The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1925, Page 1

hae > 7 > ? > WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Wednes- day. Not so cool Wednesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK ' BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1925 TRIBUNE FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CEN NEW SECURITY TREATY PROPOSED N.D. VETERANS | WILL BE PAID ENTIRE BONUS Discounting Payments on War Claims to be Discon- tinued After June 15 \ MAN AWARDS MADE More Than Million Dollars Will Be Given to Vet- erans This Year Discounting of state soldier bon- uses will be discontinued June 15 after eight months of discounted payments on war claims to veterans; who sought payment at a discount} rather than wait for the full amount! when payment This announcement was made to- day by the secretary of state indus-| trial commission who believes that) the period has been extended long| enough for soldiers to ask payment! with discounts. Claims from now} on will be paid in full as rapidly as) tax collection makes payment possi- Million Last Year Since 1920 a total of $5,095,867.15 has been paid in war claims to vet- erans and dependents. More than a million dollars was paid last year,! the fifth year that payments ‘have! been made. Another total of more |{ than a million will be paid this year, the secretary said. | It is expected that ail claims will | he paid by Dec. 31, 1927, since more | than half of the soldier bonus claims | have already been paid. About 4,000 | claims have been paid since last Sep- | tember. Claims filed number 25 040. North Dakota has a large claim per capita than any other state, the; secretary pointed out. This state is| paying $25 per month of service as against $10 to $15 that other states are paying. Twenty-five per cent of the state taxes are devoted to pay- ing war claims and about a million dollars a year are collected for this purpose. Favor To Veterans Discounting. of bonuses was insti- tuted in order to give those who wanted their claim paid a chance to receive their payments long before they were due to be paid according to their number. r from 6 to 30 per cent aceording to amount, the amount so discounted to be devoted to interest on loans and administration expense. The expense of administration in 1923 was $ 549.02. ‘ Following are the payments years since the soldier bonus was enacted: 1926 1921 1922 1923 1924. NCORPORATION ARTICLES FILED AT STATE HOUSE; ee Articles of incorporatian filed with the secretary of state include: Brant Oil company, Harvey: capi- tal stock, $25,000; _ incorporator: J. W. Brant, W. W. Grant, Harve: George C. Benno, Minot. C, 0. Knight company, Williston,| buying and selling pianos, radios, phonographs, etc.; capital stock, $25,000; incorporators: C. Q Knight,; Ellen J. Knight, N. B. Ludowese, Williston. | The Model Clothing House of New| Rockford; capital stock, §15,000; in-| corporators: J. E, Forstein, Jessie O. Forstein, Robert L. Tarbell, all of New Rockford, gies Ypsilanti Hall company, Ypsilanti; capital stock, $5,000; to conduct hall) for lodge meetings, etc.; incorpora- | tors: N. G. Mellum, C. Gibson, G. M.| Grove, H. A. Schulz, H. V. Nichols,| all of Ypsilanti. | NEW FEATURES PREPARED FOR | G. A. R. MEETING, \ — i Fargo, N. D., June 9.—Two addi-| tional features of the annual en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Re- lief Corps, North Dakota départment, to be held in Fargo, were announced. In addition to units already’, an- nounced for the parade at 4 p. m.| Wednesday, the Fargo Odd Fellows! drum corps will lead the march andj a patriotic song by Norman B. Black! has been added to the Masonic tem- ple at 8 p. m. Wednesday. \ Weather Report Temperature at 7 a. m. .... Highest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly fair tonight and Wednesday. Not s0_ cool Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday. Not so cool Wednesday and in northwest portion tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area over Minn- esota yesterday morning hag’ moved eastward to the upper Great Lakes region and another low’ pressure area covers the western slope of the Rockies, The pressure is high over the Plains States. Light, scattered precipitation occurred throughout the northern states yesterday, but skies are mostly clear this morning from the Great Lakes region west- ward tothe Rocky Mountains. The weather is becoming unsettled again. in the extreme Northwest. OBRIS OBERTS, OBicial im charge. by law « 1,084,202.87 | ead Discounts ranged | Miss Fritzi Voss of Dubach, La., is of Missouri. he won a ‘beauty FARM RELIEF PLAN FLAYED BY SEN. FESS Ohio Solon Sees Danger to Country in Legislation For Agriculture June 9.