The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1924, Page 1

Brelief work in China, Indie and oth: WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast tonight and Sat- day, COLD WAVE tonight, E 'ABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | mom FINAL EDITION | BISM: ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1924 PRICB FIVE CENTS, | 34 DEAD, MORE MAY DIE, IN SCHOOL FIRE 'N. D. CROPS DOUBLE LAST YEAR’S YIELD PRODUCTION 109 PER CENT MORE © THAN IN 1928, FIGURES SHOW; RAISE HALF U. S, SPRING WHEAT Pretest eee Rt encore j North Dakota’s Gain in 1924 Crop Production Is Far Above | That of the Rest of the United States, Tables For Last | Two Years Show — Cash Value of Crops Worth $152.-| 716,000 More Than Last Year The 1924 crops of North Dakota were 109.03 per cent more valuable than the crops in 1923, according to a revised summary of estimates of production’ and values for the two Crops in the United States’ as whole were more valuable than thi of 1923, but North Dakota’s percent- | Tr F age of increase was remarked as sompared to the rest of the count: While the value of national produc- | POSTOFFICE iS alue of the national | a tion this year is 8.63 percent greate han the total rops of 1923, the grand total of | ops grown in North Dakota in 1924 approximately $339,236,000 while ye crop in 1923 was worth approx- Aately $152,716,000, the 1924 crop ing gabon le eres Assistant Postmaster Says } value than the production of 19 ‘The average yield of spring wh This Christmas Far Out- sr acre in the state for the present - ear is estimated at 15. as strips Last Year's mpared to 7.4 bushels per acre aes ast yestr. : 3 macesviciaaetaer SOME LATE MAILERS here is shown an increase in} = | Christmas business in the Bismarck pWduction per acre of all crops ex- last cept corn and wild hay. The corn yield per acre is placed at 20 bus els in the present year as compared postoffice was double that of year, according to an estimate today by Harry Larson, Assistant Postmas- to bushels per acre last year. This situation, however, according to} '€?- experts, is not true of southwestern! While accurate figures of receipts North Dakota, where corn yield per! were not available, because rush of acre ran high this year. Christmas business had ‘halted or- North Dakota produced almost one-half of the entire spring wheat |} spore Mess timalesor 8 Pisluviot he MUnitedh States “Thin eer mucrense Was, be f J Mieved accurate. The Christmas bus- state yielded 124,618,000 bushels of | iness is expected to boost the post- spring wheat as compared to 282-) oirice receipts, beyond the $160,000 636,000 for the United States. as 4) saark, keeping Bismarck in second whole. The state also produced al-| yunk among postoffices in the state st one-half of the flaxseed, the!" «past year we used our regular prbduction for the state being 14, truck und an extra truck four da 722,000 bushels as compared to 30-' to handle Christmas packazes 173,000 bushels for the entire United | ny, Larson, “This yeur we used two States. trucks steadily for 10 days and a | dinary office work, the estimate of a | sled for three days.” There were two extra clerks em- worked able to the fol- the Tabulated Figures Acreage and production figures for North Dakota, as compiléd by the statistician of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, figures in thousands, clerks was ‘ines cleared ployed and regular overtime. The force clean up each day’s bu lowing day, and had 1, e. .000 omitted, follows postoffice almost entirely yesterday ion ‘Acres Yid. Pro-| morning. However, there were duc-| Who didn’t heed the “mail early” tion | for yesterday afternoon and” las © corn 1924 1,137 20.0 22,740| night hundreds of es were re- P 1993 ‘gaa ceived on the trains, too late for | Wanter Christmas, The cold weather, de- sii cae aoe laying train service, made the’ bur- 1928 den of handling Christmas business, Sulla an exceetiingly heavy one. Wheat ...1924 8,686 15.5 134,618 Day teiQpiet - jay dawned beautifully ‘ost in the city, and continued that way Bee throughout the day, the mercury ris- Reins ing as high as 27 degrees above zero. 2175 | With a bright sun shining, hundreds Rye i3’g0|0f automobilists spent a part of fe ttaee : jooge | Christmas day on the highways Be ee ' iiige| Although firemen usually spend an . 