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# WEATHER, FORECAST Partly overcdatjiand somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday, ESTABLISHED 1873 COMMON SENSE COOLIDGE PLEA IN ACCEPTANCE President, Officially Notified of Nomination, Bares Campaign Views 4 soto, HITS AT DEMAGOGUES Folly Over Over - Taxation Is Dwelt on by .President in His Speech Washington, Aug. 15.—Pres- ident Coolidge, having opened the Republican campaign in his speech formally accepting the nomination as candidate for President by stressing govern- ment economy, ‘further tax’ re- duction, further limitation of armaments and stabilization of agriculture, was ready. today for a two weeks vacation with his famjly at hia father’s home in Plymouth, Vermont. The nominee was applauded Fepeatedly last night as he out- lined the principles on which he will seek election, speaking at the notification exercises here before the leaders of his party. Washington, Aug. 15—A “Govern- Gment of common sense” dedicated to honesty and economy at, home and peace abroad, was promised last night by President Coolidge in for- mally accepting the nomination of the Republican party as its candi- date for President. Declaring domestic affairs of chief cern to the nation, Mr. Coolidge Boposea further tax reduction and “more tax reform” and announced his intention to appoint a commit- tee to investigate means of aiding agriculture. He summed up the foreign policy of. the administration in a single word—peace—and promised to pro- pose after the Dawes reparation plan -gets underway another confer- ence to consider further limitation of armaments and codification of international law. Addressing himself to possible op- position party issues, Mr. Coolidge referred to the question of honest government - and. replied . that. {the government is sound” and ‘would prosecute wrongdoers fearlessly. He referred to a probable “discussion of liberal thought and progressive ge- tion” in the campaign and answered that liberality in thought and prog- ress in action is all well enough for the country,” but its greatest asset is common sense.” A The address was devoted largely to a review of the accomplishments of the administration during the last four years, and contained» a specific program for the future in thich the President outlined his es in characteristic short, pun- gent sentences, Detailing his views, the Pres- ident announced he favored: The _principle of protection. The Child Labor Amendment. The Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice. Further limitation of . arma- ments, Support by the government in encouraging American citizens and resources to assist in re- storing Europe. , Enforcement of the prohibi- tion laws. i Specifically he declared oppo- sition to any general extension of government ownership and control and to aggressive war. The nominee laid part stress on agriculture, taxes and foreign relations. For Agricalture Efforts of the administration to relieve agriculture through enapt- ment\of 15 laws were recalled by the President, but he insisted “we now need in agriculture more organiza- tion, cooperation, and diversifica- tion.” He added that the “funda- mental remedy was provided, as it always must be provided, not much through enactment of legi: lative laws, as through the working out of economic laws.” Becapse of this, he said, price fixing by legi n must be evaded, ss “Now that nature and egonomic law have given some temporary re- lie! he continued, “I propose to appoint a committee. to ‘investigate and report measures to the Congress in December that may ‘help ‘secure this result which we all desire. “The farmer should have the ben- ‘qfit of legislation providing for flood control and development of in- land waterways, better nayigation east and south from the Great Lakes, reclamation - and egpecially relief for those who canny meet their payments on‘ irtigati proj- ects. But the main problem is mar- keting. Cooperative ‘effort, reor- ganization of the. freight rate struc- ture, good business and goad wages in manufacturing, and the’ settle- ment of European affairs Will all help to provide better prank condi- tions. : More Tax ‘Reiluctio Denouncing as short sighted the plea of “demagogue: for pver-tax- ing the ‘rich, Mr. Coolidge ‘deman ed a further sue in surtax rates ing on high incomes, | Leen further tax redugfion and more tax ‘réform,” he said.) “I am {not disturbed about the lect on ‘afew thousand people with Jarge in- 8, because’ they have; to pay h surtaxes. (Continued on page P so| What coné@rns me |b; “Wall Street Bishop” Weds at 76 Rev. William Wilkinson, the famous “Bisnop of V shown leaving Trinity Church, New Travilla McNab. He 76 and the right, performed the ceremony. R “Wall Street Bishop” becau: heart of America’s stock exc ange center Yo ide 74. i ev. ¥ olfice boys and traders. MURRAY RITES HELD TODA Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Mur- ray home on Fifth street, for