The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight. and Wednesday. Colder. . ESTABLISHED 1873 EX-EMP GIVES LIGNITE FORCES CHANGE 10 SAVE RATE Interstate Commerce Com- mission Suspends Increase Pending a Hearing OPERATORS. TO MEET Consider Action — Stanley Washburn Declares Rate Boost Means Higher Coal Price The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion will give North Dakota lignite coal operators, state officials and commercial bodies an opportunity to ptesent their case against the pro- posed 40 to 60 percent increase on lignite coal inter-state freight rates. A telegram reaching the office of Governor Nestos from G. M. McGin- ty, secretary of the commission, "Washington, D. C., announced the suspension of the tariff schedules until April 4, stating it was in re- sponse to the wire and protest of Governor Nestos of November 9. Chairman Milhollan of the state railroad commission received a tele- gram from John E, Benton, solicitor for the National Association of Pub- lic Utilities Commissiéners, to , the effect that the commission would take such action to give the opera- tors an opportunity to be heard. The lignite coal operators will meet here Wednesday night tq con- sider methods of protecting their in- terests. Sees Combine Stanley Washburn, president of the North Dakota Lignite Coal Oper- ators Association, in a dispatch here from Lakewood, New Jersey, declar- ed “that the arbitrary increase of rates on lignite coal which between North. Dakota and the Twin Cities averages 52 percent is the result o! collusion between soft coal opera- tors and railroads enjoying long hauls from southern coal fields is manifest in a telegram received by me today from a high traffic offi- cial of one of» the’ Northwestern: railroads.” t The telegram, he said, was in an- @wer to one of protest from him say- ing the rate increase would close most of the mines in North Dakota and raise the price of coal through= out the Northwest one to two dollars a tor. Means Price Rise Mr. Washburn said: “That the arbitrary increase of rates on lignite coal which between Dakota and Twin, Cities average 52 percent is the result of collusion between soft coal operators and rail- roads long haul from southern coal fields is manifest in a telegram re- ceived by me today from a high traf- fic official of one of Northwestern railroads. This telegram was one in answer to a protest sent Saturday in behalf Gof the North Dakota coal operators association in which it was pointed out that this rate ‘would close most of mines in North Dakota and raise the price of coal throughout «the Northwest from one to two, dollars a ton. The telegram reads in part as fol- lows: ‘We are following indicated course as to Interestate rates and could not longer delay in face of in- structions from: connecting lines to cance] discriminating rates on lignite coal. In justice-to the Northwest- ern roads it is fair to say that the Northern Pacific; Great Northern and Soo line have heretofore cooper- ated in every way possible to foster and encourage development of the Lignite industry and the frank ad- mission of a high traffic official » that this rate was put fm on account of* ‘Instructions’ from connecting roads makes it evident that eastern mines and eastern railroads propose by manipulation of rates to kili lig- nite industry which is month by month cutting into the market for soft coal in the Northwest. “Nearly every coal dealer in the Northwest has prior to the past few years represented eastern coal mines and the lignite operators have been obliged to face for a decade the pro- paganda of misrepresentation as to the adequacy of lignite to serve as alternative for eastern coals in all + — eee ee Pe EEE E ‘i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923 RO ‘AT OLD STAMPING GROUND ington. FORBES DENIES GRAFT CHARGE: of Differences ‘With Hard- ing’s Physician Washington, A “conspir- acy to encompass by destruction by | means cf perjury, subordination of perjury and the suppression of ma- terial facts and + documents” was charged by Charles R. Forbes, for- mer director of the Veterans Bureau in testimony today before the sen- ate Veterans Bureau committee. Takng the stand in his own de fense in-a crowded comntittée’ room the former director entered “a gen- eral, sweeping antl absolute” denial reflecting on his honesty. Denial was directed against “every charge, statement, innuendo and in- sinuation which in any manner what- soever reflects upon the honesty and integrity of my official or personal conduct while I occupied the posi- tion of War Risk Insurance or Direc- tor of the Veterans Bureau. Most of the inefficiencies in the administration of laws providing for relief. to Disabled’ Veterans “have been due to politics and Sawyer.” He was referring to Brigadier-General Charles E. Sewyer, personal friend | ahd physician to President Harding.