The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1924, Page 1

ees “WEATHER FORECAST Increasing cloudiness tonight. Probably uysettled Tues, Warmer ESTABLISHED 1873 ra NO ‘DRAWBACK’ WHEAT COMES IN SAYS-YOUNG Congressman Declares North- west Misrepresenting Tar- iff to OWn Detriment OUTH LIKELY-TO ACT Congressman Says Amount Manufactured - in - bond iUnder Tariff Is Slight Washington, Mar. 10—Congressman | George M. Young, North Dakota, member of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, declared_in a statement hand- ed out today, that the operation of the wheat tariff has been grossly and systematically _ misrepresented. He said that many letters had been received by him in wheat ers from the Northwest have claimed that the wheat tariff rate of 30c bu. carried in the Fordney-McCumber law was valueless, because of the supposed operation of the drawback provision found in that law. Young declared that not a bushel of wheat ad been imported under the provi- sions of the drawback clause in the law, and that any wheat which has thus far esgaped the payment of duty has come in under the provision of the law which bas been in every tariff law, Republican or Democratic, for many years. Congressman Young grow- ® ‘Drawback provisions have been in every tariff law for many years, both Republican “and Dempcrat n one form or another, but no wheat worth mentioning has ever come in under such provision, and absolutely not one bushel of wheat has been import- ¢éd under that provision of the Ford- ney-McCumber law. I have told this to correspondents at different time: and they frequently come back with the statement that the drawback may be claimed at any time within three rs, and that we shall have to wait lon before we know whether drawbacks will be paid. That is not true. In order to obtain a drawback it is necessary to serve a formal notice upon the Collector of Cu toms at the time of importation\, No such notices have been filed upon any of the Collectors of Customs up to the firstgof this month. It ap- rs that tMel drawback provision of the “aw is unworkable, just as draw- back provisions in former laws have been found to be unworkable. No Bond Provision “Again, there is not in the McCum- ber law nor in any tariff law of the past any provision known as milling- in-bond. There has been in every tariff law, both Republican and Dem- atic, for many, many years, what known as a manufacturing-in-bond privilege, which applies to all kinds of commodities imported in bond and exported. it has been the policy of both politital parties to permit this io be done in order to give employ- ment to American labor. An illus- tration of this is cocoa, upon which there is a duty. The United States however has a very large export trade in cocoa and chocolate goods, and this is for the most part handled by manufacturing cocoa in bond. 1 am ‘not however entering into a dis- cussion as to the advisability of such a policy, but I think it is proper to call attention to the fact, that wheat 3 covered by that law just the same us any other commodity” “It is not true however that the tariff on wheat is completely des- ‘royed by the manufacturing-in-bond privilege. The fact is that ‘during the fiscal year 1923 only one-sixth as much wheat was manufactured in hong as the total importations of wheat for the fiscal year 1921, when wheat was on the free list under the Underwood law.’ The following figures show the total amount of wheat imported, {n- cluding wheat thereafter manufac- tured in bond, also, the total amount of flour imported, expressed in bush- cls, covering the fiscal years ending July 1st, 1921, 1922, 1923, and until February 21¢ 1924: 1921—The las year under Under- ood law, imports of wheat.......... 51,004,024 Imports of flour Ccxpronsed in bu.) ...... seeee » 6,393,978 Total bushels .,......... 57,398,002 rs 1922—Importa ‘of wheat .... Imports of, flour, (express- ed in bu.) . 14,465,509 2,785,972 apni ares 17,251761 | 18,012,540 Total bushels . 1923—Imports af wheat-.... Imports of flour (exptess- ‘ed in bu.) ++ 1,982,322 Total bushels + 19,944,862 1924—July 1, 1928, to Feb, 1, 1924, , Imports of wheat .........17,775,533 Imports of flour (expressed ed in\bu.) .... 