The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Tues- day. Rising temperature Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 M CANA TARIFF BODY “OPENS PROBE OF RELATIONS Considers Demand of 50 Per! Cent Increase of Present Tariff of Wheat tg! INQUIRY TO BE BROAD One Obstacle Is Method of Obtaining Costs or Pro- duction on Canadian Wheat Washington, Nov. 26.—Wheat prowers, millers and others who: interests ure involved attended the | opening today of the \ariff commis- n’s first public hearing in connec-! ion with the inquiry’ into the wheat tariff. i Their views were sought by the} commission as supplemental to the; cost data and other information to be obtained by its field experts as a| basis for ‘eeommendation to be made to President Coolidge on thej uppeal of the Wheat Council of the United States for an increase of 50 percent in the present wheat duty of 30 cents a bushel. Plans for the latter phase of the inquiry for which the commission aly; ready has laid the ground work will be considered further 2t « conference of its staff of experts at St. Paul, December 3. Vicg-chairman Culbert- son, who it was stated, will direct the task of gathering data on pro- duction and manufacturing costs from growers and millers will at- tend the conference. The actual field work will be undertaken imme- diately on the formulation of defi- nite plane there. Means of obtaining production and ynarketing costs on Candian wheat which forms the chief competition in the domestic market also is expected to be considered at the St, Paul con-| ference, Although there has been no indicatizn that members of the com- mission expect to encounter difficul- ties in this connection the feeling prevails in some quarters that Can- adian officials may not welcome a general inquiry into the subject in that countr: SALESMAN IS HELD AFTER | .. BIG ROBBERY Persons Identify Picture of Him as One of Those Tak- ing Part in Holdup { New York, Nov. 26.— Barlow Morris Diamond, a Brooklyn sales- man, who wag arrested dast night; in the Hotel Staitler in Cleveland | ag one of three hold up men whol! shot to death twa employes of the West End Bank Nov. 14 and es- capéd with $43,000 in cash arrived today under heavy guard to face witnesses ‘who police say have identified this picture as that .one of the holdup ‘men. r , In the murder and robbery Wm. 8. Barlow, a retired police serge- ant, and Wm. H. McLaughlin, war veteran employed by the ‘bank were shot down without the slightest warning. The two assailants es- caped in an automobile. In Dia- mond’s pocket at the time of. his arrest wag found a loaded revolver and $2,200 mostly in $20 bills, the denomination of a Jarge part of the money etolen., The prisoner once served a term of six months in Connecticut for grand larceny. Diamond who Is 28, a widower and the, father of a five year old boy, was/at one time one of the best known athletes in Brooklyn high school. FOUR ELECTED -, '. DIRECTO LOCAL A. OF C. P, R. Fields, W. Cox, R. W. Lumry. anc were elected difectors of the Asso- ciation of Commerce for a period of | ‘two years, in thé referendum elec- tion, it was announced today after, the committee had canvassed the vote. The directors serve for two years. The election, conducted by mail, brought out a representative yote of the organisation, it was said by the committee .which canvassed the vote. 2 es ADDITION TO AGENCY BUILDING Ft, Yates, Nov, 26—The. building of an addition ,to the agency office hére will be begun shortly. The ad-| for ‘the. return from California of | dition will be a two story structure, ‘20 by’ 20, and he’ built at the back of the present office building, reen_the. vault and \the. ware- house. The addition when’ ompleted will enlarge the: quarters occupied by the land office and bank. } 4 ast | dry land. ; kota coal mine THE BISMARC BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923 THEY'RE STIL A. Y, Gowen and wife have First, it was their two-y Speejac a 90-foot. motor yacht. Here tthey are coming down the liner, Empress of Rus: business trip, Gowen explains. LIGNITE RATE FIGHT TAKES BROAD BASIS Will Involve History of Rates and Economic Influence of the Industry MEANS The fight against an increase in lignite freight rates from North Da- is expected by those discussing the preparation of the case to assume % broad aspect, in- luding the affect of the lignite in- dustry upon the economic life of the Northwest thus far and the possible greater effect in the future if the industry is properly nurtured: The case is expected to inyolve first. of all the history of lignite freight rates and. the relation these rates to the growth of the industry, and in this