The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST | Fair . tonight and » Saturday. Warmer, t ESTABLISHED 1873 $ Sales Company Reviews Conditions Before Dealers YEAR BEST Willys-Overland Dealers from Western N. D. and East- ern Montana in Meeting / Outlook for a continued heavy au- tomobile business, both in this sec-; tion and in the entire county, is ex- | cellent, W. E, Lahr, president of the | Lahr Motor Sales Company, told 35 | dealers in Overland and Wiflys- Knight cars at a siiles meeting last night. Mr. Lahr told the dealers that he felt that “all the bad is behind us and all the good is ahead of us.” He pointed to the success of the dealers throughout western North Dakota and eastern Montana, gave results of a survey of conditions in the terri- tory, ang deelared that if any dealer is unsuccessful he must look to him- self alone for the reason, The fact that all of the large au- tomobile companies of the United States are getting keyed up for the 1924 production—preparing for a Zreater production than ever before, W’ was itself an indication of what may be expected in théhear future in the automobile business, he said. /The present’ year of 1923 is to be a rec- ord-breaking year in the automotive industry, he said, and the fact. that ~heads of great companies are antici- pating an even greater year in 1924 indicates plainly that the business is still far from its peak. The dealers were called in chiefly for a “pre-view” of the new Over- land Champion. The sales rooms of the Lahr Motor Sales were closed to all excépt dealers, but tomorrow will be thrown open to the genera} public for the fall exbibition of the new Overland Champion. A. G. White! of the-Lahr Motor | Sales Company explained financing methods to the dealers last night and talked upon financing, both wholesale and retail. In the after- noon the dealers. attended a demon- stration of the new models, particu- Jarly the Champion: “A: banquet was served to the deaters in the evening at the Grand Pacffic hotel, with A. F, Bradley, secretary of the Associution of Commerce as the chief speaker. To Litt Mystery,» The mystery which has attached to the announcement of the new Cyerland Champion will be lifted to- morrow morning. The sales. windows today were shaded from a view of the interior. Many new models ih addition to the Champion will be dis- A played tomorrow, An expert will be present in the show rooms to explain to all visitors the features of the Champion, par- ticularly its versatility and flexibil- it; The Champion wil] incorporate many new features of body combina- setions for various purposcs, it is stat- ed, being an entirely new creation in automobile design in the manifold features, Another feature of the announce- ment of the Champion is the essay contest open’ to school children gf the city. The subject of the essay contest is “My Champion.” A num- ‘ber of questions are asked. To the girl or boy who answers: the ques- tions best anq writes the best’ 300- word essay on “My Champion” a $5 prize will be given, to the.second best a $3 grize, and to the third st 8 $1 prize. Essays must be raat into the Lahr Motor Sales toom at 8 p.m, next Wednesday. Judges are Mrs. M. H. Jewell, M. D. Avery and Miss | Mary Huber. The essay contest was announced to all of the city school children Out of town boys ang girls participating in the contest must mail their essays to reach the Lahr company by Wednesday evening. The dealers’ gathering ended form- ally last night, but many dealers were here this morning completing the details of arranging-the 1924 con- | tracts and ‘aking out new automo-, ti to drive home. & = > ' THE WEATHER | me o) For twenty-four hours ending at Whoon, Temperature at 7 a.m. 31. Temperature at noon 62, Highest yesterday 66, Lowest yesterday 43, 5 Lowest last night $1, : Precipitation 0., p Highest wind velosity 10, Weather Forecast as For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight ‘and Saturday. Warmer. For North ‘Dakota: Fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight and east and central portions Saturday. we ‘Conditions feather Skies are clear and temperatures are somewhat lower from the ‘Plains States to the Great Lakes re to high pressure centered ir the upper Mississippi