The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair with frost tonight. "ESTABLISHED 1873 fy BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY MAY 16, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. DEMANDS PAYMENT OF WAR DEBTS STATE CROPS | INJURED BY HEAVY FROST All Parts of North Dakota Hit By Freeze; Oats and Flax Damaged RECORD BROKEN. HERE Mercury Here Falls to Low- est Point in 50 Years, Records Show All sections of North Dakota were hit by a killing frost last night that did thousands of dollars damage to crops, according to reports received at the United States weather bureau here this morning. Low temperatures were reported from all weather sta- tions in the state and indications are that there will be frost again to- night. ‘A new low temperature record for 50 years was set in Bismarck last | night when the mercury dropped to! 22 degrees above zero, according to the temperature records in the of- fice of the U. S. weather bureau. The lowest temperature on May 16 be- fore yesterday was 23 above zero. | Great damage was done to the oats} and flax crops. ©. W. Roberts, U. S. weather observer here, made a quick tour of Burleigh county this morning and found oats and flax were badly hurt by the freeze. Gar- | den truck that was planted from seed was not injured, Mr. Roberts said, but transplanted hothouse gar- | den truck was killed. The fruit that escaped the frost a week ago was, hurt and the North Dakota fruit crop, this yeur is practically lost. A thick coating of ice formed on pools of water here last night and the water in the radiators of auto- mobiles left out of doors was frozen. The coldest reported in the state was at Dunn Center where the mer-| cury fell to 15 above zero. Thej thermometer in Bismarck registered 28. The highest temperature last night was at Fargo where the ther- mometer registered 30. The mer- cury stood at 29 above at Grand Forks. Other North Dakota temper- atures reported to the U. S. weather bureau Heté were’ as follows: Amenia, .28; Bottineau, .19; Devils Lake, .18; Dickinson, 20; Ellendale, .27; Fessenden, .17; Jamestown, .24; Langdon, .22; Larimore, .24; Lisbon, 28; Minot, .18; Napoleon, .20; Pem- bina, .21; Williston, .22. MID-WEST DAMAGE Chicago, May, 16.—Heavy rains, hail, high winds, minor floods, and forest fires caused considerable dam- age in the Middle West. Severe rains, accompanied by wind and hail, caused. severe damage in Oklahoma. Forest fires were burning in Wis- consin, and in the Coronado forest reserve in Colorado, The forest fires in Minnesota are now under control. Minor floods are reported in Wyoming, where some of the towns near Bear Creek are under four feet of water. SEASONTWO WEEKS EARLY, Much Plowing Still in Prog-| ress For Spring Sowing The season is perhaps two weeks | earlier than one years ago which} was & rather early season, according to the mid-month crop report for North Dakota of the United States | department of agriculture. Much! plowing is still in progress for spring | sowing, especially in the northern counties,,some of this acreage will | go to oats, but more to barley. Plow- ing and breaking, for flax is now at its height and much acreage is being sown each day, under very favorable conditions. Early sown crops are well above| the ground and are greening the fields in all counties. The frosts | have done no noticeable damage and | have, no doubt, caused the plants to, root well. Rye continues in very favorable| condition. Pastures are good, but slow. Potatoes are being planted. Some of the 1924 potato crop is still going| to market, but only a small amount ; remains in the state. Livestock conditions are excellent. BISMARCK BOY TOASTMASTER AT BANQUET Grand Forks, N. D., May 16.—Ken- neth Crawford of Bismarck acted as toastmaster at the forty-second an- nual banquet of the Adelphi literary society at the University of North| Dakota, held Wednesday night. The program of toasts given by members of the society was as fol- lows: Retrospection, Leland Bergum; introspection, Oliver Peterson; and Married 20 years M. Van Hull of H, M. WEBSTER MADE HEAD OF Incorporators Meet in Grand Forks; Spencer Lee Other Officers Grand Forks, N. D., May I. M. Webster, grain buyer at the state mill and elevator, was elected presi dent of the North ‘ota terminal grain exchange at organization meeting of the three incorporators held yesterday afternoon at the of- fices of the state elevator here. P. Lee, secretary of the North Farmers Grain Dealers assoc and an incorporator of the exchange was elected vice president and O. L. Spencer, manager of the state mill and elevator, was elected secretary- treasurer. The incorporators adopted by-laws for the exchange and decided to pro- ceed with formulation of rules and regulations within the next 30 days for operation of the exchange. Decision was also made to launch a campaign for securing members. Regular meetings of the exchange tare to be inaugurated to care for such business as come before the or- ganization. LOPEZ RESTS FROM ORDEAL Playmate of Mystery Man of World War Declares Indian Lives Minneapolis, May 16.