The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1925, Page 1

“* Od WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast and unsettled to- night and Sat. Warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1925 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS OVERNMENT WINS B CITY UNITES IN TRIBUTE T0 DEFENDERS} Memory of Soldier and Sailor Dead To Be Honored Here Tomorrow ARRANGED Graves of Heroes To Be Decorated; Memorial Bridge Will Be Dedicated PROGRAM Tribute to the men and women who offered their lives in the de- fense of their country will be paid by Bismarck tomorrow. Observance of Memorial Pay will begin at 9 o'clock in the morning, when a firing squad from Company A, 164th infantry, the decoration congmittee and the members of the American Legion Auxiliary will go to the three cemeteries for services and to place flowers on the graves of soldiers, and to Memorial bridge to strew flowers on the waters of! the Missouri river in memory of the! sailor dead. The general observance of the day, in which the public will participate, will open with a parade at 1:30 p. m, Capt. H. T, Murphy will be mar-/ shal. | Line of March i} All organizations will be in forma-) tion at point of assembly at 1:15 Fr. m. 4 The following organizations will be in line in order named, viz: Bismarck Juvenile band. Company A, 164th infantry. Quartermaster detachment, N. D. National Guard. Grand Army of the Republic. Women's Relief Corps. 1 Drum Corps. Veterans of Foreign Wars. in Legion. n Auxiliary. War Mothers, Boy Scouts. Red Cross nurses. Nurses from the hospitals. Publie school children. Children from Indian. school. Lodges and societies. Formation.—Column . of | Squads. Facing south. Head of column rest- ing on intersection of Broadway and Second street and line of march will be as follows: From intersection of Broadway and: Second street south to Main street; east to Fourth street; north to Thay- er street; east to Ninth street; north to Rosser avenue; west to street; south to Auditorium, Organizations will march into the Auditorium where seats will be re- served. After services in Auditorium, par- ade will yeform and march west on Main street to railroad viaduct and end of Main street and participate in services of unveiling and presen- tation of Memorial tablet. Program Auditorium Louis ¥. Warren, Commander Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, American Legion, presiging. Singing, ational Anthem, John A. Larson, song leader. Invocation—Rev. F. H. Davenport. Song—Quartet. Mrs. John A, Lar- son, Dr. and Mrs. H. C, Anderson, Wm. Noggle. Reading, Gettysburg Address, Miss Esther Hollst. Address—Rev. I. G. Monson. Singing, “America.” At the conclusion of the Memorial services at the Auditorium the cere- mony of unveiling and presentation of a Memorialftablet by the American Legion Auxiliary Lloyd Spetz Unit No. 1 to the American Legion Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1 and all ex-service men and women will eld at the railroad viaduct crossing the Mem- orial Highway in Bismarck, as fol- lows: Under the direction of the Ameri- can Auxiliary Lloyd Spetz Unit No. 1 Mrs. Bugle Calls—“Assembly,” “Atten- tion.” Selection—Bismarck Juvenile band. Dedication of Memorial Road— Mrs. A. L. Knass, department pres- ident of North Dakota, Unveiling and presentation * of Memorial tablet—Mrs. A. W. Schnecy’ ker, chairman memorial committee. Acceptance—Louis P. Warren, Com-; manderg Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, Am- erican Legion. Ceremony for Unknown Soldier. « Silent prayer (30 seconds). Selection—Bismarvk Juvenile Band. Stores to Close In conformity with the general plan to observe Memorial Day, the Retail Merchants division of the Association of Commerce, at a meet- ing held Monday evening, recom- mended that all dry goods, women's wear, shoes, grocerit Iry, bak- o'clock, and remain closed until four in the afternoon. Restaurants, con- fectioneries, drug stores and billiard rooms were asked to close from 1:30 houses have their store YEGGS SECURE BIG HAUL’ IN DARING RAID (By The Associated Presn) Peoria, Jil., May. Bose 1 today held up and fobbed a me: gerfor Standard Oi) Co, of between $25,000 and $30,000 and escaped in, automobiles, ee Sixth { See a ee ci.izens may pay tribute to the War as a particular decoration invtead American Legion posts ican and World Wars, and in join in the day's observance. MISS BIRDZELL VALEDICTORIAN OF 1925 CLASS Honors Awarded at Com- mencement; Dr. S. T. May of Dickinson Speaks T. May, president of the son Normitl, traced the devel- opment of the American public schools from their early beginning ‘soon after the Treaty of Paris in 1873 to their- present accomplish- ments in his address delivered last night at the city auditorium to the class of seventy three graduates of the Bismarck High School and a crowded house of relatives and