The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably Wednesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 ADOPTED WITH CUTS REFUSED Total Appropriation For City Expenses For Ensuing Year Is $98,313.00 va CHANGES PROPOSED Recommendations of Taxpay- ers Committee Calls For Saving of $5,245.00 The city commission,- in meeting last’ night, adopted the budget or- dinance for the fiscal year, which began September 1. The budget pro- vides for a total of $98,313.00 for city expenses of which $73,558.00 is listed as general fund expense and $25,755.00 is carried for interest and sinking fund. The budget ordinance in amount is as originally introduced two weeks ago. One change was made by the city commission, the contin- gent fund being cut from $3,500 to $2,750 and an item of $750, the dif- ference, added for assessment. Commissioner Larson said this was because of doubt as to legal powers of the city auditor to do the assess- ing. Proposals for reduction in items of the budget totalling $5,245.00 were submitted to the commission by a group of taxpayers who have been investigating city _ finances, through Commissioner Thompson. The proposed reductions were turn- ed down by the commission, and the Ludget amount not reduced. The changes proposed by taxpay- ers were: wy Reductions ry Street commissioner 1,800.00 to street commissioner ... 325.00 Expense city engineer 720.00 Salary city attorney 200.00 Health department 500.00 Fire department 200.00 Police department 900.00 Sewer department . 200.00 Swimming pool ... 200.00 Road and street, and labor ..1,500.00 Contingent fund ... 700.00 9,245.00 Added Salary city engineer ....... Expense fund, city engineer -8,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 NET SAVING ....... veo $5,245.00 The detailed changes proposed in the budget were: 1. Salaries. That in line D, General Fund Sal- aries, the figures $1,200.00 be strick- en out and the figures $1,000.00 be substituted therefor. 2, Health Department. That in line D, Health Depart- ment, the figures $8,000.00 to strick- en out and in lieu therefor the figures $2,500.00 be substituted. 5, Fire Department. That in Line H, Care and main- ¥ tenance of Fire Hall, the figures $1,200.00 be stricken out and the figures $1,000.00 be substituted . therefor. 6. Police Department. That in line A, Salary of Chief, the figures $2,400.00 be stricken out ment, the figures $3,000.00 be strick- tuted therefor. That in line E, Transportation, telegrams, tolls, etc. the figures $1,000.00 be stricken out and the figures $500.00 be substitut- ed therefor. 7, Sewer Department. That in line B, Labor, the figures “500.00 be stricken out and the fig- ures $300.00 be substituted therefor. Swimming Pool Fund. That in line 1, Labor, the figures $1,000.00 be stricken out and the figures $800.00 be substituted there- for. Road and Street Fund. That in line 3, Labor, the figures $7,000.00 be stricken out und the figures $5,590.00 be substituted therefor. Contingent Fund. That in line 2, Contingencies, the figures $3,500.00 be stricken out and the figures $800.00 be substituted therefor. That the city auditor correct all footings of funds in accordance with these amendments and that Section 2 of the budget ordinance making the levy be corrected to conform to these amendments before final ac- tion by this commission. Read and Street Fund. That line 1, salary of commissioner together with the figures $1,800.00 be stricken out. That line 2, expense of city en- gineer, together with (the figures $720.00 be stricken out. That line 4, street sprinkling sup- plies, etc. the figures $3,880. be stricken out. and in lieu thereof the figures $3,555.00 be substituted. in li ine 1 stricken out “For salary of ry ui | there be substituted: _ city engineer and ex-officio street commissioner and Superintendent » Water Department the sum of $3.- 000.00.” That in line 2 stricken out there be substituted: “For actual expense and assistants for city engineer the sum of $1,000.00.” ‘ That the total appropriation for | Road and Street Fund be changed jo accord with these amendments (Cntinued on page four.) dy Thursday. and enter the fight Here the defeated candidate he will do all in his power to 1 assuring Davi It was their first meeting s' to pu: —1__. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, ‘A, TUBSDAY, SEPTEMBER $0, | SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 BANDITS RAID MINNESOTA TOWN | MeabO0 PLEDGES His SUPPORT _| '§_ [STORY OF MRS. JENNIE MORAN USED * CITY'S BUDGET |[tcanoo prepces urs support ||COURT ORDERS’ | MEET JAPAN'S ay WEE i Tea in Ga FUTURE FOR STATE OF NO. DAKOTA urope, hag decided to let bygones John W. Davis in the White for the Democratic nomination is ing about his election. nce the New York convention. DISBURSEMENTS UNDER POLICE DEPARTMENT SEEM IN LINE WITH THOSE IN CITIES OF THIS SIZE Editor's note: This is anoth- er in the series of articles touch- ing upon city finances as they affect the taxpayers of Bismarck. Comparison of penditures in the police department of Bismarck with that of other cities shows that ex- penses under this item are in line with cities of this size. Despite the fact the chief of police is p: $400 a year more here than in some other cities of the state, it is believed that other economies are effected in this department that more than make up for this increase over what is paid in other cities. The small retrenchment of $400 a year in the chief's salary proposed in the general budget reductions’ pre- city commission Mon- day evening are not as material as the other major recommendations, If retrenchments were made in combining the city engineer, street commissioner and superintendent of j water works, the saving would be material especially as such a saving would eliminate the five percent bonus for engineering work which has become a heavy burden upon the taxpayers of the city. Taxpayers are not urging retrench- ment in police protectién for it is known that in a capital city addi- tional duties are imposed upon the police force that do not obtain else- where. Disbursements of the police depart- ment are presented here: the information of the taxp: sented at the Disbursements Police Department Brom Sept. 1, 1923 to Aug. 31, 1924. Police Salaries: C. Martineson, ‘Chief .. Wm. Ebeling, Patrolman . Jack Serres, Patrolman .. A. C, Greenfield, Patrolman Paul Pecht, Patrolman . A. L. Hendrickson, Special F. Olsen, Special .. E, Finlayson, Special E. Brown, Special . C. M. Berger, Special . Wm. Franklin, Special . Boarding Prisoners . Transportation .... Telephone and Telegrams Workmens Compensation Ins. Miscellaneous: : $2,400.00 + $1,472.00 + 1,874.00 + 1,247.50 + 1,471.00 42.00 $7,059.00 329.15 257.44 242.07 152.34 Photos, Crooks and Advertising .. Stationery, Printing and Supplie: Medicine supplies and Dr. . Membership Misc. and small items Repairs Carpenter Lumber Co. Labor TOTAL DISBURSED WHEAT FROM TOMB GROWS Farmer Says That Fine Crop * Is Harvested Tacoma, Wash., Johnstone, a farmer near Morton, Washington, has just harvested a bumper crop of wheat that he says came from seed taken from an Egyp- tian tomb. Johnstone says he got the seed four years ago and this year the increase was enough to plant 15 acres. He has just finished harvesting the crop which netted 729 busbels, or an average of 48.6 bushels per acre. The grain is white and very hard, the straw short and heads prolific, and Johnstone says it is one of the best varieties of spring’ wheat he has ever grown. It was not learned from what tomb the wheat was obtained. BUTTER MAKER’S PRIZE IS GIVEN The best butter maker in North Dakota will be awarded a cup by the state dairy department, W. F. Reynolds, state dairy commissioner, said before leaving for Milwaukee to attend the National Dairy Show. The silver loving cup is now in Milwaukee, where entries of North Dakota butter will be judged, and the cup awarded, County Agent E. H. Wilson of Grant county left last night for Milwaukee, with Edna Vogel 13, and Mary Cotner, 12, being sent to Mil- waukee by Grant county citizens as a team in a demonstration ‘of care of milk contest. George H. Ritter, assistant dairy commissioner, also is attending thg national show. Sept. 30.—F. F The king ‘of Spain observes the ancient religious ceremony of wat ing the feet of 12 old men’on Maun- 162.47 38, 802.47 —_—____—* {" Weather Report | e For @4 hours ending at noon Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest. wind velocity. WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably Wednesday. Warmer tonight. For North Dakota: and probably tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The large high pressure area, with its fair, cold weather, has moved slowly eastward and covers the Mississippi Valley this morning. Freezing temperatures occurred in parts of Minnesota and Iowa. The low pressure area over the North- west has been accompanied by ris- ing temperatures from the Plains fa Fair tonight Wednesday. Warmer States westward to the Pacific Coast. Precipitation occurred in the Great Lakes region and at Seattle, Washington, while elsewhere fair weather prevails. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. GIVES CHECK ON CLOSED BANK FOR COAT Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 30.— (‘Claiming that she was a school teacher at Medina a young lady purchased a coat at the local La- Croix store the last of the week and gave a check for $41 on the First ‘National Bank of Medina, a bank which hag been closed for several years, signing the name: Carrie Joves. The case was turned over to Sheriff Ross who finally located the young lady at Fargo by wire, where she is now held on the charge of obtaining money under false pre- tenses. Deputy Sheriff Don Ross and Mrs. J. H. Ross went to Fargo by train to bring her here for a hearing. P; BALLOT’S FORM FOR ELECTION Approves Stipulation in The Elector Case, Giving Cool- idge G. O. P. Column RECOGNIZE REAL G. 0. P. Papers Provide Vacancies Filled by Spalding Com- mittee Are Legal Coolidge forces today claimed a moral victory over the LaFollette forces in the settlement made in the supreme court late yesterday, under which four presidential electoral can- didates alleged to be favorable to Robert M. LaFollette will retire from the Republican column and four electoral candidates avowedly for President Coolidge will be substitut- ed. The Coolidge forces declared the settlement was brought about be- cause public opinion had beeome strong against the LaFollette cam- paign organization in insisting on keeping four electoral candidates favorable to LaFollette in the Repub- lican column to be bracketed with the name of President Coolidge on the election ballot. Another reason vanced was that the LaFollette forces saw defeat ahead in court and wanted to avoid it. They declared that the LaFollette forces entered into the stipulation settling the question on the basis of the “original agreement” made two weeks ago between Jud LaMoure, representing Harrison Garnett, Re- publican national committeeman; R. W, Frazier, chairman of the Republi- can state committee as controlled by the Nonpartisan League, F. A. Vogel, manager of the LaFollette campaign committee, and Thomas Hall, Seere- tary of State. Much credit was given by the ‘Coolidge forces to C. L. Crum for the final settlement. As attorney for the electors, he insisted that a fair arrangement of the ballot was the only thing either side had a right to be particularly interested in, and he told the court this was accomplished. Recognize. Real G. O. P. Another situation in the law suit, which brought no comment but which appeared to have unusual sighificance in state political af- fairs, was what is construed as re- cognition of the “Republican state committee” of which B. F. Spalding is chairman and which was organized by anti-Nonpartisians, as legal Re- publican committee in the state. The stipulation entered into for the settlement of the law siit in the supreme court, and which the court approved late yesterday, provided: “That the vacancy in such offices (Republican presidential electors), were duly filled as set forth in the moving papers of the plaintiff by the certification to the Secretary of State of the names of Hugh McCul- lough, T. B. Torkelson, W. B. Over- son and Riley Morgan, but since the commencement of this proceeding the said McCulloch refused to serve in the capacity of candidate for elector and the vacancy thus left was like- wise filled by the certification to the Secretary of State in like manner of Henry McLean, who has duly accept- ed the position and is qualified to serve as such candidate.” The “moving papers” said, among other things: “That thereafter and prior hereto such candidates (Republican elector- al candidates) have renunciated their allegiance to the Republicon party, have affiliated with and given their allegiance to another and hostile party and, in anticipation of election, entertain and have declared their purpose to vote, as such electors, for the candidates of such hostile party, whereupon they were adjudged in- eligible and their positions upon such ballot declared vacant by the Republican state central committee and the names of other eligible elec- tors substituted.” Further “That vacancles were thereby created in the Republican column upon the official ballot and that the Republican State Central Committee