| Forbes then denied the statement | before the committee that he was| dismissed by President Harding for ‘insubordination in connection with the sale of surplus property at Perryville, Md. “Lorig before the President final- ly decided to issue his second tem- Porary order stopping the ‘delivery of goods at Perryville,” Forbes said, “I frankly told the President that I could not continue to. serve if Gen- eral Sawyer was to continue id my office. and it hecame simply a choice between Sawyer and myself and I re- lieved the President of any possible embarrassment by resigning.” JUDGE YOUNG - RITES HELD Hundreds of Friends From All Parts of State Present Fargo, Nov. 18.—The remains of Judge Newton Young, former chief justice of the North Dakota supreme court, who died. suddenly at his home here Saturday, were f the Dakotas and western Minneso- ta. To counteract this campaign against lignite there was organized last year the lignite coal operators association whose soul object was to conduct. a campaign of development | and education as to the value of lig- * nite as the future solution of North- west fuel problem. The lignite oper- ~ators basing their campaign on exist- ing rates, increased their production last year by nearly 50 percent. One Dakota company alone inereased its sales from thirty-four towns in Minnesota using lignite\to one hun- dred and sixty-five. This year there soft coal and a surplus of betwee . docks as lignite has been retailing in spaeiancapolis from three to five dol- F 's_ a ton less than.eastern and south. ern coal it is obvious,why North De- kata coal beco! \ the southern min: ir Selear that the ‘connecting’ ap vedt obtaining the long haul have issued (Continued on Page 8) thas been a heavy over production of |- qually | interred in ‘the Riverside Mnausol- eum this @fternogn. Services were conducted at the Young residence with Rev. Beard of the Fargo First Congregational church officiatins, From 9 a. m. td 12 noon the body lay in state 2st the residence where hundreds of friends from all parts of North Daketa vistied” to pay their last respects. Waehington, Nov. 18.— Exports from the United States during Oc- tober’ amounted to $402,000.000 $99,000,000. Give Poincare : Confidence: Vote dine is, Nov. 13.—‘The’ Frene' care government, 379 to. 168, Both these gentlemcn are former secreti they are, in front of their old haunts, the treasury ibuilding, The taller of tie two, who is wearing the sort of hat \hat candidates thiow in the presidential ring, companion is Serator Carter Glass of Virginia. ries of the Here Wash- rea is Willlam G. McAtoo. His BUXTON TO | GET ELECTRICITY Grand Forks, Nov. 13. cilmen of Buxton recently | step in the solution of the wheat ASK REDUCTIO IN ACREAGE OF WHEAT IN U.S, Production. Committee of Wheat Council Wants. it Brought About Gradually PLANT OTHER CROPS. Would Not Take Drastig Step, But Proceed Very Care- fully in the Plan -_— | Chicago, Nov. 13—(By the A. P.)/ —A gradual reduction in the wheat acreage of the United States from 62,000,000 at present, to 50,000,000 should be brought about as a major production problems, the Production | Committee of the Wheat Council of | the United States decided today, ) LLOYD @EORGE, TURN I METHOD OF Amos Ives of Brittin, When ASQUITH, WILL JOIN FORCE ‘To Present ‘United Front Against Premier Baldwin, Conservatives in Englind Is on the Right Road, Amos Ives of Brittin, in an inter- view today, told of his farming ar | periences in Burleigh county cover- | ing a period of about ten years, TARIFF POLICY IS UP Hid thet for some time he rented a.d endewored to raise wheat, but found himself deeper in Laborite Hears Premier Will] debt ‘at the eng of each season. Finally, three years “go he decided to change his methods, dispose of his surplus machinery for which he had paid high prices; purchased on easy terms a farm which no one else appeared to want and devoted all of his time to milking cows and raising hogs and corn, Appeal {o the Country Solely on This Policy London, Nov. 13.—(By the A. P.)