The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1923, Page 1

»? CONGRESSMEN WEATHER FORECAST Somewhat unsettled tonight. Fair Thursday. Much colder. TH ESTABLISHED 1878 TWO INJ REVENUE FROM », RED TRAIL IS " $8;156,000.0 Officials of National Parks Highway Estimate This Amount Is Distributed TRAVEL IS GROWING By NEA Service, ; Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 12.—An- other mysterious murder is added to this city’s list of unsolved crimes. Kidnaped by an assailant who took her away in an automobile, Mrs. Helen Whelchel, 22, was murdered early the morning of Nov. 28. Her body was found between the ruilroad tracks under a bridge near the city’s outskirts, ‘by railroud workmen. Mrs, Welchel, a widew, left her father’s home eanly in the evening preceding the murder. Shorily after midnight a loud scream was heard in a street near her nome. A neighbor looked from his win- dow and saw a man driving a tour- ing car away He held one band on the wheel and the other, the wit- ness said, held #ome other person. The woman’s hat was found in front of the witness’ house. On the bridge, above the body was found, police picked up a broken strand of pearls. Nearby were the wheels tracks of an auto- mobile, turned toward the guard rail of the bridge. Those, and a few footprints, are the only clews. COOLIDGE SAID SYMPATHETIC Average 3,252 Cars Per Day Used Trans - Continental Highway, Report Says Total revenue derived from various communities on the National Parks Highway (Red Trail) during the past tourist season is estimated by of- ficials of the organizatien at $8,156,- 000, according to a report received by the Bismarck Association of Com- merce, Records kept at various bureaus atid obtained by co-operation with state highway departments show as- tonishing figures on the money dis- tributed by motorists making long distance journeys. The report sets out: ‘An average of 3,252 cars used the 2,52 miles of highway between Chi- cago and Seattle each day between May 15 and October 15, or a total of 487,000 car-days for the season. The total value in revenue to vari- ous communities along the highway is estimated @k $8,156,000. Checks made of the travel be- tween Minneapolis and Wenatchee, Wash. The Minnesota State Highway de- partment figures show the average daily trayel over the National Parks Highway was-t98 forcign.cars a day, or 27,900 for the season. At Rob- insdale there were 371 cars a day; at Moorhead 116 a day. B From Fargo west to Valley City there was an average of 171 cars used the lighway each day and the average at the Bismarck bridge is given as 85’cars, Travel Divides. s At Fallon, Mont. where the south- ern route (Yellowstone Trail), joins the National Parks Highway. the count was 65 cars a day for the National Parks Highway and 72 for the southern route. At Livingston, Montana, the count showed 133 cars a day, many of them diverting south at Billings through the eastern en- trance to Yellowstone National Park. Spokane figures show a large in- crease over those of last years, an average of 377 cars a day being maintained, throughout the season. he season's figures bring this up to ‘a total of 56,610 cars from all roads. * As Yellowstone Park is the prin- }. cipal objective of the trans-conti- nental traveler, the traffic, to a great extent, divid aY this point ana some of the eastern trafic is lost to the Northwest and Pacific Coast points, but the large amount of traf- fic east from the coast is said to { &% offset this. er Almost Four to A survey of thé travel that each car carried an average of 31-2 to 4 persons and that the’ aver- age daily expenditure of each person was about 95. The average for the camper was about $3.50 per day and of those stopping at hotels about 36 u day. This-includes such items as gas and oil, repairs to the car, food, lodging, clothing and incidentals. The length ,of time on the road for the camper, was found to be about twice that of the one who stopped in /otels. The average distance traveled was 150 miles per da: Indications are, officials of the Na- tional Parks, Highway say that 1924 will, see a greater increase in auto- mobile travel than in 1928. More than 12,000 inquiries for informa-| the soldier’ ti and literature were received | 3, this year by the headquarters, a larger percentage coming from the eastern, states. Finances