The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1924, Page 1

{ sg ’ To File Them ! the ground of unsufficiency be com- 7 Last night, according to reports to iF th WEATHER FORECAST Genera)y fair tonight Wednesday. and ‘ESTABLISHED 1873 BANK BONDING PETITIONS ARE RULED ILLEGAL Supreme Court Sustains Sec- retary of State’s Refusal COURSE Is UNCERTAIN Initiated Law to Increase Assessment on Banks j May Be Sought The sunreme colt, in a decision handed dow, this afternoon, upheld} — § Secretary o: State Thomas Hall in Here is Clarence F. Darrow, fusing to accept the petitions ask- cen ing a vate at the November election {Chief Justice John R. Caverly for on the proposed $6,000,000 bond is-|@%4 Judge Caverly. The judge desk an electric fan is hummi of attorneys and c sue to aid depositors of closed banks i and rewriting the Guaranty Fund Laws. “The Sccretary of State properly refused to accept the petition as suf- ficient and his decision in that re- gard is affirmed. The application for review is dismissed,” the court stat- ed in its opinion. All members of the court partici- pated in the decision, which was un- HARD RAIN i ip oyu petition for initiation of an AT LARIMORE j amendment to the constitution which os does not contain the full text of the measuee posed’ as required by ar- ticle 26 of amendments to the con- more than an the heaviest Larimore reported ineh of rain last night, oe oor amend : rain in any part of the state. The stitution js insufficient upon its face) precipitution report of the weather and the secretary of state cannot be! bureau Pollow Equine al, compelled in « proceeding to review wike eaalen: c463 « his decision refusing to file sume on samestown SOVIET TREATY 04; pelled to file such document as a sufficient opinion,” the court's sylla- bus in the case read. William Langer, attorney for the Association of Depositors of Closed Banks in North,Dakota, said that he ewas not certain whether or not pe- titions initiating an assessment dou- ble the present assessment on banks for the benefit of the Guaranty Fund would be filed, or not. He expected to await direction from the board of county commissioners of Slope coun- ty. The petitions for an initiated law, to be voted on in the November election, would have to be filed to- day, he said. HAIL HITS NEAR MOFFIT Considerable Damage Done to Strip Through There Negotiations Are Broken Off By Great Britain London, Aug. 5.—(By the A. P.)— The. negotiations between represen- tatives of Great Britain and Sovict Russia have broken down and the it was announced this morning by the foreign office. The British and Russian delega- tions were in session all night until 7:15 o'clock this morning, the. an- nouncement said. The Soviet representatives were unable to accept the amendment and concessions offered in regard to Article 14 of the draft’ treaty. No agreement could be reachdfl, it was stated, and the negotiations’ broke down. SEEK AGENT ‘A hail storm in the vicinity of Moffit yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock did damuge to crops on many farms, according to reports today. States Attorney Allen, who was about three miles east of Moffit, said there was a bad hail storm which caused heavy loss in that vicinity. The extent of the storm, which ap- parently covered a fairly narrow strip, could not be ascertained. The Soo‘line aggnt at Moffit re- ported to @ivisiod hdadquarters here today that there was a hail storm around Moffit but reported the dam- age was not extensive, Hail storms reported to the state hail insurance department in the last few days include: Jason Hoover and L. F. Bunker, farmers living five miles south’ of Brittin and about five miles west of Moffit, “reported a total loss fr@m hail last evening , about 6 o’eluck. Adolph Geovononi, living about two miles west of them, reported a fifty percent loss. The storm, it is be- lieved, struck about Geovononi’s place and went on southeast beyond Moffit. Hail stéTins reported to the state hail insurance department in the last few days include: near Mott, near Manning, Dunn county; north of Arena, Burleigh county; in Towner county, in southeastern Dickey coun- ty. Not many total losses were re- *y ported, Beeause of the fact that they have no legal machinery whereby to take advantage of the Agricultural Credit Corporation loans, and because of the lack of many advantages accru- ing to counties with agricultural ex- tension agents or workers, a com- plete reversal of opinion is reported in Hettinger county and sponsors for a proposal to restore the county agent are predicting certain victory at the fall election. Hettinger coun- ty eliminated the county agent from its payroll two years ago. Farmers are the chief backers of the plan to reinstate the officer and F and department. DELINQUENT “TAXES SHOWN Report