— Dissolution of parliament before the coming week-end was forecast by Prime Minister Baldwin at the open- He now has twenty-nine head of ing of the new session today. He | cattle, of which next year fifteen will announced he had advised the Crown | J: {o dssolve parliament ag quickly as yi possible and he did not see why the} KU) KLUX ISSUE date should not be next Friday. | President Sidney Anderson an- The premier made only a brief CK TRIBUNE [™oa FARMING AND GAINS He Believed He Was Wrong, Sacrificed Heavy to Diversify—Now Js Confident He and Is Satisfied with North Dakota be milk cows and has thirty-five, hogs and one hundred turkeys to turn off this fall, He expre him- self as not d’scouraged in the least ith No th Dakota and thinks it is the only country in the world for a poor man who is willing, as he says, ‘o sit un er the business end of a cow and not scorch the road with saoie. Ne t yer he expects to clean up all his debts, except the balance due on the land and he says that such success as he has made is the result of his discovery that this eountry is best adapted for diversified farming and not for wheat growing on a large scale, SUCCESSOR TO City Coun- igned a j manent broadened domestic market nounced. The dowsk“ecreage:iay cule to | Statement in which he said a gen- meet the domestic requirements of | al clection was always a disturb- | lement and should be got the country and should be brought | in& cleme about as soon as alternative erops | through with as quickly as possible. : Mr. Baldwin said in substance he caro iene, tae nea cnice, | Was thoroughly convinced protective tion Committee declared that steps eres he Sea eee co) should be taken to establish a per. | "010 tho UnemPloyene Pre ge se 5 "| factions of the Liberal party bank- for Wheat which ie lolds isan se led their differences this morning stabilization. of the business of /8"d reunited to present a solid front Wheat arowing, Increased demeatic 8e#inst the cosservative protection- e a \e- re j ists as well as the Labor party in consumption is urged. lerenaeeea y IS REMOVED, Oklahoma City, Nov. 13.—(By the Associated Press)—The first at- tempt to inject the Ku Klux Klan is- sue into the impeachment trial of| Governor J. C. Walton failed today when the senate court by an oral| vote refused to permit a witness to| answer a question that bore direct-! ly on the governor’s opposition to the organization, MORO DISORDER CARUSO WILL SING IN CITY Riccardo Martin, Declared Rightful Heir to Laure!s, Replaces Chalmers HITS SAWYER Declares He Resigned Because | franchise with the Electric Construc- tion company of Grand Forks i to use necessary space within the | city for connecting up and building in an electrical line. Work on the new line will be stant- ed at once, officials of the Electric | Construction company | within « view to turning in the cur- | rent about December 1 i BROKEN SPRING by which the latter is given the right announce, of charges’ made by other: witnesses | ~-MAYHAYELED | TOACCIDENT ; Theory Advanced at Coron- er’s Inquest That Make- Shift. Repair Failed i ‘That the automobile wreck which cost Alfred Erickson of the Regan i neighborhood his ‘life Sunday night ‘may have been caused by the failure of a make-shift repair on his car ‘was brought out at the coroner's in- quest conducted late yesterday affer- noon. Erickson was fatally injured ;when his car plunged off the road ‘and overturned about 18 miles north | of Bismarck. : Corner Gobel and Sheriff Hed- strom said that an examination of the automobile showed ‘that a front | spring had been broken and that Mr. j Erickson had wired a post to the , front axle. It appeared to the coron- {er and sheriff that the post interfer- ied with the steering of the car, and \the theory was advanced that it might have become loose and caused the car to go off the road and over- turn. |. Hans Hansen testified that Mr. Erickson, before he died/ said that }no one was to blame for the accident. Doctors who conducted a post-mor- jtem said that death was due to. an ‘internal hemorrhage. }__ q The corner’s jury was composed of John Matzuw ‘and Ben Currier of Bismarck and August P. Anderson of Regan. The body will be sent to Regan ‘for funeral services Wednesday af- ternoon, NEW GAS WAR ~INSO, DAKOTA Sioux Falls, S. D., ‘Nov. 12.—(By the Associated Press)—Governor W. H. McMaster again entered the gasoline price war today when he announced that tomorrow the state would start selling’ gasoline ugain at 16 cents a gallon at the state oil supply depot at Mitchell. Paris Students - Get Liquors Paris, Nov. 184-When Paris uni- versity students return to their studies for the winter term they ‘will! find their club-house has been overhauled and at the bar, a highly popular corner of the establishment,. they will be furnished with general compared with imports of $303,- | meals at the astounding price of two four and five million tons above the] 000,000, leaving n favorable trade | francs and .a Malf, or somewhere five year average is on the Duluth| balance of around fifteen cents at the present rate of ‘exchange, ‘ As these meals include wine or beer, it is a mystery how the stu- dents’ “a: lation .can supply: them at such a midéest rate, with the. price oF Toatstufts at the present time: ‘The, menu ws staal ‘one hors d‘oey' at, a vegetéble and dessert oF 5 : j “The committee is confining its ; consideration to the development of la long-time program and policy of | wheat production in this country