provided for the National Parks Highway organization have been meager, according, to the report. Subscriptions in 1923 totalled $3,- ( 654.84, from states as follows: Wa ington, $720.50; Idaho, $60; Monta! $662; North Dakota, $1,817.25; Min- nesota, $123.50 cash, other sources, 371.59. Particularly. Interested North Dakota and Minne. sota, Says J. A. Kitchen MESSAGE President Coolidge is sympathetic toward Minnesota are, Agriculture and Labor J. A. Kitchen, meeting of Commi: culture of the various states wi Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. Mr. Coolidge, he said, was cordial in his relieve the situation. pre fixing is a sound method. legislation. kindly toward measures additional funds to be farmers, believing ‘that too- muc! \ ture today. culture from other states, themselves, in increasing producti cr products and decreasing th family table. Mr. Kitchen discussed tary James J. cia}s. He said the department, be- lieved that the three percent limi! jon on immigration wi be ma ern Europe “increased -while tl ern Europe were lessened. him great ‘respect in. Washington. WOULD SHOW OF STATE ON Dictatorahip “BIG COMMITTEES —— Washington, D. C. ¢, 12.—The Republican, Commit! Commit- tees has completed all its tasks ex- cepting to fill in the names of some of the minor commiittees,\ and it is now known that the three North Da- kota representatives are all. members of major commit : Representative ~ rge M. Young is continued on the Committee on Ways and Means and-ranks Number , Four. Representative James H, Sin- clair continues to serve on ‘the Vom- \, mittee on Agriculture and ranks \\ Number Eight. ‘ pean prema O. B. Burtness has tion and new elections. elections will be held in April.- . untarily his-own di. establishes the goge usual constitutional lin INCORPORATED Articles . of a Naeen promited to the great commit- ‘tee on Interstate Commerce, ong of! the three largest committees of. th \ in the) Union has, according to the size of its delegation, representation’ on the comititittees: of the House] A. equal to Nofth Dakota, marth, Slope Co.; Eklialm, Henry. O'Connell, E BIS. JRED I KILLING OF WOMAN IS ~ , SHROUDED IN MYSTERY spot where .her TOWARD STATE in; APPROVED: especially and North Dakota and, if his view toward the Northwest is exaggerated it is to'the extent that conditions ogri- culturally are worse than they really according to Commissioner of who has returned from attending a joners of Agri- very greeting and in a speech to the commissioners sum- ming up agricultural conditions he expressed desire to use the force of the government as far as possible to However, the lent does not believe that price- The general view of Washington officials, Mr. Kitchen said, was that agricultural ills cannot be cured by y feel they calse fans criminal record add weight to the d to ested era laccestedithe tightinat credit is one of the ills of agricul- Commissioners of Agri- he said, there were no ax attacks. reported a belief that many of the cured by farmers {lls will have to be cured by farmetst ne able to place the résponelbility of the amount of vegetables and oth- ti o| made all along, amount of canned goods used on the immigra- pen and taker, conmitiensinlth Cech: fruitless prrests have been made | tical ef Glover's connection with the too strict, but that laws’ should be so changed that selection of immigrants would abroad and the quotas of immigrants from northern and west- quotas from southern and southeast- The message of President Coolidge, which he heard, was what was gen- erally expected in. Washington, ex- cept that few expected the president to be so blunt in his declaration on 's bonus, Mr. Kitchen said. ded: that the frankness of the president in giving his views ypon the problems before the country won ~ PROPLE RULE Mussolini Voluntarily Ends majority of the Italian people.and £0 obtain a parliament which coincides with the wishes of the electorate, Premier Mussolini, with the consent of the cabinet, obtained the signature ‘of the king to a decree closing the present session of the chamber—an act which inevitably leads to dissolu~ Dissolution will, probably take -place the early part af January and in that event,|- ‘Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 12.