The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday, Cool- er tonight. i ESTABLISHED 1873 WORKMAN KILLED AT NEW C _|MRS. HARDING, COOLIDGE, RETURN ! 4 > JOHN HUSOM ". ISSTRUCKBY TO WASHINGTON SERVICES HELD IN MARION, OHIO CLAM SHOVEL)... sicane netwns 1! Head FAILED TO SEE IT Shovel Being Used to Take Gravel From Car at The City Plant John Husom of Minneapolis, Minn., was instantly killed this morning at} « 7:45 o'clock when the clam shell sho-/} hoisting gravel from the cars for use in the filtration struck him,, ac- vel being used in plant construction Badly Crushed and Death Is Instantaneous, at Filtration Plant Gather Up Belongings in) The White House and Pre-' lLers dynamited the fireproof ‘safe of pare to Return to Make Her) ;,. Farmers’ Equity State bank at Home in Marion— Vivid Story of Funeral Tri- bute of President Coolidge Is Paid. Washington, Aug. 11.—Un the train that bore her husband's body across the continent from San Francisco and then to Marion for burial, Mrs. Har- ding returned to Washington today | |final departure from the capi RETURNS TO WASHINGTON Washington, Aug. Coolidge returned to cording to employes who witnessed | early today from Marion where yes- the accident. 60 years of age. vy _ _Husom, a carpenter, Tuesday to head badly. being struck. been stopping at in Minneapolis. after it happened. + jus one younger son. ’ Governor abduction here last night. ‘» involved in the affair. » said the executi was seriously consi napping. - law several months ago with the an- nounced intention of stamping out > lawlessness of mobs. was ready to place the processes of the law. Hantman, bile, where he was 1 Sblack snake whip. He prietor, at $3,500. The said, ~ he began cleaning’ u eign re! answering the gommunication of. Ji | ‘delivered to Baron Belgian i He was about 50 or here the came take a job with Woodrich Construction company in their construction of the filtration plant for the city. He was running the power saw this morning and ap- parently did not see the clam shovel ns it was descending, nor did the en- gineer who was operating the shovel notice the earpenter, until the vic- tim was struck by it, crushing the Death ‘appeared to come almost instantaneously, according to those who saw the accident. The man made no movement, it was said, after Mr, Husom was a member of the Sons of Norway, it was said, and-bad | | ititary patrol in front of the mod- rooms on street, between Main and Broadway. He was a widower and had two sons Fifth) mr, Hegg stated that the deceased 1eft two sons, Carl, age about 25, Funera] arrange- ments had not been concluded. © MARTIAL LAW * THREAT MADE . INOKLAHOMA Ds. Nuatect Case of Abduction and Flogging Arouses the Tulsa, Okla., Aug 11.—Tulsa taced i a possible threat of martial law to- day as the result of a kidnapping and Whether state,action would follow the latest ease of mob activity was expected to depend upon the repre- sentations made. to Governor J. Walton by local authorities. » Informed ‘of the abduction last night shortly after it took place the governor immediately called Chief Police Moran and: advised him that he was informed that the police were . Chief Moran had declared he ring placing the * county under martial law ‘but denied |}, the police had taken part in the kid- Okmulgee was put under a martial Governor Wal- ton had repeatedly declared that he ery county in the state under military rule if nec- ‘essary to compel proper respect for Last night’s victim was Mason “He was seized within a block, of the police station and car- ried into the country in an automo- thed with » brought to a local hospital where his condi- tion was saiq to be serious} DAMAGE DONE, : PUT AT $3,500 : Damage done to the Bjsmarck Ma- chine Shop by fire Tuesday night was estimated today by Paul Gaschk, pro- damage, he ir exceeded -expectations when debris. The loss qwas covered: by insurance. The fire ‘started, he says, from a short-circuit. rut 7, Aug. iy, os Britain's reply to the Bel- r its proposed note terday he attended the funeral ser- vices of President Harding. He mo- tored Girectly from the special train ‘to the temporary executive offices | at the Willard hotel. MARION SILENT Marion, 0., Aug. 11.