The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 1

a ~ Ago. greater than a year ago. “Wlarger than a. year ago. Showers probable tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 BUSINESS IN NORTHWEST IS SOME BETTER Total Volume Slightly Better That a Year Ago, Federal Reserve Bank. Reports MIXED CROPS BEST Yield Greatest Return, Says Monthly Report of J. H. Rich, Head of Bank Minneapolis, Sept, 29.—The total of business activity in the Federal Reserve District is slightly better than a year ago, with the volume remaining about stationary in the last two months, according to the monthly summary issued today by John H. Rich, federal reserve agent, Minneapolis. The summary says: op returns for this district are becoming more definite each day. Latest information at our command confirms early réports of an increase in the corn crop without material damage from early frost, and a de- crease in the spring wheat crop. Farmers who varied their production this year by planting flax are now reaping a mefited reward with good yields and fair prices. Terminal prices for wheat, corn and flax are greater than a year ago. “Business activity during August as reflected by individual debits was practically the same as in the pre- ceding month, whereas there is usu- ally an increase at\this season of the year. However, the t is sligl ly better than a year ago. In most lines of business the volume of activ- ity followed seasofal trends except that retail trade appeared to be much better in the cities and poorer in the country districts. Mining output for both iron and copper were above a year ago. Marketing of corn and rye was below a year ago but this was partly offset by abmormally high receipts of flax, oats, 4 barley. The fact that receipts of cat- tle and calves have fallen be- Tow th of » ytar ago suggests. the possibility that’ beef herds are being built up because of plentiful forage d confidence in the stability of beef prices, “The outlook for new business may to some extent be estimated by a consideration of projected’ building activity as shown by building per- mits and by stocks of merchandise on hand.’ The valuation of permits recorded by this office for August reached the highest total since our reporting began nearly five years ago. Both the number ang valuation of permits exceeds that ofa year Stocks in the hands of lumber retailers, however, have xeached the highest totals for this year relative to seasonal trends,, while the stocks of lumber manufacturers are, about the same as a year ago. Merchan- dise stocks of city retailers are “Financial conditions indicate cus- tomary developments for this time of the year. The loans of 28 banks lo- vated in the larger cities increased ‘nearly 7 millions dGring the six ‘weeks ending with the middle of Sep- tember, bringing them to the point of borrowing from this Federal Re- serve Bank during September. Crop moving demands increased. Federal Reserve note! issues 21-2 millions during the first half of September. Banks located outside the larger cit- es indicate in recent called reports i less strained condition than a year ago, although somewhad more tended than during the spring, to be expected. The general demand for accommodation for agricultural purposes has made interest rates firmer, demands from commercial having remained about{ the same.” Other statements in the report in- clude: Farm product prices at Northwest- ern terminals showed a: slight up- ward trend between July and August. Retail trade during August was marked by a full recovery in depart- ment store sales in northwestern ‘cities after the Tily slump. Savings deposits in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth as large on the first of September as on the first -of August and were 12 per cent Rural credit bank conditions on June 30, 1928 showed a marked i provement .over conditions a year ago, but seasonal expansion as com- pared with April 3° HEARS LICENSE APPLICATIONS of the aa license department, ha: ‘ gone al ». Drake and ot! towns for purpose of holding . hearings on applications for license, to conduct a pool Hall or similar business ‘under the -law, against which applications ‘objections have been filed. f ; : ——— MATRIM HOLIDAYS. ‘London, Be awe ought to ina ae eee ma: is horior in Ealing pe- lice court the other day, “Then, ‘could ae TEAMS START OUT MONDAY ON | Richard A. Tracy, assistant for the .Ted Quanrud, Harry Larson, Frank b 2) rth. Philip Eliott, bttorney/in charge] !