The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 1

= WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: and warmer tonight. ae ESTABLISHED 1873 FOUR PERSONS DIE Fair, CK TRIBUNE [fom] THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS PN - STATE GRAIN MEN REELECT "TWO OFFICERS the , George N. Gunkelman Named President and P. A. Lee Secretary of N. D. Association BIG CONVENTION E Four Cities Make Fight For 1926 Meeting of Or- ganization R. F. Gunkelman of Fargo was re- elected president, S. A. Garber of Fortuna was elected vice-president and P. A. Lee of Grand Forks was re-elected seerctary of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of North Dakota late yesterday aiternoon by the directors of the association. Di- rectors were elected at the last ses- sion of the convention yesterday af- ternoon as follows: S. A. Garber, Fortuna, director at large; A. M. Thompson, Cogswell, first district; J, R. Maddock Maddock, second dis- trict; J district. : Four s are making a fight for 1926 convention. Fargo, Minot, Grand Forks and Jamestown ie invitations to the convention, which is one of the largest in the state.| ‘the place for the convention next year will be decided later, The meeting of the directore yes. terday afternoon wus the final ses- on of the convention. The following resolutions were adopted by the convention yesterday afternoon: Be it resolved that it is the sense S. Stevens, Falkirk, third) FACTS FOR TAXPAYERS Don’t You Want Equal Assessments? Not all the blame for ments attaches to the present majority commission’ members, but the blame their lack of courage to correct the inequalities. H. A. Thompson, candi city commission, sitting as a member of the board of equalization, refused to made. Some property owners $6,000 on a home that would hardly bring that, while others. who have h ‘amount get off with an assessment of $1,600. In this instance the property.owner is not “tax protected.” He is merely the beneficiary of the present system of loose and haphazard assessing. | Under the present scheme every property owner i naturally seeks to force as low an assessment so as to be on a par with the favored “tax protected” property owner who is clo the City Hall. Vote April 7 to smash the history of this enterp: Study your tax bill. other fellow’s. It will open your eyes. TORNADO SWEEPS OVER PROVINCE of this Association that we bring all possible pressure to bear on the state of Minnesota Inspection De rtment to the end that a uniform system of inspection of wheat as to protein be estublished at our ter: minal markets and that certificate: of such inspection be ‘issued by this department That we k the cooperation of the farmers’ elevators of the state in the matter of the buying and ing of twine throu; it be ent volume of business handl. the association will show a ntial profit to the association the members thereof. That we favor the ly establish~- ment of a deep waterwav system of transportation bellewng it to be a step necessary to tne lowering of transportation charges of the pro- ducts of the northw ‘That we extend a sincere vote of thanks to the officials of the Wash- harn -Coml Company for the royal manner in which they entertained lue members of the association by riving them free transportation to their mine and a full inspection of the same. That ~we express our sincere thanks fo the officiuls of the city of Bi marck for the wonderful manner which they entertained the conve 1, also our appreciation of the ef- narck schools and the Indian scho ‘That we heartily commend the ef- ficient service rendered by the of- ficials of the association during the past year. We especially recognize the hard and efficient work by the secretary of the association, P. A. Ree. ‘Whereas, we are reminded at this timé of the loss of our dear friend and fellow member, Mr, Unkenholz, convention being held in the of his home. is resolved: That this conven- tion be dedicated to the memory of our former secretary and co-worker, Mr. Unkenholz. ; J. a, Devine, commissioner of im- migration, made a short address at the convention yesterday afternoon in which he told .of the advantages to be had in Nortn Dakota apd urg- ed the grain dealers and farmers to make an effort to have homeseekers come to this state, seorge Shafer, attorney general, delivered a short address yesterday afternoon and answered questions of law in regard to elevators and grain