The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1924, Page 1

sgse bee WEATHER FORECASTS Por Bistiarck @i@ivicinity: Gen ESTABLISHED 1873 MACDONALD FOR DA RAILROADS TO GIVELOW RATE TOFARMLABOR Application Made to I. C. C. For Special Rate From Twin Cities and Sioux City EFFECTIVE ON JU LY 28 Same Rate as Last Year Granted to Aid in Providing Cheaper Harvest Help St. Paul, July 16.—Application to publish rates on less than statu- tory notice, naming low one-way fares from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior and Sioux City, Towa, to the harvest fields of Min- nesota and North Dakcta have been made to the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to a joint announcement made today by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Soo lines. The effective date of the new rate, which will be $5.00 from the Twin Cities and the head of the lakes and $6.50 from Sioux City, depends on the answer from the commission. The Northern Pacific announced it expected the rate to be effective July 28. URGES COOPERATION Cooperation will be urged to the fullest extent throughout the -tate by Governor Nestos to provide um- ple harvest labor at reasonable ex- pense to farmers. Granting of the rate of $5 from the Twin Cities and Duluth for groups of five, by rail- roads, and a rate of $6.50 by the Great Northern from Sioux, will prove of great value to the farmers of the state if the expected big crop materializes, the Governor believes A better class of harvest laborers than usual may come into the state this year, in the opinion of many here, hecause many workers in the middle western statcs, temporarily ‘out of jobs, will seek employment here. Gov. Nestos is planning to tie up the harvest labor movement with an immigration movement for the benefit of the state. In letters sent to every county seat, the Governor said: “To make it of greatest value to the state, (the special railroad rate) there should be an organized and syste- matic campaign in every community to have the business men and farm- ers write to their friends in. southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, ete., nd secure their aid in directing first class workers into North Dakota either by automobile or by tuking advantage of the low railroad fare. “It seems to me that this would elso be ‘a golden opportunity to show the renters and farmers’ sons from those states what variety of splendid crops we can raise on our low priced lands in North Dakota and by so doing make it a strong immigration movement also. We can easily prove that our farm land at present low prices is the best in- vestment in the world. The chance to see the country, to examine our lands, and at the same time to earn good money, ought to appeal to these people.” HAGAN TO RUN FOR CONGRESS Friends to Put His Name on Ballot, They Say John N. Hagan, state supervisor of grains and grain grading and former Commissioner of Agricul- ture and Labor, will be placed in the race for Congressman from the Second district in the fall election, according to friends here. Hagan, who has been active in the Non- pareaen League, will be run as an dependent Republican candidate, accord: cians. “There has been quite a lot of preeare brought to bear on me to an independent Republican can- didate,” Mr. Hagan said. ‘I pre- sume that I will be a Candidate.” He declined to make any formal statement at this time. DISTRIBUTE MORE FUNDS ‘The second distribution of the 1924 license money of the motor vehicle registration department is now being made. Of the $328,872.75 to be dis- tributed, $99,436.37 will go to coun- ties, an equal amount to the State Highway Commission, $140,000 co the bridge fund of the highway body, ac- cording to John P. Tucker, registrar. jing to several local politi- \ INJURIES FATAU TO FARMER Hazen, N. D., July 16.—Injuries sustained when he was jolted from the spring seat of his wagon as the horses started suddenly and he fell’ beneath the wheels, sustaining two broken ribs and internal hurts, re- sulted in the death of Nathaniel Weiss, 45, farmer living near Krem, h His widow and seven :chil- dren survive. erally fair tonight and Thursday. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, from there. From left to right chums; Charles S. Morris, Dawes’ » CONTESTS ARE PLANNED HERE ON GIRLS DAY Business and _ Professional Women’s Club to be in. Charge of the Events PROGRAM Is GIVEN Plans for Girls’ Day July 26, are practically complete. Ladies of the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs will have the general program for, the entertainment of the girls from the country in charge. They are offering prizes of $2.00 each for the best bread, cake, butter and cottage cheese as well as prizes of $2.00 each for the best embroidery, crocheting, tatting, hemstitching, ap- ron or simple house dress, made by any girl living in the country and between the ages of 12 and 17. They request that all exhibits be displayed at their club rooms at 4th and Rosser streets, across from Wills Seed Store, not later than two o'clock in: the afternoon of the 26th, Also, no girl making an exhibit shall have received any help from her elders or any one else. Besides prizes for the above, there will be offered $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00 to the girl between the ages of 12 and 17 who is able to form the greatest number of words from the word “BIS- MARCK”, such as “mark”, “bar”, “rib”, ete. No letters in any word shall be used more often than they are in the word “BISMARCK” and the words formed must all be Eng- lish as no foreign words will be counted. The lists of words must be mailed and addressed to the As- sotiation of Commerce, Bismaich, N. D., not later than July 21st, 1924. Besides these prizes and contests the ludies have arranged for a spec- ial trip to the capital by automobile for the young ladies from the coun- try, to visit the State Historical Society rooms and other ‘poin's®of interest there, this trip to be fo!low- ed by an entertainment at the Club rooms consisting of vocal and in- strumental selections und readings and refreshments us well as games and contests. Pool To Be Open Through the courtesy of the City Commission, the City Swimming lool will be thrown open, free of charge to all boys and girls from the ccun- try for that afternoon. It is heped that all those who come to town that day, who have them, will bring their own swimming suits. ‘The city has possibly 75 or so on hand and| PO they will be made to go as fur as possible but they probably won’t go all around unless the young tolks will take their swirhs in relays, but everyone who goes to the pool will be fixed up in some way. St, Mary’s Band, an organization of 25 or more pieces, will give one of its splendid, open air concerts at the corner of 4th and Main streets at 1:30 p.m. At 2:30 will commence the free movie shows at both theaters and the entertainment for the young ladies and their contests will sturt at the same hour at the Club rooms at 4th and Rosser streets. At 4:30, beginning at the Tost Office corner and on Broadway to 5th street, will be held an automebile test for all young women and girls from the country, to see how well they can drive. Posts at different distances apart and different angles will be set up in the street, the course will zig zag back ‘and forth between the posts. The young lady making the two blocks in the short- est time and knocking down the least number of posts will be nd- judged. the winner, There will be several prizes in this contest, $j.00, $2.00 and $1.00, besides 6 one pound boxes of candy to the next highest competitors. Any lady from the country can enter this contest though all the others are ‘limited to (Continued on page 7) headquarters right in his home in I sonal manager, and B. A. Mattingly THE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WED. GEN. DAWES CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS Republic anston, a Chicago suburb. D. ; Miss Margaret B. Dickie, tant personal manager. ‘IRE LOSS 1S $100,000 nee fund will ximately $100,- hows the loss The state fire insur [suffer a loss of app: 000, if the adjustment total, in the Valley City courthouse fire, according to Harold Hopton, manager. There was $80,000. insur- ance placed on the building and $40,000 on the contents. Of this amount $30,000 was carried as rein- surance in old line companies, placed throught Valley City agents, accord- ing to Mr. Hopton The net loss to the state, if complete, would be about $100,000, he said Under the} law the state fund cannot assumel a single risk in excess of $160,000. REPORT CAUSE | OF DISASTER Naval Board Finds Washington, July 16.—The turret explosion abroad the battleship Mis- ippi, off the California coast, June 12, in which 44 men and 3 of- ficers were killed, resulted from in-} sufficient air pressure used in clean- ing the bore of the big gun, according to findings of the naval court of in- quiry. The fire in the upper handling room, the court said in its findings, announced today, was “caused by the safety doors not being entirely clos- ed,” and casualties were increased by the presence of unofficial observers ‘who crowded the passageways mak- ing exits more difficult.” The court made no recommenda- tions, its report being confined solely to finding of facts. Seeretary Wil- bur and his teehnical staff have tak- en the document, under study to de- termine whether there should be fur- ther action in connection with fuil- ure to comply with regulations re- quiring that safety doors in turrets be closed during firing operations and also with regard to the presence of unauthorized persons in the tur- MAY SUPPORT LAROLLETTE Washington, July 16.