The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy, tonight and Fri? day,. probably snow by Friday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 192! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [2am PRICE FIVE CENTS DRAW LINES FOR CHILD LABOR FIGHT EDISON SAYS THAT HE THINKS IT POSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEAD STATE'S GUARD HUND OPPOSED BY SENATORS Eight Vote in Opposition to the’Biennial Appropriation For the Guard SHORT DEBATE HELD Senate Passes Many Bills, Including Appropriation For Board of Auditors Opposition to the appropriation of $60,000 for the maingenance of the Noyth Dakota National Guard for a period of two years was registered in the North Dakota Senate this afternoon by eight Senators, who voted in the negative on the bill, which was passed, 41 to 8. Disgenting votes were registered by Senators Flecton of Ward, Hjelm- stad, of Walsh, Miklethun of Steele and Griggs, Olson of Barnes, Patten of Mountrail, Ritchie of Sheridan, Whif(er of Mercer, Oliver and Dunn and Wog of Billings, Bowman, Gold- en Valley and Slope district, all Nonpartisans. Senators §ngerson, Miklethun, Flecton, Olson of Barnes, Whitmer, Hjelmstad, \Benson and Ri asure had heen registered in the appropriations committee by Senators Flecton, Mag- nuson, Patten and Benson. There as little debate on the in the nate. Senator Fleckton moved the ap- propriation be cut from $60,000 to $30,000. Senator Ployhar, Barney, informed the Senate the appropria tion had been $60,000 for many years, being the same as the appropriation many years ago when the guard membership was half of its present 1,500 enlistment. Senator Baird add- ed the sum appropriated meant $20 per man per year. Senator Dave Hamilton, Nonparti- san, opposed the amendment, stating that if the Guard were worth sus- taining it should be given sufficient funds. : Senator Fleckton, stating tat he believed the sum was too great, add- ed that “I don’t know what they do when they get together—whether just to have a good time and spend the taxpayers’ money or not.” Senator Kretschmar, chairman of the appropriation committee, said that the appropriation was the same as,it had been in previous years, vd the majority of the appropria- tions committee favored it. Te Senate passed several bills im rapid fire order, most of them minor arpropriation measures. One bill, appropriating $15,000 for the state regulatory department, was indefin- y postponed, it being the opinion of the appropriations committee that fees charged by the department were sufficient to sustain it. Senators Baird of Stark and Olson of Rur- leigh were named members to a joint committee to arrange Lincoln birth- day exercises. Many Bills Passed Bills passed by the Senate include: S. B. 49, appropriating $14,000 for maintenance of the state pure seed laboratory; S. B. 39, appropriating $90,000 insurance tax to various fire departments in the state;"S. B. 45, transferring $40,000 from the oil 'in- spection to general fund; S. B. 54, transferring $10,181.24 from the ho- tel inspectién fund to the general fund; S. B. 20, appropriating $3,000 for the firemen’s association; S. B. 35, appropriating $10,000 for the Florence Crittenton home for ‘two years; S! B, 25, appropriating $10,000 for the state board of auditors; S. B. 28, repealing the law making an appropriation for the Society for the Friendless S. B. 29, repealing the law making an appropriation for the State Humane Society; S. B, 31, re- pealing the law relative to publish- in notices of sale of university and other public lands, the measure con- g a separate, biennial ap- propriation bill for this purpose; S. B. 32, repealing the law relative to advertising common school lands for Tease, this bill also contemplating that a biennial appropriation shall be made rather than a standing ap- propriation; S. B. 34, appropriating $1,000 for the apprehension of crim- inals. ¢ There was some objection to the reduction in the appropriation for the state board of auditors, a board created by initiated law charged with the duty of auditing state industries, but Senator Kretschmar’s explana- tion that first audits had been made and future audits would be less ex- pensive was accepted. CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES Valley City, N. D., Jan. 22.—A. J. Bachelder, 80-year-old Civil War veteran and one of the four remain- ing mbers of Josiah S. Weiser Post, 9 of the G. A. R., here, passed away at the home of his son- in-law and” daughter, Mr. “and Mrs. John’ Tracy, after an illness which kept him confined to his bed since last Friday. Old age was attributed for the most part, as the cause of his death, } One horse registered @ pull of 2t tons at. the British Empire Exhib: tion -regently,:/.- 2c THOMAS By NEA Service. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Sevvice, Ine.) Orange, N. J., Jan, The ‘secre- tary who arranged the interview with Thomas A. Edison volunteered the admonition: “You mustn't ask Mr. Edison about communication with the dead. Mr. Edison ‘has been so misrepresented in regard to that de- licate matter that if you mention it to him he will go right up in the air.” Despite this dire warning, the for- bidden question was the first one ventured: “Do you think it possible, Mr, Edi- son, that you may devise any me- chanism through which, when you have left this life, you may hope to communicate with’ us The wonder-wizard of communica: tion did not,go up in the air) He an- | swered graciously and fully. But he was cautious against _ misquotation. {He took a pencil and a pad and write “carefully this fundamental part of his statement: “If my theory is correct—that the machine ealled man is only a mass of dead matter and that the real life is in the millions of individual units which navigate this machine and if on the destruction of the machine they keep together, including those individuals which “have charge of Q INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK Engine Breaks Rail While Traveling, 35 Miles an Hour Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. 22,— Nine passengers were injured early today when Denver and Rio Grande Western train No. 1, west bound, was wrecked at Mack, Utah, nine miles west of here. The-engine broke a rail while traveling 35 miles an hour, accord- ing to railroad messages received here. The baggage car rolled down a 40-fopt embankment. Eight ofthe 10 coaches that made up the train left the track, two stopping from 15 to 25 feet down the embankment. —__-______—__ | Weather Report | o——-. -—_—_——@ For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperaturé at 7 a. m. AB Highest, yesterday . + 38 Lowest yesterday . 30 Lowest last night . + 15 Precipitation .... : Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly cloudy tonight and Friday; pro- bably snow by Friday. Rising tem- perature Friday. : : For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy to-night and Friday; probably snow by Friday. Rising temperature Fri- day and northwest portion to-night. WEATHER CONDITIONS . An area of high pressure, ac- companied by fair and somewhat colddr weather, prevails over the Plains States. A low pressure area, accompanied by raising temperature, has appeared on the north Pacific coast: Temperatures are below zero in Manitoba and Saskatchewan but no zero temperatures occurred throughout the United States. Pre- cipitation occurred at _ scattered places in the extreme Northwest while elsewhere the weather is gen- erally fair. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, i .. Meteorologist. 5) 12 ‘ Isabeli 4 He sy he 'h Coll a ology r Columbia Scans A, EDISON memory (which is our personality) — then I think it is possible to de apparatus to receive communications if they desire to make them. It will be very difficult, as each individual as to size is beyond the limits of our present microscopes.” Having thus marked metes and bounds, Mr. F ed into frank talk. He stoutly in- sisted’ that he be understood as not such moot thing as his son relax- ges as substantial and as susceptible pf authentication as are those of the tedegraph, tele- phone, phonograph and radio, There shall be no “medium,” no mystery, no superstition, no “autohypnotism known as faith.” His method, to | serve at all, must absolutely guar- antee the integrity of the commun- ication it conveys and guard posi- tively against any pos: dispute or misconstruction. It goes without sz that com- munication with the d ly authenticated, a: must have it, would antly re- volutionize all _generally-accepted theories regarding human existence, reveal a new science of the essence of life and open up vast new visions as to the nature and ultimate func- tion of matter. CLOVER SEED TARIFF BOOST IS REQUESTED Valley City, N. Dak. Jan, 22.-6The Greater North Dakota Association is sponsoring a state-wide, movement to obtain a fifty percent increase in the tariff on clover seed, according to an announcement made today by Secretary Lynn Cowell. Imports of clover seed from Can- ada have been sufficiently heavy dur- ing the past few weeks to effect a lowering of the price of this com- modity to ,producers approximately forty. percent. The Greater North Dakota Association has placed this ynatter before the tariff commission at Washington, Pp. C., and requested their prompt action toward increas- ing the existing tariff fifty percent. CONFIDENCE IN ~ COMMITTEES Burdick Issues Statement on Hospital Probe 4 on says he U. L. Burdick, Fargo attorney, who introduced Ed Steib to the joint state affairs committee of the House and Senate, to hear charges of brutality jat the Jamestown hospital for the nsane, today made the following statement: “The joint committees of the House and Senate gave me full and ample opportunity to appraise them of the charges brought by Mr. Steib against the management of the asylum. It was impossible to go into detail in the matters, but in a general way the cgmmittee was informed of the nature of- the acts complained