asked him by the delegates. A program was given for the con- vention delegates ut the Auditorium] last night. Miss Pauline Robideaux recited and two motion picture fea- tures were shown. A resolution of tribute to the memory of S. R. Fer- uson of St. Paul, a man well known Gi the grain. trade, were passed at The entertainment was grain commission firms. eniston was chairman. Following the program at the Au- torium the delegates were ent ined by the Bismarck Business and rofessional Women’s Club at a dance in Patterson hall, Hundreds enjoyed the dancing. Carnations were given to the dancers. The convention of the Farmer: Grain Dealers Association of North Dakota this year was the largest conyention ever held in Bismarck and was declared by the officers of the association to be the most suc- cessful and largest attended in the history of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association ef North Dakota, Dele- gates registered numbered 765. The people gf Bismarck were praised for their hospitality and for the entertainments gwen for the del- egates. x ‘ f; The housing bureau of the Associa- tion.of Commerce had cltarge of se: curing accomodations for the visitors ond they experiguced no trouble in, findine rooms. |Th ntertainment committee of the Association of Com- merce had charge of entertaining e delegates and they presented the program given at the Auditorium Wednesday night, Most of the delegates Jeft for their’ homes last evening put some remain- ed over until’ today. he meeting. presented be Wisdom teeth general}; ar be- tween the eighteenth and twenty, fifth year. , e2{ from Ros OF ARGENTINA 3 27.—Advices io, Argentina's second , city, report a tornado swept over sec- ‘tions of the province of Santa Fe last night, causing numerous fatal- ities and heavy property damage. ‘WELL KNOWN MINOT MAN | IS ARRESTED Held in Jail When Police Find Valuables Reported Lost in His Pockets Buenos A well known’ Minot man, prom- inent in civic affairs, is held by Bismarek police and may be charged with robbery. ‘The Minot man was arrested last night on a charge of being drunk. When he was searched. at police headquarters a pocketbook, which be- ; longs to an Aberdeen man and which was reported lost two days ago, was jfound in his pocket. ‘The pocket- book contained more than $800 in valuable papers and money. \ The .Minot man claims he had been drinking for several days and does not know how he came into possession of the pocketbook. He says that his pwn pocketbook, which contained about $120, is missing. A watch was also found in the man’s pocket, but he declares the watch does not belong to him and he does not know to whom it belongs. The Aberdeen man also reported the loss of his watch to the police but the watch they have in their possession does not answer the description of the one owned by the Aberdeen man. The Aberdeen man was here at- tending the convention of the Farm- ters Grain Dealers Association of North Dakota. He left for his home ; yesterday. A telegram was sent to him today and he will be asked to aid the police in straightening out! the tangle. In the meantime the Minot man is held in the city jail on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. He de- clares the whole affair is a mystery to him and he will be glad if it can be solved by the police, Several well known Bismarck men were called to the city jail to iden- tify the Minot man this morning. They all declared he was well known in Minot, is a member of a prom- inent family and has always enjoy- ed_a good reputation, The police would ' give out no names pending the investigation. GOOD ROADS BODY WINS COURT SUIT A verdict for the defendants was returned by a jury in Burleigh Dis- trict court in the $3,000 suit of the Quick Print. Company against the North Dakota Good Roads Associa- tion for money alleged due for printing the magazine of the asso- ciation. : / The Quick Print Company sued for cost of publishing several issues of the North Dakota Good Roads Magazine. The directors denied lia- bility for the debt, holding that they could not be bound by all acts of employes of a volunt: association, to which they lent their names and influence, not for profit. There wete 53 directors mate defendants, but the plaintiff during missed ‘the suit except as to three, who were declared to have Personal Knowledge of the debts. These were L, L, Wolfer of Jamestown, 1. J. Moe Tine City and N. B. Black of ‘argo. the case dis- “WORK 10 HOURS DAIL) Berlin, March 27.