The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 1

ra § : t i \ Pi Would Make Teapot Dome WEATHER FORECAST tonight Continued cold. and Snow probably Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 COLD SHOALS BILL IS ASSAILED > IN CONGRESS Senator Norris Declares It; Look Like Piker POSTAL BILL AGAIN UP! Republican! 1 Coolidge Call Senators in White House In Fight On It | CHARGES FILIBUSTER | ington, Dee. 17.—Nenator | Underwood, Democrat, Alabama | charged during a speech by | ator Norris, Republic Neb: | ka, that an “organized buste | is being conducted to prevent ac tion on the Muscle Shoals bill. | Washington, Dec, 17.-—Asserting that the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill would make “Teapot Dome lq like a pinhead” and “Doheny a Sinclair look like pikers,” © is of the Senate ag: committee told the Senate today that enactment of the legislation would later become known as “the rape of he Nebraska Senator, “how can you, | “Just after receiving the vote of con- fidence from the people offer this | great possession to such a proposi- | tion? At the oars, and heading this | great ship straight into Wall Street.” The Nebraska Senator declared the Giids” had been greased and the | steam roller brought up” to defeat | his own bill, providing government | ownership and operation, The op- | position to his measure, he suid, planned to turn Muscle Shoals over to some private corporation. “Giving President Coolidge credit for his honesty in every move,” he said, “and giving Senator Underwood the same credit, it seems the inevita- ble conclusion will be that if this bill! passed it will be known as the rape | of the treasury.” He compared Muscle Shoals to great ship” with the American winging at the mast and “the Cool- idge Republican tugging away.” The | General Electric Company would get the company if the Alabama Power Company was given it, he said. OPEOSITION TO TREATY Washington, Dec. 17.—So strong an ion to the German comme treaty has developed m_ the committee § e foreign relations that a sub-committee was today to conf with Hughes with a view to modif n HARBORS BILL SHELVED Washington, Dec. 17.—-Holding to the program of conceding appropr qation bills right of way, the R publican steering committee of the House today declined to give pref- erenti tutus to the bill to appro- pr 000,000 for river and har- ber improvements, \ amen URGE APPOINTMENT Washington, Dec. 17-—The appoint- ment of former Representative A. P. Nelson of Wisconsin to the In- ternational Joint Commission, sue- ceeding the late former Senator Townsend o2 Michigan was re:om mended to President Coolidge today by a group of Republican House members from western states, in- cluding Newton, (Minnesota, and Burtness, North Dakota. - — ° SEES SENATORS 4 Washington, Dec. 17.—The situa- tion resulting from the successful efforts of proponents of the vetoed postal employes pay bill in bringing the measure yesterday before the Senate led President Coolidge today to call to the White House a half dozen Republican Senators for dis- cussion of means of delaying consid- eration of the measure until reve- nue producing legislation can be considered. GOES OVER $2 Minneapolis, Dec. 17.—Cash wheat sold at $2.03 5-8 cents here late to- day. One car went at that price. The wheat was from\Rudyard, Mon- tana, and rated 15 percent protein. Big profit—taking sales weakened wheat today after 4 big advance. Close heavy, 2 1-2 cents lower to 3-8 cent net higher, May $1.70 to $1.70 1-8 and July $1.47 1-4 to $147 3-8, A Million-Dollar Fire at Its Height Six hundred t ind bushels of griin were destroyed and the steel tow barge .00 bushels of berley in her hoi! was badly damaged in an or at Port Huron, Mich. ‘This picture was taken while the was BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1924 WAVE COSTS 10 LIVES IN WEST Maitland with nd Trunk ele- at its height, just after the eleva- lexander re in the G MERCURY GOES TO LOW POINT OF THE WINTER inj Below Is Registered Bismarck; All Northwest Si Are Cold 2) ates SNOW IS FORECAST} Several Automobile Accidents Are Reported on City Slippery Streets i Today's weather report ahounded | with below zero temperatures, and, the weather forecast is’ for continu: | ed cold, with snow tonight