—With court adjourned until Monday, Arthur Lo- pez-Frazier found welcome relief in resting from the grind of testifying in his suit against the U. S. govern- ment to establish his identity as Frazier, World War veteran, and to collect disability compensation. Arthur Frazier, mystery man of the warld war, was seen alive after the armistice was signed, although the government contends he was dead, it was testified late yesterday in the Arthur Lopez-Frazier case. High lights in yesterday's trial, which was adjourned until Monday, included: Introduction of the witness who swore that he saw Arthur Frazier alive, in the “bull pen” of an Amer- ican hospital for shell shocked sol- diers in France after the armistice in November, 1918. War department. records list Arthur Frazier as killed in action in the Argonne in October, 1918. Confronting of Lopez-Frazier by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Acosta of Buda, Texas, who said that he is their nephew, that he is a Mexican, and that his name is Arthur Lopez. Lo- pez declared that he Whd never seen them before. Reading in court of a letter ad- dressed to Steve Acosta at Buda, Texas, by Arthur Lopez, at Pawnee, Okla., in which the sender addressed Acosta as “Dear Uncle.” Lopez- Frazier said he knew nothing about this letter. The witness who testified that he saw Arthur Frazier alive in France after the armistice, in November, 1918, was Chadrick Ponca, a Sioux Indian, who lives on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota, SENATOR LADD COMING HOME ABOUT .JUNE 10 Fargo, N. D,, May 16.—Senator and ‘Mrs. E. F. Ladd, son Milton, and daughters, ig ase ia_and Elizabeth, will drive to from Washington by automobile, ‘harting out, June '1, it is reported by Culver Ladd of prognostication, Edward Slinde. The awarding of the Wenzel prize, for outstanding work in oe rgani- zation and on the campu: 8 made a oe banquet to Ted Taantel, Grand ‘orks, the North Dakota Agricultural , col- lege faculty. They expect to reach Fargo about June 10. They plan to drive through Indian- apolis to Chicago and through Wis- consin by way ,of Madison, A DISCIPLE 0 N.D, EXCHANGE: Friday ; OF TESTIFYING Basel, Belgium, is the father cf 19 TEN MILLION DOLLAR LOSS IN BIG FIRE ce between nine en| million dollars were suffered here! when the Poalter potato and grain se totally destroyed by The fire started the rthwest corner of the building and was aided by a stiff breeze that swept the structur APRIL THIS | YEAR WARMEST. IN TEN YEARS; in That Period Have No Snowfall in North Dakota to Grand Forks, N. D., May 16.—Last month was the warmest April in ten! years, and the first in that period to| have no snowfall, according to fig- ures compiled in the office of How,| ard L. Simpson, of the U. S. Weather! sity. The average of clear days was; nineteen, a number which was ex- ceeded in other Aprils of the ten years only by 1918, in which there were twenty-three. The temperature of April, compares best with April of 1915,! which was still warmer than the| month just past. The figures for] the two years are: 1925—Mean Max- imum 60.3 degrees; Mean Minimum 35.8 degrees, and Mean Temperature 48 degrees; 1915—Mean Maximum! 2.2 degrees; Mean Minimum 36.3 ‘degrees, and Mean Temperature 49.2 jdegrees. In both these cases the mean temperature is several degrees above the average mean temperature [for 34 years, which is 42 degrees. | The rainfall for April, 1925, is 1.66 inches, which is slightly below the average for the eleven years noted. April of 1915 was even lower with ai precipitation of only .99 inches. The} greatest precipitation in this period was 3.95 inches in 1924 and the smallest .60 inches in 1920. In the number of clear days April,| 1915, with 16 clear days, comes nearer to the average for the period than does last month. The lowegt number of clear days during this time was a 1924, when there was on- ly six. The correlation between trainfall and the number of clear days shown in 1924 is not, however, borne out in other years. It is con- tradicted, in fact, in April, 1923, which had the largest number of clear days and the second greatest precipitation. 1925,! CENTRAL TIME ZONE MOVED TO WILLISTON Williston, N. D., May 16.—The Great Northern railroad has put into effect an order of the interstate commerce commission moving the | Bureau station at the state univer-[ F ROOSEVELT | children. He and his wife, who is holding their youngest in her arms, are shown with their numerous progeny. 18, VESSELS REMAIN IX LIQUOR ROW ! Admiral Bullard Announces Blockade For Rum Fleet Is Success (By The A ated Press) New York, May 16.