The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1924, Page 1

BY DR. COULTER . almost 10 million acres larger than f jy Wy } WEATHER FORECASTS Snow tonight. Saturday part- ly cloudy. ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS | COOLIDGE RAPS SENATE COMMITTEE STATE I$ HELD GREAT EMPIRE Marvelous Potential Sources of Wealth in North Dakota . y ‘Are Cited By Him AN AMERICAN STATE! Finds That Percentage of Amercian Born Is High; Reaffirms His Faith , April 10—A \grvat! empire of undeveloped resources— | agriculture, coal, and other sources of wealth—-with a total land area of 45 million acres, being larg- er than the great state of Missouri, Fargo, N. D, Iowa, greater than Michigan, Mlinois and Wisconsin, and nearly as large as Ohio and Indiana or New York and Pennsylvania combined—such is the state of North Dakota. The state has a greater land area than all of the New England states put together, and if it had been one of the eastern group of states might have been carved up into a group of two, three, four or five states instead gf being the one great empire that AM is today. “But land area 1s not the best measure of North Dakota’s great- ness,” declares Dr. John Lee Coul- ter, president of the North Dakota Agricultural college, in an article in the current number of College and State published at the college. “Land in farms is a better mea- are,” says Dr. Coulter. “Here we find that North Dakota excels in greater measure than in mere scope of territory, excelling most of the reat agricultural states of the na- ion. In improved land in farms till greater leadership is establish- a Improved Much Land “In 1920 the farmers of North Da- ‘ota had reduced to an improved con ition practically twenty-five million eres of land, which is more than our times the‘ acreage of improved “ond in farms of the six New England cates. “The improved land in farms jn orth Dakota is equal to all of the iproved lund utilized by the farm- rs of New York and Pennsylvania smbined and is greater than the im- land area of three such states ifornia, Washington and Ore- This last statement will sur- vise Many, because living as far st us we do we think of the states € California, Washington and Ore- on as being great empires in them- Ives, It must therefore be suraris- rg to those who have not made a udy of North Dakota and hez re- ff ureas to find that here farmers ijwve more improved land in their rms than the three great Pacitic tes combined. The farms on the Pacific coast ve small, thus while we in North Viakota have only a little more than 90 farms, the three Pacific states . | Wve 284,000 farms or approximately “Our own state has less than 700,- ‘10 people, whereas the three Pacific voast statés have five and one-half ‘:iMion people and New York and onnsylvania combined, because of ‘neir great cities and industrial ac- -‘vities, have a population of 19 mil- von. Ours is a great empire of un- coveloped resources,—agricultural, val, clay and other great sources of --ealth, We must patiently look for- ‘ard toward the greater utilization ** these resources as fast as our : ower and strength permits. No one ‘an gainsay the statement that the wealth is there, but as yet only de- \cloped to a very limited extent, “Not uncommonly the statement is made that North Dakota is a state vrade up largely of foreign born cit- ens, This is far from the truth. n examination of the latest. Federal report, that of 1920, shows that 515,- ‘99 of the people in North! Dakota sre born within the confines of the d States, while only 131,863 ere born in other countries, An American State “Of those who are listed as for- ign born, more than 15.000 reported heir birthplace as Canada. Thus it ‘ust appear that very rapidly this vonderfy] state of ours has become trictly"an American state with four- ‘igtha ‘of her people born in this, our ofn country. “Another contrast might be ‘made concerning the people of North Da- kota with other parts of the United States, and that is that North Dako- ta is a state almost exclusively made up of white people, there being .less than 7,000 Indians, Chinese, Japanese and Negroes, of whom the great ma- jority are Indians and