° pO Ee Rael OURO US IL et Ta ETS POLY CLINGS TO HUSBAND NEW CREDIT SYSTEM HELP IN NO, DAKOTA State Examiner Says Great Good Is Being Accomplish- ed For Banks, Farmers SHORT-TERM LOANS New System Supplements Other Credit Systems; Be- ing Largely Used in N. D. Great good is being accom¥ished in. North Dakota by the hew interme- diate credit system established as a result of an act of the last nati Seminggon, state examiner, Many communities already have taken ad- vantage of the aid offered through the system but theYe still is oppor- tunity for the organization of many associations in the state, the state examiner added. Thirty-seven credit associations have been organized thus far, with capital ranging from $10,000 to $60,- 000. The associations may sell short- term agricultural and livestock loans, running from nine months to three years, to the federal interme- diate banks. As each association may borrow to the amount of ten times its capital stock it is evident that there is a huge borrowing power created in the state, Mr. Semingso: pointed out. ° According to other officials who have come in contact with the sys- tem there is less “red tape” than is connected with the War Finance Cor- poration loans and a low interest rate of 7 percent is provided for the farmer. The system has alresdy re- sulted in great benefit to eountry banks and to individual farmers, according to officials, MANY CLING TOLAND AT. BIG. EXPENSE This is the best photograph yet to be published of Mrs. Beryl Curtis Ward, wife of Walter Ward, and their two children, since Ward went on trial at White Plains, N. Y., for his life for the slaying of Clarence Peters, former sailor. It was taken at Sutton Manor. Ward was ac- quitted yesterday. RAPID-FIRE RED CROSS DRIVE Leaders Hope That With Cooperation Budget For Organiza- tion Will Be Raised in a Remarkably Short Time— Teams Named For City Drive \ Monday morning the~teams engaged in the Red Cross Roll Call drive will meet at the Association of Commerce rooms at 8:30 o'clock, receive their buttons and receipt books, ready to start immediately covering the business district. By evening they expect to have covered the entire business district and devote themselves to the residential cohgress, in the opinion of Gilbert | , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1923 SIX MISSING AFTER TELLING KLAN STORIES. Military Authorities in Okla-; homa Declare Important Witnesses Disappear PETITION DENIED Court Refuses Mandamus in Case in Which Effort Is Made to Force Election Oklahoma City, Sept. 29—The state supreme court today denied ap- plications of Gov. Walton for a re- hearing of hia appeal on a decision of the secretary of state that would haye permitted the state legislature to convene itself to investigate the conduct of state officials. This re- moved the last obstance for the hear- ing. It was pointed out that the action of the court does not order 3 tion submitted, it merely ull the legal horr'ers, It is still possi- ble for an injunction action to be brought this way for such actions having been left open when the court earlier in the day denied an applica- tion for a writ of mandamus to com- pel the election board to test the question on the ballot. Tulsa, Sept. 29. -Six persons miss- ing from *Tulsa county following their appearance , before Governor Walton’s military commission to re late their experiences at the hands of masked bands are being sought by troop detachments in four counties, Capt. E, W. Wallis, personal aide to the Adjutant-General, announced at military headquarters. Searching squads are in Wagoner, Okmulgee Creek and Tulsa county, he said. Three men and three women regarded as important witnesses in scheduled court action growing out of information filed by the military have disappeared since appearing be- fore the martial board of inquiry, Capt, Wallace declared. WRIT DENIED Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept: 20 — nied an application for a writ of man- damus to compel the state aeenen district Tuesday. Because thé two districis will e covered both the wife and the husband are asked to keep their thoney separate, so that a member’ of the team will not be referred ‘by the wife to her husband in a down town business house. All checks may be made out to J. L. Bell, treasurer of the Red Cross. As this is to be the only drive for funds for relief work in Bur- leigh county and Bismarck for the