—Phi incorporation © filed| after the With the Secretary of State include; '| of. ; | American Concrete Railway Tie Co. Marmarth; capital stock;: Mar-| injected by either side, in the selec- incorporators, H.|tion of the jury. ) M. C.l the hearing of testimony would get BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1923 y MRS.~HELEN WHELCHEL ‘POLICE HOLD | NEGRO FOR 24 _ AXMURDERS Birmingham Police Think They Have Man Who Has Terrorized the City | IDENTIFIED BY TWO | Birmingham, Ala.,“Dec. 12.—Police and county officials expect to gather further ‘evidence* ‘today connecting Fred Glover, negro, with at least a part of the series of 24 ax murders that have occurred in Birmingham. Glover has been identified by Mr. and Mrs. §dwin Sparks asthe negro who hit Mrs. Sjfarks over ‘the head Sunday afternoorl Mrs. Sparks is recovering from her wounds. The finding. of a bloody hatchet and a pistol in Glover's room and his t belief of officers that they have It is pointed out also that while he was in prison on another charge sometime ago “We are sure we have the right man and we think we are going to forthe other attacks that have been said Solicitor Jim Davis. ‘ Doubts were still expressed by Birmingham citizens that the right man had been arrested. So many jthe past that there are niany skep- crime which besides the 24 killed has. included 23 who have been seriously injured, The lagt death occurred Monday when J. D. Haywood suc- cumbed to injuries from an attack on November 29 while returing from work, KILLS WIFE'S DANCE ESCORT Jealous Husband Fatally Wounds Youth in Louis- ville Louisville, Ky. Dec. 12.—Eugene Coates, who was shot by John George at a dance, here shorty after mid- night, died in a hospital early today. George killed himself after shooting Coats and probably fataly wounding Mrs. George with whom Coats had been dancing. ‘That ‘George was crazed with jealousy because his wife. had refused to dance with him and was dancing wnth Coats was the theory of investigators who sought a motive for his acts. Mr. and Mrs. George were married five-years ago and have a two-year old daughter. George was 28 years old. KLAN LAWYER SLAYER TO TRIAL iP Fox, former publicity director for The premier’s bold step ends vol- | thé Ku Klux Klan, went on trial here torship and re-| today on a charge of murder grow- ment along the | ing out of the death af William 8. Coburn, atforney for the Simmons faction of {the Klan. Effort to ob- tain a jury was started immediately preliminaries ‘were disposed The Ku Klux iKlan issue was not Indications were under way late today.» j Democratic party a, N AUTO CRASH MADOO FLAYS « | CONVENTION OF |CHILLY BLASTS FROM CANADIAN PRESIDENTFOR| 6.0, P. WILL BE HTS MESSAGE) HELD JUNE 40 Candidate for Democratic] Cleveland, Ohio, Is Formally Nomination Calls it Coun- sel for “Dormancy” Selected as City For Re- publication Convention SAYS ACTION NEEDED|CHANGE DELEGATES Declares for Adjusted Com-/ South Wins Victory, and Del- pensation to Service Men of the World ‘War 2 Los Angeles, Dec, 12.—President Coolidge’s message to Congress wi labelled “a counsel for, dormancy” and his opposition to a bonus for ex-service men characterized as a summary dismissal of “just claims for consideration” in an address by William Gibbs McAdog before the Democratic Luncheon clab and Wo- man’s Demogratic League here to- day. The former director-general of railroads, derided the president's pro- posal for a voluntary consolidation of big systems of transportation as “a seven-year itch for reduced freigat and passenger rates with no assur- ance of relief at the end of the trial telling his hearers that what is neéded is not seven Years of delay but action.” “The President's message,” said Sr, McAdoo in_part, “is largely a counsel ef dormancy. Nowhere is there a stimulating call to Congress. The world is in commotion and vital domestic problems press upon us for solution, but no effective program is offered for the alleviation or cor- rection of domestic ills nor is coun- sel given for invigorating interna- tional policies which will world markets for our surplus pro- ducts, tend to promote economic sta- or encourage peace between nations, ! “The most affirmative part of the President’s message is the recom- mendation of tax reduction. The has a stood con- sistently for it Bince the signing of the Armistice and should co-operate without regard to partisan consi@- erations in an effort