The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 1

a Mt | | } 5 \ 1 i <a Sc J i waa WEATHER FORECASTS Fair tonight and Saturday. Not ‘much change in’ temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE V“oVueC'V—cTreniz—: FINAL EDITION [_rNaLeomion | PRICE FIVE CENTS | COOLIDGE BANS CUBAN ARMS SALES: CIVIC AFFAIRS - PROGRESS TOLD TOA. OFC. BODY Three Committees — Garden, Winter Sports, Juvenile > Bands-Make Their Reports PLAN GARDEN CONTEST: Would Offer Prizes—Juvenile Band Committee Shows Surplus in Treasury Reports of the garden con mittee the winter sports committee and the Juvenile Band committe pre? sented to the board of directors of the Association of Commerce in ses- sion last night. Phe board members expressed appreciation of the work of all committees, Secretary Bradley reported. The garden committee, C. L, Young chairman, in 2 report proposed: To make recommendations to the public at stated intervals as to the kinds of flowers, and possibly shrubs, which can be grown success- fully here, and giving other informa- were tion; to have flower exhibits and offer prize With regard to prize contests it was proposed in the report to have a tulip exhibit May 24, an iris and peony exhibit about June 15, a yen- eral perennial exhibit about the last of June, with special prizes probably for columbines, larkspur, various types of daisies and pansies; exhibit Fs ae dasseias of annuals and gladioli about August} Regarded as Intellectual 15; exhibit of asters and dahlias] ppodigy y about Sept. 15. Prodig; The board accepted the report and ——— granted the appropriation asked, | Race nCninninn which probably will not exceed Sports Body Report The winter sports committee re- port, submitted by Benton Baker, S. W. Corwin and L. S. Craswell, chair- man; said 2 permanent water main had’ been provided to the ball park and the warming house is fully equipped ready for use next winter so that little work will be neces to provide a skating rink next w: ter. The ‘committee had also ar- ranged to build a toboggan slide but lack of snow prevented. Contributions te the fund were $664.50, and there a slight balance on hand, The report said that the William Moore school cost the com- mittee nothing, but the rink at . Mary's schoo! was almost a total fail- ure because water could not be re tained. The ball park rink much used, in spite of mild weather. The committee thanked I. P. Baker for granting use of the land free and G W. Haggart of Fargo for a building used as a warming house. nd Committee The Juvenile Band committee re- port was presented by Geo. D. Mann, chairman. The committee, in s on. April 10, recommended that the work be continued another year. The com- mittee also extended its thanks to L. C. Sorlien, director, “for his excel- lent work and remarkable progress he has made with the band” and also suggested “that the board of direc- tors adopt resolutions commending his work and thanking the members of the Board of ucation for their kind cooperation. \ ixamination of the financial statement,” the report continued, “indicates that there is no necessity to ask the Board of Education for additional funds as‘the Juvenile Band has been financed to date with- out a penny from the coffers of the Association and without making an, solicitation for funds. With a con: eert scheduled for May 30th, suffi- cient funds will be secured to ance the work through until October first when another benefit can be easily arranged. “The committee wish to thank the Board of directors for their earnest cooperation and the public for their patronage and support sof this com- munity civie enterprise.’ The financial statement showed: Receipts totalling $1,989.17 from June 1, 1923 to April 1, 1923, from two band benefits, band concert of- fering, ‘Gold Star” band benefit, in- struments sale and methods and # music sale, Expenditures were shown to total 1,849.29, leaving a balance on April » 1924 of $139.88. Valuable instruments owned by Association of Commerce were listed as follows: three baritones, two bass drums and cymbals, two eb altos, Y three bass horns, oné melaphone. HEAR MR. DEVINE The board also heard the proposal of Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Devine for the sending of a Burleigh county exhibit to county fairs in states to the south to en- courage immigration. The board took the matter under advisement. The board authorized A. F, Biad- ley, secretary, to install a date ser- vire, under which all organizations will be notified of coming events, so that conflicts may Be avoided, is SCALDED, DIES Jamestown, N. D., May 2.—The ‘little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Funk, 101 5th street W., died early yesterday from the results of scalding, Wednesday. The child, a little over a year old, pulled a boiler of hot water over onto itself while Sdolaying arouid where the mother was washing. ee Unusual clearness of the atmos- phere and unusual brightness or twinkling of the stars indicate rain. Wanda Stopa, Bohemia’ s “Golden Sun,” Ends Brilliant Career by Murder, Suicide WANDA ELAI rOPA Remembered in Artist Colony For Her Splendid Work; Chicago, Hl, May 2.