Alex- ander R. Murray, of this city, who died yesterday morning, after a short illness. Rev. Burns of La Moure will read the service. Tomor- row morning the body will be taken to St. Helens, Ont. the boyhood home of Mr. Murray, and burial will be made’ there. : THRESH GRAIN T00 SOON OVER THENORTHWEST; Farmers Anxious to Take Ad- vantage of Present Prices, Experts Report The weekly crop survey of Van Dusen Harrington Company, Minnea- polis, follows: “The Northwest has had unseason- ably cold weather for a week past. The temperatures at night have been near freezing, in North Dakota and Montana. Last night there was a slight frost around Jamestown. We are unable to determine the damage, if any. The cold weather held back the ripening of grain in the Northern districts, but has been ex- cellent for filling. “The harvesting of wheat and coarse grain is almost completed in the Southern half of this territory, while in the North most of the coarse grain and about one-third of the wheat have been cut. Some thresh- ing returns have been received from South Dakota and Minnesota showing lds of from 12 to 30 bushels of Spring wheat per acre. In the North practically no threshing has been done. The wheat generally, is heavy and the quality far above the aver- ge. “Cold weather has apparently held the rust in check and most of the early wheat will escape damage. A few of our correspondents in North Dakota and Montana advise that the late wheat which is very backward, will probably be slightly affected by rust. “Corn has made very little head- way during the week, as the cold weather has been very unfavorable for it. Probably only a small per- centage of corn in the North will ma- ture, but will furnish a large amount of fodder. In the Southern districts corn is very spotted and in many Him ed Mrs. lent its we! dence op day resulted suspicion. caused it all. cide theory. stages of development, so that the outcome is uncertain. “The crops of barley and oats are generally very good. Threshing re- turns show oats as high as 65 bus- hels to the acre and barley as much as 45 bushels. The quality and weight are exceptionally good. There is considerable difference in opinion of the flax crop as it is 80 very uneven. Some early flax has been ext atd from samples received indicates a good yield and quality. Some late.flax is just in bloom and very favorable weather will be-neces- to bring it to maturity. “Apparently, farmers are anxious to sell grain at present prices. In instancey.the grain is being threshed too ‘ the result: that i tough and not in good condition when coming onto the market. The qyality. would be greatly improved the shooting. screams apartment, ‘allowing the grain to stand before threshing.’ tory. rk, with his bride, Mrs. Pauline Rev. F. W. Goodman, at inson won his title of the of his daily noon services held in the and attended by brokers, EVIDENCE AGAINST KID M’COY FOR MURDER OF WOMAN MOUNTS, OFFICERS SAY, WHILE EX-PUGILIST IS SILENT Blood - Stained Pick - Axe Handle Found in Automo- bile Is Latest Bit of Evi- dence to be Used Against the Alleged Slayer of Mrs. Theresa Mors — Other Charges Are Made-Against Los: Angeles, Aug. 15, (€B; the A. P.)—The gun that kill- Theresa Mors, for whose death Kid McCoy, ex- pugilist is being held, was held within two feet of her head, a fact that might tend to support McCoy’s story of the woman's suicide, the autopsy surgeon announced’ today. Los Angele: P,)—A blood- in an ht posing Kid McCoy as he sat cell here today, awaiting the coroner’s inquest into the shooting of Mors, divorced antique dealer's wife, whose death Wednes- in McCoy's arrest on The former pugilist and motion picture actor, whose true name is Norman Selby, charges—robbery and assault with in- tent to murder—growing: out of an orgy of shooting in: two district shops where he find and kill Albert Mors, former husband of the dead woman who, in McCoy’s mind, This shooting affray, the desire to ‘kill Mors and the actual wounding of two men and one woman who were in Mors antique shop’ early Wednes- day, McCoy has freely admitted, but the shooting of Mrs. Mors, he con- tends, was suicide. Brought before the district attor- ney yesterday M¢Coy added 1 m 61”—to his previous suicide ver- sion of the death of Mrs. Mors; then lapsed into silence on:the advice of his attorneys, Meanwhile his sister, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, repeated to the judge his al- leged confession that he killed Mrs. Mors during a quarrel at the apa: ment and police announced that oth- er evidence was available sufficient to refute completely the Kid’s sui- They pointed out that no powder burns were visible around the 32- calibre wound in Mrs. Mors’ left tem- ple; that there were cuts on the wo- man’s chest, forearm and lips, and bruises on both arms, and 1 night they revealed that a staihed pick-axe handle and a clip of ten 32-calibre cartridges had been found beneath the driver's seat of the automobile used by McCoy after In addition, they announced the discovery of witnesses who had heard issuing from the death followed by scraping sounds and then silence, ATTENTION IS . TURNED EAST Washington, Aug. 15.