8,085 apprehensive Christmas aay, becaure 3 is : 3 many fires are started from Christ- plates «ieee an rete mas tree lights, there was no fire : 1354 ee) gag] Call in Bismarck over the holiday. ay (tame) 1904 102k Ito 1337] The police department reported two ; itd) deed Babe 9s 2153/ 8tFe8ts, both for intoxication, the ye ie Boe 1.00 2'aag| Tesult of a little too much celebra- tion. Several automobile accidents, most of them minor, were reported. : Services Held Christmas services were held in the Catholic and many other churches | in the city, although the celebrations revolved chiefly about the homes in the city. The Knights Templar held their re- gular Christmas morning service a the Masonic Temple, with Command- er Roland M. Gross of Tancred Com- mandery No. 1 presiding. E. J. Tay- lor gave a Christmas observance talk, A quartet composed of Mrs. Barnes, Mrs, Scheffer, Mr. Halverson and Mr. Humphreys sang, with Mrs. Morris as accompanist. There was a good attendance, with Knights in full uni- form. Final report showed that the Com- munity Christmas activities had been sucessful. Many “Good Fellows” de- livered packages in person to many homes in the city. The program or Wednesday afternoon at the Auditor ium was a success. Twenty. youngs: ters were made happy Christmas day by Jason E. Wait, organist at the Eltinge theater, who entertaine¢ them at dinner at the Grand Paci- fie Hotel., A table was set especial- ly for them and a big Christmas nner was served. Mr, Wait for several years had made it a custo fo give a dinner Christmas to a score of needy youngsters. Continuance | In Oil Case Is Granted Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 26.—Judge T. B. Kennedy this morning granted a continuance until March 9 of the trial of the government’s suit in equity for annulment of the Mam- moth Oit Company’s lease on the Teapot Dome reserve. Rye For Next Year Fthe total cultivated acreage of forth Daokta for 1924 is placed at 795,000 as compared to 17,553,000 he year previous. Regarding winter e, for 1925, the statistician says: “The acreage sown to winter rye np North Dakota this fall is approx- mately 1,129,000 acres. This is bout 139,000 acres increase above e 1923 sowing of rye or 114 per- nt. The very favorable soil con- tions which prevailed over much the state throughout September id October together with the very eat increase in the market value this crop caused the increase in is acreage. Since the crop was own conditions have continued very favorable and the prospect is very The presence of considerable ow is also a favorable feature.” -___________—® Weather Report -_—___—#@ For 24 hours ending at noon. perature at 7 a.m. est yesterday est yesterday . west ‘1a eo BERE. ‘Phi cipitation..." Aa. 0 thest wind velocity - + 28 WEATHER FORECAST ‘or Bismarck and vicinity: Partly east tonight and Saturday. COLD VE tonight, with temperature 10 15 below zero. ‘or North Dakota: Partly overcast ight and Saturday. ‘COLD WAVE ight, w with sompaeeiae 10 to 15 zero. Ls ORRIB W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. ‘The British Mission to Lepers So- iety has just completed 50 years of al 21, Asiatic countries, a PRESIDE} ch your step, font try it t wbsence of s i Association of America, the ski meet in Febr WIDELY KNOWN RESIDENT OF HEBRON DIES Eugene , Weigel. Real Estate Dealer, Prom- inent in Activities Mandan, Eugene Weigel, 47, y ke d real} estate dealer of Hebron, one of the most progressive citizens of the | T GETS PAIR OF Banker and ; SKIS i i » Harris & Ewing) remark as she andj; White House lawn, | E snt irom the Nu-t along with an invitation to attend uary at Canton, DB. Mere Removal i Case Decision —, | Comes Jan. 5 pani | Judge H. L. Berry, after hearing the case in which ¥ \y B. Merry, r Insurance j tuk the ¢ will render a < of Dickinson, | advisement and, on January 5, Compan: lecisia it was said today by John Thorpe,) first ussistant-attorney general, who! returned fiom Dickinson, — Merr; removal was asked by Mr. Thorpe for, | the state insurance department. Two | stockhold T. Burke and J Mr, Merry removal, anan, joined, he said the efforts for Buel resistec COLD WAVE IS Missouri Slop nas eve ning at 10 Paul the home o w, Rev. | Karl Koch, et fol lowing an illness of five years’ dur- ation with cancer of the stomach. His widow and five children survive sw 1 be held from the Koch ho i Mr. in the bron and was First National the time of his death. member of the Hebron lodge, Knights Templar, and El Za He also was a member of Eastern Star and the Woodmen. Weigel was one of the organizers of the Hebron Community Club, which has a membership of more than 200 city and.farm men, M Weigel was always in the forefront in drives in Morton county, and w one of the AGENTS AID estate Dickinson; al Shrine at Fargo. IN DOPE CASE Five Summoned From Minne-; apolis to New York " Minneapolis, Dec. 26.