had jurisdiction upon the facts to declare such vacancies to exist.” Had Declared Them Filled The law suit was started after B. F, Spalding, as chairman of the com- mittee he claimed to the Republican State Committee, and John Pollock, secretary, demanded the Secretary of State to file the names of the four electors, as was finally agreed to in the stipulation. The stipulation, therefore, is construed as a recogni- tion of the Spalding committee as the official Republican State Com- mittee. Under the stipulation agreed to, and upon which the supreme court, after a hearing, upon request of both parties to the law suit to approve it, issued a minute order, the ballot for the November election will contain a Republican column, a Democratic column, a Nonpartisan League Party column, a Workers Party column, in which will be only the Workers’ Party candidates for presidential electors; a LaFollette column, in which will be the names of the La- Follette electors, Gerald Nye, ¢andi- date for Congress in the Second dis- trict; T. H. H. Thoreson, candidate for Attorney-General, W. J. Church,, candidate for Commissioner of Agri- (Continued on page 4) referred to » OBJECTION TO LEAGUE'S PACT) = Announced Arbitration and Security Plan Accord Is Reached TO REVISE PROTOCOL Japanese Emphasize Objec- tion to the Covenant at it Was Originally Proposed Geneva, Sept. 30.—(By the A. P.)—The revised protocol of ar- bitration and security, including modification to satisfy the de- mand of the Japanese delegation for an amendment, was unani- mously adopted this evening by the arbitration committee of the League of Nations and will he submitted to the assembly for adoption tomorrow. Geneva, Sept. 30.—(By the A. P.)— A complete accogd was reached today by the three statesmen entrusted with the task of finding a solution of the difficulty brought about by. the presentation by the Japanese of an amendment to the protocol on arbitration and * security, and the agreement reached is satisfactory to the Japanese. This was divulged by M. Loucheur, French member of the committee. The committee, composed in addi- tion to M. Louchleur of Sir Adric Hurst of England and Signor Scialia of Italy with M. Apachi present met in private conference in the palace of the League of Natns and examined the various formulas designed to solve the Japanese difficulty which had been pledged during the night by committeemen, A few minutes before M. Loucheur made his announcement that the com- mittee was gradually making pro- gress in elaborating the text of one formula, which, it was hoped, would so revise the protocol on arbitration and security, as to meet the objec- tions of the Japanese, and the views of the delegation apposed to the Jap- anese position. Accord Reached Signor Scialia told the corre- apondents this morning that the ac- cord that had been reached would be presented to the subcommittee of the juridicial commission. Many dele- gates, while seeing justice in the Japanese amendment, say they would be obliged to vote against Japan if it came to a direct issue, they believe the Japanese amend- ment constitutes a serious blow to the idea of state sovereignity which they say has ruled the world fot ages and is the very foundation of international order. Japanese Objection The Japanese emphasized yesterday their objection to the covenant as permitting an escape from an inter- national investigation under pretext that the matter involved is exclusive- ly within the national competency of a state. This is true, the Japanese declared, even if the question in- volved strikes a blow at the national honor and vital interests af the oth- er countries, They pointed out that the protocol was objectional because, after refusing the possibility of pacific procedure to 4 state whose case had been thrown out of court, it goes to the extent of claiming this state an aggressor should it resort to measures to defend its legitimate interests. This, they claim would protect a country which rejects the supremacy of international justice while simultaneously condemning a nation which merely asks for im- partial application of justice. Tokio, Sept. 30.—(By the A, P.)