The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 1

? WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature, be eR ETT ESTABLISHED 1873 | Northwest Missionar MISSIONARIES AT TSAO YANG Mrs. Kilen, Mr. and Mrs. Hoff Former Residents of North- wi Are Captured SRC ce a as aa CHINESE WOUNDED ONE “BUNK!” Bernhard Hoff, American Mis- sionary, was Born in Moorhead, Minn. | | 1 | | | | | | | | i (By the Associated Press) Peking, China, Dec. 31.--Followers of the notorious bandit Yao-Jen captured an American mis Mrs. Julia Kilen, wounded two other missionaries, Prof. Bernhard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff, ; raid upon the two at Tsao Yang | orthern Huth province in Sianj, leader Lao and! sionary, in in Yangsu, according to advices receiv- » | cd here today. | | i OF NORTHWEST 31.—Chinese Dee. uptured 2 bandits sionary and wounded two others, all former “residents to » of the northwest, reports received here Julia Kilen, fifty years | 4 according tod M old, of Northfield,. Minn., was the, missionary reported captured, while} Prof. Bernhard Hoff, and his w ‘f former residents of Grand Forks | and Abercrombie, N. D., were said to] wounded in the bandit Rave been raid.. All have relatives eee ‘ here, it is said | : Mrs. Kilen, a veteran‘ missionary worker, in China, spent the gr part of the past twenty in that country, except fo cal visits to her home at } She first went to China with who died there periodi- orthfield. her Appeal to State Department { Relatives and friends of the three Northwest missionaries and members of the Mission Board of the Church of Lutheran Brethren of the U. 5S. were taking steps today to ask the State Department at Washington to intervene in the affair. Oto Rood, treasurér of the Mission Bon conferred with Governor J. A. 0. Preus, regarding the affair to- day and a message was being pre- pared for dispatch to Washington. North Dakota members of the Board were communicating with Governor RR. A. Nestos, at Bismarck. is is the figst trouble our mis- ten years, ten years Fay Oula, but no harm came to the mission " The dangers now faced. by missionaries, s Mr. Rood said, have become so ser- jou that a special meeting of the ion board has been called for Wed nesday gt Grand Forks to discuss the situation, and decide whether the field workers in certain sections of China will be withdrawn. “We certainly cannot have the lives of our missionaries endangered to the point where they are con- stantly subjected to capture by ban- dits,” Mr. Rood said. The American Legation has taken active steps to bring about the cap- ture of the brigands and the liberay tion of Mrs. Kilen. The Chinese gov- ernmnt has offered,a bounty for; the capture, dead or alive, of the bandit leader. “The three Missionaries are repre- sentatives of the Church of the Lutheran Brethern of the United States and were conducting a mis- sion at Tsao Yang, when the town wag raided. & Warned of activities of the bandits in “the. vicinity’ by the Tuchun or military Governor of the Province they .had vacated their station and embarked on the river craft for. jjsatety before the raid. Later, how-| er, on receiving assurances from the Tuchun that the bandits had been suppressed, they returned to the mission. MOORHEAD Fargo, Dec. 31.—Bernhard Hoff, American missionary reported wounded: in China, was born in Moo! head, Minn.,. but with his family moved to Wheaton, Minn., when a young man, and-about 20 years ago moved to Abdrcrombie, N. D., where the.family resides.. He attended Mayville Normal School for two years and Fargo College for two years and took postgraduate, work at the University of North Dakuta. Af- ter leaving the University, he taught BORN IN fifteen |] TOP, MISS VERA MOORE; LEFT, MISS ALEKEN MISS MAXINE PADLEY By NEA Service Lorain, O., Dee: little > of This fight bet on Lea ently, with the n few week: s young men banded together, to forswear the deadlier spe during Leap Year and Amalgamated Order of Bach “Among. its laws are the fe ng regula No member shall flirt; the club rooms shall be bare of all pictures of men; no member shall song containing the account of cies the firmed Con- during 1924, t Girls Organize, Too This was all right as far as it went, but the girls quickl let the men get aw with it. “If a girl wants rifles of the Amalgamated Order can't hold him,” said Miss Alcen McGrady, in the first. broa down the fair sex a: organization. GIRL MISSING FOR MONTHS RETURNS HOME Columbia, S. C., Dec. 31.