—German eae men now work 10 He pointed out the inequalities and urged a re-assessment in the interests of fair play: i BUT HE WAS VETOED BY THE TIGHT LIT- | TLE CLIQUE OF THREE MEMBERS. | fair and just assessments. It will make for a bigger, better Bismarck and instil a spirit of team work unequalled by any in | hours a day, ex-|1 present unequal assess- that attaches to them is idate for president of the | approve the assessments are assessed moré than iomes worth double that se to the politica) ring at the city hall ring and get | rising city. { Compare it with the | ALLIES PLAN OWN REPLIES | TO GERMANY, Separate Notes To Be Sent| in Answer to Plea For Security Pact Paris, March 27. y the A, P.j— The Allies have decided to reply se- parately to the memorandum from Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany suggesting a security pact. It was discovered that: preparation of a collective note raised mense difficulties by reason of the fact that each of the entente powers looked upon the security problem from .a different angle. It was also discov- ered that thee“verbal note” received! by the German ambassadors in the different capitals was not identical. The Allies will first agree upon a general proposal. The French answer will be a re- quest for a more concrete propositiog with further light as to the attitude of Germany toward the allies of France on Germany’s eastern and southern boundaries, Poland and} Czecho-Slovakia. BLAST WRECKS | SCHOOL HOUSE Police Search in Ruins For Janitor and Children Pittsburgh, Mar. 27—An explo- sion ‘early today wrecked the pub- lie school building at ‘Swissvale, a suburb. Jacob Jacobs, the janitor, was reported missing and police and firemen are searching the ruins in the belief that he met death in the blast. Officers believe the explosion was not accidental and a reward of $1,000 was offered by Fire Marshal Thom- as Pfarr for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for wrecking the building. RODNEY’S PLEAS TO JUDGE FALL ON HARD GROUND Rodney Walker, colored, of Law-| rence, Kan. and points south, is getting sick and tired of being or- dered to leave every village and city he enters. Rodney aired his griev- ance when he appeared in police court this morning to answer to a charge of vagrancy. “This here busi- ness of getting run out of town is getting monotonous,” Rodney said. “Ino more than get in a town than T am ordered to Jeave. I was in Bis- marck only a little while until I was! arrested and I like the looks of the Place and would like to stay,” Rod- ney said, However. Judge Cashman told Rod- ney that Bismarck could get along well without him and ordered him to_be on his way before noon. 3 Walker rested last’ night. When he wi ched at polic head- quarters, 40 pairs of dice of all ¢ol- ors and sizes and a put and take top were found in his pockets, Event with all, these accessories Rodney was not getting along for he was entirely without funds. 600 MEMBERS INN. E. A. IN N.D. Minot, N.. D., March 27.—North Dakota has a total membership of less than six hundred in the Na- tional Educational Association and of this number ninety are from Mi- not alone, figures prepared for the North Dakots Teacher, official pub- SEN, WHEELER FEDERAL JURY Montana Solon Charged With Conspiracy Involving Oil Land Permits OPERATORS ARE NAMED Gordon Campbell and Edwin Booth Charged With Progressive Leader Washington, March —Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Gor- don Campbell and Edwin S. Booth, were indicted here today by a fed- eral grand jury on. conspiracy charges. Mr. Campbell is an oil land operator in Montana, Mr. Booth is a former solicitor of the Interior De- partment, The indictment is the second re- turned against Wheeler and Camp- bell, They have been indicted , in Montana on charges involving allega- tions that Mr. Wheeler improperly represented Campbell before a gov- ernment department. The news.indictments are based on charges relating to the securing of oil land permits in Montana, and relate to transactions alleged to have taken place while Booth was in the Interior Department. CASES CONTINUED Washington, 3 reat Falls, Mont., against Gordon Campbell, oil promoter, and others, on mail fraud indictments, clears the way for the department of justice to expedite the trial of Senator Wheeler of Montana, who is charged with im- properly acting in Campbell's be- half in Washington, which is set for trial in the same court, April 16, Department of justice officials did not desire to go into details of their i plans, but they let it be known that they ‘believed it a better policy to try the Wheeler case before proceed- ing with the other: FIRES CAUSE HUGE DAMAGE IN NEBRASKA One Million Dollars Loss Reported; Farmers Flee Before Flames Valentine, Neb, March 27.