—Attention of LaFollette managers in the East in the next 10 days is to be center- 8 | ed on Maine and Vermont. in these two states, Senator LaFol- lette has been told by Gilbert Roe, his campaign manager, the tion in New England automobile he THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924 FARM LANDS IN| BECALLED BY N.D.CUTAGAIN| INDEPENDENTS State Board of Equalization Makes Reduction in Valu- ation For Taxation Full State Ticket Likely to be Nominated at Convention To Be Held Soon CITY RESIDENCES cuT|!AKE ACTION IN FARGO ‘| Committee Is Named by Con- ference There to Decide on Time, Place of Convention Valuation in Bismarck and Other Cities Is Reduced Five Per Cent A complete Independent ticket will be placed in the field in the fall hy aon in North Dakota, in the opin- ign of Bismarck men who returned tqday from the conference held at ‘érgo to consider the political situa- tion in the state. The meeting there, which was call- ed by the Real Republican committe adopted a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the conference that a’ full ticket of candidates be placed in the field to oppose the League in the fall election. The old alignment will be attempted, a committee to be named from the Democrats and one from the I. V. A. being asked to co- operate, s ‘The time and place of a state-wide convention will be decided by a com- mittee named. The sentiment was that a state convention be held “as soon as possible.” M. L. McBride of Dickinson, EF, T. Burke of Bismarck and George Rob- bins of Grand Forks were named as Republican members of the arrange- ments committee of nine; L. L. Twichell, of Fargo, John W. Carr of Jamestown and Miss Nellie Daugh- erty of Minot were named to repre- sent the I. V. A. and the Democrats, who meet in Fargo Saturday, will be asked to name three. Action on presidential electors will await the action of the LaFollette conference here Saturday, There have been hints that the LaFollette men would place their electoral can- didates in the independent column under his name and that four of the five Republican electoral candidates, who are LaFollette men, would with- draw. Whe Fargo meeting also took the position that another candidate than Thomas Hall should be named as a candidate for Congr in the Se ond Congressional District for the balance of the term of George M. Young, who has resigned, effective March 4. Mr. Hall would be candi- date for the long term, The argu- ment was advanced that it would militate against Mr. Hall’s chance of victory to have him as a candidate for the short term. Bismarck people at the conference included: G. N. Livdahl, E. T, Burke, H. 'P. Goddard, Mrs. E. A. Hughes, C. B. Little, W. G. Black, P. Tuck- er, E, M. Crary, John Steen, George Shafer, J. A, Kitchen, and Thomas Hall. TWO NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH IN CAR CRASH States Attorney E. S. Allen and Sheriff Hedstrom Al- most Submerged in Lake Another decrease in the assessed value of farm lands in the state, though not so sharp as last year’s decrease, was ordered today by the state board of equalization. The total valuation of farm lands, for taxation purposes, was reduced‘ from $897,519,365.00 in 1923 to $838,721,- 908.00, through the equalization of the values of various counties in the. state. Other real estate values, except- ing for a sharp reduction in the valuation of residences in the state, were not much changed from last year’s figures, by the board, The total value of all real estate, for taxation, was fixed at $972,808,- 404 as compared to $1,044,309.18 last year. The residences in the state were valued at $58,471,225 as com: pared to $67,982,662 last year. Busi- ness structures were placed at $35, 390,196 as compared to 5,926 last. year, while town and city lots are valued at $38,975,855 as com- pared to $41,943,819 in 1923, and leased sites, the last of the various estate items, were valued at $1,333,490 as compared to $1,447,149 in 1923. All figures are based upon 100 percent value, and the tax is as- sessed of 75 percent of the valu e average value of farm I per’ acre, for taxation purposes, is $20.23 per acre, as a result of the state board’s equaliation work, while in 1923 it was $21.70 per acre. The valuations on farm lands in 19 counties only were changed from figures submitted by the county boards of equalization. The changes follow: Increases, Bottineau, 20 per- cent; Burleigh, five percent; Dickey five percent; Foster, fifteen per- cent; Grand Forks, 18 percent: Griggs, 10 percent; McLean, five per- cent; Mountrail, 20 percent; Pem- bina, 20 percent; Slope, 25 percent; Walsh, 20 percent; Wells, 10 per- cent; Williams, five percent. De- creases, Bowman, five percent; Gold- en Valley, five percent; McIntosh, five percent; Mercer, five