—A_ semi-offi- cial observation crew flying over the scene of the rum-carrying fleet re- vealed today that only 12 vessels are in the area formerly occupied by over 80 ships before the government's rum blockade began on May 6. “Practically no liquor is being smug- gled into this country from this part of the coast, Admiral S.C. Bullard announced today. He stated that he comsidered the rum blockade entirely successful. COOLIDGE HITS EXPENSE Washington, May 16.—Presid Coolidge expects the cost of fighting rum smugglers by the coast guard to be kept within the appropriations allowed that service by congress, These appropriations , are. under- stood at the White House to amount to $10,000,000 or $11,000,000 and the president believes this amount will be sufficient for the guard (to cope with the rum fleet. In any event, he is not prepared to use the navy or any part of it for chasing rum runners. He holds that the navy is an arm for defense and not for a policing agency. VESSELS TO GATHER AGAIN New York, May 16.—New York's rum fleet, driven from its anchorage off Sandy Hook by the relentless siege of the coast guard, is preparing to return to its old position within a few days, coast guardsmen attach- ed to the cutters Seneca and Yama- craw said when they put in at Sta- ten Island for supplies. Information filtering through from the few ships that still are playing {a waiting game with the dry navy. the guardsmen said, indicated that the return of the fleet, many ships of which scattered Thursday, is sched- uled for Monday. Most of the ships {that left, they said, were off Hamp- ton Roads or had sailed for Canadian ports to replenish their supplies. Two legal blows were struck yes- terday'in the work of drying up the Atlantic coast. Judge Garvin in federal court reaffirmed his previous decision that the $200,000 cargo of the Dutch schooner Zeehond, seized st. December, is forfeited to the United States. Its owners contend- ed that it was captured while making for shore in distress. Captain Lemaitre of the Jvoyd Royal Belge steamship Mercier, on whose ship nearly 600 cases of liqu- ors were seized Thursday, yesterday was fined $1,997. For 24 hours ending at noon. Tentperature at 7 a. m. +26 western boundary of the Central time fzone from Minot to Williston. This restores the boundary as it existed prior to 1918. In that year Williston was placed in the’ Moun- tain time zone and change from Cen- tral to Mountain time was made at Minot. It is not known to what extent this change will be observed in the City of Williston for other than railroad purposes. SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES PLANS FOR BUILDINGS Plans for alterations and repairs of school ‘buildings and grounds were approved by the - Bismarck school board at a meeting last night in the principal’s office of the High school. A. P. Lenhart president at the meeting. Resolutions were adopted that all bills and book accounts must be paid by members of the graduating class of the High schools before diplomas will be awarded. The, resignation of the janitor of the William Moore school was ac- cepted, Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity ’ WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair with frost tonight. Sunday incréas- ing cloudiness and not so cool. For North Dakota: Fair with frost tonight. Sunday increasing’ cloudi- ness and ngt so cool, GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The high pressure.area over Sas- katchewan yesterday morning has moved southward .and is centered over the northern Plaing States this morning. It is accompanied by much colder weather, with killing frosts, over the northern Rocky ‘Mountain region and northern Plains States. The low pressure area over the up- per Mississippi Valley is accompan- ied‘ by warm weather over tnat sec- tion. Precipitation occurred over the central Rocky Mountain region, central Plains States and over the Mississippi Valley. Fair weather prevails from North Dakota. west- ward and northwestward to the Paci- fic coast. < ORRIS W. ROBERTS, « Oficial in charge. | ve J, M. KNEESHAW IS MISSING INFLORIDA | Cowardly Method of Murder Used By Two Men in Attempts Former North Dakota Man Has Not Been Heard From Since May 5 FOUL PLAY FEARED Son of Judge Kneeshaw of Pembina; Aided in Probe of Flogging Case Bradenton, Fla. May 16.—Jumes M. Kneeshaw, real estate dealer, son of Judge W. J. Kneeshaw of Pem- bina, N. D., who aided in the investi- gation of the Martin Tabert flogging case in Florida several years ago, has been missing since May 5, ac- cording to a report made to police by his wife. Mrs, Kneeshaw told officials her husband, who was to close a deal for a launch at Tampa, May 5, drew $2,000 from a local bank and left home to go to Tampa. Later he was seen with a stranger in Bradentown. An investigation disclosed he did not arrive in Tampa to close the launch deal. Local and Tampa police are inves- tigating. FATHER NOTIFIED Pembina, N. D., May 16.