friends. “The story of the early de- velopment of free schools in Swit- zerland and Prussia, their effect on the United States and the battles that have been won in bringing the American public school to its pre- sent excellency held the closest at- tention of the audience. The fights to secure the right of taxation for public education; to abolish the pauper and rate schools; to eliminate sectarianism from the schools; to establish centralization; and supervision and last but not least, the establishment of the high school, Dr. May stresses as the ini- portant battles won in establishing public schools in America. He clos- ed with an. appeal for the people not to retreat but advance in their treatment of the school. - H. O. Saxvik, City superintendent, presided, during the program. The presentation of diploma was made by A, P. Lenhart, president of the | board of education. ‘ William F, Bublitz, high school principal, presented the class vale- dictorian, Miss Dorothy Birdzell, who made a percentage of 97.34 in scho- larship during her four years at the Bismarck high gchool, with the Knowles Scholarship award, The class salutatorian, Miss Olga Neuge- bauer, and Miss Laura Fairbanks, who both made unusually high aver- ages in the studies, were introduc- ed to the audience. The program included three num- bers of the Girls’ Glee club. Rev. I. G. Monson gave the invocation and Rev. C. F, Strutz the benediction, ANNOUNCEMENT STILL FEARS. | “FOR AMUNDSEN New York, May 29.—(AP)—Fear for the Amundsen-Ellsworth expedi- tion was somewhat stilled today by the announcement that Amundsen had allowed two weeks for the flight. Donald B. McMillan, head of the All-American Expedition, soon to de- part for the arctic, is requgated 'to \be on the lookeut around Cape Co- lumbus, this being one of the points for which Amundsen and his’ com- Yades would probably head in the event their plans was disabled. Chamber Gives _ French Cabinet Confidence Vote Paris, May 29.—(AP)—The’ French Chamber of Deputies, with the ex- ception of the communist members, unanimously stood behind the gov- ernment’s Moroccan policy tod: 4 gave Premier Painleve and his asso- ciates in the cabinet a vote of con- fidence of 587 against 29. ‘ The vote was obtained after it was established that the Morrocan War was purely défensive and that the French governmént entertain pea 3 proached in the proper manner. The ivicomd tax has been abolished in Newfoundland. MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION Citizens Asked to Pay Tribute to Dead America has set apart one day in each year on which all the nstion who have served her in time of grave national dan- | ger and have passed on to their reward. Ovig.na.ly designated ‘by the Union veterans of the Civil May 30 gradually has become a day spent in memory of all Americans who served in the armies and navies of many wars and have passed to their reward. cended sectionalism. and in many places in the South since | the World War has brought a closer bond between people of | ak the states, the former scparate- decoration day for sol..ers 1 of the Confederacy in the Civil War has been foregone, and the dead of all wars of the nation. The ohzervance of Memorial Day is comparable only in universal observance to Christmas. federation has adopted May 20 as the day for paying tribute to all @ lied soldier who fell in the World War. Whereas, the citizens of Bismarck, miniYul of their great debt to those whio }.ave served in the Civil War, Spanish-Amer- ‘jppropriate exercises in their memory. Now, therefore, J, A. P. Lenhart, president of the city com- mission of Bismarck, do hereby urge that May 30 be observed 1 as Memorial Day, that all citizens pay solemn tribute to the soldier dead of the nation and renew their allegiance to the | |i flsg, that the flag of our country be displayed throughout the | day at the homes of our people anu on all public buildings in the city on May 30, and further that all places of business in | Bioniarck be closed as recommended by the Retail Merchants i Division of the Association of Commerce to permit everyone to NORTH DAKOTA | * +k * * * memory of the various sons of «ay for their fallen comrades, ‘Memorial Day pas trans- join on May 30 in a trJbute to | The Inter-AlNied Veterans’ other confticts, should jo:n in A. P. LENHART, President City Commission. CSTE SOCIALISTS TO SUPPORT FRANCE AGAINST RIFFS! (By The Associated Presa) Paris, May 29.