-—(AP)—-A |“mania for 1 tion” threatens to become the rious problem in Am- erican politics, § publican, Ohio, dec! dress prepared for ¢ the 13th annual conve National As: ation of The danger is not mere number of tempted,” the speaker said, “but also in the character of the proposals. Sound economic c¢ ideration is thrown to the winds. ‘Public appeal for political favor is embraced.” Citing the agriculture department as an example of the “enormous growth of bureaucratic government in the last two decades,” Senator Fess reviewed its development from a few employes to the present en- Yollment of nearly 20,000, engaged in activities which last year cost $360,000,000. ‘The last’ congress alone, he said, added 14 important activities to the government which were “all strongly urged by the ag- ricultural interests.” “Today we are told congress has been derelict in its duty to the farm- er,” the speaker continued. “A com- mission after months of survey re- ported suggested relief. This pro- posal held mainly to the sound view of meeting an economic result by an economic This did not ap- peal to that portion of the country which believes in substituting a jlegal for an economic plan, and it | Was therefore rejected for the sake {of the farmer. hat they ow | ti Credit: Men. alone in the or at- ant is ready-made remedy. They resent the idea that the powerful government is impo- tent to fix values. They assert that a bushel of wheat will be worth just what Uncle Sam might decree, no matter what the amount raised throughout the world. Advocates of price fixing still er- roneously cite the Transportation Act as an example of government action along that line, Senator Fess said, when as a matter of fact there was nothing in that statute beyond authority for the Interstate Com- merce Commission to “permit a rate that would afford a fair return on the inVestment.” “This treatment of the economic proposal for farm relief discloses the dangerous trend in the legislation of the day,” the Ohio senator as- serted. “It shows the vice of modern thinking. The public has been fed up with the belief that in congress lies the rem@dy ,of all conceivable ills. Long. ago “the government ceased to be an. institution to be served, but rather an agency to be sought for favors.” GOOD PRICES BOOST PROFITS OF FARMERS Ottawa, June 9.—(AP)—Higher prices for grain, field crops, livestock and poultry increased the wealth of Canadian farmers $142,782,000 in 1924 over the previous year’s total, and the gross agricultural wealth amounted to $7,506,257,000 last year, compared with $7,363,475.000 in 1923, according to compilations of the Do- minion department of agriculture. Total agricultural revenue to Can- adian farmers last year, it is shown, was $},463,368,000. This was a gain of $103,272,000 over the 1923 total. Field crops, valued at ‘$995,236, constituted the largest item in the return, followed by dairy products at $234,000,000, contest other than Cecil B. DeMille, movie director. + ~ | suddent PRETIEST MISSOURI COED the prett 8 irl at the U1 there. The judge w iversity ag none ! RICHARD LOEB IS RECOVERING y The Assoctated Press) Chicago, June 9.—Richard one of the slaye who became subject to post infestius delirium following an attack of measles improved greatly yesterday according to ph ns, The doctors rpported spell of rationality and straps which had held |bed were removed and he {chatted wit hhis guards. “The change for the better came said Dr. Walter B. Mar- “I look for his contplete recov- he had that the him to his at up and a tin. ery.” ‘HEAT DEATHS | CONTINUE’ IN LARGE CITIES More Than 427 Persons Have Died in East During Torrid Wave New York, June 9.—-(AP)—Despite the drop in’ temperatures along the eastern seaboard, heat deaths con- tinued to accumulate. More than 427 persons have died in the east during the heat wave. While no deaths were reported in New York last night the Philadelphia list was in- creased by 24. An aged woman died in Hoboken, J., and insanity brought on by heat caused two other deaths. Three more heat deaths were reported in Ontario. STATE FARMERS HAPPY OVER CROP OUTLOOK Farmers and business men through- out the state are optimistic about this year's crop and say this will be a bumper year, Carl R. Kositzky, land commissioner, who returned last night from a trip to Mercer county, says, “While frost has injured the in some places the general is excellent and the flax crop is greater than ever. Merchants are anticipating large sales this fall, said Mr. Kositaky, and both they and the farmers are delighted at the prospects. NORSE FETE _ STAMPS ON SALE HERE Thirty thousand stamps, bearing an inscription and picture in tribute to the Norse American Centennial now in session in Minneapolis and St. Paul, arrived in Bismarck this morning. The stamps are all the two cent variety. According to the Centennial scarce. crops | condition authorities are very postal stamps AMERICA ASKED TO AID SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN é Oslo, Norway, June /9.