—(By the As- sociated Press)—Her hour of sor- row over Marion today returned to her accustomed ways. Gone were the silent crowds that streamed in town yesterday to: pay their last respects to the late War- ren G. Harding, the gentle, unassum- editor who became ing newspaper President of the United States. The only physical yesterday's historical scenes were the mourning-draped streets and the est vault where the, body was placed yesterday. In the uncertain future a leum is to be erected to maso- house Anton Nelson, J. L, Whitney andthe dust of the fourth Ohio president Wm, McDonald ected as jurors at the !40°aie in office and when completed, inquest, which was conducted by Cor-! possibly on an Indian mound near the oner E, J, Gobel.and Atty. Joseph | cemetery where his mother is buried, Coghlan. -Witnesses “called included Leonard Parrell, Minneapolis, Mipn. Warner Sempel, city; Faian Qfrai - engineer for. the construction com: pany, and Alfred. Hegg of Minne- apolis, partner of the deceased. The witnesses were those who hag wit- nessed the accident or had seen it the American people will have «snoth- er shrine. For Marion the brief period of her fame as the home of the President was ended and another. small town, Northhampton, Massachusetts, the home of Calvin Coolidge took the place of Marion in the public eye. Friends and neighbors of Mr. | Harding today congregated to talk over the life of Mr. Harding and the funeral yesterday. detail. ed. One old friend of the Harding fam- ily gave a vivid descriptjon of the intimate and dramatic stene in the living room at Dr. Harding’s home yesterday afternoon ewhen President Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft and oth- er high government oficials met for a few brief moments before the funeral procession started for the cemetery. No newspaper writers were present to record the scene, “It was one p. m.” he told the As- sociated Press, “the long line of peo- ple which early in the morning had been filing through to look on the dead president’s face was stopped by the arms of a soldier on guard at the door. Thousands in the lines were disappojnted after many hours of waiting. i “A-hush had settled over the room tl rd for two days Many were the stories relat- C.| the tramping feet of thousand: President and Mrs. Coolidge enter- ed followed by Chief Justice aft, General Pershing, members of the cabinet, Speaker Gillette, Governor Donehey and army and navy officials of high rank in their uniforms. Bi: hop William 8. Anderson of t! Methodist church and the Rev. Dr. Jesse Swank andthe Rev. George lenshaw of Marion were’ present. “The gathering formed in a semi- circle.in the quiet room and ‘plainly showed their grief.” 4 COMMUNISTS Berlin, Aug, 11.—Four communists were killed ang 40 others injured in Upper Sile: while the police were attempting this morning to clear the square in which the communists were demonstrating. FALL FROM HORSE FATAL Valley City, N. D., Aug. 11—An- drew, 12 year old son of Mrs. Robert Kunse of near Dazey, died in.a hospi- tal here as the result of internal in- juries sustained when he fell from = horse he. was .idirg. An operation was performed in an effort to save is life. cian EN: BANK I8 SOLD .; Aug, Berge by Martin Apland and H. J. Sorli to Peter ©. ‘Tangen, who has. be cashier of the institution since 19) Peg ig bank of. Velva. Messrs, Apland nd’ Sorlein to collect personal belongings at the ! AT " White House and to arrange for her, CUNO OFFERS 11.—President! Washington; reminders of | Each incident was gone over in| ~ ARE KILLED TOST 1.—The First has been sold bank was organised in 1905 by | system. on, cashier of the nd of Major: AFTER FUNERAL i BANK ROBBERS FAIL AT UPHAM Fargo, N. D., Aug. 11.—Bank rob- | Upham, N. D., near Towner, Thurs- | day, but failed to get into the money chest, according to a telegram to W. | C, Macfadden, secretary of the North Dakota Bunkers association. , The “yeggs” cut all the telephone wires to the bank and useg saws to |cut their way into the bank. There was no vault in the bank. The safe had round corners and there was a round money chest, which the rob- bers could not force. RESIGNATION AS PREMIER President Ebert of Germany Refuses to Accept Resig- | nation of Premier { London, Aug. 11.