The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER, FORECAST © Bismarck and. vicinity:: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK IBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, | 1925 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS IMMEDIATE HIGHWAY PROBE HALTED SCIENTISTS GAIN KNOWLEDGE FROM ECLIPSE Peeping Down From the Golden Bar of Heaven at Old Mother Earth As the Moon Casts Its Shadow 3 PERFECT TOTAL ECLIPSE SEEN BY OBSERVERS First Total Eclipse of Sun by Moon in 119 Years Is Observed ‘ EFFECT ON THE RADIO Static Is Not Entirely Local Condition, Observations Disclose ANIMALS FRIGHTENED New York, Jan. 24-—Deer in the open at the Bfonx zoo tumbled over one another in ter- ror during the darkness of eclipse, The great arctic owl hooted and flew about. The big alfigator bellowed as at night. SEES MOUNTAINS OF GAS New York, Jan. 24.—Prof. J. B. Taylor, making telescopic obse! vations at the College of the City of New York, said that at tality he observed mountains gas boiling up from the cor- ona to an eighth of one million miles and that the contour of the corona was continually changing. (By the Associated Press) Dreams of astronomers of seeing a total eclipse of the sun under ideal conditions were realized today in New York.and New England. In Michigan and Ontario and at Niagara Falls, however, clouds and low visibility frus- trated scientific tests. Espe- cially in New York City, wi nessing its first total eclipse in 119 years, was the spec- tacle magnificent. When the momentary blackness of mid- night at 9:11 a. m. was. ac- companied by the brief sight of ‘the corona there was en- thusiasm. Watchers on sky- sqrapers and hill-tops ap- plauded and cheered. z Excellent scientific observations were made by home and_ visiting scientists at Cornell and Yale, al- most in the center of the totality area, and also aboard the Navy diri- gible Los Angeles, which hovered over the island of Nantucket, Mass- achusetts, and sent word by radio that the results of its trip were ex- cellent. First reports of the results of scientific tests concerned the radio. At Yerkes. observatory, Iron Moun- tain, Michigan, a slight increase in volume and clarity of the radio was noted. At Waterbury, Connecticut, a marked departure from direction of the tone wave was apparent. The Radio Corporation of America, in New York, reported that its tests showed that a short wave. follows, the sun and that static ia not entire- ly a local condition. The eclipse averaged four seconds later than astronomers, had calculat- ed. It was five seconds behind sch- (Continued on page 6) THREE REJECT ‘LABOR BILL List of Those we Rejecting Child Labor Amendment Grows o “v York, Jan, 24.—Three. more stiles in 24 hours added their voices against the socalled “child , labor” amendment, when South Dakota, Kan- overwhelmingly against the propos- al. Z In-the South Dakota senate attor- neys and farmers joined hands to defeat the amendment, the vote be- ing 66 to 5. Kangas went on record against the amendment when the lower house voted 101 to 21 against extending more regulatory power to congress. A resolution to submit the “child labor” amendment to a popular vote was indefinitely postponed. The Delaware house yesterday un- animously adopted a joint resolution protesting against ratification. Friends of the amendment in Ohio, realizing the formidable opposition in the state legislature, made only feeble efforts to prevent the ques- tien of ratification coming to a vote in the house next ‘Tuesday. So far. eight states~Massachu- setts, Georgia, North Carolina, Loui! iana, South Dakota, Kansas, Dela- ware and South Carolina—have re- Jected the amendment. Only two— California and. Arkanshs—have - ap- proved it. The prepteal is to come} up in most of the Yogtat tires of the country this month: © ' eY art V The Story of the Superstitions, the Tragedies, the Beauties and the Discoveries of Science 3 Brought About By Eclipses of the Sun MANY BUDGET ITEMS CUT BY STATE SENATE Recommendations For De- ereased Appropriations Are Accepted ECONOMY IS THE RULE Appropriation For Mainten- ance of State Capitol Grounds. Is Reduced The tendency of the North Dakota legislature to. slash appropriations was emphatically shown in the State Senate late yesterday, when reports of the appropriations committee slashing State Budget items was ac- cepted in several instances. from the appropriation of $124,000 for maintenance’ of the state capitol —$10,000 from the general mainten- ance fund and $2,000 from the fund to care for the grounds—without