—James M. Kneeshaw, who was reported in dis- patdhes from Bradentdn, Fla., to have disappeared, is the son of Judge W. J, Kneeshaw of Pembina, Judge Kneeshaw received a> tele- gram advising him that his son had not been seen since May 6. G. Grimson of Langdon acted as assistant attorney general in the Martin Tabert case but Judge Knee- shaw went to Florida in connection with the case and was instrumental in bringing it to trial. The missing man has been in bus- s in Florida for the past five 8. in LEFT BY AUTO ,Grand Forks, N. D., May 16.—James ‘Michaud left here for Gardentown on May 5 by auto, according to his wife's letters, intending to arrive in Tamper on May 11. He has not ar rived here so far as is known, He was making the trip to complete the sale of a launch for a third party, but nothing has been heard of him so far. Se had about $2,000 with him, according to his wife's letters. MOTOR LAWS OBSERVED HERE Arrests and Warnings Stop Auto Code Violations Arrests by Bismarck police of au- tomobile owners driving with 1924 license plates caused a rush to the ‘nuto registration bureau here for 1925 licenses and there are few cars in Burleigh county bearing old plates. Warnings given by officers and arrests for motor vehicle law violations have also had an effect! and the police report that the state law and city ordinance are being generally observed here. +Attorney General George Shafer has reminded sheriffs and other po- lice officers that it is their duty to enforce payment of the motor ve- hicle tax in a circular letter mailed out yesterday. “Information has come to my of- fice that a good many people are operating automobiles without hav- ing obtained the 1925 license tags, as required by the law, and it seems desirable that the sheriffs and po- lice officers of the state should take some concerted action to bring these delinquents within the law,” says ‘®)the letter of the attorney general. “Some, no doubt, are neglecting this duty through mere carelessness, while others will never secure their tags unless they are reported. The sheriffs and police officers of this state can render a very important service to the state by giving atten- tion to this matter, and reportin, the motor vehicle department the names of all persons and the num- bers of cars being operated without the 1925 tags.” The attorney general adds that “unless everyone operating cars promptly secures license tags, it is suggested that the delinquent parties be arrested and fined as an example to the community, and to show the determination of the state depart- ment to enforce this law justly and fairly against all automobile owners in North Dakota.’ McLEAN COUNTY TO HAVE PLAY DAY, MAY 19 The twelfth annual McLean County Field and Play Day will be held at 1 { jeral. [INTRIGUE OF CELEBRATED GERM POISON CASES RECALLED IN TRIAL. OF SHEPHERD, WHICH OPENS MONDAY To Gain Riches; New York Social Leader Executed For Germ-Slayings Chie: ble, subtle, murder! Yet germ murders are rare. Three proven cases are of record. These have been closely investi- gated by state and defense atturneys in the death of ‘William McClintock, “millionaire orphan,” for whose death William Shepherd will go on trial here Monday. Of all possible methods of mali- cious homicide, the administration of disease germs is most apt to: ex- cite the imagination. Against no other attack is unwarned victim so defenseless. Some of the most intricate and dramatic trials in history have oc- curred in connection with poison cases. One such, still less than a decade old, is recalled. Dr. Arthur Warren Waite was a young and promising dentist of New York City. He lived with his young wife in an uptown residential neigh- borhood. He was socially acceptable and had won some distinction as a tennis player. When he was accused of having murdered his wife's father and! mother by administering to them doses of poison and disease germs his numerous acquaintances were in- credulous and angry. But he was arrested and in court under oath he unfolded an amazing story of bacteria, poisons and inter- woven murder plots as no sane fic- tionist would have dared to invent. In September, 1915, Dr. Waite mar- ried Miss Clara Peck, daughter of J. E. Peck, wealthy retired druggist of Grand Rapids, Mich. Soon after New Year's the bride's parents visited their daughter in New York. The health of the eld- er Mrs. Peck faéled, and on Jan. 30, 1916, she died, supposedly of Bright's disease. Dr. Waite accompanied the body to Grand Rapids and arranged the fun- Then J. E, Peck began to fail, and six weeks Inter, March 12, he died. Again the doctor went to Michi- gan with the ‘body. He suggested 500 DOCTORS _, LEAVE CHICAGO FOR EUROPE (By Thé Associated Press) Chicago, May 16.