percent; Oliver, five percent; Sioux, five per- cent. Changes made with respect to valuations in counties containing the principal cities apply chiefly to city residences. The valuation of residences for taxation was de- creased 10 percent for Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot, Bismarck, Devils Lake, Mandan, and ‘Valley City. Residence valuation was low- ered 25 percent in Dickinson, and increased 15 percent in Williston. Changes made on other classes of city real estate were an increase In the valuation of business |struc- tures in Mandan of ten percent, and a similar increase of 10 percent in Williston. - The board will continue in ses* sion next week, HIGHWAY COST IS LOWERED Bids Are Less Than Formerly in North Dakota ‘all Street,” is here Aug. 15.—(By the A. ined pick-axe handle, used, to the mass of evi- also faced other Westlake sought to was “the man who Sheriff Albin Hedstrom and States Attorney FE. S. Allen narrowly es- caped death yesterday afternoon a mile east of Wing when the auto- mobile in which they were riding plunged into a slough, turned over, and almost submerged the two men. The steering wheel and top held the car up enough for Sheriff Hed- strom to lift his head out of the wa- ter, kick his feet loose and, with two others, help get Mr. Allen from underneath the car. Sheriff Hed- strom suffered a long gash cut on one hand, and other cuts and body bruises, and was forced to’ remain in bed for a time today. Mr. Allen was badly shaken up but suffered no serious injuries except the shock. It was feared by him, also, that the water might bring on an attack of rheumatism. The accident happened when some- thing went wrong with the steering gear of the car. The two had turn- ed a couple of curves and were not going’ fast, when the car headed directly for the slough and could not be stopped. It was completely turned over, and was to be hauled out today. » is age— An appreciable lowering is noted in the cost of highway construction during. the six months just passed, over the previous half year. During the past six months from Jan, 1, 1924, to July 1, 1924, grading and the installing of culverts and small bridges on North Dakota high- ways was lowered from an average cost of $3,514.66 per mile to $3,- 354.35 per mile, while gravel sur- facing was lowered from an average of $2,347.57 per mile to $1,775.58, ac- cording to figures given in a tabula- tion of the contract awards of the state Highway Commission recently. These figures represent a total of $40,283.89 which was saved the state during the period just passed on grading and culverts, because of the low construction costs main- tained by the state Highway Com- mission. The total saving for gravel surfacing was $60,230.09, or a total saving of $100,513.99 to the state on contracts awarded for grading for graveling. “, G. BI , chief engineer of the Highway Commission is very well pleased with the trend of construc- tion costs as shown by the tabula- tions, toward a lower standard be- cause it represents a movement in which he has been an important fac- tor. He has repeatedly used his in- fluence to force down costs and feels that the saving to the state shown in the past six month’s report is the best result he could have gained. last blood- MAIL POUCHES ARE STOLEN Fargo, Aug. 15.—Two mail pouches, containing ordinary mail, were cut open and rifled in the Soo depot at Lidgerwood, Wednesday night, gac- cording to word received at the chief clerk's office of the Railway Mail Service today. Nothing of great value was obtained, postal railway, officials believe. The thieves broke throygh a door into the depot some- time during the night, scattered the contents of the pouches over the floor and then escaped. shuffling, LARGE MELONS evel Large Honey Dew. and Cassaba me- lons-are usually better than the smaller ones. The test for ripeness: is the same as that of smaller varie- tl Except itua- is_satisfac- | VALUATION OF |CONVENTION TO |CORN SKYROCKETS TO NEW HIGH PRICE RECORD TODAY WITH UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REPORTED; GRAINS ALSO UP Chicago, Aug. 15—Buying of all grain today sent prices up higher than they had been all year., The extreme advance was in May corn which jumped six cents per bushel, The buying stampede started in corn, and was due to cool weather, highly unfavorable to the corn crop in. the present stute of development. Closing quotations were all toward the top prices of the day, with corn 31g¢ to 5% cents higher than yesterday. FRENCH OFFER CONCESSIONS AT CONFERENCE Agree to Evacuate Some Im- portant Places in Ruhr in Less Than Year AWAIT GERMAN WORD Progress of Negotiations Hinges Upon Cabinet Session in Berlin London, Aug. 16.--(By the A. P.)