ob- jection, on committee report, The appropriation recommended for the State Historical Society. was prompt- ly cut from. $27,750. to $21,350 for the next biennium. Senate bill No. 23, appropriating funds for the state mine inspection department for two years, was cut from $12,400 to $10,- 200. Items cut from the appropriat- ion included $1,000 for the purchase of fire rescue apparatus and equip- ment and $600 for fire emergencies. The bill appropriating $5,000 to the Great Lakes-St, Lawrence Tidewater Association, for use in furthering the fight for the lakes-to-sea pro- ject, was indefinitely postponed on recommendation of the appropria- tions committee, without debate, 'This item had been reeommended by the State Budget board. For Hospital The house resolution, memorializ- ing General Frank T, Hines, head of the United States. Veterans Bur- eau and. chairman of its hospital committee, to favor location of a 200-bed hospital at Fargo, North Da- kota, went through the Senate under suspension of rules. Senator H. J. Rusch, Fargo, stating that the com? cittee named to éxamine sites for hospitals had recommended Fargo, said the added weight of the legis- lature. wag ‘needed quickly to: help secure a hospital for*North Dakota. Senator Dave Hamilton, seconding the motion, said that many veter- ans who were gassed in France are now beginning to show effects, the gas bringing on tuberculosis, United States Hogpitals are crowded, he said, and there is urgent-need for such a hospital as is proposed in Fargo. The Senate indulged in a bit of by-play at the expense of the Sena- tor from Cass county, Senator Whit- man moved to amend the resolution to insert the word “Grand Forks” in place of “Fargo,” and Senator. Fleck- ton moved by suggesting the hospi- tal be located at Ft. Lincoln, near Bismarck. Senator Dell Patterson of Renville county rose to ask “Why Not Minot” and Senator Benson sug- gested Dunseith. ‘Their remarks were barred from the journal, the official record of the Senate. * The Senate had no bills before it fo final action today. Twelve thousand dollars was cut! Stars were visible to earth inhab BY GEORGE BRITT NEA Service Writer New York, Jan From the gol- den bar of heaven, even as from your own doorstep, fhe grandest and most fascinating view of earth comes dur- ing a total eclipse of the sun. Imagine yourself at the celestial parapet, gazing down through swirl- ing star dust at the sphere of our familiar world, spotted by the shad- ow of the moon. Have you stood on a hilltop in the country and seen a buzzard gliding asting his swift black shadow sunlit pastures? An eclipse etly the same, with the moon sailing between sun and earth and casting her own black shadow, A SIGHT SEEN ONCE IN SEVEN LIFETIMES No shiftings of night and day, storm and smile, war and industry can dress earth in the vast, weird, varied fantasy crayoned by an eclipse. From your viewpoint in the eclipses can be seen at least twice every year and some years five times. But in any one terrestrial locality, the grand spectacle is vi ible on an average of but once in years, the sight of seven lifetimes. It the morning of Jan, 24, 1925. The eclipse meets the sunrise about 120 miles northwest of Duluth, Minn, | You sce it as a round spot of blac! ness about 100 miles in diameter, moving at! the terrifie speed of a moonbeam, The shadow sweeps the length of the Great Lakes in an} hour, shrouds mighty Niagara in in- blots Kight significance, from) To- ronto, New York, New Haven and the homes of 10,000,000 people, shad- ows the Atlantic steamship lanes and is at length overtaken by night’s darkness in the waters north of Scotland. SCARLET FLAMES OF SUN’S CORONA RING THE MOON Dwellers in the path of this black cirale ench may sce the moon’s disc gradually veil the sun, the deepening twilight, the dancing approach bf the “shadow bands,” mysterious fore- runners of the dark. Then comes the sudden overwhelming of light and the eerie blue blackness of to- tal eclipse, the marvelous . scarlet flames of the sun’s “corona” ring- ing the edge of the moon, the pass- age of the brief night-in-day and the relief of returning life. From the edges of the round black shadow on the earth extends. in lessening density the darknéss of partial eclipse. The thick shade near the edge of totality fades into com- j plete daylight at its farthest imagin- able edges in Greenland and south to the Amazon. Lean out from heaven's pinnacle now and see at close range how earth through the ages responds to eclipses. An uncanny chill pervades the atmosphere, Dew