—Chancellor | Cuno handed President | resignation today says a Central News dispatch from Berlin but the President refused to accept it. ae . Berlin, Aug. 11—In spite of the immense crowds parading in Unter Linden and the adjacent streets carly today Berlin was quiet up to 2 o'clock ‘this after- noon. President Ebert and the cabinet attended the constitution day ceremonials at the Reichstag which were given strong police and troop protection. Armed patrols.also were as- signed to the Wilhelmstrasse and the government buildings. DEATH CLAINS [A.A.VESPERMAN After an Illness of Several Years Due to Diabetes Albert August Vesperman, age 58, resident df Bismarck since 1905, died at the family residence yesterday aft- ernoon at 4:30 o’clock after an illness of several years due to diabetes. Mr. Vesperman came to Bismarck from De Forest, Wisconsin and was a farmer by occupation. He is survived by his wife and four children, Mrs. George C. Brink- man of Chicago, Ill., Walter C. V perman, Bernice E. and Bruce W. Vesperman of Bismarck; three bro- thers, E. H. L., 0. A., and E. E. Ves- perman, and one sister, Mrs. C. A. Brummond of Washburn. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen fraternal order. A funeral service for relatives and friends will,be. he]d),at the family residence, 27: Avenug D Monday aft- ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. C. Frj Strutz will have charge of',the ser- vices. BIGGEST CORN {or below average. ‘GAS’ PRICE CUT IN SOUTH DAKOTA ITY WATER PLANT STANDARDCUTS CROP SEEN IN N.D, THIS YEAR U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Predicts a Record-breaking Crop FLAX UP; WHEAT DOWN Flax Acreage Will Nearly Double Last Year While Wheat Is About Half The greatest corn crop in the his- tory of North Dakota is in prospeet. | Report of the U. S. Bureau of Esti- mates for North Dakota places the probable yield of the corn crop at 20,981,000 bushels compared with, 18,- 818,000 bushels for last year, Tame hay also is placed at s high- er figure than last year in the esti- mates, indicating an unusually large forage crop for the state this year, Corn Report. The corn and hay report follows: The August 1 condition ‘of corn averaged for the state 97 per cent of a normal and is the highest August 1, condition for this crop in our 23 year record going back to 1900, The present condition compares with 87 per cent for July 1, 85. per cent a year ago and 78 per cent the 10-year average for August 1. It forecasts on the basis of an interpreteg yield of 29.1 bushels per acre a crop of 20,981,000 bushels compared with 18,- 818,000 bushels last year and the 1917-21 average of 11,956,000. The final ouf-turn of this crop may be above or below the. present forecast according as to how conditions be- tween now and harvest vary above Our records show that in the past 23 years final yields have been below: August forecasts 17 times and above 6 times, Tame hay on ‘August 1 had a sands tion of 84 per’ cent of normal com- pared with 82 a month: ago and wild hay a condition of 80- compared with: 80.on July-1 last, On the bi our earlierestimate of 1,058,000 acres of tame hay and 2,469,000 acres of wild hay, these condition figures indicate an acre yield of 1.87 tons and_a total production of 1,449,000 tons for tame hay and-for wild hay an acre yield of 0.96 tons and total production of 2,870,000. Total hay prospect there- fore is for 3,819,000 tons against 4, 247,000 tons in 1922 and 3,605,000 tons in 1921, Flax Yield Up. The rye yielg of the state is placed at 9,493,000 bushels, less than half last year. The condition of oats was placed at 68 per cent normal, as com- paréd with a 10-year average of 73 per cent. , A production of 56,257,000 bushels ‘as compared to 76,804,000 bushels a year ago. The indicated production of barley, based on an in- terpreted yield of 17.8 bushels an CYCLONE HITS DAWSON AREA; HEAVY DAMAGE Catholic Church in Dawson Is Completely