The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1924, Page 1

| CONGRESS | ACCOUNTS OF: t FOUND SHORT Work for God; Uses Pie- if } WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday. Not. so cold Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 Claim Made by Examiners to State Department of Irreg- ularities by Peter Arms SCHOOL DISTRICT LOSES Larimore District Books Said to Show a Shortage of Over $9,000 A shortage of approximately $9,000 in the accounts of Peter L. Arms, former president of the Elk Valley bank at Larimore, who committed suicide several weeks ago after the bank closed, as treasurer of the local school district and irregularities in- volving more than $7,500 in the Elk Valley bank were reported today the state banking department and the state bonding department. The school board of Larimore in- formed Harold Hopton, manager of the bonding department, that the finance committee of the board had investigated the accounts of Arms as treasurer and discovered a shortage of a little more than $9,000. Mr. Hopton is awaiting a complete re- port from an examiner now, at work. on Arms’ books Paul E. Glass, special deputy ex- aminer in charge of the bank, re ported to Gilbert Semingson, state bank examiner, that several irregu- jarities were overed. They in- cluded: Time €ertificate of deposit to J. H. Matthews for $1,297.82 and not recorded on the “books of the bank; cash items amounting to $550.50 removed from the bank by Arms, an unauthorized loan of $500, a‘certificate of deposit. registered for $1,000 which cannot be found, that Arms satisfied a $4,500 real estate loaf given by Thomas J. Radcliffe to the War Finance corporation to be held as collateral by them to the bank's loan. ‘ Examiner’s Report Irregularities by Arms, ported by Paul FE. ¢ spe- cial deputy examiner in charge of the bank, to the state banking depart- ment. He reported his findings as follows: “On April 21, 1920 a-time certifi- cate of deposit for $1,297.92 was is- sued to J. H. Matthews estate but was not recorded on the books of the bank. ‘ are re- . THE BI WI CARTOONING PASTOR ‘DRAWS’ SOULS SRMONET By NEA Service. Canton, O., Jan. 4 J. Pace here literally souls to salvation Folks hereabouts call “cartooning minister.” Once 2 newspaperman, Rev. Pa abandoned journalism to work fi God. But his old training as an arti Rev him ed with magic from cartoons of his own creation. church of which he has charge. BITTER COLD “We find cash items for funds re- moved from the bank by Peter L. Arms to the amount of $550.00. “W find an authorized loan $500.00. “We find registered on the bocks pf the bank a time certificate of de- posit for $1,000 payable to the Elks Valley bank but we are locate the certificate. “We find that Peter L. Arms sat- isfied a $4,500 real estate loan giv- en by Thomas J. Radcliffe to the War Fingnce Corporation to be held as collateral by them to this bank's loan.” “These appear to be all the irre- gularities we can find,” the special examiner said, adding that if addi- tional irregularities were found they would be teported. company which gave bond for Arms has been notified. \ MAN MUST PAY PAPER NOTE The supreme court, in a decision handed down today, affirmed a judg- ment of $102, with interest, against R. B. Skeffington, of Ransom coun- ty, who gave the note to the Publish- ers National Service Burgau, publish- er of Nonpartisan League papers, Sept. 19, 1919. fee The note was executed to the Citi- zens State bank of Enderlin, plain- tiff, three days after it was given by Skefiington to one Zimmerman, soliditor of the ‘bureau. Skef- fington alleged. Zimmerman rep resented dividends from a league newspaper to be established woula pay off the note, and that Peter Aarhus, formerly with the bureau, gave his note and 60 more to the bank as collateral for a loan. Skef- fington also alleged the Publishers National Service Bureau did not have a license from the Blue Sky board, of which to sell stock FARMER TARRED, FEATHERED Glendive, ‘Mont., Jan, 4,—John Schoengarth, farmer near Lindsay, Momit., was given a coat of roofing paint and‘ feathers by a ‘mob of masked men who visited his place. As ithe men entered the farm house Schoengarth seized a re- volyer and fired twice ‘but missed. Harold and Clyde Greer, neigh- bors, who were wtih ‘him when the of heels. wgrone of the three, was able to, givé officers any clue ag to the i identity of the raiders. Schoen- garth is in the county hospital here for treatment, FOUND UNCONSCIOUS Beulah, N. D., Jam. 4.—State’s i Attorney David Schwartz is inves- { tigating charges of foul play in the case of W. F. Thomas of this city who was picked wp at the foot of a basement gtairs in a loca} pool hall in an unconscious condition, fracture possible is diagnosis of physicians. ie unable to Saturday—34 Below at Prince Albert, Canada St. Paul, Jan. 4.