The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled with showers tonight and probably Friday. THE BISMARCK ey ESTABLISHED 1878 American Gunboat Fired On By Chinese T YANKEE SHIP RETURNS FIRE OF ATTACKERS Shell Hurled as Vessel Is Conveying Launch to Christian College MARIN ARE LANDED Troops Go Ashore at Canton To Protect American Ed- ucational Institution (By The Associated Press) Canton, June 11.—The Ameri- can gunboat Pampanga of the Scuth China patrol was fired upon here near Whompoa today while conveying a supply launch to Canton Christian College. The Pampanga returned the fire, No casulaties were reported. MARINES ARE LANDED Hong Kong, June — 11.—United States marines have been landed on Honan Island in the Pearl river near Canton to protect the American Christian College. STRIKE SPREADS Shanghai, June 11.—The Chinese strike situation became acute on the river front here today when costal steamers suspended sailing, leaving this clzss of shipping paralyzed. Twenty-eight vessels were tied up for want of Chinese crews. ; In the business and residential dis- jricts the strike situation continued to improve today despite the desper- ate efforts of agitators who were busy canvassing for the strike. MRE ON SHANGHAI June 11.—About 1,000 troops under General Hsueh-Liang, son of General Chang Tso Lin, Mansurian war lord, were today moving from Ianking to Shang- hai, ostensively to maintain order on the borders. of the foreign set- tlement and to strengthen their grip on the Shanghai region; REJECTS ARGUMNET Pekin, June 11.—The Chinese for- eign office in a note today to the foreign diplomatic corps rejected the’ latter's argument that foreign po- lice at Shanghai only acted defen- sively in firing upon Chinese dem- enstrators there recently. The foreign office note declared that the authorities of the foreign concessions at Shanghai, should pro- ceed at once to raise the state of siege existing there and should re- embark -all foreign marines, disarm volunteers and police at Shanghai and liberate all prisoners. It also said that all institutions that have been closed or occupied by foreign forces should be restored to their normal conditions so that order might be restored as soon as possible. The action, the note said, would necessitate the negotiations regard- ing the Shanghai situation which the Peking government desires to under- take. The note declared it was impossi- ble to admit that responsibility, for the deplorable occurrence at Shang- hai rested upon the Chinese demon- strators. The note declared the measures taken by foreign police to break up a “peaceable demonstration” at Shanghai were ill advised. BATTLE CONTINUES (By The Associated Press.) Canton, June 11.—Fighting day and night, armies of rival military lead- ers continued their battle for pos- session of Canton today with new fury, and telling blows were reflected in increased casualties. A force of Kwangtung troops in the attacking Cantonese army was shot into the river last night when an attempt was made to make a sur- prise landing which was discovered by the déscending forces. Heavy casualties resulted and at dawn mahy bodies were seen in the river. Additional foreign gunboats ar- rived today making a totat ot ten in the port. The foreign war craft is being used today to adrhinister medi- cal assistance at the river front. Eighteen members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here today waited on British Counselors author- ities, presumably regarding the pres- ent situation, but the result of the call was not made known. Descending Yunnanese troops’ as- sert their willingness to hand over the government to the Kwangtung wing of the attacking force. The Yunnanese leaders agree the Kwan- tungites are competent to handle government affairs and the defending | forces would be willing to support them. Public opinion favors the re- tention of the Yunnanese forces in charge of the government at Can- ton. SOVIETS MAKE OFFER Canton, June 11,—(AP)—General ie command- Press corre- spondent today that Soviet Russia had offered the Yunnanese $10,000,- 000 and 60,000 rifles with appropri- ate ammunition provided a certain agreement. was signed. General Min ‘said the offer was refused. ' WOULD WED CLIENT Tokyo.—A young attorney who aid- ed in her defense has offered to mary, Miss Shunkai Hasegawa, a nun who is in prison awaiting the result of an appeal from ker convictio: the charge of setting fire to a Jap- anese temple. A municipal haw beth: sta hool. for laborers in oxgo, PT A. B. AT 75 John Franklin Browne is 75 but he has just becn ziven the degree of bachelor College, Salem, yy agy fh left home at Madison, W college but 1 series of misfortune: Prevented. Now that te has it, h going to do past graduate work, then ‘teach. BIG PROGRAM IS ARRANGED FOR OUTING ;County Get-Together to Be Held at Fort’ Lincoln Grounds June 18 Plans to make the big Burleigh county get-together and outing to be held on June 18 at Fort Lincoln the greatest gathering ever held in the county are being made by officers of the Burleigh county Cow Testing association and the Bismarck Cham- ber of