—Three to 500 physicians leave here today for a post-graduate clinical tour of the British Isles and France. They will study the scientific procedures and methods of foreign clinics and hos- pitals, and will give to and in turn receive honorary degrees from some of the leading medical men of Great, Britain and France. MISS COLEMAN GETS POST IN MEXICO CITY Dickinson, N. D., May 16.—Dickin- son friends will be pleased to learn) that Miss Catherine Coleman, for several years a resident of Dickin- son while acting as stenographer in| the of offices Attorney L. A. Simp- son, has been appointed to a post in the United States diplomatic ser- vice in Mexico City. Miss Coleman left Washington, D. C., where she has held a government position for several years, this week for her new post, sailing from New York via Havana, Cubs, to Tampico. She will be attached to the United States foreign service under the de- partment of state. Immediately upon leaving Dickinson and prior to the assuming of her re- cently vacated position in Washing- ton, Miss Coleman entered the Red Cross and for more than a year was stationed in Siberia. She is a most efficient worker and in every way qualified to take the position which she has just been appointed. PLAYMAKERS TO PRESENT PLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL The Junior Playmakers-of the Bis- marck High School will present a y 16—Germs! cowardly Terri-} weapons: of the to} one-act play entitled, “ Wurzel-Flum- at the High School auditori- ‘clock tonight. No ad- ge will be made and the invited to attend. The Playmakers will present the play at the state contest next week. in’ Grand Fork: CAPTURE RADIUM RAY London, May 16.—British scien- tists have succeeded in capturing and condensing the Beta ray of radium, and they predict that this develup- ment will aid in cancer cures, Pre- Underwood, N. D., Tuesday, May 19.| viously only the Gamma ray has Over two hundred contestants from} been used, and the grades and high schools are expect- ing to compete. scaping of the Beta ray decreased the value of ra- dium in effecting cures, cremation but the family refused. A mysterious note asked the family to have an autopsy performed. This was done, and led to the arrest and confession of Dr. Waite. He had committed the murders, he said, to place his wife in possession of her parents’ fortune. He was electrocuted at Sing Sing. A dramatic story of crime and in- trigue was disclosed in the arrest in Paris of “Gentleman” Girard, his wife, Madame Jeanne Girard, and a friend, Mademoiselle Josephine Doue- teau. Girard died awaiting trial. His wife and friend were sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. Girard had supported the women in luxury for years. He was an in- surance agent, who in spare time studied bacteriology. His precedure in crime was always the same, He cultivated acquain- tances, ingratiated himself into their friendship and sold them insurance. The policy would be taken out in the victim's name, but Girard would forge his acceptance and application, and using an assumed name for o beneficiary. Then, taking advantage of a meal in common, he dosed his victims with one of his strange alkaloid drugs or infected them with the germs of disease typhoid or pneumonia, As soon as his victim died, he would collect the insurance, A recent germ poisoning attempt which did not end fatally for the victim was the efforts of Clarence 0. Baring of New York to poison his wife. Mrs. Baring, a witness against her husband, told of quarrels over her husband's devotion to another wam- an. On Baring’s plea for forgive- ness they became reconciled. Returning from a trip to Europe, Mrs. Baring became ill. Investigation led to the arrest of her husband and he confessed that he had given his wife arsenic and diphtheria and pneumonia germs. He was confined to a sanitarium. Kansas City police in 1909 accus- ed a man of attempting to kill a re- lative by use of typhoid germs but the man was never convicted. WOMAN ADMITS KILLING BABY GIRL FOR $100 Murder Confession Increases Interest in New York Nursery Case (By The Associated Press) New York, May 16.