— Further progress of the negotiations over the evacuation of the Ruhr by the French and Belgians waits upon words from Berlin where the German cabinet was still in session at a late hour last night. The cabinet mem- bers were summoned by President Ebert to consider the German reply to the French contention that the evacuation period occupy a year’s time, Until this question is settled the work of the international repara- tions conference cannot be completed ag successful operation of the Dawes plan hinges on a pr ment between. the Ge cupying powers. The situation was decided last night as decidedly easier, the French having agreed to many modifications of their original demands. Premier Herriot, while maintaining his cgn- tention that the Ruhr evacuation need not take place after the date on which the French and Germans reach an ag(eement, has offered immediate withdrawal from many important railways and industrial centers. There have also been intimations Mthat the complete military evacuation of the territory not held under the Versailles treaty might be made in much less than a year if the Ger- mans carried out their part of the Dawes plan faithfully. minary agree- rmans and oc- ed to the Associated Press that he was convinced the conference would not break down. CONTINUE PARLEY London, Aug. 15.—Negotiations be- tween the French, German and Bel- gium governmental heads over the Ruhr evacuation were continuing at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the Ger- man delegation being in constant communication with Berlin both by telephone and telegram. BARTH SHOCKS ROCK TOKIO Tokio, Aug. 15.—Fifteen heavy rthquake shocks rocked Tokio early today. The tremblors were heaviest in the districts north of here where general alarm, but slight damage, was reported. ROME FACES TASK Rome, Aug. 15.—Rome has begun to turn its attention to the serious problem of housing the thousands of pilgrims who will flock into the Eternal City from all parts of the world in observance of Holy Year, which will begin next Christmas Eve and continue until Christmas Eve, 1925, Chicago, Aug. 15, (By the A, P.) —One of the main points of the defense’s plea for mitigation of punishment of Richard Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold Jr. for killing Bobby Franks, functional disorders of the endocrine gland having af- fected their mentality, was attack- ed by the state,on rebuttal today. The entire morning of the hear- ing before Judge John R. Caverly was given over to technical testi- mony leading up to one question and answer and then cross-exam- ination. “There would be nothing in the finds of the Bowman-Hulbert re- Port to indicate disease of the en- American ambassador Kellogg stat- | Demand for corn was espec' ly stimulated by Minneapoli reports that the corn crop in the wert had made little headway and in the northwest as the weather had heen unfavorable. With the outlook efsewhere uncertain on account of the un- usual lateness of the crop this season, buying of corn soon in- creased. It was only in the last half hour of buying however that the corn had « rapid ad- vance of about 5 cents, whereas oats had only risen about 4 cents. STORIES TOLD BY SLAYER AND GIRL DIVERGE Emil Zupke, Ready to Plead Guilty, Turns Accusing Finger on Fiancee TELLS OF THE CRIME Benton Harbor, Mich., Aug. 15.— .A wide divergence in the stories of Emil Zupke, Benton Harbor, factory hand, and Florence McKinney, his 19-year-old fiance, appeared today us the time neared for them to be ar- raigned on charges of first degree murder in connection with the death of Cora May Raber, Zupke, an uncouth tarmer, lad, has decided to ‘t'ake his punishment like a man,” he said, and plans to plead guilty. His fiancee on the other hand will fight the charge and plead not guilty. The confessed slayer of the girl, who demanded that he marry her to give her unborn child a name, today for the first time made dam- aging admissions involving Miss | McKinney. She countered. with a denial that she knew what Zupke was doing when he choked Miss Ra- ber to death. “I told Florence that 1 wanted her to drivethe car while I did the job,” he confessed, referring to the night on which he kept the supposed wedding tryst with Miss Raber and then “drove her into the country and killed her while Miss McKinney sat at the wheel of the car. “Florence looked me squarely in the eye and said ‘Ace, I'll do any- thing in the world for you,” he went on. “That was all there was to it. We drove out the Niles road and finally 1 got up enough cour- age to jam my elbow into Cora’s throat where I held her until she stopped struggling. My back was toward Florence but she knew what was going on. She helped me lift the body out of the car.” Miss McKinney, light-hearted and laughing, denied that she knew what he was doing. She admitted driving the car but insisted she thought he was “giving her medicine.” The girl takes her imprisonment lightly. She spends her time cut- ting pictures out of magazines, and pasting them on the walls. Zupke appears to be weighted down with thoughts of the crime. He sits con- tinually with his head bowed in his hands. Sheriff Is “Wet” Milltown, Georgia, Aug. 15.