—Senator Burtcn K. Wheeler of Montana, Democratic prosecutor of the Daugherty prosecuting committee, said today he probably would sup- rt Senator Robert M. LaFollette in this year’s campaign. xe if Weather Report | o———-_—______—_—_—o For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Temperature at 7 a. m. .. Lowest last night Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Precipitation Highest wit y Weather Forecast For Bismarck ang vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler to- night. * General Weather Conditions The pressure is low over the northern states and _ precipitation occurred in the upper Great Lakes region, middle and upper Mississippi Valley and at a few places in west- ern Canada. Fair weather preva! in the Rocky Mountain States and Plains States except at Huron, S. Dak., where a light shower occurred. Temperatures have risen slightly in the Great Lakes region, Mississippi Not All Precautions Taken, | © Valley and southern Plains States while slightly. cooler weather pre- vails over the Northwest. , ORRIS W.: ROBERTS, Meteorologist. n nominee for vice president, hag established his campaign All of his correspondence is being handled Dawes, the general’s adopted son; Gordon Ewen, one of Dane’s Francis J. Kilkenny, Dawes’ per- N.D, POLITICAL SITUATIONS LOST IN HAZE “Practical Politics” Involving Deals of Various Sorts Now Uppermost NATIONAL SITUATION Many Willing to Make Bar- gains on State Politics as Affecting National “Practical polities” likely will have an important bearing upon ~ the course of the North Dakota state election in vember. —_ Alread} “practical politics”—a movement one direction because of its effect upon some other objective—is being discussed to a great degree. As mutters now stand, the state Republican ticket is a mixture of Nonpartisans and Independents, with the former having the lion’s share of the places but the latter faction having some important state offie- ia Usually when either the In- dependents or Leaguers have _ lost candidates in the Republican column immediately there has been a move- ment to place opposition candidates in the field for the fall election. Just now, the political talk mainly toward means to avert such an action, ‘The national situation has entered into the state fight to a large ex- tent. A large number of political leaders view the carrying of the state for Coolidge as much more important than the state fight, and as such appear willing to let the present Republican state ‘ticket ride” if A. G. Sorlie, the League undidate, supports Coolidge tor president. The latter, the titular head of the Republican ticket in the state, has made no declaration on this subject, and his friends do not expect him to do so. He is now at the Minnesota lakes. On the other hand the Coolidge forces are- confronted by the fact that four of the five presidential electors put on the Republican ticket in the March 18 primary ran as LaFollette supporters. | Whether they would support Coolidge if he carried .the state and they were elected presidential electors remains to be seen. There has been some talk, in view of the fact that six delegates to the Republican national convention voted against Coolidge although he carried the state, of trying to induce the so-called La- Follette electors to move into the LaFollette column, or ‘to force them cff by court action. LaFollette will, of course, be on the ballot in the state, but in all probability in.the column marked “individual nominations,” where his ‘name may easily be placed by peti- tion. There has been a movement among some of the ° Nonpartisans for the resignation of all the Lea- gue candidates chosen on the Re- publican ticket, and placing their names under the LaFollette banner. On the other hand, a group of Non- partisans is willing, so they say, to let the present Republican ticket go through with the Independents ineluded. By this method they would avoid a fight on Sortie. Some Independents favor the nom- ination of a candidate to holding that the recent primary election showed the League organization is in the minority in the state. There is, of course, the Demo- cratic party in the field, with Hal- vor Halyorson of Minot named for Governor. Mr. Halvorson has made no statement of his campaign, nor the Democratic organization. It is expected he will make ‘an active campaign for Governor. The Demo- crats, who had begun to see visions of carrying North Dakota, do not find their chances so rosy since the nomination of Davis, Many belie McAdoo would have carried the state but did not hope for such success for John W. Davis, WHEATPITIS EXCITED WHEN PRICES JUMP September Deliveries Reach New High Level on Chi- cago Board of Trade RISES AT THE CLOSE Advances Two Cents a Bushel in Last 15 Minutes—Corn Also Takes Jump NEW POST-WAR RECORD Minneapolis, July 16—Wheat jumped to new high levels in Minneapolis today, advancing two cents over Tuesday’s prices and‘ establishing a record for post war years. July futures closed today at “1.32 %4, September 1.32 4% and December 1.33. Chicago, July 16.