The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly claudy tonight and Fri- . Rising temperature Friday. LSTABLISHED 1873 z One NNonEn BISMARCK P. 0, MAY ENTER IN HIGHER CLASS Heavier Christmas Business Than Usual Gives Hope of New Record For City SECOND RAN NEAR Bismarck Now Third Among Postoffices of State— Changes in Xmas Business With virtually all signs of Christ- s business removed from the busy work rooms of the Bismarck postof- J fice, officials today, reviewing the business, declared with positiveness that this year’s Christmas business. of the office exceeded that of last While no check-up of receipts or number of packages handled through the office can be made, it was stated that the big Christmas business gives hope that the local postoffice will step into second rank in the state on the basis of the 1923 business There were five more employes en- aged in the local postal office this ris! than last, and in addition ion was asked by wire to shington for some of the men to overtime in handling the pack- There was a great rush the last ree days, but one full delivery was de Christmas morning and all uges in the office on Christmas ing went Gut the same day. Some changes in the character or Christmas business were noticeable. The shopping was later than usual, ups be ¢ of the weather con- ons which made it difficult for people to realize that the “Shop carly, mail early” sighs really meant anything. For the last few years previous there had been a tendency toward eur shopping. The number of Christmas cards handled this year was great than usu However, most of them were in slopes and seat as‘first class niajl, ‘There were not so many open- fuved cards as formerly. The change to cards mailed in envélopes began after the postal service barred tin ted cards from the mails, because of the difficulty in handling and be cause it was claimed that some. em- ployes suffered blood poisoning from them Last year the receipts of the Bis- njarck postoffice reached about $140, The postofice now is in that s of postoffices having annual re- ceipts of between $120,000 and $150,- 000. If the local postoffi $150,000 in 1923 it will class, which brings add pensation Fargo is the leading postoffice in the state in point af re- ccipts, Grand\ Forks second, Bismarck a close third and Minot a poor fourth. There is the possibility o Bismarek overtaking Grand Forks this year, as it would take only a comparatively small increage here to do it unless Grand Forks also in- creased. Another feature of the Christmas mailing, for which postal officials commend the public, is that pack- ages were better wrapped than in previous years. It is rather difficult for a postal employe to tell a person who has stood in line sometime that he should re-wrap his package, one postoffice official said, and often packages not securely wrapped are permitted to go through. There was less trouble than in most years from this source ,however. URGES NAME OF WM. LEMKE Washington, Dec. 27.—Senator Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor of Minnesota, called on ‘President Cool- idge today to recommend the ap- pointment of William Lemke of Far- go as ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Lemke is a former attorney genera! Scr North Dakota and was an organ- izer of the Nonpartisan League. cy WON'T KEEP ROADS OPEN County officials in North. Dakota will not make any special efforts to keep highways open for automubile travel dhring the ‘winter months, with the exception of Williams coun- ty, according to information reccived by the state highway departrent. Difficulty of the task together with the heavy expense and lack of suffi- cient funds dre said to be the’ chief causes for this attitude of county officials. year DECISION REVIEW SOUGHT Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 27.—A ae action has/been brought in district court here by thé Creasy conporation of Grand Forks against “je state securities commission of bs Dakota, Gov. R. . Nestos, Attorney General Shafer, and Thomas Hall, secretary of state. The action seeks review of. the se- curities commission’s decision, te- ‘fusing to permit the conporation to sell dpalers’ centificates. .| take charge of the business. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [miami Fighting Ey ” Parson Makes Town Cleanup Community Affair in Law Crusade By NEA Service Plainfield, — Ill., charch militant, exemplified George F. Courrier, certainly raised’ # gtir in this small town ! The town had been dissatisfied but helpless, A roadhouse a few miles out was said to be selling gallons of liquor and making ¢onditions gen- erally unwholesome. A dance hall nearer town put on a Sunday mght fenture program where crowds were so large that supervision was impos- sible. The rural quietude was being violated. “People complained to me, but the attitude was that ‘preachers are nice fellows, harmless, but they never do anything’,” says the Rev. Mr. Cour- rier, telling the story in his Method- ist parsonage. “They complained, too, that public officials wouldn’t do anything.” 