connection the history .of the industry's develop- ment. This ‘would include a study and statement of how lignite dis- placed hundreds of thousun tons-of bituminous and hard throughout the Northwest last: y BOOST LOSS |when coat was scarce ang high in price, excepting lignite. A number of public utilities in the state and many individuals and other corporations have, within the ‘last year, spent considerable money equip- ping plants to burn lignite coal. This has been one direct result of the common boosting effort for the industry. The Western Electric Company of Jamestown is now spend- ing §35,000 in equipping its plant to burn lignite, 4nd the Northern States Power Company has spent a great deal of money in this manner in Minot. Whether or not the ‘Interstate Commerce Commission will grant the request of the state railroad commis- sion for a joint hearing onthe lignite freight rates is not yet known, but if. the request is granted the state commission will cease to become a protagonist in the case and assume a judiciary role, lea¥ing the pre- sentation of arguments in defense of present rates to its new traffic expert, E. M. Hendricks. All departments of state that ofn cooperate in the defense of the pres- ent rates and in an attack on the proposed increase rates are expect- ed to become active. First’ Assist~ ant Attorney-General George Thorpe will act as legal adviser for the traf- fie department of the state rdilroad commission. TWO SOUGHT — IN BANK CASE Requisitions Filed. For Return of Hagen and Sherman bps 22 : Requisitions have Been filed here | for Cass county authorities for the return froni the state-of Washing- ton of H, J. Hagen on a charge) of “accepting and receiving money on deposit in an’ insolvent bank” and Philip R, fees ‘for\‘making false itatements: and :entry sin the: ‘Scandinavian-American bank.” rere, it! is: understood, indict- ‘the ‘recent ‘Cass county grand ry “‘mecting to probe the bank af; ~ on their of] bopks » of | 1 TRAVELING hard time getting their bearing on ar eruise around the world in “The | Then it was @ trip to the orient. gangplank of the Canadian Pacific return, But this time, it was a CHILLY BREEZE SWEEPS CITY Chilly breezes swept Bismarck last | night but a sun which warmed the tmosphere somewhat during the! day today made yp for it, and serv- | ed to keep up Bismarck’s reputation | for being in the “banana belt” of | North Dakota, For while the east- ern’and northeastern parts of the state have had snow and blizzards, Bismarck has heen bathed in sun- shine most of the. time. It was 14 above here Synday night, 14 above at Williston and 24 above at Moorhead. One point on the weather map, Prince Albert reported 4 below. The forecast was for rising tem- perature Tuesday. BREAD-SAVING | HABITS OF WAR GUT WHEAT USE Department of Agriculture, Experts Find it One Cause of Wheat Surplus ~ ‘ INJURES PRODUCERS | Washington, Nov. 26. jeediess continuation of brehd-saving habits formed in war-time, Department of Agriculture officials declared in a statement. issued today, is limiting American wheat consumption to the disadvantage of. both producer and umer, A return to pre-war food habits in the use of wheat by the public and the feeding of low-grade wheat to livestock Would help great- ly toward Solving the meets problem the experts say. The wide disparity between the! cost of bread to the consumer and| the price received by the producer for the wheat from the wheat from which it is made is cited by the de-; partment as a typical illustration of the disproportionate ' relationship which exists between the price of farm products. and the price of things that have gone through a man-/| ufacturing process. “The price of bread in eities has not fallen with the price of wheat 4nd flour,” says the statement: ‘A/ pound loaf of bread which in Minn- eapolis in 1913° and 1914 cost 5.3 cents now costs approximately 9.0) cents while flour which in 1913 and} 1914 cost $4.43 a barrel now: costs! $6.89 @ barrel. Allowing 280 loaves | to the barrel the margin between the | flour price and the bread price has increased from $10.50 to $18.30. It is obvious that * such conditions; however caused, work to the disa vantage of both producers and con-! sume! Producers are injured by the restrictions caysed in the de- mand and consumers are injured by high prices which enforce ab econ- omic limitation in the use of an e sential food. .All interests in tl country, including, those of the bal ers and millers, would be benefitted; by a more normal ratio between the pfice of wheat/ when it leaves the REASONS | Former Ambassador to Ger- ‘pendence of Armenia. \'sanne sacrified to Mustapha Kemal {the rights of American citizens in that the task whic GROUP FIGHTS APPROVAL OF TURK TREATY veading Citizens Meet to Frustrate U. S. Approval | of Lausanne Pact CITED ARE i many Gerard Is One of The Leaders New York, Nov. 26.