—Miss Vir- ginia Boozer, 17 years old, Univer- sity of South Carolina, student, for whom a nation wide search has been condacted for two months rettirned to the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Boozer, here early today. She said she had been in Jackson- ville, Fla., working in a department store. WON’T ENTER INTO PRIMARY Birmingham, Alabama, Dec. 31.— Alabama Republicans will not enter the Alabama presidential primary, it was decided here today at a meeting of the Republican state executive committee but will elect delegates in state convention in May. This, it was said, was a victory for the forces supporting President Coolidge. al get sexes. | th. | oming of 1924 | forn off, a number of | e« | formed the rule 3 no member shall marry | hey mind resolved not tol tors of b ing tight | side laid | but the girls are mad. ninst the| quotation about “the fury of a wo- | | | | | | McGRADY; RIGHT, “The Miss said can’t bluff; Maxi way with dl 2 thin: s foolish as A counter orfanizatiom has been and it’is causing no little con- of the b one of the tis,” declare outfit amated — by-laws lo of the of the gi “make the Amalga look like 30: cent y Amalgamated r ones are se of the Amalgamat- im no mere man can rl once she has made up he wants him. know ‘em,” they scornfully laugh, member "shall flirt.” That's a good joke.” The girls aceuse the young bache- $s and declare composed of men vesist a “We the organization i man, all the! no one of whom is willing to spend 15 cents to take a girl out. That's pretty rough on the boys, What's that man scorned?” BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT FREED A charge of grand larceny brought | against Roger Steadman of Temvik, sted on suspicion in connection with the recent Temvik bank rob- bery, was dismissed at the hearing Saturday by consent of attorneys be- cause the state did not have suffi- cient evidence to press the charge. A similar charge against Carl Stead- man, his brother, was not dismissed. The date for his, preliminary hearing has not been set. LEMKE NAMED FOR COUNTY New England, N. D., Dec. 31—The board of county commissioners of Slope County has retained William Lemke, Fargo attorney, to collect seed and feed liens from Slope coun- ty farmers. About $6,000 is due the county, The expense of collection is not to exceed 8 percent. A mem- ber of the-Woard of county commis- sioners said that some law suits would be started’to make collections. eee MIXED FARMING BRINGS ABOUT “A SUNNY SPOT IN KIDDER” “A Sunny Spot in Kidder” is what D. T. Owens would entitle a story on the cream producing business around Tappen, ‘Kidder county. there for one period. He went’ to China in) February 1922. A . fonary, located ‘at Tsao Yang is now at Abercrombie, home on sick leave, Mrs. Hoff is a daughter of the Rev. Erohs of the Lutheran Bible Schapl: of Grand Forks. 7 we married a year ago, near in Constanti- ; a8 soon as they do jn From November 1, 1922 to Nov- ember 1,-1923, cream and milk checks were cashed. through’ the . Tappen State Bank totalling $104,000.00 for production in the local area. This represented. some whole milk ship- ped to Bismarck and retailed locally. The Federal Land Bank made many loans inthis area for some years back and ‘have ‘not an outstanding edupon unpaid in the local associa- tion: with a considerable number. of borrowers who have substantially te- duced the principal amounts. Further observations disclose a large number of sheep and other stock, silos and consequent acreages devoted to production of corn, alfalfa sweet clover for seed only, which has amplified the farm income materially at a° handsome ‘profit. Wheat is the least talked of crop in this section of Kidder county, according to Mr. Owens. “The conditions in this area show *a decided’ improvement. over those portions “committed to grain) as a major income source,” said Mr. Owens. “Shortly a tabulation will he had showing cash returns for the mixed agricultural features.” he- | will | if predicting ae | BIG BUSINESS YEAR IN U.S. Good, Review of the Past Year Discloses SEE GooD . FUTURE | Despite Unsettled Europegn Problems, Business Lead- ers Are Optimistic, New York, Dec. 31.