Wrecked, Ac- cording to Information POLES BLOWN DOWN Wire Communication Is Badly Interrupted East of Daw- son to Medina Winds of cyclonic proportions | caused considerable damage late yes- | terday between Dawson and Medina, | Kidder county, according ta informa- tion received in Bismarck today. | The Catholic church at Dawson, a frame structure, was completely wrecked. Several smaller buildings were twisteq and many window lights | were blown out. er of the glass | in the Dawson hotel operated by. Mrs. Mary K, Eastburn was blown out. A line of poles on one side of the | main street in Dawson was blown into a line of the other side, both be- ing wrecked. One line was owned ' by the North Dakota Independent | Telephone company. Best information is that the storm extended as far east as Medina, al-! though local telephone communica- tion was: cut off east of Dawson. Lines had been pusheg through to} Fargo. There was no damages at Steele, it'| is believed, and .no damage was re- ported from Tuttle. A tourist reaching Bismarck to- day said that he was caught, in the storm between 3 and 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the edge of Dawson. He had never seen a harder wind, he said. The top of his car was blown off and he never foundit. The rods holding the top on the cat were snapped off like matches, he said. He saw the top trike the ground aboyt 200 yards away. He started after it, but it was ‘rolling over and over so fast he gave up the hunt. Straw stacks were blown down, he said, and a few small buildings. HOLD MEMORIAL AT LA MOURE LaMoure, Aug: 11—Memorial ser- vices in honor of our dead president, Warren Gamelial Harding, will be Sunday afternoon. Judge C. W. Davis of LaMoure will preside, and address- es will be given by Dr. W. Bryn- Jones of Madison, Wis., Senator W. D. Lynch of LaMoure, Mayor C. H. Sheils of Edgeley and Hon. Wesley C, McDowell of Marion. Appropriate acre is 28,600,000 and compares with 25,704,000 bushels a year ago. With regard to flax, the report in- dicates a yteld almost double that of last year. The report says: Flaxseed with an August 1 condi- tion of 78 per cent of a normal was two points above the average for this date, although below the favorable crop of 1922 which a year ago aver- aged 86 per cent. The present con- dition interprets a yield of 7.5 bush- els per acre and forecasts a total com- 1922 WOLF KILLING RECORD GROWS Adam _ Leismester _ Collects More Than $2,000 This - Year Adam Leismester, North Dakota’s champion wolf hynter, continues to tid the state of Wolves at a fast rate and to enrich himself at the same mester has killed 942 coytes this season, of which he classes 809 ¢ d 198 as old on He has received in stat y alone $2,041.00 for his hunting this season, and still has a number of pelts at home he has not presented. While Leismester operates a big farm near Harvey he would give all his time to wolf hunting if the bounty were raised a little more, he says. TROOPS SENT RIKE DUTY \ (By the Associated Preys) | ° SpringAeld, Ill, Avg. Tithe first contingent of troops fea for strike duty’ at ‘Hillsboro left here at 7:40 o'clock. thia morning .on board five special cars of the Ilinois traction a The: detachment consisted jpringfield Lear ‘There officers under.com- eee Norbert Btyleq of entirely of; ‘were 140' mi N and the 1917-21 average of 3,944,000. The present crop is on a greatly ex. panded acreage. The 1928 production of spring wheat is put at 65,024,000 bushels as compared to 123,234,000 a year ago. WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. General Weather Conditions The pressure is low over the Red River Valley of the North and precip- itation occurred over the Mississippi Valley, in Iinois and at scattered places in North Dakota, Fair weath- er prevails over the West. Temper- atures: have risen from the Missis- sippi Valley eastward, but cooler weather prevails over the Northwest. Road Conditions The roads throughout the State arg in good to excellent condition. % North Dakota Corn and wheat ” Stations. High Low Preci. Amenia . > 8% 5B 0 C BISMARCK 84 58 0 PC Bottineau . 6 50 0 C Bowbells.. 