560,479 18,336,012 Total byshels, ......, Imports in Bushels : “The estimated total gf imports of - wheat and flour, expressed in bush- els,'for the fiscal year ending July Ist, 1924, made before and ‘without regard. to the President's increase in wheat duty, was 19,950,000 bush- els. With’ the increased duty the amount ‘ability "be ‘less than!.this estimate,” “Phere has been included in the (Continued on page 3) Investigation of official acts of Atty. Gerf. Moses, Left to right, Senators Wheeler, FAITH IN LAND BASIS OF NEW FINANCE BODY Local Officials See Great Boon to State Through New Instrumentality BIG JOB 10-Year Campaign Ahead of New Agricultural Aid BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1924 Brookhart (chairman), TO' QUESTION DOCTOR; MAY EXHUME BODY Mandan, N, D., Mar. 10.—States Attorney David Schwartz of Golden Valley county today expected to hold a conference with Dr. I. M. Law at Halliday concerning the exhuming of the body of Andrew Entzel, 14, who dieq February 28 in Bismarck hospital of meningitis and which the stlites attorney believes may have been induced by a blow on the head administered by a school boy in a auarrel. JAMESTOWN | UTILITY SOLD Corporation Material benefits will come to North Dakota through the new $10,- 000,000 Agricultur: tion because it w credit needs that cannot met | through ordinary channels, according is herg following, a Credit Corpora- be conference at which the plans of the} new corporation were thoroughly ex-| plained. One of the most striking features | pan of the company’s backers, which in clude some of the largest busi and firms in the country, in the o ion of many local officials, s its gon-} fidence in the value of North Dakota] been’ approved by the state railrod land and its willingness to go the! commission, it was limit in providing credit where land| is the basis’ for borrowing. 1 be able to meet» Western The company, by its very nature, does not have to liquidate, and it] has mapped out a job, they feel. Of have indicated their willingness to loan money where the security is! yeal estate or equity in real ¢ believing the value is intrinsic and | e instead of diminish in future years. Another feature which appeals to some officials 1 of tie company corporation: telof the Wi here ig the! to finknee | fon an farmers for the spring crop by ac-| cepting secwrty through banks but without requiring,the banks to be re- sponsible. Governor Nestos, State Examiner Semingson, C,’B, McMillan and $ Severtson, members of the state guaranty fund commission, are among those who believe that great good will come through the corporation. Governor Nestos declared after re- viewing the conference held here that he felt that every bank which had been prudently managed would vontinue to do business and that many of the banks now closed sim- ply through lack of confidence or slow-liquidating paper would be! able! to reopen soon, He also expressed belief that the corporation, by pro- viding aid to banks to which farmers must look for aid in financing their crops, that great good would be ren- dered to the farmers throughout the state. [he placing of millions of dollars of credit in the state is of greatest importance, he believes. State Examiner Semingson feels imported will in all prob-/fell.” that the corporation wil] perform an able service in the state. Virtually all of the banks closed since the first of the year,are expected to reopén, and there hds been a marked decrease in bank closing in the state. Mr, Severtson and Mr, McMillan, who had declined to,express an opin- ion on the corporation until they had heard its purposes explained, be- lieve that it will perform a great ser- vice in the state. POPULATION ~ HERE 9,258 Nearly Every Habitable House Occupied, Directory ”° Men Kind ‘ The city of Bismarck is given a population of 9,253 in a new Burleigh county and Bismarck directory issued today by The Doak Company of Aberdeen, . “The‘ usual method of estimating population from directory informa- tion gives Bismarck a total of 9,253,” says the announcement of the pub- lishers, “This surprising population is explained by the fact that nearly every habitable house is occupied, pra that ahs ovcupied house jis ine directory contains names of all land owners in the county oad other, information, j plan. to Electric to be Taken Over by Ottert#il Power Co. | } /Sale of the Western Electrie Com- of Jamestown, operating 