—An dtganized movement to ffustrate ratifieation of | the Lausanne treaty by the United | States senate was undertaken at | the Yule club by a group of influ- éntial Americans headed by James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany and now chairman of the American committee for the inde- A memorandum previously signed | by 100 statesmen, high army offi- cers, financiers, church” officials, edi- tors and foreign relief workers was approved for presentation to Presi-| dent Coolidge, Secretary of State} Hughes and individual senators be- fore whom the treaty will come for ratification at the forthcoming ses-; sion of congress. The document charges that. the state department’s envoys at Lau- | Turkey, and threw overboard the Armenian peopfé, Whom this coun- | try was pledged to protect—in ex- change for the Chester concessions to a few American businessmen, since transferred to alien control. “It is morally an_ indefensible treaty,” said the memorandum, “Tt y is an utterly humiliating and pur- | poseless treaty. It surrenders every American right, in Turkey. It req. ders impossible the continuance of American education and philan- thropic enterprises in that country. It ignores our ‘Solemn pledge to Armenia, Kemal Regime Threatened. “The economic” Concessions it purports to secure for a few Ameri- cans are now admitted to be of dubious value, and have already been transferred into alien hands. “The Turks have broken thus carly their promises of good be- havior and their guarantees to our and to the remnants ians in Turkey. All re ports which have recently reached the outside world from Turkish and foreign sources show that factional armed conflicts, widespread banditry. and hopeless economic chaos seri- ously threaten Kemal’s regime, and confronts this according to the own leaders, # government, is, admission of its truly impossible one: “ “We believe that the honor of | America, no less than every dictate of reason, demands that the senate reject the Lausanne treaty.” The treaty is attacked on seven! points, signers of the memorandum asserting that: i “Our nationals in Turkeys are to be deprived of thé protection of the American consular courts—a prero- gative they havé enjoyed since 1832 —and made subject to the notorious- ly corrupt Turkish police and courts, | “Our missfonary institutions in Turkey are to be likewise subject to Turkish laws. The question of in- demnities suffered by -Americans through arbitrary and illegal acts is left for later discussion. Our mer- chant vessels may, as in the past, pass through the Dardanelles which, however, may be closed at the will of the Turks as was done in 1914. “Our archaeologists , enjoy the same rights that are enjoyed by Turkish archaelogis This only re- quires the comment that there never have been any Turkish archaelogists. “The open door—we resume our former privilege to trade with and invest in Turkey. The importance of that privilege may be gauged by the, fact that in 1913, when Turkey’s esti- mated population. was 17,500,000, American. exports to that country } amounted: to $3,313,821 or 16 cents | per capita. The population of Tur- key now is only about 5,000,000. “Protected minorities the ‘protection’ ef Turki in the past. Since 1774 Turkey has solemnly agreed in 21 international docuntents, to protect the Christians.” Dickinson To: | Pave Streets Dickinson, Nov. 26.—T. R, Atkinson, civil’ engineer of Bismarck was given a contract by the city commission at | their meeting Iast Monday afternoon, TRIBUNE RIP-RAPPING | U.S. SHIPPING BOARD EMPLOYE, ' WHO STOLE $250,000, ENDS HIS WORK IS UNDER WAY ON RIVER Good Start Is Made in $100,- 000 Project on West Bank of the Missouri WILL EMPLOY MANY Great Deal of Employment to Be Furnished During the Winter on Project Progress is being made on the work of protecting the west bank of the Missouri river just north of the Notthern Pacific railroad bridge. The work, being done by the United tates Engineers, War Department, ; designed to hold the channel of the river in place, protect the bank from eroson and unyoverflow which might endanger the city of Mandan, cut the Northern Pacific railroad grade and endanger the approach to | the new North Dakota Liberty Memo- The total cost of the of rial brid work is estimated at upwards $100,000. The first work undertaken by W. J. Maulding, in charge of the work |for the United State Engineers, was to have a force of men “shave” the bank of the river