Commerce. Four bands have been engaged to furnish music during the day, and \the program will include a parade, contests, gantes, exhibits, addresses, daneing and demonstrations. The program will start at 10 a, m. when a parade /will be held in Bis- marck. Judge W. S. Casselman will : the marshal and the Goodrich, St. Mary's, Juvenile and Elks bands will be in line, The program at Fort Lincoln will open at 11 a, m. when the Goodrich band will give a con- cert, to be followed by concerts by the Juvenile band and St. Mary's band. A community picnic will be held from noon until 1 p. m. A ball game, foot races, horse races and @ tug of war will,be held immediately after dinner. The tug of war will be between a team composed of members of the Burleigh County Cow Testing association and a team . to be chosen at the picnic grounds. iA pie eating contest for boys will be held. Other contests will be ar- ranged and prizes will be awarded the winners, Addresses will be made by Congressman Thomas Hall, John Husby, state dairy commis- sioner, and Edward Sanders, agricul- tural agent of the Soo Line. ‘A demonstration with registered and serub: cattle will be held and pure bred cattle will be on exhibition during the day. Dancing will start at 3 p.m. The Bismarck six-piece orchestra will furnish music. The Elks band will give a concert at 7 p. m. and a quartet in charge of Mrs. John Larson’ will sing several selections. There will be dancing again in the evening. : The Fort Lincoln grounds will be policed during the day by members of Company A, North Dakota Na- tional Guard. : GIRL STANDS BY PRISONER Young Woman Says She Will "Wait for Convict Although he was sentenced to serve from ten to twenty years in the state penitentiary, his sweetheart still loves him, and his criminal record makes no difference to her. He is still her own “Jack.” This is the case of Jack Roselle of Illinois, convicted highway rob- ber, who has one of the worst records of any man at the state penitentiary. His girl, whose name state officials refuse to disclose, swears to be true to him for the length of his term. “{ don’t care what he is,” she says, “I still love him.” Jack’s criminal record goes back to army days in the World War. In an altercation, he killed a fellow- soldier and a court-martial board sentenced him to from 10 to 15 years. in the federal penitentiary at Leav- enworth., He was pardoned after hav- ing served a short time. Since then he has been convicted in various states for a variety of of- fenses. The term he is serving now is the stiffest sentence he has ever received. ‘ While in Chicago, several months ago he met a gitl and became her friend. It was agreed that they would be married, when the state of North Dakota interfered with their plans. Ten or twenty years is a long time to wait, but Jack’s sweetheart care. She always thought he had an honest. occupation and his criminal on| record was not known to her, she say! arly 1,000,000 pounds of rein- d meat now are being shipped to the United States each year, joesn’t | p; FREIGHT RATE PROTEST MADE BY COMMISSION Complaints Regarding Class Rates Filed in Washington By State Board HEARING IS ASSIGNED Charges Declared Excessive and Unfair to Jobbers i and Manufacturers | Complaints regarding class rates and special commodity rates in in- trastate commerce have been sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington by the board of rail- road commissioners of North Dakota Beth complaints have been consoli- dated for consideration by the Inter- state Commerce Commission and for the hearing to be held here in the fall. Following the ‘hearing, briefs will be filed and the case will be argued before the interstate commission. After a decision has been made either side may ask for a rehea' ing. Thus the process may take as long as several years. The hearing has Docket No. 16,945. A total of nine- ty-nine railroads are complained against in the the case of the special commodity rates. Others Join Protest Besides the railroad commission, the commodity rates tomplainants are the Agricultural Traffic League of North Dakota, the Commerciat club of Fargo, the Grand Forks Commer- cial club, the Jamestown chamber of commerce, the North Dakota Farm Bureau Federation, the North Dakota Implement Dealers’ association and the commercial club of Valley City. The commodity rates complaint states that the railroads charge local and joint rates'on shipments of ar- ticles that are handled in manufac- turing and jobbing centers in North Dakota that are relatively higher mile for mile than rates charged in other jobbing and manufacturing centers, such as St. Paul, Minneapo- lis, and Aberdeen, Watertown, Huron and Mitchell, S. D. The complaint charges that these rates are excessive, unjust and un- reasonable, preferential to South Da- kota and Minnesota points and un- fair to North Dakota manufacturers and jobbers. These discrimination: are in violation of the Interstate Commerce act, the complaint says. Cities Designated The cities in North Dakota desig. nated as manufacturing and jobbing points are Fargo, Bismarck, Gran¢ Forks, Jamestown, Valley