1 steam! heating utility, the Ottertail Power Company, electric t ; Minnesota public utility goneern, annoynced toi |The sale price is not The new owners, extend transmission lines south from Jamestown to serve many \towns. The Ottertail Power Company now gperates several . transmission | lines in the eastern part of the spate, John Canham was the principal owner stern Electric. Company. Mei % also was interested, Application has been made to the ‘ailroad commission by the Brecken- dge-Wahpeton street car company emergen: increase in fare from five to seven cents. The rail- road commission will hear the mat- announced, ' Ormsb: | ter at Wahpeton March 27, The sale is regarded by offic G_ | here as a natural development of con- “+i trol of public utiliti s by large ope: which effect econo- in operation through conso}ida- ating companies, mies tions, The Ottértail Company,(it is un- derstood, plans eventually to extend the transmission lines now operating in Richlang county. on west and build lines from Jamestown south so az to connect. The company has a water power plant in Minnesota and a steam power plant in Wahpeton. Many farmers in Richland county are served by the company. ODD FELLOWS: CONTRACT LET Devils Lake Firm Successful Bidder on Job, Devils Lake,'N..D., Mar. 10.—Fjeld, seth & Johnson of Devils Lake was awarded the general tontract for the construction of the new Odd Feliows home to be built east of the city, the bid of the local firm being $66,000. The contract for the electrical s: tem was awarded to the Electrical @|Construction company of Gi Forks for $2,494; \Garrity and Caspe' Devils Lake plumbers, were awarded the mechanical equipment contract for $12,237. Work on the building will be stert- ed about April 1, and it is expected a “| that: the building will be ready for occupancy on November 1, Shannon, Boyd & Boyd of this city are the architects. Other bidders for the general ccn- tract were:' -Fjelseth and Johnson, $66,500; Swen ,Olson of Minot, $67,- 375; Redlinger and Hanson, of Wah- peton, $68,277; E. A: Moline of Botti- neau, $69,990; Thorwaldson and John- son of Grand Forks, $79,980; Dinney Brothers of Grand Forks, | $72,708; Dacvtah Building*Co., of Minot, $73,- 581; Jenson and Co., of the sity, $79, 780. BRITTIN’ MAN NAMED Fargo, Mar. 10.—Hugh C. Corrigan, Fargo postmaster, yesterday reported the following appointments of North Dakota postmasters: Henry C. Wie- dow, Golva; Nellie E, Gagner, Lig- nite; Alfred B, Slovarp, Britten, and Samuel W. Dormer, Baker. TO BIG FIRM Company | it is understood, } This Committee Will Investigate Justice Department | pre ! Dakota and that o augherty will begin at once by the committee shown above Jones of Washington, and Ashurst. ne en ee BRYAN ALSO WITHDREW IN , RACEIN1920 ‘Analogy Between His Action and That of LaFollette Is Drawn Here An analogy between the withdrawal William Jennings Bryan from the idential primary of 1920 in North Robert M, La¥ol- lette i8 seen here by an investigation lof Bryan's attitude at the time. The LaFollette case before the district a large} | | ie pledge delegates to Bryan | not be entered and supreme courts was without pre- Jeedent+in fact as well as in law, in the opinion of many, until Justice L, 2. Bindzell led attention in court to the Bryan episode, | Bryan, in 1920, declined to . A story in the Bis: » of Feb, 2 r Devils ing that | Demogratic | pledged to his William Jennings Bryan refuses to be to the should be democtacy national delegates convention Kind of placed in the position of 'nomination for president, and he has requested that his name be with- drawn from the presidential primary North Dako | A telegram was‘received from Mr. Bryan this morning by Col. J. H. Bloom of this city, in which the Ne- braskan Says: eking the hin “Sorry to disappoint such loyal friends, but have refused to be a ididate in Nebraska, I hope the petition in your drawn, If not pl telegram with proper and give to the press e can be with- copy of this state officials If you desire y I have no objection, but 1 must as a candidate,’ (Signed) W. J. Bryan. “Secretary of State Hall the request of Col. Bloom, who filed the Bryan petition, has consented to its withdrawal, as a result of which the name of Mr. Bryan will not appear jon the presidential primary baliot in this state, ‘Judge C. J. Fisk of Minot, former chief justice of the supreme court, refffses to be a candidate for dcle- on the insurgent! Democratic ticket. Col. John H. Bloom today ad- vised the secretary of state request- ing that the judge's name be with- drawn.” ORDERS COFFINS BY CARLOAD Fort Yates, N.