Made to City Commis- _sion Shows Over $50,000 Due The question of delinquent per- sonal taxes was raised again last night at the city commission meet- ing, when City Assessor Falconer, who had been directed to collect de- linquent road and school poll tax, presented a statement of delinquent personal tax, The commission on motion of Com- missioner Thompson directed the city attorney: to take steps to see that proper authorities make an effort to collect the taxes due. A considerable portion of the per- sonal property tax, according to Mr. Falconer, could have been collected had ‘the proper authorities made a prompt effort to do so. Sone of it is lost, some of those owing having left the city or the firms having gone out of business. The delinquent personal property tax for the years 1918 to 1922, fox the city of Bismarck, was shown as fol- lows: road and school poll $4,333.01 state taxes $3,524.79; county’s share, $10,612.55; city of Bismarck share $17,467.29; Bismarck schools $19,- 445.35—total $55,382.98, There has been some dispute as to the proper authority to enforce col- e Soo line, there was a heavy wind and rain from Drake; to Max, but LEGION DANCE CAUSES RIOT St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 5.—-Six per- sons were overcome and collapsed at the dance given by the local Am- erican Legion when a gas bomb ex- ploded ut the door of the dance hall. Scores of terrified persons rushed to the entrance, and had to dash through the nauseating fumes to reach the open air. One man, a Legionaire was unconscious for half an hour. FOR MIDSUMMER For midsummer the medium-sized Wat is getting a bit of notice. There is a, tendency to broaden the sides of the hats and to shorten the front, vand back. Bows and trimmings of ‘,the tailored sort are used in the “pak instead of the front. it is the duty of the county auditor and commissioners and sheriff. its back, art attaches are PLAN FAILS: projected treaty will not be signed! IN HETTINGER| lection of taxes, the city taking the{ mostly with oxen. position. it is the duty of the county} years or-so before the brothers met, treasurer while the treasurer hclds| and by this time they were both WHEN D. DARROW PLEADED FOR MERCY ief counsel for Nathan F. mercy for the defendants. This is resting his head on his le wa nh hanging on the wall near t VAN HOOK MAN SEARCHES FOR HIS RELATIVES-FINDS ’EM IN HOME TOWN | Gust, Sather ~ Makes, Long Trip and Many Inqui ies Before Locating Cousins — Now Happy Family of Rel- atives Is Reunited in North) Dakota After Long Separa- tion. Van Hook, N. D., Aug. 5. -Gust Sather just knew he had a bunch| of relatives somewhere in this great] | Northwest, who were children of his father's brother. But to find them, | that was an unsolved question. ! Then, too, which added considerably | to the difficulty, the brother: a both dead, had different names. His father went by the name of Sather, while the brother had the name of} Pederson, About five years ago, Mr. Sather and his family took a trip to Wis- consin and saw his folks, and there they talked about his uncle, who was supposed to live near Evansville, Minnesota, in Grant county. His fa- ther and brother, Ed. who is now dead, had visited Brede Pederson at Evansville once. or twice after a separation of nearly thirty years. It is surmised that both the bro- thers raised their families and that the children, now of mature age, scattered as most of them usually ‘do. On his’ way back Mr. Sather called on his uncle and found him in the field together with his young- est son. But'the visit had to be cut short on account of the fact that Mr. Sather was many days overdue to return home. Very little was said about the cousins, as the short time was taken up mostly in the joy of meeting. He was assured of one cousins lived at Ruso, N. D. Again Inquires Week before last Mr. Sather made a business trip to Fargo in his Cad- jillac car which he traded for a truck. On his way home he began to ponder on that old question a where those cousins of his were. Why not go by the way of Ruso now? Yes; he would do that. He fully determined that now was the time to find his cougin—if he was still at Ruso. He would make inquiries and if possible locate him and give him a genuine surprise. | And so he eventually pulled up the street at Ruso in his big truck and stepped off. He began to make inquiries. Yes, there was a Peder- son living there—about two or three miles out. Hans B, Pederson was his name. Lived there for years and many knew him. But Mr. Sather wasn’t sure of his ffrst name. In fact he had another name for him But he would try him. At least it might lead to the right one event- ually. And so he started out on the jroad again towards Benedict. When lout about the distance he was told lat Ruso, he drove into a yard and jinquired for a man bg the name of | Pederson. Yes, his name was Ped- erson. “My name is Sather. I am from Van Hook. I ani supposed to have some cousins here in North Dakota, and one is suppdsed to live at Ruso. Was your fathef’s name Brede Ped- erson?” . “Yes; my father’s name was Brede Pederson. He lived at Evans- ville, Minnesota.” Story Unfolded “Well, that’s interesting. 