to ease the ta® burden. “The President opposes any in- crease in the pay of the soldiers who fought the war to victory. Although a great reduction in the tax burden can be made and a reasonable com- pensation proposed for soldiers and sailors can be provided at the same time, the President is determined that justice shall not be done to the war veterans. Their just claims for consideration are summarily dis: missed, but the President is strong for the maintenance of the Fordney- McCumber tariff bill which has vored trusts, monopolies amd com- binations in restraint of trade, a subsidy estimated at more than $ 000,000 per gmnum, or twice as much as it will take to pay the soldiers bonus in cash. For privilege every- thing; for the defenders of the coun- try nothing.” TAX SALE IS HELD BEST IN. LAST 4 YEARS Delinquent Taxes Offered For Sale Less Than in Pre- vious Years ; The “best tax sale in four year: according to county officials, w held yesterday afternoon at the courthouse. / About 75 percent of the unpaid taxes was sold. The amount of un- paid gaxes this fall was smaller than at any time in the last four years. Two years ago but few bidders sought delinquent taxes in western North Dakota including Burleigh county. The manner in which taxes are being paid this year with the consequent smaller delinquent list, and the increase in the number of bidders, is taken as substuntial evidence of improved conditions and renewed faith in the country. Bidders included C. F. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; G. F. Dullum, Joseph Breslow, E. L. Bannon, Sarah Duffy, A. H, Gallagher, R. G. Phelps and E. C. Ruble, the latter of Dris- coll. PIRRITANO IS SENTENCE Bemidji, Minn., Dec, 12,-Leonardo reopen | egations Will Restore Strength of 1920 Washington, Dec. 12,—Cleveland was formally selected as the 1924 convention city of the Republicans. Choice of the Ohio city, virtually certain since the Coolidge campaign managers indicated their preference for it, was made final at a meeting of the Republican National Commit- tee. The date of the convention was fixed as June 10. ‘ The vote for the convention city was Cleveland 39; San Franciscoy10; Des Moines one. Then on motion of Committeeman Crocker of California the selection of Cleveland was made unanimous. SOUTH WINS Washington, “Dec. 12—There will be nearly 1,100 delegates in the 1924 Republican convention compared to 984 in 1920 under a resolution adopt- ed today by the Republican National Committee virtually restoring the old representation of southern states. Southern interests, fighting for in- creased representation, won u spirit- ed battle against the reduced south- ern representation proposed under the reapportionment. National com- mitteemen from the south and negro delegations who protested the rcap- portionment succeeded in having the committee upset the reapportion- ment made in 1921 and restored prac- tically all of’ the south’s representa- tion. The committee at the same time, however, decided to largely increase the power of the northern states by providing that three additional dele- gates at large should be given to all states carried by Harding in 1920. RE-APPORTIO Washington, INT VOTED, 12.—(By ‘the Dee. A. P.)—The Republican national con- vention of 1924 will assemble in Cleveland on June 10 and its dele- gate strength will be apportioned virtually on the old time basis of full representation for the south as wel as the north. A carefully drafted plan to curtail the voting power of those southern states which belong to the Demo- cratic solid south was overturned today by the national committee just before election of the time and place for the convention had been made final. In 1921 the reapportionment pro- gram had been given the approval of the committee and the reversal was voted today over the protest of those who declared econsideration would be interpreted by the country an effort to increase the delegate of states likely to cast their vote for President Coolidge. The committee also decided to rec- ommend to the 1924 convention that wonien will be given an equal status with men as committce members and that one man and one woman from each state be chosen from cach state to serve on a basis of parity as na- tional committeemen, CORN SHOW 70. 