--Five eapolis federal prohibition have been summoned to New Yo' testify as government igainst two men charged with con- spiracy to smuggle smoking opium. It is the largest narcotics smuggling } case ever tried in federal court and is the sequel to seizure of 200 pounds of smoking opium at Duluth a year \go. Morris Silverman and Daniel Knut- son, general prohibition agents; who ‘ound the opium during a warehouse ‘nspection and J.-B. Greason and Terry Stearns, narcotic agents, will nake the trip. © Dr. Garvin Williams, nternal revenue department chemist it Minneapolis, also has been sum- moned to testify. A New York hotel owner is one of he defendants. {i BANK OF N. De" TAKES $350,000 MILLING. BONDS The Bank of North Dakota has tak- en $350,000. of 5 3-4 percent milling bonds issued for the state-owned flour mill at Grand Forks, secured by flour and wheat purchased by the mill, it was announced today. Funds provided by the bond issue are used in the mill’s operation. vice-president of the | Bank of Hebron at} the | Mr. | most influential citizens | i i Minn- witnesses | FORECAST FOR | THIS S SECTION at He-| {10 to 15 Below Zero Is} | | Predicted by Weather | * Bureau | The frigid Pumpersturesy ‘abated|| for Christmas in Bismd rek, but hav-, ng paid this mark of respect to the i ity, will resume sway tonight, ac-| cording to the weather bureau. | The forecast is’ for a cold wave to-| | night, with temperatures 10 to 15 | low zero. Yesterday the mercury rose as high| {as 27 in Bismarck, and the lowes! last night was 21 above. It was St so mild in all parts of the North- west, however, It was 18 below cal | Boise, Fduho; 20 below in Modena | Utah; 20 below in Prince Albert, | Saskatchewan; 24 below in Winne- mucea, Nevada; 6 below in Lander, 45 Rie ottice of sheriff were brought | Mosier, of Olean, N. Y., Wyoming; two below in Dodge Citys!t9 an abrupt end during the count- | been caused by eating poisotied can- Chicago,! ing of bullots ut the court house | dy, alleged to have been sent in a} the Kansas, and two below in | Tlinoi St. Paul {this morning. The weather summary today said: ! A high pressure area is centered ver the inter-Rocky Mountain states this morning and temperatures ar j below zero in Utah, Neva ho, Another high pressure area over | northwestern Canada has been ac: {companied b® sub-zero temperature: in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Warm weather prev in Montana, the.Da- kotas and Minnesota due to a low pressure area centered over Minneso- ta and Lake Superior. It is snowing} in Alberta and western North Dakota this morning, but elsewhere thi weather is generally fair. i reported 4 above | CASH WHEAT AT Minneapolis, Dec. 26,—Cash wheat sold at $2.18% .today on the grain | exchange, 3% cents over the previ- ous high record of December 19. Wheat, flax and rye futures also went to new high records for the post-war period. ~ A movement to establish an inter- national standard of liquid measure has been started by the Association | of British Chambers of Commerce. heen treated for burns. jcarried six {and automobiles NEW FIGURE} 13 KNOWN DEAD IN FLOOD FROM BREAKING DAN Lime and Muck alia When Dam Hreaks Tears Down Houses in aths MORE MA BE Search Being Continued For: Several Persons Missing In the Flood DEAD, | LIST IS INCREASED Richmond, Va., Dec. 2 ‘our more bodies were found today in dam night that and the muck from the broke on Wednesday flooded the lower sections of Saltville, bringing the known death list to 13. Seven persons are missing. The bodies found today were those of children, ranging in from 3 to 10 years. They were from one family. i Saltville, Va.. De Dec. 26—(By! the . P.)