The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 1

4 « > ~ \ . é WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri- Rising temperature. day. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, ORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aom |] PRICE FIVE CENTS WILL PROBE RAILROAD LAND GRANTS LIGNITE CASE HERECONFINED TO RAILROADS Hearing To Be Cut Short Because Examiner Is Called to Spokane : CARRIERS Will Give Testimony Monday on Why Lignite'Coal Rates Should Go Up APPEAR The hearing to open in Bismarck February 25 on the railroads’ appli- cation for increases in rates on lignite coal will be confined to in- troduction of testimony by the car- riers, according to a telegram receiv- ed today by V. E. Smart, traffic ex- pert, from Stanley Houck, chief counsel for the lignite operators, at Aberdeen, S. D. Mr. Houck’s wire said: “Examiner must leave for Spokane Wednesday night. He wired chief today who di- rected him, to continue case to March 24 after hearing carriers who will take thrée days. Consequently we shall not testify next week.” Mr. Smart said that apparently next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day would be given over to intro- duction of testimony and argument of railroad attorneys at the hearing to be held in the federal court room at Bismarck. Many witnesses who were to be summoned by the operators to testi fy now will not be called March 24, Mr. Bismarck Saturday. The case here will be heard by an examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commis- on, HEARING IN SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 21.—Witness- | es representing cities, organizations and development bodies of the northwest, testifying at the Inter-| state Commerce Comimssion lignite’ coal hearing, declareq that if the new tariff sought by the carriers went into effect the price of North Dakota lignite coal, laid down South Dakota dealers, would be so! high that its use would be prohib’ tive. The hearing here opened at 9:30 | until | Houck will arrive inj to} YOUTH KILLED FOUR MEMBERS OF - HIS FAMILY AS PENANCE, HE SAYS Wierd Tale Told Florida Authorities By Youth, Who Con- | fesses Causing Death of His Sister By Burning and Father and Mother By Shooting St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 21.—The burning to death of two sisters last year to atone “for a blasphemy” against the “Holy Ghost” when he was 12 years old and the murder of his father and mother Tuesday night as a sacrificial penance “for the killing of his sister, confessed by Frank McDowell, 19, and ‘his wierd tale of “hazy spells” and hallu- cinations during which he believed his family aligned with “the anti- Christ” stood today as related details of one of the most gruesome murders in the history of southern states. McDowell, held in the Pinellas ~~~ tial ona charge of Surderine nis, HUMAN HEART BEATS ‘RADIOED’ perents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDowell, who were shot through the head while ey q Tuesday nigh! alk- a We St. Loujs, Feb. 21—The sound . of humaheart beats broadcast last night by station KFD Post- Dispatch was heard in Marshall, Texas, 600 miles in air line from here, according to a telegram re- ceived by the Post-Dispatch to- day signed by Charles F. Welch. Started Fire. Confessing the shooting of his par- ents, McDowell said he started the fire in which his sisters, locked in their bedroom, perished on February 19, 1923, in the McDowell home’ then in Decftur, Georgia. The origin of the fire had remained a mystery un- til cleared up by MeDowell’s confes- AN AGREEMENT February 19, and every ‘year as the; date approached his mind, ‘he said, became “hazy” and he believed his Strike Which Has Paralyzed Shipping Throughout Eni- pire Will Be Ended fumily to be aligned with the “anti- | Christ.” These hallucinations occurred an- ‘nvally, he said, until last year he felt impelled to kill his sisters as atone- ment for his “blasphemous sin.” Mc- Dowell, when asked what this sin | was, refused to answer. Killed as Penance. On last Tuesday, February 19, the | anniversary of his “sin” he felt that | he must kill his parents as a pen- ance for the murder of his sisters, he said. A jury last night returned a | | verdict that Mr. and Mrs. McDowell jhad come to their death from bullet wounds inflided by their son. The | jury recommended that the youth be he ‘held on a charge of murder with- out bail. ROBBER SENT UP FROM HERE TERMS ARE SUBMITTED Agreement Comes in Early Morning Hours After Long Conference London, Feb. 21.—(By the A. P.)