and jthe economic measures necessary to} carry out the policy,” the announce- / ment said. “The committee’s report | will not purport to deal with the im- mediate situation confronting the! farmers or with political measures | tp remedy the situation, | «Our program requires a reduc- ti ion of ten million acres and the} planting of this land to other crops. | The reconciliation was effected at a meeting of former premiers As- quith and Lloyd George, ‘Sir Alfred Mong and Sir John Simon. Arrangements were made for a united campaign by all the liberals. There had-been a great element of doubt as to whether the two bitter politican antagonists, Asquith and Lloyd George, could be brought to- gether. Therefore, the announce- trent of the reunion furnished a sen- sation, i Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the IS LESSENED, WOOD ASSERTS: Governor - General of Philip-| pines, However, Sees Prob- lem Is Serious HERE FOR TWO NIGHTS Riccardo Martin, tenor of Convent Garden, London, Metropolitan Opera Company, and Chicago Operd Asso- ciation, has been obtained as a spe- cial entertainer fos the teachers on the night of Nov. 23 and for tne townsfolk, Nov. 24, during the meet- ing of the North Dakota Association ot Teachers here, Nov. 21-24, The additional wheat required from ' 1 aborite opposition, told a mecting year to year to meet the needs of | o¢ 4 : : ; the parliamentary labor party and increasing population would be de-| national labor executives today, that Riccardo Martin has been obtained Manila, P. 1., Nov. 13. (By the A8-; instead of Thomas Chalmers of the sociated Press.)—While there is no rived from larger yields per ‘acr® rather .than- expansion.of acreage. “ “We recommend definite extension programs looking toward reduction of the wheat. acreage wherever ,an! Prime Minister Baldwin had inform- ed him of his*intention of appealing to the country on a policy of un- adulterated protection. Today's meeting of the parljament was mere- j tribes the situation requires careful Wood declared upon his return here disorder at present among the Moro handling, Governor-General Leonard today after a three weeks’ trip of alternative crop of type farming can } ; be found which will prove more profitable. It is belicved there are better opportunities for making re- adjustments in the humid areas than in the sum-humid areas, It is not: desirable to enter on a drastic wheat acreage reduction campaign without references to alternatives.” ASK MINOT. LIGHT PLANT Would Light White Way and, Furnish Juice for Water Pumping Minot,.N. D., Nov. 18.—Installation of a municipally owned power plant to furnish energy for pumping for way lighting is being advocated in Minot as a means of. saving money to the taxpayers. The Northern States Power Company, which oper- ates the electric utility is opposing the proposal and’ asserts it would} not benefit the city. Minot desires to keep its strects well lighted, and uses much elec-| tricity both for the water works and! the park system. The city’s electric bill runs into the thougands of dol- lars a year. Odd Site Cards and Letters Give ‘\ Post Office Trouble Washington, Nov. 18.—The Post ! Office Department has renewed its compaign against the use of small and odd-sized holiday postcards. Postmasters have been urged to seek co-operation of manufacturers, deal- ers and the public generally in elim- inating the objectionable’ sized mail matter. - These cards will not pass. through the cancelling machines- and cau much annoyance to postal employes during the busiest season of the year. The department requests that no cards or envelopes smaller -than two and three-quarters by four in- ches be used. t MURDERER THOUGHT HELD Vancouver, B. ‘C,,-Nov,: 18,—Closes, ly. guarded, a man believed to be Dominick Delfino, 33, itenced to ‘electrocution in Scranton, Pa., in 1917, and who escaped from the death 3 high jcell,in the Lackawanna county jail city to take him back after shooting down four guards an. 1918 w: Pot b there from Nelson, B, C.,. “local authorities ‘stated, ‘ wi 4 \ , November ly a resumption of the session in- terrupted by the summer vacation and was not marked by any cere- mony, ‘ LAND LAWS ARE UPHELD Supreme Court Sustains Cali- fornia Statues Washington, Nov. 13.