falls. Sensi- tive flowers fold their petals and the thrush pipes his evensong be- (Continued on page 3) Much Interest. In Dairying in State Is Shown That’ there is widespread interest in dairying throughout the state is shown by attendance meetings being conducted by the state dairy depart- ment in ‘various parts of the state, according to W. F. Reynolds, dairy commissioner, There has been an average attendance of 86 farmers at ‘dairy meetings held during the last two weeks, he said, with a meeting at Gackle attracting 304 and one at Burngtad 150 people. Mr. Reynolds, Dr. Ernest Schneider, Neil Vogel Vand R. Sanders are giving informa- From * ‘a i interpretation of a fias-| tion as to-care of dmity’eows, feed- 8 bic ‘associations, “at the: THEIR HOMES, The moon swinging directly )etween sun and earth and cutting off the light, as it did during the eclipse today, is pictured here. bitants during the eclipse. SLASH NORMAL SCHOOL FUNDS IN MEASURES House of Representatives Cuts Money from Normal School Appropriations CAUSE SHARP DEBATE Difference Between Factions; in the House Breaks Out Duréng Debate Appropriations for two normai schools recommended by the state budget board were slashed material- ly by the house of representativ meeting in committee of the whole | yesterday afternoon, and will prob- ably be passed by the house today in the reduced form. The appropriation of $139,220 rec- ommended for the Mayville Normal school was reduced to $129,020 and ithe budget of $153,250 recommended for the Dickinson normal was cut to $150,650. ‘The chief cuts in the Mayville normal budget were $5,000 fopped off the $7,300 recommended for fac- ylty salaries and reduction of the gllowance for payment to the May ville school board for practice school work from $8,000 to $4,000. At Dickinson the main cut involved is $2,000 off the $84,000 recommended for faculty expense which includes in this case the practice school pay- ments. ‘ There was a warm ‘row over the cuts in ‘the Mayville appropriation in the course of which the Traill county members led by, Rep. G. L. Elken claimed that the cut in the practice school aflowance had been made as a result of the misquoting of President Swain of Mayville Nor- mal by Rep. Bubel, a Nonpartisan member of the committee. Bubel told the committee that President Swain had admitted to him thta he could get along with $4,000 'for the practice school work, but Mr. Elken read a telegram from the normal school head in which he de- clared the $8,000 wag the minimum which would be sufficient. Bubel stuck to his version of the conver- station, and a row developed which followed party. lines to a large ex- tent. Pressed by Vogel The reductions recommended by the appropriations committee report were pressed for by the Nonpartisans headed by F. A. Vogel, chairman of the committee, while William Watt, Independent of Cass county a mem- ber of the budget board declared that the higher amounts recommend- ed by that board should’be allowed. Mr. Vogel insisted that there was urgent need to cut.taxes, and de- clared that the cuts were recommend- ed in the interest of economy. “You fellows weren’t so interested in economy four years ago. You wanted to spend, an extra $1,025,000 then,” declared Mr. Watt referring to the row over a number of appro- priations which marked the close,of the 1921 session. “Yes, and you fellows were willing to trade that amount: for three votes,” answered Vogel, “No, we weren’t, we only. traded the $25,000 so as to save the mil- was occupying the chair while the pial de on page three) SORLIE WOULD BAN ANY NEW BONDS OF N. D. Governor Is Against Author- ization of Issue for the Closed Bank STANDS FOR ECONOMY Governor Reiterates His De- mand That Legislature Keep Down Expenses Governor A. G. Sorlie today again voiced his demand for economy in the present ses- sion of the legislature. He is opposed to any bond issues on! the state as a whole. being! provided at this session of the| legislature. The Governor’s attitude was declared in connection with reports that a bond is-! sue for the benefit of deposi-| tors of closed banks would be asked. | Bond issues for the benefit of the state industries, such jas the Grand Forks mill, are not included in the Gover- nor’s stand against bond _is- su he classing the indus-; tries as “being in the regular | course of our business.” It became known today that the Governor had been approached on the subject of backing a measure providing for a constitutional amend- ment authorizing a bond issue for the reimbursement of depositors of closed