16 52 07 Cl Devils Lake 80 52 14 C Dickinson 84 50 0 PC Ellendal 86 57 0 Cl Fessenden ..:,..1.. 82.54 0 C 84 53 02 Cl 84 45 10° C 171-85 68 C $25.0 C 92 62.47 Cl 79 45 .20.C Napoleon ... & 85 | a Williston . 2 52 30 C a a _partly cloudy; Cl, ‘cloudy. AER af ‘The above ‘record. is. for the ™, ‘today, local ~ fon August 7 but other 48.) various music will be rendered. The service is designed to be county-wide, and it is hoped that every section of the county will be well represented. OLSON CASE JS POSTPONED Indiana Authorities Withdraw Request For Extradition Request of the authorities of the state of Indigna for the return to Indiana of Jourgen Olson, Minot banker, to face charges growing out of the failure of the Farmers Bank of Newburgh, Indiana, was again withdrawn from consideration of Governor Nestos today by F. H. Lind- sey, apecial representative of Indiana authoriti The petition will be renewed, and held at Memorial Park, Grand Rapids,|. SAME REDUCTION IN GASOLINE GIVEN SOUTH DAKOTA DEMANDED __FOR STATE BY GOVERNOR NESTOS KNITTING ble Also Approves Cooperative Buying of Gasoline if Prices of ‘Gas Are Exorbitant — | Discusses Method Used, in South Dakota — Wires Standard Oil Demandin; Cut. Governor R, A. Nestos, upon re- ceiving information that the Standard | Oil Company of Indiana had reduced price of gasoline in South Dakota to 16 cents a gallon, today wired officials jof Standard Oil company in Chicago {demanding that any reduced retail rate of gasoline also be given to North Dakota citizens. . “Although I am informed the Standard Oil officials assert this price is below the cost of production, I feel that there should be no dis- crimination and that North Dakota is entitled to a similar rate, taking jimto consideration difference in freight costs,” he said, Governor Nestos also approved the suggestion of Governor McMaster of ; South Dakota that co-operative asso- ciations be formed in different com- munities to buy gasoline in carload lots “till such time as the dealers in gasoline shall cease, their policy of charging exorbitant prices,” When asked today in regard to the suggestion given by Governor operative associations be formed in the different communities to buy | asoline in carload lots till such ti | as the dealers in gasoline shall cea: their policy of charging exorbitant profits, Governor Nestos stated that so made; that if it is true that gas- oline ean be supplied continuously and dependably at about fourteen cents gallon, that it is unconscion- able to sell the gasoline at from twenty-six to twenty-nine cents per gallon and that the people of the vari- ous communities are warranted in making arrangements by co-opera- tion, and otherwise, to purchase their gasoline in carload lots and to their community these exorbitant ex- actions. Governor's Charges. CLASSMATES: : , itis u bad situation and it seems to me that if it is done because of |the fear of. the independent deslers that the Standard Oi} will. start a price cutting campaign that will drive them out of business and ren- der their investment worthless, that this can be overcome by having t! independent dealers, who are satis- pecamith om reneonsule profit on the i | product sold, make an agreement awed ae of Judge and Mrs. a with all the principal users of gaso- whose death was due to an accident|jine in the community to supply while at the Miller summer home at! them with all the gasoline they need Detroit Lake, will take part in the|for a two or three years period at so funeral services for the deceased to- Tbe ataeineaey Waele dant lea . ns x o e independent deal- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the) oy who is honest and fair against the family residence. __| possibility that the consumers, for : The ceceldant anpeneds according whose benefit he may have reduced 0 ii ion from TS 0 | prices, will ii family, when Kenneth was running u Deri ercues eugene 1% | the Standard Oil as soon as they along the dock at Detroit, caught his | ¢ thei i i Se ee ae heiundtauliaaea bax ‘ommence their price cutting cam paign. containing live'fish, ahd was thrown! wor course, the ind head foremost into