therefore may truly be included as real natives of the great northwest. “The population of North Dakota is rapidly ineréasing when compari- son is made of North Dakota with the United States as a whole. While there has been during the last five years period of difficulty, of de- pression in agriculture, none-the-lesp cur state is holding its own with mos' rts of the country, and, With, a restganized type of farming, there ean be no question but that it will go forward by leaps and boundy— both in population and in the devel- (Continued on page 8) THEY’LL LOOK AFTER TEAPOT se iwo men will rule the 1 h decide whether the government or Harry Sinclair’s company to hav it. They are Albert E. (eft), representing the Sinclair Consoli- dated Ou Conypany, A TRADEPAGEANT IS APPLAUDED BY MANY HERE Riot of Color Greets Large Audience at the Auditorium Last Night for Mardi Gras and ENTERTAINMENT VARIED Mardi Au- Bismarck’s second annual le, staged at the ast night, of a large audien them a beautiful di styles, heard dancing of youngsters, and numerous “stunts” » large num- ber of bu ed to make the e program reflected the ex forts of the Busine won the applause who saw before of spring ¢ and clever fine mus stive ef- Profes- d Women's club, which had the and arrangements in entire charge. The trade earn prologue in which program al opened with a Missouri family was shown arriving in Bismarck in a beautiful new limousine and was much taken by the appearance of the eity at first &! ince, but with th “show me" spirit accepted the invi- tation of A. F, Bradley, Secretary of the Association of Commerce, who greeted them, to prove to them that they were in the'best little city the country. “The family, the gorys—C. C. Converse, Izabella Cock- rane, Mary Cayou and Brennan Briggs Davis—was greeted also by| Mayor A. P, Lenhart and were iiustl- ed in a hotel by George Owens and Harold McDonald as lively bell hops. Mr, Bradley informed them they ar- rived at an opportune time—that business. men were holding a_ big trade carnival, and they took seats in a box to witness the pageantry. Eighteen of “MacLeod’s boys” in gym suits performed stunts for the audience, which won much applause. The main scene of the program was the pageantry of the business firms, which included novel creations rang- ing from displays of hats and gowns worn by mannequins to grotesque figures, Excelient dancing-by many small girls ‘in the various features won loud applause from the audience, and the fun-making events provoked an equal amount of enthusiasm. The whole pageant depicted the widespread and comprehensive field covered by Bismarck merchants in all lines of endeavor. Those In Stunts The “Y” leaders partici the stunts of were: Walter Leroy, Bob Nuessle, Fred Landers, Gord Landers, Norris Fitch, Harold Fitch, Roy Kelsven, Ike Hol- ta, Cecil McCrorie, Ernie Benser, El Watkins, Ray McGettigan, Art Whit- temore, Vernon King, Paul Russell, Francis Hillman, Paul Hedstrom, Sty Marquette. The individuals listed in the vari- ous presentations were: Willa Newton, Ma rie Bailey, Helen Targart, Lillian Rigler, Beve’ ly Jensen, John Mullin, Betty Mullin, Mrs. J. D. Thomas, Mrs. G. R. Thomp- son, Emma Hattlestad, Louise Berndt, Jackie Bankston, Christine Huber, Robert Kling, Margaret, Wynkcop, Odessa Schipfer, Ida Iverson, Edith Bolton, FEdlin Cedergren, Audrey Rohrer, Zona Hoffman, Mrs, A. C. Sakariassen, Mrs. Gertrude Hegge, Mrs. Elizabeth Toppins, Emma Sch- munk, Phyllis Yochim, Eugene H, Hendrickson, Robert F. Hendrickson, Mrs. W. J. Targart, Mary Bankston, Peggie Bankston, Jackie Bankston, Jean Bankston, Mabel Bashara, Myra Burbage, Ruth Clausen, Rhoda Clau- sen, Mildred Boyd, Mary Cayou, Agnes Nielson, Bertha Hanson, Al- bert Cook, Eleamer Ceok, Elsie Mae (Continuea on page 3) ating ig “MacLeod’s bays pot Dome oil grant until the courts the receivers |ELECTED TO Franzo H. Crawford, son and. Mrs, L. F, Cra a former student of the of North Dakota, Rhodes sche now an instructor in Northwestern Universi ty, hal for next ey pa It To Writing OPPOSE MORE “gentlemen's agreement” which J reduced to first time respondence pncrete terms. an exchange between in Ss greement™ dor's letter to § nied charges by fic been observed scrupulously. asserted that Japan is continue the arrangement with full promise but would Jpok, with s upon proposals; for a more exclusion provision. ador The ambas that full con given to the ation “grave WEATHER REPORT noon today. Temperature at 7 a. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night ... Highest wind velocity m, ' For Bismarck and vicinity: tonight. For North Dakota: | colder northwest portion. partly cloudy. A low pressure area is Lakes region and upper er over those regions. Cl, clear; Clo, cloudy; Sno, snow; Fo, foggy; PC, part cloudy. FELLOWSHIP of chemistry s appointed to a fellowship in Harvard | IMMIGRATION | AGREEMENT IS STATED AGAIN Secretary Hughes and Jap- anese Ambassador Reduce Cc Washington, April 11.—The famous anese immigration into the United States was curtailed has been f Mr. been UTS under State Gathering to CONVENTION OF {PROSECUTION DEMOCRATS IS | OF LAND CASE CALLED TODAY) WAS ORDERED; be Jamestown on April 29, Campbell Announe TO NAME A in| Witness CUS EXPLAINS Before Daugherty Committee Asserts Attor- ney-General Acted TIS ACTIONS Chairman Elected by Valley} Went Into Ma(ter on the Re- City Meeting Announces Purpose of Gathering CALL ISSUED Minot, N. D., April 11.—A call for a state-wide Democratic con- ference and a meeting of the state central committee to be held in Fargo on April 25 at ‘11 a. m. “to indorse a complete Democratic state ticket and to plans for the June primary mn” was issued here today- under the signatures of G. 8. Wooledge of Minot as chairman of the state central committee and Arthur S. Miller of Fargo, secretary. The call issued here today in- dicates that the strife within the Democratic in the state } us to the recent president primary has not subsided, inasmuch as ispatches received here today from Bismarck and Mandan state that J. E. Campbell, elected as chairman of the state central committ at the Valley City meeting of Democrats, also has issued a call for a convention to he held at Jamestown on April 29. Agreement has been reached among leaders of both factions party which some of the of the Democratic con- ‘tended at the polls on March 18 for the convening of a State convention in Jamestown on April 29, it was said by party leaders here today. James Campbell of Mandan, elected chai mittee at the un of the State Com- alley City meeting be- fore the primary election, was to confer with Democrats of his own and the so-called Wooledge faction to , on the byec A full state ticket will be indors- ed by the Democrats in the conven tion April 29, Mr. Campbell said in Mandan this afternoon, after an- nouncing definitely that the call iv going out today, He will issue a call for county conventions and provided for one del- egate-at-large for each count one delegate for each 200 Democ for the| votes cast at the last election. of cor- Mr. Campbell said that the Dem ecretary | crats were opposed to further fusion Hughes and Ambassador Haniha In reaffirming the principle of the the Japanese ambassa- y Hughes de-{ Coast Sen- ators that the understanding has not It was willing in of its observance, rious doubts ‘ai expressed would consequences” which the proposed exclusion clauses in the immigration bill would bring “on otherwise happy ,and_ benef relations between the two nations. For twenty-four hours ending at 1 WEATHER FORECASTS Saturday partly cloudy. Snow tonight; Saturday GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS centered over the Southwest this morning and precipitation occurrgd at almost all stations over the orthern Reeky Mountain region. Scattered snow flurries also occurred over tne North-Central States: The high pres- sure area covering the upper Great Mississippi Valley is accompanied by cool weath- Temperatures have risen in the Dakotas. where temperature changes been slight. North Dakota Corn and Wheat Stations. Amenia .... 38 7.0. BISMARCK 37 28 0 Bowbells ... 39 12 12 Devils Lake 18.02 Dickinson 28 .05 Dunn Center . 23 0 Ellendale 36 24 01 Fessenden . 42 18 .b2 Grand Forks . 30°15 0 Jamestown . 88 19 0 Langdon 26 15 0 Larimore 35 15 0 Lisbon 38 22.0 Minot ... 39 18 0 Napoleon 38 19 0 Pembina 28 10 0 Williston ... 