-D., Mar. 10.- Cof- fins, a whole carload of*them, more than a hundred, were delivered last week to the Standing Rock Indian agency here—to ve money for the Sioux. The coffins, says Supt. C. D. Mossman bf the reservation agency, will be sold to, the Indians on the “reimbursable” plan. While many of the Indians, especially the young’ men, are comfortably fixed financial- ly scores of the older tribesmen and women e practically no money. Coffins will be furnished them at death and a charge made against the Indian's estate in trust with the government, it was explained. Buy- ing coffins by the carload saves both ie Indian and He government mon- BONUS BILL NEARLY READY Finishing Touches to be Put on By Spb-Committee Washington, Mar. 10.—The soldiers’ bonus bill went-into the hands of a sub-committee of | the house ways and means committee today for the finishing touches. With a report of the measure to the house by Wednesday in prospect, Chairman Green .has announced he will seek a special! rule, making. it immediately in ore The form of #h® paid-up life in- surance policy provision, the basis of the new\measure, was'taken up by the sub-committee. Several proposals for such a provisinn have been *pre- sented. including that of Rep. Bach- new JOHNSON AND COOLIDGE MAN TOSPEAK HERE alifornia Seaior Will Make Address Here at 8 p. m. Tuesday in Auditorium SHAW COMES THURSDAY Former Secretary of Treasury | Under Roosevelt to Speak For Coolidge The Republican , presidential eam- ign issues will be laid before the voters of Bismarck and surrouncing | territory in two this week, speeches here Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor- nia, candidate for the Republican nomination, will speak in Bismarek k in the city Auditorium at 8 p. m.] Tuesd: - Les! M. Shaw, former Governor of | Town Secretary of the Treasury under Roosevelt, will speak here Thursday night arch 13, in behalf of President Calvin Coolidge. Senator Johnson passed through Bismarck this morning on his way to Beach where he speaks this after- noon, He will return to Dickinson to speak tonight. He speaks Tuesca: afternoon at 0 in the Palace thea- ter, Mandan, mes to Bisma ck to speak : | noted figure in life in the nation, will also t Jamestown before coming marek, Definite arrangements as to where he will speak had not been made today. He is regarded as one of the foremost students of poli- tical and financial problems, and Coolidge campaign managers feel they wereefortunate in getting him in the state to spe Farge, Mar. 10.—Senator Hiram | Johnson, candidate for the Republi- can presidential nomination, arrived in North Dakota again today to open a serie# of about 10 addresses at several towns and cities throughout | the state. He will remain in the state until Saturday night or Suad: and then will wage his campaign with addresses in South Dakota, prey tory to the March 25 primary there, The announced ‘itinerary of the California senator in this state is as follo Monday, Beach and Dickinson; Tuesday, Mandan and — Bism Wednesday, Jamestown; T! , Hey City; Friday, Minot; Satutcay, rgo and HAGEN WILL GO TO TRIAL First Scandinavian-American Bank Case Opens Tomorrow pos ibly Devils Lake Trial of H. J. Hagen, former presi- dent of the Scandinavian-American Bank of Fargo, now defunct, is to be started in district court here tomor- row, the first of several trials gro ing out of indictments of the Cass county grand jury. Attorney-General George Shafer was in Grand korks today where he, with George Bangs, special assistant, will conduct the prosecution. BEACH YOUTHS PLEAD GUILTY Admit Theft of U.S. ‘ Sacks Mail Waldo Neudeck, 22, and Thomas MeNeese, 22, pleaded guilty in fed- eral court /today to stealing U. S. mail sacks from the railroad station at Beach, after the government has spent two days in presenting its case against them, The third defendant, Arthur Tuttle, 17, continued to stand trial. Sentence was not pronounced on Neudeck and McNeese. The governor had presented in evi- dence confessions made by Neudeck