and} Thursda i The thermometer went below yes | arek, when itt m, today. and 24 be torday’s figure in Bi registered 22 helo It was 16 below in low in Williston, tor’s roof fell, showering burning brands over two-mile are The loss is estimated at $1,000,000, Montana reported temperatures as eisthe a = Saks PIPL PPP LIP PA PLS PLL LAPS LARP P PAP PAP LEAL nnnnnnnnnnw [low under zero, this mark be- ” ing registered at Hav Ten to 20 AY y below was registered in South Da- {\ IS ARRESTED kota. St, Paul registered 8 below, and many Minnesota points were Nn mm — : coli Edmonton and Calgary. re- U { August: Ga, Dee. 1 fter ] WIL ported 44 below zero. ov, 5 J lchanging her mind about marrying The high pressure area which ms yester and driving in the spread the blanket of cold over, the 9 automobile of Lee H Savan- Northwest is moving very slowly v0 nuh, the — prospective bridegroom, southeastward, and is centered over be 4 Mrs. Gladys Tucker of the same city katenewan and the northern Plain eee jtoday was being brought to the Au- - —— tes, including North Dakota, The . gusta jail charged with theft of the ” " ‘i ssure dist ution is causing low Represents Per Capita) Pro- machine. 36th Annual Convocation of} temperitures from the upper Missis- duction of Farnisin Year yyy Grand Chapter to be Held | 7}??'.' ee aerate eae of Over $600 t A iL T0 FIND Here in January bably is passing, but so slowly th no definite predictions of rise = fas =——= temperature is made. ised figures on North Dake The 36th annual convocation of Lceatlaevest cultural production for the cur the Grand) Chapter, Royal! Archi}! ‘the few remaining open places on ased on yrovernment crop Masons for the state of North Da- | the M puri re closing fast, reports independent investiga will convene in Bismarck at {With below zero weather, tion, has raised estimated 4 TGHorelaeLenuesd aves -{ Many places in the channel have gricultural wea S414,263,000. 1B ology tesday mornings Janary | remained open, in spite of some cold This’ represents a value 20, in the Masonic Temple. This is] weather. There has been no ice har- of 3.96, for ¢ nan, woman the fir time the Grand Chapter] vest as yet, because the practice is to and alt i the and i total Searchers Return Without has met in Bismarck in more than | h tice in the places which have a dollar ne exch farm ere ana OR yeaRer SSI Nese cleeials will | been open up to this ti they pro- of ; to J. M1 Their Man, and Fail to bed baa wennctn eee a ae iding the “good ic he Wachter vine, Commissioner of Inunigs a NIA Ae : A ps aa > visiting} Transfer Company, which annually who dagglatedatite™ Haines. Get New Evidence ing made to peo Ges Tee ee eet ae eae The value of production of r ‘fore the Grand | the harvest now until after the first ied produ ie hori: Chapter, however, will be of January 1 ) 9,000 as agains sake COUMeya| unites THis ac ONNeeIna | Une Autos Collide grain and hay Pony Rea Mery Nl conte Grant) Lodees Bulletine Toh utomobile accidents, most The grain proc its connection with the th a month a Grah - High Priest in [ef them minor ones, have occurred in follow «go of Mrs, Elsie Wheeler, in a lone- {yo an account of j the last few days, but few have been bushels value sly ee in the northwest angle, re- 134 convocation of ;tperted to the police. Several au- turned from at region late ree AlGeandi: Chante The | toists have had to replace wheels, oe nicht without their man, — He net all be the avenite jtaken off while turning slippery cor- 113,000. The authoriti Sheriff Slind and 30. and. deguee works ie (Tez . Barley 4,000; value $21, Sheriff Ball reported two a This morning, about 000. : urch of the desolate country idl enesehil eto tethe ‘. mail parce! post light true a 000; value $18,166,000, (had failed to disclo s further | cand Gouncile of owl and: Select i sedan collided at the corner of 000 it e of Reamer, nor i they found s follows the grand convo: | hayer a nd Third streets, The truck Ne 1,800,000 to: i ns evidence in connection with 1 ‘Thursday morning, eae Ae nna aera $10,800,000, 5 ‘4 10 a.m. This is a compa pene west. ne eee nhat ‘Dhe diversified) production! ia eiven telegram was received by the file cmnall nroup, but made up of /Hetdlight were smashed on the track, as follows: : sheriff from