—On that bis rare, blue fence back of the studio who kiHled herself after committing nd then taking her own life le her ¢ » home three year , it nbered that the girl inted a xorgeous yellow rising sun. vefr is 1eme ! All the and near artists put their 1 on that fence in the early summer, just after they | had moved into the studio. The house was to be a real democracy of art: and intellect, with no rules except freejom and sprightly. con-) versation, But summer ended, the community | broké as a nest of jaded gossip and | the house was razed, The startling | back fence with its fi of tom-| ts, wild flowers dancing nimphs} and sunrises went with the rest, Into the studio's phere of wit and liberty Stopa, fresh frdém hom Stopa, fresh from her was an intellectual pro dominating emotional nature. Just how impossible it proved for her to dive into that glowing fla without singeing he body, mind} znd soul, it just now becomes up- parent. youthful came Wanda LEY SMITH ‘SENATE TRIES SPEEDING UP OF TAX BILL and of Golden Sun Has Fallen | The golden sun she pictured her self to be in the morning of her} emancipation has fale from heaven, | It made its final plunge when she a camteaed rushed, murder-bent, to the home ot | Night Sessions Are Threat- Y. Kenley Smith and in a fr ened by Smoot Unless Prog’ Is Made ca shot his aged and unoffending care- taker, Henry Manning, H Wunda’s father was one of the best | wodelers inthe scultpure studios, hoth here und abroad. Her mother Vashington, M (By the A. was of titled Polish family, and her, P,)—Entering the second week of bearing todiy indieates that breed-| consideration of the tax reduction ing. The home was sct/ bill, the Senate tried again today to at a high stand speed up the discussion with spokes- Wanda herself was kept diligently | m at her studies, and when admitted to n of both ties urging prompt action. the bar, a little more than three! Democrats at a conference 1 years ago, she was the state’s young-/ night went on record favoring a est woman lawyer. speed-up program while Chairman Then She Was Wed Smoot of the finance committee, in About that time her parents re-}charge of the bill for the majority, turned to Poland on a visit, and y / Sbrentened night ses- Wanda,moved to the little Bohegia of the North Side studig, Inda-|s pendence and individuality were the watchwords. The parties usually were just be- ginning at midnight, to the disgust of the neighbors. One girl would smoke cigars instead of cigarets, just to be different. Costumes mocked av styles and conformed to the wearer's | tast. Smith, the quiet, cynical advertis- fa result of two conferences, the Ddecrats were prepared today to make a practically united stand for the Simmons income tax schedule and changes in the corporation and estate taxes in contest will center on these provisions, although an extended fight for greater publi- y of tax returns also has been in- dicated. ing man lived in the studio that sum- mer. Also his wife, a remarkable pianist, Also Wanda met Vladmir Ctus- cow, who said he was a’ Russian count, and they were married. (Continued on page 6) LABOR SCARCE AT PORTAL Portal, N. D., May 2.—Farm labor is reported as scarce here, and farm- ers are offering $50 a month wage Wheat seeding is now general in this section. SEES HUGE INCREASE IN CORN Judge Monson Holds Statute TWO AMERICAN AVIATORS AR YET UNFOUN Wireless Reports Say Martin, Round World Flyer. | TOWNLEY AND HASTINGS FREE OF STATE CASE of Limitations Bars Prose- morning on the ground of the North lock this morning Dakota statute of limitations. States Attorney Horner, however, ited up to lo Time) according to & Coast cific cless dispatch received here from declared that the question of bring- ing up the same action in another Cordova, Alaska, court is bein nsidered and will he See pee decided upon immediately after con- SYSTEMATIC SEARCH sultation with the Attorney-General’s | (Aboard the Haida, Coast ¢ office Cutter, searching for Major The statute, which Judge Monson | by wireless to the A. P. through held was applicable in this case,| tevin, British Columbia) May 2 provides and requires that an action | Search for ederick L, Mar- must be started within three years | tin, missing n world flight after the emh lement is committed. | commander, been divi into The alleged embezzlement of funds, | four parts arly today was pro- ceeding systematically, UNION LABEL LAW TEST MAY BE INSTITUTED belonging to the Consumers United was committed, according to testimony of the state, on Sep- 1918, and the complaint by J. W. Brinton, former private secretary to Townley, on December 31, 1923. The North Dakota statute provides that “an information for felony must be filed within three years after its There is an exception, law further provides es, the tember