—Assertions that great stretches of the Cana- dian wheat crop are damaged 50 percent, beyond recovery, sent wheat sky-rocketing today. The market closed excited, and as much as 5 3-8¢ a bushel higher than yesterday, with September delivery at $1.26 7-8 to $1.27, a new high record for the season. The sharpest advance in prices today took place during the last 15 minutes of trading and mounted to two cents a bushel in that brief period. The late advance in wheat prices was further stimulated by dispatch- es from Winnipeg to one of the largest grain houses here declar- ing that $1.50 a bushel was_ in eight for wheat. The dispatch in- cluded information that thousands of acres in the Goose Lakes coun- try were being plowed under and that in central and northern Sas- katchewan 50 percent of the crop was beyond recovery even with the help of immediate rain. One of the additional disquieting factors that developed was increas- ing complaint of extensive dry wea- ther in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Corn also made a sensational ad- vance, 4 1-2c a bushel in some cases. Adverse crop reports from Indiana and Ohio received special attention and’ fresh top record prices were established for the new crop month, May delivery touch- ing 91 1-de. FEDERALFARM BANK RATE IS CUT ON LOANS Intermediate Credit Bank Rate Reduced From 5! to 5 Per Cent, Announced Washington, July 16—The Federal Farm Loan Board today announced a reduction from 5 1-2 to 5 per cent in the rate of interest charged on direct loans to all cooperative mar- keting associations. Board members declared the reduc- tion would aid materially in the fi- nancing of this year’s crop move- ment. The intermediate credit banks, which made the loans to “the co- operative marketing association last year, loaned more than $58,000,000 and this was distributed among ap- proximately 200,000 farmers. The 5 1-2 per cent rate has been in effect since the credit banks were organized under the agricultural credit law passed early in 1923, Ability of the board to lower the rate was declared by Commissioner Cooper to mean that the system was established permanently as an institution for financing the farmers. It would mean, he said, considerable saving to the takers of loans from credit banks and at the same time permit the banks to operate at a small profit. * SHOOTS FIANCE AS HE PLEADS Washington, July 16.—Slowly dying from an incurable malady Jan Zoz- nowski, a well known Polish writer, repeatedly begged friends and at- tendants at a sanitarium to put an énd to his sufferings. Today his fiance, Stanislawa Uncuska visited him an@ was so overcome at the sight of his agony that she could not resist his pitiable pleadings. She shot him in the head and he is not expected to recover. RAIN HALTS SOME FIRES San Francisco, July 16,—Eastern Washington, northern Idaho and northern: California today were cin- tinuing their battles against forest fires but rains in western Oregon and Washington had nearly ‘ended the fire menace the: AY, JULY 16, 1924 AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE GREETED BY GREAT CROWD IN BRITISH AIRDROME Hundreds Rush Forward in a n Effort to Gain Signature of Fliers in Autograph Albums—Flight Across English Channel Proves Uneventful Croyden, England, July 16.—The American army airmen, on their world flight, landed here at 2:08 o'clock this afternoon, The aviators made the distance between Le Bourget and Croyden, estimated at 225 miles in 3 hours and three minutes. The three ma- chines taxied easily into the Croy- den uirdrome aftgr an uneventful flight across the channel from Paris. ut. Lowell H. Si the flight commander, was the first tc land and one of the first to greet the airmen was Mrs. Stuart McLaren, wife of the British world flier, who asked word of her husband, now in the Far East. “Iam sorry we missed him, but glad we could help him,” Lieut. GRAND JURY TO | MEET JULY 28) Bottineau, N. D., July 16.—The re-| cessed Bottineau grand jury, which | was to have been reconvened here yesterday before’ District Judge C. W. Buttz of the district court, will not assemble until Monday, July 28, on order of Judge Buttz, which was received here late Saturday. The jury recently recessed after returning indictments against the entire board of Bottineau county commissioners, and the former coun- ty treasurer, alleging irregularities in connection with the deposit of county monies in a local bank which later closed and which, it is al- leged, had not provided sufficient surety bonds to cover the deposits. ASKS FUNDS Nation - Wide Campaign Is) Proposed by His Aides Washington, July 16.