1, think I am your father's brother's son and you are one of the cousins I have been looking for these many years.” And so the wonderful story was told. Their fathers had both left Norway in the late 70’s for the Uni- ted States. It is not known whether they both left at the same time. At any rate the time was not far apart. The brothers were both young and each had « small family. One of the brothers settled in Wisconsin and the other pushed on to Minne- sota. The distance between the two was very great—especially great in those days when traveling was done It was thirty | well along in years. The Wiscon- (Continued on page thre ) Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, pleading with But even then, the'little courtroom is hot and stuffy. Straw hats thing and that was that one of his} BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1924 NEW PORT IN LONG JOURNEY Make Hop Over Iceland To- day in Good Time With- out Trouble BRITISH FLIER QUITS Lieut. McLaren Forced To Give Up in His Around The World Flight Reykjavik, Aug. 5.—(By the A. P.)—Lieut. Lowell H. Smith in the Chicago and Lieut. Eric Nelson in the New Orleane arrived here from Hornaford on the cross-Iceland lap of their around the world flight at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon. Both planes landed on the wa- ters of the inner harbor, making fine landings. The two pilots with their mechanics, Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold and Lieut. John Harding Jr. were feeling fine and their machines were in good condition. a striking closeup of both Darrow ft hand, listening intently. On ais he benc! Withdraw From One Ticket C. A. Fisher, candidate for state treasurer, and Frank Milhollan, Fay jHarding and C. W. McDonnell, rail- road commissioners, all nominated both on the Republican and Non-| British around the world flier partisan League Party tickety in| and his compaiions were en- |the June 25 primary, have informed route last night abodrd a Can- jthe Secretary of State they desire) dian trawler for Dutch Harbor |to withdraw from the Nonpartisan] Amaknak Island, in the Aleu League Party column on the ballot.) tian group after their plane Frank E. Fisk of Williston, nom-| Was damaged beyond repair in inated for district judge in the Fifth} ® forced landing in a fog near district, has asked that his name be| Nikolski, Komandorski Islands kept off the ballot. iberia, Saturda: mae _In a terse rmeesaee to the PLANT FINANCE HISTORY TOLD fying nearly three-fourths of the way around the globe, on account of “impossible fl. Operating Income and Expen- ditures for the First | Eight Months Detailed . MACLAREN’S SHIP SMASHED Cordova, Alaska, Aug. 5— Major A. Stuart’ MacLaren, Ld conditions.” Major MacLaren said he was “so sorry” he was unable to continue. Other messages tri iz through from the Russian coast told of damage to the wings floats aud tail of an airplane tushed to him at Akvab, India, by the United States ‘s Japar,. cnisinen machine was smashed Hornafjord, Iceland, Aug. 5.---(By the A. P.)—The American army air- planes on their world flight hopped off from Hornafjord this morning for Reykjavik of the west coast of Iceland. At 10:25 o'clock the fliers passed Skafteros, 70 miles west of Hornaf- jord, flying in a strong gale. In the getaway the Chicago, with Lieut. Smith and Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, his mechanic, took the air first. Lieut. Erick son and Licut. John Harding Jr, in the New Orleans followed a moment later. They circl- ed the harbor for a moment, waived farewell and then headed along the Iceland coast for their destination. It was the best day since the Ra- leigh arrived, with the sun shining brightly over the glaciers and no trace of fog. From the north came a ff breeze which it was felt might somewhat impede the progress of the planes but the reports of the des- yers stationed along the route in- ated excellent visibility with a calm sea. The United States Cruiser Raleigh, which has been on station here attending the fliers, proceeded to sea, with her destination probably Reykjavik, where Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, the flight commander, will decide upon further plans for the flight. REPORT ON THE WATER Chlorine Must Still be Used— Detailed Statement of Plant Cost Is Given The city commission, in meeting last night, received a report on the \financial experience of the water plant, under city ownership, for