was filed commission, however, The that “if when the time of the offense is committed the defendant is out of ~ Editaria 7 the state the information may be| Attorney for Editorial Assoc filed within the time herein limited, ter his coming within the state, and no time durigg which the defend- ant is not an inhabitant of, or usual- ly resident within the state” is part of the limitations. Bitter Fight The whole question as to whether the statute was effective in this ¢ hinged on interpretation of the lat- ation Appears Before Printing Commission BIDS ARE RECEIVED John F. Sullivan of Mandan, as at- torney for the North Dakota Editor- ial Association and representing at ter paragraph, ‘Today's decision brings to, an end. one. of the bitter est leg: fights ever witnessed at a preliminary hearing in North Dakota courts. der of Wahpeton nd John Burke, attorneys for the defendant, and Special Prosecu- tor Arthur LeSueur and States At- torney Horner engaged in several hot verbal clash other ative to operation of the Non- partisan League during its control of the state administration. SAYS PRE-WAR STUFF SERVED . AT DINNERS Kenesaw Mountain Landis Gives Committee “Dope” on Prohibition the time the interests of Walker Grothers‘of Fargo, served notice on the state printing and publication commission at its meeting lage yes- terday that steps probably would be taken to test-the Union. Labe! Law, under which the typographical union label is required to appear on all state documents S. MeDorald and Charles L. Crum, attorney, ap- pearing for the Bismarck Typogra- phical Union, resisted any consider- ation of bids for printing from ron- union shops. This was the only flurry at the session of the printing commission which sat yesterday to receive and Yabulate biennial bids. No awards were made nor will be until Frank Milhollan, member of the commis- sion, returns to the city, He was unable to be present at the session yesterday. Mr. Crum started the ball rolling by ing that all bids from non- union shops be rejected without be- ing opened. Mr, Sullivan retorted that the bids should be received and intimated strongly that the validity of the daw would be tested. President Dodson of Walker Broth- ers, in reply to a sug ion made by challenging each us well as the defendants, rel- the ——— Commi of Agriculture and L Wavhington, May 2.—With the pic-| hor J, A. Kitchen that non-union turesque emphasis that made him] pids be rejected, said that he insist- famous long before it took him from] eq pon his bid being opened and the federal bench to become base-| read, and especially a letter accom- ball's high commissioner, Kenesaw | panying it. Mountain Landis today gave the] "Thomas Hall, chairman pro tem of Daugh committee his} the commission, sett]ed the issue by opinion on prohibition enforcement} stating that all bids would be ¥ and other administrative affairs 45 | geived, ope | read and any le- ri ceived, ope and r they have been dealt with by the De-| gay formalities that might follow partment oewuarice, could best be settled in the Attorney- At dinner parties in Chicago, he Miieiaction| prevails had . General's offic said, “pre-war stuff still appeared © bids were r Some ta be, holding out remarkably, wall’)|cu ane the Bice Mere Tene bide amd he confessed that he himself | YeTy close bids reculie. Foe ee, had not been able to resist the en- Company, F: ticing invitation of his hostesses to try some of it. But, he added that the Department of Justice appeared to be doing the best it could in view of the fact that it did not always have the best of lawyers on its pay roll. Called to testify before the house of corrections sentenced “he passed upon Philip Grossman for liquor law violations, he said he could not tell for his life how Grossman got his pardon from President Coolidge. He, thought Fred Upham, treasurer of the Republicaw national committee, and other Republican leaders in Chi- cago ought to be criticized and he tceld the committee in a way no one could understand that he believed that polities should have no more to do with executive clemency than ‘ahpeton; Nor en, Quick Print and Tribune Company, Bismarck, ‘Adjournment was taken until next Wednesday-at 2 p, m. when contracts will be awarded. Grand Forks NEW TRIALS SOON Grand Forks, N. D., May panel of 30 jurors to report in the Grand Forks district court, May 22, has been called by the clerk of court. They will be used in the trial of the remaining Scandinavian-Amer‘ bank cases which are scheduled to be resumed here at that time before Judge W. J. Kneeshaw. f Help Make Custer ACREAGE IN NORTHERN BURLEIGH be the best in years at this time. Much of the early wheat has sprout- ed and is through the ground. The corn acreage in northern Bur- leigh and Kidder counties and south- ern Sheridan county \will be tripled this year, Mr. Barnes declares. He also reported a number. of pros- Wheat acreage in northern Bur- leigh county will be cut 20 percent this year, in the