Kansas, Mrs. Wheeler's ee ae bee Seated wD cr while the left side of the taxi wast 1,000; potatoes, home state, requesting that Reamer iT vu cgary, Grand Master Richard | nd wheel taken off. The timothy, broom |be arrested and held for them. BueWeneelnat trae willl presides (ti its journey across the sweet clover, The nature of the charges is Not} rie assembly will receive the ad. | Steet, ou the Episcopal church side. 0,000; corn known, ) dress of the Grand Master and the | N® one was injured, however. fodder 0,000; hogs, The telegram from the Kansus; oioits of othe d officers. Sev-| 7, rains tDelaved $8,850,000; poultry and poultry prod- | authorities came when the Lake of | err important. recommendations will |. Through trains were delayed by nets, $11,560,000; beef stock, sheep| the Woods county officials said [Pe yan the weather, No, z, due here at 8 aries) 00,000; dairy products, | Reamer probably knew little about Sa ea this morning from the Pacific Coast, $39,690,000; honey production, $292,.{ the actual death of Mrs. Wheeler, was reported 8 1-2 hours late at noon. 000; alfalfa and sweet clover seed,{ Who was found dead in a homestead No. 4, the night east bound train, 000. shack with a knife plunged into her was reported three hours late at “The grain production estimate | side. | pectog, Uriny Ne. by trom aGhicago:| Papeiaia une aI Soh: inte Reamer, according to the word re-| due about 11:30 a. m., was marked and farmer, up to 1916, while the! ceived here, ‘has visited Crookston up to come in at 2:30 p,m. or about Abana ean arailnes ‘and other places since the authorities three hours late a ectetis (he ae NOTH j started their search for him and has al Most of the loc s were said farm s "| even expressed the belief that he 2 |to be running fairly close to schedule, Rie: would be called for questioning as he} Remains in State at Elks| ——-. jis the last person known to have a [seen Mrs, Wheeler alive when he Club There HIGH SCHOOL ; brought the mail to the Conrad Hau- 1 gen shack November 13, delivering) Ney York, Dec. 17.-The body of | the mail to Mrs. Wheeler a few hours! samuel Gompers, late President of before her husband and Haugenithe American Federation of Labor, found her dead on the floor of the} arrived here at the Pennsylvania ; 5 iatchen) ion at 7:05 this morning from —— understeod authorities wish to question Reamer as to his ifter delivering the mail. Sheriff Slind expressed the belief that if Reamer is innocent he will soon give himself up to Lake of the! Woods authorities. FLOUR TAKES PRICE LEAP New York, Dec. 17. customers and the entire office force of the Forum Business Corporation, a loan company, a total of more than 50 persons, were the victims late last night of six armed robbers, who made a thorough sweep of the com- pany’s offices in the Bronx, and de- parted with $15,000 in cash and jew- elry. HALLDORSON NAMED P. E. Halldorson, credits depart- ment manager of the Bank of North Dakota, has been appointed ass‘stdnt manager of the bank by the Indus trial Commission. He continues at the head of the credits department. |Reaches Above $9.00 For; First Time in Four Years i | Minneapolis, Dee. 17.—Flour of jthe best family patent grade rose {above the $9.00 a barrel price today Named Manager Of Vets Bureau Washington, Dee. 17,—Carl D. Hib- bard of Minneapolis today was ap- pointed Veterans Bureau regional manager at Minneapolis. He has been district manager there, Clar- ence T. Hoverson was appointed re- gional manager at Fargo. STEIN'IS HARD Constantinople,’ Dec, 17.—In__ the window of a German wine shop here is a beribboned stein that was drop- ped hundreds of feet from an air- plane onto the ground and did not break. | 4 |for the first time in about four} pill |years when local milling houses in- } Mi) y) Z \creased 10 to 30 cents a barrel. In i ow j carload lots, the range today was Gyiy j quoted at $9.00 to $9.25 a barrel ae when sold in 98-pound cotton sacks. Higher cash wheat prices was given as the reason for the strength in |flour premiums by millers. RABBIT IS BRAVE Paris, Dec. 17.