Valley thig’ morn- ing. Frost occurred in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. pressure, accompanied by ~pre- cipitation, prevails “ west the AHEAD |. Early groups and hangerson, inclu ‘homa capitol to watch Governor Walt | fritention of impeaching him for ‘h.s mariial rale declaration throu |Klux Klan. | Promptu reception commiftee which cheered the ejecte. WASHBURN POWER LINES — CHANGE HANDS | Central Power Company Sold to New Company Formed by Twin Cities Men The Central Power Company of Washburn has been sold to the Cen-} jtral Light and Power Company, aj j new corporation formed to take over | the property. The Central Power! | Company was forced into the hands | ‘of a receiver and J. Gy Robertson of | St. Paul bouzht it in at a receiver's | sale to protect his interests, it is’ understood. He heads the new com-! ‘pany, which is understood to be j backed by Minneapolis and St. Paul | men, | The power company, which has a/ central stytion at Washburn and lights many towns through operation of ‘transmission lines, suffered heav- jily 4n- windstorms, tast_ summer. . It, }isemnderstood at the state railroad; ~ commission offices that the new, ; company will rebuild the line to Me- | Clusky. } | Sale of the Central Power Com-* ‘ pany was approved by the staté rail-| road commission and authority given ithe Central Light and Power, Com- {pany to issue 550 shares of prefer- jred stock, 200 shares of common! stock and bonds to the extent, of $60,000 for the purchase of the first- | |mamed company and to rehabilitate | the property. | Of Faculty of ‘“U” Are Named lin additional faculty appointments a‘ the University of North Dakota, which have just been approved by the state board of - administration, | have been announced as follows: | Dr, Harold L. Camp has been nam-, !ed associate professor of education ‘ succeeding Dr. F. M. Garver, who ; resigned to enter the University of Pennsylvania faculty. Dr. Joseph Moss is to succeed Dr: A. D, Bush as associate professor of | physiology’and pharmacology... Dr. | Bush left last summer for Emory university, Georgia. | Dr. H. M. Banks will succeed Dr. i Massaglia, ranking as professor of pathology and bacteriology. &, W. Ecklund comes in place of M. J. Blew, wha was named chief | technician in thé public health lab- {oratory earlier in the year. Ernest C. Miller, who for the last [seven years has been registrar at Transylvania college, Kentucky, is to arrive at the university at the be-! {ginning of the second semester to' succeed Howard W. Patmore, as reg-|" istrar. Patmore recently left for: New York, x Jacob A. Evanson, who was gradu- ated from the.university last June, jhas been named graduate assistant to per gallon, Washington September 29 and will in sociology; and R. Edwin Fugie-|temain until after his auction sale : ot unt Friday. stad, also of the state university, as | °™, . geal ear el A Mr. Frazier will dispose of his Seprtonte Aisleyne m, sgglony, livestock and farm machinery a LLOYD GEORGE OUTLOOK FOR AUTO BUSINESS DECLARED GOOD W. E. Lahr of Lahr Motor. ding a flying squad of the Going To Be Cold Winter; ts No, Mild One Its going to be a mild winter because- . No, its going to be a bad one because—, if One farmer in Bismarck yes- terday said it would be a mild.. winter, or at least a late one, because the gophers still are out in plenty, a sure sign. But another man said the crows are flying high, and that means cold weather in a couple of days. But another optimist brought in information that the musk- rats are growing thin fur, so again we have a mild winter pre- diction. s To offset this a hunter says the prairie chickens are bunched closer than usual, a sign of an carly and cold winter. Another saw geese south, The weather burcau won't haz- ard a guess, But meanwhile it continues to dish out the finest fall weather to be found in the country, most everybody, agrees. i pases arn eee x UT KEROSENE flying PRICE IN N. D. Standard Oil Drops it More Than Other States e The Standard Oil Company ; Indiana has dropped the price of | New Members lratenegontaci arerscedat, 2ekeen tat | per gallén in North Dakota, while * general over the several states in which it operates it has decreased | the price lees ere oe cording to word