opinion of Frenk Barnes, representative of the City National Bank, who has just «in- vassed the territory. Other crops, particularly corn, will; show an increase, Mr. Barnes said. | There has been, he said, a marked in- crease in the number of brood sows| pective settlers from the east have and dairy cattle, and an unusually| visited the territory, and asserted large hog production is expected in, that one or two more good corn crops the northern part of the county this! was all that was necessary to bring year. lim thebcuteideray mhotyabe’ ailizeor Four-fifths of the wheat was sced-| inquiries about corn raising, A num- ed in northern Burleigh county be-| ber of farmers have moved into the fore the recent er-+v, he said, and} northern part of the county recently, moisture ccaditions ite declared to! he added. with decisions handed down from the bench. I Then, under the urge of a sharp|® cross-examination, he got up from the witness stand, and strode up and down the w#om, and, between puffs on a long black stogie, summed up and reiterated all his statements about the Grossman case and the conduct of the Department of Justice in general. When the committee was satisfied he departed with an invitation to all of its members to come along with him and see a ball game. Park Beauty Spot 4 Those in charge of promoting Cus- ter Park ask the cooperation of the citizens in protecting the trees, flow- er beds and other feature: Chil- dren who play there are asked to keep off the flower beds and not mu- tilate the trees, Mrs. W. E. Cole is chairman of the park committee and plans are under way to develop this park and make it more useful to the public. The east end of the, park which is now unimproved offers wonderful possi- bilities without much éxpense. Fish are always sold alive in Ja- pan. goatee The first American. invention to ‘become world famous was Franklin's! lightning rod in 1752. The lion has little endurance, ita lungs .being rémarkably weak, ‘Anca? tes sete SELECTION OF BUTLER AS CHAIRMAN OF G. 0. P. MEANS EARLY CAMPAIGN President Coolidge Understood to Favor {ting Into Action. For November Battle Without Delay—Adams to Retire as G. O. P. Chairman (By the nd season why Washington, May 2 ceordingly sees no is Nove Ra Py Republican leaders in Washing-| there should be any delay in getting ctl . s Not Heard From ton saw today in President Coolidge’s! the campaign ready for prompt in cution at Fargo designation of William Butler of, auguration immediately after the CASES ARE DISMISSED , AING a | Boston as his choice for the Repub-| convention EARCH BEING MADE) jy national chairmanship an om | It is Mr. Coolidge’s expectation pes nortunity to give a running start tol that Mr. Butler, with whom he had : santos | Coast Guard Cutter and Other | the party's presidential campaign. {an engagement today, will undertake States Attorney Indicates ‘ | Close. political observers of — the| immediately the py ation for the That New Effort May Be V Is Being Used in | president said this was the motive! presidential campaign i i Search For Hi which idetunted him ino making the The selection of Mr. Butler as na Made Agaii Accused marie ai im Announcement last night. that Mr,! tional chairman will not actually be eens, Butler was his choice for the chpir-) made until affr the © Fargo, May ithe joinerembers ee Bremerton, Wash., May 2,~(By the | manship inv f the indicated! de-| vention, The new chairman is elect ment charge preferred by the state] A. P.)—Major Frederick L. Martin! Site of John T. Adams, the present ed by the new national committee, Kee AYO. TUWAIS And) JOH i een eds Siva | Chititman, to retire, | The committee, howev: s rate foriter) Nonpartisan’ Lewwie and his mechanician, Sergeant Alva lv Coolidge has indicated that he! ifies the choice of the. presidential officials, was formally dismissed in| Harvey, missing since they left Chie) regards his nomination as assuted,! candidate Judge Leigh) Monson's court. this | tik, Alaska, Wednesday, had not been | _ sido PEGG gaceGiis ye WILL REMAIN CANDIDACY OF APPEALS MADE FOR ACTION TO HALT FIGHTING Cuban Goveraitient Invokes Tréaty Right to Aid in Put- ting Down Rebellion NG CALLED FOR UPRI Reports From Island Say Patriots Organization Calls for Revolt Havana, Cuba, rament today Cienfue n The gov- ud 500 trapps around the chief center of the anti-Zayas movement, its war- ships were patrolling the coast and some of the morning reports de a that President Zayas had sent an ur- FOR SIX WEE kent request to the United States | government for 10 airplanes to be us- Dr, J.B. Hollenbeck, U. 8. inspee-| ed against the rebels, tor stationed in the offices of the The latest word trom government State Livestock Sanitary Board, who] officials was that the i was ssisting in the cam~- against the hoof and mouth has informed friends here expects to remain there for is in Californi: IS ANNOUNCED Formally Enters Race For State Superintendent of Public Instruction HER that six weeks