—Biting cold gripped the northwest today, with Minot reporting the lowest temperature, 33 degrees below zero. Fargo and Grand Forks both reported 25 degrees below. “Not so cold Saturday.” This was about as far as weather bureau would go today wi the thermometer® hanging the lowest point of the season. jwhen it was 24, But the mercu! The bonding) did not rise during-the day as it At noon it was 20 be- low, and a 14-mile wind early today made local people speed up in going usually does. to work today. The whole cold, rent, 26 below at Williston, Nor 24 below at Fargo, North Dakota, Today's ‘local report follows: For twenty-four hours ending noon today. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity ....«. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: tonight and Saturday. Not so Saturday. = For North Dakota: Fair_tonigl and Saturday. Not so cold Saturday west portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS An_ extensive high pressure, with its crest ov the northern Rocky Mountain region, United States. This high pressure area is’ accom- temperatures in all ratures were below zero from the Great Lakes region covers the entire panied by low sections. Tem! to the western slope of the Rocki: and as far south as Kansas in the Except for a little} the masked party came, took to their| Weather is generally fair in all sec- Plains States. widely scattered precipitation, tions. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. COAL MINER INJURED Beulah, N. D., Jan. workings near Beulah, N. D., is r ‘covering from serious injuries su tained when he advanced into mine ‘room to inspect one of three charges of dynamite which delayed in exploding until he was within tew feet of it. With one leg brok. , (en below the knee, blinded and suf- Concussion ‘of the brain with a}fering from serious cuts and con- tustons,-Bisc crawled 600 feet to scale house to secure help. TO SALVATION tures to Illustrate Sermons PACE (ABOVE) oS. Ernest | Sunday is drawing | trayed the ; on publications in Chicago and oth cities continues to stand him in gooa stead. His Sunday sermons are illustrat- | lantern slides made | These are thrown on a screen nea the pulpit in First United Brethren | IN NORTHWEST IS CONTINUED) May Ease Up Slightly -on the around It was 23 below last night in Bis- marck, a mark exceeded last Sunday Northwest continued It was 30 below at Swift Cur- Dakota; 14 below at Calgary, 22 be- low at Edmonton, 22 below at Havre, below at Prince Albert and 28 bee low at Winnipeg during the night. Fair cold area of unusually .—John Bise, coal miner employed in the Sailer AND A SPECIMEN OF ONE OF Bible lessons for little folks mm school are similarly por. “Once I drew pictures of murder scenes and political aspirants in tie jold days of newspaper work when ce | there were no photographers to han- ot | dle assignments,” he s st| “But after nieeting righteous er) Man in Chicago who was living hap- | pily in the ways of God, I decided to /follow in his footsteps and entered | the ministry | “That was in 1899 | have employed my | Master alone. Since then 1 talents for the “I am very happy. I would have | no other calling. ‘ CORN REACHES HIGHEST PRICE, BOOSTS WHEAT Chicago, Jan. 4.—All the future deliyeries of corn rose today to new high price records for the reason and brought about a ma- terial upturn in the value of wheat. The close in the wheat market was firm, 1c to 1%c net | higher, May $1.08% to % to $1.08 3-4 and July $1.06 7-8. Later there was a decided rally due chiefly to active demand from shorts who were disturbed by the upward swing of the corn market and by the fact that wheat receipts in ll directions were small. Subsequently trading on a broad scale developed in corn and prices rapidly ‘advanced. Coun- try offerings became somewhat larger than after the bulge but _in the aggregate were far less than is usual at this time of the year. The close was strong on corn, 1% to 2c to 2%c net high- er, May corn 76%c to 76%4c. N.D. IS SOUND, SAYS PORTER Bankers’ Head Optimistic Over 1924 Outlook th ry th at Minot, Jan. 4.