—After causing an‘ estimated loss of $1, 000,000 or more td hay lands and ranchers’ property, virtually all of the prairie fires which have ravaged north central Nebraska and the southern section of South Dakota were extinguished early today, ac- cording to a survey made this noon. No loss of life was jsustained so far as known, although many ranchers were forced to flee before the flames. Several small fires are known to be present’ northwest of here but ranchers reported they were being extinguished rapidly without considerable loss. Earlier reports that a school | teacher and two children were burn- ed to death in a school house near here were groundless, the survey showed. The closest call the fire made was when it gutted a school house six miles southwest of Crook- ston, which is several miles west of here. The teacher and 12 pupils saw the flames approaching and were taken to Tracy about one hour be- fore the structure was destroyed. SHORTAGE OF FARM LABOR IN MINNESOTA St. Paul, Minn., March 27.-The early opening of spring farm work and the delayed shutting down of lumbering activities in the north woods, has created an unseasonable farm labor shortage in Minnesota, according to J. D. Williams, member of the state industrial commission. With the advent of spring weather last week and the immediate com- mencement of field work demands for farm laborers began pouring into the twin city free employment of- fices at the rate of 15 to 20 a day, Mr. Williams said. The demands came from nearly all the agricultural sections of the state with the heaviest demands from the western and southern counties. To- day more than 60 unfilled applica- tions for farm help were on file. ELEVEN JURORS ACCEPTED IN TRIAL OF GIRL San Francisco, Mar. 27.—The trial of sixteen year old Dorothy Elling- son, charged with the murder of her mother, entered a second definite stage here today when the defense and prosecution set themselves to ‘the selection of the twelfth juror. The uncompleted jury now consists of nine men and two women. The defense yesterday indicated it was satisfied with the jury as it stood and it was expected that today battle which’ will the girl who is accused of ooting her mother to death will be concentrated on the long fight ication of the state educstional as- cept in a mine or other underground ly after the end of the war, the German republic passed a law for apn eight-hour day. sociation, show, Lemon juice ysually will take an ink stain out of white linen, to determine the degree of her men- tal responsibility, with large crowds packing the corridors of the hall of partie where the rial is being eld, OLSON GRAVE INDICTED BY | OPENED IN ORPHAN CASE Body of McClintock Family Friend To Be Examined For Poison Trace SHEPHERD HELD IN JAIL Indictment Charges Heir Administered Typhoid: Germs to Youth ag {By t —A second exhumation in cd with the McClintock death mystery was made today when the body of Dr. Oscar Olsoi who died three years ago, was raised from the grave for an autopsy und coroner's in- quest, A third exhumation was to be ma later und the body of Mrs. Nelson McClintock, who died teen years ugo, was to be raised. These bodies are to be submitted to the same chemical tests for evi- dences of poisons or other causes of unnatural death as in the case of William Nelson McClintock, the orphan millionaire, who it is charg ed in an indictment was murdered by William D. Shepherd, the youth foster father and heir by a will C. C. Faiman, head of 2 school science, by the inoculation of typh germs.’ Shepherd is in jail and man is held in custody by the attorney. Mrs, McClintock, mother of the youth, was a widow and asked Shep- herd and his wife to live with her and her soi hen she died she left the boy in their care. Shepherd, who was refused release on bail, in a decision by Chief Jus- tice Hopkins of the criminal court, was paraded in the “bull pen,” of; murderers row, and one of two wit- nesses who ex: ined the eight pri- son lined up said he believed ce’s purchased a from his firm. The indictment charges that Shep- herd obtained the typhoid germs from a bacteriological school here them to “Billy” McClintock s of cold water. In a will just after he majority, “Billy” left the bulk of his $1,000,000’ estate to Shepherd, ith the exception of an nnuity to s elle Pope, His financee. Faiman, head of: the school of bacteriology, testified in the preliminary investigation by states attorneys and before the grand {jury that he supplied the germs to {Shepherd with instructions how to use them to make the disease E MATE ACCUSES microscope reached hi: | “INDIAN GUIDE: Rich New York Man Brings, Action For Divorce Los Angeles, March 27.—Alleg: tions of intimacy with an Indian! guide, contained in a divorce action brought against Mrs. Ida May Hen- drieks in New York, were branded a “mass of falsehoods” by her attor- ney, O. A. Gerth, here last night. Gerth said he does not know where Mrs, Hendricks is at present but be- lieves she is somewhere in Southern California, Riverside police said that they found Mrs. Hendricks and Joe Se- cakuka at the Riverside fair last October after Henricks had request- ed their arrest. The two were ques- tioned but no action wag taken, of- ficers said. Mrs. Hendricks explained at the time, they related, that Secakuka had come to California from Arizona in her employ and that their relations were purely those of employer and employee. INDIANS ATTEMPT TO STOP ADVANCE OF PRAIRIE FIRE Valentine, Neb. Mar. 27.—Five hundred Sioux Indians were unsuc- cessful in attempting to stop the advance of flames which spread over he Rosebud Indian Reservation last night, according to advices received h Several men, including red- skins and whites, suffered burns in fighting the blaze. Warrant Owners Sought By N. D. Hail Department The state hail and insurance de- partment holds a great number of Shepherd “looked like” the man who! s warrants for which no owners can be found. The department seeks in- formation about the following own- ers of warrants in Burleigh county: warrants for 22 Chrust Diede and Rosina Diede, Min- neapolis; Warrant No. 64465; $1.07. Returned warrants for 1923: F. C. Gunther, Baldwin Park; Warrant No. 71870; $46.30. Returned warrants for 1924: M. A. Wairall, Lincoln, Neb., Warrant No, 92178; $25.26. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP Bernariere, France, March 2' Paul Merland, a 14-year-old boy li ing here, now welghssbos pounds and is still growing, His weight in- ¢ereased 42 pounds in the last year. PROTEST STAMP TAX Lisbon, March 27.—Shopkeepers in Lisbon are refusing to collect the Tecent stamp tax on bottled goods, including wine, mineral waters and perfumery. -Several prominent busi- ness men have ‘arrested, “TIGER” CAN STILL GROWL! | Eighty-three—and M fu.l of health and vigor. where This lat SEEKING TRACE _ OF EX-SERVICE MAN, TEERLAND Grand Forks, D., March Peter ‘Teerland, of Virginia, tana, an ex-service = man_ in World War, is being sought by E, White, of the federal department of agriculture seed loan office here Mr. White has i rted a note in- quiring from anyone who should know eerland, in the Ame Legion Port of Missing Men,’ ret de ed to lost or n diers who, friends or attempting to find Mon- ‘SHOALS BODY IS APPOINTED “cmmission to Stidy Prob- lems Named by President sion to study th blem, consisting sentative MeKenzi er Senator Dial Prof. Harry A v yy Willia of South Curtis: of lan of . Bower of Bureau th The commission will be autho to determine the moct practic thods of utilizing the faciliti able Shoal. Appointment of the whieh will be under instruct submit a report to the Pr possible before the next. Congress, in line with lution adopted by the House. Secretary Weeks and Hoover pro- bably will cooperate with the com- mission in an advisor acity. COLLINS’ BODY TO BE TAKEN FROM ITS TOMB Cave City, Ky ch 27.