The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1924, Page 1

| a *) along both lines. WEATHER FORECASTS + Unsettled und cooler tonight, probably frost. Tuesday fair. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BIS ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924 COOLIDGE §S SAYS LEAGUE IS EFFECTIVE .. WORLD AGENCY Hamilton Holt, Urging Sup- port of League and World .} Court, Urges U.S. Act COURAGE. NEEDED Must Not Fail in Time of World Crisis Hamilton Holt, the Indcpendei touring the League of sociation former editor of magazine and now jon in behalf of the ations Nonpartisan As- gave two dresses in Bismarck today, expounding — the theories of the world court and the general idea embraced in the league of Nations. He commended Wilson, Harding and Coolidge for stand 6n international relation: urged an climination of partisan consideration in the consideration of this great issue in which the ap- proach of peace was so intimately involved. His first address was at a lunch- con at which the Kiwanis and As- sociation of Commerce _ jojined. Judge L. E. Birdzell, president ot the Kiwanis presided. At the speak- ers table were President Coulter of the Aricultural College and Dr. N. ©, Ramstad, vice president of the Association of Commerce. Mr. Holt was introduced by Birdzell. More than 150 business men of the city and a number of the business and professional women V joined in the luncheon, Music was furnished by the High School or- chestra under the* leadership of L. ©. Sorlien Talks to Women United State’s responsibility as far as its world relations are concerned was most vividly set forth in both the noon address and the one de- livered late this afternoon under the auspices of the Women’s Commun- ity Council. Mr. Holt is accompanied on this trip by his daughter, Miss Holt. Vhat we need at the present hour is someone in control of the foreign affairs of the United States.with the courage of Roosevelt, the humanity of Taft, or the vision of Wilson,” suid Mr. Holt, at the women’s meeting “The danger ope today is not so mi he continued. ilization is literally evaporating. Wise men told me in Europe last summer that Europe is returning to another ‘Dark Ages. If old England had not been standing in the breach while we have been playing on the side lines, | do net know where Eur- ope would be today. Yet for every man we lost in the war England lost t and France lost 30.” r The League Mr. Holt's lecture was a plea that the United States enter the existing League of Nations and the Perman- ent Court of International Justice. Mr. Holt’s definition of the League, which he suid was the best brief for- mulation he could offer, was "This League is ‘a scheme whereby pvereign nations can act together ‘unanimously better than they other- wise could.” The only two impor- tant words in the definition were “sovereign” and “unanimous.” “How any nation could lose its sovereignty who joined, the League was beyond the comprehension® of. every member of the Assembly I met in Geneva,” id Mr. Holt, “Indeed, if any Unit- ed States Senator had voted to bring the United States into a League that in any respect violated our Constitu- tion he could have been impeached for treason, for the only people who can change the American Constitu- tion are the American people. No foreign people or League can do it and any Senator who voted to per- mit it would have violated his oath of office. Acts Unanimously “When the League acts it can only act unanimously—in other words, on- ly as far and as fast as nations can agree on ways and means. One would not think under the circvm- nces,” said Mr, Holt, “the pace jould be so dizzy as to cause many nations to swoon. The League there- fore is not a super gofernment. It cannot compel, enforce or even leg- islate. In every instance its function is to recommend, to advise and to propose.” : : Mr, Holt then took up the two in functions of the League—the vention of war and the promotion of progress. Already since the es- tablishment of the League on Janu- ary 10, 1920, much has been done There are two main organs of the League already functioning designed to compose in- ternational differences—the court to settle justiciable questions and the Council. to settle non-jucticiable or political questions, Already the court has rendered nihe opinions. It will be remembered that when the United States Supreme Court was set up no contested case cante before it for two and one-half years, ‘But the World Court is already going strong. The establishment of this court ha been the aim of every American ad- ministration, both Republican | and , for the past 30 years. now it owes its being largely to genius of an Americgn—Elihu Root. The Palace at The Hague. in which it sits was given by another American—Andrew . Carnegie, And one of its prestnt judges is anoth- (Continued on page 6) as dissolutio! bre-elected secretary of the Confer- In these pictures in.e.e ins ¢ by radio and by phone. Cn tas lef 8 y of commer:e, tra: smicte | the invention of C. Frincis Jeai meeting with increased success in s is a pictuce of President American Telegraph & T transmission is less pra epaone ical, due t WIDEFIBLDOF | EVANGELICALS IS OUTLINED Conference Now in Session at. Drake Gets Message of Inspiration LOCAL MEN HONORED| i i l| i Rev. Strutz Reelected Secre-} + tary of Conference; Rev. \ Breme Presiding Elder Drake, N. .D., May 26.