for the placing of mattrices, progress for, sometime and is now completed. The bank was leveled, with a gradual slope. Contracts have been let for fur- nishing stone and willows which will be used in making the mattrices. The mattrices are made with bundles, of wire around the willow brush, and cables tie them together. The mat- trices will be built out on the ice during the winter, as far as it is de- sired-to go, perhaps half way across the river. When they are in place the ice will be cut from under them and the mattrices will drop down to the bottom of the river. They pro- tect the river from cutting the bank away, The stone and willows to be used in the work will be furnished at low prices. Bids were received from a score of farmers and contractors. It was desired to give the work to far- mers and the manner in which they responded with bids was gratifying to the federal officials. iu Mr. Maulding maintains an office im Mandan, During the winter a large number of men will be employed on the job. CLAIM FORBES WAS DESERTER | Former Head of Veterans Bu- reau was Apprehended Washington, Nov. 26.—Papers said by war department officials show that at one time Charles R. Forbes, for- mer director of the Veterans Bureau, was dropped from the rolls of the army as u deserter were turned over to the Senate Veterans Committee today by the state department. The records, sent to the committee at its request, also were said to show that Forbes was apprehended, served out his term of enlistment and was discharged without having been brought to trial. U.S, 10 ASK CANADIAN AID Would Search and Seizure Rum Carriers on Great Lakes Washington, Nov, 26.—The United States government will propose at the: American-Canadian liquor con- ference opening tomorrow at Ottawa that clearance of ships destined for United States port with liquor ar goes be prohibited by Canada, that gearch and seizure of vessels engaged in smuggling on the Great Lakes be authorized and that a treaty arrange- ment be made for extradition of used of violating the Will Raze Foreign Office Building Tokio, Nov, 26.—The foreign office Kasumigaseki, Tokio, the first for-. at farmer’s hands and the price to the] calling for @ survey of the city cov-|eign style building erected here, w fina) consumer.” SOU Eee ag \ BANKS CLOSED St. Paul, Nov. 26. county state banks were ‘closed to- day by the state banking department. Meire Grove, the New Munich State Bank of New Muriich, court Btate Bank of, Meftoae ‘and the’ state bank of St. Martin," ering the proposed paving project and for putting in a storm sewer. This sewer is ‘being made with the ; by the fire, that it will have to be; Four Stearns| view of finding out how permanent | razed. 4 drainage can be installed, its approx- imate elude in: ‘all the’ work will be blue printed for’ future use. e tore, sie so badly damaged by the earthquake of September 1, although untouched The same is true of the résidence cost and algo the cost of the | of the foreign minister, another for-| tle went through Bismarck yesterda; They are-the Farmers State Bank of| proposed/paving. The work,williin- | eign style building. These structures} in express pie ‘on No. 1, the North f u “regarding the ex-|were erected in the early days off C, ‘Limited. They were en- route the’ Security| act location of the sewer mains and’ the Meiji era, -when the' Marquis tony 4 Inouye of that day. was, foreign, min-| ister. \ This work has been in; LIFE IN EXILE WOULD BRING WOMAN BACK}: ee A requisition has been issued for the return from the state of Wash- ington of Elizabeth McGahey, charg- ed with kidnapping, Carl Eerickson, sheriff of Williams county, will go after her. It is understood that she is alleged to have taken a child from {the state, which was denied her in jdivorce proceedings. DRASTIC TAX i ' CUTPROPOSED | BY N. D. BODY Tax Payers Association Would; Cut the Levies to 55 Per | Cent of 1923 Levies i if |PLAN , PETITIONS Will Place the Matter Before Voters of the State at Pri- mary Election |, Fargo, Nov. 26.