of and where the proof could be obtain- ed. I have full confidence in those committees and when they have spoken on the subject, I shall, as far as I am concerned, accept the verdict. My submitting of the matter was non-political and I trust the matter will be handled in the same m ner by the committee. I am sati fied that leaders like Vogel, Divit, McManus, Twithell, Hamilton, and Murphy will not vote to quash. the investigation. -unlegs, , they, at Batis: fied beyor reasonable doubt that any, further. investigation i: (unwal ible doubt, CONTRACT FOR WATER INTAKE I$ CANCELLED City Commission Passes Reso- lution to This Effect at Special Meeting BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS While Controversy Rages Peo- ple of Bismarck Pay Ex- tra Pumping Charges if Another chapter has been written in the controversy over the uncom- pleted intake to Bismarck’s new wa- ter works system in the adoption by the city commission ,in special ses- sion of a resolution cancelling the contract with the Woodrich Con- struction company of Minneapolis and the completion of the work either by new contract or on the city force account plan. This step probably will throw the entire matter into the courts. It aid that some $43,000 is dye Wood- rich on his contracts and that agree- ment has been reached on part of this sum. Some $15,000 has been spent by the contractor to date on the intake. It is contended by the city engi- neering department of which T. R. Atkinson is chief that thd work has. not proceeded according to his di- rections. On the other hand the contractor states that since the ori- ginal plans were changed by Mr. At- kinson, he could not completé the intake from the levels given as that brought the intake pipe below the river bed. He has several prominent engineers to support his contention. Just what Wpodrich’s next move would be could not be learned today his attorney was out of the city Some court action it is believed is the only logical solution. At present the old intake is being utilized. The water is pumped into the river by the old pumps electri- ly driven and then into the new tem and then by power generated by Diesel engines into the reser- voirs, Blan runs about $500 a month. The resolution follow: “WHEREAS, Th: City of Bis- marck, on or about the 2nd day of June, 1923, entered into a contract with the Woodrich Construction Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is known as Contract Number Three of the plans and specifications for a complete waterworks sys (Continued on page three) (SEN, MAYFIELD KEEPS SEAT Texas Senator Gets Farovable Committee Report 22.—Unanimous recommendation that Senator May- field, Democrat, Texas, be adjudged properly elected to his seat in the Senate has been made to the Senate elections committee as the finding of its sub-committee in the long hear- ing on the election contest brought against him by George Peddy. ‘The contestant, a Republican, ran against Senator Mayfield as an independent Democratic candi@ate in the - 1922 election. HOLD, OFFICER, KILLED MAN Says He Shot in Air But Man Was Killed Washington, Jan. Austin, Minn., Jan. 22~Police of- ficer Arthur Poelke was in the county jail here today pending the outcome of the coroner’s inquest over the killing late last night of Tony Polornik, 22, who was shot by Poelke as he fled after being ques- tioned by officers regarding having liquor in his possession. Poelke said he fired into the air after questioning Polornik but: the latter fell and died almost instantly. A bottle of liquor which was found on the dead man’s body is being held as an exhibit for the inquest, which probably will be held today. WATER POISONED Constantinople, Jan. \22)—Sixteen public drinking fountains in Constan- tinople have been found to contain poisoned water. An epidemic: of “yellow sickness,” followed by sud- den and violent death, has been traced to the impurities in the city water supply. NO HOUSING PROBLEM Constantinople, Jan. 22.—Purvey- ors of real estate nowdays are bear- ing haggard countenances through the streets of Constantinople. For Constantinople is bejng ‘evacuated weekly by hundreds of persons leav- ing for European cities. The out- rush was started when Constantin: ople ceased to be the capital of Tur-- BRITISH SHIP PROGRAM GETS SENATE'S BAR Resolution Demands to Know Whether or Not the Arms Treaty Is Violated ILL BE PRESSED Senator McKellar Declares That He Will Demand Vote Upon the Resolution Washington, Jan. 22.