—The Fifth Annual Session of the North Dakota Conference of the Evangelical church is now in session in Drake, N. D: The firs! | | meeting was held with Rev. | R. E. Strutz of Jamestown pr The day sessions of Tuesday and Wednesday were given over to the examination of the junior preachers, | Rev. A. W. Heidenger of Holmes} preached on Tuesday evening. Wednesday afternoon's session both instructive and inspiring. Th was the time delegated for both the meetings of the Conference Mission- ary Society and the Conference’ De: coness Society,” To many people, the work of the} aching. | but those Who were present at the Wednesday evening session, the responsibility of the chureh at large took on a new perspective. Dr. J. R. Niergarth of Cleveland, Ohio, the secretary of the Superannuation Fund, stirred the hearts of his au- dience as he presented the needs of, the aged and worn-out preacher who have faithfully served the | church during their years of youth| and strength, but in the evening of | Life are forced by physical disabili- ty to retire from the active work. He compared the work done along thi line in the Evangelical with her s ter churches, The laity in general are responding nobly to the call. Though founded as late as 1911 with a goal of $500,000, it has long since passed this mark and now stands at $1,105,000. It is still growing and is already providing for 109 aged preachers, 69 preacher's’ widows and 1 orphan, ~ This address will long be remem- BY RADIO AND BY WIRE ntrast is shown in photographs sent and received by olidge trans.nitted by phone through the urch is limited to her local acti-| “ny I Herbert Hoover, adio by means of Washington, D. C., who has been nding photos in the On right t picture of Company, Some hold that radio o ether disturbances, NEGRO YOUTHS ARE LYNCHED Fort Mey. Fla., May 26.—Bui- ber Wilson and Wilton Williams, negro youths of about 20 years of age, met death at the hands of here early today, following identification as the negroes who late yesterday attacked two young white girls near here, LEGION POSTS TAKELEAD ON MEMORIAL DAY FEAR WITNESS: MAY HAVEBEEN KIDNAPED ALSO 17-Year-Old-Girl Who Walked With Franks Boy on Way Home Is Missing THREE MEN SEIZED Chicago Authorities Question Three in Auto Sought ‘in Franks Death Case f (By the A. PL) —The states attorney, his assistants and the police worked all night on is to the possible kidnaper and r of 13-year-old Robert Franks, ‘ob Franks, retired million- pawn-broker and nufacturer, but appeared early today to be no nearer a solution of the mystery than when the lad’s nude body was ursday. The body of the lad rest yesterday afternoon ates at the private attending when last Wednesday. Early today three men riding in an automobile ans ng the descrip- tion of a machine said to have been seen loitering in the vicinity of the private school that Franks attended, were seized at Summit, Illinois, about a laid to tended by school he seen last 20 miles from here, and brought here for questioning. There was some effort to connect the d ance of Gertrude Barker, 17, the kidnaping of young Franks, The girl has been missing since Wednes- day when she left the academy near the school attended by the murdered body. Her usual course would have taken her past the corner where the boy was last seen. May Have Been Witness Miss Barker's relatives fear she might have been a witness to. the anks kidnaping and was taken along by the kidnapers, A florist who sent them a wreathe bearing the name Johnson to the fun- Plan Programs in Honor. of. Hero Dead of Nation in Many Towns SPEAK GOVERNOR TO Washburn, N. D., Ms 1884, a mevting was Washburti' to org nd Army of the Republic. that day to this, Memorial Di always been observed in Washburn with fitting exercises for the sol- diers of America's 's who lie in their last resting place, Suitable ex- rvices are held at the cemetery, nd in the afternoon a public meet- ing is held in the park, where a prominent man of the state delivers an add . In former rs visitors from all over the county have come to the county seat to be present at and take part in the activities of the nd no one expects that this y will be an excepticn. Memorial Day is now in charge of the Victor B. Wallin Post No. 12, the local post of the American Legion. This year Hon, Sveinbjorn Johrson, Associate Justice of the North Dako- ta Supreme Court, has accepted the invitation of the Legion and