—Reversing the de- cision of their party caucus of last evening, the socialists today decided to support the government and ap- prove the ministerial declaration on the Moroccan question, thus the political has been averted. | CROP OUTLOOK | GROWS BRIGHT Fields in , Better Condition Than Week Ago, Re- ports State Considerable improvement is shown in the conditions of fields in North Dakota over a week ago, according to reports received here today. The unusual cold weather, with freezing temperatures, last week probably had some effect on small grain crops, but nothing serious, providing there is sufficient moisture. For- tunately, there were rains through- out the state this week, varying from light showers to good, steady downpours. There is a lack of subsoil moisture and rains will be necessary from time to time. South Dakota, South- ern Minnesota and local districts in North Dakota and Montana have been most affected by the dry wea- ther. While the cold weather has held back the growth of the grain, it is still one or two weeks further advanced than this time last year. Reports from the heavier wheat- raising sections indicate a prospect about the same as last year. In the southern half of the territory cov- ered by reports, the prospects for oats and barley are somewhat below that of last year. It is possible, how- ever, with good rains, to improve this condition. The rye crop is uncertain. In nesota a considerable portion headed, but the fields show a great | variation. Some of it is very short and thin, while occasional fields are much better. In the principal rye counties of North Dakota, the rye is beginning to joint, In South Dakota and the southern half of Minnesota, about 80 percént of the corn is planted, while in North Dakota and Northern Minne- sota only a small percentage has been. accomplished. In many places farmers have stop- ped seeding flax because of the dry weather, but the recent rains have improved the soil conditions and seeding will now be resumed. No reason is seen why the acreage cah-| templated’ some time ago will, not materialize. Reports from a number of points, advise that some flax was undoubtedly injured by frost and some ground will have to be reseed- ed. ~ Reports are that under favorable coffditions. from now on, the pros- pects at present on wheat are fully up: to’ those of a year ago.,’ Barley, oats and rye are not quite-as good, and flax about the same. BISMARCK BOY HEADS FRAT. AT UNIVERSITY! Grand Forks, N. D,, May 29.—Da- vid Cook of Bigmarck was elected | head master of De}ta Sigma Pi, na- tional commerce fraternity at the | G! University of North Dakota at a| meeting of the organization held. Monday. 4 Other officers are: Harold Steva- ing, Stephen, Minn., senior warde! Clifford Anderson, Stanley, scribe: David’ Ostby, Warren, Minn., treps- urer, and Jeek Smith, Carrington, historian, fos | MUCH BUILDING DONE j growing confidence and increase of effective purchasing power BIG REVIVAL OF BUSINESS DURING APRIL Substantial Gains Over One Year Ago Are Reported in This District Collection Conditions ' Much Better Now Than This Time Last Year April business was marked by in the agricultural sections of the ninth federal reserve district, acgording to the monthly review, made pubdlic today. Big Gain Made Also as compared with a year ago, April business exhibited gain of 27 per cent in total money value, according to individual deb- its reported by 17 selected cities in this district, This increase in money value was accompanied by an increase in physical volume, as carloadings were greater than a year ago. Receipts of grain and live stock did not exhibit much change as compared with last year, but there were increases in car- loadings of ore, miscellaneous freight, less than carlot merchan- dise and coke. Manufacturing ex- hibited mixed trends, shipments of flour and forest products showing declines and shipments of linseed products showing an increase as compared with last year. ment store sales/increased very lit- tle. Speculative trading in grain was more than double that of a year “ago. y : i As compared with the preceding month, the April volume. of busi- ness transacted in this Federal Re- serve District declined. The total of individual ‘debits’ at ‘banks re- corded’ the customary seasonal’ de- cline. Receipts of grain and. live stock, as well as their prices, with Depart-|‘ the exception of butcher cattle, were Tower than in the preceding’ month. Manufacturing as reflected in the shipments~of forest products, linseed products and flour, declined. Total carloadings of all products, however, increased slightly, due pri- marily to a very large expansion in ore shipments to the Head-of-the- Lakes in anticipatiqn of an earlier opening of navigation this year. Wholesale trade exhibited gains and losses in different lines; and de- parement store sales did not show the same percentage of increase as last year. Huge Increase The most promjsing fact contained in the April figures as. compared with March was an increase of ap- proximately 75 per cent in the valu- ation of building permits granted in 18 representative cities located in this Federal Reserve District. This is considerably more than the sea- sonal increase normally to be expect- ed at this time of year. During April country banks drew heavily upon their city