—(AP)—It was. announced today that the Nar- degian Aero Assdciation had. asked the Amundsen-American. commission to organize a relief expedition, FROM DELIRIUM, Loeb, of Bobbie Franks, | ~~ ‘RIVAL FORCES IN ACTION AT _ CANTON GATES Chinese Chieftains ‘Battle For Possession of Im- portant City |REFUGEES ARE HELD | ; | Foreign Steamers Reported | Fired Upon By Soldiers Near Whampao «Rv The Ansoctated Press) Canton, June 9.—Fighting be- twoeu c.val Uninese forces battling |for the possession of Canton contin- ued today with considerable casual- ites, River steamers are crowded |with refuges unable to move on @ count of cross firing over the Chu- kang river. _Foreign steamers were fired upon near Whampao, Fighting continued throughout the night and the usual scattered shots | of random firing of the Chinese sol- diers prevailed. Chinese gunboats were active yesterday damaging buildings along the river front. - The commander of the gest Chinese boat left his ship after re- ceiving $100,000 from the chief of |the Yunnanese forces. The Yunnan- @se are confindent of winning. A Chinese Chamber of Commerce ac- companied by a delegation of Amer- icans called on the army chiefs to- day and requested that further fight- jing be carried on ten miles outside |the city. The trouble will last for some time according to indications. HAIL DAMAGE CLAIM DENIED IN DECISION i Judge Jansonius Upholds Ruling of Olsness in Sheridan Case reported The ruling of S. A. Olsness deny- ing hail insurance payment to Fred Krueger, Sheridan county farmer, for a crop destroyed by hail in the sum- mer of 1923, was upheld by Judge {Fred Jansonius in a decision hand- ed down today in Burleigh county district court. Ralph Penner of Bismarck, owner of land in Sheridan county, rente the land to Fred Krueger in 1 This land had been sold some years before to Krueger by Penner under a contract, but the contract had been canceled by mutual agreement in the spring of 1923. While Krueger was the owner of the land under {contract he withdrew the hail insur- ance as owner in the spring of 192: On May 16, 1923, Krueger signed and swore to a crop affidavit in which he stated he was the owner. He |a- ter filed an affidavit of withdrawal of insurance signed by himself in which he alleged he was the owner of the land. The affidavit was filed and the land withdrawn from the hail and indemnity insurance. Later a hail storm destroyed the crop and Krueger and Ralph Penner made a claim for loss. The insur- ance commissioner allowed the claim of Penner for one-half of the crop, | but did not allow the claim of Krue- ger. As to the latter, Commissioner Olsness held he had withdrawn his insurance. ¢ Judge Jansonius held in’ his deci- n that the ruling of the commis- sioner was right. The court stated that under the law the tenant can- not withdraw his insurance without the consent of the owner, but in this case Krueger claimed he was the jowner. Judge Jansonius stated in jhis decision that in case there had been no hail neither Krueger nor Penner would have been taxed for hail indemnity. As it was the state was required to pay $342.98 to Pen- ner, although it would not have col- lected a cent of taxes if there had been no hail. 2 It is true, the court stated, that there was deducted from Penner’s \half, one-half the tax that would ordinarily have been levied, Krueger has never been charged with ! indemnity tax and is not now charged with the tax. EXPERT MAKES RECREATIONAL SURVEY HERE Members of several Bismarck civ- ic organizations will meet at the Association of Commerce rooms at 5 p, m. today to hear Morris Willows of, New York City, an official of the National Playground and Recreation- al association, give a report on the survey he has made of this city. Mr. Willows has been in Bismarck \for several days and has studied the jcity in regard to the recreational and playground needs here. ,He will make recommendations at the meet- ing this afternoon and will map out 8 program he has prepared for this | city. Mr. Willows gave an address at the Kiwanis club luncheon today. |FLORENCE VIDOR, PICTURE’ STAR, SEEKS DIVORCE (By The Associated Press) Los Angeles, June 9.—Florence Vidor, motion ‘picture star, filed suit for divorce today from King Vidor, motion picture director, alleging de- | gertien- She asks the custody of Suzanne, their six year old child; but! es BiG WELCOME | IS PLEASING 10 COOLIDGE President Happy Over Great | Reception Given Him in | Twin Cities LEAVES FOR CAPITAL| Chief Executive and Party! Speeding East After Visit at Fete i (By The Associated Press) On Board Coolidge Special, Near | Madison, Wis June 9.