—Businese in the United States during 1923 was good in most lines, with the outlook for 1924 regarded as encouraging by many business and banking leaders | While Minion is divided as to the extent which domestic business has suffered by the unsettled economic condition of Europe, there is a unani- imity of opinion among indystrial executives that a satisfactory solu- tion of the troublesome reparations problem would stimulate business and increase industrial activity in this country. Freed from the heavy expenses en- tailed by the prolonged shopmen’s strike and the loss of revenue from the miner's strike, which caused enormous. los in 1922, 4he rait roads generally enjoyed a prosperous year. Net income of Class One roads for the first ten months ot , the latest figures available, to- taled approximately $820,000,000, an increase of $206,000,000 over the cor- responding period of 1923, with, i® {dications that ‘the year’s total net income would reach $1,000,000.000. Freight Traffic Big. Freight traffic reached record breaking proportions, the weekly car loading exceeding the million mark more than 20 times. The Ine efBciency fr loading and moving cars wn by an increase of ap y 30 per cent in net ton 1922. Huge sums wee spent for new equipment, the pur chase of which was financed largely’ by short term obligations known as equipment trusts. The Baltimore & Dbio railroad resumed dividends on ‘its common stock during the year, the New York Central increased its annual dividend from 5 to 7 per cent, ile & Northern de- clared an. init idend of 1 per cent on its preferred stock. The Louisville & Nashville railroad de clared a stock dividend of 621-2 per cent. For the first time since 1917 the railroads showed an increase in the construction of main line mileage. Important construction developments under way include the linking up of the Southern Pacific with Mexico City, the double tracking of the Santa Fe, the cut-off operations: ot the New York Central at Albany and of the Illinois Central on its main line. 12 Hour Day Change. Elimination of the 12 hour day at the suggestion of the late President Harding was one of the outstanding developments of the steel industry in 1923. E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, es- timated, when the announcement was hours would increase the cost of pro- duction by 15 per cent. Recora breaking building construction, much of which was delayed by the war, and unusually large railroad orders helped to offset the loss of. export business through the economic dis- turbance of Europe. Material foi reconstruction work in Japan was an important factor in the closing months of the year. The declaration cent by the U. S. Steel Corporation on Oct. was generally construed as an expression of confidence in the immediate business future. Heavy over-production of crude oil in California followed by the dis- covery of a big productive field in Central Texas unsettled the oil mar- levels and bringing about a gasoline price-cutting war in various sections of the country, despite the fact that consumption was greater than ever before. The increase in domestic production more than offset the loss in Maxico, where many wells ran into salt water earlier in the year. In order to conserve their cash re- sources and finance huge quantities of oil and gasoline in storage, several of the smaller companies were forced to suspend or reduce their dividends. Auto Industry’s Year. « The automobile industry had the best year in its history, nearly 4,- 000,000 cars and trucks being manu- factured during the year.. This brought the total cars in use in this country to approximately 14,000,000, or 90 per cent of the world’s supply. Production schedules recently an- nounced by the larger companies in- dicate that the output in the first three months of 1924 will exceed that of the corresponding period: of 1923. Production of railroad equipment also reached new high records as a result of extensive replacements made by all the leading railroad sys- tems. It is estimated that the rail- (Continued on Page 3) PAST YEAR WAS Business in Most Lines Was, asea | made, that the change in working! ter works department, has issued a of an extra dividend of 1-4 of 1 per | ket, forcing crude prices to very low | DEBATE DEPOSIT BOND MEASURE William Langer of Bismarck and Julius Meyer of Baldwin engaged in a debate at Baldwin Friday after- noon on the subject of theslaw first proposed by Mr. Langer to bond the state to reimburse depositors in banks closed prior to September 17, 1923, Mr, Langer took the floor first and Mr. Meyer followed him, Mr. Meyer opposing the Langer measure. ‘WATER BILLS TO BE MAILED BY CITY SOON Consumers in the City Will | Get Bills For First Time | After Jan. 1 | { { | SURCHARGE WILL GO 35 Per Cent Increase Given Water Supply Company