— England awoke today to find the ap- parently hopeless deadlock in the dock strike broken. Representatives of the dock workeis and e.apioyers meeting at the ministry of labor ar- rived at terms of agreement in the early morning. The terms will be submitted to the | dockers delegates from all sections | ‘COOPERATION _.tavveps, Ghureh Is OF NORTHWEST FORCES ASKED ° Governor Nestos, Speaking in Moorhead, Urges General Policy of All States | IMPRESSIONS. Also Urges Close Individual Attention to Cooperative CORRECT Enterprises Moorhead, Minnesota, Feb, 21.—Co- operation in the Northwest in “a strong and aggressive campaign to’ bring to the people of the union a! true knowledge and correct apprecia- tion of every phase of the life of the people of the Northwest” was urged by Governor R. A. Nestos, | speaking here this afternoon before the Retail Merchants and General Groters Association of Minnexota, and North Dakota hardware men and yea loan bank representatives at-! EA| tending conventions in Fargo. In speaking on the subject, “Co- operation,” the Governor urged that business men and farmers alike in cooperative enterprises insist upon the strictest regulation of such bus- inesses in order that they may be made a suctess. “There is one form of: cooperation in which you and I are mutually in- j terested,” the governor said. “You cowe from various cities of the Northwest and while each one of you is interested in the proper solution | of the problems of your particular ‘community and state, we are all, I jam sure, mutually interested in the | welfare and reputation of) this great tern region as a whole, ir- e of community boundaries jand state lines arfd that each should develop such a cooperation in cor- recting the wrong reports, in spread- ‘ing reliable information, and in creating a truer and higher apprecia- tion of the Northwest among the peo- ple of every other section of the United States that the Northwest may hereafter be appreciated at its {true value.” the structure is to be completed by Need For Watchfulnese attorn throughout the count The Governor said in part: Gi Gillette, Hardin barrister, “The greatest service that can be: originated @ novel subscription plans C.F. By NEA Service. Hardin, Mont., Feb. 21—A efurch iedicated to lawyers is to be built GILLETTE inally started by local home- steaders who weie forced to abandon the project because of poor crops, DAUGHERTY IS ~ STILLCENTER | OF CRITICISM Pressure for Retirement of Attorney - General Con- tinues in Washington COMMITTEE RESTS Harry Sinclair Back From Europe, Will Be Called Upon For, Testimony Washington, Feb, 21.—A report that Attorney-General Daugherty had bought and sold Sinclair oil stock is under investigation by the senate oil committee, Such.a spe- id be- committee in executive “A checkup of brok hooks to establish whether it is true is in progress, Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, author of the resolu- tion proposing an investigation re the of Mr. Daugherty’s resolution said he understood information indicating that the Attorney- Gene had dealt in Sinclair o stock had been laid President. It can now be disclosed that this information formed the sub- ject of last Sunday's conferences between Senator Wheeler, Chair- man Walsh, Senator Walsh and Atlee Ponterene. As an outgrowth of these dis before the cussions Republican senators held a conference yesterday and Senrtor Lodge of Massachusetts, the party floor leader, and Sen- ator Repper, Republican, Penn- sylvania, were delegated to in- form the President that in the opinion of the Republican sen- atorial delegation, Mr. Daugher- ty should retire from the cabinet. What President Coolidge replied is not known, Both Senators Lodge and Pepper refused to disciss the matter and the White House remained silent, The story as it has reached senators is that the invest- ments were comparatively small 'FORMER BISHOP | TOBE TRIED ON HERESY CHARGE N. P. CLAIMST0 THREE MILLION ACRES REASON Railroad Says It Has Land Coming From Government, Which Claim Is Disputed PLAN COMPLETE AIRING Chairmen of House and Sen- ate Committees Would Go Into the Matter Washington, Feb. 21.—A complete investigation of the federal govern- ment land grants to the Northern Pacific Railway Compan: planned WILLIAM M, BROWN Adam and E figur » forthcom- Jing trial for heresy of Rev, William M. Brown, former Episcopal bishop of Arkansas, now living here. In a bill of complaint, formally filed by ahree members of the House of Bishops, the clergyman is accused !of holding and teaching through a “Communism and Christian- ism,” doctrines contrary to those held by the Episcopal belief. Rev. Brown, who says he w investigation by constituted authorities, expressed to withdraw from the House Bishops if the members would d clare belief in the literally interpret- ed representations of the Bible. Among these, he mentions the creation and downfall of Adam and Eve, the birth of Christ and other issues, “Orthodox christianism and Ortho- dox scientism irrevocably