will de- liver the Memorial Day address. STEELE’S PLANS Steele, N, I Post will y The Miller of American Legion of Steele conduct Memorial services on May 30th, It is understood that the morning services will be held at the opera house and will be followed by services at the Woodlawn Ceme- bered by those who heard it. Cleveland Man talks Rev. C. Hauser, also of Cleveland, Ohio, and manager of the Evangeli- cal Publishing House, presented the work and the condition of the two publishing houses, one ldcated at Cleveland and one at Harrisburg, Pa. This address was very instructive and lent a new interest, to the publi- cations of the. church. The readers of the “Evangelical Messenger” and the “Evangelical Endeayorer” who heard Rev. Hauser’s bright and in- teresting description of his work will read their papers with new zest and understanding. This service was brightened by a solo effectively sung by Miss Anna Kaulfman of Grand Forks, North Da- kota. ve On Thursday morning, the Confer- ence proper was opened by Bishop M. T, Maze, D. D., of Harrisburg, Pa. Rev. C. F. Strutz of: Bismarck was ence. ; After reading a portion of Scrip- ture,.the Bishop impressed upon his audieny: of keen, spiritual and moral examination by every intelligent Christian. He based his remarks on the question of the disciples in Mark 14, 19 “Is it 12” a The impessive which followed re- minded those present of the great obligation resting upon every true follower of Christ. The opening address of the Con- ference, delivered .hy.,Bishop Maze, focused the thought of his audience ‘on the relation. of the ministers to the present day world problems, We are all “inclined to view prevailing (Continued on page 6) tery and in the afternoon regular services at Persian Lake, the Steele School Band will be present at both exercises, All ex-service men are cordially invited to be guests of the Auxiliary to Miller Post, American Legion, at dinner, Memorial Day. This dirner will be served at the K. of P. Hall upon the return from the exercises at the cemetery. , AT DICKINSON Dickinson, May 26.—The _ local legion post will have charge of Me- morial Day services this year and an extensive program has been pre- pared, as follows: At Dickinson Armory, May 30, 10 o'clock a. m. Opening selection—High School orchestra, Prayer. ene Vocal selection—Mrs, John Lish. Orchestra selection—High School orchestra, ” Address—Hon, Leslie A. Simpson. Vocal selection. Orchestra selection—High School orchestra. After the’ program at the’ Armory adjournment will be made to each of the local cemeteries where appro- priate exercises will be held. The graves of the soldier dead will be decorated, taps will be. sounded by the bugler and a firing squad fur- nished ,by Company K -will give the customary salute go those who have died ‘for their country, and are bur- ied here. MANDAN PLANS Mandan, N. D., May 26.—An- nouncement is definitely made by * ‘(Continued on page 6) eral is positive he could identlfy the man who gave him the order, The letter demanding $10,000 ransom sent to Mr. Franks. after his san was lead was signed The flower sender described by the florist as of the type built up in theory by the police as the possible owner of a pa f spectacles found near the boy’s Compare ‘Typewriters The police ontinued to look to examination of typewriters and ovu lists’ prescription records -for clues, the sonsom-demanding letter having been tpewritten expertly and the prescription for the glasses carefully worked out. tree men in a gre automobile ot the make seen near Howard school, the private institution attended by young Franks at the time of his dis appearance, who were seized by the police, gave a good account of them- | selves, but will be questioned again. Three instructors at the school, still are being questioned and a more intensive interrogation of the stu- dnts at the school, Was being carried out today, the police were oyerlook- ing no possibility to obtain some clues from the instructors and stu- dents which might throw a light on the mystery. SUES. FOR ACCIDENT HURT Harry Clooten Institutes Suit For $2,097.05 Harry Clooten has. instituted suit against the Northern Pacifie Rail- road Company, through his attorney, F, E, MeCurdy for damages‘in the sum of $2,097.05, as a result of an auto- mobile accident in January, 1924. An automobile in which Clooten was riding was struck by a Northern Pacific train at the Seventh strect crossing, he alléges. Damages are asked to cover hospital and physi cians’ fees and for injuries to hi shoulder and other parts of his body. The railroad company is alleged to have been negligent in failing to give ample warning. AGED COW IS _ STILL USEFUL Escalon, Cal., May 26—A Jersey cow owned by a local dairyman is 22 years old, and listed as one of the most aged Jerseys in. America, yet she gives evidence of good years to come. She recently dropped her twenty-second calf. She gives four gallons of milk, and produces more than 40 pounds of butter fat month- ly. Germany Buying Dried Fruit San Francisco, May 26.