— Japanese insistence on an amend- ment to the proposed protocol of ar- bitration and security now before the League of Nations is based wholly on the legal, not the immigration, phase of the question and inferences to the contrary are far-fetched, ac- coring to official views obtained here today. Apparent interference on the part of newspapers und officials and the manner in which the press avoided any previous reference to the sub- ject were the most remarkable char- acteristic of Japan's reception of the Pronouncement of Japanese delegates at Cleveland. FARMER DIES SUDDENLY Namy Homsey, farmer with ex- tensive landholdings, living three miles east of Driscoll, died sud- denly Monday afternoon, accord- ing to information here. Mr. Hom- sey was’born in Syria 63 years ago and had lived in North Dakota for 22 years. IRISH BILL IS PUSHED London, Sept. 30.-*(By the A. P.) —Prime Minister MacDonald moved second reading in the House of Com- mons’ today of the bill providing creation of an Irish houndary com- mission without the participation of Ulster. In making the motion, the Premier declared it was the duty of every government to fulfill its obligations. He said he resented the charge that the government move was an attempt! to coerce Ulster. - FLIERS LEAVE FOR AIR RACES, LEAVING SHIPS Lieut. Smith, World Flyer, Near to Crying as He Sees Monument THROUGH NO. DAKOTA Rail Trip from Seattle To Be Made on Milwaukee Railroad Seattle, Sept. 30.—-(By the A. P.) —Abandoning the planes in which they completed the first circumnavi- gation of the Globe, six U. S. Army lieutenants were prepared to leave Seattle this morning for Dayton,' Ohio, to witness the international air races. The airmen planned to return here later to claim the planes at Sand Point Aviation Field. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, commander of the expedition, said last night he came “as close to crying when I saw & monument, commemorating the world flight, unveiled at Sand Point yesterday, as I ever was, because I wasn’t expecting it and never thought of a monument wjth my name On it.” The monument, a polished granite column 15 feet high, with a model of the globe on top from which bronze wings symbolized a bird alighting at the end of a flight, is the gift of Mrs. Frances Cole of Spokane, sister of Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, mechanician for Lieut. Smith, A sidelight of the world flight was revealed by Lieut. Lehigh Wade, who stated that the trip influenced the growth of hair. “Most of us who had fine heads of hair when we left Seattle last April have lost some,” he said. “My hair has been coming out rather fast. Lieut, Nelson, who was considered bald-headed at the ‘start of the flight completed the journey with a ithick and general growth of fine hair. Lieut. Smith came home with gray hair, faintly streaking his dark head. A few gray hairs have crept because | into the heads of several of us.” Information to The Tribune is to the effect that the fliers are travel- ing on the Milwaukee railroad. PRESIDENT TO WELCOME BALL CLUB TO CITY Coolidge to Participate Welcome to Victorious Washington Team Washington, Sept. 30.—(By the A. P.)—With politics all but forgotten, Washington, officjal and unofficial, today completed plans for welcoming home its victorious pennant-winning American League baseball team. While the club was in Boston to play its final game of the League season, all activities here were di- rected toward giving the players a rousing reception upon their arrival at Union Station, scheduled for to- morrow. President Coolidge will lead in that reception with an address of, welcome after the team has been es- corted up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Ellipse, just south of the White House, in a parade which bids fair to exceed in enthusiasm any in many years that has marched along the famous avenue. All that can be done to evidence the pride the capital city feels in-its champions will be done. The spontaneous character of the greeting was forecast in the wild,| almost delirious shout with which the news of the deciding victory was received yesterday by crowds which, heedless of a drenching rain, follow- ed the score-boards during the con- test with Boston. Umbrellas and hats were flung high and wide, and men and boys danced and shouted in. glee when the game ended with Washington the winner. At the White House, government business was interrupted to send a telegram of congratulation to Mana- ger Harris while Mrs, Coolidge eag- erly told the news to the President. Last night high government officials joined with humble citizens in praise of the team and its fighting quali- ties. Details of the welcome home reception were being completed to- day. Ten Washington young women