a shallow bit of » the independent dealer, water in the lake. The force of the|and the local associations, whether « catapult resulted in the fracturing} ¢. oil i Bee Ros HPS fhe mecesend ening. could not handle the gasoline at a D fey shyist which is open to) profit of two cents per gallon if they the pymmif, foniotrow Mrs. W. J. Tar-| were to render the kind of a service gart and Henry Halverson will sing. : mB-!that the people nowadays require, Rev. W: F. Jones of the Presbyterian | +1 , chureh will officiate. without losing money on it, but they could fix such margin of profit as Acting as pallbearers will be Wm.| would be reasonable and still save a Lenhart, Buren Holta, Harry Thémp-| great amount of money to the users son, Jr, Ray Taylor, Logan Ward,| of gasoline in this state.” and Carl Blunt. Classmates from*the Demands Same Treatment. high school will also act as honorary pallbearers, The Governor added: “I have just Milo Miller, a brother of the de-| received information to the effect ceased, arrived today from Chicago,|that the Standard Qil company has ordered gasoline reduced to 16 cents One of the first pictures taken of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge after’ she became The First Lady of the Land shows her at ‘her favorite pastime. Death of Kenneth Miller Due To Tripping Over Fish : Box High school classmates of-Kenneth a hearing held on September 7. One of several defects alleged by E. R, Sinkler, attorney for Olson, had been corrected since the first hearing objections were not met, and the petition: with- drawn for the purpose of correcting the papers in Indiana. Mr. Lindsey, at the hearing, said that Prosecutor Youngblood of War- tick county, Indiana, was ready to ome to North Dakota last Septeinber to. seek Olson’s return, but that Gov- ersfor McCray of Indiana called him in and asked him to postpone acti pending an effort to get a fin: settlement’ with Olson. stated that all delay in the hearing, first requested several months ago, was at the instance of the India authorities: f E. R. Sinkler, Olson’s attorney, rei- terated his 4sertion shat the state of Indiana was endeavoring to use the criminal laws to collect a civil debt trom Olson, Governor Nestos, while not being called upon to decide the question said. that, in wfew of. the repeated ef- forts to get a settlement and the ‘postponement of criminal action at stjmen, indicated that more concern was felt in ‘ad‘ana over col- leeting the debt than the rosecu~ 2 ° Sint) We Mr. Lindsey }' Tl, and Miss Dorothy Blunt who had a gallon in South Dakota, although been visiting at the Miller cottage a short time ago came from Minneapo-| asserting this’ is below the cost of fa’ tatetiena ike funoral: production, I feel that North Dakota lt should receive the same rate as other states, taking into consideration any Fea NG BOND) Sh cor'aneeeate omelet Standard Oil company of Chicago, ld Minot, N. D., Aug. 11—Ed. King stating that if gasoline is to be at a reduced prise in South Dakot we will insist upon a like price of Donnybrook, is at liberty under| North Dakota.” bonds of $3,000 and facing a charge of assaplt with a deadly weapon with intent’ to kill in district court in | VILLS MAN ay in two other men charged with the crime, as the outgrowth of the ult and alleged robbery of A. O. Hayden, aged 75, of Carpio, last Fri- day. Hayden is in Trinity hospital here recovering from the effects of the beating administered by the men whom he claims came to his home last’ Friday night about 10 o'clock, beat him into .unconscior ness and then left, apparently with the idea, authorities say, that Hayden dead, Although the attending physician recently granted permission to’a newspaper representative to see the aged man for a brief interview, this privilege was: declined by hos: pital attaches, Wagecew 11 (By the A, P;)—Grover Cleve- land Bergdoll, the American draft evader, sl down and killed ‘one man wounded another last night when men hotel apartments kidnapping attempt. to be Frenchmen, pet esteaeee SE McMaster of South Dakota that co-| he wholly agreed with the suggestion | Eberbach, Baden, Germany, Aug. |. Tt