-A new angle has been injected into the growing complexities of the naval situation by a pending Senate resolution seek- ing information from Great Britain The additional cost by this: as to whether the construction of her two capital ships violates the provisions of the arms conference treaty. On the heels of the Senate's adop- and request Coolidge to call other Arms con- ference, Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, presented a resolution that would request the Pr 0 obtain information for the Senate ag to whether Great Britain had viola- ted the existing arms covenant on the construction of the Rodney and the Nelson. The two ships have be described in the Senate as combination battleships and aircraft carriers. . Senator McKellar said he would press his resolution for early action. Meanwhile the Senate’s action in pting as an amendment to the al supply bill yesterday without ¢ proposal for another arms e stood in a little clearer While there was no formal explan- ation of the fact that administration Senators offered rio opposition to the proposal, although the President haf let it ‘be known that he considers the time not yet ripe for calling an- other arms conference, it was under- jstood these Senators accepted the amendment in the hope of expedit- ng the pending naval bill. FIRST NATION QUITS LEAGUE, Costa Rica Files Resignation From League of Nations, It Is Announced Geneva, Jan. 22,—(By the A. P.)— Costa Rica filed her resignation from the League of Nations today, transmitting with her message a check for back dues. No reason was given for the with- drawal but a League official said it was assumed the resignation was due to criticism of the country for failure to pay her assessments, voic- ed during the sessions of the budget committee of the last assembly. Cos- ta Riea’s annual assessment ig about $5,000. This is the first case of resigna- tion from the League and officials said it was an entirely separate one, there being no indications that it would be followed by other Latin- American tountries. Costa Rica’s resignation reduces members¥ip of the League to 54, the number obtaining before the last assembly meeting at which the Do- minican republican was admitted. Other nations which are not mem- bers are! Afghanistan, Eeuador, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Soviet Rus- sia, Turkey and the United States, BANK BILLS INTRODUCED Stringent Measures Placed Before Assembly: ‘Two stringent banking bills have been placed before the North Dakota legislature by Senator Ingerson, chairman of the banking committee. One provides that . stockholders must deposit bonds with the state treasurer equalling the. amount of their stock, to insure carrying out of liability provisions, and providing that if assessments on banks are made and the stockholder is unable to pay the state treasurer shall sell stock held in escrow and pay the as- sessments. Another bill makes it unlawful for any bank to hypothecate more’ than 30 percent of its assets and making it illegal for any bank to pledge more than 125 percent of the face value of a loan in the form of cal- al; provides that in no, cai shall bills payable exceed the com- bined amount of capital stock and urplue. New Orleans is rated the second COST T00 MUCH: AUTHOR OF N. D. ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW SEES MUCH MERIT IN BILLS WHICH EMBRACE REPEAL OF LAW W. H. Northrop of Fargo Indicates Possibility That Repeal and Strict Law, Against Sale to Minors Might Serve Purpose of Preventing Minors Better—Divi: Cigarette Smoking by ion of Opponents on Present Battle Seen What of the st tarted out to be a strong drive by te against repeal of the anti-cigarette law may turn into at go-called “moral forces” least a division of sentiment on their part, with some favoring repeal if the law is strengthened to prevent abuses and sale of ci mino! W. H. Northrop, Fargo bus anti~ arettes to i ness man, who introduced the present garette ‘bill in the legislature in 1913 ana! fought it through to e, appeared at the second public hearing on the measure before D: the Senate minors. STEPS TAKEN FOR ACTION ON TURKISH PACT Senate Members Called to White House For Discu sion of Subject SHIPSTEAD LEFT OUT Fails to Receive Invitation With Other Committee Members Washington, Jan, 22.—(By the A. P.)—The — long-pending — Lausanne treaty providing for resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Turkey been brought out of relative obscurity to- "day by a White House dinner con- ference concerning its position in the Senate. At thes invitation of President Coolidge, members of the Senate foreign relations committee discuss- ed the treaty at the White House last night with Richard Washburn Child, who represented the United States in its negotiations. The con-| ference was said to have been devot- ed to a presentation by Mr. Child of ‘this views as to importance of early Senate action on the treaty, which has been pending in committee for more than a year, The Senators attending said the President himself expressed no views regarding the treaty, nor did they give any opinion as to probabilities of action by the Senate, where op- position already has developed that points to a long fight when ever it is brought to the floor. Mr. Child, who was ambassador to Italy at the time of the Lausanne conference and who has been a White House guest for several days, told the committee members that unless the treaty was ratified the United States would find itself under