and McNeese, which they, maintained were obtained under threats and in- timidatiom The court, however, ad- mitted‘them. The ‘first witness called today by the government was D. M. Cooper, telegraph operator, who was asked to testify to show Tuttle’s familiarity with the Beach station. At ‘the conclusion of the govern- ment’s case, Judge Miller sustained a motion to dismiss the case against Tuttle, and announcéd Neudeck and McNeese would be sentenced later. Neudeck and McNeesé were sen- tenced to 14 months each in the fed- | eral penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, gy Judge Miller this after- noon, f !found the senate investigating | Which THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE NEW TORNT0 BE GIVEN TO OIL INQUIRY Will Begin Digging Into Re- ports of Stock Gambling, Political Efforts INJUNCTION ARTED Preliminary Hearing to be Held in Federal Court in Government’s Case Mar. 10.—Harry F. rand a battery, of six at- ys departed today for Chey- «, wyoming, to contest the governments action to cancel the Teapot Dome leases and express- ed confidence of ultimate victory and vindication, 10.—(By the The new week of the oil ing: Washington, M P.) mittee still digging into the pile of telegrams it has subpoenaed but p) ning soon to broach new suppii evidence. These include the findings of au- ditors assigned to study the books of | brokerage firms to determine the ex- tent of dealings by offic stock before and after the le the naval rgserves and the r that oil interests sought to influe the Republican presidential ation in 1920, In addition the new week marks the initiation of court proceedings growing out of the inquiry—a preli- minary hearing to be held in federal district court at Cheyenne, Wyoming, nomin- of oil in the Teapot Dome ,butes of his SMALLEST BABE WEIGHS ONLY TWEI 10.— Henry, 7E OUNCES Mar. med to be the tiniest baby Ganze, in the world. He weighs only 12 oun and stretches himself out to ah ht inches. Henry was born on Saturday night to Mrs, Henry Ganze of Melrose Park, a suburb, ang both mother and son are doing nicely, the doctor said. DENBY QUITS AS SECRETARY, GIVEN PRAISE 200 Officers of Na vy and Ma-} rine Corps Praise Him He Field for Secretary of Ni Quits Office However, Greatly rowed by Cooli Washington, Mar, 10. (Ry P.)-Seeretary Denby became effe department, a © tod: peiates in the am trying,” he told dic with my face toward the ¢ Mr. Denby's retirement is th y amid the them SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED the A. resignation tri- vy “to nemy.” je first break in the cabinet during President Coolidge’s ad successor has though the f have been on application by the government} the last few d special counsel for a temporary in-|ment is made, junction to restrain the Mammoth! Roosevelt will {Gil Company from further extraction | ing Secretary ministration not been sele ield ani a Until an ap Assistant be in charge a. understood to narrowed considerably ‘See! doh ed al- in ppo nt- retary s Acts The list of eligibles mentioned to F aaron Bee een By ueceed Mr, Denby has dwindled to STORES E RAT TUGH RUAN A ai ee oove, Dixon sot Montana’, James ck gotiated by him with Albert B, Fall : ae secretacy of the intering ang’stan.{Davidson, Republican national com- Ba ccrecurs ox aene, ier woesantl SEN ai tteamanieeronieMlehiennaanletorni: ed by Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy. Li action is to follow southern California against the Ps er Representative The President is exp Foss of Hline ected momentar- American Petroleum Company for]! te announce his selection, , which FE. L, Doheny obtained the} The retiring seeretary devoted his lease on naval re: No, 1 in that} time today to business of the depzrt- state. The oil committee also has; ment requiring his personal before it the nomination of Samuel tion and to taking the oath as Knight of San Francisco to as|Jor in the marine corps’ reserves, a 1 counsel for the government |Commission he surrendered when ‘he Aiieeute ver sections of {entered the cabinet. He will return the Elk Hill reserve which are being|to Detroit shortly and is expected operated by the Standard Oil Com-|t© announce then his plans for the pany of California having been| future, particularly with reference granted to that state as non-school|to reports that