next six months, except one, it is hoped that the response will be; immediate and generous. It 18; urged that everybody will sign up for one $1 membership although additional $1 are equally we'come. When the teams start on the residential districts they ask the women to show the same readiness and preparedness as the men are expected to show in the ‘business districts. In order to allow thos? who may be missed by the teams @ chance to contribute people will be stationed at various points on the streets with boxes and tags The men who will conduct this drive have been selected by Scott Cameron, local chairman of the Red Cross Roll Call drive, and ‘ACOUIT WARD ON CHARGE ~~ OR MURDER Crowd Rush to Ward Shower- ing Affectionate Attention Upon Him ‘ tracts Do Not Want Thém To Slip From Them Many holders of contracts for pur- chase, of state school lands are going to extreme lengths to keep their lands, Faith of the holders in their in- vestments is shown by the fact that approximately one-half of the land purchase contracts on which fore- closure proceedings were instituted by the Board of University and School lands because of arrearazes have been settled after the suits were recommenced, the land purchas- ers paying all costs and settling de- linquenc’ Records of the board also saow that whereas applications .of school districts and other public corpora- tions for purchase of bond issues with funds of the Board of Univer- sity and School lands totalled over $2,000,000 a year and a half ago the total has been brought down to less than $500,000. Collections for rent on school lands, interest on farm loans and interest and installments on farm purchase contracts is said to be satisfactory, particularly with respect to delinquencies. The board, in a meeting yesterday afternoon, was presented with an order issued by District Judge Pugh restraining it from proceeding to sell byildings removed in Golden Valley county from land on which the contract of the estate of J. B. Stoddard was eancejled, The Attor- represent the White Plains, N. Y., Sept. 29.— Walter Ward acquitted yesterday of the murder of Clarence Peters, former sailer, was at home with his wife and children a frée man today: A jury had found ‘him not guilty of the simister crime that had hung over his head 16 months. The verdict resembled an anni- versary gift for yesterday was his 42nd birthday 5 A scene almost without parallel was enacted in the court room when the verdict was announced. The throng rose to its feet, pushed ‘and ghoved its way over benches and railings to Ward’s side. Most of the Jubilant ones were women, and members of the ‘same fash- |fonable colony of Westchester coun- ty. They grapsed Ward’s hénd, threw their arms about his neck and some tried to kiss him. The trial was the climax of a long ser- les of events. Peters’ body was found and there wag scarcely a paragraph of the incident in the ney ers. a ef ae later the i led, “it was a no- Bitinge Block: Dale Simon, Ted togy” and. that Tiaereat elo geet Bauk. look: 3." P. | virtually escaped notice.’ Then @ ; lock: J. P.'tew days later Ward’a attorneys Fred| came forward with a statement Oscar Selvig. baker's son. Erickso. and inélude the following people: ‘ First National Block: A.C. Sor- erson. Gene Leonard, Bill Harris, ’ . ; City National Bank Block: Hen- ry Duemeland, Al Rosen, Spencer Boise, Phil Webb. ly. Grand Pacific Hotel Block: Mrs. Fred Peterson, Mrs. J. C. Oberg. Hoskins Block: Hal Dobler, city, Ben: Tillotson, ney-General will board, 4 The board purchased $20,000 of bonds of the Van Hook school dis- trict and $35,000 bonds of the Linton district, the bonds to be taken up in the order of purchase and when, funds are available. HAIL LOSSES MUCH LARGER Losses Exceed Losses of 1922 ligwo! | Bertsch, Jack Runyan, Annex Hotel Block: insom, A, J, Arnot.’ Warnes De ui e, nces imson. - Corwin Motor Block: Ed ee pet ee oe blackmail :plot against the wealthy suck Pere HERE'S MARK ‘Latr Motor Biock: Ed Rose,| \ won ieee FOR AUTO. FANS Rank of Norih Dakota: | A. 8. TO SHOOT AT Bismarck Grocery Block: Chris on. e Wholesale District: Nels Bys- Local auto fans who have made ie cen sim B. H, Myl-| coast trips have anew mark to shoot| by Over 7,000 Claims, State © “ your check at. : when tne men eat,” mia pe ee B, 8, Wagner,’ formerly of \Fargo, Department Reports Cameron. Si made a trip’ from Vargo to Los : x / AM tray ling nee who leave tony ne it bene Peg driving! p41) losses ire Deo! the state in tated Baden pee ieee ue (hour, “necording to word from Fargo. na . This is what he said he did: 1st day, vane: ar besa oo ee id day, Glendive to’ Livingston, tess bra day, Lifingston to Miss- is "| outa, 305 miles} 4th day, Miasqula to! Walla Walla, 410 miles; 6th . day, ial | Walla Walla to Gold Hj, 619° miles; 6th day, Gold Hill to, Los Angeles, ct RB Holders of School Land Con-j; ‘Tuesday that would permit the leg- islature to convene itself to investi- gate Agts of state officials. A writ was sought by Campbceil Russell instigator of the petition in- itiating the question. One way yet remains by which the| ways” had been erased and “Soviet|ly, in a position to tackle it before westion can be submitted to a vote. That is for the cofrt to deny before & p. m. motion of Governor J. C. Walton for a rehearing of his appesl from the decision of the Secretary of State who held the petition sufficient. ASKS ROADS TO CONTINUE IMMIGRATION Railroads, Ought Not to Stop Work Now, Governor Nes- tos Writes To Them Railroads operating in the North- west are urged by Governor Nestos in letters not to retrench in their immigration work at this time. ’“Considering the large acreage of tillable but unfarmed land in North Dakota, the large number of unoccu- pied farms, the finest soil in the United States with the possibility of producing splendid crops of at least a dozen different varieties of farm products, and these lands purch: ble at a low price or rentable on plendid terms, there seemed to be such an opening for “immigration work and such a chance to increase the revenues of your road that the .président and the other chief offi- cials ought to add to the appropria- tion for immigration and industrial development rather than to detract from it,” the Governor wrote the im- migration commissioner of the Great Northern railway. The Governor said he was suggest- ing to some North Dakota people that to induce reriters to come in from the territory where they are accustomed to handle cows, corn and ‘hogs that they grant them the privi- lege of using 10 to 20 percent of the cultivated area ‘of a farm free of aharge, if they farm the balance of the ‘land \properly. i Valley Team Gets Jump on Locals ‘Tie Valley: City high school foot ‘ball team got the jump on the Bis- marek high “school here this after- noon, ‘scoring a touchdown in the figst ‘five minutes of play.’ goul. Bismarck than play | Valley. City missed Valle the MANY FUSES BLOWN OUT SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM HERE | - THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [muon] CUTNING, DURING The house occupied by Hardld D.) homes in the city but there was no Shaft, district court reporter, at 110 West Broadway, was struck by light- ning during a severe electrical and rainstorm which descended on the city about 10:80 o'clock last night. The granite top of the chimney was thrown 10 feet to the roof be- low, denting it, and scattering pieces on the ground. The fuse door box in the house was blown across the room, The hi was unoccupied at the time, Mr. Shaft returning about a half hour after the lightning struck, The severe thundet clap that fol- lowed the bolt shook the entire neighborhood. In the northeast part of the city one resident reported that a Victrola was shaken as if by an earthquake. Many fuses were blown out in nr. FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, Sept. 29.—Weather | outlook for the week beginning Mon- dfy : Upper Mississippi Valley—Gener- ally but showers probable at be- ginning. Normal temperature. Region of Great Lakes—Generally fair but showers probable middle of week; normal temperature. \ PROVE MOSCOW IS AT HEAD OF BULGAR SOVIET Documents Found on Com- munist Prisoners Show how - Rebellion was Organized MANY REDS’ KILLED Sofia, Sept. 29.