2 The in} has} Dec. 27. Fast Work In less than three weeks after that | the crusade was in full swing, the} quict and boyish minister directing the onslaught, with these accom- plishments to show for it: The roadhouse closed, following! a raid by preacher and deputy| sheriffs upon evidence gathered by the preacher's aides. “Pete,” the roadhouse orchestra leader, proclaiming his reformation | by playing his accordion at the Sun-| day church service. ; A series of “moral monstrations in progress against the| dance hall, with a promise of iegal{ action if it didn’t capitulate. Virtually the whole communi church and non-church, an enthas tic unit in backing the drive. “You want to make it clear that this isn’t my campaign, and that it! isn’t a church or Blue Law move-| ment,” says the minister. “It is aj community affair, i Chance For All | “This is my fourth year here, and! I've never done anything that smack- | ed of the spectacular before. My work has been simply that of a country pastor, with the emphasis on social service. J will tell any man, though, that if he: has ity and energy and good will, he can{ electrify a community and become a dominating force the: He must simply believe in the inevitableness of good and in the possibilities of his personalit . The town veterinary surgeon, not conspicuously a churchman, express-| es the attitude toward the aggressive pastor, by saying, “He’s not like any Preacher I ever saw before.” suasion” de-! WHITE WIFEOF CHINAMAN IS FOUND SLAIN’ | | | | | Chinese Girl Border at Home Is Missing, Being Sought By New York Police New York, Dec. Helen Chun,| 20 year old, American wife of Harry | Chun, a chinese resturanteur, was found murdered last night in their Washington Heights apartment, her throat cut and a bathrobe drawn| taught around her Meck. When Chun, his day’s work done,! returned home he found the body.| The wife was missing as’ was Doy! Namco, a Chinese border, for whom the police immediately institnted search. Two photog?aphs of Namco in the Chun bedroom had been rip- ped from their frames. The young woman, police said, had been killed in the bedroom and carried to the bathroom. Her jewelry and $90 had been taken by the mur- derer, The bedrdom door, stained with bloody finger-prints, was taken to police headquarters. Chun married the American girl in Newark in February, 1922. BISMARCK MAN | ‘WILL MANAGE _| GLENDIVE HOUSE) William Murnane, who has been associated with Gamble-Robinson | Company in Bismarck, has been ap-| pointed manager of the Glendive house of the big fruit concern, and will leave the city in a few days to The ap- pointment was made in Minneapolis at a meeting of the directors of the concern, to which Mr, Murnane was called. Donald McPhee will succeed au Murnane here in charge of city sales. DANISH PRINCE WEDS AMERICAN Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—(By the A. P.)—King Christian today con- | sented to publish an announcement of his young kinsman, Prince Viggo, and Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, EARTHQUAKE :'29 Shocks in Sonora District | were Mexico, during the series of earth- REV. COURRIER 42 KILLED IN MEXICAN Are Reported by Survi- vors; House Destroyed twelve persons abas, “Sonora, Douglas, De killed in Hua quake shocks which started on .D cember 18 and continued until Di cember 24, according to first detailed information received here from the disaster zone. Survivors claim that in all about 29 shocks Were felt, the most severe ones having occurred on December 18 and the morning. Huasabas was following completely razed, according to the complete re- port, not one of the many adobe houses having been left standing. It is estimated that 29 houses were destroyed by the quake in- Granados, ;15 miles from Huasabas. The suffering of the survivors of the earthquake was increased by a storm which swept the devastated towns. It is reported that 125 families are homeless in Huasabas. CHURCH COMES TO PREPARE : FOR ASSEMBLY W. J. Church, state chairman of} the Nonpartisan League, is expected here tonight to take personal charge \| of preliminary arrangements for the Nonpartisan League state convention to be held here between February 1 and 10. ENGINEERS SETTLE PAY Officials of Union to Continue Negotiations, However Cleveland, Dec, 27.—Negotiations for a 12 percent wage increase for train service men will be continued despite the fact that the engineers settled with the Chicago, Rock Is- land and Pacific railroad company on the basis of last year’s pay, lead- ers of the engineers, firemen and trainmen announced here last night. They also declared emphatically that there is no foundation for reports that the train service men are pre- paring to strike. e In confirming the announcement of the Rock Island management several days ago that its engineers had sign- ed for another year at last year's wages, Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, explained that no increase had been asked by the engineers on that system, The settlement applied oply to the engineers, he said. e COUNTY DADS STATE RALLY IS PLANNED FOR JAN. 22 Minot, N. D., Dec. 27.