—The North Dako-| ta Tax Payers Association will pro-{ pose the adoption of a law limiti |taxes for the three years 1924, '26 und '26 to 66 per cent of the taxes | levied for 1923, it was announced to- day by J. G. + Gunderson of Aneta, president of the association. Petitions initiating the measure will be placed in circulation as soon as the proposed bill is drafted and the bill probably. will be submitted to the voters in the primary election of.1924. Announcements of the pro-| posal to limit taxation in the man- | ner suggested followed a mail refer- endum by Mr. Gunderson on the sub- ject, the matter being placed by him before the other directors of the as- sociation, in the framing of the measure pro- viding arbitrary limitation of the! taxes,” Mr, Gunderson declared to-, day. These, however, will be fully covered as quickly a the bill when it i culation will cover all subject.” As contemplated the measure would affect all classes of taxing! units the state, the county, the city, | the villages, the towns, the town- ships, the school district, and the park board. In sypport of the proposal it is contended by the officers of the tax payers association that the tax in- crease has been so great in recent years that a step of drastic nature is required if an increase is to be curbed. The method followed he de- clared will be that of presenting the bill through petition to voters, If a sufficient number of signers are ob- tained, only 7,000 would be required to initiate the measure, then the bill would be filed with the secretary of state who would submit it at a vote of the primary election June 1924. Z The For twenty-four h noon today. Temperature at 7 a. m. 14. Temperature at noon 20. Highest yesterday 38. Lowest yesterday 28. Lowest last night 14. Precipitation 0, Highest wind velocity 26. Weather Foreci For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tues- day. Rising temperature Tuesday. For North Dakota: Partly, cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Ri ing temperature Tuesday and north- west portion tonight. l Weather Conditions Thé low pressure area has moved; to the Great Lakes region and St. Lawrence valley accompanied by pre- cipitation and moderate tempera- tures. High pressure and fair, cold weather prevails over the Plai tates and west of the Rockies. Warm weather accompanied by light, scattered precipitation prevails over the northern Rocky Mountain region. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. + FAMILY BURNED. | Confinenc, Pas, Nov, 26.—(By the A, P.)—Samuel Roscoe his wife and even children were burned to death early toddy when their home on a hill half a mile from the village was destroyed. All the bodies have been Tecovered. Cattle Travel Royally. / ty-four head of Guernsey cat- ngles of the ° | ° ours ending at . ‘Weattier | | * went y from ‘the channel islands; England, to, Portland, Oregon, for the great, Hegiec’ erat to be held there . | November, 1920. j canoeing and the Arkansas youth fell “Many details must be considered to v| emb IN ARGENTINA pe Jacob M. Arnof Takes Life in a Little Grove Near Buenos Aires; Had Lost All of His Stolen’ Fortune; Confesses All in a Note He Wrote to Captain Buenois’ Aires, Nov. 26—In a little wooded grove near a race track where he had lost his all, an employe of the United States shipping board who had lived here three years under the name of Jacob M. Arnof, of McCrory, Ind., committed suicides He had plen $250,000 during the past two 8. But before he died he left a let- ter of confession, written to Captain Garlang Rotch, of the shipping board in which ®e disclosed that he had not been Arnof at. all but one Harry Wolfe of New Orleans. Investigation disclosed a remark- able story. Impostor Got Funds from Family Wolfe, in the letter, told how ‘he had assumed Arnof’s name and iden- tity 3 years ago. He had drawn on Arnof's father in Arkansas for funds, until the latter was forced to call a halt and the game was up. Arnof, Wolfe wrote, came here in He and Wolfe went overboard and was drowned. Wolfe started for the police sta- tion to report the accident. Then the big idea, which he was; to-develop with so many elaborate fabrications, came to him, j Instead of going to the police he went to Arhof's room. In’a general way, he resembled the drowned youth, who was not known here. He took the latter’s papers, hi§ pass- port, studied his letters and start- éd life anew as passport showed a prominent scar on his face so Arnof burned oné on his own face. He obtained employment with the United States: shipping. board. “I decided to make as much as possible out of the fraud,” Wolfe wrote before he shot himself. “I drew on his bank aceount. I wrote his father, asking for money. “The old man I asked for $25,000. Then he pro- tested and notified the American consul at Buenos Aires. “I fooled the latter, with the pass- port and the acid scar.” Then, Wolfe confessed, he started ing shipping board funds. He did this, not only in Arnof's name but in the names of other em- ployees. “I got 500,000 pesos. I could have taken 250,000 more,” he wrote, Wolfe started depositing American dollars as pesos in a local bank. Police Doubt Story Captain Rotch discovered one day that something was amiss. He went to the bank to make an examination. Wolfe fled. After writing