—That North “Da- ikota is fundamentally sound is a ‘truth which will bear repeating as |1924 assumes jurisdiction, and with everyone radiating a spirit of optim- jism during the coming 12 months the element of chance in business will be reduced to the minimum and all'will prosper to’a greater of less degree, M. R. Porter of Minot, vice president of the Scandinavian Amer- ican bank of this city and president of the North Dakota Bankers associa- tion, told the Minot Rotary club members at their weekly luncheon at the Fern room of the Grand hotel. While it is quite out of the ques- tion, the speaker. said, to forecast with any degree of certainty that which may take place at any particu- lar future time, there are certain fundamental rules which have always prevailed in the business of this na- tion, namely, that “history repeats itself” and that prosperity} always follows deflati While it is true, Mr. Porter said, that. the farmers of' North Dakota have been encountering difficulties sinee 1920 when the deflation period set if, a large majority of them are perfectly solvent and will pay their debts, if given time. “As a matter of fact,” the bankers’ association president declared, “I be- lieve they are nearer\a condition of real prosperity than’ ever before. They have com@ to a realization of what they must do, in order to suc- coed.” ht er jes e- s- a ON SPECIAL DEPOSIT The First,State Bank of. Beulah has been placed on special deposit, The bank’s capital is $5,000, surplus $6,000/and deposits $200,000, a 4 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924 ELECTION TO BE CALLED ON COURT MATTER Increased Jurisdiction For County Court Is Proposed In The County ACTION IS TAKEN Relieve District Court Here The board of county commissioners has instructed County Attorney Allen to prepare petitions to be circulated in the county asking for an election on the question of giving increased jurisdiction to the county court, pre- Judge I. C. Davies. jioners endorsed the proposition recently advanged by mes A. Coffey of Jamestown, id the granting of increased jutisdiction would not only relieve the district court here of some of its business which is grqwing so fast that another district jidge would soon be necessary but would also decrease the expense of court busi- ness of the county. The law provides that 20 percent of the qualified electors must peti- tion the commissioners for an elec- tion, and it may be special or at a general election. The petitions will be circulated in all parts of the coun- ty. It is the plan of the commission- ers to put the question on the bal- lot at the March 18 primary. The commissioners, at their mcet- ing, voted to list the apartment building of F, W. Murphy as business property instead of residence proper- ACT TO HOSPITAL FOR OPERATION | Mabel Normand, Central Fig- ure in Shooting, Said Recovering Today POLICE ARE BUSY Los Angeles, . 4,—How and why and when a 25-calibre pistol belaig- ing to Mabel Normand,. motion pic- ture actress, found its way into the hands of the chauffeur who used iv to shoot and seriously wound Court- land S. Dines of Denver here New Year's night continued to occupy the attention of police detectives today. Miss Normand, in whose presence the shooting occurred, was recover- ifig in the Good Samaritan hospi from an operation for chronic ap- pendicitis performed yesterday while Dines is recovering in the same hos- pital from a mild attack of pneu: monia caused by the bullet wound in his lung. Both patients were ing very comfortably,” it was an- nounced. Interest in the small bore pisto. with which Dines was shot was re- .vived yesterday when Miss Nor- mand’s chauffeur, Green, said Mrs. Edith Burns, the companion of the actress knew that he carried a pis- tol when he went to Dines apartment and “warned him to be careful. Both Mrs. Burns and Miss Normand insisted Wednesday that they had no idea how Greer could have ob- tained the pistol. , “Why, I mentioned the pistol to Mrs. Burns at least three weeks be- fore New Year's,” Greer asserted. “She told me she was afraid Miss Normand might use it agd I asked her to get it for me and I would put it away where I could get it if, they needed it in the house.” When Mrs. Burns, after ,telephon- ing Dines’ apartment shortly before the shooting, turned to Greer and said, “Sée, he won't let hercome home,” the chauffeur thought this was the time when “they needed” the pistol and thereupon went into Miss Normand’s bedroom and took it, he told the police. When Mrs. Burns was questioned again last night ‘she at first denied positively ‘having made such a remark but lat- er admitted she might have said something to that effect. WELCOME NEW OIL CO. OFFICES Minot, Jan. 4. the formal opening of completely equipment throughout. Until this time the Standard Oil company thas served the public renovated and hes been from the executive seat at Fargol|his scalp completely torn off. He but with opening of the Minot of- fices’ the old Fargo division) is ‘split and hereafter the local offices wi serve a territory in western North Dakota beginning west of a north| and south line located to the east-|party was en route to the home of} ;ward of Devils Lake and west of| relatives in Doyon to spend Christ, Jantstown. Urged by Judge ‘Coffey to! ~{ plosion. ‘Minot welcomed | kins,:who was fatally injured in an i fythe new di-}automobile accident recently, died vision Neadquarterg offices in this at a Jocal ‘hospital. city of the Standard Oil company |occurred ‘last Tuesday near Doyon of Indiana. The offices are situat-| when a wheel flew off, causing the ed in the Anderson block, First/car(to turn turtle, spinning three street southwest, and have bee./times.ahd pinning him under it. new/Another occupant of installed | pnother-in-law of Mr. Hopkins was I} pany, and ‘has ‘been thus employed LL TAKE UP TA 29 BODIES ARE BURFED UNDER FACTORY RUINS May Never be Recovered Be- cause They Are Buried, Burned and Mangled, Belief | | | ONE IS IDENTIFIED Foreman Believed to Have Been Blown Out Beyond Reach of Fall of Walls Pekin, IL, Jan. 4.