more. INCREASE OF TEACHING LOAD IS CONSIDERED VIEWS mer, whose re- stants uperin- tendent of public instruction was] |, oe js submitted recently because, she stat-| State Board of Administration ed, of differences with the policies}! poeac p, ae of the department, today confirmed] Faces Problem of Keeping reports that she will become a can- Down Expenses didate for the office of state super- intendent of public instruction in 3 ee the Jun 5 primary The State Board of Administration “Some ten ago when an-|is considering the matter of ashing nouncement was made of my resig-| educational institutions in the state nation from the Department of Pub-] to increase the teaching load four lic Instruction, I stated I did not] hot a week so as to avoid the ne- know whether or not I would be a] cessity of engaging new instructors to take care of the increased enroll- ment, R. B. Murphy, chairman of the board, said toda The matter already has been dis- cussed with Dr. J. L, Coulter, presi- dent of the Agricultural College; Dr. candidate for the office of Superin- tendent of public instruction,” Miss Palmer said, “Since that time let- ters from al! parts of the state and personal interviews have led me to decide to be a candidate for that of- fice.” George McFarland, president of the ‘At the time of Miss Palmer's re-|Minot Normal, ‘and President Allen signation she said that the matter] of the Valley City Teachers Coilege, and will be discussed with other in- of her candidacy rested largely with stitution heads within the next two her friends and other developments. Stalea lies Wiewe weeks, All of those with whom the Miss Palmer has declined to en-| Proposition has been discussed have ter into controversial discussion of | €XPressed willingness to cooperate to the fullest extent with the beard in efforts to enforce the most rigid economy in the conduct of the state's the reasons which impelled her to resign from the state department, but set forth her views of the man- u i ner in which she beljeves the office| imstitutions,” Mr. Murphy said. should be conducted, in an interview] “All of the educational institu. Rees: tions during the past year reported ‘“T believe that the State Superin-| &teatly increased attendance over all tendent of Public Instruction should | Previous records and agree that the be a leader in Education and should| coming year will bring still further ountalhiputancee a increases in enrollment,” he continu- county uolibien” cold Ml mer, [¢d. “The board has given consider- “J believe that the Department of| #ble attention to the question of eli- Public Instruction should be so or-|™inating or consolidating small @anized that the public may rcceivel’® in the institutions and be: efficient service from the office and! lieves by this and increasing in the field with the least possible | the te waste of time, energy, and expens “[ believe that the school business of the county should be handled b: doing be maintained at a LADD PRIZE high standard,” the County Superintendent; the De- partment of Public Instruction be hry Gis Cones Ge TA ies tity Ccurty WINNER LEAVES saving de which cost in time and money. “I believe that the cost of Teach- ers’ Institutes may be greatly duced and their value increased (1) "having a definite progran,, limiting the number of Grand Forks, N. D.y Squires, Grand Pons who won re-lthe Ladd essay contest which was by} recently sponsored in the state by (2) 'Senator F Ladd has left for Wash outsidg ington, D. C., where he is to be en- Duane speakers, (3) economically plarned tertained for ten days by Senator itineraries for conductors and spcak-! Ladd, ; ers. Mr. Squires is given this trip a “I believe that the cost may be re-!the expense of the senator as a prize duced and the schools benefited by:|in the essay contest the senator (1) Attention to care of property| sponsored on the subject, “The True and other local details. Functions of Government.” He ¢ (2) Change in sentiment and laws to spend Friday evening and rding transportation of pupils. j ay in Chicago and from there (3) Reducing, for the time at will go by way of Pittsburg direct st, the course of study in Grades|to Washington, arriving there at 4 and High Schools to fundamental! o'clock Sunday afternoon. subjects, only; and climinating du-| During his ten days at the capital, plication of courses in the present Mr. Squires is to be the guest of system, | Senator Ludd and will visit places of (4) Discouraging social and ath-| interest in and about the city as well letic affairs in Junior and Senior}as being a guest at different func On his return trip he expects w York and Philadelphia. High Schools, which cost the purents tions. cash and the pupils energy, vitality, | to v’ and time that should be spent on| studies for which the parents are) @—————_____@ naylne. HN Weather Report Campaigns Against W . te (5) Systematic camp: s in For twenty- four hours ending ending at every county and community to re- noon today. duce the tremendous waste fiom Temperature at 7 a. m. . 