Will be Ended by Body Citizens of Bismarck, within a few days, will have a new experience— receiving bills from the city for their watbr. Meters are being read and shortly after the first of the year the bills will be sent to consumers. The first month’s bills, dating from December 1, will contain a re- duction of 35 percent, it appeared ‘certain today after informal confer- ences among the members of the city commission. The matter was to be | definitely decided either “during the, | afternoon or at the regular meeting j of the commission tonight. ner It appeared) after investigation, | that the city could not well chorge | the percent increase, which was allowed the Bismarck Water Supply Company by the federal court a surcharge, without making it in the form of the rate. There been| some discussion of the, advisability! of leaving this surcharge on for the} month of December, so that the city would gain a cash reserve to be us- | ed in the operation of the plant. | There has been agreement among the | commi rs, however, for the dis- continuance of the surcharge after) January 1, if not for the first month, | What the future rates of the water) department of the city may be will Beddetermined@by, thevenenencel of | the next few months, It is the plan of the commission, it is understood, to have prompt reports upon the finances of the water department, so the commission and the people know at all times how the de- partment is getting along financially. It is expected by the commission- ers that a big increase in the con- sumption of water will be made pos- sible next summer, after completion of the filtration plant and the sys- ; tem of mains by the addition of ser- vices. It is the intention of the commission to provide a special gar- iden or lawn rate, if feasible, and | thus increas the consumption of wa- ter. A. J. Arnot, treasurer of the wa- i | i | | j notice to consumers asking that all ‘delinquent consumers of the — Bis- | marek Water Supply Company pay their bills promptly. A list of the | delinquent users has been turned over to the city department, accord- ,ing to the agreement for transfer, and it will be necessary for the city to make collections. NO TRIBUNE ON NEW YEAR'S There will be no edition of The Tribune published on Tuesday, January 1, the first day of the New Year. brought, or the adversity that was gained or the passing with it. A new gain all that may have problems, new tasks set b Bismarck is going ahead spirit of faith and energy, year 1924 the best of all. | postmaster WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR! The year 1923 is passing. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 SEE GOOD YEAR AH 1, 1923. ies Wounded and Seized by C FRANK REED, PIONEER, DIED HERE SUNDAY End Came Peacefully While He Was Sleeping, After Long Illness FORMER POSTMASTER hinese The year 1923, in the futur PRICE FIVE CENTS EAD IN 1924 Bandits YEAR 1923 HAS RECORDED BIG CHANGE IN BISMARCK AND HER TERRITORY POINTS TO FUTURE The Passing Year Will Be Recorded As Year in Which Steady Progress Was Made By The City, and a New Policy Adopted for Western North Dakota Agriculture—Big Building Program Looms in 1924 and in Following Years e, may be recorded as an im- Deceased Had Been Active in Portant year in Bismarck’s history—a year in which there Democratic Party Affairs For Many Years Frank Reed, 72 years old, former of Bismarck and well known citizen of the city for many years, died in a local hospital here at 8:40 o'clock Sunday morning af- ter a long illness. The end came peacefully: to Mr. Reed, he passing on while he slept, according to at- tendants. Mr. Reed had been in the hospi- tal since February 7, 1923, and dur- ing that period had improved on one or two occasions to such extent that he was able to be downtown. He had suffered from bladder and gland troyble and underwent an opezation to improve the condition, For the last few weeks he has been slowly getting worse. Mr. Reed, who would be 73 years of age in January, according to his neice, Miss Franc Burrows of Three Rivers, Michigan, who been with him for sometime, was born on a farm in St. Joseph county, Michigan, near Three Rivers. He lived there until he was about 21 years of age| when he decided to enter the North-| west, which was opening for develop- ment. He ranks as one of the pi neer citizens ‘of Bismarck. Mr. Reed was never married, and leaves ta survive him only nieces and nephews in Michigan. Postmaster Twice Engaging in various occupations; in