would take 6000 bees t6- weigh |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [mon] PRICE FIVE CENTS ITS PRICE 10. MEET STATE Reduces Gasoline to 16 Cents Though Saying It Is Below Cost to Produce |ORDERED BY BOARD Directors of Standard Statement Say Competi- tors Can’t Sell Cheaper Chicago, Aug. 11—The reduction in the price of joline in South Da- kota to 16 cents a gallon was an- nounced here today by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The action was taken by the board of directors, according to a state- ment issued by them, as a result of an order ‘of Governor W. H. MeMas- ter of South Dakota on August 7 - in-which he ordered the state high- way commission at Mitchell to- sell gasoline at 16 cents a gallon. “The Governor of South Dakota on August 7 ordered the highway com- mission at Mitchell, S. D., to sell gasoline at 16 cents a gallon” says the statement. “In accordance with his order gas- oline has been sold and now is sell at a price of 16 cents a gallon. The governor has also said that jhe Proposes to establish selling sta- |tions in different parts of the state ; in which gasoline will be sold at a iprice equivalent to’ thiv price so maintained in the city of Mitchell. |. The Standard Oil Company of In- | diana asserts that the price is be- low the cost of manyfacture and dis- tribution and the price maintained by it, and most of its compxtitars. in the State of South Dakota are table and. just, based on the present Price of crude gil_and the cost of .the manufacture and distribution of its product. . i. The, Standgrd Oil Company. of In- diana, always has stood on the prin- ciple that the customer. who purch jed its goods should never have been compelled to pay a higner. price than , that fixed and maintained. by -any | competitor, .quality and service be- ing duly considered, . Acting on this principle the -Stan- dard Oil Company. of Indiana has to- day: fixed-a price for gasolina: dif- ference. in the cost -of transportation being recognized -at all -points in the state of South Dakota the some ts ‘maintained by the state highway com- mission. “In taking this action we are fully aware of the fact that this price is far below cost and it should not be maintained by the state.” BUYS 160,000 GALLONS* Marion, O., Aug. 11—By the As- sociated Press—One hundred and sixty thousand gallons of gasoline purchased in Chicago Thursday will be shipped at once to nine cities in South Dakota for sale to the pub- lic at, 16 cents a gallon. Announcement of this latest dev- elopment in South Dakota’s gas- oline “war” was made here today by Governor W, H. McMaster of South Dakota, who came to Marion jto attend the funeral of the late President Harding. The Governor further announced that he was calling upon Governors of other states to join in the war on high pasos Bees ‘out! akota cities to which the state will ship gasoline for sale at 16 cents are: Deadwood, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown, Pierre, Huron, Yankton, Mitchell and Sioux Falls, In a formal statement Gover- nor McMaster id hat he called upon Standard Oil officials 3 Chicago Thursday, and: demand- ed a 5 cent reduction ‘asoline at Stations in- South Dakota, ae MAY CALL SESSIQN Pierre, S. D., Aug. 11.—Predictions are freely being made that a special session of the South Dakota le; ture will be called here by Governor McMaster to establish a petroleum commission in his war on gasoline prices. A leading oil man today. of- fered to cooperate with the Gover- nor in arranging the sale -of gasoline in car load lots to consumers on a cooperative basis, BANGS PLANS _TOPRESENT _. JURY REQUEST Fargo, Aug. 11.—Petitions asking for the calling: of a grand. jury in Cass county as early as popsible to hear evidence regarding the alleged wrecking of the Scandinavian Amer- ican bank of Fargo are now being ‘prepared, according to an dtinounce- Tate Thursday by Geo,.A. special as- Grand Forks, sistant attorney general. Mr.*Briggs said ‘the petition | ably will be presented'to Judge Two men were waiting outside in’ ‘an automobile. One was said to be in the uniform of an. American lieuten-