City, Man. dan, Devils Lake, Minot, iston Dickinson, Oakes, Wahpeton anc Drake. Excessive and unfair rates, charged by common carri in intrastate commerce from points in North Da- kota are attacked in the class rates complaint. Particular offenders are the Great Northern, The Northern | Pacific, and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie companies, the complaint states. The complaint further declares that when the territory between St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Montana- North Dakota state line was first opened up by the defendants operat- ing between the Twin Cities and the state line the same basis of rates wa: applied in the entire territory whict includes North and South Dakota and Minnesota. Until 1906 this parity was maintained, the complaint says, when a lower basis of rates was made effective intrastate in Minnesota to the exclusion of North Dakota de- spite the fact that the United States Supreme court found conditions of railroad operation in and between Minnesota and North Dakota sub- stantially the same. READE ATTENDS RECEPTION FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE H. L. Reade, who arrived ‘nome yesterday from the Twin Cities, where he attended the Norse-Ameri- can centennial celebration, said to- day that the great ovation given President Coolidge was one of the outstanding features of the celebra- tion. Mr. Reade declared the crowds went wild whenever the president appeared, testifying to the popul ity of the chief executive among classes of people. Mr. Reade tended the reception given for Pres dent and Mrs. Coolidge in the Minne- sota state hor Mr. Reade said the celebration was ‘the biggest thing of its kind he ever attended and the greatest gathering ever held in the Northwest. He said that the spyeches were excellent and those who attended the programs could hear every word of the ad- dress, as a system of amplifiers car- ried the voices to all parts of the grounds. Mr. Reade made .an investigation of crops in Minnesota while he was in the Twin Cities and found that all grains are in fine shape. SOCIALIST BAKERY FAILS Vienna.—A Socialist bakery, estab- lished 15 years ago to d italistic monopoly of b been sold to repay loans ankert FALL'S INDIAN POMPEII Three Rivers, N. M—The ruins of. a buried Indi village have been found on the ranch of Former Sec- retary of Interior Fall, near. here. Arch: ists are now CT the mace for Ecos tanaead been assigned "hi Dutch TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925 RAIN AND HAIL SPREAD CITY CENSUS TO BE CHECKED BY ASSOCIATION Civic Leaders Determined All Residents of Bismarck Shall Be Counted This Year Twenty-five representative citi- zens of Bismarck will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Association of Commerce rooms to develop plans to re-check the census figures with M. H. Atkinson, auditor, they have finished taking the cen- sus, Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Faleoner have been to every dwelling in Bis- marck and are now going Back over} the city, calling at homes where they ore no one at home on their first call, Members of the Association of Commerce are anxious that every person who makes Bismarck his home be counted this year. They believe that many men, especially traveling salesmen, vote here and have their residences here, but have been mis: ed by the census takers. It w. found that a large number of per- sons who reside here were not listed in the census taken five years ago. The public is asked to aid the sociation of Commerce in re-check- ing the census and any one who knows of persons missed by the cen- sus takers are asked to make a re- port to the Associati JURY CHOSEN IN SHEPHERD ‘POISON CASE Trial of Man Charged With Killing Rich Boy Enters Second Day . Chicago, June 11—(AP)—Efforts by the defense to have Judge Thom- as A. Lynch limit the opening dis- cussion of Robert Crowe, state's attorney, opened the trial today of William D. Shepherd. William Steward, chief defense counsel, sought to have the outline of the prosecution stripped of any reference to the death of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock and Dr, Oscar Ol- son, or the autopsy over their bodies, but Mr. Crowe successfully resisted the defense's wish to limit him. Judge Lynch_ruled that it would be proper to object if the state sought to in- troduce anything not allied with the death of William Nelson McClintock, but allied with what has been charg- ed by Judge Harry Olson was a plot of Shepherd to obtain the McClin- tock million dollar estate by slaying hose who stood between it and him. JURY CHOSEN Chicago, June 11.—The trial of William Darling Shepherd for the murder of his millionaire foster son, William N. McClintock, entered its second day today. The weary grind of jury selection ended after two weeks and three days of effort. FRANCE INTENDS TO SETTLE HER DEBT TO U. S. Geneva, June 11.—It was _under- stood here today that French Foreign Minister Briand, conferring with Congressman Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, a member of the American Debt commission, made it clear that France intends to take steps to settle her debt to the United States. RAILROAD MAN LOSES . LIFE AT JAMESTOWN Valley City, June 11.