banks, and that he had at- fempted to discourage such a move- ment. The attitude of the Governor, it is junderstood, is based upon the stand he has taken for rigid economy be- ing practiced in the legislature. He jis in favor of any measures that can jbe well taken for the alleviation of the depositors of closed banks, or for the better conservation of the assets of closed banks, it is known. It was his desire to aid the deposi- tors in a quick realization of assets of closed banks that caused him to recommend to the leg ture that it investigate the feasibility of a |scheme whereby the Bank of North Dakota would take over assets of closed banks and immediately make javailable a substantial dividend to ‘the depositors. Damper on Movement The attitude of the Governor has put a damper upon the efforts of those to change the whole system of handling closed banks. It was learned yesterday that a bill was being drawn providing for a special jelection next May on a constitutional amendment providing for a bond issue of $10,000,000 to aid in reim- bursing depositors of closed banks, provide that the Bank of North Da- \kota take over all assets of closed banks and the Guaranty Fund Com- mission and place the state back of the guarantee of bank deposits, in- stead of building up a fund from as‘ sessments on closed banks. Such a bill probably will be pre- sented within the next several days, unless the attitude of the Governor or the Nonpartisan League leaders prevents. AUTO JOBBERS | TOHOLDSALES ~ CONFERENCE Quanrud, Brink & Reibold, jobbers of auto accessories, have announced that they will hold a sales confer- ence in Bismarck on Wednesday, Thursday and friday of next week. About 250 dealers in their products are expected to be here'on Jan. 28, 29 and 30th. This is the first time they have held a three days confer- ence to consult with their dealers in the merchandising of the products they handle. Arrangements have been made for factory representatives who will de- liver interesting addresses to the dealers. There will be a fine dis- play of merchandise such as access- ories, garage tools and equipment. There will be illustrated lectures covering the products distributed by this corporation. On Wednesday evening there will be a banquet and ‘get together meeting at the Elk’s hi The Elk’s hall will be the headquarters for the merchandising show. Evader Escap Philace'phia, Jan. 2 he said, Eugene Stecher, (By. the sompanior district attorney here. fault of $10,000 ‘bail, « of a qember of the Ame concealing a fugitive. The maximum penalty for the a $10,000 fine, or both. No date has Today he ad with INTEREST RATE IS CARRIED IN Committee on Banks Banking Votes to Report Measure Favorably SHARP DIVISION ON IT Bill as Amended Fixed Four and Eight Per Cent as Interest Rates The Senate Banking Commit- Senate on the interest rate bill until Monday. The State Senate Banking commit- tee today voted favorably on a bill providing that banks cannot pay more than 4 percent interest to de- positors and cannot charge more than 8 percent on money loaned to customers, The bill, Senate bill No. 2, was to be reported to the Senate this afternoon, on a majority and minority report, and a sharp debate was in prospect. An effort to raise the maximum rate of interest banks may pay was defeated. The committee also voted down, 7 to 5, ,an amendment making nine percent the maximum legal rate of interest. The final motion mak- ing eight percent the maximum car- ried, 7 to 4. Nonpartisans voted for the motion, with Independents op- posed. The action of the committee was} taken in tHe face of protests by James: E. Davis of Goodrich and August Johnson of Washburn, bank- ers, whq declared the rates proposed would be injurious, POSTAL PAY BILL STICKS Is Left Intact in the Senate on Defeat of Point Washington, Jan. 24.—The postal pay and rate increase bill was left intact in the Senate today by a defeat of a point of order, which would have eliminated bodily the portion of the bill carrying the rate ad- vances, The vote of 50 to 29 by which the point of order was defeat- ed late yesterday that gives the bill a cleay road in the Senate, although considerable debate and , some changes in the rate increase provi- sions are in prospect. It was indi- cated the measure would be laid aside for a time today in favor of the Wade appropriation bil Republicans were joined by 11 Democrats and. one farmer-labor, Johnson, of Minnesota, in voting against the point of order. A tiny fish called the “pajolo,” found off the coast of New Zealand, can only be caught