—With nine bodies} thus far recovered and six or! seven persons still missing, the search for victims con-j tinued today in the area of} the Holston river valley, laid) waste by: the flood of lime muck released by the break-; ing of the dam Wednesday night at the Mathieson Alk- alai works. While more than a score of injured lay in an improvised! hospital here, searchers con-! tinued to fight their way} through_the.stretches of lime- | caused by the alkalai. Many rescuers have also veral bodies recovered had been iles below the k. Belief that s still lay ed under! che of muck, — standing es, kept the search ers at their fter more than 36 hours of work. The river valley to-| y, with its deep layer of lime mud, d the appearance of an ice gorge. Houses rushed over and crushed by} thd weight of the reservoir mixture | covered almost to} presented a scene | Tumbling the m the ava sks their tops by it, of desolution. Atten Most of the v have been recovered were attending , a Christmas Eve party at the home nearest the dam. With only a min-| ute’s roaring of a deafening roar as the dam broke the _merry-makers | | were trapped without a chance tof save themselves us the house was! engulfed. | ‘CONTEST CASE ___| IS DISMISSED | Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 26.—Pro- eedings brought in Stark county | trict court by James Soules, con- ; testing the election of C. C. Turner | Monday afternoon, when H, C. Berry, [counsel for Mr. Soules, moved the | dismissal of the case. Four precincts including’ the two! Dickinson wards at issue, when‘ ‘ount was ceased. The result of | showed that Mr. Soules had gained | ne vote and Mr. Turner two. The ¢ was called by Judge | Thomas H. Pugh at his court cham- bers Monday morning. The contest- | ant placed the necessary cash bonds | and immediately after the noon re- | cess the recount began. H. C. Berry | and J. P. Cain, attorneys for the ontestant and contestee, made the count. Ed. Partridge and A. D. Heaton acted as clerks. UDGMENT IN | CASE GIVEN Grand Forks, N. D., Dec, 26.—~ Judgment for the defendant has! been handed down by District Judge | C. M. Cooley in the action instituted by the United States National Bank of Superior, Wisconsin, against the estate of the late 8. S, Titus of! Grand Forks, in which the bank sought to recover about $100,000 on a guaranty alleged to have been sign- ed by Mr. Titus in December, 1919, in connection with the affairs of the Stinson Tractor Company. The dis- missal of the complaint is ordered by’ Judge Cooley. {on Christmas ¢ » joint authorized statement FORCED OFF OF MOVING TRAIN, GIVEN $15,000: St. Paul, Dee. Thomas ynezak, who was compelled to alight from a Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Rail ile it was in motion ee spur, October 11, awarded $15,000) dam- < by the supreme the yo district k alleged that officials in charge of the train refused to riuke the stop and told 1 there was no danger in aligh ing while the train was in mo tion, but it was dark and instead of alighting on the platform he struck the ground, suffering in- juriés. BOY HURT WHEN HE SLIDES IN FRONT OF AUTO Arm of Earl Langford Broken in Accident; Is Taken To Hospital OTHER CAR SMASHU A amall boy injured by bile and other did not result in serious injuries re- an automo- auto smashes which corded in Bismarck’s list of accidents Earl Langford; aged 11 4 Second street, slidin front of an automobile on his sled, suffered a broken arm and other injuries and w taken to a hospital,. police reports said. The uccident occurred at Second and Broadway about "clock last night, The car which struck the youth | whited Mud, deposited by the eae eriesy by W ny Ws pagers Bo ‘ourth avenue Northwest, Mandan, pouTen which virtually | ith F. A. Johnson, 204 Tenth ave- he little settle-| nue Northwest, Mandan, as a passen- ment of: workers below: thejxer. They took the boy home and} dam. Four or five of the in-| then toa Saat jured are not expected Ul epee bette datas live and many are suffering! «4, Sot ones” (plans \ was from pneumonia — resulting| wrecked when it struck the water from their immersion in thej tank at the intersection of Broadway enth street: about lock last night. Three were in the car at the time. was almost totally wrecked icy waters and from burns! “74 others The car but the are suid to ha aped bus injur driven by R. A. Alsbury, farmer living east of the city, struck one of the light poles at the end of the viaduct on the Mandan road at the end of Main street, a few nights ayo. The car was badly damaged and the light wrecked. Occupants were not seriously hurt, i understood. Other minor ac s were report- ed, Several automobile accidents oc- curring in the last week because of slippery pavements have not b ported to the police, and a follow for cidents. Reports on dents are sought by DENIAL IS all auto acci- police, REITERATED, Woman Says She’s Not Re- sponsible