he intends to seek mineral lands on its admission to, the Republican nomination for Unit- statehood: ed States Senator. The public hearing will not be re-| At a farewell dinner in‘his honor sumed until tomorrow. Owen J. t night he told 200 Navy and Mar- Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, special; ine officers that ‘he had served counsel for the government in pros-| through th wa -with Spuin, the ecution of the oil suits, will leave | World War and that revolving about Washington today for Wyoming to|the oil investigation and declared put before the federal court their|“this third war has been more bitter application for temporary restraining order against the Mammoth com-} Admiral Coontz characterized him They will go to California] as “upright, and ever-lastingly rd to bring similar action | honest” and Major-General Lejcune seninst the Pan American Petroleum jof the Marine Cot found him Jeon, clean and pure inside and —— out.” To these tributes Mr. Roose- rake crea cine he, was “courageous | AGED MANDAN WOMAN DIES Mrs. W. Lanterman Suc- cumbs in Los Angeles Mrs, W. A. Lanterman, dent of Mandan since 18! , died yes- terday afternoon at her winter home in Los Angeles of gangrene poisoning set in following the amputa- fiontaniel limpet iMere rentaraay ita survived by her husband, two daugh- ters, Mrs. E. A. Ripley and W. H. Ordway, and one son, Horace, who is employed in the chemical engin- | cering laboratories of the Southern Pacific Railway. Interment will take | plece irf Los Angeles Tuesday, EF, R.| Lanterman of Mandan is 4 nephew of the deceased woman. SS i Weather Report | e For twenty-four hours ending at noon today. Temperature at 7 a. m. 3 Highest yesterday ..... | teEeee yesterday 6| Louisville, last night SIA. PL) Pree jitation Highest wind velocity P) than any. gaged in a w his erstwhile and his integrity unswerving. CORRESPONDENT OF BOSTON IN CITY ON TOUR James C. White « of | Boston, repre- senting the Boston Herald and other New England and Sunday in B pap stern tour in the of political conditions, Mr. spent Saturaay marek, being en- study White recently returned from Poland, where he was correspondent talked to prosperous. several state oMiaials: oland, he said, i local of the Philadelphia Public Ledge for five years. P. sonably s rea- Mr. White here citizens and KILLS MAN WHO EMPLOYED HIM Self-Defense to be Plea of Louisville Salesman Ky., Mar. Police have before them to- Olday the confession of William . 7|31, a salesman who shot and friend and former em- 10.- (By “he For Bismarck and vicinity: Increas- | ployer, ‘Richard Heaton, 33, a mem- ing cloudiness tonight, probably be-|ber of the merchandise brokerage coming unsettled Tuesday. Warmer.|firm of Heaton and, Fisher after For North Dakota: Increasing|Heaton had kept him a prisoner for cloudiness tonight probably becoming unsettled Tuesday. Warmer tonight and east and central Portions Tues- day. WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area has Moved to the lower Great.Lakes region and Precipitation ocefred iN the M sippi Walley and Great Lakes region. PEACE OFFICERS ARE REJECTED rat, Republican, New Jersey, for730 year endowment policies payable at e age of 62 but the methods of fig: uring” the efi: of the policies ‘has not, he undetermined, ‘ Washington, Mar. 10.—Honduran revolutionists have rejected over- tures made by’ several central Amer- ican Republics to restore peace and government in that country, _ Another low pressure area, Aecompan ied by warmer weather prevails over the Roeky Mountain region and pre- cipitation occurred over the north’ Pacific coast states. High pressures accompanied by fair, cold ‘weather prevails over the Plains States. ~ ' | ¢, ORRIS W. ROBERTS, - Meteorologist. two days in a room while he method- ically prepared to perform an opera- tion. Frank Cordell, a private detective of Indianapolis wa charged with kidnaping Gates. le where he t® be returned to Louisv $s under arrest there He is fled after having aided Heaton, the police say, in seizing Gates aud re- movirig him to a house which view of multilating Gates. Three other persons have appar- ently was rented by Heaton with th been questioned and two of them released. Heyde Conrad, a theater. organist and nd of Hea’ ton, who spen tthe night in the house on Thursday. was