—“Arthuh,” Belgian hare ig a. park zoo here, amuses the crowds that flock through the resort, by showing defiance to “Henri,” the lion, The rabbit actually seems to intimidate the “king of beasts.” The elephant seems to regard the .abbit in/much the same way an elephant he warrant charges murder but] jb: OO Jooks upon a mouse. Washington, 3 dow, ompanied by his wi- members of his family and large delegation of union official The bronze casket was trans Receives Certificate Testify ing to Honors Won from the train to an artille son, drawn by six horses, preceded detail of police, and squads of soldiers and sailors and members of National Guard, and followed by an honor committee of labor officials, the body was conveyed to the Elks club on West Forty Third street. The body will lie in state in the lodge room there until! 8 o'clock to- morrow morning. State members the , Masons and other frater- nal orders will serve guard of honor. funeral ices at 9 o'clock to. morrow will be radiocast, if plans re carried out. made last night | Weather Report | For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m, . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . The editors of “Prairie Breezes,” | the high school annual, have re- ceived a handsome certificate trom the Cent Interscholastic Press Association, testifying to the high place the publication enjoys among the schools of the Northwest, and the laurels the high school has won for Bismarck through this publ tion, The certifi. “Prairie Breezes’ was class publication in at the fifth annual convention of the association, held at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, November 28 and 29, 1924. Scores of publications’ from many states in the Northwest were enter- ed in the competition. FIRE CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE that sa first ion three te testifies Precipitation... Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Snow probably tonight and Thursday. Con- tinued cold. For North Dakota: Generally fair north; snow probably south portion tonight and Thursday, Continued cold. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. midji, Minn, Dec, 17.—Three business establishments, housed in one of the principal business blocks of Nymore, were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin early today. The business block housed a dry goods store, grocery store and con- fectionery and was a total loss. The damage will run into thousands of dollars, it was estimated. BIG CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN CITY AUDITORIUM IS PLANNED The big event of the Community Christmas celebration in Bismarck for kiddies will he ed the © Chri the cit at i herve’! be Santa Claus — there, out candy and perhaps other good things to nging, musi by the Juvenile Band and a lot other features designed to surprise the hiddies of the town. The stage Will be deve eopectally for the fehvis me. Wowas planned at first by the {Community Christmas organ (OLD LADIES IN HOME BOX JUST TO KEEP FIT Deo. 17. Atlanta, and gentlemen “In this corner we have Young Ga dies Davidson, septigenarian, cham pion of the whole wide worl In the other corner ‘Kid’ 1 hody, conquerer of old age sadness.” With such ring b wide awake promoter might. in troduce Miss Joe Davidson, 77, and Mrs, Ann Peabody, 80, in- mates of the Old Ladies Home here, who have become so i terested in have started to keep at in boxing t sparring in good trim. POSTOFFICE’S BUSINESS NOW IS BOOMING All Packages Cleared Every Day up to Date, However, It Is Declared they order Lines of peor nto form at the postoifice windows today, seeking to mail Christm Thus far the Christmas givers haven't mailed early ehough to make the postal worker have be te, it w it the postoffice this morning One extra man been employed, nd an extra truck will be put on to day, ckages up to here sit up nights! A to hold the celebration out uf doors but it) was di do that in view of possible inclement weather it would be better te guard the health) of those participating and hold it in the City Auditorium, The Auditor un program will be for the kiddies co cially, and it will be « first serve © pice 1s expected te be packed the meantime big, Christ e. lighted, will be placed in «Bark, ri Christmas Northern Pacific “Good Fellow raskets the will their put DEPOSITORS OF CLOSED BANKS MAY ACT AGAIN Considering Circulating Peti- tions For tutional Amendment ‘ote on Consti- ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE Between Million and Half and Two Million Signed up For Depositors renewed efforts, he may made to ¢ « constitutional amendment providing 000,000 nks and for a bond issue of aid depositors of closed petitions have been pre- red the Association of Deposi- s of Closed Banks, William Lan- attorney for the ion, id to- d. A definite of action probably will be decided p next two weeks, Mr. Lange dding ‘that the course to be taken may be jultered, by course A conference was held with the aranty Fund Commission by Mr. Langer this afternoon. The latter {said that the assignments, which had Jheen obtained when < were ireulated some the of Dep f Closed ! for a vote on a bond issue, n presented to the commi sre considerably more than $1,000,006 After stating that considerably more than a million dollars of a Persons who expect to send pack {Siguments” were ed Mr. Lan- ages as far as 1,000 miles, especially }xer explained t mount prob if they xo through big terminals,tably was between a million and a should mail their packages by Decem-{half and two billion dol ber 20 to avoid delay in delivery, it is.” he amount was said by postal officials today, —jof deposits is affected by assign- ning again was given about} ments, of which the association placing stickers on the front of pack-| Would receive 10 pe the ages. No Christmas seals or stamps :greement. The pu which or other stickers should be placed on |it to he the address side. Iv they are it is this s the associ- some BRIGHT PLAY le the mail will be held up in enters, ON PROGRAM OF CITY SCHOOLS One-Act Comedy to be Amony Features at Public School Entertainment A the be the will of one many comedy atures umong publi fe school entertainment to be gjven at} the city Auditorium Thursday night at 8:15 p.m. The Junior Playmakers, an or; ization which has won an envy reputation under the direction Miss Dorothy Dakin, will present @ one comedy, “A Christmas Chime,” as program arranged. The which requires about 30 minute: presentation, is said to be very tertaining. Its production wali n the first appearance of the Junior Playmakers outside of the School. The cast of characters lows: “Joe Perrell”—-Played by Francis Hillman. “Gladys Perrell, his wife” by Muriel Robinson, Dolly Wakeley"-—Played by Mar- ian Ackerman, Ted Owen” —Played by Everett O'Neil. There will be about 140 persons taking part in the program. Several organizations which have not before appeared in public are on the pro- gram, which is designed not only as an entertainment, for the benefit of the piano fund, but to.give the pa- trons an idea of the accomplishments of many of the organizations of the schools, ‘The Junior High School glee club is among the organizations which has made remarkuble progress, and excel- lent music is promised by them, The High School Girls Glee club, orche! tra, McLeod's boys and other organ- iziittions ure on the program. An airplane ambulance service has been established for the benefit of the workers in the isolated diamond fields of British Guinea, part of the elaborate | comedy, | ation would between $150,- 000 and $200,000 if the nments were curried. out and all deposits Jeventually paid. Canvassed State | When circulars for the Assoc tion sought to canvass the state foi Signatures to the petitions to initi ndment they contract, and constitutional asked to sign a some of them agreed to © AS ation 10 percent of their claim aid in carrying out its purposes, ate we! to which were specified to include vos! Jof preparing and circulating —peti- jtions and advertising, and other ex- penses. It is these contracts, or as- signments, which were presented to the commission on 4 jsociation, Mr. Langer Although members of the Depo: ’s Guaranty Fund Commission de vd to state whether or not the assignments were being applied to p t dividend of 10° pe heing paid to depositors of losing before July 1, 1 ‘reported from other sources that the assignments w ngnized as valid on conditions but that no pay- ments on them had been made, i No Arrhus Suit Filed It had been reported that P. L. Arrhus, one of those who solicited for the Association, would sue the Association, with the as gurnishee, for $14,000 alleged to be due him, - here berg, Fargo attorney, yesterday afternoon to