poseq to each other,” says, JOHNSON-NOT TO QUIT, SAYS N.D.SUPPORTER book comes a willingness of church | op- | Bishop Brown | by congressional leaders. It preba- bly will be conducted by a joint com- mittee of the house and senate, Chairmen Sinnott and Lenroot of the house and senate public lands committees are conferring on the sub- ject with a view to agreement as to procedure before inquiry resolutions are pressed. Probably the first action by Con- gress will be adoption of the resolu- tion sponsored by the agriculture and interior departments and directing the Secretary of the Interior to defer adjustment of the Northern Pacific claims and to withhold the issuing of any additional patents'on lands claimed by the road pending inquiry, The railway company is claiming an additional 3,000,000 acres of lands |in the national forest in Montana /and Washington under its grant of more than half a century ago. The claim is contested by the agriculture | department which contends that the company has received more land taan it was entitled to under the two acts of Congress. . B. PLANNING IMPROVEMENTS Minot, N. D., Feb, 21.—Extensive | improvements including the relaying of steel and general construction | work on the Minot and Breckenridge divisions, is assured this year by the Great Northern according to an an- nouncement of W. P. Stevenson, en- gineer, Work thus far authorized yesterday ‘morning and was in charge | of the country, to.the labor minis- and resulted ultimately in the ¥ ‘ i of Federal Examiner W. H. Wagner | of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. It is designed to acquaint the the Interstate Commerce Commission with the details of the cése, and is preliminary to a hesring of larger seopé which will be held at Bi marck, N. D., February 25 before the North Dakota Railroad Commi sion and the Interstate Commerce | Commission. , FILE SUIT ON EQUITY NOTES Seek to Collect From Morton County Farmers Thirteer suits to collect on notes given by Morton county, farmers to the Equity Packing ' Company at Fargo have been filed in the Mor- toh county district court by the IN CONFESSION ‘Admits Murder in Chicago and Implicates Pollce Officers in setae “CRACKED” { SAFE HERE Chicago, Feb, 21-—Harry Thomas,‘ admitted slayer in 1920 of Walter jC. Trauter and who has confessed to | several hundred burglaries committed since his release from the North Da- kcta penitentiary in 1914, has impli- cated two police sergeants and a city | fireman, according to officers ques- tioning him. ‘The sergeants, he siys, kept stolen property he had given them to re- turn to a few of his victims and the fireman is named by him as a recip- ient of stolen jewelry. No charges against the officers have been filed pending further investigation. Prison records show that a Harry ‘try tonight and should they meet with the approval of the men work will be resumed immediately reliev- ing the congestion which has pre- vailed at the ports for the last few days. | Indications are that this approval ‘will be siesta RIP-RAP WORK | PROGRESSING Major Gee of Kansas City { Inspects Be Job Here | ‘The rap-rap job on the west side rendered to the cause of cooperation today is that of educating the indi. vidual members of the cooperative groups of whatever kind to a real: tion that each man must make an earnest and sincere effort to under- stand the business, to realize its pur- poses, and to know as much as pos- \sible about what is being done and ‘ought to be done in order to achieve | the success in the business of the co- loperative group. Our farmers and business men alike must be made to appreciate that as long as you have a lot-of members of these cooperative groups who take little or no interest in studying the business in which they are interested, in finding out how it is being managed, and in pro- moting itseefficiency, but instead are depending upon one or two men to look after everything, that the ‘busi- ness is almost certain to fail. If this lesson can be brought home to every of the river just above the Northern |‘member of every cooperative associa- Pacific railroad bridge probably will] tion much shall have been done td ine be completed next month, it was said) sure the ‘success of the cooperative by those in charge when Major Gee| movement in the coming decades. of the United States Engineers, Kan-| phic education would also result in inspected the job. that the members of the cooperative He sent out appeals to brother legal lights to “buy a brick.” Each brick s the donor 50 cents. The church will be Lawyers’ Mite.” SINCLAIR IN _ BANTER AFTER REACHING N. Y. Oil Magnate Discusses Every- thing Asked of Him Ex- cept Teapot Dome called “The New York, Feb. 21.