—A sudden heavy demand for dried . fruit has come to central Californja from Germany. Since Jan. 1 Gérman im- ports of dried prunes, peaches and apricots have been increasingly heavy. Before the war, Germany was one of Californig’s heaviest buyers of fruit, but in, recent years her pur- chases dropped virtually to’ zero, “George Johnson.” | new | CREDIT BODY'S LOAN PLAN PUT INTO OPERATION Corporation Begins Extending Financial Aid in Its Big Experiment LOANS ARE PPROVED First’ Applications Made to Dairy Body Result in Loans Being Ordered Minneapolis, May The $10,- 600,000 Agricultura Corpor- ation today began to extend finan- cial aid to Northwes ticularly in one-crop secti purchase $1,000,000 of dairy cattle as a means of stimulating diversif tion, which is held to be essential in solving economic problems of age riculture. Funds subseribed in industrial centers of the middle west and northeastern states now actually is available farmers who desire to add livestock to their activities. The first application from farm- ers for loans on dairy cattle have becn approved by the corporation at its headquarters here and buyers in the field are making purchases for shipment to the — individual arms. The corporation, which establish- ed « dairy loan division, the pu pose of which is to make a one mil- lion dollar experiment to determine its capacity to swicth from one-crop to diversified farming now has a complete organization through which assistance is being extended to the farmers direct. The corpor: ation is taking mortgages on the cattle actually pu ed through its buyers and placed on farms. DEATH ENDS WEDDING PLAN Kormer Service Man. Buried. at Spiritwbod with Honors D. May 26.—Fun- ter Kane, ove} Jamestown, N, eral servi for W. veteran, held at Spiritwood Sunday, were attended by nearly 1,000 people from castern Stutsman and western Barnes county. A sad touch was added by the fact that invitations for the wedding of the deceased and Miss Regina Hinch- berger of Eckelson had been issued lfor June 4. & Services were conducted by Rev. C,H. Phillips of Jamestown, with a short service at the farm home by the American Legion post of James- |town, members of which attended in a body. A Company “H" squad fired ja salute at the grave. | Kane died of pneumonia, i i|GLEN ULLIN | |” MAN DIES HERE T. Gietzen of Glen Ullin, aged 40 years, died here this morning of tu- bereulosis. The body will be seni to Glen Ullin for burial. He leaves a mother, wife and three children, awe * Band Drive | Starts Wednesday ' + - = ——* Committees will start out soon to dispose of 1,000, fifty cent tickets for the second Juvenile Band Concert. It is hoped by the two concerts, the afternoon one at the High School at 4 p. m. Memorial Day and the -evening concert in the City Auditorium, to raise $600 in order to carry this work through until fall. The concert will be weil worth the money. No public donations have been asked for this civic venture. Every dollar has been secured ‘through benefit concerts at which the public secured value in return for every pen- ny expended. It only takes a_ small amount yearly in conjunction with the school board and As- sociation of Commerce to car- ry on this educational feature in which some fifty or sixty boys and girls receive train; Y ing in music. Open .air concerts will be featured this summer provid- ed the people of Bismarck set aside one evening this week to support this worthy venture. More children are wanted to recruit the Beginners Band— apply to L. C. Sorlein, direc- tor, or leave name at Associa- tion of Commerce. A free ‘summer course for ambitious girls and boys. Help boost the’kiddies band. ~ FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS GNS EXCLUSION BILL 10,000 JAPANESE | . ESE IMMIGRATIONMEASUREIS LAUNCH PROTEST, APPROVED UNDER PROTEST, HOWEVER; BARS JAPS JULY 4 HINT CONFLICT (By the Tokio, May 26 2p) Ten thousand Japanese for ser ce men who are now army re servists took part today in nti- | exelusion demonstration at the na tional military shrine here and adopted asking reversists of the en tire country to unite for the sake of their Fatherland, | In view of the nature of the Am. | erican-dapanese situatic the? res: | olution suid, “the Tokio association of reservists declares the determina tion to fulfil at a moment's call the duties of its members and military | men Shinikiei Uyesugi, noted national istic publicist, in an address to the | reservists d er able to reach a satisfactory com promise with America on immigra- tion If history teache ything,” he continued, “an eventual — collision between Japan and America on the Pacifie is ine Another speaker, Lieut. Gen. Bu jiro Horinouchi, one of the heroes of the Tsingtao campaign, told the ex- service men, “we must be determin ed to undergo whatever hardships are necessary in avenging the in- sult which America has done — our country, HOUSE ADOPTS TAX BILL IN FINAL ACTION Measure Now Goes to Pres- ident Coolidge for Signa- ture or Rejection CARRIES REDUCTIONS Washington, Ma 26.