—Elias Peter- son, 26, was killed almost instantly about 10:40 a. m. today when he stepped in front of a Northern Pa- cific branch train five miles west of here. Peterson was working with a section crew and became confused as to what track the train was on. The train backed down town with the re- mains. His mother, two brothers and a sister survive hi TWO SENTENCED IN DISTRICT COURT TODAY Mrs. Y. R. Brooks of Max, McLean county, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of bootlegging before Judge Fred Jansonius’in district court here this morning and was sentenced to a term of six months in the county jail at Washburn and to pay a fine of $200 and $50 court costs. James Douglas, Bismarck youth,| was sentenced to a term in the state industrial school at Mandan on @ charge. of burglary by Judge Jan-' sonius this morning. The court rec- ommended’ that the~boy be paroled to Mrs. Jennie Moran, North Woodsman Is Freed Of Murder Charge (By The A Bau fette, Minn, deer it after six months incarceration, Tony Reamer, North woods trapper, w: free today to return to the woods that have been his home for se yet exonerated by the Lake of the bed jury of any connection: with jeath, last fait, of Mrs, Dean Wheeler, | yee e and} W. A. Falconer, city assessor, after! i | POLIGE FIGHT | MINERS FOR POWER PLANT | Riots Follow General Strike of Workers in Sidney, Nova Scotia SEVERA HURT, One Man Reported Killed in’ Battle for Possession of Company Property Sidney, Nova Scot ice today fired upon a mob of strik- ers attempting to enter the power! house at New Waterford operated as an auxiliary to the British Empire Steel Corporation. Four of ,the at- tackers were said to have been; wounded. POLICE TAKE PLANT (By The Associated Press) S Nova Scotia, June 11.—The| Waterford power station was seized by a strong force of the com- pany's police this morning after an engagement with picketing miners| in which several combatants were! slightly injured. The polic stoned as they passed the Mine Worker's of America’s The plant was later able to get up steam for their generators. MINERS TAKE STATION (By The Assoctated Presa) Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, June 11—-| A report from New Waterford today said that after a mass meeting a number of mine workers had march- ed in a body to the power station there and that the authorities had called for assistance from nearby! towns. Late reports said the power sta- tion had been captured by the miners after a fight in which one man was killed and another severely wounded. RIOTS IN OKLAHOMA Okmulgee, Okla, June 11.—Com- pany N of Okmulgee was mobilized today to go to Henryetta to quell, aj disturbance of union miners. Andy Meitus, a non union miner of Henry- etta, was last night beaten up by 15 men said to be union men. He was seriously injured. Meitus was not working, but had agreed to go to work at the Crowe mine. He had just purchased some pit chothes and a bucket and was attacked on his way home. Colonel Head in com- mand of the guardsmen here said that other units of the national guard had been ordered to Henry- etta. Chief of Police Stormant of Henry- etta said last night over the phone that he arrested five men. FREIGHT RATE 10 BE LOWER Reduction in Charges to Mon- tana Effective July 15 A 15 per cent reduction in class freight rates from Bismarck, Fargo, Mandan, Dickinson intermediate points to various stations in Montana on the Northern Pacific becomes ef- fective July 15, it was announced to- day by the state board of railroad commissioners. The railroad agreed to this reduc- tion after six months of negotiations with the commissioners. Jobbérs and merchants in North Dakota are sub- stantially favored by this reduction. North Dakota merchants and man- ufacturers must look to Montana and western points for an expansion of trade, according to E. M. Hendricks, traffic expert of the board. “North Dakota can not hope to compete with Minnesota in distribut- ing material such gs hides, butter and eggs in the east,” he said. “That state is more favored for trading , June 11.—Po-| ~ i with the east. We, then, must look to the west and this rate was fought for by the commission to obtain’ for the merchants a worth-while advan- tage.” f Weather Report o ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest lastnight . Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity .. ‘WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Un- settled with showers tonight and probably Friday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Unsettled with showers in west portion tonight and probably east and central portions tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low along the eastern slope of the Roc! and it is high over the St. Lawrence Valley. and over the north Pacific coast states.’ This pressure distribution has caused précipitation from the, Great Lakes region westward to the northwestern slope of the Rocki: with a heavy thunderstorm at Dod; City, Kansas. Elsewhere over the south and in the extreme West the weather is generally f Cool weather prevails in most sections, but temperatures have risen some- ae oar, the. middle and southern ~ORRIS W. ROBERTS,’ OWL ta char. | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS DESTRUCTION roops TRIED TO KI They ac‘nitted plotting to kidnap Mary Pickford. j 1, Caude A. Holcomb, Adria they would have demanded $2 at Canton DNAP MARY Held in the Li an A. “Billy” Woods and C. Z 200,000 1 nsom. ceeded, they add, they would next have -kidnaped’ Pola Negri, Jackie ‘Coogan and the two grandchil HEBRON LIGHT PLANT SOLD TO BIG COMPANY The Hughes & Deiters company hag announced its purchase of the Hebron electric light plant for $25,000. Possession will be given as soon as the title can be settled and the franchise transferred. The Hughes & Deiters company plans to serve Hebron over a high line sup- plied by a‘central plant in Dickinson. CHAMBER GETS FINANCE PLAN OF CAILLAUX Finance Minister of France Wants to Issue Four -Billion Franc Notes Paris, June 11.—Finance Minister M. Caillaux and the finance commit- tee of the Chamber of Deputies to- day discussed a fiduciary of four billion francs in special franc notes to meet the heavy retirement of na- tional defence bonds this year. Caillaux explained that nothing re- sembling inflations had entered his mind. sued with such conditions that they would be returnable to the bank of France with short delay and they would be guaranteed by ample re- serves. No decision has yet been renched regarding the issue GOV. AL SMITH WILL RETIRE FROM POLITICS| Syracuse, N. Y., June 11,—(AP)— Governor Alfred Smith will refuse to run for Governor or United States; senator and will retire from politic at the end of his present term, ac cording to an Albany dispatch pub- lished’ this morning in the Syracuse Herald. The Herald said it understood that) Governor Smith has received and will accept an offer of $50,000 a year from the New York World to write on political topics. COUNTY SCHOOL HEADS TO MEET WITH N. D. BOARD Annual meeting of county school officers with members of the state board of public instruction will take place this month. Better school- con- ditions will be discussed. The dates of ‘meeting in each county are as fol- lows: June 13, Ransom and Richland counties; June 15, Wells; June 16, Eddy and Kidder; June i7, Foster; June 18, Griggs, Steele and Burleigh; June 19, Barnes; June 20, Emmons and Rolett CAT OUT OF LUCK Washington.—A new use has been found for old automobiles. Rats and gophers were damaging a local golf course until someone ran a tube from the exhaust pipe of a car down into their holes. The carbon monox- ide gas killed all of the rodents in the holes. : GREEK CABINET RESIGNS Athens, June 11.—The Greek inet resigned tod: headed bY Premic was formed Oct, 6, ab- The bank notes would be is-1 8,] South Ai dren of E. L. Doheny, oil king. GOOD SERVICE TO PUBLIC IS DISCUSSED Bus and Railroad Lines Are Given Hearing By Rail- road Commission The second of a series of three conferences being held under the di- rection of the state board of rail- road commissioners was held yester- day afternoon in the senate chamber at the capitol. Representatives of the board, railroad interests, bus companies and the railroad em- ployees’ brotherhood offered sugges- tions as to the solution of the prob- lem of acute competition between the railroads and busses. Fay Harding, commissioner, was chairman. Discussion centered around House Bill No. 155 which hecomes effective July 1, and which regulates bus transportation in the state. After two hours of discussion the chairman re- quested that written suggestions be made to the board. Laws Discussed s 5 and 8 came in for most Section 5 of the law de- s that “no auto transportation company shall hereafter operate for compensation between fixed termini {or over a regular route in this state without first having obtained from ‘the commission under the provisions of this act, a certificate declaring that public necessity and convenience require such operation. Section 8 provides that in determin- ing whether a certificate should be issued, the commission shall give consideration to the service already rendered by the railroads and the ef- gi fect that bus lines may have on the railroads indispensable to the public welfare. “The commission,” says this section, “shall avoid as far as j Possible, consistent with the public | interest, the duplication of trans- portation service.” Public service was stressed on all ides in the discussion. It was felt j by the railroad representatives, how- ever, that busses duplicate railroad ; service in many inst@nces. Railroad men pointed out that busses can not carry certain commodities such as ‘coal’ and concentrate on short hauls which are most profitable while the roalroads suffer. A bus man questioned whether it |is duplication of service if a train jleaves a town at 2 o'clock in the morning and a bus leaves seven hours later. Time does not determine the duplication of service, said a rail- road representative, who declared that duplication is determined by the density of service. Want Rail Transportation Employees of railroads are in favor | of rail transportation where the pub- ‘lic desires it, said P. C. Bradley, gen- eral chairman of the trainmen on the Great Northern railway. “The employees finally bear the brunt in all reduction in_ service,” he said. “Our, men feel that every time a train is discontinued. Local service is not profitable if traffic is divided, and where there is a dupli- cation of service, traffic is profitable neither to. the railroads nor the busses.” JUST A DAY DREAM ! Tokyo.