—Financial support for the LaFollette-for-presi- dent movement was sought from 30 or more national labor organizations in an appeal sent out by of- ficials of the conference for pro- gressive political action i dorsed the Wisconsin senator's in- dependent candidacy at its Cleveland convention. Each group was urged to make an immediate contribution, to be used in defraying preliminary campaign ex-| penses, and to aid in the solicitation later of funds from individuals in their organizations. The appeal w: ade by William H. Johnston, president of the Inter national Association of Machinis and Arthur E. Holder, chairman and secretary, respectively, of the confer- ence. They said detailed plans for raising an adequate campaign fund, chiefly by small contributions from those in the working class, would be laid before the conference’s natio: committee when it meets here Fri- day to select a vice presidential can-| didate and perfect campaign plans.| BLEVATOR IS DESTROYED Loss in Fire at Lehr Is Estimated at $9,000 (Special to the Tribune) Lehr, N. D., July 16.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Lehr Grain Company’s_ elevator here, with an estimated loss of $9,000. About 2,000 bushels of grain was destroyed. Insurance to the amount of $7,000 was carried. Soo line car caught fire but was extinguished before any dam- age was done. Forty ties on the siding and about 500 grain doors ;with a view of_establishing a plan “| dividing the region to the organization provided Smith replied to Mrs. McLaren, re- ferring to the new machine the American Expeditionary Forces. were able to provide the British aviater in India last month. Immediately following the flag- ship “Chicago,” in which Lieut. Leslie Arnold accompanied Lieut. Smith, were Lieut. Eric Nilson and Lieut. Lehigh Wade and Sgt. Og- den in the “Boston.” As the th planes swept up the field the crowd, which had gradu- ally vased from a score or so to several hundred, burst into loud applause and hurried to clasp the hands of the airmen and have them write something in autograph al- bums, on the backs of envelopes or anything else handy. “We are all well and fine,” Lieut. Smith said. feeling REPARATIONS BODY TAKES UP GERMAN PLANS Considers Means of Restoring Economic Life After Dawes Plan Is Accepted LAYS DOWN A _ BASIS Five Propositions Are Ap- proved For Putting Into Operation Dawes Plan July 16.—The reparations n devoted all of yester- day and a good part of the night to the request made in the joint Mac-Donald-Herriot note of last week that it submit to the London inter-allied conference suggestions whereby the economic and_ fiscal unity of Germany should be re- established as soon as the ccmmis- sion had decided that the Dawes report was in force. The reparation body begar by problem . i par’ d ssing first the possi- bility of a plan providing for the transition from the present econ- omic organization in the occupied in the Dawes report. The commis- sion, however, came to no agree- ment, deciding instead to ask the allied governments to supply it with supplementary explanations. It also passed the next part of the} problem, namely, to define when the Dawes plan might be consider- ed to be put into execution. The reparation commission laid down what should, in its opinion, constitute the “putting into oper- ation of the Dawes plan.” These conditions, five of them, were adopted unanimously. They are: first, voting by the Reichstag in a form approved by the reparations commission of laws necessary to the working of the plans and promulgation of these laws. Second, installation with a view to their normal working of all the gxecutive and controlling bodies provided in the plan. Third, definite constitution, in conformity with the provisions of the respective laws of the German banks and of the German railway companies. Fourth, deposit with the trustee of certificates representing railway bonds and such similar certificates for industrial debentures, as may result from the report of the or- ganization committee. Fifth, conclusion of contracts as- suring the subscription cf a loan ALEDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS WES PLAN IN FULL a a a nD PREMIER SAYS ITS ADOPTION I$ NECESSARY Inter-Allied Conference Open3 With British Premier Making Address AMERICANS PRESENT For Cooperation, But Havé Not Same Status as Dele- gates, Says Kellogg London, July 16 (By the A. P.) —The inter-allied conference for the purpose of making effective the Dawes plan for German repars ations assembled at 11 o’clock tos day at the foreign office. Amer- ican ambassador Kellogg and Col, James A. Logan Jr., the American observer with the reparations com- ion, were present with four advisers and a number of secre- taries. Formally welcoming the dele- gates to the conference, Prime Min- ister MacDonald made especial ref- erence to the presence of the Am- ericans. He noted they were not present as full delegates but he took their presence as indicatiny the: good will and cooperation o: the