—Jan. 22, 23 and 24 were set ag the tentdtive dates for the anntal convention of the North Dakota County Commis- sioners association, at a conference of Ward county commissioners with officers of the state organiza- tion and representatives of the Mi- not Assotiation of Commerce. It was decided: to invite John Lee Coulter, president of the North Dakota Agricultural college; John O. Gunderson of Aneta, president daughter of Dr. J. O. Green of New York City. HEARTSEASE BLOOM IN \. D.. ON FIRST DAY OF “WINTER” Grand » N. D., Dec. 27.— Heartsease flowers were still blooming out of doors the first day of winter at the farm home of Mrs. Fannie Mahood Heath, vicepre3- ident of the National Horticultural society, nearthis clty. Mrs. Heath ie sending iets of the flowers to her friends for Christmas. comm of the North Dakota Taxpayers as- sociation; I. J. Moe of Valley City, president of the North Dak6ta Good Roads association, and W. G. Black of Bismarck, state highway ion engineer, to speak. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Rising temperature Friday. d For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Rising tempera- ;) ture Friday southwest: portion. . SNOW COVERS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923 : ae SLL a TTEMPT LIFE OF JAP PRINCE REGENT NEW MOVE TO NORTHWEST AS + END MEXICAN WINTER STARTS Four Inches at Fargo Is Heaviest Fall Recorded Throughout the North- west TEMPERATURES FALL Mercury Falls to Near Zero at Many Points Through- out the Entire North- west St. Paul, Dec. 27.—The North- west experienced its first real snow of the season when cities in Nortu Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota reported snow ranging from one-hah to four inches in depth last night. With a blanket of snow measuring four inches, Fargo received the most generous supply of flakes. Snow be- gan falling there shortly before dush and at midnight still continued hea’ ily with the prospect of a good mid- winter blanket of white by morning. This is the first time this season that snow has covered the ground in that city. At Aberdeen, S. D., winter made its 1923 debut when more than a half inch of snow fell, accompanied ly » drop in temperature. = In Minnesota, Duluth and vicinity reported a snowstorm accompanieu by a 30-mile an hour gale off Lake Superior. Furries of snow and what .s be- lieved to be the coldest weather 01 the winter was in evidence at Grana Forks, N. D. The mercury had fall- en as low hree above zero short ly before midnight and their was u possibility of below, zero weather this morning. If the weather man has his way the entire Northwest will be blanket- ed with an adequate blanket of snow today and the mild temperature prevalent in many cities will be re- placed by a brisk cold. \ OPEN WINTER SAVED MONEY TO STOCKMEN Not so Much Help to Dairy- men in Western North Dakota, However The open fall and winter, which lasted until yesterday in rth Da- kota, has saved stock farmers ip the western part of the state thousands of dollars in feed bills, according to stockmen, Little dry feed has been necessary for young, range stock up to this time, and grazing has been sufficient to keep the stock in good condition. The good corn crop in the section will give the stockmen an opportunity to fatten cattle dur- ing the wirfter at less expense than in many years, in the belief of num- eYous stockmen. Dairy farmers have been benefited only in the saving of feed to “dry” s€ock and young stock, according to W. F. Reynolds, state dairy commis- sioner. Cows, to produce well, have had to'be fed up to this time: In some sections the mild weather has been a detriment, since cows have been allowed to run at large and eat the French weed which remains. green after frost and which imparts a taste which lowers the quality of butterfat production, ORDER RECORD ON OIL LEASE Washington, Dec. 2.—Over-riding the protest of Harry F. Sinclair, oil operator and holder of the lease to naval oil reserves in Wyoming, the senate public lands com: ee today voted to require him to give details of all transactions in the stock of the companies formed in connection with that lease and of operators of syndi- cates organized to market such stock. WILL ENTER 24 OLYMPICS New York, Dec. 27.—Willie Ritola, national ten-mile and cross-country champion, will compete for his na- tive country, Finland, in the 1924 Olympics, it was reported authorita- tively’ when ‘it was, said he planned to sail early in January for Finland to train for the international dis- tance events at Pari: + ASHLEY FLOUR MILL BURNS Ashiey, N. D., Dec. 27.