at dawn on one particular day in the year, when it rises to the surface of the sea for two hours. SEEKS TO CLEAR UP | Dr.'Charles Eastman, part Santee Sioux, now‘an inspector in the U. S. Bureau of Indian affairs was in Bismarck today enroute to Fort Yates and elsewhere on a quest to clear up the mystery as to the burial place of. Sakakawea, Indian “Bird Woman” who guided the Lewis and Clark e@pedition across the plains to the “western pass” in 1904. Dr.. Eastman, now 66 years old, re- calls ‘distinctly many of the early This company was organized six years ago and has made rapid pro- gress in that time indicating the advantages of Bismarck.as a distri- > Koran, .Moslems are for-| ing and “téllingof thé! operations’ o£/'1ion,” interjected, Rep. Twichell who buting center. This company, places + Mave, chads Over their, cow” eee, its: growth in a great measure to {Continueg on page 6) day battles of the whites and-In- dians ‘and in conyersation with L. F. Crawford, curator of the N. D. Historical, society museum, related a story, of the fight betwen the Santee Sioux and the forces under General Sibley in 1864, the one feature of SENATE BODY, and tee decided not to report to the | BERGDOLL’S CHAUFFEUR GIVES SELF UP; FUGITIVE FROM DRAFT LAW IS SICK OF BEING HUNTED, HE SAYS Hair Turns Gray During Long Absence From. United States; Tells of How He and Millionaire Draft ed to Germany A. P.)—Tired of being a fugitive, n and chauffeur of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, notorious «raft evader, yesterday surrendered to the federal wi s in Mo ding amemsing prison in de- nd abetting the desertion an military forces and with harboring and offense is 10 years imprisonment or been set for this hearing. On the verge of a nervous break- down and with his hair turning gray from worry, he said, Stecher said he has returned from Germany 10 days ago and that he had seen Bergdoll at Eberbach a few days before sail- ing for this count He declared he had repeatedly urged the mil- lionaire fugitive to return to the United States and “face the music” and that a dispute over this subject had caused them to separate-two and ja half years ago. Tells of. Escape Stecher related details of his flight at the wheel of Bergdoll’s racing automobile, which started here in May 1920, and took the two men half ross the continent and into where they sailed from Que- bec for England. Despite Stecher’s denial some federal officials express- ed belief that his return was in the nature of a “feeler” for .Bergdoll, | who was said tg have wanted to sur- | Tender for sometime. Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of the fugitive, said he had promised to come back “be- fore the last election” but now said she did not-know. when he would LEAGUERS LOSE JIN STRATEGIC MOVE OF ANTIS Majority Fails to Hold in Ef- fort to Call the Resolution Back to House CENTER OF BIG FIGHT Under-Surface Battle Over Highway Commission Probe Continues Fight over the proposed in- vestigation of the State High- way Commission today was drawing into one of the hard- est struggles of the present session. After a bitter fight in the House of Representatives late yesterday afternoon, the mat- ter went into a lull so far as official action is concerned un- til next’ Tuesday morning. However, in lobbies and in conferences it today was the big topic of conversation of members of the legiskature. The Nonpartisans, who voted in caucus for the inves- tigation of the Highway Com- mission, have been completely outmaneuvered thus far in the fight. Their nominal majority in the House was broken by the Independents. It was reported today that leaders of the League had made the Highway investigation a new return, if ever. Mrs. Bergdoll add- ed that Grover was living in Eber- bach, OLDEST COUNTY AUDITOR DIES, ~—IN-24 YEARS Andrew Blewett of James- town Succumbs After Illness of Weeks Jamestown, N. D., Jan, 24.—An- drew Blewett, aged 67 years, pioneer |county auditor of Stutsman county, member of the constitutional conven- fon in 1889 and surveyor-gencral of North Dakota under President Cleve- land, died at Trinity Hospital here this morning following an illness of several weeks, - Death was due to Bright's Disease. Mr. Blewett was a prominent member of the North Dakota County Auditors’ Association and had an unusually wide acqua tance over the state and much in- fluence in matters of legislation per- taining to his office. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus and other orders. He had been county auditor since 1903. The funeral probably will be held ut Jamestown Tuesday morning, de- pending on the arrival of his son, Joseph, who is returning to the United States from Africa where he has been employed by Belgian min- ‘ing interests. Mr. Blewett is sur- vived by his wife, three sons, Philip of Jamestown, George of New York, and Joseph, and one daughter, Mar- garet, of this city, A brother, Pierce Blewett, resides in Jamestown, OPIUM PARLEY TO CONTINUE Geneva, Jan, 24.—(By the A. P.) —The international opium; confer- ence was saved from collapse today when a resolution introduced by Fin- land providing for a joint committee from the first and second confer- ences to inquire into opium smoking in the Far East was adopted. MYSTERY OF ~ BURIAL PLACE OF SAKAKAWEA which lingered especially in his memory being the killing of the man with the “long white whiskers.” Dr. Eastman believes he will be able to settle the dispute over the burial place of Sakakawea. from McLaughlin, S. D. claims to be the resting place for, the woman guide of the earl, day| explorers, while Major A. B. w Mandan, adopted’ member are wrong and the bird woman was buried not far from Hullhead on the Standing Rock reservation, subject for Caucus decision. It was reported the Caucus had decided to go ahead with the in- vestigatior, but that a full mem- bership was not present at the caucus. The first clever move upon the part of the anti-Leaguers came in the State Affairs Committee, when fa motion that the committee hold a meeting next Tuesday morning to receive complaints against the High- way Commission before acting on the resolution before it calling for an investigation, prevailed. The In- dependents proposing the method found support among some of the more conservative Leaguers, and the Independents asserted it was not an obstructionist move, but merely to determine whether there was any basis for an investigation before au- thorizing a costly probe. As Seen by Leaguers The situation, however, soon be- came apparent to League leaders, who believe that few people would come before the committee to make charges voluntarily, although they might if called as witnesses and pro- tected by being witnesses. Representative F. A. Vogel, League floor leader, attempted to call the "Jresolution back from the state af- fairs committee. He declared there was no reflection on the committee, but that the resolution calling for an investigation should have remain- ed in the House in the first place and been acted on by it. However, the Nonpartisans failed to hold, and the League floor leader's proposal was defeated, 65 to 43. The Bur- leigh county members of the legis- lature voted with the Independents. Witnesses Invited The row came shortly before the house adjourned for the afternoon, when Speaker Larkin announced that the state affairs committee to which the investigation resolution had been referred had decided to hold a public hearing next Tuesday morn ing, at which time any one who had any charges to make against the *|highway commission might present them. This action was determined upon by the state affairs committee at a meeting held this morning. . Immedately Mr. Vogel was on his feet with an objection. The state affairs committee had no business holding any hearing on the matter, he declared, that was for the inves- tigation of five, which the resolution called for. . “We're not trying to usurp the privileges of any other committee,” replied Rep, Twichell of Cass county a member of the committee on state affai “This resolution has been referred to us in the regular course of house procedure. Our duty is to recommend to the house what action shall be taken on We cannot make any recommendation for or against an _investig: yn until we know whether or not there are any charges to be filed.” Vogel again demanded that the resolution should be yn away from the committee and that the house should take immediate action. J. H. Burkhart, the member of th state affairs committee who at the Mr.| morning session of that body had Crawford and Doan Robinson, state|moved that a hearing should be held historian of South Dakota agree}announced that so far as he wi that she is buried at a place near|concerned, he was perfectly willing Kenel, an Indian post nine miles|to have the house take immediate Wyoming | action, : Demands Reps. Vogel and Hempel. reviewed elch, |their demands that the resolution be. of the| withdrawn from the committee Sioux tribe, declares both, theories | p ig — d_ bef house, My. Vogel rapenting Hatalaie teat Gin tego fairs committee,.was attempting to omen: =: page three)