—Expressing willingness to appear before the sen- ate oil investigating committee in Washington “if they want me” but declining to discuss the Teapot Dome ‘ised classroonts, in a sehool here are the middle, M ©. Thomas—the only Harry Thomas listed—was released from the prison April 12, 1915. He had been sen- tenced from Burleigh county for bur- slary September 14, 1911. E, McCutdy, who was as aH 's attorney at the time, sa Thomas “cracked” the safe in the Bismarck Implement company, was apprehended and sentenced. Thomas was an itinerant and supposedly pro- fessional thief. Chris Bertsch, Jr» who managed the Bismarck Imple- ment company at the time, said that Thomas blew the safe and scattered papers about the floor but did not get anything of value. Someone saw him and from evidence built up from this he was sent to prison. Grafton National Bank, The court term opens next Tuesday with Judge Lembke presiding. LABOR OFFICES TO BE OPENED One to Soon be Established “In Bismarck stant that State employment offices will be opened soon in Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot and Devils Lake and probably Qakes, Commissioner of] @—~37-— 3 Agriculture and Labor J. A. Kitchen | Weather Report | announced today. These offices in| @ _¢ addition to ithe state-federal office at Fargo, will assist farmers in pro- curing labor for the spring work. The offices will be temporary closing after having been maintained during the spring, but will be re- For twenty-four hours ending at noon today. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday ... opened again at harvest time. Lowest last night —10 H. A. Brocopp will be in charge! Precipitation .. - 0 of the Bismarck office. | Highest wind velocity . 16 ‘WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly DUCKS CLING 2 cloudy tonight and Friday. Risi: “TO N, DAKOTA sows gue mt Pier Bane For North Dakota: “Mostly cloudy Many old-time residents say they | tonight and never saw the ducks cling to North | ature. Dakota as they are this winter. | ‘ Focal People report they saw 300; | creams ee a Ra field path Mississippi Valley and Plains States times flocks have been reported on|#¢companied by generally fair and open spaces in the Missouri river. | cold weather. The coldest’ weather ‘A Dawson man declared he saw! occurred in eastern North and South 2,000 ducks in that vicinity, which Dakota where temperatures were he said had never occurred in the from ten to twenty degrees below winter before in his long residence zero. Temperatures are rising over riday. Rising temper- WEATHER CONDITIONS “Fhe high pressure area covers the in the state. a Montana and the northern Rocky SEA eae Mountain region® generally. Light CHILDREN WELCOME precipitation occurred in Washing- Bradford, Eng., Feb..21.—Four un- ton, Oregon and Idaho and also in ippi Valley and Great Lakes region. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. for families ejected from apartment to be converted into living quarters houses. | p-rap job is nearly a mile in length, and is costing upwards of $100,000. It is designed. to prevent erosion of the west bank of the rive Major Gee and party inspected the work ang he was, it is understood, pleased with it. A special train car- ried the chief inspector, government and railway officials on the Cannon Ball branch yesterday to inspect rip- don there. 8 ARRESTED AFTER RAIDS Nuisance and liquor Charges Are Preferred Charges were filed against’ eight persons last night before Police Magistration W. C, Cashman as a result of the raids made sometime ago by federal, state and local of- ficers, The charges are: Annie Bennett, maintaining a com- mon nuisance; Wm. Gable, _ selling liquor; Claude Rossen, selling li- quor; Walter Carter, selling liquor; Charles Moore, selling liquor; Mrs. Nellie Nickelby, maintaining a‘ com- mon nuisance; Mrs, Wm. Grossman, maintaining common nuisance. They were arraigned before Police Magistrate Cashman and hearings will be held Saturday morning and Saturday night. . & SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR * + N.‘D. DAIRY BODY RALLY Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 21.—Plans have been announced for the ith annual convention of the North Da- kota Dairymen’s association to be held in Grand Forks, March 4. Speakers for the session will in- clude J. M. Devine, Minot; Professor , J. R. Dice, state agricultural college; C, H. Allen of Ohio, who will discuss sugar beet raising, and Major B.S. Person of Minot. A banquet will be held, Jack andj “WILL BUILD groups would insist that the business transacted be thoroughly supervised and frequently audited so as to make inquiry until he familia ed himself with the situation, Harry F, Sinclair’ sure that there will be no acres dd yesterday from Europe sulting either grom inefficiency, 1 the President Harding, He waste, extravagance, or crookediess,| Was