—An early morning fire of, undetermined ori- gin destroyed the flour mill here of the Ashley Milling company. The joes on uilding, machinery and stock on hand is estimated at $15,000, with $12,000 .insurance. Two carloads of flour and 2,000 Dushels of wheat were burned. Rebuilding plans have not been announced, { { pootte and C: REVOLT MADE General’ A. Flores, Presiden- tial Candidate, Is Said Au- thor of Latest Attempt OBREGON IN Plans to Direct Offensive Against Rebel Columns in Two Sections FIELD Mexico City, Dec. 27.—(Via La- redo Junction, by the A. P.)—Upou the eve of federal offenses against the rebellious forces commanded by Generals Enrique Estrada and Man. uel Dieguez in the state of Jalisco, and Generals F.” Maycott and M. jCastrp in the state of Oaxaca re- ports are again in circulation of a peace move. The reports say the author of the jew effort towaru peace is General A. Flores, Governor of Sinaloa, a presidential candidate According to unconfirmed reports which are given prominence in Ex- celsior Judge Manuel Telez, heading & commission from Sinaloa, has ar- rived in Mexico City with the Flores peace proposal. After conferring with General Es- trada, Judge Telez is reported to have been in wireless communication with General Maycotte and with De La Huerta, leader of the revolt at Vera Cruz. Details of the reported peace proposal could not be learnea Conferred With Obregon. It is stated, however, that Judge | Telez conferred with President Obre- son before the latter departed yes- erday for Iraputao, for the purpose of directing the offensive on the Jalisco front. The campaign in Jalisco which is intended to overcome the forces headed by Estrada and DeJez, ac- cording to semi-official information available at the war department has been perfegted for sometime. Troop movements in considerable numbers already are under way. It was stated that the offensive which was to begin about the middle of the month had ben delayed, first for driving out the followers of May tro Trom Puebla wiich was accomplished Saturday and s ond, to enable disposal of {e+ columns in @ strategic line in front of forces of Estrado and DeJez to prevent their escape from Guadala jar into the Jalisco mountains and therefore prolong the conflict intu difficult guerrila warfare. The principal advance of federal forces is scheduled to begin from Iriputo under the command of Gen- eral J. Amara with President Obre- gon assuming general supervision. MONEY HELD FROM COUNTY Treasurer ‘Steen Says County Gave Checks Which Were No Good Claiming that Bottineau county owes the Bank of North Dakota $19,- 007.69 because of bad checks, State Treasurer John Steen has declined to pay that county $18,645.05 due on the May and August state tuition fund = apportionments. Bottineau county, through J. J. Weeks, states attorney, has instituted a mandamus action in the Burleigh district court to compel payment, Treasurer Steen says that the county gave checks to the Bank of North Dakota on the First National Bank of Bottineau, which closed, and that the bank is “holding the sack” for over $19,000, which the county should pay, The matter will be threshed out in district court here. BIG SHORTAGE DISCOVERED $134,000 Discrepancy in Ok- lahoma College Accounts, Charge Oklahoma City, Dec. 27.--As a re- sult of an announcement today of a report by Fred Parkinson, state ex- aminer id inspect6r, showing an alleged discrepancy of $134,000 in the accounts of the Oklahoma Agri- cultural and Mechanical College un- der the administration of M. J, Otey, former financial sectetary, attorney general George Short received or- ders from Governor Trapp to make a complete investigation and bring criminal action if the findings war- rant. MAY BUY STOCK New. York, Dec. 27.—The execu- tive committee of the Middle States, Oil Corporation headed by ex-Gov- ernor N. Haskell of Oklahoma today was authorized to acquire ghares in the Southern States Oil Corporation stock held by. brokers at an average of not more than $11.25 a share. Trading in Southern States Oil was discontinued on the New York curb yesterday. LAUNCH PROBES INTO BURNING OF DEATH HOUSE OF INSANE HOSPITAL IN WHICH AT LEAST 17 DIED ee: COMMANDANT Frederick C. Billard of Marylana has been nominated by President Coolidge to be commandant of the Coast Guard with the rank of rear admiral. He succeeds William E Reynolds, who retires in January. FORMER KLAN LEADER HITS ORGANIZATION Says That It Is Pursuing a Different Course From Founders’ Plan Washington, Dec. 27 Cl eY. Clark, formerly high in the councils of the Ku Klux Klan, wrote to Pres ident Coolidge today offering to co- operate with the executive in ending the activities of “an element which is converting the Klay into an or ganization vastly different from thar planned by its founders.” Clark also announced his intention of issing a proclamation to Klans- men “calling the better element either to take hoid ind “remedy the existing evils” or to disband the or- ganization THINKS REED WAS HIS SON Indian on Kansas Reservation Writes to Coroner John Wah-was-suck, a herokee Indian on the reseryation at