36 26 0 Moorhead *. 3414 0 to force, rastic hope be 30 - 381 . 18 » 28 - 18 Snow Else- have cl Clo Clo Sno Clo Clo Fo Sno Clo Clo Sno Clo cl Clo Clo Clo Clo PC with according to @ dan, and a fuli named. SUPREME COURT JUDGE local political. leaders. hi ssed surprise that Burle Spalding, chairman of the “Real Re publican” state committee which is- sued a call for the Jamestown con- vention, included in the offices for which candidates are to be indorsed, the office of supreme court judge. There is much opposition to bring: ing the judgeship into politi through indorsement of a candidat for’ the position. No candidate was Republ statement in ticket would be indorsed by the league for the one vacant place on the supreme bench, Independents There is some is and many feel the should do likewise. speculation as to whether there any connection between Spalding’s inclusion of this office and his re- puted desire for a seat on the sv- preme bench again, FOR DISTRICT JUDGE A lively fight for district judge west of the river impends. District Judges H. L. Berry, Thomas Pugh and F. B. Lembke are candidates for reelection. E. S. Johnson of Self- ridge recently announced himself as a candidate. Charles Simon of New England, now assistant attorney-gen- eral, said today he would enter the contest. Mr. Simon has practiced. law in New England for many years, and is still mayor of the town although holding a position as assistant at- torney-general, his resignation for this place being declined. Six can- didates for the judgeship will be nominated in June for the fall elec- tion, ‘ FOR COOLIDGE Magnus Snowfield, a LaFollette man elected delegate to the Repub- lican national convention, says that he will vote for President Coolidge on the first ballot and that if the race is between ,President Coolidge and Senator Johnson he will vote for Coolidge all the time. SHERMAN FOUND NOT GUILTY Grand Forks, April 11.— Sherman found not guilty and Heaton is sentenced to three- and-one-half years by Judge Kneeshaw. quest of the Defendants, Witness Says REFUSE RECORDS ngton Courthouse, 0. A refusal to produce the records of the Midland, Bank or to allow their clients to ap- pear in person before the Senate Daugherty investigating commit- tee was entered today by attor- neys for M. S. Daugherty, broth- er of the former Attorney-Gener- al. The refusal was final, the at- torneys said, and Chairman Brookhart notified them that proceedings charging M.S. Daugherty and his assoc with contempt of the Senate would be sought. Washington, April 11.--(By the A. 2.): The s! at-home section of the Daugherty investigation committee went on with its hearing today with Senator Moses, New Hampshire, pre- siding in the absence of Chairman Brookhart, and J. J. McGraw, Tulsa, Oklahoma banker, on the witness stand McGraw said he knew Harry M. Daugherty “very well” and also knew the defendants in the Miller Brothers Indian land frauds in Oklahoma. MeGraw former Republican national committeeman from Oklahoma and he explained his understanding of the political af- filiations of the members of the Miller Brothers group. He had a “gerte knowledge” of Miller's land deals, the witness said, but had not been consulted by them in the deals nor had he directly financed thos deals through his bank. After indict- ments were returned the Millers “talked” to him and he Iwi advised them to contest” “the case: Asked if he knew the report of Gox and Rankin, two investigators who inquired into the case, the wit- ness replied: “Oh, no, I don’t think I ever met those men.” SOUGHT DAUGHERTY One of the Mille ter the Hard- ing administration went in, came to him to get Daugherty’s attention at- tracted to the Cox and Rankin re- port. “I saw Attorney-G twice in 1921," Mac discussed the Cox and Rankin und I asked him to go into fit. McGraw quoted Daugherty as say- ing, “I'm going to prosecute these cases; there is nothing else for me to do.” Daugherty also told him, he id, that he was thinking of employing “prominent Democratic lawyer’ in the case. MeGraw recommended Judge Armstrong of Oklahoma but neral once or “We eport Daugherty selected former United States Attorney