—Documents found capture of Ferninandovo affords un- deniabe proof of the government , assistance of the Moscow assistance. The focomotive which fell in the hands of government troops at | | | Berkowitea was adorned with large pictures of Lein and. Trotzky. The legend “Bulgarian state ra’ Republic of Bulgaria” substituted. | The locomotive was used as a decoy to enlist the peasants under the} Communist Red flag, leaders announ- cing that it had’ been sent from Mos- cow to haul carloads of machine guns and rifles. The agrarians were told that Sofia was in the hands of the! Soviet regime and were informed; that unless they joined the ranks of the Communists they would be shot. Machine guhs and rifles districted | to the rural population under the Stambuoliski regime were shown to the peasants as example of Moscow's | effective assistance. The bodies of| 209 communists were found inside the Berkowitz lines after that place had | been stormed by the government| troops. Six hundred rebels were cap- tured, the survivors fleeing toward ‘the Roumanian frontier. The Rou- manian government has officially notified Sofia and also the frontier authorities that all Communists seek- ing refuge in that country will be turned back at the border, _ COLLECTED, Burleigh County Board of Commissioners Asks | Action ‘County seed loan collections are ‘being pressed, following adoption ‘by the commissioners of a resolu-/ tion to the county auditor to see each lien debtor and to the states attorney to accompany him when necessary and that liens’ not collectible be reported to the board ‘of county commisstonerg for their final decision at each monthly meeting The board's resolution recited ‘that prompt action was necessary in view. of the decision of the su- ‘preme court, which held a seed lien was effective only on the for which the seed lien was Bur! county ued , nf seed and feed bonds in 1918. and! $100,000 in 1920. Twenty-five tho sand of bonds are outstanding. th ‘emainder of the jd loans have (bebn rey ‘by farmers, consider-| an Mresllent shbwing and peed Chatham, ” Claire Louise Carte sons of high rank, one a colone} and the other a terpedo-boat commander 5 ‘found dene oe iit hi geen 3 grief. damage to electrical lines, according to W. T. Kraft of the Hughes Elec- tric Company. The telephone no damage. Almost one-inch of rain fell in Bismarck in the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m, today, the weather bureau re- Port showing rainfall of .79 inches. {Heavy rains in many parts of the state were reported. Heaviest rain in the 24 hours was at Dunn Center, 1.79 inches falling ‘in 24 hours while Dickinson reported 1.09 inches, Rain fell at Amenia, Bottineau, El- lendale, Jamestown, Langdon, Lari- more, Minot, Napoleon, Williston and Fargo. The heaviest rain was in the western parts of the state. The forecast for today was show- ers probably tonight and Sunday, and cooler tonight. FEAR HOLDING RADICALS IN BERLIN QUIET Situation Appears to be Held Righted as a Result of Military Dictatorship company reported SOME HARD PROBLEMS Stresemann Government Con- fronted with Big Task in Righting Ruhr Conditions Berlin, Sept. 29,—The military dic- tatorship of Dr. Gessler for the time being seems to have put fear into the hearts of the extremista, both right and left, and as far as Ger- many outside of Bavaria is concern- ed his powers are expected tu keep The state supreme court today de-|.on Communist prisoners taken in the} the situation righted at present. Saxony presents the only immedi- ate cause of apprehension. It is al- bosrd to place an initiated ‘question | statement that the rebellion was or-! ready engaged ina bitter feud with on the ballot for special election] ¢anized and executed with the active the Minister of Defense and threat- ens insubordination to the discipline of the united socialist party. The job of salvaging. finuncially the economic wreckage in the Ruhr is one of such herculean dimensions that Chancellor Stresemann’ is hard- the Rhineland and Ruhr conflict has been entirely straightened out through formal negotiations with the entente, ‘ Dr. Fush, minister of the occupied areas is striving to put a semblance of order into the chaos of the occupied regions although reports from min- ing sectioris afford scant basis for the h at substantial progress is, being made in reconciling the re- sisters to the new situation. ‘Another phase of the state of af- fairs in the Ruhr and Rhineland is the insistence with which the separatist movement projects itself into the prevailing condition. The situation is obviously causing the government considerable congern, PRICE FIVE CENTS 19 PERISH DURING TORNADO HOUSE STRUCK BY LI MOURNERS IN HOUSE PERISH IN NEBRASKA House Swept Into Platte River When Creek’s Course Is Changed to Run in Town 8 5 IN COUNCIL BLUFFS Mother. and Three Children Killed as They Run From House During Tornado Omaha, Neb. Sept. 29—Ninetcen known dead, three missing, more than a dozen, seriously injured and prop- erty damage estimated at more than a-half million dollars was the toll