—Unofficial reports at noon today were that a total of seven hodies had been recovered from the ruins of the | Corn Products Company plant. | Five of these were said to have | been found under the box cars . from which screams were heard for more than three hours after the explosion hurled tons of brick and stcel onto these cars. Pekin, Il., 4.—(By the A. P.)—Bodies of 29 workmen stiil be- lieved buried in the wreckage of the Corn Products plant may never be identified even if they a according to the prevailing opinion here at noon. Only two have been taken from the ruins, one of them mangled and burned beyond recogni- tion. The body of Lee Harding. foreman, was idéntified, but it was explained the explosion may e caught him outside the building or may have blown him out beyond reach of ‘the {heaviest wall. Snow started falling at 10 Sgeek: adding to the difficulty encoun®red by the searchers nough of the debris on the car tracks, howeyer, had ben removed to make space for two derricks, which began work at noon, They are tackling the heavi- est pile which is over the packing room in which most of the missing men were working ‘e recovered, PRIZES OFFERE Oakes, N. D., Jan. fered by the First National Bank of Oakes some weeks ago for the best ears of corn in each pf several classes have been awarded as fol- low: Yellow dent, first. Albert Rom- stad; second, Charles Minard, White dent, first, Ben Luttmer; second, Ben Luttm Flint, first second, FP. E. Ankeny, Jr. Any variety, first, Ben Luttmer; second, Albert Romstad. The contest aroused considerable interest, there being more than 50 entries, some from 20 miles away, although most of the corn shown was raised within 10 miles of Oakes. WRECKAGE OF DIRIGIBLE DISCOVERED Theory That Dixmude Burned Is Borne Out by Finding of PVreckage Prizes of- Kyllonen; Jr. Paris, Jan. 4.—(By the A. P.)— Fire blackened wreckage from the French dirigible Dixmude has been discovered off the coast of Sicily, the minister of marine has been advised, thus bearing out the theory that the great airship fell into the sea after taking fire or as the result of an ex- One of the gasoline tanks was picked up near Cape San Marco, only a few miles from the spot where the body ofthe Disgnude’s commander, Lieut Grenadan Was brought to the surface by fishermen. The upper part of the ‘tank was blackened by fire. Several pieces of the rubberizea cloth used in the balloon envelope also were found, leaving practieally no doubt but that the Dixmude fel: in that, vicinity with’all on board. AUTO ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL Devils Lake, Jan. 4.—Louis Hop- The accident the car, uninjuréd. Mr... Hopkins — was ht. to the hospital uncon- scious, with a fracture@ skull, and was receiving man in the cream department of the R. E. Cobb com- for the past six months, coming here from a farm near Doyon. \The} (B sareopha- Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 4. + Associated Press)—The of Tutenkhamun brought to light after hidden for more than 3,000 y in the tomb of the Pharoah 1 Valley of Kings, The long sought for treasure of antiquity carved from pinkish granite probably Assuan stone lies within the fourth casket of blaz- ing gold, a casket even more bril- liant than the other shrines en- closing the sarcophagus, its doors covered with cartouches of the dead Pharoah surrounding a figure of the monarch. The sarcophagus is rus: has heen remaining ATS he elaborately TWO ENTER DEMURRERS TO INDICTMENTS Oklahoma City, Jan. 4 Whitehurst and Ed Als dent and secretary re the state board of agriculture, en- tered a joint demurrer to a grand John A charging them with conversion of state funds. The demurrer was to be argued at once. Whitehurst had previously announced he would take no uction to block his trial and had asked that the hearing be held as soon as possible. HUGHES GIVES NEW EVIDENCE Quotes Translation of Power- ful Russia Addressed to U. S. Workers’ Party ART DAILY PAPER Communist Organ Will Be E: tablished in New York, © Is Declaration Washington, Jan ‘urther evi dence of communist propaganda in the United States in the form of a translation of a communication by G. Sinoviev and addressed to “Amer. ican Communists” was published to- day as