ne- cessity of negotiating an entirely new convention with Turkey under circumstances which might be less advantageous than prevailed at the time of the conference. Invitations to the dinner were sent to all members of the commit- tee now in Washington with the ex- ception of Senator Shipstead, Farm- er-Labor, Minnesota. There was no explanation at the White House as to the omission of his name from the list of guests. THOMAS EGA SINGER, DIES Los Angeles, , Jan. 22,—Thomas Egan, Irish tenor, known in operatic circles in this country and abroad, ate Affairs Committee today and with many that he might take the view that repeal the anti-cigarette law and strengthen the law against sale to is dead here, left the impression it would be better to Senator David Hamilton, chairman of the committee and author of the anti-cigarette license law, declared that his purpose was to ac- complish prevention of sale to minors. Mr. Northrop told the committee he appeared for Fargo church and business people. “I see much merit in these two bills (companion bills, S. 61 and 62, one prohibition sale to minors and the other repealing the anti-cigar- ette law and licensing their sale),” he told the committee. “Although I am sent here to rep- resent a opposed to the repeal of the an arette law I confess I ask whether or not a bill like this (preventing sale to minors) would not best serve the ends in view,” Mr. Northrop said. “The law has been violated and violation of law has the effect of destroying respect for law. I do question whether the ones vio- lating the present law will observe another. If the object in view can better be arrived at by licensing the sale of cigarettes to adults, and pre- venting sale to minors, it might be well to do it. We cannot go above public sentiment.” tor Hamilton asked Mr. North- rop if the people who sent him to Bismarck did .not be that the bill to repeal the anti-cigarette law would “throw the gates wide open.” “Yes,” he replied, “this bill re- garding minors was not before the public at that time.” “You see things differently now, do you not?” Senator Hamilton ask- ed. “Yes, I see a great déal of merit in this. present proposal,” Mr. Northrop: replied. “I am not saying, however, that the people who sent me here would sanction these bills. I think there would be a difference of opin- ion among them.” Mr. Northrop spoke of ment of the law. “This couldn't be any more of a failure in enforcement than the pre- sent law, could it?” Senator Patter- son asked. “I would not say that but the other has not been enforced,” Mr. Northrop said, adding, however, that enforcement of law on a prohibitory measure is a matter of development. Against Repeal F. L. Watkins, superintendent of the state enforcement league told the committee that he was opposed to thelicensing of a business which he believed to be fundamentally wrong. He defended the present law but ad- mitted that it was generally violat- ed. Discussing the preposed licensing acts, Mr. Watkins suggestqi several changes in the text, which would, he claimed, make itmore difficult for minors to obtain cigarettes. He was opposed he said, to the provision of the proposed law which would make minors found smoking cigarettes in public places subject to fine and ar- rest. Mrs, Kate Wilder of Fargo speak- ing for the W. C. T. U. declared that her organization was opposed to the licensing of cigarette sales. She had no particular suggestiéns to make regarding the terms of the proposed law. Mrs. C. A. Fisher of Valley City wanted to know if the state treasur- er would be held jointly responsible with the attorney general for the prevention, of cigarette sales to min- ors, She was assured that he would not. enforce- e CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH IN TIME OF WAR PROPOSED IN LEGISLATURE Conseription of wealth in time of war is proposed in a resolution plac- ed before the state legislature by Senator Hjelmstad, of Edmore, Walsh county. The resolution is ad- dressed to President Coolidge and the national Congress. It is as fol- low: Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of North Dakota, the House of Representatives concurring: That we, the members of the State, legislature in regular session as- sembled, representing the people of the commonwealth of North Dakota ‘hereby renew our pledge of, loyalty to our God, our Nation and our Flag, and to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy to whom we pledge our lives, our: property, and the lives and property of our poster- ity upon instant call to defend them against any nation which shall at- tempt to attack our shores or in- vade our land, And we further pledge that shoyld such attack or invasion provoke & declaration of war against such’ a nation, that this ‘common- wealth will furnigh her full quota of theman-power to do the fighting % -- Naxgest port.in’ fhe United. States... Jand..the. dying to make the defense of this nation adequate though the filling of such quota may require submission