Peck. The witness told of conversations with Senator Harreld, Ok whose attitude toward the 's was “very vicious,’ he said. The Senator told him, he “did not want those hoys to get away with all those oil lands down there,” McGraw said. NO OIL THERE The witness said he had told Sena- tor Harreld there was “no oil in the lands” and ithat Senator Harreld S} went with him to see Daugherty and withdraw any statement he had made to Daugherty indicating that the case involved oil lands. The Millers never “contributed a dollar,” McGraw said, to any of his election expenses in Oklahoma. He was defeated for reelection as nation- al committeeman by the late Jake Hamon. He said he had never heard stories of extraordinary expenditures by Hamon in the Harding campaign until they came up before the Senate investigating committee, DAUGHERTY ON TRAIN Columbus, 0., April 11.—Senators Wheeler and Brookhart of the Daugherty investigating committee arrived here at 10:00 o'clock . this morning and left immediately for Washington Courthouse by automo- bile. Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney-General, who came to Ohio on the sume car with Senators Wheeler and Brookhart left the par- ty when the train arrived here, an- nounced that he intended to call on friends in Columbus. His presence on the same train, he said, was mere- ly a coincidence. The former Attorney-General, al- though not announcing hi plans, was expected’ to drive to Washington Courthouse, his former home, later in the FIDDLES IN JAIL Bakersfield, Calif, April 11. Eleanor Walling, 20-year-old bandit suspect, is not lonely any more in her cell in eeunty jail, for she has her violin, Jail attendants and other inmates attest to the fact that the girl is a real artist, She is saic to have toured the country as a vaude- ville violinist. A morning rainbow is regarded as a sign of rain; an evening rainbow, of fair. weather, REPARATION COMMISSION GIVE APPROVAL TO DAWES BODY REPORT Appreval Conditional Upon Acceptance by Germany of Plan —Will Hear German Rep resentatives on April 17 Paris, April 11.—(By the A. P.) The reparation commission to 5 ficially approved the formal report | submitted te it) Wednesda: b. y the expert committee on German repara tions. ‘The recommendation of the repar- ution commission is that the report he approved conditional on — its 1 veptance by Germa The commis-! sion was unanimous in registering | its approval. MISSOURI IS NOW FALLING Missouri which rose for several days following the ice break-up, is now falling. river stage 7 o'clock this Morning’! was 8 feet, and had fallen three- tenths of a foot in the last 24 hours. No floods have been reported at any | points and danger of floods from the j iee run-out is past. HUNDREDS SAID | IN WANT FROM RIVER FLOODS Chicago Division of Red Cross | Sends Representative to | Investigate i HOUSES WASHED AWAY? | C6] = for dreds i ago, April 11,--A call for help] flood su declaring hun- | of families are in want of thousands of dol already has been caused b of the Belle Fourche riv received today from Bel South Dakota, by the cen-} division of the American Red and a relief worker ix on the Pers, hundreds damage waters. was The flood is in Butte South Dakota, and houses, furniture and other personal property have | been carried away by the flood. An appeal for financial assistance | and relief workers was made. i The flood began April 6 but is sumed by Red Cross officials to h | county, | | become w in view of the tele- grams received tod: No loss of life was mentioned | WATERS RECEDE | St. Paul, April 11,—Belated tele- | graph reports received here today from Belle Fourche, South Dakota, today said the flood waters of the Belle Fourche river receded several feet yesterday and that reports from upstream did not indicate a further DEBATEFUTURE OF H. STINNES BIG INTERESTS Administration of Wide- Spread Interests Will De- volve on Two Berlin, April 11,-—(By the A. P.)