the leight months ending on August 1. | The report showed operating prof- it of $20,630.92 for this period. The water plant acquisition and new building was financed by a bond is- sue and special assessment war- rants. The bond issue of $460,000 necessitates an interest payment of $25,350 a gear or $16,900 for eight months. The special assessment warrants total $200,075.00, the in- terest charge being $13,505.06 per year. The estimated amount of the 35 percent reduction in rates made by the city is $21,600 per year. The net income of the water plant, based upon the ratés charged when the water plant was under private ownership, would exceed the total interest charges by a few thousand dollars. The report on the oper- ating expenses of the plant does not include any charge for deprec' ‘ation, included for private plant: The profit is not enough to take care of this figure. Bacteriologist Reports A. W. Ecklund, city bacteriologist, submitted a report on a sanitary survey of the Bismarck water sup- ply. His conclusion was that the old plant was unable to produce a satisfactory water supply for drink- (Continued on page three.) ee \ Weather Report <a —© CONDITISNS BAD On Board Supply Ship Gertrude Rask, Aug. 5.—(By the A, P.)—Ice conditions along the coast of Green- land are worse than they have been for many years and are so bad that the American around the world fliers probably will have to refuel on the north Atfantic on the edge of the ice fields or land in open water near their supply ship, Gertrude Rask, or fly directly from Reykjavik to Ivistut, Green After encour\;ring an ice field 35 miles wide along the east coast of Greenland the Gertrude Rask stuck fast in the heavy polar ice 15 miles from shore and now is unable to move. Unless the ice is scattered by a westerly wind the vessel pro- bably will not be able to free her- self for several weeks, WEATHER REPORT For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipita' Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much. change in temperature. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Cooler to- night southeast portion, General Weather Conditions A trough of low pressure extends from the southern Plains Stetes northwestward to the upper Missis- sippi Valley and precipitation occur- red in the Great Lakes region, upper Mississippi Valley, northern Plains States and at scattered places along the northeastern Rocky Mountai@ slope. Fair weather prevails over the South and west of the Rockies. Temperatures are moderately high ‘over the Mississippi Valley but the high pressure over the Rocky Moun- tain region is accompanied by cool weather from the northern Plains States westward to the Pacific coast. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorolog’ | GUARANTYFUND BODY MEETS Many Bank Reopenings in State Are Expected \ Members of the Guaranty Fund Commission are in session here to- day. expect many banks to reopen in the fall, if the present expected fine crop throughout the state lives up to expectations. A number of banks are planning to open regardless of the crop. With virtually no clo: many weeks and occasional reopen- ings, the banking situation in the state is held far better than it was months ago. Members of the commission] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [maar PRICE FIVE CEN’ INDIAN TRIBE IN BIG CEREMONY Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 5.— Jackie Coogun, juvenile movie star, today became Benay Yulthie, “Talk- ing E ‘avajo Indian tribesman, when he was inducted into the Nav jos tribe at an elaborate initiation ceremony here, attended by fully 6,000 people, including repres«n tives from a dozen of the neighboring Indian pueblos. The ceremony was conducted by a group of medicine men from the Navajos reservation, near here, led by Hoshkay Yachie, aged 106, oldest of Navajos warriors and believed to be the oldest Indian in the United States. “SICK” MENTAL STATE IS HELD CRIME’S. CAUSE Dr. Healy, .on Witness Stand, Traces Development of Leopold, Loeb “CHILDISH ¢ COMPACT” States Attorney Cross-Ex- amines Witness Regarding Youth’s Agreement Chicago, Aug. 5, (By the A. P.) —Dr. William Healy of Boston, ying for the defense at the hearing to determine the punish- ment for Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. for kidnapping and murdering Robert Franks, _ testi- fied today that the crime was “the direct result of Loeb’s diseased motivation,” and that the cbserva- tions of the youths in the court- room had confirmed his opinion from examination that they are mentally diseased. Cross-examination of Dr. Healy began by Robert E. Crowe, states attcrney, seekking to bring out the basis of “a. child’s compact” be- tween Loeb and Leopold and the hearing, upon suggestion of the de- fense, became silent, the witness