—Somewhat! wearied by their strenuous days in| the Twin Cities where the president took part in the Norse American Cen-| dennial celebration, Mr. and) Mrs.) Coolidge spent a restful night on) the first lap of their return trip./ Washington will be reached Wed-! nesday morning. | Returning to the trais immediate- ly after the reception held at the State Capital they retired by 11 e'clock, an hour before the depar-| ture of the train. The decided drop! in temperature made for a comfort-| able night. They were smiling broadly as they | passed the last crowd of the day and| although weary both were apparent-| ly pleased at the reception. The pres-| idgnt enjoyed the two hour visit at! thd State Fair Gro open stand he Centennial wind and rainstorm, speaking for more than 30 minutes. A hugh cvowd was attentive, despite the adverse weather. i | REUNION TODAY | (By The Associated Press) | Minneapolis, June 9.—Final _ re: unions of the thousands of visitor: attending the Norse American Cen-| tennial celebration and athletic carnival marked the closing day’s| program of the gathering today. While the athletes were performing ut the University of Minnesota Me- morial stadium here prominent Norsemen were addressing ‘the cen- tennial meeting at the state fair grounds. St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minn., and Luther College of Decor- uh, Fowa, met today for the baseball championship of the Norwegian col-| leges. Preceding the game the No¥-} wegian Athletic association team of! Chicago and the Norse Sports club of Minneapolis were to stage a sock- er contest. More than 200 colleges, high schools and unattached athletes | were on the program for the Norse American ‘track -and field contest at the memorial stadium, Stars In Meet The stars included Harold Os- borne, Olympic all around champion, Helen Filkey, phenomenal girl ath- lete of Chicago; Joe E. Ray, Ray} Watson, Charles Mellon and Emel Krogh. There were three classes, Senior class A, open events; class B for} Norwegian colleges and clubs, and| the Junior class for high school athletes from the Twin Cities, many} towns in Minnesota and North andj South Dakota, as well as several en- tries from Portland, Ore. MANY PRIZES SECURED FOR COUNTY OUTING Announcement has been made that a large number of valuable prizes have been secured for the contests and games to be staged at the coun-! ty get-together and outing to be held on June 18 under the direction of the Burleigh County Cow Testing association. The: program for the outing, which will be held at Fort Lincoln, is beirig prepared and will be announced within a few days. Tourists Told To Stay Here Until Roads Dry Tourists passing through Bismarck are advised by the National Parks Highway association to remain here until the roads, made impassable by the recent rains, are in condition for trayel. The gumbo highways are in cially bad condition. lost of the roads along the Na- tional Parks Highway are reported to be in good condition except for rough roads at Almont, Glen Ullin, Hebron, Richardton and Taylor. The road at Wibaux is reported to be in exeellent condition. Thise who registered recently at} the association office were Mike Fink | of Outlook, Mont., who is motoring to Hot Springs, S. D., Mrs. B. J-) Boardway of Chicago, traveling to| Seattle, and Dr. R. O. Matthews, Dr. R. G. Douglas, and Mr. and Mrs. J.( E. Paddon, tourists from Montreal, Canada, to Calgary, Alta. Officials are -asking tourists to register their occupations and most of the tourists are members of the professions, according to the high- ‘way association. | BODIESOF 14. MINERS TAKEN FROM SHAFT Sturgis, Ky., June 9.—(AP)—Bod- ies of the 14 missing miners, victims of the explosién in the west Ken- tucky Coal Mining Co., mine here pesterdey, were found today and rought to Sturgis along with the three others found last night. The victims, seven white men and ten negroes, were found at a 400-foot level and more than a mile and a quarter back. of the shaft mound, Ready to try Klan leader for murder! se of D. C. ville, Ind killing Mis will hear the Madge Ove Bailiff’ N er ci U.S. BALLOONS OUT OF RACE FOR WORLD CUP The Associated Press) June 9.