0 AHEAD, Is A.OF C: ORDER Committee to Begin Drafting All Rules and Regulations of the Contest Full speed ahead was the order. given today to the committee of the sociation of Commerce in charge of preliminary arrangements for the state-' corn contest for the Han na cup by the directors of the As- sociation of Commerce. The commitee, composed of George F, Will, chairman, H. 8. Dobler, J. P. French, Carl Nelson and P. R. Fields, will set the time and exact place and draft all rules of the contest, which will, embrace evéry county in the state, In additton to an expensive silver cup to be given by L. B. Hanna of Fargo there will be cash prizes, LICENSE IS _» °, CANCELLED Lebrun ‘to The license of Oscar Pirritano, slayer of) four persons,|conduct @ pool room at Langdon has pleaded _guilty to a charge of first degree murder here» this morningjed by inspectors, he allowed minors ecuted following a skirmish in Sm- and was sentenced by Judge T. W.jto play and sold snyff and cigarettes alo is being inv Stanton to @ life term in the state penitentiary at Stillwater. service was organized 125 years ago under the name of the marine hospi- tal service for the medical ‘and surgi- cal care of merchant. seamen. ae been cancelled because, it was alleg- to minors, it is anffounced at the state licensing artment. The ap- plication of William Zimmer of Man- The United States! public heaith| ville, who has been operating with-! out a license, denied on the al- Jegation that. a. deputy found moonshine in his place.togeth- et with cigarettes, tte, inspector. offices into the new $40.000 twd-story PROVINCES END REMARKABLE PERIOD Weather Bureau Reports Show Fall Weather Never Equalled But Once For Moderation ih the History of the Weather. Bureau — November Averaged 10.3 Degrees Temperature Daily Above Average The weather overlords threatened today to put an end to the most re- markable autumn and early wii weather Bismarck has ever exper- ienced, from the standpoint of high temperatures, continued d@nshine and absence of storms. ~ With a high wind blowing today, and a forecast for colder weather here Thursday, and a cq@jd wave in the eastern part of the te, it ap- peared that winter was really start- ing. The wind velocity was given as 32 miles an hour. ‘At Calgary, Canada, it was 4 above this morning, and the same temperature was recorded at Edmon- ton and Lander, Wyoming, while ‘it was 8 above at Prince Albert, The lowest in Bismarck last night was BANK CASHIER , ADMITS GUILT, IS SENTENCED Devils Lake, Dec. 12,—Howard Disher, cashier of the closed bank at Olmstead, was sentenced late yester- day to seven and a half years in the state prison when he pleaded guiliy | to embezzlement by making false re- | ports to bank examiners, forgery ana}, L. Mosher of Federal Re- uttering false instruments : serve Bank Tells Rotarians VOTES THROWN 10 DEMOGRAT South Carolina Senator -With- | in One Vote of Gaining | North Dakota is essentially sound Cummins’ Place ibut there is a great need of a better 23 above, and it was 22 Williston. bs The mean daily temperature dur- ittg the period, September 1 to De- cember 12, 1923, shows an excess of 5.6 degrees daily, the highest con- tinuoug average in the climatological history of the Bismarck weather sta- tion. During November the temper- ature averaged 10.38 degrees above the normal and was with but one exception the highest of record for that month. “Taking into consideration all ele- ments that go to make delightful fall weather, there has never been an autumn with so much continued sunshine, high day and night temper- atures and absence of storms,” said a weather bureau statement today. PICTURE NOT above at! FAILURES BEEN SMALL Slightly Over 10%¢ in This State—Other Sections Much Worse off, He Declares {business morale in the estimation of | Curtis L.. Mosher, assistant federal } reserve bank agent, who spoke to the Washington, Dec. 12.