The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 1

C oe WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 LE, LOGUE) Mf Y prose) Waren RISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEM BER 31, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS FRENCH HASTEN TO ASSUREULS. ON DEBTS PLAN Not Endeavoring to Avoid Obligations to the United States, Declaration HERRICK CALLED remier Herriot Confers witit American Ambassador on the Subject IN Paris, Dec. 31.—Premier Herriot last evening gave Myron Herrick, American ambassador, additional verbal explanations and assurances, together with an explicit detailed memorandum on the subject of rance’s attitude on the debt sub- ct and a copy of Finance Minister Clementel’s inventory of France's financial position. M. Clementel continues greatly exercised at what appears to him to, be the inexplicable effect pro: aMeed by his inventory in the Unit- ed States and is giving repeated statements for publication denying he ever declared Franee would not fulfill her engagements. U. S. RECEIVES REPORT ashington, Dec. 31—Ambassador Herrick’s report of his conversation with Premier Herriot on the ques- tion of Franco-American debts reach- ed the state department today and is understood to contain first offi- cial assurances to be received here since the question entered its pres- ent phase, that France does not in- nd to repudiate her obligations this country. Pending a careful scrutiny of the report by Secretary Hughes depart- ment officials declined all comment, but it was obvious that they welcom- ed the communication because of its official and timely nature. It had been opened since M. Cle- mentel the French finance minister, published his ,celebrated balance sheet and gave rise to a whirl of discussion, that seme representative of the Paris, government, either in the foreign office there or in the embassy here, might see fit to ex- plain the facts to officials here.~ & RECEIVES REPORT Paris, Dee. 31.—Finance Minister Clementel called on Ambassador Herrick this afternoon and present ada copy of the minister'é inventory \btpFrench finances, calling partieu- laf attention to the seven paragraphs ain which he d France had no thought of repudiating her war debt but sought to justify her claims for Ieniency of treatment and asked the application of the principle of the Dawes plan to the settlement. _ MUCH HIGHWAY. WORK AHEAD af * is 1925 Promises To Be Big One in State ‘The year 1925 promises to be a big one in highway construction in North Dakota. Applications for fed- eral aid projects on file with the state highway commission indicate at least as much road work is con- templated as during 1924, and the applications are expected to be in- creased materially during the win- ter. Counties have requested road work totalling 490 miles of earth grading, 278.35 miles of gravel sur- facing and .75 miles of paving, ac- cording to highway commission rec- ords, This is said to be about the same amount as requested at this time last year. During the year 1924, road work completed and accepted totalled 310 miles of earth grading, 170 miles of gravel surfacing and 2.9 miles of paving. A total -of 736.3 miles of all kinds of road work was placed under contract during 1924, and con- siderable work is now under contract but it yet to be completed. wThe total of federal aid road con- struction completed and accepted in North Dakota to date .ia 1,945 miles of earth grading, 549 miles of gravel surfacing and 6.6 miles of paving. RUTHENBERG FAILS TO GET: »* SENTENCE STAY Lansing, Migh., Dec. 31.—(By the A. P.)}—The petitions of Charles E. Ruthenberg, convicted of violation of - 1924 BIG HOW SIGNING CENTRALIZE TRADE SCHOOL INSTRUCTION | | | ' Supervision Also To Go To) State School at Wahpe- | ton Under Plan | What was characterized as another step in the direction of avoiding duplication of effort in educational institutions of the state was taken by the state board of administra- tion today in centralizing trades and industries instruction in the State School of Science at Wahpeton. The resolution adopted by the} board declares “that it is the sense of the board of administration that} all work in trades and industries in the state, whether maintained by | Federal or State‘funds, be centered | at the State School at Wahpeton, | from and after the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and fur- ther, that the Director of Vocational Education be asked to outline and | recommend such Ainendments to the | present plan of cooperation between | — and the federal board of vocational ; education touching upon the question of supervision and teacher-train- ing in the field of trades and indus- tries as will effectually carry out this plan.” It is expected that, in carrying out the resolution, supervision of trade and industries instruction now centered in officials at the Agricul- tural College’ will be transferred to the Wahpeton school. Edward Erickson, director of vocational edu-| cation, expressed belief that the plan would meet with favor of federal authorities and Dr. J. L. Coulter, president of the Agricultural Col- lege, has expressed himself as being favorable to the change, according to R. B. Murphy, chairman of the board. 