file the law suit but did not do so, He con- ferred with Mr. Langer and the Guaranty Fund Commission. Since, Mr. Garberg said he learn- ed, the Guaranty Fund Commission had not allowed assignments as yet, there w nple time and other methods than a Jaw suit, it appeared, by which he could protect the inter- ests of his client. BANK OPENED AT KATHRYN The Farmers State Bank of Ka- thryn, Barnes county, which closed its doors December 10, 1923, has re- opened for business, according to Gilbert Semingson, state examiner. The bank has capital of $25,000, sur- plus of $5,000 and deposits of $172,- 000, The State Bunk of Berthold, Ward county, was closed yesterday, be- cause of depleted reserve, the ex- aminer said. Its deposits are $18! 000. C. L. Stevenson is- president. } 4] uf of the As- | PRICE FIVE CENTS ACCIDENTS IN. | MANY STATES ARE RECORDED Six Deaths Occurred in Mon« tana. Indirectly the Re- sult of Cold Weather = { | = ‘ DESERT FEE! Cold Wave Extends uth as Mojave Desert d in Cahfornia 4a ——— i | Chicazo, Dec. 17. Tobogganing |tempe today heralded tha {movement east and southward of @ cold wave that cost 10 lives in the jRecky Mountain states and brought Hsub-zero bi: of ice and snow t@ the Northw he fur west and the region of the Rockies were hardest hit. Snow and low temperatures prevailed Jalong the Is Coast from the Canadian border to the rormally warm sections of California, Bellingham, Washington, schoo were because of the cold ed around zero and snow the Mojave di California. Dr closed which ho was in falling on southern mercy. ae) in y dropped t Falls, region ; the ringed from a score to with small prospect for several days. in atana Montana had six deaths yesterday indirectly attributable to the storm, Four persons were killed when a car was struck by a Great b passenger train in a bliz~ zard. ‘Two children were suffocated Jin a fire at Bozeman, while their mo- ther Christmas shopping. An ice-coated windshield was held re- sponsible for the deaths of twa young men and two young women at Sterling, Colorado, where a Burling ton passenger train struck their au- tomobile as they speeded homeward after a dane Rotary plows were used tr clear tracks. in the Giieier Natiorai Park where drifts 10° feet deep nded into Utah, Colorado, — with for today. tock men were reported as having Mexi falling and snow or forecast an abundance of hay and losses nel 1 to held to aormab ions most affected. s Delayed ates in the path of ing tinges of sube Snow and sleet and Mis- i | Tr {The Plains ithe cold were {zero weather tod jwas general over souri, with railroad trains delayed and road travel made dangerous. | Nebraska thermometers hovered Jabout the zero point after a drop lof a score of degrees in a few hours. now was forecast for today and to- morrow in lowa. Des Moines had a {att of 14 degrees in four hours last jhight; Sieux City had 4 below to= day sal Mason Gity’ registered mene {the zero mark. In the Great Lakes region rains last night had frozen today, leaving an icy coating that was being frozen. how is predicted tomorrow. do auto le accidents oc= (curred in Chicago as a result of the {sleet covered streets. Ice on eleva~ ens of ted hampe transportation jbut no injuries resulted from any }smasbu | Wire communication in the .mid West was not imuch affected by the sleet FOWL EMBARGO TS PROTESTED !No Disease in North Dakota, Says Reynolds Protest sainst an embargo which he understood the state of New York had don shipments of dressed live chickens from Dakota nolds, North wus made today state dairy com- nissioner gram to Berne A, Pyrke, state commissioner of ag riculture of New York. M ynolds said that in view of the fact that Minnesota and Wis- consin no embargo and North Dakota fowls do not have the mys- terious disease feared, so far as his department has legrned, he feels an injustice is being” caused North Da- kota farmers and poultry dealers. Men of his department had made a survey west of the Missouri River and found no trace of the disease, Mr. Reynolds added. NEW PRISON HEADS NAMED Washington, Dec. 17.—Appointe ment of an entirely new set of af« ficials at the Aflanta federal prison is being considered by Attorney- General Stone as a result of a pre~ liminary investigations into condi4 tions there a a a