have been selected as a gyard of honor. Dressed in white and mount- ed on white horses the “beauty guard” will be followed in the color- ful procession by the United States Cavalry band from Fort Meyer, A mounted police escort will head the Other units will include the Washington Riding and Hunt Club, dresseq in the scarlet-coated hunting costumes. Helen Bullit Lowry, Writing In the World’s Work, Pic- tures Dakota Farm Life, , and Declares That There i Are Better Days Ahead — Good Opportunities Here For Immigrant, She Says One of Burleigh county's farms, and farmerettes, has stepped outt into the pages of the World's Work, the current issue of the magazine jhaving a lot to say about the farm of Mrs. Jennie Moran and the pro- spects for farmers in North Dakota. The story incidentally contains a boost for North Dakota immigration, and holds out the promise to farm- ers of the Middle West of good pro- spects here. The story, at its inception, seribes Mrs, Moran. It say: Out where the silver dollar be- gins, where the Non-Partisan League was ‘foaled’, and where the mort- gages climb up the indignant wheat | eames backs, Mrs. Jennie Moran, |rosy and Irish and forty-five, plies her successful trade of honest-to- ‘goodness farmer. Sitting in her comfortable farm kitchen, adorned with a separator and an incubator instead of with a radio, she answer- ed my questi regarding the why cf the success which I saw all about me with my two eyes. Modest Success “A modest success, if you will. But, nevertheless, financial security and glowing red-cheeked out-of-door life for her and for the two boys ‘who were washing up with jolly splashes at the washstand behind the door. A success that included fried chicken and fluffy home-made chocolate cake and a whole bucket of yellow cream for supper—a sup- per served on the kitchen table by the window which looked out on the ‘spacious vista of trolling treeless prairieland—tans and browns and patches of bright young green fields and the purple of distant horizons. A view warranted to send aesthetic reactions up the spine—or else to drive one mad with its lonely, re- iterative majesty. Busy Farm Life “Out side the window, too, fs the busy farm life—proudly stepping roosters and foolish scampering hens, pretty little black-and-white calves scratching their backs against the corner of the white frame cottage, turkeys, deigning to come back to civilization after rang- ing the newly planted fields for grasshoppers. And inside a shoe box freshly hatched little turkeys un- der the stove for warmth. Here surely was a life as far removed from the luxurious, darkey-served existence of a gentleman planter of the South, as it is aloof from the barren gasoline-motored, idle life of the bored wheat farmers. A full life T had stumbled onto—a life that she and her children had builded for themselves literally with their own hands—quite contrary to the custom of the country in which they were settling.” The writer then describes Mrs. Moran’s early life, her advent into farm life, rearing of her family, and how she, on a capital of $400, suc- ceeded in her farm adventure dur- ing the: hazardous years from 1914 to 1924. Tries Diversification. “Ten years ago, then, this woman stood at the turn of the roa writes Miss Lowry. “At that fi turn she deviated from the standardized system of the Northwest's wheat farmers. This approved system had i= to get land—as much lund as de- could be bought on credit. Land, and more land, has been the wheat farmer's idea of wealth and security and prestige and social position» The land-hungry peasant of Europe and the landless man of the older Amer- jican states have alike seized with avidity the cheap prairie lands in 600 to 1,000 acre gobbles. Nor has the system ever been to buy just {as much land as he had the money for. He used whatever capital he possessed only as a first payment— then got title to as much land as he could get a mortgage on. Thereby, when land values soared (as they were sure to soar—hadn’t they soar- ed in Wisconsin and Iowa?) he was the one who got rich on the in- crease, instead of the other fellow. In other words, he bought on a mar- gin. Thereby, too, have many wheat farmers sold out and retired to California, rich men. Meanwhile, (Continued on page 4) Laborer Falls 30 Feet, Says “That’s Nothing” Mandan, N. D., Sept. 30— Emanuel Erlandeis, a Mexican, has a charmed life. Late yester- day afternoon he anda fellow workman, Herman Holland, em- ployed by Redlinger and Hanson, contractors building the new Man high school, fell 30 feet when a scaffolding broke. Er- landeis struck with his head against a pile of brick and was rendered unconcious but half an hour later had entirely recover- ed. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Two years ago I fell nine stories and didn’t get hurt.” CK RCK TRIBUNE. FNAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS LIGHTS TURNED ON AS BANDITS BLOW UP SAFE Take Time in Robbing Bank, But Only Get $800 For Work, Reports Say KEEP CITIZENS IN Warn Them to Remain in Beds While the Robbery Is Being Completed Wykoff, Minn, Sept. 30.—Eight men, armed with high-power rifles and sawed-off shotguns, took posses- sion of this village of 500 population between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and while part of the band patrolled the streets, firing indiscriminately in all directions and, ordering the citizens’ to remain out of sight, the others, working in the full glare of electric lights, blasted their way in- to the vault of the Exchange State Bank, cracked the safe and escaped with $800 in cash. The robbery probably was the most daring of many committed in Minn- esota in the last two years. The bandits, all unmasked, drove into the village a few minutes before 3 a. m. and with clock-like precision took possession of the town. After parking their car at the southern outskirts of the village, the gang split up in groups and each group, apparently working on a pre-arrang- ed plan, set about some particular task. One group proceeded to the telephone office where the incoming and outgoing cables were cut while another group cut the telegraph wires, A third group went to the town hotel where a night light had been left burning. They rapped on the door and when Mrs. Cora Means, wife of the proprietor responded, told her to turn off the lights and see to it that her guests stayed in their rooms, as the bank was going to be robbed and that the gang did not want any interference. All groups then redssembled in front of the bank and sent-a volley of shots inte the air to arouse and intimidate the populace. Force Entrance Three men then set to work forcing entrance info the bank building while others marched up and down the principal streets shouting warnings to keep lights out and keep under cover. The appearance of a light was a signal for shots from sawed-off shotguns. When the outside burglar alarm began to clamor its warnings the men entering the bank promptly si- lenced it with a fusillade of six shots. Once”inside the building the bandits turned on all the electric lights and began work on the vault door. This set off the inside burg- lar alarm which was shot to pieces with a rifle, Six charges of nitro- glycerine were exploded. The first took off the vault door, wrecked the interior of the office and shattered the two large plate glass windows. Open Money Safe Two charges opened the money safe and three more shattered the inner safe door. While these explo- sions were being set off, Miss Ra- mona Sherman and Miss Frances Bratiud, school teachers, living in a building directly across the street, got up and turned on a light. Three shotguns shattered the windows of their rooms and some of the shots narrowly missed the women. The teachers complied with the bandits’ request and shut off the lights. The home of Lawrence Ferguson, proprie- tor of a grocery store, also drew fire from the bandits guns when he turned on a light and started to in- vestigate. SENTENCE YEGG TO PRISON J. B. Crawford Given Two and Half Years in Penitentiary J. B. Crawford, confessed robber of stores at Linton and Fredonia, who also stole an automobile and merchandise from other places in Western North Dakota, pleaded guilty before Judge George McKenna at Napoleon yesterday afternoon and was sentenced to two and a half years in the state penitentiary. Crawford, captured recently by Sheriff Hedstrom and Chief of Po- lice Martineson, was alleged to be the ring-leader of a gang of yeggs operating in this section, and in- formation he gave resulted in the return of an automobile and mer- chandise valued at $4,000. Crawford also has give police in- fo: ion concerning stolen goods which may be found in Iowa, Chief of Police Martineson. said. Tourists often refer to the smell of decaying seaweed on the south Goast of England as osone,. . but. as @ matter of fact ozone may not be encountered until after a climb of 8000 feet,