—The farm land laws of California and Wash- ington prohibiting aliens ‘ineligible to citizenship and constitutional supreme court. Justice Butler delivered the opinion which held that the ques- the city waterworks and for white; tiom was one entitled to be con- sidered under ‘the equity power of the supreme court und be disposed ‘of on its merita. Justices McReynolds and Bran- des took the position tthat the cases regarding the leasing of land to Japan should have been dis- Missed on thé ground that no jus- tifiable question was presented. Rear Justice Sutherland took no part ih either of the two cases. FINE STOCK SALE HERE A dispersal sale of pure bred and high grade Holstein-Freisan cattle will be held in Bismrack Saturday, 17, at 1 p. m. at the Northern Pacific stockyards. Stock riased by L. J. Garske and Mrs. Jen- nie Moran. will be offered. Mr, Garske’s offerings include five pure bred bulls, seven high grade heifers and four pure bred Hamp- shire boars. Mrs. Moran will offer three pure bred bulls, a pure bred heifer, several high grade cows and heifers, 20 pure bred Chester white hogs and 600 bushels of seed corn. J. M. Thompson will be auctioneer. The sale will be for cash only. INSANE INMATE An: inmate who escaped from the state insane hospital at Jamestown was found walking on the prairies near Wing yesterday. - Sheriff Hed- strgm was notified, and he in turn informed th town, who are genditg a man to this sThe inmate, @ young man, was harmless, and had walked. from the hospital apparent- Iv, without .any particular’ destina-. jon, r . from owning or leasing lands were declared valid today by the IS PICKED UP] Baby inspection to the island of Mindanao, where he investigated reported un- | rest among the natives. | Metropolital Opera company because ;the latter has been delayed in Eu- | rope, according to a communication received by A. F, Bradley, secretary }of the Association of Commerce this | morning, In making the change, however, the public is going to have the op- portunity of hearing an even more The greatest unrest now is mere- ly local and is confined chiefly to Moros in the vicinity of Lake Lanao where the tribes are) tlemanding a larger representation in the govern-, mental activities, he declared. i The Moros, who are Mohammedans, object to being governed by Christian Filipinos and are demand- ing the appointment of, additional Moro officials, the Governor said. At a conference which he held with Moro, chieftains from all parts of the territory Governor-General Wood informed them that American sover- eignty is still supreme and that if the United States ever decided to relinquish control the Moros will be notified before the change is made. One of the demands of the tribes- men which is causing unrest is for Moro teachers instead of Christian Filipinos in the schools for girls, the Governor-General said. The Governor-General confidence that the Moro would be settled peacefully. He an- nounced that he had appointed a commission of three members of his staff which have had long expericnce in the Philippines to proceed to Mindanao and investigate the griev- ances, SEEK TO HALT STATE SELLING GAS IN “WAR” Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 13.—An injunction to prevent Governor W. H. MecMasters from selling gaso- line at the state supply depot at Mitchell and at the state peniten- tiary at Sioux Falls will be asked either taday or tomorrow ‘by inde- pendent oil dealers, according to A. C. Rhode, manager of.the Penn- Sioux Oil Company. Mr. Rhode refused to say when or where the proceedings would be brought. Old Resident of Grand Forks Dies Grand\Forks, Nov. 13.—George 8. Bakke, aged 68, for the past 40 years a resident. of East Grand Forks and vicinity, died Saturday morning at his farm home, located on the north- ern outskirts of the city. He settled in East Grand Forks in the early *80’ and is said to have opened the first; shoemaking establishment in this section of the country. expressed situation | popular singer in’ Riccardo Martin, according to some of the leading mu- sical critics both at home and abroad. H. T.F.nck in the New York Even- ing Post says “He is an American— the finest living tenor except Caruso.” Since the death of Caruso many call Riccardo Martin, the suc- cessor of Caruso. The critics appear to be unanimous in their assertions that he has a wonderfuly clear tenor voice, ability in its use, and dramatic power in portraying some of the most difficult as well as inspiration- al opera in musical history. He will appear twice in Bismarck, the first time, the night of Nov. 23, before the teachers attending the convention and the second time, Nov. 24, for the people of Bismarck, who are anxious to hear a leading tenor and man of such reputation as Ric- cardo Martin, Critics of the Morning Post, Lon- don, on his appearance at Convent Garden, June 1, 1920, said: Riccardo Mart.n’s heroic voice can be appre- ciated in greater measure than ever before.” Minneapolis Tribune, Oct. 31, 1920: “There ig no tenor in the country with greater opulance than Riccardo Martin, who has improved beyond measures since his last appearance in the Twin Cities. His voice re- tains the freshness of youth and has gained in brilliance. The upper tones are splendid, and throughout the entire range there is an even- ness and purity that has gained in