met by members of ‘his family fand Col. J. W. Zevely, his attorney. Mr. Sinclair answered qu reporters on subject ex Teapot Dome. en the newspaper men came abourd he sent word he had a sensational statement which proved to be a statement regarding prospects for the consumption of American petroleum products in Europe during 1924. The oil man gave assurances that his horse, Zev, would meet Epinard, French chain- pion, next summer although details of the match ‘had not been arranged. and this in itself would do much to- ‘d popularizing cooperative asso- ions which have altogether too frequently in the past been made to suffer from the acts of unscrupulous (Continued on. page 3) CONDITION OF SEN. CRITICAL Washington, Feb. 21.—The condi- tion of Senator Greene of Vermont remained “very critical” early today but he appeared to be holding his own and attendants, said the “prog- nosis is unfavorable but not hope- less,” The senator, wounded Friday dur- ing an encgunter between a prohibi- tion enforcement party and suspect- ed bootleggers, was said by Dr. | Thomas Linville, one of his physi- cians, to have shown a “little im- | provement” during the last 24 hours | but he was still “desperately ill.” RESERVES WERE THERE! Manchester, Eng., Feb, 21.—Twenty prison matrons formed a guard of thonor at the wedding of Miss H.’ Heselton, a wardress at Strangeways Jail, and Constable Heysham of the Manchester police. Uniformed com- rades of both the bridge and groom | filled the church. (Washington, Feb. 21.—“Slight im provement” was shown in the condi- | tion of Senator Greene at noon to: | day, it was said at the hospital. | Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21.—The North- Fern Pacific railway will employ 5,000 regular maintenance force during the Laccording to advices received here London, Feb. 21 —(By ihe A. P.)— from St. Paul headquarters. To ob- The MacDonald government, in view tain the men the conipany will estab- of the unemployment situation, has lish immediately empioyment offices decided to proceed with the laying ‘for common railroad labor in Spo- | down of five cruisers and two de- kane, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Seat- stroyers as soon parliamentary , tle. ! permission is given, it was announc- 4 ed by Charles C. Amon, parliament- Nb definite word here has been re- ary under-secretary to the admir-! ceived of improvements to be made alty in the House of Commons this by the’ Northern Pacific in this sec- afternoon, tion for the coming season: Last ‘unskilled laborers in addition to its ; } sale of the stock &t a loss. Washington, Feb. 21—(By the A. P.)—Official and unofficial Washing- ton keyed to anticipate the unexpect- ed in the oil inquiry and its numer- ous ramifications found no new sen- sations in prospect for today but kept watch on the White House and the senate where the fight to force Attorney-General Daugherty out of the cabinet is being waged. After hearing Harry Payne Whit- | ney of New York, friend of Harry F. Sinclair, for a short time yesterday the committee adjourned with no in- dieation that it would meet again until it resumes the investigation Monday. Its work meanwhile is being ad- vanced by accountants assigned to examine the books’ of Mr. Whitney and a number of stock brokers in an effort to determine the extent and (Continued on page 8) VANDERLIP IS WILLING Welcomes Suit For $60,000 By Owners of Marion Star New York, Feb. derlig, retired banker, in a reply to- day to the $600,000 libel suit filed against him yesterday by the owners of the Marion Star declared he wel- comed the suit and expressed the hope that it would be the forerun- ner of “court proceedings that would make public some of the news that the great newspapers did not sce fit| to print.” “I am prepareg to spend quite as much as hag been asked for in these court proceedings in an effort to} {make public this news,” the state- ment said, adding that “there is nothing this country needs sv much at the moment as some court pro- recdings initiated by grand juries and pressed by incorruptible prose- cuting eeu ‘s / ‘NORTHERN PACIFIC WILL HIRE 5,000 EXTRA MEN DURING SUMMER year the railroad put in block signals | through North Dakota. It is expect- | ed that a large number of the 5,000 laborers to be employed will be used on the main line through North Da- coming summer and fall to make | kota and on the branches north and | south from Mandan, All Northwestern railroads, it is reported from the various headquar- ters, plans to expend millions of dol- lars next summer in maintenance and improvement work, in anticipation of increased business and development of the Northwest. nounced its ultimate intention or nding the Killdeer, branch west, it this {s not expected in the pres- ent year. The railroad last year built a line into-Montana coal fields. fbefore the The N.