9 NEW TREASURE MOVES TO CITY C. A. Fisher, treasurer-elect, has taken up his residence in Bismarck | and will spend several days familiar- | izing himself. with the office before he is sworn in. Alfred Dale of Bis- marek will be deputy and E. 0.; Bailey of Manning will be chief clerk, Mr. Fisher announced. Mr. Fisher has rented the house of Mrs. M. 0. Ward, 400 Seventh street, and moved in with his wife. One son, Sam A., who is attending the state university, is spending the holidays here. One daughter is county treasurer of Barnes county G BUS Goonael, EVERYBODY, GOODNIGH The New Broadcaster Awaits | "1924 OFF 00 ROOSEVELT IN N. Y. HOSPITAL New Yor! 31.-Theodore Roosevelt, former assistant Secre- tury of the Navy, is in a private hospital here recovering from an op- eration for throat infection yes- terday. It is said that his condition is good. MOTOR GAR NUMBER UP Total Registration Rises To 117,050 in State The number of motor vehicles in North Dakota reached 117,050 in 1924, the hjghest total yet recorded at the end of a year, The number of vehicles increased 8 percent over 1923, according to J. P. Tucker, mo- tor vehicle registrar. Revenue derived from licensing of motor vehicles reached a total of $816,766.05 this year, an increase of $56,321.60 over 1923. The registra- tion figures show: Ford cars, 72,204; non-Fords, 44,846; motorcycles 509. the state board of administration|Of the number of Fords and non-! Fords, 4,682 are trucks. PRACTICE LAW Will Resume Position in Mi- not—to Lecture for Chau- tauqua Also Governor R, A. Nestos will resume the practice of, law in Minot in the firm of Nestos, Herigstad and Sten- erson after he leaves the chief exec- utive’s chair, he announced today, stating that arrangements had been completed for resumption of this re- lationship while at Minot for the Christmas holidays, The partnership will become effective January 8. It is a part of the Governor's plan to go to Battle Creek, Michigan, to enter a Sanitarium for a month of rest and recuperation and to return for the court terms late in the win- ter. Shortly after the middle of April the Governor expects to com- mence a series of lectures for the Redpath: Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureau, beginning at Columbus, Georgia, and continuing for three months in several states. The offer made to the Governor on the chau- tauqua platform which he has. vir- SINES the Michigan. syndicalism act, for @ stay of sentence was denied by the state supreme coyrt today, and a younger daughter will remain jtually accepted calls for a salary in .Valley’ City the balance’ of the|more than double that- of Governor, school year, it is understood, ‘PRODUCTION OF | - MEAT AGAIN AT HIGHEST PEAK | Equals if Not Exceeded the; | Record Made During ; Year 1923, Report Chicago, Dec. 31.—Production of meat in the United States during the ed today equalled, if it did not exceed, the record breaking pro- duction of 1923, according to a state- ment today by the Institute of Ain ican Meat Packers, through its presi- Ident Osear G. Mayer of Chicago. Notwithstanding the heavy market-| lings of livestock which made this large production possible, prices be-. ing paid to farmers for most of their animals are higher on the average} than a year ago and substantially higher than in 1913, Mr. Mayer as- serted. “Meat prices generally as might be expected in view of the increased {price being paid for livestock, also} were somewhat higher than before }the war,” he continued. “During) | much of the year, however, whole- sale pork prices were at or below pre-war levels. Fresh pork and some, grades of beef, especially those from} grass fat cattle which have been in. liberal supply are being wholesaled at relative low figures.” -—____-—________-® | Weather Report | —____-—__—_ For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .. Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair and continued cold tonight and Thursday. For North Dakota: Generally fair and continued cold tonight and, Thursday. H WEATHER CONDITIONS The high pressure area is centered over the Red River Valley this morn- ing while a low covers Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures are above zero in all sections except in Minnesota, the Dakotas and in the Canadian Provinces. Precipitation ) occurred in Minnesota, South Dakota! and over the Rocky Mountain region. ORRI8 W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist | i} 38 -3) » 16 . 19 So 12 KING ON OSTRICH London, Dec, 31—The “King of Logaria,” a new fraternal order, gave visitors to the London Zoo a treat by riding an ostrich for-a whole hour. He wore the. full regal robes of the society during the performance, i ‘said hi: ROBBER HOLDS UP TRAIN BU? MISSES LOOT Makes Futile Effort to Get Hold of $20,000 in Bonds and Money |MESSENGER IS KILLED Attempts to Disarm Passen- ger and Is Shot by Bandit Who Escapes | Chicago, Dee. 3: P.)—A systematic search was un- der way today for an automobile in which the youthful robber who held up an express car of | the Viking and shot and killed | Die of Milwaukee | escape. y and express company als agree that the robber obtained no loot. —(By the A. | Russell Chicago, Dec. 31.—A youthful rob- ber held up the express car crew of Happy New Year The eve of the New Year will find individuals in all parts of the land rendering a hearty greeting, raising hands in a toast to success in the year 1925. The city of Bismarck, h aving progressed during the last three years when conditions were not what they might have been, should year 1925, with conditions times in North Dakota. in 1924; and optimism will The Tribune, conscious expand steadily during the what they should be at all Gloom has been chased away reign during the new year. of favors during the year 1924 and confident that the year 1925 will be a fruitful one, takes this means of ex’ tending to all its readers the hearty greeting of A Happy New Year. January 1 will be observed as a holiday generally in the city. published. There will be no editions of The Tribune Murderer Says Father Is In North Dakota Deer Lodge, Mont., Dec. 31.—Roy Walsh, awaiting sentence here for murder and whose execution at Boulder, Montana, is expected some time in January for the murder of ‘Albert Johnson, a merchant .at Re-! the Viking, fast Ch and North: ee eae : fects Nort ‘nova, a year ago, today had broken near Highland Park, Ilinois, last MS Silence and said his real name night, shot and killed a messenge! Hage abe aa Nee ea eae ached nthe donduct eet {miles from Emerald, Wisconsin, rage man and eseened atten a (Where he spent his early days. futile attempt to open the safe,ly He, “ave pis father is in Fargo, which contained bonds, jewels and | ot his an ee pec eG nee covebes money valued at upwards of $200,- Em Ouners 000. t Russell Dickey, 44, Milwaukee, the | messenger, died when! he attempted | to disarm the man, who took one of | two keys nec ‘y to open the safe | trom Dickey’s body. He failed to} fiud the second key which was in the messenger’s overcoat hanging a foot away from the safe. Before he leaped from the tra as it pulled into Winnetka, Ilino the youth forced R. M. Dilzer, Mil- waukee, the conductor, and M. H.! Marquardt, Milwaukee,/ a baggage man, into a clothes closet. He es- caped in a taxi, the driver of which he compelled to take him to Evan- ston, where he climbed into another automobile, apparently waiting for him, and disappeared. Belief that he had a confederate ard the train was expressed by after E, J. Kloepfer, the ver, told them the robber “partner” had the “200 grand” and that his “partner” got excited and “I had to shoot one ab officers taxi dri U.S., JAPANESE PACT FURTH'RS! (00D FEELINGS Will Exchange Language Of-; ficers in Armies, Under Plan Agreed Upon Tokio, Dec. 3f—(By the A. P.)— The recent announcement from Washington telling of the approval of an arrangement whereby the United States and Japan will exchange lan- guage offices in their respective arm- ies for six months is acclaimed here as a New Year's comsummation of the recent amicable exchange of of- ficial utterances between the two countries. Lieut. Gen. Issei Ugaki, minister of war, in an interview today with the Associated Press, said: “I wish to endorse fully the state- ment of Secretary of War Weeks re- garding the friendly exchange of language officers between the armies of Japan and the United States. This exchange indicates a friendly feeling between the two armies. Relations between Japan and the United States are bound to be friend- ly by virtue of the geographical pos- ition of the two countries. Likewise the political and economic ties of the two countries assure friendly rela- tions. War talk is powerless in presence of the solid facts.” INSPECTION INVOKED TO ’ HALT PLAGUE Washington, Dec. 31.