of a tornado and cloudburst which vis- ited western Jowa and eastern Ne- braska last night. At Couneil Bluffs,Ia., where a tor- uado ‘struck shortly after 9 o'clock last night, five persons are known to be dead, three missing and five ser- iously injured and property damage estimated“at more than $250,000. Eight mourners were drowned at Louisville, Nebraska, when the house where the body of Mrs. Mary Mc- Craver lay was washed into Mill eveek which became'a raging torrent, having risen five feet in less than an hour following a cloudbur: The dead at Council Bloffs are: Fred Roople, 35, a stock buyer, of Wellsville, Mo.;. Mrs. L. Kolster, 2” and her three children, Richard, 6; George 8, and Arthur 4. The dead at Louiaville are: Robert McCarber, his brother, Will, and the latter's. wife and two chil- dren; Mr, and Mrs, Alfred Laird and their two children; Mrs.,.W. J. Mor- gan, all of Louisville, and.Mrs. Lou Smith of Chicago, a sister of Mrs, McCarber. : Physician Killed ~ Dr. A: A. Ward, a physician of Marqvette, Nebraska, on his way to make a’ professional call, was killed when blinded by rain and hall hs car skidded and turned over. Three P e reported as missing at 'Couricil Bluffs and it is believed that ttiey may“ have Been washed into In- dian creek which has been out of its hanks. ; Mrs. Kolater and her thr-e children Iwere ‘killed as they ran ftom their home which was in the path of the tornado, _ As ‘they loft their f porch a large tree was ‘uprooted and they. were -crushed, beneath The bodies of the four, huddled together, were found by a neighbor.: Those. killed at Louisville were seated-in the home of Mrs. Mary McCarber, who died yesterday, when the creek had changed its natural course to sweep down the main street of the town, swept the house into the Platte river. TRAINS STAY IN Several trains out of this city ior Kansas and Chicago remained here because railway officials feared that many of the bridges might way under the weight of ihe heavy rain. Bridges were carried away by ‘sand creeks were out of their in Nebraska and highways in some parts of the state were under fo} a foot of water. Telephone and tele~ arab communication was disrupt- e ORDINANCE SUSPENDED Berlin, Sept, 29.—It was officially announced today that the ordinance of January 18 suspending delivery in kind on reparations to France and Belgian had been annuled. SEEK LABOR Mayence, Sept: 29.—The Franco— Belgian authorities railroad in the Rhineland and the with the ebject of engaging 30,000 German railroad men for these lines, All the inert engaged will be obliged to take the oath to allegiance to al- lied and military authoriti RIOF MANY HOURS Duesseldorf, Sept. 29.—Riots last- ing several hours occurred in a sub- urb of this city last night, The trouble started | wi in attack by men believed to be separatist sym- pahtizers on a small police sub-sta- tion, Reinforcements drove off the attaéking party, several of which ‘were severely wounded, N. P. LEAGUE - CHANGES NAME Mitchell, 8: D., Sept. 29.—The Non- partisan Thague in Squth Dakota ha; formally changed its name to tha: of Fart Labor party, it was announc- delegates of league. ‘Tom Aytes, who has been manager of the Non- partisan League, wap chosen mana- ger of the Farmer-Labor party, the announcement: said. me operating the}. Ruhr opened a recruiting office here ry Water early today was running from 8 to 6 feet deep in the business section of Council Bluff and build- ings are coated with a floot of mud. All traffic between this city and Council Bluff was suspended and the gas company in the latter place aid that it could not supply gas for cooking or light purpose because the engine room of its plant was flooicd. he Weather | | > For Bismarck and vicinity: Show- ers proba tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. ‘ For North Dakota: Showers pro- -bable: tonight :and Sunday.: Cooler tonight. Neve General Weather Condi An area of low pressure is center- ed over the Dakotas this morning ‘and showers, mostly heavy, occurred in Iowa, Minnesota; the Dakotas and in eastern Montana and Wyoming. Elsewhere the weather is generally fair. _The pressure is high over the Northwest. Temperatures. are above normal in the Dakotas, but else- mer seasonable temperatures pre- vail, Roed Conditions The roads. throughout the State are muddy today, particularly from the, Missouri, River westward. North Dakots 000' ed here following a meeting of 40)| Ame: Dicki ‘Dunn