part of Se ry Hughes’ de- fense of the administration's policy in refusing to deal with Soviet Rus. sia under present conditions. The communication which appears 1923, purported to have been “writ- ten at the request of the American comrades” and hailed the advent of “the daily communist newspaper (in English), ‘Daily Worker’ which wilt appear on January 1, 1924, in New York as ‘a great event not only for the American labor movement but also for the whole Communist In ternationale,’” ° The state department in making public the translation identified Sin- | oviev as “president of the Petrograd Soviet, president of the Communi Internationale, member of the all- Russian committee and member of the Federation Central Executive committee.” The article declares t “after having established“a workers’ party; those desiring to help the Communi party, became not a guild organiza- row class but a of interests of party of proletariat revolution, socialist upheaval or! the hegemony of the proletariat” must conduct a “conquest of the peasantry” or small farmers: the proleta: SEIZE HUGE DRUG CARGO St. Paul, Jan. 4.—Seizure of $80,- 000 worth of contraband opium on a was disclosed today by federal agents who declared that the seizure .re- vealed that rum runners are inter- ested‘in narcotic smuggling on a large scale in this section. MILL TRAFFIC MAN AIDING IN LIGNITE CASE J. W. Goodman, traffic manager for the North Dakota state mill and elevator at Grand Forks, is in the city assisting the state reilroad com- mission traffic department in the preparation of the lignite coal rate case. His services were made avail- able on order of the Industrial Com- mission. PIONEER WOMAN) PASSES. Ft. ¥ates, Jan. 4.—Cancer caused the death at Kenél of Mrs. Winfield Vermillion, a well-known pioncer wo- man. She was the daughter of Sam McElderry,"an early representative 18 along the Missouri of the Hudson jay Co. jury indictment returned last week | OF PROPAGANDA | former” president in the Moscow Pravda, December 14, | Great Northern train here Tuesday | XES SARCOPHAGUS OF TUTENKHAMUN IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT AFTER 3,000 YEARS; CASKET WAS MADE OF GOLD i} | SMARCK TRIBUNE ¢ 1 and there is reason to be- lieve it will prove to be of even greater artistic value than the pink sarcophagus of Harmahib or the famous alabaster coffin of Seti 1 in Zoan museum in London, Following up yesterday's discov- ery of the fourth casket the search was proceeded with and in the presence of Prof. Percy Newberry, the noted Egyptiologist and the other members of his staff, Howard Carter in charge of the | explora- tion unbolted the barriers of the fourth shrine disclosing the sar- cophagus and thereby establishing the fact that the last resting place of Tutenkhamun had really been discovered TOWNLEY PUTS | UP BOND; WILL FIGHT CHARGE Appears in Fargo Unannoun- ced to Answer to Criminal Complaint Made BRINTON SIGNED IT Hastings, Also Accused, Has Not Been Arrested on Fargo, -~A, C. Townley, of the Nonpartisan League, came to Fargo this ing and surrendered himself to the Cass county authorities on a war- rant charging him with embezzle- ment. He appeared with his attorney, W. S. Lauder, of Wahpeton in the court of Judge J. K. Bingham, An affida- vit of prejudice w&s filed agains? Judge Bingham and a charge was taker to the venue of Judge H. F. Miller. He furnished a $2,000 bon The warrant issued by Judge Bin; ham was not served on Townle; said that he “read of the char; the newspape and concluded morn- to come to the state and surrender him- self so as not to put the county of- ficials to any trouble. J. J, Hastings, who is charged jointly with Townley, has not been arrested, according to Sheriff Fred Kramer. Townley, now head of the National Produc Hiance, with offices in! Minneapolis was at first reported to be in Nebraska, Kansas or Colorado doing organization work for the al- liance. When interviewed in Minneapulis he declared that “politics and venom of a discharged employe” were re- sponsible for the charge against him. LIGNITE CASE HEARINGS SET -INFEBRUARY First Hearing Will Be Held at Aberdeen, South Da- kota, on Feb. 20 ashington, Jan. 3—-The Inter- state Commerce Commission will be- gin hearings February 20 at Aber- deen, S. D., and February 25 at Bis- marck, N. D., on the proposals of Northwestern railroads to increase lignite coal rates from Dakota pro- ducing points to northwest consam- ing territories. The North Dakota railroad commission will sit with the federal body’s representative at the Bismarck hearing. A general protest was made against the increase by residents of North Dakota and Governor Nestos recently voiced the objection in a letter to President Coolidge. VOLUNTARY POWER RATE , RUSSIA |;Chester FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS BIG: QUESTIONS LOOM BEFORE NATIONAL BODY Senate and House Committees Getting Busy After Holi- day Recess DEADLOCK EXISTS Suggestion Made That Selec- tion of Committee Head be Left to Committee Washington, Jan. 4.