— Ge y's “strong man” of industry is gone with the p: ng of Hugo Stinnes and speculation is rife today as to the ultimate effect of his death on the interfial situation and in re- parations settlements, Next to the loss of his leadership over the industrial group which wields such important influence in the determination of the German re- | NEW j ranking Democrat on the committee, The reparation commission will the German representatives re- garding the report April 17, An official declaration by the com- mission signed by Louis Barthou, its president, 3 ting the experts re. port was issued this evening, The ununjmous decision of the commis. sion, says a Ha Agency st ment, was that the report offered practicable basis for the settlement of the reparation problem. LEADERS PLAN | FOR BATTLE ON INCOME TAXES Party Leaders in Senate Are Gathering Forces For Conflict on Floor BONUS TIMATE Big Life Insurance Company Offers to Underwrite All The Insurance Washington, April 11. ers in the Senate finance committee were busy today preparing reports on the tax reducting bill which will ibe submitted tomorrow or Monday and will form the basis of the con- test expected to begin next week on the floor. The main controy upon the income cans of the finance the Mellon rates into the and Democrats under ‘the of mmons of North Party lead- rsey will center x rate, Republi- committee voted bill or ive advanced a schedule calling f lower normal and higher surta rates. The committee will resume consid- eration of the soldiers’ bonus bill tomorrow, with Republicans support- ing the measure adopted by the House providing for 20 years endow ment life insurance policies and cash payments to veterans not entitled to more than $50 in adjusted ser credit Seek Explanations The committee has asked for ex- {planation for wide variation in the new estimates of the probable cost of this measure b overnment act- uaries. F, B. Brown, Veterans Bu- reau actuary, estimated the cost at $2,202,460,420 and Jos government actuar . In this connection Representative Barachach, New York, a Republican member of the ways and means com- mittee which framed the bill made public to a letter from R. V. Car. penter, actua of the Metropolitan Life 1 ce Company, quoting $2,206,233,948 as the amount for which that company would be will- ing to underwrite the insurance provided by the measure on the bi sis of the House committe’s figures as to the number of veterans who would be entitled to the insurance policies and their average age. Mr. Carpenter expressed the opin- ion that the difference between the government actuaries was largely one of viewpoint. OLIVER COUNTY HAS NO DOCTOR Oliver county has no doctor, The last physician in the county removed from Center several weeks ago, ac- cording to information here. A diph- theria scare at Sanger sent a state health department sanitary engineer there to investigat $35,000 TOBACCO BOX parations policy interest centers in the policy to be followed with regard to his manifold business interests, ! the main details of which were al-{ ways a matter of personal concern with him and which he continued to! supervise until the last. The administration of these inter- | ests will devolve on his sons, Edmund and Hugo Jr, both of whom have been in close touch with their fath-| er’s enterprises during the past five | years, London, April 11.—-In Caxton Hail, Westminster, reposes what is claim- ed to be the most wonderful tobac- co box in the world. More than 200 years ago it was bout for four ! pence. It was then so small it held only ‘three ounces of tobaeco, ‘Today it is more than four feet high and is insured for 7000 pounds. The secret of its value is that the original box is now enclosed in six others and exch is cased in silver, PROTECTION OF ANTELOPE SOUGHT BY SPORTSMEN IN WESTERN N. DAK. Protection of herds of antelope in western North Dakota is agitating sportsmen of the section, who want) to see the ‘remnants of great bands; of the fleet animals preserved. Dr.