correspond- ents for funds. As a result, banks in the larger cities sold securities, collected maturing loans, reduced their cash holdings and reserves, and borrowed to a small extent from this Federal Reserve Bank. Interest rates remained practically unchang- ed. Federal reserve notes outstand- ing declined. STATE BOARD GIVES BERG ANOTHER JOB The staté board of administration has announced the resignation of A. C. Berg as State Rural Inspector and. his appointment as head of the department of rural education at the State Teachers College at Mayville, Mr. Berg has been prominent in the stute educational association, be- ing an ex-president and one ef the board of directors of that organiza- tion, For many years he has been a member of the legislative commit. tee of that organization and is also one of the Committee of One Hun- dred, apopinted by the National Edu- cation Association,, to study rural problems. Mr. Berg will spend the coming summer in special study at Columbia University, New York City. l Weather Report J Temperature ‘at 7 a. m. Highest. yesterday .. Lowest. last night Precipitation at 7 a.m. Highest wind yelocity . » WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and ‘vicinity: Part- ly overcast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday. * Warmer to- night. For North Dakota: Partly over-4 and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday. -Warmer tonight in south portion. i /ENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Unsettled weather conditions pre- vail. in’ the extreme Northwest and extending /down' over the Plains: States, “ An a: of decidedly low. ‘overlies Alberta, Saskatche- 58 76 | 56 RY 20, wan and the northern Plains States, while areas of pressure ‘cover the Pacific Coast and “tl the Great akes: ! 4 | the blaze. fin making the world’s largest NEW PROGRESS IS MADE FOR DEBT PAYMENT Italian Government Nearing Basis For Negotiations For Settlement HEADWAY IN FRANCE Further Private Loans May Be Halted With Nations on Debtors List (By The Assoctated Presa) Washington, May 29.—Progress to- ward clarification of the war debt question continues at a steady pace with significant developments here and abroad. With indications that Italy ad- vancing step by step is nearing a basis for formal negotiations for set- tlement, overnight dispatches from Paris quoted Adoph Ochs, publisher of New York Times, that headway being made towards a solution o: France's debt problem. Mr. Ochs, who said he spoke “up- on the highest authorities,” disclaim- ed the role of “even an official ob- server” but added that he could pro- perly deny that impolite or disagree- able messages had been exchanged between Paris and Washington con- cerning the debt. He declared Pre- sident Coolidge has the full support and confidence of American people in ability to approach the settle ment. Another meeting between Italian ambassador Baron DeMartino an. sury officials is in prospect her 1 the Baron receives from Rom 1 information of the country’s es for which he cabled yester wh offic’ fin day. Reports that the administration’s | opposition might. be thrown against new private American loans to coun tries appearing in the debt _nego- | tions continue to be discussed. Moral | influence, the governments only wea- pon in such cases, would prove powerful factor it is held should the administration believe the step ne- cessary. N. P. RAILROAD MAN SUCCUMBS Joseph Crossthwaite Dies in Minot Following Stroke of Parlysis Minot, May 29.—(By the Associa- ted Press)—Joseph Crossthwaite, 64, one of the most widely known men in the transportation department of the Northern Pacific Railway com- pany, retired under the Veterans provisions of the company, February 4 of this year, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning following a stroke of paralysis. He had been failing in health for the past two years and had suffered two previous strokes. Funeral services will probably be Sunday afternoon, definite announce- ments awaiting the arrival of his only child, Mrs. A. C. Krase of Chi- cago. His widow survives. Born in England in 1860, he came to Wadena, Min in 1882 and re- sided there two years. In 1884 he entered the employ of Northern Pacific at Dickinson and worked his way to the position of traveling en- ‘gineer, with headquarters in Mandan, which he had held since 1907. He was # charter member of the Masonic Blue lodge and chapter at Dickinson, a member of the Knight Templar in Mandan and of the 32nd degree Scottish Rite body and Shrine of Fargo. Rev. N. F. Elsworth peobably will copduct servi FIRE DAMAGES LARGE PLANT AT MANDAN (By The Associated Preps) Mandan, N. D., May 29.