—(By the A. P.)—With congress in recess untu Monday senate and house committee members today shook off the holi- day spirit and set about the business of preparing the measures that will occupy the two chambers from now until adjournment The house w: and means commit- tee continued its study of the ad- ministrative features of the Mellon tax bill today and the rules com- mittee was called into session to discuss amendments to the rules ad- vocated by the insurgent republican group Both expect to present recom- mendations within 10 days or two weeks and meanwhile the house will receive some of the annual supply bills, the first. of which, carrying ap- propriations for the interior depart- ment is to be reported Tuesday. To Debate Russia. The senate foreign relations com- mittee today took up the resolution of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, culling for recognition of the Ruse ian Soviet government and Sena- tor Lodge of Massachusetts, Republi- can. leader and chairman of the com- mittee, is preparing to address the senate Monday on the same subject. A resolution adopted yesterday providing for investigation of the election of Senator Mayfiyld, Dem- ocrat, Texas, also will receive early committee consideration, a sub-com- mittee of the privileges and elec- tions committee being called for Tuesday to map out procedure. Dispute Not Settled. The reassembling of Congress yes terday opened floodgates of oratory, but the flow was limited somewhat in the senate by two more futile bal- lots on the interstate commerce coms mittee chairmanship and the adop- tion of several revolutions. The 26th and 27th ballots in the chair- manship fight developed no break in the deadlock between the groups sup- porting the opposing re-election of Senator Cummins, Republican, Iowa, and leaders today were considering a plan to shelve the dispute for the time being at least, by leaving selec- tion of a presiding officer to the com- mittee itself. The house ways and means com- mittee decided yesterday to postpono| discussion of provisions of the tax bill involving changes in policy as| well as those amending tax rates un-| til a decision has been reached on the question of reporting a soldier's honus bill. Among the proposals thus postponed are those defining earned income and providing a com: munity property tax. It was decided,| however, to take up at once the treasury secretary’s recommendation| for limiting capital loss exemptions} to 121-2 per cent, the maximum now] fixed for computing on, capital gain. MAY SET ASIDE DIVORCE GIVEN NINA PUTNAM Providence, R. I., Jan. 4.—Judgd Barrows of the superio) court today entered an order vacat: ing the divorce gtanted yesterday to Nina Wilcox Putnam Sandersor| from Robert J. Sanderson until suc} time as she shall appear in perso and satisfy the court that she ha been a resident of this state fo! more than two years prior to Octo ber 16, 1923, TORTURED FOR PREACHINGS By NEA Service. Techny, M., Jan. 4.—Burning a the stake, hanging and repeated tor tures by saber thrusts and beating! were some ekperiences of the Rev Father George M. Stenz during th 30 years’ missionary experience i China. - CUT IS MADE Rearrangement of the electric pow- er schedule of rates, by providing additional classifications, will result in a net'decrease in“power rates in Devils Lake, according to experts of the state railroad commission. The decrease was permitted by the stzte railroad commission on the request of the, Midwest Power Company, which operates the utility at Devils Lake, SCHALK STIAL BEST. Despite the fact that he’ is slip- ping, that he had a poor. year at the bat and his throwing arm isn’t quite as good as it used to be, Ray Schalh is still about the most valuable catcher in the American League. Wonderful mechanical ability back of the bat and a great head ae | the story. « f “Probably I have received mor severe treatment in China than an, living man,” says Father Stenz, tell] ing of-his life while visiting here “Yet there are millions of calm, cu! tured, conscientious people eager t progress under American guidance. “The religious side of missionat| work in China has been too mut} stressed. Not enougli @mphasis ha been placed on education.” | Father Stenz established a ‘colleg at Tsining and expects to retur there in. Februtry. - ye 'H DIES. 4 Almont, N. D., Jan. 4.—Herm: aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joh Hanson, passed away Friday mornin] at three o'clock. He was born S tember 3; 1915. His death wal caused by appendicitis. He is suy vived ve brothers and two: sifj ters and his parents.