—Fifteen years ago a priest , had a dream, in which he was told that 15 years later he would find a large pot of gold under a certain tree. He has been digging all around the tree for several weeks, but so ‘far has found no gold. Rain recently fell in parts of. 2 for the first time in more than 100 years, STORM SWEEPS OVER SECTION OF MINNESOTA Great Flood Feared as Zum- bro River Rises at Alarm- ing Rate Today CROPS ARE DAMAGED Terrific Cloud Burst Around Rochester Floods Cellars and Ruins Merchandise Rochester, Minn. June 11.— Damage totaling many thousands of dollars was caused here this morning by a terrific cloud burst and hail storm when over one and a half inches of rain fell hetween 4 and 7 o'clock. The city was without light and power today, the power plant machinery being under four feet of water. Every basement in the business section was flooded. Julius Ausen, county farm bureau agent, left on an inspection trip around the country this morning to estimate the damage to crops caused by the hail. The force of the hail storm could be seen in the city where trees were stripped of their foliage. The ground at one time was covered with two inches of hail in town. Electrical Storm The cloud burst was accompanied by_a spectacular electrical storm. Rochester's new tourist camp, which its proponent had said would always be above flood waters, this morning was under several feet of water which was still rising. Twenty seven camping parties were driven from the grounds before dawn. Citizens braved the raging storm to help them. One woman: and child, stranded on a small island, were carried through the rising stream on the shoulders of a citizen who lived nearby. The stream running past the tour- ist camp is normally 75 feet wide, but was more than a thousand feet wide at 8 o'clock. Power Is Of The light plant authorities pre- dicted there would be no power all day, It was impossible to estimate the damage this morning but it was in- dicated it would total thousands in town alone. Several merchants re- ported quantities of valuable stocks destroyed by basement floods. Only the fact that the cloudburst was distinctly local in character pre- vented a serious flood. The Zum- bro river and its tributaries began rising at 8 o'clock and were far out of their banks in an hour but toward noon they began to recede and seri- ous damage was averted. Hundreds of chickens on nearby farms were killed by the hail, which according to old residents was the heaviest ever seen here. Five hun- dred newly hatched chickens were killed when the basement of a whole- sale poultry house was flooded. Business was practically suspended until noon. WOMAN HELD BY MISTAKE Release of Mother From Pen- itentiary Is Sought Sentenced under a_ misapprehen- sion by the district judge and state's attorney, Mrs. Martha Ness of Bel- field is now in the penitentiary on a charge of adultery awaiting action by officials as to her release. Mrs. Ness is the mother of three children. The state’s attorney was instru- mental in obtaining a sentence of a year in the penitentiary for Mrs. ess in district court some time ago. Recently the pardon board was peti- tioned by the state’s attorney and district judge for a pardon for Mrs. Ness. She was sentenced by mis- take, as shown by more complete and recent evidence, they said. The pardon board, however, refuses to take action and has permitted the state’s attorney and district judge to pursue whatever course they may deem advisable, either allowing Mrs. Ness to go free or ordering her to serve the sentence. FARGO MAN _ TO ENFORCE NEW BEE LAW Dr. R. L. Webster, at the North Dakota college, Fargo, will be appointed ex- ecutive officer of the state depart- ment of agriculture and labor to enforee the bee regulation law which becomes effective July 1, it is an- nounced by Joseph A. Kitchen, com- missioner of agriculture and labor. An appropriation of $1,000 made available by the last legislature to enforce a law already on the statute books regarding importation of bees. It is Drnesane under the law, ac- cording to Kitchen, to prevent shipment of ul brood” into the state in hives, at a time when the beekeeping industry is growing rapidly in the state. At the present time permits are required, and many persons have been refused permission to ship bees into the state in hives. Having no funds to provide for in- spection, the tment has utilized the services of Dr.. Webster and eal bt in, mel ining oe ere is danger 5 ling from bees which are imported, Mr: Kitchen said. ee entomologist Agricultural