—Work on the recovery of the body of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave will be- gin about April 1, W, H. Hunt, min- ing engineer of Central City, who accepted a contract to recover the body from Homer Collins, of Floyd, said here yesterday. Hunt said he was going out to Sand Cave to look the _ situation over and see what plans will be used in recovering the body from its ty foot tomb. He. so said that he had received an initial payment on the recovery contract from Homer Collins. avail. commission, ions to ident if jon of reso- WHIPPING BOSS DEATH CASE IN HANDS OF JURY s City, of W. G. degree with the sla negro, was given to the jury yesterday. At the same time Judge Mallory F, Yorne ordered bond for T. W Higginbotham, formet convict camp “whipping boss d E.G. Prie two of five others indicted with M Rane on the same charge fixed at $2,500. The jury had not reported at noon today. Testimony in the case was con- Fla., March McRane, on t murder in connection ing of Lewis Barker, a late cluded late yesterday after the jury, had heard the story of Charlie Hart, negro, another defendant in the case, Hart testified that he, John H. Windburn, former deputy sheriff, and D. A. Parker each had fired a shot into Barker's body and afterwards burned it. He absolved Higginboth- am, convict camp “whipping boss”, convicted of ind degree murder and now aw: ig a new trial in connection with the alleged fatal whipping of Martin Tabert, of North Dakota, and E. G. Priest, of parti pation in the shooting of Barker, but id they had been present at the whippings and bi s given the negro prior to th eg. Priest and Higginbotham later in the day were released on boni of $2,500'each, signed by W. M. Fisher, superintendent of the Putnam Lum- ber company, and W. J. Windburn, brother of John, Georges Clemenceau, “tiger of France,” is still » is working on his memoirs which, he recently unnounced, are intended for release some 10 years S {Pany obtained the grant because it! Federation, h y by President Cool-{ brother! W.| Precipitation .. IN PRAIRIE FIRES eeeeteteteeeeraeaeaeaara eae ee OTT BLAZE SWEEPS OVER MILES OF TERRITORY Damage in South Dakota Will Exceed $100,000, Official Declares ; MANY BUILDINGS BURN |Towns Reported Destroyed , and Thousands of Acres Swept By Flames | Aberdeen, S. D., March 27.—After | burning over an area of approximate- | ly 150,000 acres, two prairie fires | near Wakpala, S. D., were reported | extinguished in a telephone message from that. town today. | ©. E. Howell, who since the start of the fires Wednesday night has | been an untiring fighter, declared | today that the damage will exceed | $100,000, The loss is roughly esti- mated he said at about $1.00 an acre, The fire northwest of Wakpala burned on a front five or six miles j wide and covered 15 miles before | burning out, Howell said. The ter- ritory burned is hilly pasture land |near the Grand River. Howell said ; that a number of Indian cabins and | outbuildings had been consumed. The other fire which raged almost due north of Wakpala, Mr. Howell said, started 18 miles north of Wak- pala, and burning on a front six to cight miles wide, covered a stretch 20 and 30 miles long. Yesterday af- ternoon the fire was three miles north of Wakpala, where volunteer fire fighters succeeded in stopping it. est picture shows him in ais study ter his death. LEGAL POINTS ! | 10 DECIDE OL, "RESERVE CASE ‘Decision in Annulment Suit Will Not Be Ready For Thirty Da Ww. March 27.—(By P on of Teapot gal points today ed in the discretion of Fed- Judge T. Blake Kennedy before ! nnulment suit of the | inst Harry F. Sin- ; Qil Company was { sterday. ~The deci- | Judge ‘Kennedy will deter- |mine whether Sinclair obtuined the jlease on the Wyoming naval oil re- serve is the result of conspiracy and j dy the government alleged, or whether the Mammoth Oil Com- _ FIRES EXTINGUISHED Sioux Falls, S. D., March 27.— Prairie fires in north central South Dakota were extinguished early to- day swinging attention of the state to the fire area in the Rosebud In- dian Reservation where unconfirmed reports tell of extensive damage, Crippled wire communications made it difficult to run down gepor‘a from the southern fire zone, where the village of Tuthill, Vetel, and St. Francis were reported destroyed and other unconfirmed reports told of three deaths in South Dakota and three in Nebraska. Approximately 150,000 acres of prairie and hay land in the northern part of the state near Wakpala were ; Swept by the flarhes before fire fighters succeeded in extinguishing the blaze early today. There were no fatalities reported in that area. The list of dead in unconfirmed reports ‘had mounted to four today, all in the southern South Dakota and Nebraska are Cheyenne, Jers whom the lease government fei if Mammoth ¢ here submitted the best bid and because/ the government was forced by an act vf Congress to develop the oil fields, 1 ay. willuhave DEFINATE CHECK the ca Valentine, Neb., March 27.--A de- | e ite check of the ravages of the | will . . Thi prairie fires which have been rag- Q ing over north central Nebraska and across the line near the Rsebud Indian reservation in South Dako- ta since last Wednesday showed that the defense a similar length of time| no lives were lost, no towns were in which to reply to the plaintiff's) destroyed, and that property dam- Niyaet® {age amounting to approximately $1,- hoe $$. 000,000 was caused. THREE MORE BIG 4 o2'5.cnenk ain’ aunich, prevailed CONVENTIONS as |g country" had subsided’ vagy Para BE ENTERTAINED small fires were reported only in a few scattered places. No further | The Association of Commerce is |making preparations to entertain/| damage, however, was expected, ADDITIONAL LOSSES three more big conventions this year. | The North Dakota Conference of | Mandan, March 27.—Additional losses were reported today from the Religious Education will be held inj Prairie fire district near Selfridge. DIBInrele VGnt May Sei oat Sa on ie ae Diltmaniloseiasheand cere |About 500 delegates are expected. | he had just moved into, J, A. Peter- j , The North Dakota Christian En-| 80m, farmer eight miles from Sel- deavor convention will be held here| fridge, lost a barn and two or there on June and July 1 and 2. Prep-| other farmers of the district report jarations are being made to take care| farms lost. At the Henry Hepper | of between 700 and 800 delegates. A| Place the house and all farm build- special train from the east, carry-| 1n@s were destroyed, The fires, ing about 400 persons enroute to| Which raged across Sioux County the international Christian Endeay-| blackened an area 50 miles long and jor convention at Portland, Ore., will| 8% average of 20 miles wide, accord- stop here for a few hours during one| ing to the best information avail- day of the state convention. Inter-| able todas ‘ : national officers of the organiza-; No verification has been received tion will be on the train and a big| of a man being burned to death at demonstration and parade will be; Walker. Approximately 500,000 jheld. Addresses will be delivered by | &ctes were burnt over in North Da- jthe international officers. kota, in addition to the losses in The state W. C. T. U South Dakota. » will be held here on Sept. Li 2. Former Convict Sentenced On Vagrancy Charge Fred Matthews, who was releas- 26/4 from the state penitentiary a few | months ago, where he served a sen- tence for a burglary committed at Minot, and a man who gave his rane a Hesche Bell, were perented “ de 5 2 | Wednesday night on suspicion. When Highest wind velocity . they mare Bora at ‘police he: WEATHER FORECAST quarters a light and a hack For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair! fety, “®® fayed tg Matthawa! lige: and warmer tonight. Saturday, prob-| Trp, bably increasing cloudiness; becom- cf rae ee charge ing somewhat unsettled. ind were sentenced to 30 days in For North Dakota: Fair and warm-| jail by Judge Cashm er tonight. Rarnraay, probably in- gets Sena ee IN FOGGY LONDON creasing cloudiness; coming some- London, March 27.—It has be- what unsettled. come so dangerous for pedestrian: WEATHER CONDITIONS to cross strests during the “famous A large high pressure area, ac- Londo! companied by fair, cool weather cov- eg wiser “red “electric. light ers the Missis Valley, Plains | Which aman can weag un fat i States and middle and southern Rocky Mountain region. A low| grouider and thus warn the fast prises area centered ote ae anadian Rockies is accompanied by ad temperature over the extreme Plover ey orthwest. Only a few widely. seat | fective use of conscript labor-is be- tered ary aah a tation. | ing made by the Bulgarian govern- z : Boe ment in reforestation. Official ia charge for this year coy, virtually” the ae nmnaeeiuaetEy NEW SUGAR SOURCE entire: country, and Yncludes the Bal Washington, March 27.—By a M, Belevtian Sort new process discovered by Bureau of Standards experts, sugar, twice as sweet as that from cane or beets, can be obtaine? from artichokes. re {the documents in under which the 15 days in| h to file uw brief of the case, and] invention | 24, 25 and | About 200 delegates are expect- >—_____.______s | Weather Report | ° = S| |For 24 hours,ending at noon. | Temperature at 7 a, m. . | Highest yesterday | Lowest yesterday | Lowest last night re under way to f ‘ans