held on a’ conspiracy charge. | | FINAL-EDITION PRICE FIYE CE REMOVEBODIES FROM UTAH COALMINE ALL OF 175 MINERS GIVEN UP AS KILLED 9 Bodies Recovered by Today from Recesses of Coal Mine EXPLOSION oon TERRIFIC 800-Pound: Steel” Door Hurled Half Mile by the Force of Explosion Castle Gate, Twenty-two bodies hud heen’ re- covered at noon today from the Utah Fuel Company's mine No. 2 in which 175° men were en- tombed Saturday morning, Smoke and gas accumulated in the far part of the escape-way of the mine and is proving a handicap in rescue work. Castle Gate, Utah, Mar. 10,—Nine- teen bodies had been, recovered from the Utah Fuel Company mine No. 2 at 12 o'clock today. Many more have been definitely located, according to reports coming to the surface. Res- cue work is being rushed and it is cted that nightfall will see a r portion of ‘the mine investi- cations are that none of the who were entombed by the triple explosion urday morning will be found All available trucks have been call- ed into service to haul bodie: he latest bodies to be recovered e blackened and burned about the ce and hands but identification is easier than for those first brought to the surface. Ten undertakers are working at the temporary morgue in the Knights of Pythias hall. They say bodies ean be handed as fast as they are taken from the mine. 1 headway d about through crews held ba aliv in the rescue work midnight and continu- until morning. The all day Sunday by fire and cay ns began rescue work with renewed vigor about & o'clock last night after they had successfully combutteq Before 9 o'clock a force of was engaged in the relief work at one timé. » By mid- night the work was progressing with a vigor which predicted an early end to the labors, Gas Disappearing The poisonous gas, arch enemy of the -rescue crews, was disappearing in many portions of the mine, ac- cording to reports, and in many parts of the mine crews were carrying im their investigations, Relief stations and first-aid depots have been established the workers made headway. Airlines and water lines have been laid as the men ad- vance, and no chances are taken of other members of the relief force being killed Last night, was one of gloom and sorrow. The single street of the town was crowded with relatives of those entombed and with those who had volunteered to aid in the relief wgrk. Sleep came only to those who hag grown weary by. watching, Reports from the mine were cur- rent throughout the night. A rumor of a fresh fire startled the town but this proved false. Different storic were told of the progr made by the relief crews but through it aif there remained constant the failing hope of those praying that the min ers had been benefitted by the “one chance in a thousand.” Governor There Governor Maybe is on the scene, So is Dan Harrington, veteran of the U. S, Bureau of Mines. J. W. Rich- ardson, head of the disaster relief section of the Pacific division of the Req Cross, arrived yesterday. Frank Cameron, the vice-president and gen- eral manager, arrived also from Cal- ifornia. Other officials of the com- pany and the state are at the mine. The destructive explosion occurred from some yet unknown cause Satur- day morning about 8:15, First came a terrific blast which hurled tim- bers, pipitg and rails across the gulch, a distance of several thousand feet. The 800- shound steel door of the escape v as hurled a half mile. The second blast came a min- ute later and in 20 minutes came the third. The relief and the reconstruc- tion started at once and have been carried on continuously. MEMBERS OF BOARD NAMED re. W. Ross of Grand Forks has een named to succeed G. L. Ireland as a member of the board of manag- ers of the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks and Geo. H, Wilder of Grand Forks has been appointed by the Industrial Commission to succeed J. F. MeGrann, TAKE CORN CUP TO SARGENT CO. The L. B, Hanna sweepstakes corn cup, won by Sargent county, at the winter corn show, will be taken to Forman tomorrow by ‘A. F, Bradley, secretary, of the Association of Com- merce; Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Joseph Kitchen and Com- missioner of Immigration J. A. Kit- chen. Mr, Hanna will go to Forman from Fargo, The cup will be presented Wednes: day, an all-day. celebration being planned at Forman.