—The public health service has invoked. a rigid health inspection program applicable to ships reaching any American port Pedro from New Orleans, San Oakland, as a pre spread of bubonic infection among rats, which has been discovered in those three cities. or Lovebirds, once, popular for “for- tune-telling” in England, are be- coming scarce, CONFIDENCE IN YEAR 1925 IN STATE VOICED Should be a Good Year For North Dakota, Says Gov- ernor R. A. Nestos SEES PROGRESS AHEAD Continued Diversification Will Be Great Asset to State, He Says Confidence that the year 1925 will bring forth prosperity and adv: ment in North Dakota w: by Governgr R. A. The Governor sai “1925 should be one of the best years in the history of North Da- kota. A good crop and an excellent price have brought a great deal of money into our midst; debts will be paid, business revived and conser- vative investments made. “If the trials and tribulations of the past eight years have taught us no lessons, this might not be of so great value to us after all, but I am confident that the danger of debts and the value of thrift and frugality and the need of diversified farming for continued success has been thor- oughly impressed upon our people, and that one or two seasons of suc- cess in small grain farming will not make them, forget the lesson of bit- ter experience. I feel hopeful and confident of the future. “When men have learned that hogs and corn, cows and clover, poultry and garden are essential with the small grains in building a depend- able agricultural community, then will the splendid financial returns of this year’s crop be of great value in providing the animals, buildings and facilities for increas- ed progress in diversified farming, and for the growing and raising of the quality products that North Da- kota can produce. “When, with this splendid /pro- gress in material wealth and well- being, we combine an appreciation of the many evidences of improvement in the attitude of our people to- ward constitutions, laws, order and constituted authority, and their greater use and enjoyment of the many intellectual and spiritual bless- ings that are available to our peo- ple, we have a right to rejoice and enter 1925 with hope, confidence and thanksgiving for our wonderful op- portunities.” . express Nestos today. STOCK BOOM OF {994 GREATEST. IN MANY YEARS Railroad Shares Lead Post—| ; Election Advance to High- | est Figures in Years | | | INVESTORS ARE BUYING! Bank Loans Show Stocks Being Kept \ ew York, Dee. (A. P.)—A! post-election boom of unprecedented | proportions carried stock prices to the highest levels in years in the} closing weeks of the year. Railroad shares were foremost in; the advance, many of them touching the highest prices ever recorded. Not; since the early part of the present, century, when Harriman and Gould struggled for the control of the leading western trangportation sys-, tems of the country, has Wall Street | witnessed a railroad market of such breadth and volume as took place in the last two months of the year. An enormous investment demand,| {apparently pent-up for years through | fear of adverse legislation, broke forth like a flood in the few weeks | | following election, when, it became ; apparent that the alled radical ce bloc had lost the balance of power in’ Farm congress, that the administration looked with favor upon railroad con- solidations, and that the roads had been successful in increasing their net earnings through a reduction in operating costs. Tangible evidence of this improvement, furnished by the resumption of dividends on stocks of some of the southwestern car- riers, stimulated the demand, which 'eame from large institutions and : wealthy individuals, as well as a my- riad of small investors. Industrials Advance Is shared in the advance, st gains being recorded by the securities of those companie: | Whose earnings gave definite indica- tions of business improvement. \ | Professional traders admittedly ! jwere surprised by the magnitude of , {the buying power, as indicated by the; {fact that stocks in which they had! ibuilt up large paper profits in the early fall were sold heavily in the| few days following the election, on the theory that they could be re- purchased later at lower levels. The advance, however, once it got started, about six weeks, taken away from the professionals, who were forced to bid for stocks several points above what they sold them for in order to participate in the upward swing. One of the curious features of the rapid advance was the fact that it was accompanied by a relatively slight increase in brokers’ loans, which was construed as an indication that the stocks were being taken out of “the street” and put in strong boxes. Wall Street brokerage houses actually found themselves with more business than they could convenient- ly handle, despite an average increase of 11 percent, in brokerage commis- sions, which added millions of dollars to their coffers. Ra ONE AUTO TO EVERY 6.42 PERSON: IN U. S., LATEST FIGURES SHOW New York, Dec. 31.