--(By the A.| I.) ~The conference tax bill, al-| ready passed by the Senate, was} approved today by the House Providing reduction of taxes for almost. every. dedeyal.taxpayer, the measure now goes to President Coolidge. It carries income per cent reduction payable | th revision down on tax permanent rd of income rates, repeal gr; lowering of most of the miscellan-| eous or excise taxes, and a 25 pex| cent reduction on earned incomes} ct $10,000 and under Although some doubt exists as} to President Coolidge’s attitude in} view of treasury department oppo- sition to the provision for limited publicity of tax returr cTe, in estate tax leaders in ‘both the House joined the solid Democratic lineup in support of the measure. The yote was 376 to nine. The} bfief debate developed considerable! Senate and opposition in the Republican ranks{| Works, crashed into the post for the proposal for even limited! midnight, and it was s marvels publicity in returns and several announced that if the measure were vetoed they would yote to sustain it | MAY OPPOS Washington, May 2 P.)—Notice was given the Senate today by Senator Frazier. North Dakota, a Republican of the farm bloc, that there would ‘he’ strong objection to adjournment of Con- gress on June 7 unless farm legis- lation is enactee in the meantime. NEW PROBE IS PLANNED Ohicago, May 26.—(By the A. P.) (By the A. ~-Federal officials prepared today to reopen the federal grand jury investigation into the administr tion into the Veterans Bureau un- der Col. Charles R. Forbes, dire tor. Col. Forbes and Col. Thomp- son, St. Louis and Chicago contrac- tor, were indicted by the February Signature of Executive Is Given Because of Other Provi: ions Defining Immigration Policy of the Nation, He Fearing That Disapproval Might Result in an Unsatisfactory Emergency Measure to Replace Present Law Which Is Expiring — Senate and House Firm on Asiatic Exclusion W: hington, May 26.—(By the A. P.)—The immigration bill was signed today by President Coolidge. Despite the provision making Japanese exclusion effec- tion, the Pre s to give the executive approval nece: legislation on the stz wed it was no long- tive next July 1, put into the measure over his vigorous dent decided because of other consider- iry to spread the ute books. It was pointed out that inasmuch as the present immi- gration law expires June 30 a veto might have made it neces- hou ion. ary to rush through an emergency measure in the closing of the ses ich a step, the.President felt, would not be practicable jin view of the tangled legislative situation, and the certainty |that any emergency provision would be met by many at- tempts at amendment and possibly blocked altogether. PUT CATTLE ON HACKNEY RANCH} anch at the business Cow Market McKenzie. the start o of the Northwest G Ine., which was or ed to distribute dairy cattle through jout the Northwest, formation to The Tribune by J. ckney of distribute INL them ccording to in- M. St. Paul, head of the or- Mr. Hackney recently announced that he expects to put 1,000 heifers on the Hackney ranch inear McKenzie this summer and to} in the fall, ‘CAR CRASHES AMP POST; NOONE HURT ‘Iron Post at Entrance of Un-| derpass on Concreate Road Is An_ iron stood guard through and an in-| Withstand the onslaught of an auto- | The cluded the f. to author on road since the read was put last y Snapped Off lamp post which | on the west side of the the Bismarck-bridge » was unable to Republican! mobile about last midnight, and early today had tumbled into an ignominious position on the road. An automobile driven by 3 Ginins, 18 South eventh street, employed at the Modern Machine last pped off, of the accident in- ‘act, according to repor that no one was in- jured, only the front of the car was wrecked and but one pane of glass in the Overland sedan was a i | broken—this on the right fore door | when the repairs. One whee! car was hauled in for 1 of the car taken The radiator also was smashed. Mr. he had his time, and wi dividing blinded poi by Ginins informed authorities family with him at the hen he approached the nt in the road he w another automobile's headlights and crashed into the lamp post. — ~ Weather Report | = ee For twenty-four hours ending noon today. Temperature at 7 a, m. . Highest yesterday Lowest Lowest la: Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: settled and frost. not so cool. For North Dakota: cooler tonight, probably frost. Tues-| Tuesday generally Un- cooler tonight, probably fair and Unsettled and federal grand jury impanneled to| 4#y generally fair; not so cool west review evidence in the Veterans Bureau case gathered in nine months Senate investigation. MIRAGE CAUSED PLANE’S WRECK Bellingham, Wash., May 26.