for Poisoning Columbia, Dec Hilma Ensminger of this ¢ ed with attempted murder in connec- tion with the illness of Miss Harriet id to have son of m Christmas box to the former wife of George husband through counsel, reiterated her previous denial that the candy contained poison. The statement de- and Ida-/the recount in these four precincts | clared that the package did not con- tain certain figs in which traces of poison alfo are said to have been found by an Olean basteriologist. The present Mrs. Ensminger never been in New York staté, has never met the first Mrs. Ensminger or the child or any of the other pa ties involved. Mrs. Ensminger has been notified by authorities of the charge pending against her but has not been taken into custody. It was learned that extradition would not be waived in the event her arrest is ordered. DEATHS DUE TO POISON LIQUOR RISE TO 34 IN CITY OF NEW YORK failure to report the ac-| °UC ‘| northeast of Minneapol OKLAHOMA TOWN BEGINS TASK OF BURYING DEAD IN TRAGEDY OF ‘CHRISTMAS EVE ENTERTAINMENT Joint Funeral Services For 16 of Those Who Perished in School House Fire Planned by Townspeople—Monument | To Memory of Those Who Perished Is To Be Started— Netting Over Windows Made Escape Through Them | Impossible and Caused Panic i | | i Hobart, Okla., Dec. (By the A. P.)—--Having com- pleted the difficult task of identifying all of the 34 victims of the fire which destroyed the school house during a Christ- mas Eve entertainment, the people of Babb’s Switch settle. ment today set about the sad work of burying their dear. Plans for placing the unknown dead in a common grave. first considered when it appeared identification of all bodies would be impossible because of their charred condition, were abandoned last night when identity of the last victim—a | little girl of 11—was established. Joint funeral services for 16 of the dead were set for this afternoon, followed by burial in separate graves. The Rev. George tes, pastor of the Presbyterian church, was named to vonduct the services, with ministers from all de- nominations participating. The remaining 17 victims of the fire probably will be buried tomorrow. are considered to have an even ARE chance for recovery. HA j been appointed by Mayor F. E. Gil- SCHOOL TRAGEDY} lespie to provide for the care of chil- dren orphaned and to work toward ee Twenty persons injured in the fire Start Relief Work rehabilitation of the home life of WEDDING PEALS are still confined to hospitals, All A committee of local citizens has Switch. Hobart, Oklahoma, Dec. 26.—« By ready a movement is under way the A. P.) Bells which were to have | to raise funds to the memory of those who lost their lives in Okla- homua’s worst Christmas tragedy. The monument Will be placed in Hobart or the scene of the fire. Three small fires in Hobart yes- terday added to the city’s tension. ; One of the fires, originating in a pealed joyously for the wedding of Claude Bolding and\Gladys Clements yesterday will today toll lugubrious- dy of the bride-to-be is I resting place in the ly as the bi laid in its fi Hobart ce ts was one of Miss Cleme three | jewelry store, caused a mild panic sisters who perished with 30 other! in two nearby moving picture thea- persons in the fire which destroyed! ters but no one was injured. Local the Babb’s Switch school house. | officers say they expect to take no Bolding was budly burned in a futile! action toward investigating the attempt to save his sweetheart, but) fires. Vigilance of school officers in is expected to recover. placing wire netting over the outside One of Miss Clement isters | of the school windows to keep out ne here with her three-year old| vandals is held chiefly responsible daughter from Michigan to attend for the heavy loss of life. Could the wedding. Tov the bodi: ; _the windows of the one-story strue- nd child La ture have been used as a means of, morgue, to; egress, virtually all of the 200 per- of Miss Clement's other sister, whO{ sons in the building could have es- to have acted as bridesmaid. Ro-' caped, it is believed. nce again bowed to tragedy in the As it was, the door was the only case of Aubrey Coffey and Vesta J.’ practicable exit, and there was sue Ackson, who were to have been mar- g rush for this that persons farther- jried next spring. Both perished in| est from it had little chance to em the fire. leape as the fire, startin 01 Dies Trying Rescue candle on a Christmas ie. aoe