to conscription or selec- tive draft. “Realizing that ‘war is hell,’ that human life is sacred and that bonds mean bondage, we demand in the name of this commonwealth that the power to declare war other than to resist attack or invasion of our own shores, be vested in the voice by referendum vote of the people governed, and in the event of coh- scription, draft or other compulsory service of the man-power in future wars, we demand that you provide for the conscription of all productive resources and accumulated fortunes in excess of $500,000.00, before fur- ther bonds against the nation in de- fense of which our volunteer and conscripted men and boys offered up their lives to the end that our_re- turned soldiers, their posterity and those who furnish the food and clothing to sustain them, may not be placed in perpetual bondage to pay interest on those bonds and further swell such fortunes. “And, your niemorislists will ever STRONG LOBBY OPENS FIGHT FOR MEASURE Scores of Communications to Legislators on Measure to Be Reinforced TO HOLD HEARING First Step Toward Bringing The Fight to Head Comes With Hearing Lines are being tightened for an impending fight in the state legis- lature which is drawing attention of one of the strongest lobbies in several years—the fight over the ratification of the federal child amendment. Public hearing is scheduled to open tonight in the Senate commit- tee on public health on the measure, but the “letter lobby” has been working hard for sometime, and it is expected to be reinforced by person- al work within the next week. The child labor resolution was presented to the Senate on the open- ing day by Secretary of State Byrne, but action has not. been taken in committee, and one extension of time has been granted. The legislature is presented with an amendment to the Federal Con- stitution giving Congress the right to prohibit those under the age of 18 years from laboring. Many women organizations throughout the state are strongly in favor of the ratification of the amendment, while it is being strong- ly opposed. The State Senate of South Dakota yesterday refused to vote for ratification. Pressure Brought If the amendment had been voted on in the North Dakota legislature ten days ago it would unquestionably have failed of ratification. Ratifi- cation now is held doubtful in spite of pressure being brought to bear. The Nonpartisan League caucus has discussed the measure and has re- vealed a marked division of senti- ment on the measure, although it is in the Nonpartisan League platform. The “letter lobby” for the bill, which has grown in volume in the last few days—scores of communiea- tions being addressed to Senators and Representatives individually and to the Legislature—as a whole, is chiefly for the measure. It is urged as a humanitarian measure, to pre- vent abuse and as a step of progress. Opposing it is the view that it would be unwise to give Congress the power to limit child labor, on the ground that | federal statist with regard to child labor show this is unnecessary, that it is a local condition to be dealt with by states, that it would create another federal bureau and is a step toward pater- nalism and governmental control of the rearing of children, a step to- ward socialism. It is expected that the Senate com- mittee on public health, although it holds a public meeting tonight, will not report the measure out immedi- ately. Solons Criticized The state legislature is rapped for inactivity in the current publication of the North Dakota Nonpartisan, official organ of the League, pub- lished in Bismarck. The newspaper says: “The legis- lature has been in session now two weeks, and not a single law of value has been passed. We are having so much harmony, among those who still have and expect to get jobs, that a lot of money could be saved by adjourning and going home. Still, there is nothing to indicate that this legislature plans to save money.” The organ urges that investigation of the state insane hospital at Jamestown and the highway com- mission be made, and suggests it would be a good idea to look into the Depositors Guaranty Fund Com- mission and some other departments. HIGH MASONIC BODY GATHERS Convention of the Grand Councit Is Held in City One hundred Masons were present last night’ at the banquet of the grand council, Royal and Select Mas ters of North Dakota, at the ‘Masonic temple, the second of two state con- vocations of Masonic bodies here within as many day The business sessions of the grand council opened this morning, with Richard E. Wenzel of Bismarck, grand master of ‘the council in the state presiding. The convention con- tinues during the day. George H. Russ presided at the banquet last night. John A. Graham welcomed the grand council on. be- half of Bismarck Masonic bodies and Grand ‘Master Wenzel responded. W. ‘L, Stockwell of Fargo delivered. the address of the evening. Mrs. John A. Graham sang. Following the + quet there was work in Super Council No. Sern... ‘