| H. L, Rice of Beach, member of the} state fish and game commission, is among those agitating protection of; the antelope. | “There is a band of 100 antelope in Golden Valley county near Square | Top Butte,” said Dr, Rice. “There are some herds both north and south of there. There are only a few hun- dred antelope left in the Unived\ States outside of Yellowstone Na- tional Park, and the sportsmen of the western part of the state want the North Dakota bands preserved. “Some time ago it was reported that the band was being hunted, and the sheriff went out and found blood which apparently was from a wound- ed antelope, Every effort. will be made to run down anyone found guil- ty of shooting an antelope.” Hungarian partridge also are being introduced in western North Dakota. Ten pair will be released im Golden Valley county. An equal number have been placed on Apple Creek near Bismarck and the farm of Thomas Hall west of the river, The Hungarian partridge is of the quail family, but twice as large. MESSAGE SENT AFTER LAWYER I$ EMPLOYED ‘Yells Members of Internal Revenue Committee to Stick To Constitution MELLON ANGERED cretary of Treasury Hints He Will Quit if Baiting Tactics Continue Washington, April 11.—President Coolidge in a message to the Senate today advised that body to maintain constitutional and legal rights conducting investigations The message, couched in direct guage, was occasioned by the ac- tion of the Senute committee investi- its in gating the internal revenue burcau in employing Francis J. Heney of California, as special prosecutor at the instance and at the expense of Senator Couzens of Michigan, a Re- publican member of the committee. The President supplemented _ his message with a lett om Secretary Mellon in whieh the treasury head declared that should “unnecessary interference” with the proper exer- cise of his duty be continued, “neith- er | nor any other man of character can longer take responsibility for the Treasury Employment of Heney was declar- ed by the President to be in confiict with law and a procedure likely to throw tne government into disorder. WALTON CASE ARGUED BEFORE HIGHEST COURT Former Oklahoma Governor's Counsel Make an Effort To Delay Case | Washington, April 11 One of the bitterest fights in the history of Am- erican jurisprudence was brought in- to the supreme court when ed for argument the appeal of form Governor John C. Walton to set aside his impeachment by. the Oklahoma legislature. ‘The federal district. court for western Oklahoma had refused to revi ment proceeding, the impeach- To the proceedings of the ,su- preme court were enlivened bypan effort by counsel for the former Governor to have consideration of the appeal postponed. Counsel for the Oklahoma House of Representa- tives and other defendants opposed the move, appeal of the former Goverror ed on the grounds that he been given a fair and im- partial trial in the impeachment pro- ceedings. He alleged that the Ku Klux Klan and other influences dom- inated the Oklahoma House in his impeachment and the Senate of that state in his trial. The lower Federal to take jurisdiction. SEEK U.S, ROAD IN SIOUX C0, Proposal Made to Secure Mili- tary Road on Reservation Court refused Ft. Yates, April 11.—Action has been taken on the part of Sioux county commissioners with the ap- proval of the state highway commis- sion towards the construction of a government road the count) ich will be a most important unit of the capital to capital Pierre to Bismarck high- way. Inasmuch as Sioux county has 713,000 acres of land of whieh onl 40,000 is owned by white set- tlers and subject to tax, the balance being held by the government for the Indians, an effort is being made to have the government bear the main expense of construction Persons in position to be familiar with the project declare there is every probability of the government constructing a “military road” acro the reservation for 27 miles. The road as laid out calls for the construction of two bridges, one over the Cannon Ball river nenr the Van Solen ranch and the other over the Grande river. TO GRANT DIVORCE At the conclusion of trial of the divorce case of Julia Wallenberger against Francis Wallenberger in dis- trict court, Judge Jansonius announ- ced he would grant a divorce to Mrs. Wallenberger and take the matter of custody of their child under ad- ment, Both parties live in Steele. NFLOWER | ‘SEED Hull, England, April 11.—A cargo from Novorossisk of 2000 tons of sunflower seed, said to be the Jarg- est consignment of this kind ever sent to England from South Russia, has been unloaded at Hull,