Gree Tonks: N. Ds Oct. 5-—Seven the Governor's office from the Stand- ard Oil company, 1.5 cents per gallon, ac- ce’ The greater reduction in North Dakota, it was stated, is because the company freight differential which Governor Nestos complained sometime ago had been a discrimination against North Dakota, Under the plan the compuny taking into account the had pursued, it had based jreight rates on gasoline and other producis on” its Superior, Wisconsin, refin- cries while most shipments came from the Casper, Wyoming, field bearing a lower freight charge. Governor Nestos insisted the freight rate should be based on the actual shipping point. Z The local Standard Oil distributing company announced it had decreased kerosene from 16 cents per gallon 13.6 cents, a drop of 2.4 cents the, drop here being Frazier To Have Auction . Sale on Farm Hoople, N. D., Oct, 5.—Senator Lynn J. Frazier arrived here from ,W “Amazon army,” gathered before Yhe Oila- on’s militia disperse the legislators wha had gathered with the avowed 2 shout the state in warring on the Kn Guards may be seen patro!ling the capitol Arives in the d salons when they were thrown from their chambers.+ of fyed today at} R ¢| iness, at: the Drake Mill — Bid Received _ . On-January Grand Forks, Oct, 6.—Bids for purchase of the state mill at Drake,|™man to operate it ned on January 18, here of K. C. Han- secretary of the board of man- of the state mill and elevator, it was announced last evening by J. R. Carley, chairman of the. board. Sale of the Drake plant was pro-| greatest artists and-art teachers! in. state law passed at the|the. world are expected here next N. D./will be ope 1924, at the office vided by a last session of the legislature. to.the present no offers for the purchase of millNaave been received. public auction and will make his fu- ture home in Washington. The Fr zier farm is about two miles east o: this place and has been farmed by 18| some member of the Frazier family for, more, than forty years. While the| Mr. Frazier was governor he hired = Poster Advertisers, Hold Convention Cincinnati, Oct, 5—Many of the Up|week to attend the 38d annuél con- time, it is understood, | vention of the Poster Advertising As- ociation according to officers of the the ¥ : iation. Approximately 1,000 del- ‘A committee of the North Dakota egates will be present. Wheat Growers association appeared fore the board at the morning ses. sion yesterday tions for the rental of ‘storage space} people are trying to accomplish in| rosd commission ‘to regulate inter- ite owned elevator here. No | thei final ac’ was taken at this time. | vs Th id open negotia-} th: it ts} ers verti: The general publi been invit- ed. to ‘sttend all sions in order it may learn of what the poster crusade for clern outdoor .ad- ing. The organization, accord- ing to the officers. does not go in for of bill boards but consid- ° gf outdoor: a | the erectio: them.ap “ is a 7] house. 7 ee jon’s: rule ‘to. before commission’ yn ei a ‘1 : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923 foreground where also lurks the im- PERMITS FOR _ BURIAL MUST | BE OBTAINED, Rule to be Enforced Strictly in the State, Dr. Whitte- more Declares | Burial permits must be obtained |from the local registrar of vital | statistics, Dr. A, A. Whittemore, {state health officer declared -today, adding that outside of the larger cities this provision of the state law has not been observed.’ No permit for burial may be issued by any lo- cal registrar until a complete report jon the death has been made, he said. Dr. Whittemore said he was pleas- ed with progress of the campaign of his office to obtain more accurate birth and death certificates.’ Miss Margaret Shadinger of the American | Child Health Association has ayriv- \ed here to aid Dr. Whittemore’s sta! im statistical work, and. a represena; | tative of the Bureau of Vital Statis- | ties, Washington, D. C., will “come CONVICTS HOLD | MESS HALL IN | FACE OF FIRE /Cordon Riddles Walls With | Bullets and Opinion Ex- | pressed They are Wounded | ,NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE \: . LY ner | Tear Gas Bombs Fail to Dis- lodge De-perate Trio in Eddvville Penitentiary Eddyville, Ky., Oct. B—RAtle of | nusketry and the heavy roar of ma- thine guns was easily audible short- ly before noon today, echoing from the walls of the state penitent ary. It was decided to resume firing when spickets on the administration building, using field glasses, repert- ed a belief they could discern two forms recumbent on the floor of the dining hall, evidently of-wounded or dead men, according to Captain Crawford of the troopers. No sign of a third was detected. The “siege of Eddyville” entered its third day today. : Their hands red with the iife blood of three: prison guards, Monte Wal- ters, Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland ‘convict murderers, still lurk- ed behind the bullet-riddled walls of the two-story mess hall of the West- «rn State penitentiary. . For more than two days end tyrse nights the three gunmen had held the improvised fortress despite com- bined efforts of prison guards, a troop of National Guard machine gunners and volunteer ecitisens and rifle men to dislodge them. The desperate courage of the lost legion—those men with “all to ‘gain and nothing to lose’—carried the trip through two barrages from high- powered rifles and two machine guns that drove a hail. of steel-jacketed bullets through the mess hall walls, tearing out large halls in the north and west sides where the fire was concentrated; a gas attack released by tear gas bombs lobbed into the building through the breaches in the walls and a bombardment of rifle grenade- Break Made Wednesday The sensational break for I:berty the Convict trio which resuit-+d in seige was miade’ early’ Wednes- day. Having obtained automatic pist- ols. Walters, Griffith and Ferland here ‘tomorrow to aid in getting re- cords: in shape for admittance of North Dakota to the registration farea. A milk survey has been started in the state by experts of the Ameri- can Child Health Association, oper- ating under the state health officer. | Fargo is the first city in which tests of milk are being made and the sur- vey will be continued as long as laboratory to be moved about. North Dakota Produces New Cow Champion Fargo, N. D., Oct. 5—North 0: kota has a new champion Jersey co’ in the junior four year old class She is Fern’s Noble Jasmine 428533, pwned by Sam F. Crabbe, Fargo, started her second Register of Mezic test at 4 years, 2 months of av and in one year produced 13,900 Ib: of milk and 632.25 Ibs. of fat super- seding a stablemate, Challenger’ Relay 398760 that held the record with 608.86 Ibs. Particular note should be taken of the fact that Jasmine prodaced in excess of fifty. pounds. of butter- fat seven éf the twelve mgnths. on test and in May produced as high as 64.7 lbs. Jasmine has a senior two year old record of 512.69 Ibs. in 365 day Financial Fern Fontaine 132794, sired Jasmine, which bull has 7 tes! ed daughters. Her dam is Noble's Jasmine 351451, a granddaughter of Noble of Oaklands 95700 and she has a record of 536 lbs, of fat as a five year old. Huge Yield of : Carrots in City ing carrots is profitable bus- according to William Laist. He took 24 bushels off a plot of ground 20 by 60 feet, adjoining his Mr. Laist. said he put no water on the lot this summer, but did careful- ly prepare it with manure and work- ed it well to hold the thoisture. The carrots, he said, were worth $1 & bushel. Mr. Gaist declares anyone can raise all the garden truck they t, if they catefully prepare the ground and then carefully tend the crop. ‘ May Call Motor Bus Cgnference Conferences of motor bus opera- tors may be called soon in Fargo and Grand Forks, for the purpose of con- sidering problems arising from en- forcément of the law of.the last leg- islature empowering’ the state rail- city bus lines, Railroad Commission- er_Fay, Harding re It is believed, he inter-city bus lines are obeying’ thé 41¢ today. added, that ‘all | things initiated the dash by shooting to death Guard Hodge Cunningham. A running fight ensued in which B. B. Mattingly, J. P. Gilbert and William Gilliham were wounded. Gilbert died several hours later and Mattingly died Thursday rtoon. Failing to win the main gate the convicts took cover in the mess hall. Their refuge provided a cul de sac but the trio retired to the secwnd weather permits the automobile field}.oor, and using windows as loop holes, stuod off the attackers. 