—Official con- ‘fession that aed killed a baby girl for $100 increased interest in the baby home of Mrs. Helene Auguste Giesen-Volk, where 115 babies died in a short time. Mrs. Rose Fielhart testified that the skull of a baby in good health was broken, and admit- ted that she purchased a birth cer- tificate of the baby from Mrs. Dor- othy Vosholo, a mid-wife, for $10.00, which she gave in turn to Mrs. Gies- en-Volk. Mr. and Mrs. Fitelhart were the parents of the child. The grand jury will hear charges Monday against Mrs. Giesen-Volk preferred by William Ingerer, who went to the home to recover his son. Mrs, Giesen-Volk is on trial on char- ges of child substitution and viola- tions of the sanitary laws. BURLEIGH TESTS LAW ABATING TAXES ON LAND A law suit that will settle the question of whether counties cpn collect taxes on land on which the Bank of North Dakota has foreclosed a mortgage has been instituted in the Burleigh county district court. The suit is brought against the Burleigh county commission and the legal points will be settled upon a demur- rer raised by States Attorney F. EB McCurdy. Under the present law, according to the complaint of the state, doing business as the state of North Da- kota, delinquent taxes against land on which it forecloses, must be can- celled and abated, and the state given a deed for the land without paying back taxes. The Burleigh county commission, holding that the rural credits department of the bank of North Dakota should do business as any private institution and declaring that the county is discriminated against in such cases, refused to abate the taxes. ly upon the: con- stitutionality of the statute, which the county alleges is: invalid. “ROOM Shs RADIO” ja ea pele oo . S nes radio. loud soeaker ae y and ae peed ener on ie electric light. eo “a NINE NATIONS TOLD TO PAY DEBT AT ONCE Washington Dispatches Note Asking Settlement With- out Delay WANTS PROMPT ACTION Communication Is Addressed To All Important War Borrowers Washington, May 16.—In a communication addressed to nine nations, the United States government today ex- pressed an earnest desire that the war debt question be brought to a final settlement without further delay. Na- tions to whom the communi- cations were sent were France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Roumania, Czecho- thonia, and Latvia. thoriia, and Latvia. Disclaiming any intention to unduly press for payment any nations that would find it impossible to pay, the com- munication nevertheless re- flects the view of Washington that the acute stage of re- construction period is passing and that the debtor nations now should be in position to put their promises into defi- nite agreement. The nations addressed make up the whole list of im- portant war borrowers except Russia which has no recog- nized government to which such a note can be addressed. FRANCE WILLING Paris, May 16.—Ambassador Her- rick yesterday told Minister Herriot that this country will be pleased to get information in regard to the funding of the French war debt to the United States. Some inklings of the conversations on the settlement have been permitted to reach the public, but it was not disclosed un- til today that Washington had tak- en the initiative in secking an agrec- ment with all her creditors. COUNTY WANTS CASE REOPENED Minot, N. D., May 16.—The Greet Northern Railway Co. has been awarded a judgment for $4,572.04 against Ward county, with interest at 6 per cent from March 1, 1922, for excess levy on taxes. The railroad company paid taxes amounting to $140,513.62 for the year 1921, but when it did so protested as to the amount of what it considered excess taxes. Chapter 122 of the 1921 Session Laws of North Dakota provides that the total amount of taxes levied for any purpose, except for special levies far local subdivisions shall not ex- ceed an amount equal to one-third of the total combined levies madein the year 1918, 1919 and 1920, except spec- ial levies for local improvements. Ward county in 1921 levied $75,000 for state aid work. Providing the interest, sinking fund and state tui- tion fund are included in the total levies made for that year, the county commissioners were within their rights in making the levies, The case hinges entirely on what is meant by the “combined levies.” If the Su- preme court holds that the interest, sinking fund and the tuition fund are a part of the combined levies, then Ward county did not exceed the limit by $33,000 as alleged by the G. N. Railway Co. DIRKS BLOCK IN MINOT SOLD TO OTTO JOHNSON Minot, N. D., May 16.—Otto John- son, of the Johnson Popular Price Store, has purchased from Peter Ehr, the property known as) the Dirks block, on the corner of Cen- tral Ave. W. and First St. The con- sideration has not been made known. The location is one of the vend. best in the city. Mr. Johnson bought the property as an investment and believes that business property in that section is sure to advance in value rapidly. Mr. Johnson hopes to build a three story block on the lot in the future although at present the building is very well rented. The lot has a 25- foot frontage en Central Avenue and 100 four on First street. LATEST REACH NOVELTY Paris, May 16.—A small rubber balloon bathing boat ‘is appearing on the Mediterranean beaches, ‘It is supported by three balloons and the L} occupant can either paddle around or equip it with « sail. It i, difficult fe upset, ¥ Peed ETE FAR A EM CA E BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aaa ¥