—Although | Roturians..at their. weekl 5 os 8. ~ jy. Juncheon. there was # break in the ranks of the | at the McKenzie hotel today. He supporters of Senator LaFollette of | has just finished a most comprehen- Wisconsin, the Republican insurgent | sive economic survey of the North. leader, the senate remained in dead- | Uv, (cono” : 2 z est in which he traveled from 6,000 lock today on the first ballot for elec-' +, 7.999 miles by automobile. In te tion of a chairman of the Interstate | fitation of the rumors being circus Commerce Committee. ‘aane z 5 pda son. | lation that the farmers are irretrevi- Senator Cummins of lows and) Sen: 0164) involved unancially, Re declar- Renny Gen eA ed that the reverse was true and thet lette received three votes each. Sen- | Statements made in the east by cer- ators Brookhart of Iowa and Frazier | tain North Dakota citizens could not of North Dukota, Republicans, amd |be substantiated by the facts. He Shipstead of Minnesota, voted for | found that there were less than 3,000 Smith but there also was a break | farmers who were being foreclosed jupon and that the eventual number in the Democratic ranks with dena- | ¥ tor Smfti of Maryland voting fer | in the state would be less than 4,000. Many this number he said should Cummins. Senators Howell and Noz- ris of Nebraska and Ladd of North | never have followed farming as a Dakota, Republicans, voted for La- | vocation as they were unfitted. Follette. Gn the second ballot smith There are more than 74,000 farm- ers in the state he said who will fell but one vote short of elestion, receivitig a1 Votes to 39 for Cummins | carry through, many of them while not in good condition financially he and two for LaFollette. Bruce contin- ued to vote for Cummins while Ladd | said would be helped. by credit joined the insurgent group voting for]! sources which ute being > taxed to spread over the rural indebtedness Smith, so as to bring the Northwest safely through the present crisis. He found that slightly under 800 farmers had | actually abandoned their. farms and that in most cases the community was benefited as these men were chronic failures as farmers. In com- parison $o the aggregate number of farmers in the state only a small percentage had taken advantage of the bankruptcy act he said. Percen- tage of failures in the state he said was slightly more than ten percent. In Montana he said the rate was mueh higher, He urged a better sentiment to- ward the banking institutions. He said that the percentage of farm failures was nut great when compar- ed to other lines of business. He said that banks, merchants and oth- er lines of endeavor had suffered as severely as the farmer which was of course a most natural result for without a success on the farms in- dustry lanquished and the merchant and banker ‘had to suffer with the rest. He praised Governor Nestos for his speeches of optimism in the east and the efforts of the adminis- tration to discount false reports that are being circulated upon Northwest conditions. Of a survey of 35,000 farmers he said that it was found in this state that 85 percent of them were effi cient and competent to weather the storm. He praised the bankers of the state for their attitude in the crisis and said that the community itself by its own actions could assist greatly. Few banks ‘were closed he said: through dishonesty of offi and that in most cases of clésed banks, the bankers had spent their all to avert disaster. Urging the citizens to put their mofey in sound institutions and take it from places of concealment where it performed no economic s vice, he made an earnest plea for common sense in solving the pro- blems that confront the Northwest. P. R. Fields gave an excellent talk Upon business methods as laid down by the Rotapy code of ethics. Supt. Saxvik delivered the birth- day ‘oration for Dale Simon and pre- sented him with an appropriate gift. J, L. Bell won the. prize awarded to the bald headed members. The (Continued on Page 6) - : t REBELS WIN VICTORY OVER FEDERAL FORCE Former Governor of Pueblo Pursued by Rebels, Is Declaration Vera Cruz, Dec. 12.—Revolutionary headquarters here announced that rebel forces under the command of General S. Garcia have defeated and dispersed the loyal troops which were defending Capotolapan, & town on the border of the states of Vera Cruz and Puebla. J, Sanchez, former governor of Pucbla, who was at the head of the Obregon forces, is being pursued by the rebels. HUERTA ASSUMES RULE. New York, Dec. 12,—Albert Maz- carenas, Mexican consul general in New York City, announced today that he had received a telegram purport- ing to come from Adolpho De La Huerta, rebel leader, informing him that he has assumed command of the government.’ The consul said he disregarded the message’ which di- rected him to take orders from “De La Huerta. GAINS STRENGTH. Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 12.—The revo- lutionary movement on the west coast of Mexico has attained great proportions, according to advices re- ceived here today and had spread to ; Mazatlan, Sinaloa, where the garri- {son haw divided. A report that sev- ‘eral revolutionary generale were ex: igated here. NEW,.COURT HOUSE READY. Beach, N. D.. Dec, 12.—Except one department, all 3 of Golden 1 Valley county have now moved their brick court house which has just been completed here, CK TRIBUNE [one | PRICE -FIVE CENTS ; ONE MAY DIE SALESMAN FOR TRUCK COMPANY 1S IN HOSPITAL Charles’ Bassett of Minneap- olis Seriously Injured; Frank Wetzstein Hurt CHILDREN ESCAPE Auto Crashes Into Another Loaded with Children on Mandan-Bismarck Road Charles Bassett, aged about 50, of Minneapolis, traveling salesman for the Garford Motor Truck Company, is in a critical condition in the Man- dan hospital and Frank Wetzstein of Mandan, inter-city bua and taxi line operator, is also in the hospital with two fractured ribs as a result of an automobile accident on the Bismarck- Mandan road east of the new N. P. crossing on the Mandan side. The crashed occurred about 5 o'clock last evening. Wetzstein, driving a Hudson speedster, crashed into a Ford which was turned off of the road suddenly in front of him, he said. The Ford remained upright but the Hudson rolled over three times. Bassett has a fractured right up- phe hd and cheek bone, severe cuts abo@t the head and the nose struc- ture is injured. The attending phy- sicians declared his condition criti- cal, according to word from Mandan today. Honus Wetzstein, occupying a rear seat in the Hudson, was unhurt Frank Wetztein was pinned under the wheel, and sustained severe bruises in addition to two fractured while Bassett was badly crush ed. The Ford was driven by William Messler and several children were reported in it at the time of the crash. He was turning off the high- way over to the former crossing of the railroad tracks north of the pre- sent viaduct. Wetztein swerved to avoid the accident, according to in- formation obtainable, but g front wheel of his car struck the, Ford, turnng his car over. The Ford car remained upright, and no one :n it was injured. Li Mrs. Bassett was notified of her husband's injury, and was to come from Minneapolis today. STATE WINS CREDIT FIGHT SINCLAIR SAYS Intermediate Credit’ Bank Rules Will be Altered, Ac- cording to Congressmen Fargo, Dec, 12.—(By the Associat- ed Press)—An adjustment has been authorized by the federal farm) loaf bureau which will permit more: liber- al aid to North Dakota banks and agricultural credit companies. by the federal intermediate credit bank of St. Paul, according to a telegram re- ecived by The Associated Press here from J. H. Sinclair, Congressman from the Third North Dakota’ dia- trict. * “Owing to the fact that many’ com- plaints have been received here re- cently that the federal intermediate credit bank of St. Paul has unjustly rejected paper tendered by North Dakota banks and agricultural eredit banks”, the m we from Mr. Sin- clair stated, a representative of the federal farm loan bureau was sent to St. Paul to go ever the situation. The result is that an adjustment has been authorized which will permit more liberal aid. Officials suggest that all parties whose loans have been rejected resubmit the same to the St. Paul bank.” BIG POLICIES _ARE PLANNED BY KIWANIS Fargo, Dec. 12.—William C, Green; John Pollock and J. A: Pierce have returned from Chicago, where they attended Kiwanis international coun- cil, composed of 4ll international of- ficers and district governors, as the governor-elect of the district com- prising North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The council met to dis- cuss policies of the work outlined for 1924, : Mr. Pollock attended a :neeting of the interttational-convention program committee, which made preliminary rangements for the 19:4 convention t Denver, June 26 to,19, inclusive. it is expected that at least two special traing will carry delegat:s from this district to the Denver meeting, as the St. Paul club, which is bidding for the 1925 convention, already has res- ervations for one full train. Sly ae ‘Pierce, president of the Fargo wanis club, attended a conference devoted to the. work ie ties of Kiwanis priviliged eid og rca a