36 “WOBBLIES” ARE ARRESTED Fill Jails in Fargo as Result} of a Police Drive , Fargo, Oct. 5.—Thirty-six Indus- trial Workers of the World were ar- rested between 5:30 and 10 p. m. Wednesday charged with selling I. W. 'W. papers on 0 streets without a permit or lice They constitute almost the entire “wobbly” “popula- tion of Fargo, police declared. The roundup started about 6.30 p. m. when numbers of the men ap- peared on Broadway and other busi ness streets selling copies of two L W. W. papers. Industrial Solidar- ity and Industrial Workers. They were taken to the city jail in groups of three ang four and more, filling, that place almost to capa: re 12.80 thi morning the ~men had formed a “chorus” and were singing their I. W. W. songs. Police declared that they believed the men were selling the papers merely to get a place to sleép. They will be arraigned before Judge Leigh J. Monson today in Fargo. police court.- Included among the 36 are severa] of the dozen ar- rested Wednesday on a similar charge and who ‘were released on their own recornizance te appear at 10 a. m. today for hearing. e AWAIT ACTION: _ BY FRENCH —The present pol- ievy of the British government on reparations is to await the next move from France now that Germany har “converted her ‘passive resistance into passive assistance” Lord Curzon told the premiers in eddressing the imperial conference today. ¢ bg Hit Street The automgpile driven by Willam Lamkin crashed into the state, street car at Broadway and Fourth streets yesterday afternoon. The. police ar rected Lamkin, alleging among other that his brakes were defec- tive: ‘ ‘i160 AR PREMIER, REACHES U.S. -TANTI- BRITISH ACRES OF FLAX CROP WORTH OVER $5,000 IN PRODUCES COUNTY; BIG YIELDS REPORTED Some remarkable yields are being reported in this section of North Dakota. Yields in many in- stances have eXceeded the expecta- tions of farmers generally, and flax Fromises to be, next to? corn, the biggest “money crop” of the west- ern part of the state. Porter and Gilleland in the south- érn part of the county have 160 acres of flax that threshed 15 bush- els to the acre, it was reported today by W. .N. McNally, Moffit merchan'. At the current price ‘here yesterday for No. 1 flax the crop Would have WEALTHY HOTEL MAN INDICTED Chicago, Oct. 5—W. E. D. Stokes, wealthy hotel man of New York, his attorney Daniel E. Nugget and five otHers were indicted by the county grand jury today on charges of con- spiracy in connection with the char- ges of Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes that her husband and his agent plan- ned to ruin be~ reputation in con- nection with his divorce suit. ANCIENT HAIR DECORATIONS UNEARTHED Find Bone Hairpins Decorat- ed with Crystal Studs in California ‘of fia: 2,500 OBJECTS FOUND Santa Barbara, Cal., Oct. 5.—Hair- pins of bone, studded with tiny ery- st are among more than 2,500 pre- historic objects so far unearthed on the site of the former Ambassador hotel here, according to George G. Heye, founder and director of the Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation) of New York City, under whom the work is being carried on. Mr, Heye declares the. ornate h&irpins “show that the pre- historic woman had much the same traitd as her modern sister.” “From what we have discovered ” saiq Heye, “it is safe to assume that the tribes who left these remains were the most skillful work- ers in stone and shells within the of what is now the Unit- Many of the relics are un- like any otheas ever discovered on the American continent.” According to Heye, the mound from which this wealth of prehistoric ma- terial was taken, once was the ren- dezous of numerous tribes. The In- dians name for the place was Sacy- ton, which means “the meeting of the trails. “In time,” Heye added, “we hope to ish definitely certain facts re- garding all the aborigines, which will answer many heretofore puzzling questions.” PORTRAIT OF | MISSIONARY . PRESENTED Fargo, Oct. 5.