\P. has an-j Aroused Over ni salen De- clare He Is in Race to Stay and Is Gaining Fast COMES TO Will Return to State Just Be- fore March 18 Vote For Swing, Says Manager Senator Hiram Johnson's head- quarters in North Dakota flared up over the reports that Johnson would withdraw in the state in favor of Robert M. LaFollette. R, S. Wilcox, | publicity manager for the Johnson headquarters, wired the following statement from Fargo today: “Senator Johnson has not with- drawn and will not withdraw fram the state. Present indications are that no matter what opposition is offered Senator Johnson will win in the state by a big majori A tre- mendous swing has set in for him not only in North Dakota but in the entire United States and at the pres- ent time he is in the strongest po- sition of any candidate for the pres- have received _ information that a former North Dakota man i high up in the Repub- in the nation has written a letter to a brother who ies in North Dakota stating that rice ilent (Coalligenisuitapossiiianas a candidate because of the Teapot Dome developments ang that Senator Johnson has the inside track for the Republican nomination. In this let- ter he said if Johnson is not nomi- jnated it will be one of two men, both of whom are progressives. “Senator Johnson will open _ his personal campaign in Fargo Saturday | night. Indications are that the Audi- torium will not be large cnough to hold the crowd, and arrangements are being made to broadcast the peech all over the state. “Semtor Johnson will return to | North Dakota in March to speak in | Granq Forks, Minot, Valley City, | Devils Lake, Williston, Dickinson, | Mandan, Jamestown and Bismarck. | This campaign will be concluded just primary, “A speaking campaign will be opened by U. L. Burdick, William Langer and others after Senator Johnson's key-note i speech Saturday night. Petitions placing the name of U. L. Burdick, Senator Johnson's candidate for national committeemen, and dele- gates, in nomination were circulated today, * “Senator Johnson is in the race to, | stay and his opponents are dum- founded by the turn of events. There is a movement in North Dukota to| # stab Senator Johnson in the back but the efforts will be unavailing and in- stead of merely holding his lead in the state Senator Johnson will in- crease it.” J. LH. Sinclair, who had had al- most a sinecure for the nomination | for Congress from the third district, (Continued on page 3) BISMARCK: {is only a portion of what will b: ‘done during 1924, but an exceptio: ally large program has already be*r approved by general officers. Work in Minot and immediate vi- cinity includes the rebuilding of t car sheds, 80x300 feet, which burned last year, shortly after being com pleted. The estimated cost of tke work is $45,950. LOCAL BANKER IS APPOINTED ON COMMITTEE P. C. Remington One of Five North Dakota Bankers Committee For Big Loan Company C. Remington, president of the City National Bank, has been ap- pointed one of five North Dakota bankers to act for this state in the administration of the new $10,000,- 000 agricultural credit company formed at. the suggestion of Presi- dent Coolidge. Other members of the North Dakota committee are R. Barron, the Second National Bank at Minot; T. A. Tollefson, First Na- tional Bank of | D on; O. S. Hanson, Northwestern National Bank of Grand Forks; E. J. Weiser, First National Bank of Fargo and R. R. Wolfer, Farmers and Merchants Na- tional Bank of Jamestown. ~ The corporation is being completed by New York, Chicago and Twin City bankers, and is regarded as the great- est corporation of its kind ever form- ed in tl Northwest. It will have in addition to its $10,000,000 capital stock a borrowing capacity of $100,- 000,000, according to its sponsors. Mr. Jaffray, head of the corporation, is president of the Soo railroad and until recently was president of the First National Bank of Minneapclis. Mr. Jaffray, announcing the ap- pointment of the North Dakota com- mittee, said that he would call them in meeting in Minneapolis soon to dscuss plans. : SUBSCRIBE TO LOAN Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—The Ford Motor company has subscribed $100,- 000 for stock in the new $10,000,000 service corporation to extend finan- cial aid to the agricultural north- west, E,W. Decker, president of the Northwestern National bank and an organizer and director of the corpor- ation announced yesterday. DRAKE MILL INSPECTION ON Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 21.—Three members of the board of managers of the North Dakota Mill and Eleva- tor association haye gone, to Drake to inspect the state owned mill there. They are Nick Nelson, Emerado; 0- pa eet! Devils ‘Lake, and Dr. © N. Hegge, Hatton,