Mayetta, Kansas, thinks that Jack Reed, who in an auto accident north of the city recently, may have been his son. “As we © no knowledge of any Indian here by the name of Reed, and since my naive is involved, I am inclined to think that the man in question may be my own son, Tribly Wha-was-suck, under the assumed name of Reed, aid the letter re- ceived by Coroner Gobel. “In order to ascertain this, and to help you identi him, I am sending herewith descriptions and identification marks of my boy just mentoned: “His height is, 5 feet 11 inches; weight 160 pounds; brown eyes, heavy eyebrows; dark hair; wound on right side of right ankle and another below ball of right foot, and a schr on ,his right arm, below the elbow, and a small scar on the bridge of the nose.” Some local people do not believe that Reed and the man described can be the same person. However, Cor- oner Gobel invites anyone whp knew Reed well to check the description. Mr. Gobel also is in correspondence | with the Indian Bureau in Washing- ton in an effort to locate Reed's re- latives. Flames a million miles long leap out into space from the sun, yet they are scarcely visible to the naked eye. : Yes, winter is here. Just take a look at the weather map today and find out for yourself. The old Canadian low temperature reports began to come in. For example, Calgary had 14 be- low zero; Edmonton reported 4 be- low, Havre 8 below, Prince Albert 6 below, Swift Current 20 below, anu Sheridan, Wyo., 2 below. It didn’t get below zero ip North Dakoth last night, but it came pretty close to it. It was 1 above in Bis- marck at 7 a. m. today, while at Williston it was 8 above last night, and Fargo 10 above. The highest in Bismarck yesterday was 18 above. a bullet | BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES IN CANADA TELL OF WINTER’S COMING ' Building a Fire Trap and Overcrowded, According to Officials Who Begin Inves- tigation — Several Insane Patients Wander to Homes During Confusion Chicago, Dec. 27.—A check of the dead and missing in the Dun- ning fire this morning made little change in the figure. Sev- enteen are known to be dead, 13 of them unidentified and 10 oth- ers unaccounted for. The lst of unaccounted for had stood at 13 until relatives reported the arrival at their homes of three of the patients. Until the 10 can be accounted for identification of charred bodies cannot be made. Chicago, Dec. 27.—Formal inquiry into the fire which last night de- stroyed the frame “death house” at the Dunning state hospital for the insane will be inaugurated today by Judge C. H. Jenkins of Springfiela, director of the department of pub- lie welfare, according to hospital at- tendants. Judge Jenkins was ex- pected to arrive early in the day to take charge of the investigation in behalf of the state. ‘Three other inquiries by city and jcounty officials also were scheduled | to begin today, one under the direc- jtion of Coroner Wolff, another by | County Judge Jarecki and a third by City Fire Attorney E. J. Whit tey. Hours of informal investigation | last night failed to disclose the prob- Jable cause of the blaze. Several the- j ories have been advanced by atterd- ants, but conclusive evidence in sup- port of any probability is lacking. The over-crowded condition of the frame structure, which housed be- tween 600 and 700 patients, will be the starting point of at least one of the county investigations, it was in- dicated. Coroner Wolff said he would select city officials and bus iness men to sit on the coroner's jury. “Iam going to get to the bottom af this as quickly as possible,” he declared Three of the 13 inmates, who were at large during the night returned j to their homes in the city this morn. ing according to the reports of the superintendent of the’ institution. en inmates are still unaccounted for. | They are believed to have wandered from the grounds during the confu- sion but the ruins are still being searched for bodies. Judge Jarecki immediately set in motion machinery to remove a num- ber of patients to other state insti- tutions. Between 600 and 700 in- mates were driven to improvised emergency quarters in other build- ings already filled to capacity. |NEW LEIPZIG | “MAN DIES HERE Jacob Schlichemneyer , 72 years old, of New Leipzig, died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon after » lingering illness of two months. Death i cations | Schlichemneyer was a shoemaker in New Leipzig. Relatives are expect- d here today to take the family to his home for funeral services and | burial, the time of which has not been fixed. John Giese, living it. Bismarck, is a stepson PLAY BALL IN DUNN CENTER | Dunn Center, N. D., Dec. 27.—Cries | of “Play ball,” “he's out,” “kill the umpire,” were heard in Dunn Center on Christmas Day, Dec. 26. Just as in the good old summer time two teams played a full game of baseball. The first team, captain- ed by Stanley Beaton, won 7 to 5. Balmy sunshine provided the ne- cessary atmosphere for the game. Dunn Center fans immediately began talking of a winter league. SNUFF HELPS CAPTURE THIEF. Danzig, Dec. 27.