testified in a low voice only for the/ court and the stenographers. The matter of which boy struck the fatal blow with a cold chisel remained the puzzle of the trial when Dr. Healy after a 15-minute reference ea his nates of examin- ation, said that he had “not” been told whith killed the Franks boy, and did not know. Dr. Healy resumed his testimony by further explaining the “child- ish compact” he said yesterday Loeb and Leopold had entered into at the age of fifteen. “This childish compact was en- tered into apparently for the sake of carrying out some of the child- ish notions which each had and was unwillingly acceded to in both in- stances, to a certain degree any- how,” said the witness. “Ne doubt some think it is a great deal worse than it really is.” The witness said Loeb began drinking at the age of 15 years of age, a fact which he considered pertinent to the case, and began an association with older folk. “When he got into college life he had been pushed ahead of him- self,” said the Doctor. “He was in a situation then which was decid- edly unfortunate.” His Conclusions Turning to his conclusions, Dr. Healy said that “on account of Loeb’s abnormal mental life, par- ticularly on account of his twisted emotions as evidenced by patholo- gical desire for sympathy, which he had demonstrated for year and as this seems to be related to his phantasy life all in abnormal con- (Continued on page three.) In addition to being made a tribes- man Jackie was medicine man and was given pouch of made a the .| sacred pollen and herbs, which none but medicine men may carry. the ceremony the oldest and After the -| youngest of Navajos warriors saluted cach other, Hoshkay ie, aged 106, and Benay Yulthie, aged nine. Jackie is on his way to New York whence he will embark as a repre- sentative of American children on a relief ship expected to carry a mil- lion dollars worth of food to the starving children of the Near East. Woman, 90, Has Never Seen Auto Quicy, Ill, Aug. 5.— Hav- ing observed her 90th birth- day, 40 of which have been served in her room and the last two in bed, Mrs. H. P. Walton, a ‘prominent and wealthy resident of Quicky, today ‘bemoaned the fact that she never had ridden in an autofhobile and scarcely knew what one looked like. Although living two blocks from the very heart of the city she has never seen a trolley car nor ‘hag she been able to view ithe growth of the city all about her. Mrs. Walton ig the daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Jackson and was born in Boston. Bed-rid- den and suffering many physi- cal infirmities, her sight has ‘been cut slightly impaired and she is able to read the ordi- nary newspapers without glasses. (0. P. ELECTOR SUPPORTS BOB John L, Miklethun of Griggs county, who was named in the March 18 primary as a Republican electoral college candidate, is head- ing the LaFollette presidential cam- paign in Griggs county. Mr. Mik- lethun, in an announcement publish- ed in the Cooperstown Sentinel- {| Courier, sigtied se chairman of the! Nonpartisan Lexgue County Central committee and the Republican cen- tral committee addressed “all League workers, precinct chairmen and all others interested in the League tic- ket and the election of LaFollette and Wheeler” and called, a mass meeting to discuss plans. The mat- ters to be discussed included back- ing of League indorsees against the Republican independents named in the primar; HUGHES SAILS TOWARD HOME Bremerhaven, Aug. 5.—(By the A. P.)—Charles E, Hughes, American secretary of state, embarked for New York today on board the President Harding. LABOR KEEPS OUT OF FIGHT Atlantic City, Aug. 5.—(By the A. P.)—Denouncing with impartian em- phasis both militarism and pacifism the executive council of the American Federation of Labor today refused to become in\@lved in the National Defense Day controversy. City Commission Votes Atkinson $7,950 Fee; 3 Percent on $265,000 Harry Thompson Opposes Commission to City Engineer: Upon Purchase Price of Diemarck Water S upply Plant—Majority Members Hold Fee Legitimate Charge For Services Rendered. Over the opposition of Commission- er Harry Thompson, the City Com- missiop last evening allowed the bill of TR. Atkinson, city engineer for $7.950. being three percent upon $265,000 the price paid by the city for the plant of the Bismarck Water; Supply company. Th kes a to- tal of $25,386.24 for engi eering ex- pense. Mr. Thompson bases his opposi upon the theory that no commi should be allowed upon property tak- en over by the city, but merely for new construction work for which plans were prepared and actual en- gineering service given. Those favoring the bill contend that’ the fee is justified because of the ativice given during the process of the controversy which ultimately led to the final purchase of the plant. In