—An oil portrait of -Eli Terry, first Baptist ' Mission- ary in North Dakota, who was killed by Indians at Walhalla, N. D., orf June 28, 1852, while he and a com- panion, Frank Tanner, were building a log chapel, was unveiled before ates and visitors ,at last ing’ sessions 4f the fortith an- nual state Baptist convention being held this week at the First Baptist church here. R. B. Griffith of Grand Forks, president of the con- vention, unveiled the portrait. The portrait is to be hung in thé Roger Williams Memorial church at Washington, D. ©. where te will represent this state and the presen- tation oration last evening was given by DuanejSquires of Grand Forks. Dr. J. Y. Aicheson of New York Cityswho was to have addressed the convention, cause of the serious illness of hi wife, according to a telegram receiy- ed yesterday. A resolution of sym- pathy for the couple was unanimous- ly passed. At a special women’s meeting yes- terday Mrs. C, E. Webster of Fargo was elected president of the Wo- of the state Bap- . Mrs. G. A. Carpen- ter, Fargo, was named first ‘vice president; Mrs. R. B. Griffith of Grand Forks, second vice president; Mrs. Wallace G. Rice of Fargo, secre- tary, and Mrs. J, N. Nelson of Grand Forks, treasurer. . Is Appealed TM board of county commissioners has authorized appeal of the case in which District Judge Jansonius' held the.board powerless tq employ F. 0. Hellstrom to place escaped’taxes on ‘assessment rolls on a contingent fee’ basis. The case will be taken, to the supr¢me couft as soon si- ble, it was said: s Duelling regaining popu ‘ larity France, pas Cichough. fe te AL 1 16 te inked at” by the police. 4 i , vielded $5,592.00, or better than $34 per acre, Mr. MeNally also reported that William Nichols, living 2% milex south of Moffit, threshed an aver- age yield of 13 bushels per acre of flax’ from 80 acres. Ole Olson of Parshall has an even larger yiefd than those in Burleigh county, threshing 15% bushels ot fiax per acre from 160 atves, accord- ing to a report given py Wesley Williams, The flax yield, according to indi- cations of reports, is one of the best in the history of the county. Can you beat the above reports? (OHO. HARVEY, “CHILDS, QUIT ASU. S, ENVOYS Retirement to Come as Result of Agreement with Hard- ing Administration |“FOR PRIVATE REASONS” Successors.to Two Ambassa- dors in Important Posts Have Not Been Named Washington, Oct. 5.—The resigna- tions of Ambassadors Harvey at Lon- don and Child, at Rome, sumbitted for private reasons and under agree- ments reached with the Harding ad- ministration, have been accepted, marking the first big change in the American diplomatic service. since President Collidge took office. ape dor Harvey. will quit his post the first of the year. Am- basssdor Child, who has either left or is about to leave Rome for the United States, will not go back. None of the other American ambassadors ‘or ministers, the state department said in “making the announcement, hi his term of service so far as known. The only explanation of the two resignations given in official quarters was that in both cases the ambas- sadors had a few months ago reached agreements with President Harding as to the length they would continue at their p Whether. they have deferreg their retirement because of President Harding’s death until President Coolidge should feel that they could be spared was not disclos- ed. In both cases there. have been intimations, however, that the am- tions unduly burdensome in a finan- bassadors were finding their posi- cial way and that they felt they must give aftention to their personal affairs. . No Successors Named, When Ambassador Harvey was | in the United States on a somewhat prolonged leave, it was reported that he yould resign and take an active part in the coming presidengial cam- paign. However, state department today limited their announce- ment to the statement that Mr. Har- vey was about to retire, There was no official word avail- able last night as to successors Pres- ident Coolidge might send to fill the posts. At the state department it was not admitted that any steps had yet been taken to sound out the two governments as to suitability of pos- sible appointees, Both of the retiring ambassadors paign which resulted in the election of President Harding ahd since en- tering upon their diplomatic duties have been prominent figures in ne- gotiations having to do with war de- velopments. They have functioned at times as American observers on the allied council d£ ambassadors which succeeded the council of premiers in dealing with peace treaty matters. “— EXPECT CALL OF LEGISLATURE Oklahoma City, Oct. 5.