—Snuff worked | the ruin of a thief who was robbing a tobacco store in Langfuhr, one of | the suburbs of this city. One night the tobacco dealer scattered snuff on | the floor. When,he opened the shop in the morning there were footprints iin the snuff. | The weather report said: | “The low pressure area over Utah | and Wyoming yesterday morning has moved to the Mississippi Valley and precipitation ‘occurred generally over the northern states from Wyoming and eastern Montana eastward over the Great Lakes region: The high; Pressure area is centered over Mani- toba and Ontario this morning an cold weather prevails in the northern border states. Temperatures were below zero in northern Montana and in Saskatchewan, and in Nevada where another high pressure area has appeared.” Rising temperature is predicted for Friday; PRICE FIVE CENTS MAN BELIEVED CRAZED FIRES AT HIS AUTO Bullet Misses, But Prince Hirchito Takes Refuge in Government Building NE pe FEELING RUNS ' HIGH Populace of Tokio Greatly, Excited by Attempt on Life of Prince Regent Tokio, Dec. 27.—Home Minis- ter Goto has resigned, assuming responsibility as home minister for the attempted assassination of Prince Regent Hirohito by a 20-year-old youth under arrest, it is understood here. Baron Goto’s home and all socialist centers are being clovely guard- ed owing to fear of anti-social- ist outbreaks, Tokio, Dec. 27.—A youth ais as a laborer was arrested by polic today shortly after he had fired a Prince Regent Hirohito in an at tempted assasination. The youth is 20 years old. Police believe he is insane. The shooting has aroused intense excitement and feeling is running high throughout the city. The attack occurred while the Prince Regent was on his way to a session af the diet. The assailant used-a “cane” gun in firing at the au- tomobile. The windows of the ma- chine were smashed and the bullet narrowly missed the/head of the Prince Regent. He continued on his > way to the meeting of, the Diet, but took refuge in the upper house of the Diet, composed of peers. Later he convened the Diet in ordinary ses- sion with customary ceremonies, af- ter which he returned to the imperial palace under heavy guard. Authorities are conducting a rigid investigution of the attempt on the Prince Regent’s life. They are ot the opinion that others may be im- plicated in a plot to assassinate Hirohito. Viscount Iriye, member of the house of peers and chief chamberlain to the prince regent who was accom- panying him in the automobile was slightly injured when he was cut by a fragment of broken glass. Prince Is Calm When Hirohito appeared in the up- per house of the Diet there was no indication apparent that anything had ocourred. The prince regent read a speech to the members of the house in a calm voice and then re- tired. Visitors at the session were not allowed to visit the building until the prince had departed on his way back to the imperial palace. None of those present at the session which he addressed were aware of the shooting and when news of the at- tempted assassination became known they expressed the highest admira- tion for the manner in which he had conducted himself. : HIS $40,000 NOW WORTH $2 Drop in German Marks Causes Heavy Loss to Minnesotan Fergus Falls Minn., Dec, 27.—Max Moller, former resident of this coun- ty, returned from Germany recent- ly, and states that for $10,000 that he deposited in a bank there, he re- ceived the equivalent of $2 when he came to withdraw his deposit. If he had waited until today, he would not have obtained even the $2. In 1918, Mr, Moller, Henry Harm and John Harms, three well-to-do farmers who had acquired a ¢cm- petence on farms near here, decid- ed to go back to their old home near Hanover, Germany, to enjoy their,d clining years. Mr. Moller deposited $10,000 in a bank there, and the Harms’ deposit- ed considerable sums. Moller stil! had considerable money left-at in- terest here, and expected to send for it, but the war came on, and the United States government seized it. When he sent for it, he could not obtain it, $10,000 Evaporates When marks hit the toboggan slide, his $10,000 evaporated, but he learned that there was a probability of getting back his money that had been seized here and decided to re- turn. He was in this city Saturday and the United States government returned the money to him. He feels that it was very fortunate that it was seized and thus saved from ‘the German banks. ek John Harms has died, but Henry Harms recently wrote that even one American dollar would help him in his poverty, and his friends in this neighborhood took up a collection and sent it to him. BABY SCALDED TO DEATH Dogden, N. D., Dec. 27.—Alfred, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Federenko of Dogden, was fa’ tally scalded when he. walked.a few ‘ucket of tolling water, He duet us oO ing r. ‘ in a short time.