—- Sheriff Elijah Tucker of Lanier county, who last March ran for renomination on a dry ticket and was victorious by the largest majority ever given a candidate in this county, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday on a charge of violating the national it prohibition law, known yesterday. became CHEERS FOR PASTOR Vineland, N. J., Aug. 15.—People lined the sidewalks and cheered as a Vineland pastor and his wife drove , by in their car on a return trip from the seashore. “It’s just like our wedding trip,” said the woman. When they returned home they found the ,Pastor’s blue and white bathing suit hanging from the rear of the car. STATE ATTACKS ‘MENTAL SICKNESS’ THEORY OF DEFENSE IN REBUTTAL EVIDENCES IN LEOPOLD-LOEB CASE docrine glands?” asked the prose- jgution, _ “There is nothing in these find- ings incompatible with health,” was the reply. _The Bowman-Hulbert report in- dicated disordered endocrine sys- tems in the youths and was elabor- ated upon by the direct testimony of Dr. H, A. Hulbert, the defertse’s fourth alienist. Cross-examinaticn of Dr. Rollin T. Woodyatt, who qualified as an expert on endocrinology, failed to shake his assertion that the report mentioned failed to indicate disord- ered mentality. His cross exam- ination was incomplete when the luncheon recess was directed. PRICE FIVE CENTS ATTACK BRITISH TROOPS IN SUDAN ILEADERS CALL UPON MOSLEMS FOR UPRISING Leaves of British Officials Are Cancelled as Situation Grows Disquieting WARSHIP STANDS BY Cruiser Maintains Public Se- curity at Khartum, Where Attack Occurred London, Aug. 15.—An Evening News dispatch from Khartum states that labcrers armed with hammers and sticks started a dem- onstration here today. They were dispersed by British troops. It was added that the British cruiser Weymouth is standing at Port Su- dan to maintain public security. The dispatch stated that a fight occurred at Port Sudan upon the arrival of British troops from Khartum. It was said that the leaves of officials and _ British officers have been cancelled and certain responsible officials re- called, Call on Moslems New and disquieting features in the Sudan, Khartum advices state, include the posting of anonymous proclamations and the exchange of telegrams among the natives con- taining verses from the Koran, re- ferring to the overthrow of un- believers and an organized system of speeches, demonstrations and prayers in the mosques to influ- ence the Moslem _ population to fanaticism on behalf of Egypt and Islam against the English and in- fidels. It was feared that the eclipse of the moon would mean trouble ameng the ignorant natives and great efforts have been taken to acquaint the people with the real reasons for the phenomenon. NEW FLIERS’ BASE FOUND Flight to be Delayed Day to Take Advantage of It Reyjkavik, Iceland, Aug. 15.—The American Army world fiers will not hop off for Greenland this morning, owing to a new and better landing place for them having been discov- ered 15 miles from Angmagsalik, Marking out this new base and bringing there the supplies from the supply steamer, Gertrude Rask, will occupy 24 hours. The Gertrude Rask cannot be moved to the new base owing to the ice condition. Therefore, the supplies will be car- ried on rowboats. The weather conditions were fine on the whole Iceland-Greenland route today, the storm’ forecast yesterday not having materialized. ADJUSTMENT IS GIVEN T0 INDEPENDENTS State Bureau Turns Valley City Courthouse Matter Over to Bureau Settlement of the loss on the Val- ley City courthouse, damaged re- cently by fire, will await a report of independent adjusters, according to Harold Hopton, manager of the state fire insurance fund, The department, he said, had asked the Western Ad- justment and Inspection Company to make a report on the loss and that the work had not been completed. The state department, he said, will not pay Barnes county sufficient to permit it to rebuild the courthouse as it was, without the county suffering loss, The policy, he said, is based on the sound value of the building, and the state pays insurance on this basis, the basis also on-which Barnes county paid premiums, he said. * The state department is willing to pay Barnes county the cost of -re- placement, less depreciation on the building, he said. The main part of the courthouse was built 40 years ago and the remainder 20 years ago, and under the policy it is necessary to deduct the depreciation accruing, he said. The Western Adjustment and Inspection Bureau, which he said is independent of insurance compan: ies, will be assisted by T. E. Powers of Fargo. SECRETARY TO KING DIES Richmans Wirth, England, Aug. 15. —Viscount Kndllys, first Baron of Caversham, died today after several days illness. He was for 40 years private secretary to the late King Edward and served in a similar ca- pacity to.King George from 1910.to 1913. He-also had been Lord-in- ing to Queen Mother Alexandria. since 1910. . i

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