—It was in- dicated .in- well-informed quarters today that a call for a meeting of the lower house of the state legisla- tre- --- progress and tl it would go out sobn summoning the body for an imveachment ‘ion ee It was indicated that the cull would not be withheld pending the determination of an injunction action brought by the Governor to prevent the state clection board from certi- fying to the secretaty of state the returns from Tuesday's state clec- tion at which a constitutional amend- ment was approved, opening the way for the legislature to investigate Governor Walton's official acts. Ross Lilliard, state senator and former political friend of the Gover- nor, declared it is not mocessary for peer an glued measure to e cel to the secretary of state in order to make the law operative. He asserted that the law. provides merely that the question must be “conclusively settled” and that there-, after the measure 7 — i any similar ‘agreement limiting | played important parts in the cam- |, PARADEBROKEN UP BY POLICE Middle-aged Women Carry Banners Assailing England; Police Seize Them MAKES LONG TRIP War-time Premier Will Visit Many Cities in the United States and Canada New York, Oct. 5.—Police reserves today broke up a parade of middle- aged women denouncing Great Bri- tain outside the city hall where a crowd of several thous id persons had gathered to greet former Prem- ier Lloyd George. More than 20 women carried the banners some of which read: “Don't Let England Pull the Wool over Your Eyes” and “British Bootleggers are Flooding America with , Booze.” The police grabbed the banne: tore them into shreds. Th no arrests. FAIL TO ENFORCE TREATY Aboard Mauretania in New York Harbor, Oct 5.—The unhappiness and difficulties resulting from the war have been caused by an improper‘or ineffective operation of the provi- sions of the treaty of Versailles, David Lloyd George, former prem- jer of Great Britain, declarad today on his arrival for a tour pf the United States and Canada, VISITS CANADA New. York, Oct. 5.—David Lloyd George, the dynamic: little W. - man, who began his career a country lawyer in tiny Alans and who from 1916 to 1922 guided the destinies of Great Britain as its prime © minister arrived on the Mauretania: tpday on his first visit to the United States. To the United States he comes on a.trip.of “self education” he has an- ngunced; to:Canada he brings ap- preciation for the Dominion’s ser- vices and sacrifices in behalf of the empire during the war. Accompany- ing his‘are his wife and younger daughter. ‘ x MY. Lioy® George will ‘remain in New York but a:few hours, proceed- ing to Montreal, Ottawa, Niagara Falls and Einhipeg/and crossing the American border into Minnesota. His American itinerary ‘includes Minn- eapolis, St. Paul, Chicago, Spring- field, IIL; Mooseheart, Ill; St. Louis; Louisville; Frankfort, Ky.; Indianapolis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington, Richmand, Philadelphia, Scranton, Pa.; Boston and New York. BXPECT BAIRD T0 SUPERVISE CLOSED BANKS M. C. Bacheller of Grand Forks Is Expected to De- cline Joint Appointment Grand Forks, Oct. 5.—M. C. Bacheller has declined. appoint- ment as joint receiver of closed banks, which was tendesed ‘him a week ago by District Judge C. M. Cooley. Before leaving for Bismarck Judge Cooley said that single receiver probably will be appointed. Whether or not this will be L. R. Baird of Dickinson, " who was named jointly with Mr. Bacheller, Judge Cooley would not ‘say. Leroy R. Baird of Dickinson will be general receiver of all closed banks -in. North Dakota, it is under- stood in local circles. Mr. Baird and M. C. Bacheller of Grand Forks were appointed: jort General receivers by ‘District Judge Gooley,-named. to have change -of all closed banks in the state., stor ird will accept the appointment, Mr. Bachellor decline and no successor to him’ be named, \vaving Mr, ‘Baird as general re. ceiver. Mr. Baird is a Dickinson banker’ and a state senator. NEW CHINESE HEAD NAMED Peking, China, Oct. 5-—Marshal Tsao Kua, chief at the northern mil- itariste, bas been elected president of China. : ni dicted