—Fire, pre- sumably caused by a defective flue caused an estimated damage of $10,- 000 here this morning in the plant of the Perfection Baking company. Firemen had difficulty in locating The Joss was by smoke and water. The equipment was des- troyed. Three: tons of flour unload- éd in the plant yesterday was ruin- ed. L. L. Lyman, proprietor, with C. F. Ellis and J. H. Newton left Man- dan yesterday on a fishing trip in the vicinity of Hackensack, Minn., and could not be located up to noon. loss was covered by insurance. “ Primier Mussolini of Italy was sent to prison five times from 1904 to 1911, for such offenses as lectur- ing without permission against the}. Italian government. - Some of the horses of the mounted police in London are valued’ at $2000, more than the selling price of many race horses. ‘Nearly 700 steer ,hides were’ used belt. TORE! LE IN A BALLOO! ane WAS NEVER HEARD FROM. There is a cold goddess who is hidden among the eternal sndws of the polar regions, and for every man who returns from her domain an- | other must remain there forever. Roald Amundsen is somewhere uy in the white emptiness with his air- plane. Will he come back from his trip to the north pole? Or will he add his name to the long list of those who sought the goddess of eternal winter and met the specter of death? Recalls Scott's Death Amundsen’s adventure recalls that of Captain Robert F. Scott, whose tragic adventure was so closely bound up with Amundsen’s discovery of the south pole. Scott reached the pole, by dog sledges, just five weeks after Amundsen did, in 1912. He photo- graphed Amundsen’s cairn and flag and started back. The antarctic winter struck with unleashed fury. Food and fuel gave out. Scott and his men plgdded on with frozen feet. T a blizzard made progress impossible. They were only 11 miles from a supply depot, but they could not continue. (Months later their frozen bodies were found near a long-dead campfire. Balloon Disappears Others, too, found an unseen death in the polar lands. Strangely like Amundsen’s adven- ture was that of a Swedish aeronaut, S. A. Andree, who in 1897, sailed north from Spitzbergen in a balloon. WAS FROZEN! TO OFATH (16 ATTEMPT To, OISCOVERR The bulloon is still up there, some- where, its flabby envelope encased in ice and its occupant eternally buried in the white, unbroken si- lence. sof Disease Sir Ernest Shackleton was another. After a life time of exploration in the ice fields, he died of disease on his ship while at sea near the ant- arctic continent in 1922. Sir John Franklin was. still other. In 1845 he sailed from England with two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, to explore north of Green- land. His ship was sighted in Baf- fin Bay months later by a whaler, and then the cold arctic silence set- tled down. Relief expeditions were sent out from America and England. It was however, before the secret was solved. Franklin had died after his me locked in ice. His men scape over land, and all an- Another Victim? Now the north has beckoned again. Amundsen, who planted his flag at the south pole, has gone to the top of the world. Will he come back? Will he add another chapter to the thrilling stories of narrow escapes from the aretic’s clutches? Or will he be just one more to fall a victim to the white goddess of the north, who reigns where there is no color but white and waere icy gales howl through the darkness of an everlasting winter? NEW BAND T0 BE ORGANIZED Free Instruction Will Be Given Beginners Organization of a beginner's band will be effected Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Will school under the direction of L. C. Sorlien, super- visor of music in the Bismarck schools and director of the two other Municipal bands. The instruction is absolutely free, all that is required is an instrument and music stand. Parents, who wish their sons to be in the band, should communicate with Mr. Sorlien imme- diately. The bands expect to give open air concerts every two weeks during the summer months. Announcement will be made of the time later. The bands will continue to practice all during the summer. NOTED DESIGNER OF WELL KNOWN BUILDINGS DIES (By The Associated Press) New York, May 29.—Don Barber, noted architect, died at his home to- day after a brief illness. He de- signed many well known buildings in- cluding plans for the new Broadway temple which is to be erected here. Fifty per cent’ more precious stones are sold in this country than in’ all the rest of the world combined. GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT TO BE LAUNCHED Decisicn to launch a big good roads movement in North Dakota was made by the highway commission yesterday, taking over for itself many of the activities formerly con- cucted by the North Dakota Good Roads association. A monthly mag- azine will be issued by the commis- sion to “seil” good roads to the peo- ple of the state. The commission also decided to ell surplus war material only for cash, An application made for the graveling of a highway from the Missouri river bridge-—Mandan road southwest to the Fort Yates high- way with state funds was laid over without action. Several new roads in Barnes and Cavalier counties were designated. 59 TO FINISH DICKINSON NORMAL COURSE President R. B. Murphy of the state board of administration will deliver the commencement address at the State Normal School at Dickinson on June 10. There will be 59 graduates at this commencement and as many more in August. Twen- ty-two of the June grad s are from the high school department, 26 from the elementary and 11 from) the advanced normal course. Thirty-nine of the graduates ex- pect to teach next winter and 11 of them expect to return to school. Th plans of the others have not been| définitely arranged. A number of! those who expect to teach already have positions secured. IG OIL SUIT | MANY DIE IN POLAR QUESTS | ELK HILLS OIL LEASE MADE VOID Court Rules Doheny Inter- ests Must Surrender Reserve Permits TWO REASONS GIVEN Decision Upholds U. S. Claim of Conspiracy Between Fall and Magnate Los Angeles, May 20.—(AP)—The Doheny oil interests, in a decision rendered late yesterday by Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick were or- dered to give up for cancellation their leases in naval oil reserve, Number 1, Elk Hills, California, and contracts for construction of oil storage facilities at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, The decision, covering 92 points of fact and 14 conclusions of law, declared the leases void for two rea- sons; first, owing to the “fraud up- on the United States” involved in E. L. Doheny’s payment of $100,000 to Albert B. Fall, then secretary of the interior, and second, because ex- President Harding’s order transfer- ring discretionary authority in the matter of oil leases from the. navy to the interior department was in excess of his power as president. Judge McCormick ordered a settle- ment for all oil taken by the Doh- eny companies from Elk Hills and a credit to them for storage facilities work done in Hawaii and empowered a master in chancery, to be named later to effect these settlements. The written decision, cancelling the two oil reserve leases involved and the two Pearl Harbor contracts, said in part: “That the payment of $100,000 by Edward L. Doheny to Albert B. Fall, under the ‘circumstances under which said payment was made in this , ‘was contra-bona-mores and against public poliey. 33% te making: ¢f such payment cdustitutes a fraud upon the United States of America and renders void- able all contracts and transactions made between Pan American. Petru- Jeum and Transport company, or its subsidiary, Pan American Petroleum company, and the Unitéd States uf America subsequent theret>. “That Edward L. Doheny and Al- bert B. Fall did conspire and con- federate for the making of certain contracts and agreements of great benefit and advantage to the Pan American Petroleum and Transport company.” Unlawful Authority The decision then declared the leases and contracts null and void because they “constitute umlawful delegation of authority to the sesre- tary of the interior, contrary to the terms and provisions of the act of June 4, 1920, adding: “The executive order of May 1, 1921, issued by Warren G. Harding, president of the United States of America is, insofar as it attempts to transfer a discretionary power of the aecretary of the navy to the secre- tary of the interior, ineffectual and in excess of the executive power of the president.” Under another section of the con- clusion of law the defendéat com- panies are declared entitled to be “paid and allowed credit for money actually expended in the construc- tion of storage facilities for crude oil products at Pearl Harbor, Accounting Is Ordered It is also ruled “that a full, just, true and complete account should be taken, and hereby is ordered fo be made between the United States of America and the defendant corpora- tions,” covering the oil pumped from the Elk Hills reserve. STATE BOARD HIRES EXPERT Publicity and Efficiency Man Starts Work Monday Formal announcement has been made by the state highway commis- sion of the appointment of J. J. Er- matinger as efficiency expert and publicity man for the department. His duties will be largely to promote good roads, study needs for efficien- cy measures and undertake other of- fice work. He will relieve W. G. Black, chief engineer and secretary, of many of his office duties. Mr, Ermatinger comes to the high- way department from Glendive, (Mont., where he was secretary of the Commercial club for the, past seven rs. He formerly lived in St. Paul and was a member of the St. Paul charter commission and the St. Paul Yesearch commission. He was once connected with the New York bureau of municipal research. He will take over his duties with the highway department on Monday. Every 24 hours nearly 2000 rail- way trains pass through one English railway station—Clapham Junction. The yield of oil from an adult diss ii