United States in the effort ta make the Dawes plan effective. Americans There Ambassador Kellogg, replying, said the American government and people believed the adoption of the Dawes report would be the first great step toward stabilization of Europe. The American delegates, he said, ere not attending the conference ith the same powers as the others the conference table as ‘the at United States was not a party ;to: the treaty of Versailles. However, the ambassador, added the Amere icans were present in the same spirit of cooperation. Opening the conference Premier MacDonald surveyed the repara¢ ticns problem arging the impors tance of putting the Dawes report into effect as a whole, without change of details. It would be the business of the conference, Mr. MacDonald said, to create conditions for the working of the Dawes re port, the first being the fiscal and economic unity of Germany, and the second, adequate secur ity for prospective investors {x the loan for Germany. Merit in Work : One great merit of the expert: work, continued the Premier, was the business-like methods they, adopted in preparing it, and he hoped the present conference would follow their example. He pointed out that the Dawes report was not a final solution of the reparations problem, but that it was necessary to get this scheme in operation be+ fcre other problems could be solved, Therefore, it was his desire, that the conference deal solely with tha Dawes report. Premier Herriot of France, pro< posed Premier MacDonald as chair+ man of the conference, after which the business of organization was begun. Sir. Maurice Hankney was named secretary-general and three committees were appointed to work cut the agenda along the lines of the Herriot-MacDonald communique issued from Paris July 9. This business accomplish- ed, the conference adjourned untit tomorrow. START SEARCH FOR MLAREN Tokio, July 16.—A. Stuart Mc- Laren, British flier, flying around the world is six hours over due of 800,000,000 gold marks as soon as the plan has been brought into operation and all the conditions contained in the experts’ report have been fulfilled. burned, and the depot platform was slightly burned along the edge. The fire originated about 2 a. m. The latest hair-pins have clips in the center. FORMER BISMARCK GIRL, AGED SIX, ASTOUNDS BY GENIUS AT PIANO Before an audience of 600 adults in the old Orpheum in St. Paul, Jeannette Weinstein, 6 years old, last week played selectidns from Grieg, Schuman, Beethoven, Rameau and Kmetty, unawed by the limelight, and unspoiled by the fact that she is being called a gotential genius. Jeanette: is the daughter of Mr. .and Mrs. William Weinstein, who form- erly lived in Bismarck, until their removal to St. Paul. At three Jeanette could hum the airs from phonographic records of the classics. It was then that her mother, who had relinguishedsin bit- ter disappointment her own dreams of becoming a great singer in the days when she lived in a barren lit- tle Russian village, planned to oh- self could not get, an opportunity to study music. So Jeanette takes lessons and prac- tices at a piano the pedals of which had to be raised to meet her short legs. Her teacher says she has sh- solute pitch, and she plays in the required tempo, with natural rhythm, and with more than u hint of tone now and then. She is all child. how- ever. and does not like to practice very well. Large for her age, she is sturdy and healthy. Jeanette’s baby brother is quite a prodigy too. He is 18 months old, and his mother says she cannot keep him away from the piano, ‘The talents of both children are natural gifts, whose worth others are esti- mating right now, with admiration of tain for her children what she her- the future for the present, and a vast hope for] through the elimination at Taramoushi island, Kuriles, where he was to have landed today and a Japanese destroyer has set out in search of his airplane, ac- cording to a report-received here late today. 42 CROSSINGS" ELIMINATED Forty-two railroad crossings on state reads have been eliminated dur- ing the past yenr, either by under- passes, realignment or relocation, ac- cording to A. D. McKinnon, project engineer of the States Highway Com. mission. The forty-two crossings eliminated are for the most part on the heavily traveled state trunklines, said Mr. McKinnon, and sre but a single step in the carrying out of the policy of the highway department to eliminate all railroad crossings on state roads. The crossings that have been re- moved this year are those which were considered the most dangerous in the state, Mr, McKinnon said. The policy of the highway department calls. for the further elimination of railroad crossings during the coming years. f Safety for motor vehicle drivers in‘ the atste has been materially in- creased, highway authorities agnee, of these forty-two most dangerous crossings, ’ geen