—Both the Ame are definitely out of th balloon r: for the Gordon Ben- net Cup. The S-14 with Liecuts. Flood and McCormick landed near Dieppe France yesterday. The Good- ur IIL piloted by W Van Orman w ified because its when the balloon feel at s The four balloons which were still unheard of this morning out of the 18 that started Sund were the Pickeradie and the Grand Charles, French; and the Belgica and Prince Leopold of Belgiunt. NORTH DAKOTA HAS LOWEST (By Brussells, ican entri DEATH RATE) At Bottom of List of States in Union with 7.1 Per Thousand Persons Achieving the lowest mortality rate in the country for 1924 is the distinction of North Dakota which is at the bottom of the list with 7.1 deaths per thousand persons, Califor- nia tops the list with a death rate more than twice that of North Da- kota, 14.5 per thousand. While the death rate is remark- jably low the figures show that the birth rate is below Births in 1924 in North Dakota were at the rate of 2 per thousand against an average for the nation of 22.5. The mortality average for the nation was 11.9, North Carolina, a state with many negroes, had the highest birth rate the average. for the year with 31.6 per thousand; people. South Carolina and Vir- ginia, also states populated by neg- roes, were next highest for birtlts, rating 26.9 and 26.5 respectively. The birth and death rates thousand people follow: Birth Death Rate Rate 22 5 per California ... Connecticut . Delaware .... Illinois . Indiana . Maine Marylan. Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska . New Hampshire New Jersey . New York . North Carol Ohio ... Oregon . Pennsylvania ... South Carolina . Vermont Virginia Washington . Wisconsin Wyoming . lorida . North Dal HONOR DEGREE TO BE GIVEN J. A. KITCHE Twenty-one years after he re- ceived his third degree from Val- paraiso University Commissioner Joseph A. Kitchen of the department of agriculture and labor will be hon- ored tomorrow by the conferring on him of an LL. D. degree by his alma mater. Commissioner Kitchen will deliver the commencement address, his sub- ject being “The Field for Trained Endeavor.” He was graduated from Valparaiso in 1902 when he received the degree of B, A. Subsequently he received degrees of B. S. and M. A . With Mrs. Kitchen the commis- stoner will leave tonight for Indiana. Following ‘the. commencement. e cises Mrs, Kitchen and children will journey to Horse Cave, Ky., for the summer, de T. today considered disqual- | pilot wecepted aid | Hines, Nobles. : gle, accuser of Besides the judge is Judge Fred E. Stephens Indian: iol Nie Finley, his aide. ‘POISON CASE | JURY MAY BE | CHOSEN TODAY Prosecution and Defense in Shepherd Trial Expect to | Hear Evidence Tomorrow Chicago, June 9.—(AP)—A_ jury pected to be completed today in trial of William D, Shepherd, i er of William k, the second day fourth week of the process lection. ; all pointed to the expecta- {tion that four more jurors would be added before the end of the ésy jand that the actual presentations of {evidence in the trial will begin to- | morrow. When court adjourned yesterday in addition to the eight jurors sworn in, one had been tentatively approved by both sides and two others were apparently satisfactory to the prose- | cution, of the of ju ST. CLOUD MAN | SEEKS RELEASE FROM PRISON | St. Paul, June 9,—(AP)—Seeking his release from the federal peniten- | tiary at Leavenworth where he was sent after conviction for using the { mails to defraud, Samuel C. Pan- "dolfo, former president of the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud, Minn., was to have a hearing on a writ of error before the United States cir- cuit court of appeals here today. He was charged with fraud in con- nection with the organization of the Pan Motor Company. | ZONING CASE ; UP AGAIN IN DISTRICT COURT A permanent injunction was asked by the City of Bismarck today in district court to restrain W. H. Hughes from continuing work on & | four-family dwelling at Seventh street a venue C, declared not in conformity with a zoning ordinance enacted under authority of the 1923 | zoning act of the state legislature. | The case is being heard by Judge Fred Jansonius. A temporary in- junction was granted against Mr. Hughes by Judge H. L. Berry on May The injunction case was the first on the docket of the June term of court which opened this morning. YOUNG FIREMAN KILLED ON WAY TO CONVENTION Detroit, Minn., June 9.—(AP)— Frank Buchman, city fireman of Cuyunt, Minn., enroute to attend the 53rd annual convention of Minne- sota State Firemen was instantly killed when the automobile which he was driving was ditched at a curve on a hill near here yesterday. He was enroute to Crosby from a North Dakota trip. Sorlie Plans To Manufacture New Clutch Governor A. G. Sorlie intends to operate a factory that will manufact- ure automobile clutches, according to his secretary. The governor has re- céntly been granted patents in Can- ada ‘and Mexico for his invention and already has a patent for this country. Henry had an opportunity some time ago to see the clutch in operation and declared that it is an improvement over the clutches made for light cars. The governor - is using his clutch on his motor vehi- cles. COMPLIMENTARY “If you ask me, old boy,” the uninvited critic, on the morning af- ter the first night, “ I thought the best part of your play was the scen- ery.’ “I didn’t know you were there.” “No. I heard it on the wireles: —World’s Pictorial News. . GREAT POWERS JOIN MOVE TO ASSURE PEACE England and France Agree on Terms of Pact With Germany BELGIUM IS INCLUDED Teutons Must Enter League of Nations in Bringing About Alignment _ London, June 9—(AP)—The Brit- ish government gave official acknowl- edgment of the Franko- British agreement of the reply to the Ger- man security pact proposal announ- ced at Geneva yesterday. The Brit- ish government issued a statement that emphasized that the proposal pact is one of mutual assistance. The statement said that Great Britain had agreed to protect both sides of the Rhine and therefore to assist either Germany or France in case of aggression of the other. Must Join League _The abandonment by Great Brit- ain of her long standing policy of isolation from continental affairs is @ concession to the peace and secur- ity of Europe, the statement said. It added that the acceptance of the pact by the Allies if approved, as given by Germany, is contingent upon Ger- many’s entrance into the League of Nations. Before the pact can func- tion it will be necessary for Germany to enter the League as a full mem- ber which is an entire change of the former policy under which it had been maintained that Germany should become an unconditional mi ber of the league before security could be discussed. League Is Guardian The security pact is swWbsidiar: to the League of Nations, the state- ment clearly pointed out. The Leugué’s agreement regarding the eastern frontier of Germany, which closely allied to the security pact, will take precedent over the pact which will be registered with the League as its guardian for fulfil- ment. In effect the pact is an entente between European powers as a suc- cessor to the treaty of 1839, the famous “scrap of paper,” which was supposed to guarantee. the security of Belgium. The new pact, however, is on broader lines. The pact will include Great Brit- ain, France, Belgium and Germany. Italy is not included, though the text will be communicated to her out of courtesy, and Poland and Czecho- Slovakia are not directly affected though they will benefit by the op- eration of France’s alliance with them. To Answer Frontier Offer The next step in the negotiations will be the despatch by France to Germany, also in behalf of Great Britain and Belgium, of a letter re- plying to Germany's offer to nego- tiate a pact of guarantees for the German frontiers bordering on France and Belgium. There are some indications of disappointment in Pol- ish and Czecho-Slovakian circles that their countries do not enter the domain of the pact. It is understood that Great Brit- ain agrees to come to the support of France in case France is attacked or in case of any aggression across the Rhine district. This constitutes an elaboration of an obligation already contained in the Versailles treaty whereby the allies agree to regard as a hostile act any infringement of the demilitarized zone between France and Germany. MICHIGAN TO CURB DRUNKEN AUTO DRIVERS Lansing, Mich., June 9.—(AP)—A new and drastic ‘drunken driver” law is now in effect in Michigan. It was enacted by the 1925 legislature at the urge of law enforcement offi- cials and dry organization: Based upon the theory that the only effective way of curbing traffic accidents and ties attributable to drunken driving is to keep intox- icated motorists off the highways, it provides for the mandatory suspen- sion of drivers’ licenses’. A first offender, upon conviction, must sur- render his driver's license for at least three months. In addition the court may sentence him to pay a fine of from $50 to $100 and to not more than 90 days’ imprisonment. For a second or subsequent offense the driver's license is automatically suspended for at least = year. The additional penalties are a fine of not more than $500, or not more than one year’s imprisonment, or both. DEATH TAKES OLDEST WOMAN IN MINNESOTA (By The Associated Press) Ballaton, Minn., June 9.—Minneso- ta’s oldest women, Mrs. Louise Bick- ferd Shequen, died here Monday at the age of 107 years. She was born at Stanbridge, Canada, Feb. 8, 1818. Minot Bank Planning New Brick Home Minot, N. D., June 9.—Construc- tion here of a three story fireproof building, to cost approximately $365,- is being planned by the: Union National bank, Col. E..S. Person, president, announces: Directors have authorized the construction, As aa plans are completed, bids for building the new structure will be requested... specifically proposed