—Motor vehicle registrations in the United States in 1924 shows that there is one pas- senger car or truck for every 6.42 persons, based on an estimated pop- ulation of 114,000,000. Registrations for the year, ex- cluding the last 10 days of Decem- ber, totalled 17,700,179, a gain of 16,28 percent over the total of 15,- 222,058 recorded in 1923. These statistics, compiled from official figures obtained from every | | year. state, were made public today by the magazine “Motor.” \ The amount of money invested in these vehicles is estimated at $10,- 620,107,400, S YEAR FOR BISMARCK BETTER YEAR . THAN 1923, 18 SHOWING MADE Investigation Into Compara- tive Business Figures. Shows Steady Gains SEE BIG YEAR AHEAD Business Leaders Expect Steady Progress To Be Made in Coming Year The year 1924, closing with a bang with reviewed busi- ness in the latter months, set a new business volume record for Bismarck, investigations made by A. F. Bradley, secre- fary of the Association of Commerce, showed today. Few lines of business, as 2 whole, showed decreases over the year 1923, while the ma- jority of them did more busi- ness than in the previous New “million dollar concerns” were added to the lists in Bismarck. The year 1925, the concen- sus of business opinion shows, should send Bismarck for- ward by leaps and bounds. The city’s reputation as the dis- tributing center for a large territory in western North Dakota will | be hoisted as a result of the 1924 bus- iness record,.in a year that was re- garded as dubious when it opened. P. 0. Receipts Up Postoffice receipts, a good barome- ter of trade, will show practically the same in Bismarck as the previous ar, in spite of the fact that heavy legislative business of 1923 was not to be had during the year closing to- jay. Only by an increase in general business is the postoffice able to re- main in its high position in the state, the second postoffice in North Dako- ta. A comparison of some items of bus- iness in the two years follows: 1924 1928 Postoffice Re- ceipts $ 150,000 $ 150,000 Wholesale gro- ceries ....... 2,782,000 2,322,000 machin- ery .. 1,650,000 1,350,000 Auto gales (dis- tributing and retail) 1,258,000 1,180,500 Lumber sale 215,000 200,000 The figures obtained in the inves- tigations revealed Bismarck as a sur- prisingly large center of farm ma- chinery distribution. Several thou- sand automobiles are included in the total sales made through Bismarck distributors over a large territory in southwestern North Dakota and east- ern Montana, the total amount during the year being $1,258,000. That 1925 1 be a big automobile year is in- dicated by the fact that one large dis- tributor had practically doubled his order for the coming year. Investi- gation also discloses that during the last three months Bismarck has made more sales proportionately than any other distributing center in the state. Rail Business Jumps The railroads operating in Bi marck handled a big volume of busi ness during the year 1924. The tic- ket sales of the Northern Pacific was an almost perpendicular one for? railroad alone are estimated at $200,- The market was] 999, The inbound freight receipts of the railroads is placed at $645,000, giving an idea of the tremendous amount of purchases made by Bismarck dis- tributing houses, retail establish- ments and individuals. The outbound freight receipts The figures represent an increase over 1923, one railroad’s increase in business being about five percent. Hospitals Have More Patients The year 1924 may not have been amore healthy year in western North Dakota than the year 1923. At least the figures of the Bismarck hospitals might be taken to mean that, for the local hospitals handled 4,770 patients in 1924 as compared to 4,360 patients in 1923. The figures are taken, however, to indicate the growth of Bismarck as @ hospital and medical céhter, as each year the number of patients in the local hospitals has been steadily increasing and they come from long distances greater than formerly. Both the local hospitals this year received the highest rating aecorded hospitals in the nation by the Amer- fiean Medical Association rating board. . Building Lively Building started slowly in Bis- arck during the year 1924. The agricultural depression and the un- (Ceatinued on page 8) | 6G totalled $180,000. . ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE