The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat- urday. Showers. Warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 ° THE BISMAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1925 CK TRIBUNE [aun] PRICE FIVE CENTS HUGE DEATH TOLL IN BOMB OUTRAGE WHEAT SEEDING FINISHED IN THIS SECTION i Condition of Fields and Crops in North Dakota Most Satisfactory RAINS ARE BENEFICIAL Burleigh Farmers Sowing Oats; Livestock in Good Condition Agriculturists of this section of the state agreed today that the-rain and snow that started falling at noon yesterday was “extremely beneficial” to pasture lands and wheat. The rain was reported general in North Dakota. Wheat seeding has been completed! in Burleigh county and many farmers have started sowing oats, according to reports reaching here. The condition of fields and crops to date in North Dakota have been most satisfactory. Most of the wheat and vats acreage south of the northern boundary of Kidder, Stutsman, ‘Barnes, and Cass counties is already in the ground. Northward the pro- gress of field work has been some- what retarded as there was much less fall plowing done, and very much more snow. Plowing is now general the state over. There has been suf- ficient moisture to start germination ‘ef all crops sown; south and especial- | ly in the southwest half of the state, fields are somewhat dry. Much of the spring plowed acreage is being prepared tor sowing barley, rye and unquestionably some of it will be put into spring wheat. There is some concern over the Prospect of a shortage of sufficient corn of a good quality for seed. All livestock are reported in excel- lent condition, moisture hus been sufficient to make excellent grass, and concentrated feeds are plentiful. There is no great shortage of farm labor in the state although the de- mand is slightly in excess of the sup-! ply at this time COLLEGE WORK TO BE GIVEN AT BOTTINEAU State Institution To_ Be Re-Opened in Fall as Junior College North Dakota will have a junior college at Bottineau, according to plans being made by the state board of administration.’ The members of the board returned from Bottineau yesterday where they were in con- ference with the members of the «Commercial club of that city in re- ference to re-opening the State For- estry Normal school at that place next September. The Bottineau school was sed two years ago when Governor Nestos vetoed an appropriation bill for the school. The last legislature passed another appropriation bill for the school, which Governor Sorlie signed and the school willbe re-openéd for the fall term next September. It is planned to offer two years of college work at the school and pupils finishing the two years of work there will be eligible to enter the Junior class at the state univer- sity at Grand Forks, In addition to the junior college: course, an agri- cultural course and forestry course of two years will be offered. At the conference held in Bottin- eau Tuesday evening, the members of the Bottineau Commercial club said they had no suggestions to offer but were willing to matter in the hands of the board of administration. ij A president and faculty for the school will be chosen by the’ state board of administration and prepar- ations completed in order that the school may be re-opened for the fall rm, The board of administration visit- ed the state normal school at Minot iesday. Each member made. a short address during the assembly period. The board inspected the tuberculosis Sanatoriuia at Bathgate on Thurs- lay { NEW HIGHWAY BODY STATES ITS POLICY Decision to proceed immediately with preliminary work necessary for the construction of the bridges over the Missouri river at Sanish and Williston was made at the organiz: tion meeting of the new highway commission yesterday. Stating its policy with reference to engineering, the commission adopted the following resolution: “That hereafter it shall be the po- licy of the department (that: all pre- liminary surveys and all designs be made ey the forces of the department unless it be decided advantageous in certain cases to do otherwise, and in construction engineering the ser- vices shall be’ performed by | the forces of the department, except in ities where there may be well aublified engineers and’the board of county commissioners go request, the engineering and supervision may be subject done by local enj Hh to the approval of highway departs y Di ge annual. con: oned in its di this country is sever ounts per per- most of! ats, | leave the entire! | Bankers of Franklin county, Il- linois are organized to give bank robbers a warm reception. At a [meeting an “effigy bandit” was a | target for pistol practice, and above you will see how well the bankers have learned to shoot. GREATSTREAM _ OF TOURISTS 1S EXPECTED More Than 90,000 Cars To Pass Through Bismarck This Season Tourist travel through North Da- kota over the National Parks High- | way will be 20 per cent greater than last year, according to A. W. Tracey, manager and secretary of the N j tional Parks Highway association, |who estimates that 90,000 cars will \pass through Bismarck this seas He bases his estimate on the num- ber of inquiries about the route and the requests for maps and descrip- tive folders that have been received |by his office here. More than 2,500 inquiries have been received and every mail brings a flood of letters | from prospective tourists. | Maps-and descriptive folders, con- \taining historical sketches of places jalong the highway and descriptions jof scenery, will be mailed out in a |few days. This literature will be jsent to persons who have made in- \quiries about the route and to auto- |mobile clubs throughout the country. The letterheads, on the back of which jare pictures of scenes along the high- | way ‘and a short description of the route, have brought in many inquir- ies, letters telling of having read jof the route on the letter heads, \reaching here from every state in the Union but Vermont and New | Mexico, every province in Canada and Japan and the — Philippine Islands. _ A new four-page letterhead is be- ing prepared. The letterhead’ con- tains a map of the National Parks ighway and 26 pictures of scenes [along the route. Representatives from cities on the ‘National Parks highway in North Dakota will hold a meeting in Bi marck within the near future when plans for road improvement, service to tourists and cooperation in handl- ing the tourist traffic will be dis- cussed, Mr. ‘Tracy said today that never in the history of the National Parks Highway association have the people of North Dakota realized the great value of the association to the state and the value of tourist travel as they do now. He said that every city in the state along the route is giv- ing the association greater financial support this year than ever before. Bismarck has increased its quota to the association 50 per cent and Fargo 100 per cent. Many other cities have oversubscribed their quotas. The tourist traffic is 30 days ad- vanced over last year, Mr. ‘Tracey said, and many auto tourists have al- already passed through Bismarck. ‘WORK ON NORMAL AUDITORIUM TO BE BEGUN AUG. 1 Minot, N. D., April 1 on- struction of the new auditorium at the Minot Teachers’ college, for which an appropriation of $65.00 was made by the last session of the state legislature, probably will be begun about next August 1 and will be completed by January 1, 1926 R. B. Murphy, chairman of the state board of administration, said, Mr. Murphy and three other members of the board were in Minot and confer- red with Dr. George A. McFarland, president of' the college, concerning plang for the erection of the new au- ditorium. The other members of the board who were here were F. E. iehl, H. P. Goddard and Joseph A. 1 One of the mest: vi ments stored in Some House, England, is the will of Shakespeare, le docu- | vee | EVIDENCE IN WHEELER CASE Jury Completed Yesterday in 3 Hours; Defense Uses Six Challenges URPRISES PROMISED Extra Precautions Taken To Prevent Tampering With Jurors During Trial (By The Associated Press) Great Falls, Mont., April 17.—The massing of documentary evidence in- tended to convict Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana charged with accepting fees for appearing before a government department for a client after his election to the Sen- ate was begun in the United States District Court here today. Announcement that the government had a surprise witness, a lawyer, who would play an important part in the prosecution of the case, was made by District Attorney John L. Slattery in his opening argument to. the jury. W. E. Bennett, register of th office here, was the first called. He identified records from his office relating to permits involved in the case. The books were admit- ted as evidence over the protest of nator Tho J. Walsh, chief of defense counsel, who interposed tech- nical ‘objections, The jury was selected in 3 hours. The defense exercised but 6 of its 10 peremptory challenges. The jury was put under surveil- lance on orders by Federal Judge Frank S. Dietrich, who is presiding. Two special officers under United States Marshal Rollo Duncan were assigned. to with the jurymen continually, The deputy were put under a spe to allow no one to communicate with the jury. “I think I can arrange so you will not be annoyed or inconvenienced as jurors sometimes are,” Judge Die- trich told the 12 men Several days.ago W. F. O'Leary, of defense counsel, said that many agents of the department of justice were here and intended to remain throughout the trial. Mr. Slattery, however, declared it was the custom of federal courts to have department of justice agents at every trial where the issue is important. Telling the jury about his surprise witness, Mr. Slattery declared the unnamed lawyer would be called to show that he had been approached iby Senator Wheeler in Washington and asked to appear before the in- terior department for Gordon Camp-|.d bell, Montana oil operator, to prose- cute Campbell’s oil prospecting ap- plications. Mr. Slattery said his -| witness would testify that Wheeler declared the value of permits men- tioned in the conversation involved millions of dollars and that any fecs due as a résult of the appearance be- fore the interior department would be divided between, Wheeler and the lawyer. WOMAN SLAYER SERIOUSLY ILL Condition of Gary Mother Delays’ Hearing (By The Associated Press) Crown Point, Ind., April 17.—Mrs. Anna Cunningham, 49 year old Gary, Indiana, widow, who hag confessed she poisoned three of her children and tried to end her own life so they could join her husband “in heaven”, still was too weak today for a pre- ‘liminary hearing on the charge that she murdered her son, Walter. County prosecutor August A. Bre- mer pointed out today that the re- port of Purdue University chem- ists, received last night, corroborat- ed Mrs. Cunningham’s confession, The chemists found a lagge amount of arsenic in the vital organs of Walter Cunningham, but none in the organs of Harry Cunningham, prose- cutor Bremer said.. Mrs. Cunning- ham, while admittion that she poi- soned Walter, Isabelle and Charles Cunningham, denied that she had given Harry any poison. FAMINE IN KOREA Tokyo, April 17,—Thirty thousand families in Korea are destitute and need food, a survey by Japanese of- ficials shows, _—____—__—__—@ Weather Report 4 ° For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday .... Lowest in iene . Precipitation . Highest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and Vicinity. Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with Peay showers. Slightly warmer to-n' a For North Dakoti Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with probably showers. Slightly! warmer tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS A well defined barometric depres- sion covers the northern Rocky Mountain region while high pressure prevails over the Great Lakes _ré gion and along the Pacific coast. Pre cipitation was gen throughout the northern states, but it was light and ‘scattered in the Dakotas Tempera- ture changes have been slight, but Jor Mississippi Valley. tothe. norte per Mississippi Valley e north- ern slope of the Rocki ORRIS W. ROBERT: Official in charge. T AKENT ODAY Grand Forks, N. D. | the institution next month, according ‘all of Cam | who visited the county ALL ALUMNI TO GET COPY OF MAGAZINE April 17,— Three thousand copies of the initial issue of the alumni magazine of the University of North Dakota will be printed and mailed out to alumni_ of. to J. Douglas Leith, secretary of the Alumni Association. All alumni of the university whose addresses are available are to be in- cluded on the mailing list and an at- tempt is to be made by the time of publication to complete the list of addresses so that every alumnus will receive a copy. No charge is to be made for the initial issue as it is being sponsored by the association. A campaign for subscriptions is plan- ned before the second issue in Oct- ober. Twenty pages are to compose the edition, which is to be 8 1-2 by 11 1-2 inches in size. ‘COMMON SENSE COURT RULES ARE NEEDED Collapse of Government Oil Prosecution Show Weak- ness of Code BY HARRY B. HUNT NEA Service Writer Washington April 17.—When the processes of the law become so in- volved that the government itself cannot follow them it would seem to the layman that the time had come j for some simplified and common: sense rules of procedure, Cogtempt for the law, about which public authorities complain so bit- terly, is helped, not hindered, by the spectacle of such denouements as came in the government's prosecution jof criminal indictments against Fall, Sinclair and Doheny in connection with the “great oil scandal.” The indictments were quashed by Chief Justice McCoy of the District jupreme Court not because of any question of fact in the evidence sub- mitted to the grand jury, but be- cause of the presence at the grand jury hearings of a representative of the Department of Justice. The only possible conclusion is that the Department of Justice it- self cannot tell, under the involved and intricate technicalities that have come to surround grand jury pro when it should and when it should not take a hand in presenting evidence for prosecution. Any other conclusion would mean that the de- partment deliberately acted in a way to jeopardize the validity of the in- ictments; that the department was directly seeking to thwart to not. jebtuin justice. : Anyhow, Assistant Attorney Gene! al Oliver Pagan was present as an tant to the special counsel ap- pointed by President Caolidge to |prosecute the oil cases, ad McCoy holds he ought not have been there. |The indictments are voided on this ground alone. In the meantime—a full year hav- ing passed since the indictment were returned—the statute of limi tations has expired on the charges of bribery on which two of the in- dictments were based. If, on appeal, the action of Justice McCoy is sus- tained, the government, will, by the action of one of its assistant attor- ney generals, have lost the right to press these bribery charges further. The whole cause of justice, there- fore, rests not on the fact, of bribery or lack of it, but on a technicality which bars the way to any trial on the real facts. And in this case the government itself set up the techni- cality which thwarted its own prose- cution. ‘ Speaking of. bribery—Democrats suggest that actually, though not morally or legally, some such _in- fluence was responsible for Dorches- ter county, Maryland, going Repu- blican for the first.time in its hi tory last November. , ‘As the story goes, the presidential acht. Mayflower, on one of Cool- idge’s week-end trips last fall, put in at Cambridge, Md., on lower Chesa- pe: bay one Sunday morning. The president and his party debarked and made their way to church to at- tend services. When the collection plate was passed, Coolidge put into it a crisp new $5 bil The church authorities, proud of the visit by the presidential party, seeking some tangible token by which the memory of the visit could be perpetuated, pounced upon that $5. Instead of being turned into the treasury it was properly labeled, framed, and hung in the vestry room, There it was inspected by not only idge, but by hundreds of visitors from’ the back country at prior to election. The Coolidge contribu- tion became a lodestone that drew Democrats and Republicans alike. Many who came skeptical and scof- fing, went away in reverence. oe word. Five whole dollars, right out of the presidential pocket! The result, according to the De- mocratic alibi experts, was the carrying off Dorchester county at a personal cost to the president of one $5 bill HE CAUGHT 2000 DOGS Moberly, Mo., April 17.—William Misemer, 88, claims to be the oldest dog ¢atcher in the country. In the last 12 years he has eaught almost 2,000 dog: HE'S RICH BUT POOR Berlin, April 17.—A farmer in Ne- ‘braska has inherited $50,000 from & relative, but can’t find a way to get it to America. Taking of gold out of the country is forbidden, and other German money isn’t worth transport- ing. He bought more than 100,000 pairs of socks to sell over here, but found the import duty was $28,000. Peter the Great enjeyed riding in wheel-barvows, | ier f Yes, it was true, they spread the} $20,000, NEW CABINET IS COMPLETED "BY PAINLEVE Ministry To Mect Saturday To Draft Declaration For Parliament BRIAND GIVEN PLACE Premier Takes Post War Minister and Council Chief as (By The Associated Press) Paris, April 17—The new premier M. Painleve, presented his ministry to President Doumergue in the palace of the Elysee at noon today. The ministry will meet tomorrow morn- ing at ten o'clock to draft the de- claration which it will submit to par- liament next Tuesday. Painleve completed his cabinet about midnight and sent notification to President Doumerque that he had succeeded in forming a ministry, where Briand had failed. So difficult were the last hours of the task that hope had almost been abandoned of reaching an agreement. But, in addition to forming the min- istry, an accord was also found on the ministerial program. M, Painleve himself takes the post of minister of war, as well as pre: dent of the council, while M. Briand assumed the portfolio of foreign af- fairs, and Joseph Caillaux, whose po- lit career was thought to have ended when in 1920 he was sentenced to imprisonment and ordered expa- triated, will have the guiding hand over France’s finances The only member o: cabinet who remains is the form finance minister, Anatole De Moi zie, to whom ig attributed in a me: sure the downfall of the Herriot ad- ministration. He becomes minister ic instruction. The cabinet Premier and minister of war, Paul Painleve. Foreign affairs, Aristide Briand. Finance, Joseph Caillaux. Justice ‘and vice president of the cabinet, Jules Steeg. Public instruction, De Monzie. Interior, Senator A. Schrameck. Commerce, Charles Chaumet. Marine, Emile Borel. Colonies, Andre Hesse. Agriculture, Jean Durand. Public works, Pierre Laval. Labor, Antoine Durafor. Devastated regions, Pierre ris. Pensions, Louis Ant yu. The ministerial crisis occupied the leading statesmen and _ bankers throughout the day and night and slates of all descriptions were sug- gested and put aside until the final combination was decided upon. It is reported that M. Bridnd’s hesitation to accept the portfolio of foreign af- fairs held up the final decision, as his program was said to be greutly at variance with that of Caillaux. Parliamentarians described the cabinet formed by M. Painleve as composed of the safer and saner ele- ments of the left groups, as com- pared with the Herriot government, and with pronounced leanings to- ward the center and right parties. The new ministry will continue the policy of conciliation toward former enemy countries, relying entirely on the operation of the Dawes plan for the collection of reparations, and, it is declared, will make an earnest at- tempt to reach some agreement with Great Britain and the United States on _inter-allied debts. So far as internal affairs are con- cerned the idea of a levy on capital has been abandoned and the policy demanding complete enforcement of the law respecting separ: in of the church and state, which caused much bitter opposition to the late Herriot government, will be allowed to lapse. Settlement of the war debts will be one of the first cares of the new finance minister, M. Caillaux, ac- cording to friends with whom he talked yesterda: M. Caillaux will, first of all, it is said, start about to provide a safe working margin of cash for the French treasury, and then with a view to final stabiliza- tion of the franc, will take up the debts, which he considers one of the greatest obstacles to a complete fin- ancial renovation. is CLARISSA STATE BANK CLOSED BY OFFICIALS (By The Assoclated Press) _ St. Paul, April 17—The Clarissa State Bank of Clari Todd county, was closed by the state banking de- partment today because of an over- abundance of bad paper, A. J. Veigel, state superintendent of banks an- nounced. The institution was capitalized at 000, and deposits in the neighborhood of $160,000. WILL COMPILE CAMPUS HISTORY Grand Forks, N. D., April 17:— Compiling of a campus history at the state university to be started next week under the direction of Ma- trix, women’s journalism society, it is announced from the institution. All activities of the campus are expected to be included in the volume, which will be the first of its kind attempt- ed by any school in the United States, it is believed. “COUNTERFEIT” RUG New York, April 17.—Customs o! ficers at New York have seized tapestry rug with the design of a one-dollar bill on it, including pic- tures of Grant and Lincoln. It is inst the law to reproduce Uhited boo money, coin or stamps in any Anatole Dey- WINS PARIS BEAUTY CONTEST newspaper. She has appe C. W. BAHER j OF YUCCA DIES HERE C. W. Baher, aged farmer in the Yuce district, died Wednesday night, at 10 o’clock at a local hospital following an illness of about five weeks. Mr. Baher had been under treatment for dropsy and some days ago he de- veloped pneumonia which was the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Baher owned and operated a farm of 640 acres a mile north of Yucca and was counted among the most successful of farmers. had been a resident of Oliver county since 1908. He leaves one son and three daughters. The funeral will be held at the Yucca hall Saturday afternoon, and interment will be in the Harmon cemetery. ADVISES HIGH | STANDARD FOR | | N. D. TEACHERS; Allen Says Two Years of Professional Training Should Be Required 8, a well known Oliver county (By The Associated Press) Valley City, April 17.—The mini- mum requirements for teaching school should be at least two years of professional training beyond high| school graduation, C. E. Allen, pi sident of the North Dakota Educa- tional Association and of the Vailey City State Teachers College declared here in addressing the Southw Section Convention of the Associa- tion today. Records of the state show that ful- ly half of the North Dakota teach- ers have only a high school educa- tion, he said. Although conditions are far from ideal, “standards are being raised,” he said, referring to the new law which requires attend- @ normal gchool on the part of high school graduates who be- come teachers. Standards have been raised in oth- er professions, especially medicine and law and “teaching calls for more and better training than medicine and teaching standards ought to at least approximate those of the me- dical profession.” He declared that! one, of the greatest needs of the ed. ucation profession was the attrac tion of talented young men and wo- men. He said that people are in-j clined to look down on the teac! 8 | profession and that even teachers are, sometimes ashamed of their work but that they should appreciate the advantage of their profession and “help make it the high and notable calling it ought to be.” FATHER AND SON ELECTROCUTED “FOR 2 MURDERS (By The Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C., April 17.—Charles W. Stewart, 51, and Elmer Stewart, 23, son, were electrocuted toda: for a double murder in Brunswic! county last year. The father was led to the chair first. METHUSELAH SENTENCE Madrid, Spain, April 17.—A Span- ish municipal officer has received sentence totaling more than 300! years for conviction on charges of false bookkeeping. He is now nearly 70 years old. A MOSQUITO BOOM Paris, April 17.—Dr. Louis Paul le Gendre has propounded a plan for the extermination of the stinging mosquito by a non-stinging variety which he sa s discovered in The ni inging kind ex. terminate the other variety, his ex. periments show, Suzy Vernon won first prize in a beauty contest conducted ared in moving. picture: FIRE DAMAGES FORMER KLAN _ CHIEF'S HOME Explosion Rocks Residence | of Man Charged With Serious Offense (By The Associated Press) Indianapolis, April 17.--Fire of mysterious origin early today dam- aged the home of D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. The blaze was preceded by an explosion, neighbors said, and fire department officials declared that they found in the house two cans of kerosene und one of gasoline. In addition, all the gas jets were open, the firemen said. The fire followed by only a few hours the funeral of Miss Madge Oberhaltzer, 28, who died Tuesday apparently from the effects of poi- son which her relatives and her phy- sician said she took at Hammond, Indiana, following an alleged attack made on her by Stephenson. A plea of not guilty was entered yesterday by Stephenson to five in- dictments charging him with at- tacking Miss Oberhaltzer, He is at liberty under $25,000 bond pending trial the date for which has not been fixed. Miss Oberhaltzer’s home, from which her funeral was held, is only a few doors from the damaged Steph- enson house. Both residences are in Irvington, a suburb, which is the seat of Butler College, the institu- tion from which Miss Oberhaltzer was graduated. Persons living near the Stephenson home said several automobiles were seen in the grounds surrounding the house shartly before the explosion and fire. Stephenson was not at the house having moved to a downtown hotel sevgral weeks ago. ‘ DRY CUSTOMERS VISIT REGINA - LIQUOR STORES (By The Associated Press) Regina, Sask., April 17.—A steady stream of customers ited liquor stores all day yesterday .in provin- cial cities following the opening by the provincial governments of the stores under a new liquor law. Only | two intoxicated persons were report- ed during the day. WHEAT GROWER EDITOR LEAVES STATE PAPER Confirmation of the report that M. E. Bridston of Grand Forks, pub- lisher of The Wheat Grower, organ of the North Dakota Wheat Growers association, had disposed of his in- terests in the semimonthly publica- tion to the organization was receiv- ed here today. His contract for the publication was said to expire Aug. 7, 1926. Bridston figured in the contro- versy among the officials of the asso- ciation when on April 2 he obtained an injunctional order from Judge A. T. Cole in Cass county district court inst Geo, E. Di president, re- straining Duis from interfering with the mailing of the April 1 i subscribers, The former publisher declared th: the edition and the mailing list had been locked u@ in the office at Grand Forks by the Duis faction. He as- serted that the issue contained no réference to the tangle between di- rectors and the president, and that had insisted that the edition contain a presentation of his views. fo his Pe Dui: ‘Disposal of his rights in the was said by Bridston to be due disapproval of the associati licy under Duis, ~ French | 140 PERSONS DIE, SCORES HURT IN BLAST Infernal Machine Explodes in Sofia Cathedral Dur- ing Funeral ARMY OFFICERS SLA! Terror Grips People of Bulgaria; Martial Law Proclaimed in Land Sofia, Bulgaria, April 17.—Latest figures show that 140 persons, in- cluding twenty women and ten chil- dren, were killed in the explosion | of an infernal machine in the Cathe- | dral of Sveti Kral during the funeral | of General Georghieff yesterday. | Six generals and thirty other of- | ficers were among those killed. | Martial law was proclaimed through- | out Bulgaria today as the result of | the bombing outrage. Sofia today was in a state of ferment, the great- est excitement prevailing. The military authorities have ordered a curfew established, the streets to be cleared at 7:30 p. m. Although all the members of the | government were present at the funeral service in the Cathedral, none were seriously injured. Premier Tsankoff was oné of those but was able to preside over the binet during its emergency ses- sion today. General Georgheiff, whose funeral was being held when the explosion |occurred, was assassinated in the street here Tuesday night. . The as- sassination closely followed upon an attempt upon the life of King Boris as he was motoring near Sofia. ‘The bomb apparently was detonated by clock work mechanism. It had been concealed under the roof in the southern part of the cathedral and spent most of its force in the crowd in that part of the edifice. In addition to the large number | of fatalities, it was estimated that j about 200 persons were wounded. | Upon learning of the disaster the | king immediately went to the scene. The dead includes the chief of Police and a number of prominent citizens among them. Thé task of searching the debris in the cathedral consumed hours but all the bodies wete ‘believed to have been recovered this morning. Inside the cathedral ancient religious re! ics and fragments of clothing are strewn about in confusion. There were several acts of bravery during the disorder which followed the explosion of the bomb, men among the gathering seeking to assure the safety of women and children by carrying them out. The director of the central pri- son was assassinated in the street here today but otherwise there was no disturbance last night or this morning in either Sofia or the pro- |vinces. Passengers on trains are | being searched rigorously. Citizens | are enrolling and forming patrols to maintain order under the direction of the war minister, General Voulk- ‘CHURCH UNION ~~ TS FAVORED | Two Conferences Want M. E. | Branches to Unite | (By The Associated Press) Scranton, Pa., April 17.—Pennsyl- vania, Methodist Episcopal Confer- ence today voted in favor of unifi- cation of the Northern and South- ern branches of the church. The conference, which embraces northeastern Pennsylvania and South New York state territory also voted to admit laymen to the conference. New York, April 17.—The New York East Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church today voted 109 to 2 for unification of the Northern and Southern branches of the church. LARGE STEEL COMPANY SUED BY GOVERNMENT (By The Associated Press) | Philadelphia, April 17.—Suits for the recovery by the government of $11,000,000 to $15,000,000 from _ the Bethlehem Steel interests for alleg- ed overpayments for war construc- tion work was entered today in the United States district court. The defendants named in the ac- tion by the government are the Beth- lehem Steel Corporation, . Bethichem Shipping Corporation, Ltd., Bethle- hem Steel Company, the Fore River Ship Building Corporation, and the Union Iron Works Company. National Parks _ Highway In Fine Shape For Travel The National Parks highway is in better sh: pe than ever before so early in the son, according to in- formation reaching the office of the National Parks Highway association. The road is in excellent condition clear across the state and has no bad spots, the reports state. Puatrol- men are working along the highway > and they have put it in. excellent conditions for tourist travel. Bei in resins The Genaen cap- rl Coan’ ital has suffered a milk famine due to a