—(By the A. P.)—A mirage sent Major Frederick L. Martin, former com- mander of the United States Army around the world flight off his course and wag directly responsi- dle for the navigation of his plane tc a wrecking fall against a moun- tein near Port Moller, on April 30, Major Martin told portion. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Unsually low temperatures for the/ season occurred on Sunday morning over the ent ire region and much kill- ing frost occurred in North Dakota. Temperatures have risen slowly from the Plains slight drop Canadian was quite heavy at Swift States eastward but a occurred again over the Roekies, Precipitation Current, Saskatchewan and at North Platte, Nebraska but elsewhere only seattered sh light jowers occurred. ROAD CONDITIONS The main are in excellent interviewers | Construction work on minor high- highways ‘of the State condition. Much here yesterday when he arrived | W4ys is under way. from Alaska on the steamship Katherine D. He was accompa- nied iby his mechinc, Staff Sergeant Alva Harvey. Atomic’ weight is the weight of | an.atom of a chemical element as hydrogen. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. Under Arrest Irvin Coleman was arrested by po- lice today on a charge of imperson- ating an officer, it being alleged he compared with that of an atom of | represented himself to be a deputy sheriff, on the south side. oS | As soon as he had affixed his sig- nature to the bill, however, the Pre- sident began preparation of a state- ment expressing his disapproval of the ure of Congress to provide for a longer delay in the effective date of Japanese exclusion, Quotes On 1390 Census Besides the Japanese exclusion fea- ture the bill contains a number of provisions which were the basis of stubborn contest when the legislation first was under consideration in the Senate and House. One question, long in dispute, was the method of determing national quotas, which under the measure as finally passed are fixed at 2 percent on the basis | of the 1890 census. This and all other disagreements over the bill's provisions have been subordinated to the Japanese exclu- sion issue ever since Ambassador Hanihara on April 1 sent a note to the state department suggesting that, the possibilities of “grave conse- quences” be considered before an absolute legislative barrier was weared..against the Japanese, The note was characterized in both Sen- ate and House : veiled threat, und both reaffirmed quickly and by overwhelming majorities their desire for exclusion, The House passed the bill 322 t@ 71 and the Senate 62 to 6. @ Fight In Congress Under the House measure exclu- sion would have been effettive July of this year but the Senate voted to make it effective immediately. While the legislation was in confer- ence the President appealed directly to the conferees to write in a post- ponement until March 1, 1926, so as to permit negotiations for an agree- ment with Japan but the conference committee refused to accept his plan. Subsequently the conferees did agree to a postponement to March 1, 1925, but when their report was brought into the House it was voted down, 191 to 171. A new conference report was drafted making the ef- fective date, July 1, 1924, and it was adopted by the House, 308 to 58 and by the § e 69 to 9, In each case the majority was far in excess of the two-thirds that would be aeces- sary for passage over a veto, States View Bluntly -a~- ww he president’s statement declared he had approved the bill because of the necessity of consideraing “the bill as a whole and the imperative need of the country for legislation of this general character.” If the exclusion provision” stood alone, the president said he would have disapproved it without hesita- tion. RAIL STRIKE THREATENED Chicago, May 26.—(By the A. P.) —The Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts- burgh Railway, one of the eastern roads which did not settle with firemen and engineers in recent ne- gotiations, today reported that the two engine men’s brotherhood are taking a strike vote. The ‘board immediately went into session to consider the matter. The advices from the railway merely informed the board of the fact. Supreme Court Rules en Butter Washington, May 26.—Butter holding 16 percent or more of mois- ture is not “‘adulterated’” under the act of May 9, 1902, thd supreme court held today, and is not sub- ject to a tax of 10 cents a ‘pound. unless an “abnormal quantity of water is, added. Paying the tax under protest, the Tilden Produce Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, had obtained an order from the federal district court of Minnesota for return of the tax and the court of appesls affirmed the decision, holding invalid the trea- sury department's regulation ‘which made ~ butter containing 16 percent or more of moisture subjéct to tax~