this section, Mr. Reed became| very much interested in polities. He! was an ardent Democrat, and wa active in the affairs of that part: serving many tim county chai man and committeeman, He served ag postmaster of the city in the ‘90's uhder a Democratic administra tion. He was again appointed post- master by President Wilson, taking office November 1, 1913. He retired on March 1, 1923, having served more than two full terms. to his appointment as postmaster the second time Mr. Reed was em- ployed at Gussner’s store. Mr. Reed had been a resident of Bismarck for over 40 years. John Homan, who said Mr. Reed came here from Iowa shortly before he did, said Mr. Reed arrived in Bismarck in 1881 or 1882. Active in civic and fraternal af- fairs, Mr. Reed was a member of all of the local Masonic bodies, in- cluding the commandery, and was a member of the Elks lodgt. He was a great baseball fan, and contribut- ed freely to the support of city buse- ball teams during the last few years. Friends who visited Mr. Reed last summer said that one of his greatest complaints was that he was unable to see baseball games. The funeral was held at 2 P. M. from the Masonic Temple. The fol- lowing acted as pall bearers. 0. Lundquist, P. H. Meyer, 0. E, An- derson, Bert Finney, 0. W. Roberts and A. W. Gussner. A quartette composed of Mcssrs. Halverson and Humphreys and Mes- dames Scothorn and Barnes, sang several selections during the ser- vices. Rev. Halfyard acted as Cha; and delivered a short funeral tion. Three Rivers, Michigan, for burial. pio-| plain ora- It is against Moslem law and tradi- tion for a Turkish woman to wear a hat. The prosperity it it inflicted; the happiness sorrows suffered, all are s period is opening for the nation, the state, the individual. The new year offers new hope, a new chance to been denied in the year which is passing. The world moves, and with each succeeding year there are new: opportunities, new efore us. Let us resolve that in the new year we shall not: fail our nation, state or community. The nation is the one bright spot in the world today.. The state of North Dakota has passed through the worst phases of its' economic tribulations. The city of surely. With a renewed let us resolve to make the The Tribune renews its faith in Bismarck and western North Dakota, and bids all of its readers a. right “Happy New Year.” was a great change which meant the opening of a new period jof development. Measured in dollars and cents business |done, the year will go down as “ a fair year.” But it will be recorded as a year in which there came to the citizens of the city a greater realization of the solidity of its foundations and the vastnes: of its potentialities than in any previous year. - Bismarck, lik: all cities, particularly in the has had its periods of boom times, and its peri Nort st depres: Previous } The body is being shipped to sion. of business «ff: searched int: was a solid four: to build, cam: von under th will go ahead surels {7 DEGREE BELOW PRELUDE TO NEW YEAR Coldest Weather of Winter Reported Over Entire North Plains States WYOMING HOLDS RECORD! | | | Northern Texas Is Cold With: Mercury at Zero — Not \ Much Change Is Prediction | | { SNOW FOR EAST Washington, Dec. 31.—Ihe great cold blast from Alaska to- day had overspread the Rocky Mountains and Northern Plateau region, the Missouri Valley, and the interior of the West Gulf States with low temperatures as far south as the Pan Handle of Texas. It was 20 below zero at many points in the Northwest, and at Yellowstone Park, in Wyoming, 34 below was registered. A disturbance over Lake Erie this morning according to the Weather Bureau will move northeastward attended by gen- eral precipitation over the States east of the Mississippi River, and it will be followed by de- cidedly colder weather. Snow is predicted during the next forty-eight hours for near- ly all of the east and part of the southeast, . i 1 i Coldest weather of the scason arrived Sunday. There was an ex- tensive area of high pressure ac- ,companied by the coldest weather of the season over the Morthern plains states and northern Rocky | Mountain region. Lowest tempera- ture was 32 degress below zero at} Sheridan, Wyo., while the lowest in North Dakota was at Williston where the mercury reached 24 degrees be- Officially the lowest temerature at | Bismarck was reached at 9 o'clock this morning with the temperature at 17 below. In northern Texas the , temperature dropped to zero. Snow- fall was quite heavy in Iowa, | “At Helena, Mont,, the temperature was thirty below while Chicago re- ported thirty-six above. The predictions are: Fair to-night and Tuesday but not much change in temperature. Highest wind velocity reported was “fourteen miles an hour locally. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon « Miss id Temperature at 7 a, m. . 14 Highest yesterday’.............. 9 Lowest yesterday ... 14 Lowest last night .u4 Precipitation ...... 3 Highest wind velocity .......... 14 FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday. . Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Tuesday. northwest portion. - TEMPERATURES Williston . Pierre . St. Paul . Winnipeg Relena Not so cold tonight j Throughout all the years many people allowed spirits and their ecnception of the city to sway wi! in the present year, howe: to really lern whethc ie conelusion that regardless « ing conditions, the ¢.ty of Bismarck is well found und steadily. heir tide rare e structure the; and it Among the accomplishments of the city for 1923 are listed: $750,000 of new building, including about 50 residences, most of them built by owners. The welding together of communi- ty spirit more firmly than ever through the Association of Com- merce. A new policy of closer relations between the city and country. The acquisition of the property of the Bismarck Water Supply Com- pany and the ending of a feud of years standing. A decision to point the way for North Dakota’s great future as a corn and hog country with the first state-wide corn show. An increase of deposits in banks of the city. The acquisition of five new dis- tributing firms, to add to the pres- tige of the city as a distributing center of North Dakota, The opening of the paved highway to the new North Dakota Liberty Memorial bridge and the beginning the of a greater intercourse with the Slope county. A record Christmas business in the postoffice, and a recognition by other sections of the state of the solidity of Bismarck and Bismarck territory. - A position more surely identified irf the public mind as “the hub of the lignite coal industry.” A record of having entertained \the largest convention in the state in the most satistactory manner it has ever been entertained. Perhaps there is no record of a city more conclusive of its progress than its building record. In the past year, when it had been predicted that there would be little building done, Bismarck firms and citizens have spent more money in home construction than in many previous years. At the outset of the year 1924, there appears the likelihood that the ensuing year will exceed the record of the past. The year 1923 will perhaps be re- ferred to in the future, with respect to the development of western North Dakota, as a year in which the great- est steps were taken toward a new policy in agrarian development. Never in the history of western North Dakota, has there been such a determination expressed on all sides to abandon the exclusive grain system of farming and to use a basis of agricultural development a mixed farming plan. While crops as a general rule were but fair in western North Dakota, this section generally is referred to by business men familiar with all parts of the state as the best section at this time. The western part of the state got its hardest bumps in 1920 and 1921, and since has been on the upgrade. The year has produced the great- est corn crop in the history of the state, and.a good share of the crop has béen produced in southwestern North Dakota. One of the most sig- nificant facts of the year in record- ing agricultural development is the shipment of the first carload of shell- ed corn from the county. Corn-rais- ing together with feeding of hogs and cattle, promises to take on a new importance in the agricultural life of Burleigh county and southw: rm North Dakota ‘during the ‘y: 1924, Dairying, too, has made p: 5 The state records show that tht t= est amount of butterfat has been sold in the past year—over $! = 000 iy the state. -Burleigh county, and her sister counties, have been gaining rapidly in dairy production. The organization of the - Burleigh County Cow Teating Association dur- ing the past year, in which there was cooperation between farmers and business. men of Bismarek, is expected to eventually be recorded - as an ‘important development ia the life of the county: : Chicago ve 4 Orris W. Robert: st, ‘8, Meteorologi: /Stoek-raising- is again on the qin (Contitiued on Page 7) ae $ oe