the confes- sion letter, he sought the little |patch of woods near the race track and shot himself. He had 22 pesos. ‘All the rest he had lost at the races. The Argentine police are inclined to discredit the story unfolded by the deaq youth's letter. They ex- press the belief that “Wolfe” actual- ly was Arnof, whom they think to have been a wayward son of H. Arnof, New Orleans cotton magnate. They believe young Arnof, when he found discovery of his deffflca- tion inevitable, sought to shield the family name by one last striking act of his imagination, ELKS SERVICE TO BE SUNDAY Annual Tribute to* Dead of Order To Be Paid The annual Memorial service of Bismarck lodge No. 1199, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will be held in the Eltinge theater on Synday afternoon, December 2, it was announced today by officers of the lodge. Scott Cameron, member of the order, will deliver the oration. Spec- ia) musical numbers-are being ar- ranged for the occasion, ang brief jalistic services will comprise a t, of the program. All Elks and their friends are invited to the ser- vice, which begins at 3 P. M. SUFFEE BURNS, Dickinson, No. 26—Mathias, 9, and Monica, 7, children of Mr. and Mrs. George Hegel, farmers of the Sche- field community, were terribly burn- ed last Tuesday°“morning when they | attempted to rekindle. a fire in the kitchen range at the farm home in the absence of their parents. Mistaking’a can’ of gasoline for kerosene, the tots lifted it from the floor and poured it over the smoulder- ing embers. In the explosion that re- sulted both were badly burned, about. nt me money until| "FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS INERS ESCAPE DEATH TRAP DA MAY FIGHT WHEAT TARIFF-PLAN TWO DEAD ONE INJURED, TOLL IN EXPLOSION Feared at First That 1,000 Men Were Entombed in Illinois Mine NEARLY ALL SAVED Rescue Crews go in Mine and Bring Report Most of Mi- ners Reach Safety West Frankfort, Ill, Nov. 26. —(By the Associated Press)— Two dead and one injured made up the total of the explosion which occurred this morning at mine No. 1 of the Chicago, Wil- mington and Franklin Coal Com- pany at Orient, four miles from here, it was reported by the tes- cue team which returned to the surface shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon. All men entombed in the mine have been brought to safety, it was stated by members of the team. Benton, Ill, Nov. 26.—(By the A. P.)—More than 1,000 men may be trapped in mine No. 1 of the Chi- cago-Wilmington and Franklin Coal company, it was reported following an explosion in the mine this fore- noon, Officlals of the company here de- [clined to comment on the report and would not say whether they knew if any men_had been killed in the blast. ELEVEN TAKEN. OUT. West Frankfort, Nov, 26.—Eleven men badly burned have been taken from ‘the Orient mine, four miles from here where an explosion oc-, curred this morning. At.11:15 a. m. fifty men, were still, unaccounted for, and’ about 35 of these are supposed to be in the mine behind the fire, -14, UNACCOUNTED FOR, Chiéage;’ “Nov. 26.—Twelve men were badly burned and taken to a West’ Frankfort hospital, and 14 men still were ‘unaccounted for at noon, according to information received at the general ‘offices of the Chicago the general offices of the Chicago- Wilmington and Franklin Coal com- pany from the Great Mine No. 1, near West(Frankfort, where an explosion occurred this morning in ona of the workings. Geo. B, Harrington, president ef the company, said he relied upon the informatién from the mine that all the 922 employes of the mine were accounted for except 14. He added that in all probabilities some of these 14 were engaged in rescue work about the mine, DUCK SEASON ENDS DEC, 4 Day For Shooting Them, Says County Auditor » Last Saturday, December 1, is the last day of the season for hunting ducks, geese and Wira:.t, according to County Auditor Johnson. The law provides for an open sen- son from September 16 to December 2. While the open season dates on ie chickens are given as in- clusivé in the law, he says this is not true of ducks, ang the season will end at midnight Saturday. There are still thousands of ducks. in the country, according to one hunter who was out Sunday and had good luck in cornfield shooting. Another who wag at a lake had only | fair success. LEVIATHAN MAKES RECORD New York, Nov. 26.—America’s big- bound navigation between New York and “Cherbourg today after.2 run of five days, seven hours and 20 min- | utes with an average hourly speed of 14.17 knots. This broke by 13 min- utes the previous record held by the Cunard, retania, U.S. DRY AGENT" COMING HERE Director A. A. Stone, of