impressiveness by reason of the greater flexibility this artist incor- porates into his action. He has de- veloped into a good, intellegent actor, ae companion for the incomparable aisa,” Victor Nilsson, Minneapolis Jour- nal, Oct. 31, 1920: “There ‘Rusticana’ carried off first honors: through the constellation Rosa Raisa and Riccardo Martin. It was all a great triumph. Riccardo Martin, not heard here in three years, did the manliest tenor singy ing, his voice sounding finer than ever. ; St. Paul Daily News, Oct. $1, 1920: “Riccardo Martin has a yocal style and a musicianship, in addition to the more unusual requisites of an operatic tenor, that might serve as a model for any aspiring singer, and his performance was one to revel in during its progress and dwell on in Christened In Honor.of Car — Williston, Nov. 13—The Maxwell raced with the stork and lost, but Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burke bear it no grddge. Quite the contrary. The 10 pound boy born to them while they were speeding from their farm to Williston was christened Maxwell Christler Burke, the first name in honor of the car and the second af- ter ite manufacturer retrospection.” The great tenor has engagements from coast to coast and from Canada to the gulf and with no vacancies, for the season of 1921-1922, He filled fifty concert engagements along with twenty-three weeks of opera with the Chicago ‘Opera association. In clippings from ‘papers all over the United States where Riccardo Mortin has appeared praise stinted me Prominent: musician are promised a. réal treat, PRICE FIVE CENTS BLOCKED? COUNTY FARMER CHANCES HIS ENGLISH HEAR HOLLAND WILL HOLD WILHELM Although Passports Were Ob- tained for Trip to Germany, They Are Optimistic PLANNED FOR A COUP? London, Paris Excited Over Possibility of Emperor Seeking Throne Again Berlin, Nov. 13.—-It is official- ly denied here that former Em- peror William has been authoriz- ed to return to Germany. Berlin, Nov. 13.—(By the As- sociated Press)—Pormer Crown Prince Frederick WiNiam arrived at his estate at Oels, Silesia, at 6 o'clock this evening a message from Oels announced. London, Nov. 18.—(By the A. P,) — British government officials reiterated today that they were entirely satisfied with the adequacy of the as- surances given by Holland that ex-Emperor William would not be allowed to leave Dutch custody. They say that up to the moment they have no reason to suppose the former War Lord proposes to decamp and if he has such an intention they are confident the Dutch government will frustrate the attempt. No new representations, therefore, have been made to Holland. Brussells, Belgium, Nov. 13. .) — William — (By the A. Hohenzollern,, former Em- per of Germany was again a figure commanding world at- tention eri asthe govern- ments of the powers made efforts to learn ‘more of his reported plans for returning to the Fatherland. Equipped with passports for himself. and members of his suite he is said by a local newspaper to be prepared to establigh either himself or his son, Former Crown Prince William, on the throne of the empire on December 4. Ther’ was nq official confirmation of the activities at Door: House nor was William’s de:- tination in Germany sugges ed. Private messages fror the little Dutch village, how ever, said that a courier de- livered there 12 passports permitting the former Kaiser and his entourage to re-enter the Fatherland after their five years in exile. Cipher messages are said to have been received at the castle during the day. It is pointed out here that William has been keeping in close touch with the monar- chists in ‘Germany. BETRAY ANXIETY, London, Nov. 13.—Some of the British newspaperp are beginning to show anxiety Aas the possible re- turn to Germany of former Emperor William and last night’s reports from Paris and Brussels that he had ob- tained passports are featured signifi- cantly this morning. It is said that the visit of Dr. Kann, Dutch official at Doorn house yesterday was to inform the ex- Kaiser that the powers of Europe would not regard his return with in- difference. None of the London cor- respondents at Oels, Upper Silesia, or elsewhere have been able to lo- cate Crown Prince Frederick William up-to midnight last night, thus dis- counting a previous dispatch that he had arrived at his estate yester- day morning. Interest in his return is now very feeble. The newspapers, commenting on it, hold that his re-entry into Germany is not an incident of sufficient im- portance to justify allied . action which’ seems to be favored in France. NOMINATE TEN | FOR A OF C BOARD Nominations for election to the board of directors of the Association of Commerce were concluded * this noon with the following results: w. E. B. Cox, P. R. Fields, By. Lumry, Geo. D. Mann, ‘Carl. Nelson,