45 daily non-attendence in the grades. i Highest yesterday 70 ! 3a at Lowest yesterday Lowest last night “I believe that where there is but one dollar to spend, but one dollar should be spent. Precipitation 0 “T believe in courtesy, appreciation, Highest wind velocity 12 and co-operation in all personal and WEATHER FORECASTS ~ professional relations. For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair a tonight and Saturday, Not much | change in temperature. _ LAST KILLING | For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Saturday, Somewhat cooler to- FROST MAY 11 night northwest portion, = GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The records of the United States "The Southern storm area has mov- Weather Bureau of this city, going | ed off the eastern coast and no well back to 1875, show that the average} defined storm, area appears on the date of the last killing frost in the| weather map. today, — Temperatares spring is May 11, says R. D. Hoskins, | have risen over the Plains States and who figured out ‘the date, Last year! Mississippi Valley and fair, pleasant it took place on May 8. Thé informa-| weather is general in all sections. tion is given by Mr, Hoskins for the ROAD CONDITIONS benefit’ of local gardeners and tlow- er culturists. practically all parts of the State. quiet, except around Cie Trinidad, on the south coast of ta Clara province, where it claimed that not more th men are in revolt, but El Sol, a morning paper which was temporati suppressed some weeks ago for ing a revolution was beirg staged, declared today that the Veterans and ot Association hud ordered an ng throughout the island. It was believed to be in an effort té forestall such 1 movement that the government arrested five lead here and several scores of others in in Santa Clara. Washington, May 2. President Coolidge isued today a proclama- tion declaring an embargo en arms shipments to Cubu, effective imme- diatel, The action was taken at the 2e- quest of the Cuban government, which formally called the attention of the Washington government to the “conditions of violence’ existing in Cuba, ‘The state department also said information had been received that certain arms and munitions were being accumulated us parts of Florida for possible export to Cuba to be used in an insurrection. WOMEN’S CLUBS END SESSION The Seventh District of the Feder- ated Clubs closed its annual meeting with the banquet which was given it the Lewis and Clark hotel last even- ing when 110 club women of the dis- trict and a few guests from this city assembled at the banquet board, The afternoon's se n was most interesting. Misses Minnie and Hazel Nielson gave talks along their special lines of work. It was proved by the various reports given during the y that the eradication of illiteracy aps the most important achievement of the club women of the past year. Mrs, John Hillius was introduced by Miss Hazel Nielson and she told for herself the bless of being able to read x which achievement she has only granted during the past two yeurs. Mrs. Hillius told how during the time her sons were in the recent war she was oblidged to go to her neigh- bors to have letters both written and read, She is a splendid type of wo- man and her story bears out the im- portance of the effort the Clubs are taking to reduce illiteracy to the very minimum, Governor R. A. Nestos made a splendid address to the Club women at the session held yesterday after- noon at the Palace theatre which was crowded. Following his talk moving pictures were shown relating to the beautiful scenery of the West. The beauties of the Yellowstone Park were given in a series of films de- picting the animal life and natural scene Elect President the election of officers which At held Mrs, FE. L. Simmons of New England was elected president for the year to succeed Mrs. Nickerson, whose term plres in October, The BrOgTAlD) arranged for the ban- quet was a!very clever arrangement, of speeches in keeping with the day. M . H, Stutsman was given the title of announcer for, the evening and she was most clever and witty in her introduction of the speakers. Miss Florence Connolly and sister, Mrs. Cain sang two delightful num- bers. The talks were all most in- | spiring and Mrs, C. I. Cook, of Beach, in her subject, “Signing Off” made an excellent talk. Chorus singing was lead by Miss Eunice Stevens of Mandan and Miss Mathilda Hess was accompanist. Sees Victory In The Primary D. BE Shipley, ~ recently indoyed for the office of Secretary of State, was .in Bismarck today meeting friends and ‘discussing affairs with various state officials, Mr. Shipley, who has been in various parts of the state recently, declares that condj- tions are favorable for a big victory for the ticket named at Jamestown recently. He expects to make, with Roads aré passable, but rough in other candidates, an active campaign before the June 25 primary,