addition to special fees, Mr. Atkinson receives from the city $60 a month and office rent free whether any engineering work is un- der construction or not. . “The present overhead on the city water plant,” Mr. Thompson said to- day in commenting upon the allow- ance of this bill,” could be cut in half and the taxpayers saved about $9,000 a year if an engineer were hir- ed on a fixed salary for the year and the commission arrangement elimin- ated. “I contend that the three percent upon the purchase price is an inde- fensible charge. I fought it for three months but failed to head this bill off. If the other taxpayers of the city can stand it I guess I can too, but it is putting a severe load upon the property owners at a time like pe ‘ GERMAN DELEGATES PROMISE HELP FLIERS REACH | JACKIE COOGAN INDUCTED INTO H DECLARE THEY. WILL FULFILL DAWES REPORT Herr Spiecker, Spokesman for Body, Asserts Germany Will Assist Allies MacDONALD FOR SPEED Premier Hands German Pro- tocol — Wants Conference Ended by Friday Night London, Aug. 5.—(By the A. P.): Premier MacDonald, presiding at @ plenary session of the inter-allied conference at noon today, formally handed to the German delegation the protocol embodying the program of. the conference for putting the Dawes reparation report into effect. He asked the Germans to study the re- port and be ready to express their opinions tomorow. The premier said he wanted to bring the conference to an end by Friday night. The session, which was held at the premier’s official re- sidence in Downing street, lasted but thirty minutes and was opened by a welcoming address delivered by Mr, MacDonald. Fully Prepared The German delegates, headed by Chancellor Marx, Foreign Minister Stresemann and Finance Mii Luther arrived in London at m. fully prepared for the meeting, having familiarized themselves with the action of the conference commit- tee while en route to Berlin That the German delegates will object to certain features is a fore- gone conclusion but according to a high American authority there are but two points to which they can technically do so. One of these is the provision for extension of de- liveries in kind of coke, dyes and coal beyond the Versailles treaty date of 1930 and the other is the agreement on arbitration of the ques- tion of whether financial maneuvers are taking place in Germany to de- feat the Dawes plan. Will Assist On their arrival in London the German delegates. through — their spokesman, Herr Spiecker, said they wished to assist in finding the best method of putting the Dawes report into effect without alteration and in the spirit of its author, and that they would contribute their part to its loyal fulfillment. Herr Spiecker expressed the hope that the same spirit would be found in London in which event, he said, there should be no difficulty in com- ing to a speedy agreement. READY TO EVACUATE London, Aug. 5&.—Prime Minister MacDonald, answering the questions in regard to the reparations prob- lem, declared he would not sanction the retention of British soldiers in Cologne, ten minutes longer than necessary for Great Britain to dia- pose of the fair obligations imposed .|on her. SEEK RULING ON STATUS OF N.D, ELEVATOR Secretary of Board of Man- agers in Appeal, Fearing Cancellation of License Fearing that the North Dakota state terminal elevator at Grand Forks would lose its federal license, appeal was made to Attorney-Gen- eral George Shafer by K. C. Nelson, secretary of the board of managers, for a legal interpretation of the powers and duties of the agencies having to do with the state milling and elevator industry. Mr. Shafer, in an opinion announced today, lays down the lawinsuch manner, it is believed, that the objections which caused Mr. Nelson to seek his opin- ion, can be removed. The board of managers, Mr. Shafer holds, has power to, super- vise the entire milling and elevator business, jointly or separately. The federal warehouse act -pres- eribes that where the capital stock of a concern does not amount to 10 cents per bushel of the rated ca-- pacity of the elevator, the concern must furnish either cash or bond to make up the difference. The North Dakota elevator management, he said, was charged with $800,000 as a capital asset and in making monthly reports to Washington this was shown as the only assets. The federal department, Mr. Nelson said, treated this segregation, made only for accounting ‘purposes, as com- plete and required a surety bond. Surety companies, taking the same view, declined to wiite a bond. “We are very snxious to get this matter attended to as we might have our government license cancelled unless we can get the matter at- tended to at an early date,” Mr. Nelson wrote. The board of managers has .full power to provide the necessary. bonds, the Attorney-General holds,