is being cut. Much of the late wheat also has been cut, and farmers will be cutting it as fast as they can reach it. The late wheat has ripeneg remarkably in the last’few days, he said, being induced somewhat by ri The extent of rust damage tain, he said, SOVIET-JAP CONFAB IS OFF Tokio, July 27.—Prospects of a formal conference between Russia and Japan were conceded to be €x- ceedingly gloomy today following indefinite postponement of informal conversations between - represen: atives of the two governments, the United States Grain Corporation,;The postponement was ‘brought about ‘because of the iliness ofA. x Joeffre,.the Soviet represent- ative, Man Believed To Be Rust Released Grang Forks, N. D., July 27.—The man arrested at Thief River Falls, Minn., on suspicion that hé was Ed~ cellent ball, having recovered || wheat crops of 1921 and 1922, and from the slump of the early | are in now to take a much heavier par’ of the season, Joss, amounting to around 50c per The team will not be kept: | bushel on the crop now. being har- here, unless attendance great- | vested. ly - improves. “Many of these. have already The attendance, today, Sat- urday and Sunday. will decide whether or not the team will be kept after that date. Un- less receipte improve greatly for the next three days the team will be disbanded, bills paid and baseball over for the season after Sunday’s game. If you want baseball to con- tinne for the season your. at- tendanrée in th "borrowed all they. can and will therefore be unable. to borrow} enough to tide themselves over un- i ‘They will be forc- ndon ‘their farms, Instead of the. light in’ the window ‘seen the prairie ‘their ‘homes’ will many, many iasténces' boards will be nailed over the ‘windows, Cannot Overlook Ral mund Rust, slayer of Sheriff I, C. Fulker, of Aberdeen, 8. D., was set at liberty. after. thorough examina- tion. He gave his name as Jack Per- kins, of Perth, N. D., and convinced the authorities that he was not the man wanted, 7 Diver Drowns At : ; : Water Carnival ‘St, John, .N. D,, July 27-0, An- derson of Rolette in the hard wheat,-belt cannot. andi 77 will not overlook the xuin now fac-! ing many. of our. ‘wheat . growers)! hoo, {nor can the people. of, the eastern: ‘cogumercial centers affard to this condition continue, ’ whic gradually: but rather: quickly ‘dzive every farmer who 49) (Continued on ‘page t warrant it. Otherwise baseball Will have to be discontinued, ol nda’ chiefly):