J. FP. Eden, carried through the through the small structure, doorway of the building on the tide! The Christmas tree on a stage at of hysterical humans fighting their the back of the school house was the ety, sought to force his! center of all eyes when a taper, ex- ck into the inferno for his piring after its effort to help cheer ree-year-old daughter but he was | the assembled children, shot a flame unable to gain an entrance and the! child burned to death, Mrs. George Bolding lost — three j | children in the fire. One of them, into some decorations at the top of ‘the tree. The crowd arose as one person with shouts of fear and the children who Edward, 8 years old, she had managed the tree, i ein ance [to get out of the building with her,!to get av The tree was upset and | but once outside the boy remembered | the flames spread rapidly. | his toys he had left behind and dash- | The one door was at the other end ed back after them, He never came ' of the building and only a few could jget out in the frenzy of all to escape | Families Broken ‘at once. The desperate fathers and j Several families lost two or more’ mothers, separated from their chil members in the fire dren fought madly to get to the At two previous Christmas Eve cel-| youngsters und then, when. that ebrations at the school, Christmas proved futile, to break out the win- trees caught fire, but were extin- | dows, The glass gave way, but out- | guished without serious damage. Lust } side, to protect the glazing, was wire Christmas William Curtis, who lost | netting that kept the entrapped peo- his life in the fire, played the role ple in the torment of the flame: | of Santa Claus and during the distri- | ° ge a bution of gifts his white beard caught | fire but he quickly extinguished it. | HALF MILLION Bubb's Switch is a prosperous farming community located seven} miles south of Hobart, Cotton andj} ; wheat are the prin pal peogucls raised. _ GET $538 IN | DAYLGHT HAUL | Beillety Rum, Schooner, Seven Prisoners, Taken Minneapolis, Dec, 26-—In a day- light holdup in the dry goods and grocery store of Sebastian Park s, an armed and eseaped. Andrew Blewett Seriously Ill Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 26.—-Coun- ty Auditor Andrew Blewett, oldest county auditor of the state in point of service, has been critically ill in Trinity hospital since Wednesday when he was taken with a severe spell of kidney trouble and heart dilation. He was reported somewhat New York, Dec. 26.—Coast guard officials Christmas Eve captured 19 prisoners, a British schooner, three motor boats and liquor valued at more than $500,000 here. The Brit- ish schooner Patara with 7 prisoners and 6,000 cases of alleged champaign, liquors and whiskies was among the vessels brought to the barge office. The seven prisoners on the Patara, a two master, were captured after a 40 mile chase by the coast guard cutters Maritan and Seneca. The prisoners were held without bail and kept under a heavy guard in the quarters of their ship, which was docked at the battery. For the past two years, the Patara man took improved this morning over _ his ; k Thursday morning condition, which | R&S been Una ae a subnet xa a: was very serious. HiT ae rities, they The Dick, a 42-knot motorboat was captured alongside the Patara 19 miles off Jones inlet, on Tue: day. Six prisoners with 192 cases of liquor were seized with the boat. The prisoners are held under $1,000 bail each. New York, Dec. 26.—Three men are dead, 31 others are ill in Belle- Yue hospital and the police calendars are crowded as a result of liquor drinking yesterday in celebration of Christmas. In addition to the dead, sixty persons are in the acci- dent wards due to injuries sustained in fights. Yesterday's fatalities increased to FAVOR DRAB WOMEN Cairo, Dec. 26—Women of the “Voxli Society,” a new. Mohamme- dan-religious sect, must abandon the wearing of any bright colors and must not be‘séen in, public unless dressed and veiled in black and white, The new sect believes that the attrac- tion of bright colors is responsib! for most of the evil in the world, |34, the number of deaths in the city from poison liquor during the month. The number of drunks ye: terday and on Christmas Eve was as great as at any time prior to pro- hibition, according to police. Offi- cials at Bellevue hospital said the tide of deaths due to poison liquor has been steadily rising since the first prohibition Christmas in 1920. Oe elle